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Ohio Valley United Charities Inc

Award grants to non-profit entities that provide services for children, the elderly, education,domestic violence, rape, and substance abuse consulting

$275k
Granted FY2024still arriving
25
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Education$492kYouth Development$137kFood & Nutrition$97kHuman Services$77kHousing & Shelter$56kHealth$33kCommunity Improvement$30kEmployment$27kOther$0
02FY2024 · 25 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 25 grants below total $235,878, the rows itemized in this filing. The $274,578 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $38,700 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 · FY2024

  • Under $10k14 grants · $97k
  • $10k–50k11 grants · $139k
$8,500
Median grant
1
States reached
$112k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TRIMBLE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY$20,000
TRIMBLE CO FOUNDATION FOR EDU$18,100
EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE OF OWE$15,800
FRIENDS OF OWEN COUNTY PUBLIC$12,483
FOOD PANTRY OF CARROLL COUNTY$12,000
CARROLL COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY$10,500
JEFFERSON COMMUNITY & TECH CO$10,000
OWEN COUNTY PARK & REC COMMUN$10,000
EDUCATIONAL EXCEL FOUND OF GA$10,000
GOOD NEWS SHELTER CORP$10,000
EDUCATIONAL EXCEL FOUND OF C$10,000
FRIENDS OF HENRY COUNTY PUBLI$8,500
HOPE HEALTH CLINIC - LAGRANGE$8,500
CARROLL CO EXTENSION FOUNDATI$8,000
GALLATIN COUNTY 4-H COUNCIL$8,000
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 (FY20–24, $53k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%HENRY COUNTY EXTENSION SVC: $8k → 13%HENRY COUNTY EXTENSION SVC: $8k → 13%HENRY COUNTY EXTENSION SVC: $6k → 13%HOPES HANDS: $8k → 15%HOPES HANDS: $6k → 15%HAVEN OF HOPE PREGNANCY SVC I: $6k → 16%HAVEN OF HOPE PREGNANCY SVC I: $6k → 16%HAVEN OF HOPE PREGNANCY SVC I: $6k → 16%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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$921k · 24 repeat orgs$45k to everyone else

24 repeat relationships: 20 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

24
2

Total granted

$921k
$13k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

0%
+31%

Still filing today

42%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $33k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationHealthYouth DevelopmentHousing & ShelterFood & NutritionOther
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

  • EE
    EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE FOUNDATION OF GALLATIN COUNTY INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $64k · revenue +43% · 38% of their budget
  • K4
    KENTUCKY 4H FOUNDATION INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $61k · revenue +61%
  • GN
    GOOD NEWS SHELTER CORPORATION
    5× · 2020–2024 · $56k · revenue +105%

Funded once

  • PE
    PURE EDUCATION INITIATIVE INC
    one grant, 2020 · $7k · revenue -48%
  • OV
    Ohio Valley Educational Foundation Incgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $6k · revenue +31%
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
Hope House of Cocke County

Food pantry

Human Services
2
Cinderellas Closet of Northern Kentucky
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3
Maysville Hands of Hope Inc

Assist the needy/homeless individuals in the area

Human Services
4
Henry County Christmas Cheer

To support families in need

Human Services
5
Boone County Public Library Foundation Inc

To support library initiatives through fundraising and grants. its key focus areas include early childhood, the archive & history center, capital projects, and general donations.

Education
6
Henry County Helping Hands Inc

Provides food, disaster/emergency services, prescription, homeless and veteran assistance, and Christmas assistance

Human Services
7
Hope Ministries of Northern Kentucky Inc

Hope ministries helps low income families in northern kentucky with emergency food assistance, clothing, household items, and used toys.

Human Services
8
Community Action of Southern Kentucky Inc

We team with Community partners to provide human services with dignity and respect, empowering people in Southern Kentucky to achieve stability and economic security.

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9
Fairview Food Bank

Providing food for those in need.

Food & Nutrition
10
Helping Hands 4 Kids

Our organization helps families and children with tangible support throughout the year. Our funds go directly to providing food, clothing, basic living needs, backpacks and other things they need to help them get through their day. Each…

Community Improvement
11
The Friends of the Library of Perry County

Literary - educational

Education
12
Henry County Prevention Coalition

Empowering the community through prevention, education, and leadership roles in reducing alcohol, tobacco, illegal drugs, and other harmful behaviors amoung our youth and families

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Kentucky 4H Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Friends of the Owen County Library Inc. 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

14 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. 14 of the 30 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.

4
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/14
Grantees still filing
5/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TRIMBLE COUNTY FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE INC: $101,600 · OtherTRIMBLE COUNTY FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE INCEDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE FOUNDATION OF OWEN COUNTY INC: $72,270 · OtherEDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE FOUNDATION OF OWEN COUNTY INCJEFFERSON COMMUNITY & TECH CO: $60,260 · OtherJEFFERSON COMMUNITY & TECH COEDUCATIONAL EXCEL FOUND OF C: $56,760 · OtherEDUCATIONAL EXCEL FOUND OF CBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF: $45,820 · OtherBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OFTRI-COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY INC: $34,700 · OtherTRI-COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY INCCARROLL COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY: $33,200 · OtherFRIENDS OF HENRY COUNTY PUBLI: $32,700 · OtherTRIMBLE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY: $31,700 · OtherTRIMBLE COUNTY 4-H COUNCIL INC: $30,200 · OtherCARROLL COUNTY TRAINING CONSORTIUM INC: $27,200 · OtherFRIENDS OF THE OWEN COUNTY LIBRARY INC: $22,483 · Other+7 more: $77,755 · Other+7 moreEDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE FOUNDATION OF GALLATIN COUNTY INC: $63,810 · EducationOhio Valley Educational Foundation Inc: $6,000 · EducationKENTUCKY 4H FOUNDATION INC: $60,900 · Youth DevelopmentGOOD NEWS SHELTER CORPORATION: $55,690 · Housing & ShelterFOOD PANTRY OF CARROLL COUNTY INC: $54,700 · Food & NutritionSECOND WIND DREAMS INC: $21,300 · Human ServicesHaven of Hope Prc Incorporated: $18,160 · Human ServicesHOPES HANDS COMMUNITY COLLABORATIVE: $13,660 · Human ServicesCARROLL COUNTY EXTENSION FOUNDATION BOARD INC: $30,265 · Community ImprovementHOPE HEALTH CLINIC INC: $8,500 · HealthPURE EDUCATION INITIATIVE INC: $6,700 · Health
Other$626,648Education$69,810Youth Development$60,900Housing & Shelter$55,690Food & Nutrition$54,700Human Services$53,120Community Improvement$30,265Health$15,200

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetEDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE FOUNDATION OF GALLATIN COUNTY INC: $63,810 over 5y, 38% of budgetKENTUCKY 4H FOUNDATION INC: $60,900 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetGOOD NEWS SHELTER CORPORATION: $55,690 over 5y, 3.7% of budgetFOOD PANTRY OF CARROLL COUNTY INC: $54,700 over 5y, 6.3% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF: $45,820 over 4y, 31% of budgetTRI-COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY INC: $34,700 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetCARROLL COUNTY EXTENSION FOUNDATION BOARD INC: $30,265 over 4y, 43% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE OWEN COUNTY LIBRARY INC: $22,483 over 2y, 86% of budgetSECOND WIND DREAMS INC: $21,300 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetHOPE HEALTH CLINIC INC: $8,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetPURE EDUCATION INITIATIVE INC: $6,700 over 1y, 9.3% of budgetOhio Valley Educational Foundation Inc: $6,000 over 1y, 7.0% 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 EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE FOUNDATION OF GALLATIN COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds KENTUCKY 4H FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds GOOD NEWS SHELTER CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds FOOD PANTRY OF CARROLL COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF ↗
  • Who funds TRI-COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY INC ↗
  • Who funds CARROLL COUNTY EXTENSION FOUNDATION BOARD INC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE OWEN COUNTY LIBRARY INC ↗
  • Who funds SECOND WIND DREAMS INC ↗
  • Who funds Haven of Hope Prc Incorporated ↗
  • Who funds HOPES HANDS COMMUNITY COLLABORATIVE ↗
  • Who funds HOPE HEALTH CLINIC INC ↗
  • Who funds PURE EDUCATION INITIATIVE INC ↗
  • Who funds Ohio Valley Educational Foundation Inc ↗

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.

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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 Ohio Valley United Charities Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ohio Valley United Charities Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Ohio Valley United Charities Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Ohio Valley United Charities Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 30 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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