Ohio · Private foundation
Nabama Foundation
Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $70k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 16
- Grants FY2026
- 17
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 29%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $17,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 14 to 22
- FY2019 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 3
- Total assets, FY2026
- $17k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 29% of the organizations Nabama Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 16% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 84% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 16 | $70k | 6% |
| FY2025 | 17 | $68k | 29% |
| FY2024 | 16 | $68k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 22 | $68k | 27% |
| FY2022 | 19 | $75k | 21% |
| FY2021 | 17 | $65k | 29% |
| FY2020 | 14 | $63k | 7% |
| FY2019 | 17 | $53k | 53% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2026.
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 FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Greater Cincinnati Television Educational Foundation | $76,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Crayons and Beyond Inc | $55,500 | 10 | 0% |
| Freestore Foodbank Inc | $42,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Shriners Hospitals for Children | $31,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Cincinnati Museum Association | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Dragonfly Foundation | $19,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Seal Cove Auto Museum | $18,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Cincinnati Nature Center | $10,099 | 3 | 0% |
| Friends of Acadia | $10,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Covenant House | $9,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 24 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Greater Cincinnati Television Educational Foundation | $76,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Crayons and Beyond Inc | $55,500 | 10 | 0% |
| Freestore Foodbank Inc | $42,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Shriners Hospitals for Children | $31,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Cincinnati Museum Association | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Dragonfly Foundation | $19,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Seal Cove Auto Museum | $18,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Cincinnati Nature Center | $10,099 | 3 | 0% |
| Friends of Acadia | $10,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Covenant House | $9,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Greater Dayton Public Television dba Think TV | $4,540 | 5 | 0% |
| Southwest Harbor Public Library | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Wounded Warrior Project Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hope Ignites Cincinnati | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Cincinnati Ballet Company Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The St Bernard Project Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Beech Acres | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Cincinnati Parks Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Center for Respite Care Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Cincinnati Observatory Center | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Cancer Family Care Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Cincinnati Woman's Club | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Bennington Museum Inc | $125 | 1 | 0% |
| Alzheimers Support Network Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 46 recipients with no EIN on record ($310k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Nabama Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: Johnson Charitable Gift Fund · The Greater Cincinnati Foundation · Carol Ann and Ralph V Haile Jr Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Charles Scott Riley III Foundation · The James J and Joan a Gardner Family Foundation · Sutphin Family Foundation Ica · Marge & Charles J Schott Foundation · Josephine S Russell Charitable · The Thomas J Emery Memorial · Charles H Dater Foundation Inc · Andrew Jergens Foundation
How this is measured
About Nabama Foundation
- How much does Nabama Foundation give?
- Nabama Foundation reported 16 grants totaling $70,489 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 22 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2025.
- What does Nabama Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2026, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (25%), Human Services (18%), Education (13%).
- Who are Nabama Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2026: The Greater Cincinnati Television Educational Foundation ($76k), Crayons and Beyond Inc ($56k), Freestore Foodbank Inc ($42k).
- Does Nabama Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Nabama 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 Nabama Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Johnson Charitable Gift Fund, The Greater Cincinnati Foundation, Carol Ann and Ralph V Haile Jr Foundation.
- Where is Nabama Foundation based?
- Nabama Foundation is based in OH.
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