Ohio · Private foundation
Kuhns Brothers Co 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.
- $87k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 23
- Grants FY2025
- 23
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 4%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $3,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 23 to 25
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $760k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 4% of the organizations Kuhns Brothers Co Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 23 | $87k | 13% |
| FY2024 | 23 | $92k | 4% |
| FY2023 | 23 | $87k | 22% |
| FY2022 | 24 | $90k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 25 | $94k | 16% |
| FY2020 | 23 | $73k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Heart Association Inc | $33,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The Dayton Art Institute | $20,500 | 6 | 0% |
| The Ohio Foundation of Independent Colleges | $20,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Artemis Center for Alternatives to Domestic Violence | $20,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Culture Works | $19,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Muscular Dystrophy Association Inc | $10,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Cincinnati Animal Care Humane Society | $10,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Hospice of Dayton Inc | $10,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Dayton Public Radio Inc | $10,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Widows Home of Dayton Ohio | $9,500 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 12 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Heart Association Inc | $33,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The Dayton Art Institute | $20,500 | 6 | 0% |
| The Ohio Foundation of Independent Colleges | $20,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Artemis Center for Alternatives to Domestic Violence | $20,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Culture Works | $19,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Muscular Dystrophy Association Inc | $10,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Cincinnati Animal Care Humane Society | $10,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Hospice of Dayton Inc | $10,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Dayton Public Radio Inc | $10,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Widows Home of Dayton Ohio | $9,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Little Miami Conservancy | $3,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Society for the Improvement of Conditions for Stray Animals | $3,500 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 24 recipients with no EIN on record ($350k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Kuhns Brothers Co Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
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How this is measured
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About Kuhns Brothers Co Foundation
- How much does Kuhns Brothers Co Foundation give?
- Kuhns Brothers Co Foundation reported 23 grants totaling $86,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 23 and 25 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Kuhns Brothers Co Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (21%), Arts & Culture (19%), Public Safety & Disaster (12%).
- Who are Kuhns Brothers Co Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: American Heart Association Inc ($33k), The Dayton Art Institute ($21k), The Ohio Foundation of Independent Colleges ($20k).
- Does Kuhns Brothers Co Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 4% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Kuhns Brothers Co Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Kuhns Brothers Co Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Dayton Foundation, The Greater Cincinnati Foundation, Synchrony Foundation.
- Where is Kuhns Brothers Co Foundation based?
- Kuhns Brothers Co Foundation is based in OH.
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