· 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2026.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2026
- Under $10k15 grants · $53k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $17k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| WCET | $17,000 |
| FREE STORE FOOD BANK | $5,000 |
| CRAYONS TO COMPUTERS | $5,000 |
| DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS | $5,000 |
| RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE | $5,000 |
| SHRINERS HOSPITAL | $5,000 |
| CINCINNATI OBSERVATORY | $5,000 |
| MAKE A WISH FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| SW HARBOR TRENTMONT AMBULANCE | $5,000 |
| SEAL COVE AUTO MUSEUM | $5,000 |
| DRANGONFLY FOUNDATION | $4,000 |
| ST VINCENT DEPAUL | $2,000 |
| THINK TV | $1,240 |
| FRIENDS OF ACADIA | $1,000 |
| NATIONAL MS SOCIETY | $150 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $13k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +45% since the first grant, against +22% for those funded once.
29 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2026, 14 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2026 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2026, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $150 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TGThe Greater Cincinnati Television Educational Foundation9× · 2017–2026 · $76k · revenue +41%
- CACRAYONS AND BEYOND INC10× · 2017–2026 · $56k · revenue +45%
- FFFREESTORE FOODBANK INC9× · 2017–2026 · $42k · revenue +61%
Funded once
- KSKY STREASURER-TORNADO RELIEFone grant, 2022 · $15k
- CHCOVENANT HOUSEone grant, 2024 · $9k · revenue +1%
- MAMAKE A WISHone grant, 2024 · $9k
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.
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.
Cincinnati museum center inspires people of all ages to learn more about our world through science, regional history, and educational, engaging and meaningful experiences.
The CAC is a lab for understanding ourselves, others, and the world around us through the experience and creation of all contemporary art forms.
Cincinnati Public Radio is the trusted, independent source of journalism, music and culture empowering a vibrant, engaged and informed community.
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,…
Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra (CCO) creates intimate, transformative experiences that connect the musically curious.
The mission of The Children's Theatre of Cincinnati (TCT) is to educate, entertain and engage audiences of all ages through professional theatrical productions and arts education programming. Our vision is to awaken a lifelong love of…
We are Cincinnati's national theater - committed to bringing diverse, engaging works of great artistry to our community, and to putting Cincinnati's artistic excellence in the national spotlight.
The mission of the cleveland museum of art (cma) is to fulfill its dual roles as one of the world's most distinguished comprehensive art museums and as one of northeastern ohio's principal civic and cultural institutions. the museum,…
Improve the health of our community and create patient value by providing exceptional outcomes and the finest experiences, all in an affordable way.
To empower and educate people to value, preserve and save greater cincinnati's historic buildings, communities, landscapes and stories.
Our mission is to deliver state-of-the-art cancer care to patients in their communities through clinical trials. this allows individuals to remain in their won neighborhoods, while receiving the latest and best in cancer screenings,…
How this is measured
24 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 24 of the 70 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 The Greater Cincinnati Television Educational Foundation ↗
- Who funds CRAYONS AND BEYOND INC ↗
- Who funds FREESTORE FOODBANK INC ↗
- Who funds SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN ↗
- Who funds CINCINNATI MUSEUM ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds THE DRAGONFLY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds SEAL COVE AUTO MUSEUM ↗
- Who funds CINCINNATI NATURE CENTER ↗
- Who funds Friends of Acadia ↗
- Who funds COVENANT HOUSE ↗
- Who funds Greater Dayton Public Television dba Think TV ↗
- Who funds SOUTHWEST HARBOR PUBLIC LIBRARY ↗
- Who funds WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC ↗
- Who funds HOPE IGNITES CINCINNATI ↗
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Nabama Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Nabama Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
- Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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