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Public Health Fund of Ohio

The PUBLIC HEALTH FUND OF OHIO is designed to facilitate public/private partnerships and conduct critical, enduring, sustainable, and cost-effective public health projects and programming.

$256k
Granted FY2024still arriving
5
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$95k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.

Health$523kEducation$135kHuman Services$80kPhilanthropy$50kFood & Nutrition$8k
02FY2024 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k4 grants · $160k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $95k
$45,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$7.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PAINT VALLEY ALCOHOL DRUG ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH BOARD$95,000
ALCOHOL DRUG ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES BOARD OF CUYAHOGA COUNTY$45,000
DARKE COUNTY EDUCATIONAL SERVICE CENTER$45,000
FITZ CENTER FOR LEADERSHIP UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON$40,000
TALBERT HOUSE$30,000
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 (FY21–24, $100k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%KNOX COUNTY COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER: $10k → 16%TALBERT HOUSE: $50k → 16%TALBERT HOUSE: $30k → 16%CARE ALLIANCE HEALTH CENTER: $10k → 17%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.

36%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$270k · 3 repeat orgs$475k to everyone else

3 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

3
21

Total granted

$270k
$340k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+7%
+33%

Still filing today

33%
86%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 47% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $135k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’23’24
HealthHuman ServicesReligionFood & 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

  • CC
    CUYAHOGA COUNTY OFFICE OF EARLY CHILDHOOD
    2× · 2023–2024 · $95k
  • DC
    DARKE COUNTY EDUCATIONAL SERVICE CENTER
    2× · 2023–2024 · $95k
  • TH
    TALBERT HOUSE
    2× · 2023–2024 · $80k · revenue +7%

Funded once

  • BS
    Bon Secours Mercy Health Foundationgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $50k · revenue +74%
  • MH
    MENTAL HEALTH DRUG AND ALCOHOL SERVICES BOARD OF LOGAN AND CHAMPAIGN COUNT
    one grant, 2023 · $50k
  • MH
    MENTAL HEALTH AND RECOVERY FOR LICKING AND KNOX COUNTIES
    one grant, 2023 · $50k
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
Community Health and Wellness Partners of Logan County

Community health and wellness partners of logan county's mission is to serve as community partners in healthcare by providing economic-based, whole person, whole community primary care to anyone and everyone in our community.

Health
2
Community Health Systems Inc

Operate primary health care clinics, ultrasound, ob/gyn and five pharmacies.

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3
Muskingum Valley Health Center

To provide affordable, accessible, and quality healthcare.

Health
4
Grace Health Inc

To provide patient-centered healthcare with excellence in quality, service and access.

Health
5
Ohio Hills Health Services

Ohio hills health services is a non-profit health care operation, organized by communities in eastern ohio to promote healthy lifestyles and to provide preventative and comprehensive medical and dental care for area residents. the primary…

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6
Newark Community Health Centers Inc

The mission of newark community health centers is to provide affordable, high quality, and accessible healthcare to the communities that we serve. as one of the largest providers of comprehensive primary care services for uninsured and…

Health
7
The Healthcare Connection Inc

To provide quality, culturally sensitive and accessible primary health care services focusing on the medically underserved, underinsured, and uninsured residing in northern hamilton county and surrounding areas.

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8
Community Health Services Inc

To provide medical services for the residents of the greater hartford connecticut area. to provide quality health care services to low and moderate income individuals in the greater hartford connecticut area regardless of ability to pay.

Health
9
Center for Family Health

The mission of the Center for Family Health is opening the door to health care for all.

Health
10
Heartland Community Health Clinic D/B/a Heartland Health Services

Provide affordable, high-quality health services and remove inequities to improve the lives of all.

Health
11
Health Help Inc

White house clinics strive to enhance the health of our patients, our employees, and the communities we serve by providing accessible and comprehensive high quality primary care services, dental services, behavioral services and pharmacy…

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12
Lifecare Family Health and Dental Center Inc

Provide high-quality, comprehensive and affordable primary care health services that improve our patient's overall health.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Columbus Neighborhood Health Center Inc; the most unlike its peers is Salaam Cleveland. 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

20 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. 20 of the 27 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
13/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CUYAHOGA COUNTY OFFICE OF EARLY CHILDHOOD: $95,000 · OtherCUYAHOGA COUNTY OFFICE OF EARLY CHILDHOODPAINT VALLEY ALCOHOL DRUG ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH BOARD: $95,000 · OtherPAINT VALLEY ALCOHOL DRUG ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH BOARDDARKE COUNTY EDUCATIONAL SERVICE CENTER: $95,000 · OtherDARKE COUNTY EDUCATIONAL SERVICE CENTERMENTAL HEALTH DRUG AND ALCOHOL SERVICES BOARD OF LOGAN AND CHAMPAIGN COUNT: $50,000 · OtherMENTAL HEALTH DRUG AND ALCOHOL SERVICES BOARD OF LOGAN AND CHAMPAI…MENTAL HEALTH AND RECOVERY FOR LICKING AND KNOX COUNTIES: $50,000 · OtherMENTAL HEALTH AND RECOVERY FOR LICKING AND KNOX COUNTIESFITZ CENTER FOR LEADERSHIP UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON: $40,000 · OtherFITZ CENTER FOR LEADERSHIP UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON+4 more: $40,000 · Other+4 moreMt Sinai Health Care Foundation: $25,000 · HealthMt Sinai Health C…FAMILY HEALTH SERVICES OF ERIE COUNTY: $10,000 · HealthFAMILY HEALTH SER…LOWER LIGHTS CHRISTIAN HEALTH CENTER: $10,000 · HealthLOWER LIGHTS CHRI…ROCKING HORSE CHILDREN'S HEALTH CENTER: $10,000 · HealthROCKING HORSE CHI…COLUMBUS NEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH CENTER INC: $10,000 · HealthCOLUMBUS NEIGHBOR…FAMILY HEALTH SERVICES OF DARKE COUNTY INC: $10,000 · HealthFAMILY HEALTH SER…FAIRFIELD COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER: $10,000 · HealthFAIRFIELD COMMUNI…Heart of Ohio Family Health Centers: $10,000 · HealthHeart of Ohio Fam…NEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH CARE INC: $9,840 · HealthNEIGHBORHOOD HEAL…Compass Community Health: $9,700 · HealthCompass Community…Equitas Health Inc: $7,960 · HealthEquitas Health In…TALBERT HOUSE: $80,000 · Human ServicesTALBERT HOUSECARE ALLIANCE: $10,000 · Human ServicesCARE ALLIANCEKNOX COUNTY COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesKNOX COUNTY CO…Bon Secours Mercy Health Foundation: $50,000 · ReligionCOLUMBUS FOUNDATION: $50,000 · PhilanthropySALAAM CLEVELAND: $7,500 · Food & Nutrition
Other$465,000Health$122,500Human Services$100,000Religion$50,000Philanthropy$50,000Food & Nutrition$7,500

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTALBERT HOUSE: $80,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBon Secours Mercy Health Foundation: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOLUMBUS FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMt Sinai Health Care Foundation: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHARITABLE PHARMACY OF CENTRAL OHIO INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFAMILY HEALTH SERVICES OF ERIE COUNTY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLAKE COUNTY FREE CLINIC INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetLOWER LIGHTS CHRISTIAN HEALTH CENTER: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNORTHEAST OHIO NEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH SERVICES INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetROCKING HORSE CHILDREN'S HEALTH CENTER: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOLUMBUS NEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH CENTER INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILY HEALTH SERVICES OF DARKE COUNTY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCARE ALLIANCE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFAIRFIELD COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKNOX COUNTY COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $10,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetHeart of Ohio Family Health Centers: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH CARE INC: $9,840 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCompass Community Health: $9,700 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEquitas Health Inc: $7,960 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

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.

Direct ReliefDelta Dental FundColumbus FoundationAmerican Cancer Socie…The Cleveland Foundat…Promedica Health Syst…Medwish MedworksThe Cleveland Clinic …The Cleveland Clinic …American Heart Associ…Deaconess Health Asso…The CareSource Founda…
Direct ReliefCA27.6× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Direct Relief · Delta Dental Fund · Columbus Foundation · American Cancer Society Inc · The Cleveland Foundation · Promedica Health System Inc · Medwish Medworks · The Cleveland Clinic Foundation · The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Group Return · American Heart Association Inc · Deaconess Health Associations Fund Inc · The CareSource Foundation

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 Public Health Fund of Ohio funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Public Health Fund of Ohio. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
    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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    Find your warmest path to Public Health Fund of Ohio 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 27 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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