· 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k22 grants · $77k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| American Red Cross | $10,000 |
| American Heart Association | $5,500 |
| Multiple Sclerosis | $4,000 |
| Salvation Army | $3,500 |
| Society of St Vincent De Paul | $3,500 |
| Dayton Humane Society | $3,500 |
| Hospice of Dayton | $3,500 |
| MANY-Middletown Area Neediest Youth | $3,500 |
| Warren County FdnKindness Backpack Program | $3,500 |
| Dayton Gospel Mission | $3,500 |
| Cincinnati Animal CARE | $3,500 |
| Artemis Center | $3,500 |
| Dayton Art Institute | $3,500 |
| Ohio Foundation of Independent Colleges | $3,500 |
| PAWS | $3,500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY23–25, $11k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, 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.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
29 repeat relationships: 20 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- AHAmerican Heart Association Inc6× · 2020–2025 · $33k · revenue +53%
- TDTHE DAYTON ART INSTITUTE6× · 2020–2025 · $21k · revenue +14%
- TOTHE OHIO FOUNDATION OF INDEPENDENT COLLEGES6× · 2020–2025 · $20k · revenue +31%
Funded once
- PHPremier Health Community (Hipple)one grant, 2020 · $9k
- MSMultiple Sclerosis (from 2020)one grant, 2021 · $4k
- PBPublic BS-WPTD Channel 16one grant, 2020 · $4k
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.
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.
The chamber is a member association designed to be the leading advocate for the business community of the greater dayton region. its mission is to work shoulder to shoulder with businesses to help them succeed.
The hospice of miami county, inc. is committed to making quality hospice care available and accessible to terminally ill persons and their families, regardless of ability pay, and in a manner consistent with the highest hospice standards.…
To reduce cancer incidence and mortality through improved treatment and prevention by offering national, state-of-the-art cancer research to local communities.
Align the life sciences ecosystem in the state of ohio, building collaborative partnerships, and advocating for policies and funding that will help to accelerate life science priorities and drive sustainable economic growth.
The mission of the dayton society of natural history is to create and provide meaningful and entertaining learning experiences for curious minds to engage with natural history, science, and nature while honoring and preserving collections…
Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra (CCO) creates intimate, transformative experiences that connect the musically curious.
Patients of hospice of central ohio receive compassionate, individualized end-of-life care. their desires guide the physical, emotional, and spiritual care support we provide. members of our community, patient's families, children, and…
The mission of hospice is to provide medical care, nursing care, pain relief, and emotional and spiritual support services to terminally ill patients and their families.
The mission of the cincinnati observatory is to maintain the integrity and heritage of an historic 19th century observatory and to educate, engage, and inspire our community about astronomy and science.
To promote, support, and facilitate meritorious biomedical and health services research and education activities conducted by investigators at the dayton va medical center that contribute to improve healthcare for veterans and the general…
To empower and educate people to value, preserve and save greater cincinnati's historic buildings, communities, landscapes and stories.
The museum is an educational corporation formed to ignite a life-long passion for exploring, discovering, and valuing nature and science.
How this is measured
13 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. 13 of the 37 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 American Heart Association Inc ↗
- Who funds THE DAYTON ART INSTITUTE ↗
- Who funds THE OHIO FOUNDATION OF INDEPENDENT COLLEGES ↗
- Who funds ARTEMIS CENTER FOR ALTERNATIVES TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ↗
- Who funds CULTURE WORKS ↗
- Who funds MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds CINCINNATI ANIMAL CARE HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds HOSPICE OF DAYTON INC ↗
- Who funds DAYTON PUBLIC RADIO INC ↗
- Who funds WIDOWS HOME OF DAYTON OHIO ↗
- Who funds LITTLE MIAMI CONSERVANCY ↗
- Who funds Society for the Improvement of Conditions for Stray Animals ↗
- Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
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.
Open a dossier: The Dayton Foundation · The Greater Cincinnati Foundation · Synchrony Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation · The Berry Family Foundation · Levin Family Foundation · The CareSource Foundation · Assurant Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Kuhns Brothers Co Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Kuhns Brothers Co Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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