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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 FY2025still arriving
21
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$27k
Largest
01What you fund
0185% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20172025.

Animals$54kEducation$46kArts & Culture$33kReligion$22kInternational$19kHuman Services$11kCommunity Improvement$6kRecreation & Sports$4kOther$0
02FY2025 · 21 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k20 grants · $16k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $27k
$500
Median grant
5
States reached
$564k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CINCINNATI ZOO$27,000
MERCY SHIPS$3,000
THE SUMMIT COUNTRY DAY$2,500
WOUNDED WARRIOR$2,000
SIESTA KEY KIWANIS CLUB$1,000
FRIENDS OF WINTER HILLS ACADEMY$1,000
Individual grant recipient$1,000
CINCINNATI SYMPHONY$989
KEY CHORALE$500
Individual grant recipient$500
HOSPICE OF CINCINNATI$500
ST JUDE CHILDRENS$500
PROSTATE CANCER FDN$500
FREESTONE FOOD BANK$300
ALZHEIMERS ASSN$300
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY17–22, $7k) 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 your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $1k → 14%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $1k → 14%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $1k → 14%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $1k → 14%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $1k → 14%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $1k → 14%LIGHTHOUSE YOUTH SERVICES: $500 → 16%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

IL
NY
OH
CT
MD
TN
NC
TX
FL

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$310k · 29 repeat orgs$17k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +39% since the first grant, against -23% for the ones you funded once.

29 repeat relationships — 13 still active in FY2025, 16 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

29
19

Total granted

$310k
$12k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
-23%

Still filing today

41%
21%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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 ServicesEducationRecreation & SportsHealthInternationalReligionOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • Mercy Ships International
    8× · 2017–2025 · $19k · revenue +303%
  • JL
    Junior League of Cincinnati
    2× · 2019–2020 · $6k · revenue +1%
  • WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC
    6× · 2017–2022 · $6k · revenue +70%

Funded once

  • ND
    NORTE DAME MISSION
    one grant, 2024 · $4k
  • SO
    SISTERS OF NOTRE DAME DE NAMUR
    one grant, 2024 · $1k
  • PC
    PURCELL CLASS OG 67 SCHLRSHP FND
    one grant, 2018 · $1k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
The Christ Hospital Foundation

The mission of the christ hospital foundation ('tch fdn') is to support the mission of the christ hospital ('tch'). tch's mission is to improve the health of our community and create patient value by providing exceptional outcomes and the…

Health
2
Cincinnati Observatory Center

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.

Arts & Culture
3
Cincinnati Museum Center

Cincinnati museum center inspires people of all ages to learn more about our world through science, regional history, and educational, engaging and meaningful experiences.

Arts & Culture
4
The Good Samaritan Hospital of Cincinnati Ohio

The organization's mission is to improve the health status of the community it serves.

Health
5
Children's Hospital Medical Center

Cincinnati children's hospital medical center will be the leader in improving child health. cincinnati children's will provide child health and transform delivery of care through fully integrated, globally recognized research, education,…

Health
6
The Christ Hospital

Improve the health of our community and create patient value by providing exceptional outcomes and the finest experiences, all in an affordable way.

Health
7
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
8
Cleveland Institute of Music

The cleveland institute of music's mission is to empower the world's most talented classical music students to fulfill their dreams and potential.

Education
9
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
10
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
11
Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra

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

Arts & Culture
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

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Good Samaritan Hospital Foundation of Cincinnati Inc and the most unlike its peers is Ohio Society Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 52 years old; the field is 20. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number20%0%<5yr13%5%5–10yr17%10%10–20yr16%19%20–35yr16%19%35–55yr19%48%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value20%0%<5yr13%27%5–10yr17%33%10–20yr16%13%20–35yr16%4%35–55yr19%23%55yr+

The field is 20% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close 0.0% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/22
the rest of the field
13%
3,695/28,631

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

20 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 20 of the 57 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/20
Grantees still filing
14/20
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

Individual grant recipient — $119,913 · OtherIndividual grant recipientCINCINNATI ZOO — $54,032 · OtherCINCINNATI ZOOCINCINNATI OPERA — $26,986 · OtherCINCINNATI OPERAPURCELL MARIAN HIGH SCHOOL — $24,150 · OtherPURCELL MARIAN HIGH SCHOOLSISTERS OF NOTRE DAME — $9,600 · Other+44 more — $41,958 · Other+44 moreMercy Ships International — $18,500 · InternationalCISE — $16,700 · ReligionWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC — $6,000 · Human ServicesLIGHTHOUSE YOUTH SERVICES — $500 · Human ServicesJunior League of Cincinnati — $6,000 · Community ImprovementTHE CIRCUS ARTS CONSERVATORY INC — $1,250 · EducationTRINITY COLLEGE — $500 · EducationCincinnati Institute of Fine Arts — $1,200 · Arts & Culture
Other$276,639International$18,500Religion$16,700Human Services$6,500Community Improvement$6,000Education$1,750Arts & Culture$1,200

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetMercy Ships International — $18,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCISE — $16,700 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetJunior League of Cincinnati — $6,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC — $6,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCITY GOSPEL MISSION AND AFFILIATES — $4,200 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CIRCUS ARTS CONSERVATORY INC — $1,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCincinnati Institute of Fine Arts — $1,200 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHOSPICE OF CINCINNATI INCORPORATED — $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCincinnati Parks Foundation — $1,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFREESTORE FOODBANK INC — $800 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCATHOLIC COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLIGHTHOUSE YOUTH SERVICES — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTRINITY COLLEGE — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKEY CHORALE INC — $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCINCINNATI NATURE CENTER — $210 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HUMAN FUND — $125 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL FOUNDATION OF CINCINNATI INC — $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVENICE VIKINGS INC — $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds Mercy Ships International
  • Who funds CISE
  • Who funds Junior League of Cincinnati
  • Who funds WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC
  • Who funds CITY GOSPEL MISSION AND AFFILIATES
  • Who funds THE CIRCUS ARTS CONSERVATORY INC
  • Who funds Cincinnati Institute of Fine Arts
  • Who funds HOSPICE OF CINCINNATI INCORPORATED
  • Who funds Cincinnati Parks Foundation
  • Who funds FREESTORE FOODBANK INC
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC
  • Who funds CATHOLIC COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
  • Who funds LIGHTHOUSE YOUTH SERVICES

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Greater Cincinnati FoundationOH15× affinity5 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Mlfb Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal, a single department, or state — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
202122232425
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from governmentmedian 0%
  • Trinity College0% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
typical government reliance, FY2025

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 57 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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