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J Frederick & Helen B Vogel Trust

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$108k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
28
Grants FY2025
31
Organizations funded FY2024
26%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$3,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$10,000
Organizations funded a year
20 to 32
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
2
Total assets, FY2025
$2.4M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 26% of the organizations J Frederick & Helen B Vogel Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 22% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $29k 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
Arts & CultureHealthHuman ServicesEducationEnvironmentCrime & LegalOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving28$108k36%
FY202431$130k26%
FY202320$61k20%
FY202225$105k8%
FY202123$109k9%
FY202022$90k14%
FY201932$84k41%
FY201824$90k38%
98% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$208kEducation$188kHealth$166kEnvironment$75kAnimals$60kHuman Services$42kRecreation & Sports$41kYouth Development$37kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

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All grantees of J Frederick & Helen B Vogel Trust by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Ohio Valley Voices$76,50091%
Cincinnati Nature Center$67,00090%
Cincinnati Museum Association$50,50060%
Taft Museum of Art$43,50090%
Northern Kentucky University Foundation Inc$42,00060%
Cincinnati Museum Center$34,00060%
Beech Acres$33,50080%
Cincinnati Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired$28,00060%
Springer School and Center$26,50090%
Cancer Family Care Inc$21,00090%
Art Academy of Cincinnati$19,00060%
East End Adult Education Center$17,65092%
Melanoma Know More$17,00043%
Samaritan's Purse$15,15080%
Cincinnati Soccer Club Ltd$15,00030%
Womans Art Club of Cincinnati$12,0004n/a
Cincinnati Art Club$10,00015%
The Contemporary Arts Center$10,00020%
Gorman Heritage Farm Foundation$10,00040%
Inner City Youth Opportunities$6,00031%
Faith Freedom Life$6,0003n/a
Boy Scouts of America Council 438 Dan Beard$5,50030%
Bethany House Services Inc$5,00020%
The T Squash Academy$5,0002n/a
Serenity Consultants Inc$5,00011%
Cardinal Land Conservancy$5,00010%
Mariemont Preservation Foundation$5,00011%
Avian Research and Education Institute$5,0001n/a
Over-The-Rhine Museum$5,00022%
Talbert House$3,00010%
Cooperative for Education$3,00010%
The Wyoming Fine Arts Center$3,00010%
Redwood School & Rehabilitation Inc$2,50010%
Adopt A Class Foundation Inc$2,50010%
Cincinnati Therapeutic Riding and Horsem Horsemanship$2,5001n/a
Changinggears Inc$2,50010%
The Dragonfly Foundation$2,50010%
Aubrey Rose Foundation$2,50011%
Adventure Crew$2,5001n/a
Als United Ohio Inc$2,50010%
Little Miami Conservancy$2,5001n/a
Raptor Inc$2,5001n/a
Shriners Hospitals for Children$2,50010%
Clifton Cultural Arts Center$2,500114%
Easter Seals Tristate$2,50010%
Covington Ladies Home Inc$2,50010%
Wave Pool Corp$1,50011%
ProKids$1,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 26 recipients with no EIN on record ($238k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget J Frederick & Helen B Vogel Trust supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetOhio Valley Voices: $76,500 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetCincinnati Nature Center: $67,000 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetCincinnati Museum Association: $50,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTaft Museum of Art: $43,500 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetNorthern Kentucky University Foundation Inc: $42,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetCincinnati Museum Center: $34,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBeech Acres: $33,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetCincinnati Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired: $28,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSpringer School and Center: $26,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetCancer Family Care Inc: $21,000 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetArt Academy of Cincinnati: $19,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetEast End Adult Education Center: $17,650 over 9y, 1.5% of budgetMelanoma Know More: $17,000 over 4y, 3.3% of budgetSamaritan's Purse: $15,150 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCincinnati Soccer Club Ltd: $15,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetCincinnati Art Club: $10,000 over 1y, 5.2% of budgetThe Contemporary Arts Center: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGorman Heritage Farm Foundation: $10,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetInner City Youth Opportunities: $6,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetBoy Scouts of America Council 438 Dan Beard: $5,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBethany House Services Inc: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSerenity Consultants Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetCardinal Land Conservancy: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMariemont Preservation Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetOver-The-Rhine Museum: $5,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetTalbert House: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCooperative for Education: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Wyoming Fine Arts Center: $3,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetRedwood School & Rehabilitation Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAdopt A Class Foundation Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetChanginggears Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe Dragonfly Foundation: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAubrey Rose Foundation: $2,500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetAls United Ohio Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetShriners Hospitals for Children: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetClifton Cultural Arts Center: $2,500 over 1y, 14% of budgetEaster Seals Tristate: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCovington Ladies Home Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWave Pool Corp: $1,500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetProKids: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 40.

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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.

Robert a & Marian K Kennedy Charitable TrustOH62× affinity27 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Robert a & Marian K Kennedy Charitable Trust · The Greater Cincinnati Foundation · Johnson Charitable Gift Fund · Charles Scott Riley III Foundation · The Thomas J Emery Memorial · Helen E Allen Charitable Foundation · Sutphin Family Foundation Ica · Charles H Dater Foundation Inc · The Wohlgemuth Herschede Foundation Co Fifth Third Bank Na Agent · John a Schroth Family Char Tr · Elsa M Heisel Sule Charitable Trust 2005 · Carol Ann and Ralph V Haile Jr Foundation

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.

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Find your warmest path to J Frederick & Helen B Vogel Trust through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About J Frederick & Helen B Vogel Trust

How much does J Frederick & Helen B Vogel Trust give?
J Frederick & Helen B Vogel Trust reported 28 grants totaling $108,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 20 and 32 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does J Frederick & Helen B Vogel Trust fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (23%), Education (21%), Health (19%).
Who are J Frederick & Helen B Vogel Trust's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Ohio Valley Voices ($77k), Cincinnati Nature Center ($67k), Cincinnati Museum Association ($51k).
Does J Frederick & Helen B Vogel Trust fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 26% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does J Frederick & Helen B Vogel Trust accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as J Frederick & Helen B Vogel Trust?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Robert a & Marian K Kennedy Charitable Trust, The Greater Cincinnati Foundation, Johnson Charitable Gift Fund.
Where is J Frederick & Helen B Vogel Trust based?
J Frederick & Helen B Vogel Trust is based in OH.

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 75 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-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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