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Justin R Niklas Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$317k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
51
Grants FY2025
41
Organizations funded FY2024
24%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$35,000
Organizations funded a year
10 to 41
FY2019 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
2
Total assets, FY2025
$4.6M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 24% of the organizations Justin R Niklas Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 31% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 69% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $90k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHealthEducationReligionYouth DevelopmentCrime & 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 arriving51$317k31%
FY202441$285k24%
FY202332$239k13%
FY202234$264k18%
FY202137$277k24%
FY202031$263k68%
FY201910$130kn/a
98% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Religion$737kEducation$294kHousing & Shelter$186kHealth$150kHuman Services$134kArts & Culture$123kYouth Development$38kFood & Nutrition$33kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
St Stephen Church$92,5007n/a
Xavier Jesuit Academy$70,0002n/a
Springer School and Center$56,50060%
Sisters of Notre Dame$55,0007n/a
Mt St Mary Seminary of the West Athenaeum of Ohio Norwood$45,0002n/a
Lydia's House Inc$45,00062%
Bethany House Services Inc$45,00070%
Shelterhouse Volunteer Group Inc$42,50050%
The Cathedral Basilica of St Peter in Chains$32,5005n/a
Cain Cincy$32,50061%
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All grantees of Justin R Niklas Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
St Stephen Church$92,5007n/a
Xavier Jesuit Academy$70,0002n/a
Springer School and Center$56,50060%
Sisters of Notre Dame$55,0007n/a
Mt St Mary Seminary of the West Athenaeum of Ohio Norwood$45,0002n/a
Lydia's House Inc$45,00062%
Bethany House Services Inc$45,00070%
Shelterhouse Volunteer Group Inc$42,50050%
The Cathedral Basilica of St Peter in Chains$32,5005n/a
Cain Cincy$32,50061%
Inner City Youth Opportunities$27,50062%
The Dragonfly Foundation$26,00060%
Upspring$26,00061%
Coverd Greater Cincinnati$25,50061%
Genesis at Work Foundation$25,00016%
Casa de Paz$25,00033%
Little Sisters of the Poor Sacred Heart Home$20,00024%
Society of St Vincent de Paul$19,0005n/a
Autism Connections$17,50021%
Living Arrangements for the Developmentally Disabled Inc$15,50030%
Faith Freedom Life$14,50047%
Notre Dame Urban Education Center Inc$14,5006n/a
Cincinnati Scholarship Foundation$14,50030%
The Chatfield Edge$12,00050%
New Life Furniture Bank$10,00020%
Cincinnati Public Radio Inc$7,50010%
Found House-Interfaith Housing Network$7,5001n/a
The Cincinnati Eye Institute Foundation$6,50050%
The First Step Home Inc$6,50030%
Stepping Stones Inc$6,00020%
Adventure Crew$5,0001n/a
May We Help Inc$5,00011%
Beech Acres$4,50030%
Always Lifting Spirits$4,5002n/a
Hearing Speech and Deaf Center of Grea$4,0001n/a
Elizabeth's New Life Center Inc$3,50020%
East End Adult Education Center$3,00030%
Adopt A Class Foundation Inc$2,50010%
Cincinnati Youth Collaborative$2,50010%
Bon Secours Mercy Health Foundation$2,5001n/a
Lighthouse Youth Services$2,50010%
Mount St Joseph University$2,50010%
Church of the Resurrection$2,5001n/a
Clovernook Center For the Blind and Visually Impaired$2,00010%
Pregnancy Center West$2,00010%
The Christ Hospital Foundation$1,00010%
Joshua's Place$1,0001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 29 recipients with no EIN on record ($880k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Justin R Niklas Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSpringer School and Center: $56,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetLydia's House Inc: $45,000 over 6y, 1.5% of budgetBethany House Services Inc: $45,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetShelterhouse Volunteer Group Inc: $42,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCain Cincy: $32,500 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetInner City Youth Opportunities: $27,500 over 6y, 2.1% of budgetThe Dragonfly Foundation: $26,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetUpspring: $26,000 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetCoverd Greater Cincinnati: $25,500 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetGenesis at Work Foundation: $25,000 over 1y, 6.0% of budgetCasa de Paz: $25,000 over 3y, 3.2% of budgetLittle Sisters of the Poor Sacred Heart Home: $20,000 over 2y, 3.7% of budgetAutism Connections: $17,500 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetLiving Arrangements for the Developmentally Disabled Inc: $15,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFaith Freedom Life: $14,500 over 4y, 6.7% of budgetCincinnati Scholarship Foundation: $14,500 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetThe Chatfield Edge: $12,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetNew Life Furniture Bank: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCincinnati Public Radio Inc: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Cincinnati Eye Institute Foundation: $6,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetThe First Step Home Inc: $6,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetStepping Stones Inc: $6,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMay We Help Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetBeech Acres: $4,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetElizabeth's New Life Center Inc: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEast End Adult Education Center: $3,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetAdopt A Class Foundation Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCincinnati Youth Collaborative: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLighthouse Youth Services: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMount St Joseph University: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetClovernook Center For the Blind and Visually Impaired: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPregnancy Center West: $2,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetThe Christ Hospital Foundation: $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 33.

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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.

The Greater Cincinnat…Robert a & Marian K K…Johnson Charitable Gi…Agnes Nordloh Charita…Pfau Charitable Found…Charles H Dater Found…L & L Nippert Charita…Andrew Jergens Founda…Carol Ann and Ralph V…Charles Scott Riley I…Spaulding FoundationJack J Smith Jr Chari…
The Greater Cincinnati FoundationOH69.3× affinity37 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Greater Cincinnati Foundation · Robert a & Marian K Kennedy Charitable Trust · Johnson Charitable Gift Fund · Agnes Nordloh Charitable Trust · Pfau Charitable Foundation · Charles H Dater Foundation Inc · L & L Nippert Charitable Foundation Inc Attn Carter F Randolph Phd · Andrew Jergens Foundation · Carol Ann and Ralph V Haile Jr Foundation · Charles Scott Riley III Foundation · Spaulding Foundation · Jack J Smith Jr Charitable Trust

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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About Justin R Niklas Family Foundation

How much does Justin R Niklas Family Foundation give?
Justin R Niklas Family Foundation reported 51 grants totaling $316,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 41 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
What does Justin R Niklas Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (42%), Education (17%), Housing & Shelter (10%).
Who are Justin R Niklas Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: St Stephen Church ($93k), Xavier Jesuit Academy ($70k), Springer School and Center ($57k).
Does Justin R Niklas Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 24% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Justin R Niklas Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Justin R Niklas Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Greater Cincinnati Foundation, Robert a & Marian K Kennedy Charitable Trust, Johnson Charitable Gift Fund.
Where is Justin R Niklas Family Foundation based?
Justin R Niklas Family Foundation 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 76 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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