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Keep Cincinnati Beautiful Inc

Keep Cincinnati Beautiful is an award-winning not for profit organization educating and encouraging individuals to take greater responsibility for improving their community environments.

$448k
Granted FY2025still arriving
14
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$47k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
0167% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant clustered by its grantee’s IRS cause code (NTEE), by year — across FY2024–2025.

Arts & Culture$150kHuman Services$92kHousing & Shelter$75kCommunity Improvement$63kYouth Development$54kReligion$31kInternational$13kOther$241k
02FY2025 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 14 grants below total $277,728 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $448,171 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $170,443 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k3 grants · $21k
  • $10k–50k11 grants · $257k
$20,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$3.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Robert O'Neal Multicultural Arts Center$46,981
Madisonville Mission Ministries$33,850
Young CEO Program$27,000
Peaslee Neighborhood Center$24,300
The Being Project$23,910
Sweet Sistah Splash$21,584
ArtWorks$20,000
College Hill Community Urban Development Corporation$17,300
Cincinnati Community Tool Bank$16,455
Eye of the Artists Foundation$13,000
Queen City Korfball$12,283
BLOC Ministries Inc$9,719
Price Hill Will$5,900
Elevating Wellness$5,446
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

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

show:

Your human-services grants (FY24–25, $92k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Madisonville Mission Ministries: $34k → 16%MADISONVILLE MISSION MINISTRIES: $14k → 16%SEVEN HILLS NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSES: $7k → 16%SANTA MARIA COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $25k → 16%COMMUNITY MATTERS CINCINNATI INC: $8k → 16%ISAIAH 55 INC: $5k → 16%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

35%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$254k · 6 repeat orgs$465k to everyone else

6 repeat relationships — 6 still active in FY2025, 0 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
26

Total granted

$254k
$314k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

0%
0%

Still filing today

83%
58%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 46% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $151k went to new ones.

50%100%’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’24’25
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementHousing & ShelterYouth DevelopmentReligionOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • RO
    Robert Oneal Multicultural Arts Center
    2× · 2024–2025 · $92k · revenue 0%
  • MM
    MADISONVILLE MISSION MINISTRIES
    2× · 2024–2025 · $48k
  • BM
    BLOC MINISTRIES INC
    2× · 2024–2025 · $31k · revenue 0%

Funded once

  • LP
    LOWER PRICE HILL NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE OF BUSINESSES INC
    one grant, 2024 · $50k
  • WS
    WHITNEY STRONG INC
    one grant, 2024 · $30k · revenue 0%
  • WH
    Walnut Hills Redevelopment Foundation
    one grant, 2024 · $25k · revenue 0%

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

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Walnut Hills Area Council

Support of neighborhood activities in Walnut Hills, Cincinnati.

Community Improvement
2
CncyMade

Cncy Made exists to build and support a vibrant manufacturing sector in the Greater Cincinnati region that sustains companies producing locally-made products, encourages entrepreneurship and innovation and creates employment opportunities…

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3
New City Cleveland

Empowering a neighborhood through programs and services for the Buckeye Woodhill residents.

Community Improvement
4
Flywheel Social Enterprise Hub

Through workshops, training programs and technical assistance, we help social entrepreneurs build ventures that deliver social impact.

Philanthropy
5
Central Ohio Workers Center Inc

The Central Ohio Worker Center is a non-profit organization that educates, empowers, and advocates for and with low-wage and immigrant workers in Central Ohio.

Civil Rights
6
City Club of Cincinnati

Nurture friendships and exchange ideas

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7
West Price Hill Community Council
Community Improvement
8
Cincinnati Action for Housing Now

Ballot issue political action committee advocating for levy to support the homelessness population in Ohio.

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9
Cincinnati Northside Community Urban Redevelopment Corporation

Cncurc's mission is to stabilize and revitalize the community by increasing homeownership, eliminating blight, and supporting business development.

Community Improvement
10
Amani Christian Comm Dev Corp

Our mission is to facilitate healthy and safe communities by creating programs that educate the Hill District community residents, nurture youth, encourage community and economic development, and promote a livable quality of life. Amani is…

Philanthropy
11
Your Store of the Queen City

Your Store of the Queen Citys mission empowers neighborhood-based entities to expand fresh food access & create community-based jobs by supporting the development & networking of resident- centered, culturally & economically inclusive…

Community Improvement
12
Solid Rock Community Developmentcorporation

We are working to build a diverse Southeast Colorado Springs economy that emphasizes the creation of more affordable housing small business development and investment in healthy community environments. Our goal is to address and dismantle…

Human Services

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Community Matters Cincinnati Inc and the most unlike its peers is Roselawn Community Council. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 16 years old; the field is 17. You back the younger end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number21%20%<5yr14%14%5–10yr18%17%10–20yr17%23%20–35yr15%23%35–55yr15%3%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value21%17%<5yr14%28%5–10yr18%6%10–20yr17%30%20–35yr15%18%35–55yr15%1%55yr+

The field is 21% startups (under 5 years old) — 20% of your grantees by number, and just 17% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/40
the rest of the field
13%
721/5,463

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

26 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 26 of the 40 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
25/26
Grantees still filing
6/26
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

LOWER PRICE HILL NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE OF BUSINESSES INC — $49,650 · OtherLOWER PRICE HILL NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANC…EYE OF THE ARTISTS FOUNDATION — $28,000 · OtherEYE OF THE ARTISTS FOUNDATIONPeaslee Neighborhood Center Inc — $24,300 · OtherPeaslee Neighborhood Center IncBEING PROJECT — $23,910 · OtherBEING PROJECTBOND HILL COMMUNITY COUNCIL — $19,690 · OtherBOND HILL COMMUNITY COUNCILVILLAGE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION — $19,140 · OtherVILLAGE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONCINCINNATI COMMUNITY TOOLBANK — $16,455 · OtherCINCINNATI COMMUNITY TOOLBANKEVANSTON COMMUNITY COUNCIL — $9,344 · OtherEAST WESTWOOD IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED — $8,845 · OtherCLIFTON HTS UNIVERSITY HTS FAIRVIEW NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION — $8,182 · Other+8 more — $33,316 · Other+8 moreRobert Oneal Multicultural Arts Center — $92,266 · Arts & CultureRobert Oneal Multicultu…SWEET SISTAH SPLASH — $21,584 · Arts & CultureSWEET SISTAH SPLASHART OPPORTUNITIES INC — $20,000 · Arts & CultureART OPPORTUNITIES INCREVOLUTION DANCE — $11,050 · Arts & CultureREVOLUTION DANCE+1 more — $4,646 · Arts & CultureMADISONVILLE MISSION MINISTRIES — $48,087 · Human ServicesMADISONVILLE M…SANTA MARIA COMMUNITY SERVICES INC — $24,800 · Human ServicesSANTA MARIA CO…Community Matters Cincinnati Inc — $7,757 · Human ServicesCommunity Matt…SEVEN HILLS NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSES INC — $6,500 · Human ServicesSEVEN HILLS NE…ISAIAH 55 INC — $5,000 · Human ServicesISAIAH 55 INCWHITNEY STRONG INC — $29,644 · Housing & ShelterWHITNEY STR…PRICE HILL WILL — $27,870 · Housing & ShelterPRICE HILL …OVER THE RHINE COMMUNITY HOUSING — $17,921 · Housing & ShelterOVER THE RH…COLLEGE HILL COMMUNITY URBAN REDEVELOPMENT CORPORATION — $26,800 · Community ImprovementCOLLEGE H…Walnut Hills Redevelopment Foundation — $24,800 · Community ImprovementWalnut Hi…Corporation for Findlay Market — $6,388 · Community ImprovementCorporati…ROSELAWN COMMUNITY COUNCIL — $5,340 · Community ImprovementROSELAWN …Young CEO Program SEEWTP — $27,000 · Youth DevelopmentSAVE OUR YOUTH KINGS AND QUEENS — $14,363 · Youth DevelopmentQUEEN CITY KORFBALL — $12,283 · Youth DevelopmentBLOC MINISTRIES INC — $31,325 · ReligionSonLight Power Inc — $12,950 · International
Other$240,832Arts & Culture$149,546Human Services$92,144Housing & Shelter$75,435Community Improvement$63,328Youth Development$53,646Religion$31,325International$12,950

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetRobert Oneal Multicultural Arts Center — $92,266 over 2y, 12% of budgetBLOC MINISTRIES INC — $31,325 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetWHITNEY STRONG INC — $29,644 over 1y, 4.2% of budgetPRICE HILL WILL — $27,870 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetCOLLEGE HILL COMMUNITY URBAN REDEVELOPMENT CORPORATION — $26,800 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetWalnut Hills Redevelopment Foundation — $24,800 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetSANTA MARIA COMMUNITY SERVICES INC — $24,800 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSWEET SISTAH SPLASH — $21,584 over 1y, 18% of budgetVILLAGE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION — $19,140 over 1y, 9.4% of budgetOVER THE RHINE COMMUNITY HOUSING — $17,921 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSAVE OUR YOUTH KINGS AND QUEENS — $14,363 over 1y, 17% of budgetSonLight Power Inc — $12,950 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCommunity Matters Cincinnati Inc — $7,757 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSEVEN HILLS NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSES INC — $6,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCorporation for Findlay Market — $6,388 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetISAIAH 55 INC — $5,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetWORKING IN NEIGHBORHOODS — $4,900 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWave Pool Corp — $4,646 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetTENDER MERCIES INC — $4,200 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

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

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Greater Cincinnat…United Way of Greater…Carol Ann and Ralph V…John a Schroth Family…Homebase CincinnatiEd & Joann Hubert Fam…Millstone FundThe Thomas J Emery Me…Interact for HealthGeorge & Margaret McL…Andrew Jergens Founda…Duke Energy Foundation
The Greater Cincinnati FoundationOH50.6× affinity26 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Greater Cincinnati Foundation · United Way of Greater Cincinnati · Carol Ann and Ralph V Haile Jr Foundation · John a Schroth Family Char Tr · Homebase Cincinnati · Ed & Joann Hubert Family Foundation Inc · Millstone Fund · The Thomas J Emery Memorial · Interact for Health · George & Margaret McLane Foundation · Andrew Jergens Foundation · Duke Energy Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Keep Cincinnati Beautiful Inc funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%your share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    12report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 40 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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