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Kohnen Family Foundation at a glance

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Kohnen Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$300k
Granted FY2025still arriving
21
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$90k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Philanthropy$523kHealth$458kFood & Nutrition$210kYouth Development$163kHousing & Shelter$145kArts & Culture$125kHuman Services$67kPublic Safety & Disaster$66kOther$0
02FY2025 · 21 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k9 grants · $48k
  • $10k–50k10 grants · $112k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $140k
$10,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$4.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FIDELITY CHARITABLE GIFT FUND$90,000
LADD$50,000
INTER PARISH MINISTRY$20,000
STEPPING STONES$12,000
THE CHILDREN'S THEATRE OF CINCINNATI$10,000
ARTWORKS$10,000
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB$10,000
LIGHTHOUSE YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES$10,000
ST VINCENT DEPAUL$10,000
STARFIRE COUNCIL$10,000
1 N 5$10,000
FREESTORE FOODBANK$10,000
CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER$8,000
LAST MILE FOOD RESCUE$5,000
INTERFAITH HOSPITALITY NETWORK$5,000
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 (FY17–25, $312k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%LIGHTHOUSE YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES: $25k → 16%LIGHTHOUSE YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES: $25k → 16%LIGHTHOUSE YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES: $20k → 16%LIGHTHOUSE YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES: $10k → 16%LIGHTHOUSE YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES: $10k → 16%MADISONVILLE EDUCATION & ASSISTANCE CENTER: $25k → 16%LADD: $50k → 16%LADD: $25k → 16%LADD: $10k → 16%LADD: $10k → 16%APARTMENT ASSOCIATION OUTREACH: $20k → 16%LADD: $10k → 16%APARTMENT ASSOCIATION OUTREACH: $10k → 16%LADD: $10k → 16%APARTMENT ASSOCIATION OUTREACH: $10k → 16%STEPPING STONES: $12k → 16%STEPPING STONES: $10k → 16%STEPPING STONES: $5k → 16%STEPPING STONES: $5k → 16%YWCA OF GREATER CINCINNATI INC: $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.
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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.2M · 26 repeat orgs$66k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +35% since the first grant, against -22% for those funded once.

26 repeat relationships: 19 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

26
6

Total granted

$1.2M
$61k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+35%
-22%

Still filing today

65%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesFood & NutritionHealthArts & CultureHousing & ShelterPhilanthropyOther
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

  • LA
    Living Arrangements for the Developmentally Disabled Inc
    6× · 2018–2025 · $115k · revenue +46%
  • LH
    Lydia's House Inc
    5× · 2018–2024 · $100k · revenue +46%
  • LY
    LIGHTHOUSE YOUTH SERVICES
    5× · 2019–2025 · $90k · revenue +53%

Funded once

  • ME
    MADISONVILLE EDUCATION AND ASSISTANCE CENTER INC
    one grant, 2017 · $25k · revenue -72%
  • YO
    YWCA of Greater Cincinnati
    one grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue -22%
  • IP
    INTERFAITH PARISH MINISTRY
    one grant, 2019 · $10k
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
Cain Cincy

Tranforms lives inspiring hope by providing nutritious food,crisis assistance,resources and compassion that respects human dignity building a more vibrant community. feeding bodies and souls through its choice food pantry,weekly community…

Religion
2
Mid-Ohio Foodbank

Mid-Ohio Foodbanks mission is to end hunger one nourishing meal at a time while co-creating communities where everyone thrives.

—
3
Community Matters Cincinnati Inc

To build a thriving and more just community, Community Matters goes beyond the traditional nonprofit model by forming partnerships with our neighbors instead of viewing them only as clients to be provided a service. We believe our…

Human Services
4
Legal Aid Society of Cincinnati

To resolve serious legal problems of low income people, to promote economic and family stability, and reduce poverty through effective legal assistance.

—
5
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
6
Cincinnati Works

Cincinnati works brings hope and encouragement to people living in poverty while assisting them in advancing to self-sufficiency through employment. we provide free training and coaching services.

Human Services
7
United Way of Greater Cincinnati

United Way leads and mobilizes the caring power of individuals and organizations to help people measurably improve their lives.

Philanthropy
8
The Food Bank for Larimer County

To provide food to all in need through community partnerships and hunger relief programs. Our vision is a hunger-free Larimer County.

Food & Nutrition
9
Lexington Rescue Mission

The organization is a Christ-centered ministry that meets the physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of hurting people in the greater Lexington area. Its activities are focused on rebuilding lives.

Human Services
10
West Side Catholic Center

The west side catholic center provides food, clothing, shelter, and advocacy to all who come to us in need. through various programs, we serve the homeless and indigent of cleveland, ohio.

Human Services
11
Cleveland Public Market Corporation

Cleveland public market corporations mission is to preserve the city's public market tradition while making the local food system more accessible, equitable, and diverse.

Community Improvement
12
4MyCity Inc

4MyCity is committed to helping reduce food insecurity and reducing food waste by directly transferring fresh, usable food that would otherwise been thrown away from grocers, restaurants, and other food industry sources to food insecure…

Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Freestore Foodbank Inc; the most unlike its peers is National Multiple Sclerosis Society. 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

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

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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 22 of the 34 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/22
Grantees still filing
15/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $523,342 · Community ImprovementFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE …ST VINCENT DEPAUL: $75,000 · OtherST VINCENT DEPAUL1 N 5: $75,000 · Other1 N 5Inter Parish Ministry Inc: $70,000 · OtherInter Parish Ministry IncNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $60,000 · OtherNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETYSTARFIRE COUNCIL: $50,500 · OtherSTARFIRE COUNCILALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION - CINCINNATI CHAPTER: $38,200 · OtherALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION - CINCINNATI CH…HOSPICE OF CINCINNATI INCORPORATED: $25,000 · OtherCincinnati Youth Collaborative: $52,500 · OtherCincinnati Youth CollaborativeMatthew 25 Ministries Inc: $45,000 · OtherMatthew 25 Ministries IncCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER: $29,000 · Other+10 more: $126,000 · Other+10 moreLiving Arrangements for the Developmentally Disabled Inc: $115,000 · Human ServicesLiving Arrangements…LIGHTHOUSE YOUTH SERVICES: $90,000 · Human ServicesLIGHTHOUSE YOUTH SE…APARTMENT ASSOCIATION OUTREACH INC: $40,000 · Human ServicesAPARTMENT ASSOCIATI…STEPPING STONES INC: $32,000 · Human ServicesSTEPPING STONES INCMADISONVILLE EDUCATION AND ASSISTANCE CENTER INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesMADISONVILLE EDUCAT…+1 more: $10,000 · Human ServicesART OPPORTUNITIES INC: $65,000 · Arts & CultureThe Children's Theatre of Cincinnati: $60,000 · Arts & CultureLydia's House Inc: $100,000 · Housing & ShelterLA SOUPE INC: $45,000 · Food & NutritionFREESTORE FOODBANK INC: $20,000 · Food & NutritionLAST MILE FOOD RESCUE: $10,000 · Food & NutritionTHE UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI FOUNDATION: $55,000 · Philanthropy
Community Improvement$523,342Other$646,200Human Services$312,000Arts & Culture$125,000Housing & Shelter$100,000Food & Nutrition$75,000Philanthropy$55,000

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 budgetFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $523,342 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetLiving Arrangements for the Developmentally Disabled Inc: $115,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetLydia's House Inc: $100,000 over 5y, 5.4% of budgetLIGHTHOUSE YOUTH SERVICES: $90,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetInter Parish Ministry Inc: $70,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetART OPPORTUNITIES INC: $65,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetThe Children's Theatre of Cincinnati: $60,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI FOUNDATION: $55,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCincinnati Youth Collaborative: $52,500 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetMatthew 25 Ministries Inc: $45,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLA SOUPE INC: $45,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetAPARTMENT ASSOCIATION OUTREACH INC: $40,000 over 3y, 7.5% of budgetSTEPPING STONES INC: $32,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER: $29,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHOSPICE OF CINCINNATI INCORPORATED: $25,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMADISONVILLE EDUCATION AND ASSISTANCE CENTER INC: $25,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetFREESTORE FOODBANK INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOUR DAILY BREAD: $20,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetYWCA of Greater Cincinnati: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLAST MILE FOOD RESCUE: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MULTIPLE MYELOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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 FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ↗
  • Who funds Living Arrangements for the Developmentally Disabled Inc ↗
  • Who funds Lydia's House Inc ↗
  • Who funds LIGHTHOUSE YOUTH SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds Inter Parish Ministry Inc ↗
  • Who funds ART OPPORTUNITIES INC ↗
  • Who funds The Children's Theatre of Cincinnati ↗
  • Who funds THE UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Cincinnati Youth Collaborative ↗
  • Who funds Matthew 25 Ministries Inc ↗
  • Who funds LA SOUPE INC ↗
  • Who funds APARTMENT ASSOCIATION OUTREACH INC ↗
  • Who funds STEPPING STONES INC ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER ↗
  • Who funds HOSPICE OF CINCINNATI INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds MADISONVILLE EDUCATION AND ASSISTANCE CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds FREESTORE FOODBANK INC ↗
  • Who funds OUR DAILY BREAD ↗
  • Who funds YWCA of Greater Cincinnati ↗
  • Who funds LAST MILE FOOD RESCUE ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds THE MULTIPLE MYELOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC ↗

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…Carol Ann and Ralph V…Sutphin Family Founda…Millstone FundThe Thomas J Emery Me…Charles H Dater Found…John a Schroth Family…The Scripps Howard Fo…Ge Aerospace Foundati…L & L Nippert Charita…Marge & Charles J Sch…Farmer Family Foundat…
The Greater Cincinnati FoundationOH24.9× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Greater Cincinnati Foundation · Carol Ann and Ralph V Haile Jr Foundation · Sutphin Family Foundation Ica · Millstone Fund · The Thomas J Emery Memorial · Charles H Dater Foundation Inc · John a Schroth Family Char Tr · The Scripps Howard Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation · L & L Nippert Charitable Foundation Inc Attn Carter F Randolph Phd · Marge & Charles J Schott Foundation · Farmer Family 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Kohnen Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Kohnen Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Kohnen Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Kohnen Family Foundation 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.

    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 34 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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