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Ringen Fund Inc 4006-70-44

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$68k
Granted FY2024still arriving
6
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2022–2024.

Arts & Culture$198kEducation$105kCommunity Improvement$50kPhilanthropy$45kHuman Services$40kEnvironment$35kEmployment$30kInternational$25kOther$0
02FY2024 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k3 grants · $13k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $55k
$15,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$4.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Cambridge in America$20,000
Judson$20,000
Dunham Tavern Museum$15,000
Valley Art Center$5,000
Community Life Collaborative$5,000
Alumni Association of the Chautauqua$2,500
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 (FY23–24, $70k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Global Cleveland: $50k → 17%Judson: $20k → 17%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.

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.

34%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$175k · 4 repeat orgs$337k to everyone else

4 repeat relationships — 3 still active in FY2024, 1 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

4
16

Total granted

$175k
$300k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-24%
+8%

Still filing today

100%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 44% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $38k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesInternationalEmploymentYouth DevelopmentHealthOther

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

  • CI
    CAMBRIDGE IN AMERICA
    2× · 2023–2024 · $100k · revenue -41%
  • CL
    COMMUNITY LIFE COLLABORATIVE
    3× · 2022–2024 · $35k · revenue -24%
  • TL
    The Land Cle
    2× · 2022–2023 · $25k · revenue -36%

Funded once

  • GC
    GLOBAL CLEVELAND
    one grant, 2023 · $50k · revenue -26%
  • TF
    TWO FOUNDATION INC TWO CAFE & BOUTIQUEgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $30k · revenue +102%
  • GP
    Global Press Institute
    one grant, 2023 · $30k · revenue -53%

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
Literary Cleveland

Literary Cleveland assists writers and readers at all stages of development, promotes new and existing literature of the highest quality, and advances Northeast Ohio as a vital center of diverse voices and visions.

Education
2
Greater Cleveland Media Development Corporation

To promote the increase of media production in Northeast Ohio using effective strategies for attraction and workforce development including building an artistic infrastructure through film, achieve increased economic development in…

Philanthropy
3
Cleveland Development Foundation

Developing and improving Cleveland Ohio's civic visions.

Community Improvement
4
Greater Cleveland Volunteers

Greater cleveland volunteers enriches the community and indivuduals through volunteer service. volunteers age 18 and older are recruited and placed in the agency's programs or referred to local nonprofit or public organizations to help…

Philanthropy
5
Greater Cleveland Sports Commission

The mission of the greater cleveland sports commission is to measurably improve the economy of greater cleveland and enrich the community by attracting, creating, managing and enhancing significant sporting and competitive events.

Unclassified
6
City Fields

To operate as a community development corporation with the goal to transform disadvantaged neighborhoods through five primary areas: physical revitalization, social revitalization, economic development, neighborhood safety, and leadership…

Community Improvement
7
Digitalc

Empower the people of greater cleveland to achieve success through technology, innovation and connected community.

Community Improvement
8
Diabetes Partnership of Cleveland

Diabetes partnership of cleveland works to provide relevant and sustainable programming, education, resources and supplies to the community in northeast ohio affected by diabetes.

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9
Greater Columbus Chamber of Commerce

Advancing a thriving central ohio commmunity by serving as a catalyst for all businesses to grow and flourish. our mission pillars are connections, government relations, strategic business solutions and talent/workforce.

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10
Cleveland Film Society

The cleveland film society is a nonprofit corporation organized to promote artistically and culturally significant film arts through education and exhibition to enrich the life of the cleveland, ohio community.

Arts & Culture
11
Cleveland Botanical Garden

The cleveland botanical garden connects people with the wonder, beauty, and value of trees and plants, to inspire action for healthy communities.

Environment
12
Cincinnati Usa Regional Chamber Foundation

To develop and promote economic development, talent initiatives and the unique offerings in the cincinnati region.

Community Improvement

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Global Cleveland and the most unlike its peers is Dunham Tavern Museum & Gardens. 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 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 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 20 of the 24 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
9/20
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

Global Press Institute — $30,000 · Arts & CultureGlobal Press InstituteFEVERED DREAMS PRODUCTIONS — $25,000 · Arts & CultureFEVERED DREAMS PRODUCTIONSThe Land Cle — $25,000 · Arts & CultureThe Land CleCLEVELAND RESTORATION SOCIETY INC — $25,000 · Arts & CultureCLEVELAND RESTORATION SOCIETY INCOHIO LOCAL INFORMATIONAL INTIATIVE INC — $20,000 · Arts & CultureOHIO LOCAL INFORMATIONAL INTIATIVE…HISTORIC WAREHOUSE DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION OF CLEVELAND — $15,000 · Arts & CultureHISTORIC WAREHOUSE DISTRICT DEVELO…VALLEY ART CENTER INC — $15,000 · Arts & CultureVALLEY ART CENTER INCDUNHAM TAVERN MUSEUM & GARDENS — $15,000 · Arts & CultureDUNHAM TAVERN MUSEUM & GARDENSCAMBRIDGE IN AMERICA — $100,000 · InternationalCAMBRIDGE IN AMERICAGLOBAL CLEVELAND — $50,000 · Human ServicesGLOBAL CLEVELA…JUDSON — $20,000 · Human ServicesJUDSONTHE GIVING BACK FUND — $45,000 · PhilanthropyTHE GIVING BAC…Friends Of Raising The Village Incorporated — $25,000 · PhilanthropyFriends Of Rai…CHAGRIN FALLS HISTORICAL SOCIETY — $25,000 · OtherCHAGRIN FALLS HI…Edwins Leadership and Restaurant — $20,000 · OtherEdwins Leadershi…Humble Design — $5,000 · OtherHumble DesignCLEVELAND HEARING AND SPEECH CENTER — $5,000 · OtherCLEVELAND HEARIN…Individual grant recipient — $5,000 · OtherIndividual grant…The Federated Church at Chagrin Falls — $4,900 · OtherThe Federated Ch…HAUDENOSAUNEE NATIONALS DEVELO GROUP INC — $10,000 · OtherHAUDENOSAUNEE NA…UNITED MSD FOUNDATION INC — $5,000 · OtherUNITED MSD FOUND…+1 more — $2,500 · OtherCOMMUNITY LIFE COLLABORATIVE — $35,000 · EnvironmentTWO FOUNDATION INC TWO CAFE & BOUTIQUE — $30,000 · Employment
Arts & Culture$170,000International$100,000Human Services$70,000Philanthropy$70,000Other$82,400Environment$35,000Employment$30,000

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 budgetCAMBRIDGE IN AMERICA — $100,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGLOBAL CLEVELAND — $50,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetTHE GIVING BACK FUND — $45,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY LIFE COLLABORATIVE — $35,000 over 3y, 5.1% of budgetTWO FOUNDATION INC TWO CAFE & BOUTIQUE — $30,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetGlobal Press Institute — $30,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetCHAGRIN FALLS HISTORICAL SOCIETY — $25,000 over 1y, 4.6% of budgetFEVERED DREAMS PRODUCTIONS — $25,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetThe Land Cle — $25,000 over 2y, 4.8% of budgetFriends Of Raising The Village Incorporated — $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCLEVELAND RESTORATION SOCIETY INC — $25,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetJUDSON — $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOHIO LOCAL INFORMATIONAL INTIATIVE INC — $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHISTORIC WAREHOUSE DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION OF CLEVELAND — $15,000 over 1y, 9.8% of budgetVALLEY ART CENTER INC — $15,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetDUNHAM TAVERN MUSEUM & GARDENS — $15,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetHAUDENOSAUNEE NATIONALS DEVELO GROUP INC — $10,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetCLEVELAND HEARING AND SPEECH CENTER — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED MSD FOUNDATION INC — $5,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF THE CHAUTAUQUA LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC — $2,500 over 1y, 2.1% 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.

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 Cleveland Foundat…Tecovas Foundation 40…The Lozick Family Fou…John P Murphy Foundat…The Albert B & Audrey…The Char and Chuck Fo…The Swagelok Foundati…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …American Online Givin…Amazonsmile Foundation
The Cleveland FoundationOH22.8× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Cleveland Foundation · Tecovas Foundation 4006-07-42 · The Lozick Family Foundation · John P Murphy Foundation · The Albert B & Audrey G Ratner Family Foundation · The Char and Chuck Fowler Family Foundation · The Swagelok Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · 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 Ringen Fund Inc 4006-70-44 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 or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%3%6%10%your share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25

    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.

    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Ringen Fund Inc 4006-70-44?

    Find your warmest path to Ringen Fund Inc 4006-70-44 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 24 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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