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Lkc Family Foundation Fka - Lkc 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.

$485k
Granted FY2025still arriving
7
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$150k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Arts & Culture$2.4MCommunity Improvement$2.1MEducation$921kPhilanthropy$156kHuman Services$58kYouth Development$43kHealth$39kReligion$13kOther$0
02FY2025 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $3k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $33k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $450k
$50,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$3.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ENSEMBLE THEATRE OF CINCINNATI$150,000
MORTAR CINCINNATI$100,000
CO-OP CINCY$100,000
GREATER CINCINNATI MICROENTERPRISE INITIATIVE$50,000
ARTSWAVE$50,000
UPTOGETHER$32,500
MAYERSON JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER$2,500
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, $400k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%UPTOGETHER: $33k → 10%UPTOGETHER: $33k → 10%FAMILY INDEPENDENCE INITIATIVE: $27k → 10%UPTOGETHER: $27k → 10%LIGHTHOUSE YOUTH SERVICES: $21k → 16%UPTOGETHER: $25k → 10%LIGHTHOUSE YOUTH SERVICES: $18k → 16%LIGHTHOUSE YOUTH SERVICES: $4k → 16%FAMILY INDEPENDENCE INITIATIVE: $5k → 10%CLOVERNOOK CENTER FOR THE BLIND & VISUALLY IMPAIRED: $500 → 16%LADD LIVING ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED: $500 → 16%URBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER SOUTHWESTERN OHIO: $200 → 16%URBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER SOUTHWESTERN OHIO: $100 → 16%YWCA OF GREATER CINCINNATI: $3k → 16%CINCINNATI UNION BETHEL: $3k → 16%TRANSFORMATIONAL ADVANCEMENT OF BLACK LEADERSHIP EXCELLENCE: $100k → 16%CINCINNATI ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED: $500 → 16%TRANSFORMATIONAL ADVANCEMENT OF BLACK LEADERSHIP EXCELLENCE: $100k → 16%NEEDIEST KIDS OF ALL: $300 → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
WA
ID
NY
MA
OH
CT
CA
AR
TN
LA
FL
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.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$5.5M · 21 repeat orgs$103k to everyone else

21 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 14 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
44

Total granted

$5.5M
$103k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+7%
+48%

Still filing today

81%
80%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesHealthEducationCommunity ImprovementEmploymentOther
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

  • ET
    ENSEMBLE THEATRE OF CINCINNATI
    7× · 2017–2025 · $1.3M · revenue +10%
  • CI
    Cincinnati Institute of Fine Arts
    6× · 2017–2025 · $263k · revenue +2%
  • GC
    Greater Cincinnati Microenterprise
    4× · 2022–2025 · $180k · revenue +3%

Funded once

  • TC
    The Children's Theatre of Cincinnati
    one grant, 2023 · $25k · revenue -60%
  • UW
    United Way of Greater Cincinnati
    one grant, 2017 · $20k · revenue -26%
  • SUN VALLEY WRITERS' CONFERENCE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $6k · revenue +89%
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
Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra

Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra (CCO) creates intimate, transformative experiences that connect the musically curious.

Arts & Culture
2
Ohio United Way

To strengthen the capacity of United Ways across Ohio and to advance the common good for Ohioans.

Philanthropy
3
Cincinnati Usa Regional Chamber

To grow the vibrancy and economic prosperity of the cincinnati region.

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4
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement
5
The Greater Cincinnati Foundation

As a trusted and connected partner, we inspire generous people to invest in a more equitable and vibrant region now and for generations to come.

Philanthropy
6
The Contemporary Arts Center

The CAC is a lab for understanding ourselves, others, and the world around us through the experience and creation of all contemporary art forms.

Arts & Culture
7
Digitalc

Empower the people of greater cleveland to achieve success through technology, innovation and connected community.

Community Improvement
8
Strategies to End Homelessness Inc

Strategies to End Homelessness leads a coordinated community effort to end homelessness in Greater Cincinnati.

Human Services
9
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.

—
10
Cincinnati Public Radio Inc

Cincinnati Public Radio is the trusted, independent source of journalism, music and culture empowering a vibrant, engaged and informed community.

Arts & Culture
11
Union Health System

To serve our communities by provding innovative and compassionate healthcare.

Health
12
Cintrifuse

To empower Cincinnati entrepreneurs to launch bold, scalable startups; and we work to improve the odds of those startups growing into transformational companies.

Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Urban League of Greater Southwestern Ohio Inc; the most unlike its peers is Sun Valley Writers' Conference Inc. 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

57 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 57 of the 69 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
12
Early backer (in before they grew)
56/57
Grantees still filing
43/57
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ENSEMBLE THEATRE OF CINCINNATI: $1,325,833 · Arts & CultureENSEMBLE THEATRE OF CINCINNATICincinnati Playhouse in the Park: $755,000 · Arts & CultureCincinnati Playhouse in the ParkCincinnati Institute of Fine Arts: $262,500 · Arts & CultureCincinnati Institute of Fine Arts+7 more: $47,000 · Arts & CultureHEBREW UNION COLLEGE: $825,150 · OtherHEBREW UNION COLLEGECO-OP CINCY: $403,700 · OtherCO-OP CINCY+33 more: $86,187 · Other+33 moreMortar Cincinnati: $804,400 · EmploymentMortar Cincinnat…+1 more: $1,000 · EmploymentTRANSFORMATIONAL ADVANCEMENT OF BLACK LEADERSHIP AND EXCELLENCE: $200,000 · Human ServicesFII - NATIONAL: $149,760 · Human ServicesLIGHTHOUSE YOUTH SERVICES: $42,475 · Human Services+7 more: $7,600 · Human ServicesGreater Cincinnati Microenterprise: $180,400 · Community ImprovementCorporation for Findlay Market: $150,000 · Community ImprovementCOMMON COUNSEL FOUNDATION: $22,500 · Community Improvement+1 more: $2,000 · Community ImprovementCOMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PARTNERS: $201,150 · EducationCONNECTICUT COLLEGE: $90,500 · Education+3 more: $12,550 · EducationJewish Federation of Cincinnati: $113,500 · PhilanthropyUnited Way of Greater Cincinnati: $20,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $1,000 · Philanthropy
Arts & Culture$2,390,333Other$1,315,037Employment$805,400Human Services$399,835Community Improvement$354,900Education$304,200Philanthropy$134,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetENSEMBLE THEATRE OF CINCINNATI: $1,325,833 over 7y, 6.4% of budgetMortar Cincinnati: $804,400 over 6y, 11% of budgetCincinnati Playhouse in the Park: $755,000 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetCincinnati Institute of Fine Arts: $262,500 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetCOMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PARTNERS: $201,150 over 2y, 11% of budgetTRANSFORMATIONAL ADVANCEMENT OF BLACK LEADERSHIP AND EXCELLENCE: $200,000 over 2y, 99% of budgetGreater Cincinnati Microenterprise: $180,400 over 4y, 6.1% of budgetCorporation for Findlay Market: $150,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetFII - NATIONAL: $149,760 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetJewish Federation of Cincinnati: $113,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetCONNECTICUT COLLEGE: $90,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLIGHTHOUSE YOUTH SERVICES: $42,475 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetThe Children's Theatre of Cincinnati: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMON COUNSEL FOUNDATION: $22,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUnited Way of Greater Cincinnati: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetART OPPORTUNITIES INC: $12,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCANCER RESEARCH FUND OF THE DAMON RUNYON-WALTER WINCHELL FOUNDATION: $6,807 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSUN VALLEY WRITERS' CONFERENCE INC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBRANDEIS UNIVERSITY: $5,550 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ST BERNARD PROJECT INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTeam Survivor Northwest: $4,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetYWCA of Greater Cincinnati: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCINCINNATI SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCINCINNATI MUSEUM ASSOCIATION: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCincinnati Union Bethel: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRANGELEY REGION HEALTH AND WELLNESS PARTNERSHIP: $2,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetHillman Accelerator: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMercy Neighborhood Ministries Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF SOUTHWEST OHIO REGION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCincinnati Children's Choir: $1,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOMPRAKASH INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTENDER MERCIES INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDress for Success Cincinnati: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFREESTORE FOODBANK INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBethany House Services Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTAFT MUSEUM OF ART: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HURRICANE ISLAND FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Center for Holocaust and Humanity Education: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLiving Arrangements for the Developmentally Disabled Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCARACOLE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCincinnati Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetClovernook Center For the Blind and Visually Impaired: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPASADO'S SAFE HAVEN: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetACCOUNTING FOR KIDS: $500 over 1y, 0.8% 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.

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…The Thomas J Emery Me…John a Schroth Family…Millstone FundJohnson Charitable Gi…Carol Ann and Ralph V…The Wohlgemuth Hersch…United Way of Greater…Louise Taft Semple Fo…Charles H Dater Found…Andrew Jergens Founda…Ge Aerospace Foundati…
The Greater Cincinnati FoundationOH46× affinity23 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Greater Cincinnati Foundation · The Thomas J Emery Memorial · John a Schroth Family Char Tr · Millstone Fund · Johnson Charitable Gift Fund · Carol Ann and Ralph V Haile Jr Foundation · The Wohlgemuth Herschede Foundation Co Fifth Third Bank Na Agent · United Way of Greater Cincinnati · Louise Taft Semple Foundation · Charles H Dater Foundation Inc · Andrew Jergens Foundation · Ge Aerospace 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 Lkc Family Foundation Fka - Lkc Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lkc Family Foundation Fka - Lkc Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 9%
  • Brandeis University: 9% of income from government
  • Connecticut College: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
18report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
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.
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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 69 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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