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Manuel D and Rhoda Mayerson Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

Manuel D and Rhoda Mayerson Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.5M
Granted FY2021
34
Grants FY2021
3
States reached
$400k
Largest
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0192% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2021.

Arts & Culture$456kEducation$423kYouth Development$153kHealth$94kHousing & Shelter$76kEnvironment$31kHuman Services$25kFood & Nutrition$25kOther$0
02FY2021 · 34 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 34 grants below total $1,327,064, the rows itemized in this filing. The $1,454,564 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $127,500 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2021

  • Under $10k17 grants · $58k
  • $10k–50k13 grants · $294k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $175k
  • $250k+2 grants · $800k
$10,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$12M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
The Mayerson Academy For Human Resource Development$400,000
Cincinnati Art Museum$400,000
Lighthouse Youth Services Inc$100,000
Association Of Fundraising Professionals$75,000
Center For Holocaust And Humanity Education$45,000
Lighthouse Youth Services Inc$40,000
New Life Furniture Inc$25,000
University Of Cincinnati Foundation$25,000
Good Samaritan Hospital Foundation Of Cincinnati$25,000
Freestore-Foodbank Inc$24,980
Northern Kentucky University Research Foundation Inc$21,000
Jewish Federation of Cincinnati$20,000
Planned Parenthood Southwest Ohio Region$17,500
Children's Hospital Medical Center$16,376
Cincinnati Works$14,200
02Its 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
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.

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2
Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra

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

Arts & Culture
3
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
4
Cincinnati Usa Regional Chamber

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

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5
Cincinnati Usa Regional Chamber Foundation

To develop and promote economic development, talent initiatives and the unique offerings in the cincinnati region.

Community Improvement
6
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
7
Cincinnati Parks Foundation

To build broad based private/public partnerships supporting the conservation and enhancement of our City's parks and greenspaces.

Recreation & Sports
8
Jewish Family Service of the Cincinnati Area

A social service agency, JFS strengthens lives and our diverse community by providing exceptional and transformational human services. Services include: Counseling, Case Management, Financial and Food Support, Home Care, Senior Services,…

Human Services
9
The Greater Cincinnati Film Commission

The Greater Cincinnati Film Commission is dedicated to maximizing the area's economic potential by attracting, promoting and cultivating film, television, and commercial production throughout Greater Cincinnati. Once filmmakers choose…

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10
Ohio United Way

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

Philanthropy
11
Philanthropy Ohio

To lead and equip ohio philanthropy to be effective partners for change in our communities.

Philanthropy
12
Hillel the Foundation of Jewish Campus Life

The purpose of Hillel is to be a center for enriching the lives of Jewish students in the Greater Cincinnati area and to strengthen Jewish identity through social and a broad range of programs and services in an atmosphere that is…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Cincinnati Museum Association; the most unlike its peers is Mayerson Academy for Human Resources. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

25 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. 25 of the 27 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
25/25
Grantees still filing
19/25
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CINCINNATI MUSEUM ASSOCIATION: $400,000 · Arts & CultureCINCINNATI MUSEUM ASSOCIATIONThe Center for Holocaust and Humanity Education: $45,000 · Arts & CultureThe Center for Holocaust and Humanity E…+3 more: $14,410 · Arts & CultureMayerson Academy for Human Resources: $402,950 · OtherMayerson Academy for Human ResourcesFREESTORE FOODBANK INC: $24,980 · OtherFREESTORE FOODBANK INC+7 more: $15,448 · OtherLIGHTHOUSE YOUTH SERVICES: $150,000 · Human ServicesLIGHTHOUSE YOUTH…NEW LIFE FURNITURE BANK: $25,000 · Human ServicesNEW LIFE FURNITU…CINCINNATI WORKS: $14,200 · Human ServicesCINCINNATI WORKSBethany House Services Inc: $75,000 · Housing & ShelterGOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL FOUNDATION OF CINCINNATI INC: $25,000 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF SOUTHWEST OHIO REGION: $17,500 · HealthCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER: $16,376 · HealthTHE UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI FOUNDATION: $30,000 · PhilanthropyJewish Federation of Cincinnati: $20,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $1,000 · PhilanthropyNORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $30,500 · EducationActivities Beyond the Classroom: $18,500 · Education+1 more: $1,200 · Education
Arts & Culture$459,410Other$443,378Human Services$189,200Housing & Shelter$75,000Health$58,876Philanthropy$51,000Education$50,200

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 budgetMayerson Academy for Human Resources: $402,950 over 1y, 17% of budgetCINCINNATI MUSEUM ASSOCIATION: $400,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetLIGHTHOUSE YOUTH SERVICES: $150,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetBethany House Services Inc: $75,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetThe Center for Holocaust and Humanity Education: $45,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetNORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $30,500 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL FOUNDATION OF CINCINNATI INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNEW LIFE FURNITURE BANK: $25,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetFREESTORE FOODBANK INC: $24,980 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJewish Federation of Cincinnati: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetActivities Beyond the Classroom: $18,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF SOUTHWEST OHIO REGION: $17,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER: $16,376 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCINCINNATI WORKS: $14,200 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCINCINNATI SHAKESPEARE COMPANY: $5,900 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCINCINNATI SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHEARING SPEECH AND DEAF CENTER OF GREA: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNATIONAL UNDERGROUND RAILROAD FREEDOM CENTER INC: $3,510 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetProKids: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAlliance for Girls: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWordplay Cincy: $1,200 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetIMPACT 100 INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTENDER MERCIES INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetASSOCIATION OF FUNDRAISING PROFESSIONALS: $500 over 1y, 0.5% 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.

Carol Ann and Ralph V…The Greater Cincinnat…Johnson Charitable Gi…Millstone FundAndrew Jergens Founda…John a Schroth Family…Charles H Dater Found…Ge Aerospace Foundati…Duke Energy FoundationFarmer Family Foundat…Elsa M Heisel Sule Ch…Lkc Family Foundation…
Carol Ann and Ralph V Haile Jr FoundationOH30.2× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Carol Ann and Ralph V Haile Jr Foundation · The Greater Cincinnati Foundation · Johnson Charitable Gift Fund · Millstone Fund · Andrew Jergens Foundation · John a Schroth Family Char Tr · Charles H Dater Foundation Inc · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Duke Energy Foundation · Farmer Family Foundation · Elsa M Heisel Sule Charitable Trust 2005 · Lkc Family Foundation Fka - Lkc 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.
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How do I get to Manuel D and Rhoda Mayerson Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Manuel D and Rhoda Mayerson 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 27 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 2021, released 2021. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports $652k of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2021, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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