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Horizon Community Funds of Northern Kentucky

To unite resources to raise the quality of life for all people in Northern Kentucky.

$12M
Granted FY2024still arriving
136
Grants FY2024still arriving
16
States reached
$3.0M
Largest
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Education$11MHealth$5.9MReligion$3.9MCommunity Improvement$3.5MPublic Benefit$3.3MHuman Services$1.8MYouth Development$1.7MRecreation & Sports$1.5MOther$0
02FY2024 · 136 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 136 grants below total $11,358,358, the rows itemized in this filing. The $11,793,244 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $434,886 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k25 grants · $170k
  • $10k–50k70 grants · $1.5M
  • $50k–250k33 grants · $3.4M
  • $250k+8 grants · $6.2M
$25,000
Median grant
16
States reached
$51M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Boone County Fiscal Court$3,000,000
EducateNKY$700,000
Catholic Leadership Institute$602,500
Covington Partners$573,958
Final Two Percent$500,000
LINK NKY$323,732
St Elizabeth Foundation$274,500
Xavier University$253,600
Catalytic Development Funding Corp of Northern Kentucky$245,000
Covington Life Sciences Partners Inc$225,000
United Way of Greater Cincinnati$220,250
St Cecilia School$218,673
Covington Latin School$214,208
One NKY Alliance$190,000
Master Provisions$147,099
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY18–24, $2.1M) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 97% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Overland Missions: $30k → 10%The Big Raise: $18k → 13%Healthnetwork: $10k → 17%Overland Missions: $10k → 10%Healthnetwork: $10k → 17%Healthnetwork: $10k → 17%One NKY Alliance: $190k → 11%Be Concerned: $160k → 11%The Point Arc: $102k → 11%Life Learning Center: $101k → 11%Wesley Community Service: $205k → 16%Sweet Cheeks Diaper Bank: $30k → 16%Santa Maria Community Services: $20k → 16%Meals on Wheels of Southwest OH & Northern Kentucky: $15k → 16%Life Learning Center: $65k → 11%Be Concerned: $53k → 11%One NKY Alliance: $50k → 11%Varner Foundation for Children & Families: $10k → 16%Life Learning Center: $42k → 11%Samaritan Car Clinic: $34k → 11%American Red Cross of Greater Cincinnati: $15k → 16%One NKY Alliance: $30k → 11%Life Learning Center: $29k → 11%One NKY Alliance: $22k → 11%CHNK Behavioral Health: $20k → 11%One NKY Alliance: $20k → 11%Be Concerned: $12k → 11%Life Learning Center: $11k → 11%Samaritan Car Clinic: $11k → 11%Samaritan Car Clinic: $10k → 11%The Point Arc: $10k → 11%The Point Arc: $10k → 11%Cancer Support Community of Greater Cincinnati & Northern Kentucky: $41k → 16%Cancer Support Community of Greater Cincinnati & Northern Kentucky: $40k → 16%Cancer Support Community of Greater Cincinnati & NKY: $40k → 16%Cancer Support Community of Greater Cincinnati & Northern Kentucky: $40k → 16%Cancer Support Community of Greater Cincinnati & NKY: $40k → 16%Saint Vincent DePaul of Northern Kentucky: $31k → 11%Children's Home of Cincinnati: $250k → 16%Best Point Education & Behavioral Health: $25k → 16%Best Point Education & Behavioral Health: $25k → 16%RefugeeConnect: $19k → 16%Ken Anderson Alliance: $30k → 16%Ken Anderson alliance: $25k → 16%Ronald McDonald House Charities of Greater Cincinnati: $19k → 16%LADD Inc: $12k → 16%Living Arrangements for the Developmentally Disabled Inc: $10k → 16%St Vincent de Paul - Cincinnati: $10k → 16%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
IL
NY
MA
IN
OH
PA
CO
KY
VA
AZ
KS
TN
NC
DC
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

82%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$31M · 116 repeat orgs$6.8M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +39% since the first grant, against +24% for those funded once.

116 repeat relationships: 81 still active in FY2024, 35 since wound down; 44 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

116
85

Total granted

$31M
$2.4M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
+24%

Still filing today

84%
69%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 61% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4.4M went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthHuman ServicesEducationArts & CultureCommunity ImprovementPhilanthropyOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • SE
    St Elizabeth Medical Center Inc
    7× · 2018–2024 · $3.0M · revenue +79%
  • NK
    NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC
    6× · 2019–2024 · $2.1M · revenue +136%
  • CL
    CATHOLIC LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE
    3× · 2022–2024 · $1.4M · revenue +113%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2023 · $343k
  • K4
    KENTUCKY 4H FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2023 · $288k · revenue -71%
  • CC
    CALVARY CHIN BAPTIST CHURCH
    one grant, 2023 · $215k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement
2
Cincinnati Usa Regional Chamber

To grow the vibrancy and economic prosperity of the cincinnati region.

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3
Kentucky Center for Economic Policy Inc

To improve the quality of life for all kentuckians through research, education and advocacy on important policy issues facing the commonwealth.

Public Benefit
4
Commerce Lexington Inc

To represent our members, creating the environment and opportunity for economic prosperity and quality living in central kentucky.

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5
Cintrifuse

To empower Cincinnati entrepreneurs to launch bold, scalable startups; and we work to improve the odds of those startups growing into transformational companies.

Community Improvement
6
The Northern Cincinnai Foundation

Transforming generosity into impact by encouraging, supporting, and facilitating philanthropy to create more vibrant communities in northern cincinnati.

Philanthropy
7
Civiclex Incorporated

Civiclex strengthens civic health in lexington, kentucky, by helping our community understand and get involved in local issues, connect with their neighbors and make decisions in a better way.

Arts & Culture
8
Central Kentucky Community Foundation Inc

To serve as philanthropic connector for donors in the central kentucky region who wish to make their community a better place.

Education
9
The Greater Cincinnati Foundation

As a trusted and connected partner, we inspire generous people to invest in a more equitable and vibrant region now and for generations to come.

Philanthropy
10
The Greater Cincinnati Film Commission

The Greater Cincinnati Film Commission is dedicated to maximizing the area's economic potential by attracting, promoting and cultivating film, television, and commercial production throughout Greater Cincinnati. Once filmmakers choose…

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11
The Community Foundation of Louisville Inc

To mobilize people, networks, and capital to spark meaningful change in and beyond louisville.

Philanthropy
12
World Affairs Council - Cincinnati & Northern Kentucky

The World Affairs Council, a 501(c)3 nonprofit, is the bridge that connects the world to one of America's most vibrant regions. Through Global education, International exchange, and cultural awareness initiatives, the council strengthens…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Shelter for Abused Women & Children Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Big Raise Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

196 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 196 of the 252 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

14
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
47
Early backer (in before they grew)
196/196
Grantees still filing
137/196
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Boone County Fiscal Court: $3,000,000 · OtherBoone County Fiscal CourtDIOCESE OF COVINGTON: $2,489,773 · OtherDIOCESE OF COVINGTONBoone County Board of Education: $925,327 · OtherBoone County Board of EducationBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA COUNCIL 438 DAN BEARD: $832,500 · OtherROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF COVINGTON: $675,751 · Other+101 more: $8,793,300 · Other+101 moreNORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $2,100,500 · EducationNORTHERN KENTUCKY U…XAVIER UNIVERSITY: $1,110,906 · EducationXAVIER UNIVERSITYCOVINGTON PARTNERS INC: $1,018,192 · EducationCOVINGTON PARTNERS …EDUCATE NKY INC: $1,000,000 · EducationEDUCATE NKY INCTHOMAS MORE UNIVERSITY INC: $266,801 · EducationMAIN STREET VENTURES: $221,910 · Education+13 more: $670,861 · Education+13 moreSt Elizabeth Medical Center Inc: $3,000,908 · HealthSt Elizabeth Me…Craig and Frances Lindner Center of Hope: $303,250 · HealthCraig and Franc…PREGNANCY SERVICES OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY: $294,475 · HealthPREGNANCY SERVI…ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $203,500 · Health+20 more: $1,212,348 · Health+20 moreURBAN COMMUNITY DEVELOPERS INC: $1,506,400 · Community ImprovementURBAN COMMUN…Final 2 Percent: $1,300,000 · Community ImprovementFinal 2 Perc…CATALYTIC DEVELOPMENT FUNDING CORP OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY: $702,200 · Community ImprovementCATALYTIC DE…CINCINNATI USA REGIONAL CHAMBER FOUNDATION: $200,000 · Community ImprovementGREENLIGHT FUND INC: $200,000 · Community Improvement+5 more: $259,977 · Community Improvement+5 moreONE NKY ALLIANCE INC: $311,800 · Human ServicesThe Children's Home of Cincinnati Ohio: $300,000 · Human ServicesLife Learning Center Inc: $252,896 · Human ServicesBE CONCERNED INC: $224,945 · Human ServicesWesley Community Services Organization: $220,000 · Human ServicesCANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY - GREATER CINCINNATI/NORTHERN KENTUCKY: $201,100 · Human ServicesTHE POINTARC OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY: $130,282 · Human Services+16 more: $448,980 · Human ServicesCATHOLIC LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE: $1,432,500 · ReligionTRINITY WORLD MISSIONS INC: $110,000 · ReligionThe Colson Center for Christian Worldview: $100,000 · Religion+3 more: $70,000 · ReligionUnited Way of Greater Cincinnati: $591,024 · PhilanthropyTHE UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI FOUNDATION: $506,903 · PhilanthropyTHE JEFF RUBY FOUNDATION: $100,500 · PhilanthropyHorizon Community Funds of Northern Kentucky: $100,000 · PhilanthropyEDUCATION FOUNDATION OF COLLIER COUNTY INC: $84,500 · PhilanthropyCenter for Great Neighborhoods of Covington: $61,000 · Philanthropy+6 more: $157,500 · Philanthropy
Other$16,716,651Education$6,389,170Health$5,014,481Community Improvement$4,168,577Human Services$2,090,003Religion$1,712,500Philanthropy$1,601,427

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSt Elizabeth Medical Center Inc: $3,000,908 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetNORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $2,100,500 over 6y, 20% of budgetURBAN COMMUNITY DEVELOPERS INC: $1,506,400 over 4y, 100% of budgetCATHOLIC LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE: $1,432,500 over 3y, 5.7% of budgetFinal 2 Percent: $1,300,000 over 2y, 66% of budgetXAVIER UNIVERSITY: $1,110,906 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetCOVINGTON PARTNERS INC: $1,018,192 over 5y, 52% of budgetEDUCATE NKY INC: $1,000,000 over 2y, 24% of budgetBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA COUNCIL 438 DAN BEARD: $832,500 over 3y, 8.9% of budgetCATALYTIC DEVELOPMENT FUNDING CORP OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY: $702,200 over 5y, 25% of budgetUnited Way of Greater Cincinnati: $591,024 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI FOUNDATION: $506,903 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetLEARNING GROVE INC: $467,466 over 6y, 1.5% of budgetONE NKY ALLIANCE INC: $311,800 over 5y, 15% of budgetTHE CARNEGIE VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS CENTER: $307,900 over 5y, 4.5% of budgetEmergency Shelter of Northern KY Inc: $305,820 over 7y, 4.0% of budgetCraig and Frances Lindner Center of Hope: $303,250 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetThe Children's Home of Cincinnati Ohio: $300,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetPREGNANCY SERVICES OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY: $294,475 over 7y, 9.8% of budgetKENTUCKY 4H FOUNDATION INC: $287,660 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetTHOMAS MORE UNIVERSITY INC: $266,801 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetLife Learning Center Inc: $252,896 over 6y, 8.3% of budgetMASTER PROVISIONS INC: $249,853 over 4y, 1.9% of budgetMUSTARD SEED COMMUNITIES INC: $240,200 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetCOVINGTON LIFE SCIENCE PARTNERS INC: $225,000 over 1y, 20% of budgetBE CONCERNED INC: $224,945 over 3y, 13% of budgetMAIN STREET VENTURES: $221,910 over 2y, 8.4% of budgetWesley Community Services Organization: $220,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $203,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY - GREATER CINCINNATI/NORTHERN KENTUCKY: $201,100 over 5y, 6.2% of budgetCINCINNATI USA REGIONAL CHAMBER FOUNDATION: $200,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetGREENLIGHT FUND INC: $200,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetNORTHERN KENTUCKY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOUNDATION INC: $194,311 over 5y, 29% of budgetNORTHERN KENTUCKY EDUCATION COUNCIL INC: $192,641 over 3y, 27% of budgetTRANSITIONS INCORPORATED: $155,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetNCH HEALTHCARE SYSTEM INC: $150,000 over 3y, 4.5% of budgetFAITH COMMUNITY PHARMACY INC: $145,175 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $145,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCINCINNATI MUSEUM ASSOCIATION: $139,999 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetTRI-COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CHARITABLE CORPORATION: $138,607 over 3y, 87% of budgetDINSMORE HOMESTEAD FOUNDATION INC: $138,000 over 3y, 29% of budgetTHE POINTARC OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY: $130,282 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetEVERGREEN FREEDOM FOUNDATION: $125,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetCincinnati Institute of Fine Arts: $122,950 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetYOUNG LIFE: $115,150 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTeam First Foundation: $115,000 over 2y, 4.2% of budgetTRINITY WORLD MISSIONS INC: $110,000 over 2y, 44% of budgetOVARIAN CANCER ALLIANCE OF GREATER CINCINNATI: $101,780 over 1y, 30% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds St Elizabeth Medical Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds URBAN COMMUNITY DEVELOPERS INC ↗
  • Who funds CATHOLIC LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds Final 2 Percent ↗
  • Who funds XAVIER UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds COVINGTON PARTNERS INC ↗
  • Who funds EDUCATE NKY INC ↗
  • Who funds BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA COUNCIL 438 DAN BEARD ↗
  • Who funds CATALYTIC DEVELOPMENT FUNDING CORP OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY ↗
  • Who funds United Way of Greater Cincinnati ↗
  • Who funds THE UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds LEARNING GROVE INC ↗
  • Who funds ONE NKY ALLIANCE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CARNEGIE VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS CENTER ↗
  • Who funds Emergency Shelter of Northern KY Inc ↗
  • Who funds Craig and Frances Lindner Center of Hope ↗
  • Who funds The Children's Home of Cincinnati Ohio ↗
  • Who funds PREGNANCY SERVICES OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY ↗
  • Who funds KENTUCKY 4H FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THOMAS MORE UNIVERSITY INC ↗
  • Who funds Life Learning Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds MASTER PROVISIONS INC ↗
  • Who funds MUSTARD SEED COMMUNITIES INC ↗
  • Who funds COVINGTON LIFE SCIENCE PARTNERS INC ↗
  • Who funds BE CONCERNED INC ↗
  • Who funds MAIN STREET VENTURES ↗
  • Who funds Wesley Community Services Organization ↗

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Greater Cincinnati FoundationOH130.1× affinity113 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Greater Cincinnati Foundation · The R C Durr Foundation Inc 541 Buttermilk Pike Suite 500 · Johnson Charitable Gift Fund · Carol Ann and Ralph V Haile Jr Foundation · St Elizabeth Medical Center Inc · The Butler Foundation · United Way of Greater Cincinnati · John a Schroth Family Char Tr · Elsa M Heisel Sule Charitable Trust 2005 · Charles H Dater Foundation Inc · Hcs Foundation · The Fischer Family Foundation 2008

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Horizon Community Funds of Northern Kentucky funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Horizon Community Funds of Northern Kentucky. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 100%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • The Shelter for Abused Women & Children Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
10get no government money at all
42report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 252 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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