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Middletown Community Foundation

To secure permanent and growing assets for the area's changing needs.

$2.2M
Granted FY2025still arriving
58
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$309k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$2.5MHuman Services$1.6MArts & Culture$1.0MHealth$828kPhilanthropy$358kReligion$358kCommunity Improvement$307kYouth Development$231kOther$0
02FY2025 · 58 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 58 grants below total $1,590,297, the rows itemized in this filing. The $2,182,449 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $592,152 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 · FY2025

  • Under $10k18 grants · $128k
  • $10k–50k35 grants · $602k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $551k
  • $250k+1 grant · $309k
$13,250
Median grant
2
States reached
$50M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COMMUNITY BUILDING INSITITUTE$309,250
BUTLER COUNTY EDUCATIONAL SERVICES$244,110
MIAMI UNIVERSITY$158,149
SHRINERS CHILDREN'S OHIO$91,500
MIDDLETOWN ARTS CENTER$57,444
ATRIUM MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION$34,696
EDGEWOOD CITY SCHOOLS$33,500
MIDDLETOWN ATHLETIC BOOSTERS INC$30,600
MIDDLETOWN CITY SCHOOLS$30,135
PEOPLE WORKING COOPERATIVELY$25,000
SORG OPERA REVITALIZATION GROUP$24,000
COMMUNITY ACTION FOR RECOVERY AND$22,000
HOSPICE OF DAYTON INC$21,100
BULLS RUN ARBORETUM$20,544
4C FOR CHILDREN$20,000
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, $633k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 91% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%MOUNT PLEASANT LIFE CARE FUND: $36k → 5%HANNAH'S TREASURE CHEST: $10k → 14%OHIO LIVING FOUNDATION: $15k → 5%HANNAH'S TREASURE CHEST: $7k → 14%OHIO LIVING FOUNDATION: $6k → 5%HANDS 2 HOPE: $13k → 12%HOSPICE OF DAYTON: $27k → 14%HOSPICE OF DAYTON: $26k → 14%HOSPICE OF DAYTON: $25k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS MIAMI VALLEY: $10k → 14%CATHOLIC CHARITIES SOUTHWESTERN: $10k → 16%AMERICAN RED CROSS MIAMI VALLEY: $10k → 14%CATHOLIC CHARITIES SOUTHWESTERN: $7k → 16%AMERICAN RED CROSS MIAMI VALLEY: $8k → 14%HOSPICE OF DAYTON INC: $21k → 14%4C FOR CHILDREN: $20k → 16%COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY CHILD CARE: $10k → 16%COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY CHILD CARE: $10k → 16%TALBERT HOUSE: $20k → 16%LIFESPAN INC: $10k → 12%SUPPORT TO ENCOURAGE LOW INCOME FAM: $9k → 12%SUPPORT TO ENCOURAGE LOW INCOME FAM: $9k → 12%GREAT MIAMI VALLEY YMCA: $7k → 12%MIDDLETOWN AREA YMCA: $10k → 12%MIDDLETOWN AREA YMCA: $9k → 12%GREAT MIAMI VALLEY YMCA: $9k → 12%GREAT MIAMI VALLEY YMCA: $6k → 12%GREAT MIAMI VALLEY YMCA: $6k → 12%ABILITIES FIRST FOUNDATION: $117k → 12%ABILITIES FIRST FOUNDATION: $42k → 12%ABILITIES FIRST FOUNDATION: $20k → 12%ABILITIES FIRST FOUNDATION: $18k → 12%ABILITIES FIRST FOUNDATION: $15k → 12%FAMILY SERVICES OF MIDDLETOWN: $13k → 12%ABILITIES FIRST FOUNDATION: $12k → 12%ABILITIES FIRST FOUNDATION: $10k → 12%HOSPICE CARE OF MIDDLETOWN: $9k → 12%HOSPICE CARE OF MIDDLETOWN: $7k → 12%ABILITIES FIRST FOUNDATION: $7k → 12%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.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$8.2M · 88 repeat orgs$1.1M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +28% since the first grant, against +7% for those funded once.

88 repeat relationships: 44 still active in FY2025, 44 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

88
63

Total granted

$8.2M
$905k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
+7%

Still filing today

49%
25%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $225k 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 ServicesHealthEducationCommunity ImprovementArts & CultureHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • CB
    COMMUNITY BUILDING INSTITUTE MIDDLETOWN INC
    6× · 2017–2025 · $390k · revenue +15%
  • AM
    ATRIUM MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION
    9× · 2017–2025 · $354k · revenue +34%
  • SO
    SORG OPERA REVITALIZATION GROUP LLC
    8× · 2018–2025 · $169k · revenue +296%

Funded once

  • MS
    MIDDLETOWN SYMPHONY INC
    one grant, 2017 · $215k
  • MP
    MOUNT PLEASANT RETIREMENT VILLAGE
    one grant, 2017 · $33k
  • MB
    MADISON BOARD OF EDUCATION
    one grant, 2024 · $32k
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
Greater Columbus Chamber of Commerce

Advancing a thriving central ohio commmunity by serving as a catalyst for all businesses to grow and flourish. our mission pillars are connections, government relations, strategic business solutions and talent/workforce.

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2
Handson Central Ohio Inc

To align community resources and generate insights that strengthen central ohio.

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3
Philanthropy Ohio

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

Philanthropy
4
Hospice & Palliative Care of the Ohio Valley Inc

Helping individuals live with dignity through the final stage of life.

Human Services
5
Jewish Family Services

To help individuals and families achieve economic self-sufficiency and emotional stability.

Human Services
6
Lutheran Social Services of Central Ohio Delaware Housing Inc

See schedule oto create a better world by serving people in need by operating food pantries, homeless shelters, a domestic violence shelter, affordable housing communities, senior living, assisted living and skilled care facilities, a home…

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7
Catholic Charities Corporation

Respond to those in need through an integrated system of quality services designed to respect the dignity of every person and build a just and compassionate society.

Human Services
8
Ohio Chamber of Commerce

As the state's leading business advocate and resource, the ohio chamber of commerce aggressively champions free enterprise, economic competitiveness and growth for the benefit of all ohioans.

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9
Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce

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.

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10
Empowering and Strengthening Ohio's People Inc

Empowering and strengthening ohio's people (esop) helps adults in all stages of life achieve and maintain financial wellness and housing stability.

Housing & Shelter
11
Center Street Community Clinic Inc

Provision of primary medical, dental and behavioral health services, regardless of ability to pay, to uninsured and other residents of marion, ohio and surrounding areas.

Health
12
Ohio United Way

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

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Lifespan Inc; the most unlike its peers is 3 R Development Incorporated. 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

70 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. 70 of the 163 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.

6
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
16
Early backer (in before they grew)
67/70
Grantees still filing
41/70
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BUTLER COUNTY EDUCATIONAL SERVICES: $1,464,990 · OtherBUTLER COUNTY EDUCATIONAL SERVICESMIAMI UNIVERSITY: $546,837 · OtherMIAMI UNIVERSITYSHRINERS CHILDREN'S OHIO: $515,342 · OtherSHRINERS CHILDREN'S OHIOMIDDLETOWN BOARD OF EDUCATION: $311,372 · Other+122 more: $3,672,375 · Other+122 moreAbilities First Foundation Inc: $241,334 · Human ServicesHOSPICE OF DAYTON INC: $99,074 · Human ServicesGREAT MIAMI VALLEY YMCA: $73,437 · Human ServicesOHIO LIVING FOUNDATION: $57,043 · Human ServicesCOMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY CHILD CARE ORGANIZATION INC: $40,000 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $27,500 · Human Services+9 more: $128,017 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY BUILDING INSTITUTE MIDDLETOWN INC: $389,587 · Community ImprovementHoliday Whopla Inc: $134,828 · Community ImprovementDOWNTOWN MIDDLETOWN INC: $96,680 · Community Improvement+1 more: $7,000 · Community ImprovementATRIUM MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $354,099 · HealthSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $91,500 · HealthCOMMUNITY PREGNANCY CENTER INC: $82,500 · HealthDAYTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $25,000 · HealthOHIO'S HOSPICE FOUNDATION: $22,345 · Health+3 more: $34,300 · HealthSORG OPERA REVITALIZATION GROUP LLC: $168,528 · Arts & CultureMIDDLETOWN FINE ARTS CENTER: $157,373 · Arts & CulturePERFORMING ARTS ACADEMY: $117,650 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $11,134 · Arts & CultureUnited Way of Greater Cincinnati: $235,498 · Philanthropy+2 more: $11,069 · PhilanthropyPEOPLE WORKING COOPERATIVELY INC: $146,500 · Housing & ShelterSAFE HAVEN FARMS INC: $20,500 · Housing & ShelterFAMILY PROMISE OF BUTLER COUNTY INC: $19,300 · Housing & Shelter
Other$6,510,916Human Services$666,405Community Improvement$628,095Health$609,744Arts & Culture$454,685Philanthropy$246,567Housing & Shelter$186,300

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 budgetCOMMUNITY BUILDING INSTITUTE MIDDLETOWN INC: $389,587 over 6y, 22% of budgetATRIUM MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $354,099 over 9y, 2.3% of budgetAbilities First Foundation Inc: $241,334 over 8y, 4.5% of budgetUnited Way of Greater Cincinnati: $235,498 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetSORG OPERA REVITALIZATION GROUP LLC: $168,528 over 8y, 14% of budgetMIDDLETOWN FINE ARTS CENTER: $157,373 over 6y, 11% of budgetPEOPLE WORKING COOPERATIVELY INC: $146,500 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetHoliday Whopla Inc: $134,828 over 4y, 25% of budgetBUTLER COUNTY UNITED WAY: $118,203 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetPERFORMING ARTS ACADEMY: $117,650 over 6y, 15% of budgetTHE CHAMBER PARTNERSHIP FOR A BRIGHTER FUTURE: $111,500 over 7y, 18% of budgetART CENTRAL FOUNDATION INC: $104,430 over 8y, 27% of budgetHOSPICE OF DAYTON INC: $99,074 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetDOWNTOWN MIDDLETOWN INC: $96,680 over 5y, 9.2% of budget3 R Development Incorporated: $93,208 over 8y, 9.5% of budgetCOMMUNITY PREGNANCY CENTER INC: $82,500 over 6y, 5.3% of budgetGREAT MIAMI VALLEY YMCA: $73,437 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetOHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $66,282 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMIDDLETOWN HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $65,000 over 4y, 100% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF MIDDLETOWN AREA: $64,528 over 3y, 44% of budgetMIDDLETOWN AREA NEEDIEST YOUTH: $63,585 over 6y, 19% of budgetOHIO LIVING FOUNDATION: $57,043 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetCOMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY CHILD CARE ORGANIZATION INC: $40,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSt John Bosco Schools: $40,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetLITTLE LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL: $34,200 over 3y, 35% of budgetLEAD TRAINING: $32,885 over 3y, 19% of budgetMIDDIES ATHLETIC BOOSTER CLUB INC: $30,600 over 1y, 13% of budgetYOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF HAMILTON OHIO INC: $30,500 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetINSPIRATION STUDIOS: $29,470 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF BUTLER COUNTY INC: $29,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetFEED THE HUNGRY PROJECT: $28,400 over 3y, 3.7% of budgetAMERICAN LEGION POST 218: $27,590 over 1y, 13% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $27,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAdopt A Class Foundation Inc: $27,500 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetHOLY FAMILY PARISH ST VINCENT DE PAUL CONFERENCE: $25,000 over 2y, 15% of budgetDAYTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOHIO'S HOSPICE FOUNDATION: $22,345 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe Middletown Ohio Kiwanis Foundation: $20,559 over 3y, 37% of budgetSAFE HAVEN FARMS INC: $20,500 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetTALBERT HOUSE: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRANKLIN AREA COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $20,000 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetFAMILY PROMISE OF BUTLER COUNTY INC: $19,300 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetHope House Christian Counseling Center: $18,300 over 2y, 7.0% of budgetHANNAH'S TREASURE CHEST: $17,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetSUPPORTS TO ENCOURAGE LOW-INCOME FA: $17,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCatholic Charities Southwestern Ohio: $16,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPARACHUTE SPECIAL ADVOCATE FOR CHILDREN OF BUTLER COUNTY: $15,850 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetHOSPICE CARE OF MIDDLETOWN INC: $15,817 over 2y, 0.1% 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 COMMUNITY BUILDING INSTITUTE MIDDLETOWN INC ↗
  • Who funds ATRIUM MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Abilities First Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds United Way of Greater Cincinnati ↗
  • Who funds MIDDLETOWN SYMPHONY INC ↗
  • Who funds SORG OPERA REVITALIZATION GROUP LLC ↗
  • Who funds MIDDLETOWN FINE ARTS CENTER ↗
  • Who funds PEOPLE WORKING COOPERATIVELY INC ↗
  • Who funds Holiday Whopla Inc ↗
  • Who funds BUTLER COUNTY UNITED WAY ↗
  • Who funds PERFORMING ARTS ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds THE CHAMBER PARTNERSHIP FOR A BRIGHTER FUTURE ↗
  • Who funds ART CENTRAL FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds HOSPICE OF DAYTON INC ↗
  • Who funds DOWNTOWN MIDDLETOWN INC ↗
  • Who funds 3 R Development Incorporated ↗
  • Who funds SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY PREGNANCY CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds GREAT MIAMI VALLEY YMCA ↗
  • Who funds OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MIDDLETOWN HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF MIDDLETOWN AREA ↗
  • Who funds MIDDLETOWN AREA NEEDIEST YOUTH ↗
  • Who funds OHIO LIVING FOUNDATION ↗

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.

Miriam G Knoll Charit…United Way of Greater…The Greater Cincinnat…First Financial Found…Butler County United …The Dayton FoundationHamilton Community Fo…The Northern Cincinna…John a Schroth Family…Arthur Harvey Foundat…Molyneaux Foundation …The Cleveland-Cliffs …
Miriam G Knoll Charitable Fdn 1045000040OH43.2× affinity18 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Miriam G Knoll Charitable Fdn 1045000040 · United Way of Greater Cincinnati · The Greater Cincinnati Foundation · First Financial Foundation · Butler County United Way · The Dayton Foundation · Hamilton Community Foundation · The Northern Cincinnai Foundation · John a Schroth Family Char Tr · Arthur Harvey Foundation Ct 1045000077 · Molyneaux Foundation 1045000246 · The Cleveland-Cliffs 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 Middletown Community Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Middletown Community Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    20report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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.

    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 163 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 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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