Ohio · Private foundation
Mlfb 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.
- $43k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 21
- Grants FY2025
- 24
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $27,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 24
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $564k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations Mlfb Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 27% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 73% 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
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 21 | $43k | 38% |
| FY2024 | 24 | $40k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $8k | 22% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $22k | 10% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $57k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 15 | $56k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 20 | $42k | 35% |
| FY2018 | 17 | $29k | 29% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mercy Ships International | $18,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Cise | $16,700 | 9 | 0% |
| Junior League of Cincinnati | $6,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Wounded Warrior Project Inc | $6,000 | 6 | 0% |
| City Gospel Mission and Affiliates | $4,200 | 9 | 0% |
| Friends of Winton Hills Academy | $2,100 | 3 | n/a |
| The Circus Arts Conservatory Inc | $1,250 | 2 | 0% |
| Cincinnati Institute of Fine Arts | $1,200 | 6 | 0% |
| Hospice of Cincinnati Incorporated | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Cincinnati Parks Foundation | $1,000 | 5 | 0% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mercy Ships International | $18,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Cise | $16,700 | 9 | 0% |
| Junior League of Cincinnati | $6,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Wounded Warrior Project Inc | $6,000 | 6 | 0% |
| City Gospel Mission and Affiliates | $4,200 | 9 | 0% |
| Friends of Winton Hills Academy | $2,100 | 3 | n/a |
| The Circus Arts Conservatory Inc | $1,250 | 2 | 0% |
| Cincinnati Institute of Fine Arts | $1,200 | 6 | 0% |
| Hospice of Cincinnati Incorporated | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Cincinnati Parks Foundation | $1,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Freestore Foodbank Inc | $800 | 4 | 0% |
| Key Chorale Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Archdiocese of Cincinnati | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Trinity College | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Lighthouse Youth Services | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Ohio Society Inc | $300 | 2 | n/a |
| Cincinnati Nature Center | $210 | 2 | 0% |
| The Human Fund | $125 | 1 | 0% |
| Good Samaritan Hospital Foundation of Cincinnati Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Venice Vikings Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 35 recipients with no EIN on record ($265k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Mlfb 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.
Open a dossier: The Greater Cincinnati Foundation · Tql Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Mlfb Foundation
- How much does Mlfb Foundation give?
- Mlfb Foundation reported 21 grants totaling $42,824 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 24 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Mlfb Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Animals (17%), Education (14%), Arts & Culture (10%).
- Who are Mlfb Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Mercy Ships International ($19k), Cise ($17k), Junior League of Cincinnati ($6k).
- Does Mlfb Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Mlfb 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 Mlfb Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Greater Cincinnati Foundation, Tql Foundation Inc, American Endowment Foundation.
- Where is Mlfb Foundation based?
- Mlfb Foundation is based in OH.
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