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Robert a & Marian K Kennedy Charitable Trust at a glance

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Robert a & Marian K Kennedy Charitable Trust

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$139k
Granted FY2025still arriving
57
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$18k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$214kHealth$153kArts & Culture$105kHuman Services$63kYouth Development$58kHousing & Shelter$47kCrime & Legal$44kAnimals$34kOther$0
02FY2025 · 57 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k55 grants · $111k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $28k
$2,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$1.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SPRINGER SCHOOL AND CENTER$17,500
FAITH FREEDOM LIFE$10,000
ST STEPHEN CATHOLIC CHURCH$8,000
Individual grant recipient$7,500
ALICE LLOYD COLLEGE$7,000
CINCINNATI PUBLIC RADIO$5,000
THE DRAGONFLY FOUNDATION$4,000
ST BONIFACE SCHOOL$3,992
WORKING IN NEIGHBORHOODS$3,000
CINCINNATI SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA$3,000
SERENITY RECOVERY NETWORK$2,500
HENRY HOSEA HOUSE$2,500
NKU CHASE LAW SCHOOL$2,500
THE ALS ASSOCIATION$2,500
CINCINNATI MUSEUM CENTER$2,500
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 (FY17–25, $93k) 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%FOCUS ON YOUTH: $1k → 12%ELIZABETH'S NEW LIFE CENTER: $2k → 14%FOCUS ON YOUTH: $1k → 12%ELIZABETH'S NEW LIFE CENTER: $500 → 14%FOCUS ON YOUTH: $1k → 12%FOCUS ON YOUTH: $1k → 12%FOCUS ON YOUTH: $500 → 12%LIGHTHOUSE YOUTH & FAMILY SERVICES: $2k → 16%FIRST STEP HOME: $2k → 16%LIGHTHOUSE YOUTH & FAMILY SERVICES: $2k → 16%FIRST STEP HOME: $2k → 16%LIGHTHOUSE YOUTH & FAMILY SERVICES: $2k → 16%FIRST STEP HOME: $1k → 16%STRATEGIES TO END HOMELESSNESS: $1k → 16%FIRST STEP HOME: $1k → 16%TALBERRT HOUSE: $1k → 16%FIRST STEP HOME: $1k → 16%STRATEGIES TO END HOMELESSNESS: $1k → 16%MADISONVILLE EDUCATION & ASSISTANCE: $1k → 16%THE CHILDREN'S HOME: $1k → 16%LADD INC: $3k → 16%LADD INC: $3k → 16%SWEET CHEEKS DIAPER BANK: $1k → 16%LADD INC: $3k → 16%SWEET CHEEKS DIAPER BANK: $1k → 16%SWEET CHEEKS DIAPER BANK: $1k → 16%BEECH ACRES PARENTING CENTER: $1k → 16%INNER CITY YOUTH OPPORTUNITIES: $5k → 16%INNER CITY YOUTH OPPORTUNITIES: $5k → 16%INNER CITY YOUTH OPPORTUNITIES: $4k → 16%INNER CITY YOUTH OPPORTUNITIES: $4k → 16%INNER CITY YOUTH OPPORTUNITIES: $4k → 16%INNER CITY YOUTH OPPORTUNITIES: $4k → 16%INNER CITY YOUTH OPPORTUNITIES: $4k → 16%INNER CITY YOUTH OPPORTUNITIES: $3k → 16%NEW LIFE FURNITURE BANK: $2k → 16%NEW LIFE FURNITURE BANK: $1k → 16%NEW LIFE FURNITURE BANK: $1k → 16%NEW LIFE FURNITURE BANK: $1k → 16%NORTH FAIRMOUNT COMMUNITY CENTER: $1k → 16%NORTH FAIRMOUNT COMMUNITY CENTER: $1k → 16%CINCINNATI ASSN FOR THE BLIND: $2k → 16%CINCINNATI ASSN FOR THE BLIND: $2k → 16%CINCINNATI ASSN FOR THE BLIND: $2k → 16%IMANI FAMILY CENTER: $2k → 16%BEECH ACRES PARENTING CENTER: $1k → 16%BEECH ACRES PARENTING CENTER: $1k → 16%BEECH ACRES PARENTING CENTER: $1k → 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.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$901k · 97 repeat orgs$107k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +30% since the first grant, against +6% for those funded once.

97 repeat relationships: 38 still active in FY2025, 59 since wound down; 19 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

97
59

Total granted

$901k
$74k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+30%
+6%

Still filing today

62%
49%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $33k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesArts & CultureHealthEducationReligionHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • SPRINGER SCHOOL AND CENTER
    9× · 2017–2025 · $69k · revenue +104%
  • AL
    ALICE LLOYD COLLEGE
    9× · 2017–2025 · $40k · revenue +152%
  • IC
    INNER CITY YOUTH OPPORTUNITIES
    8× · 2017–2024 · $33k · revenue +75%

Funded once

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI
    one grant, 2017 · $10k
  • TU
    THE UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $5k · revenue +27%
  • SN
    SCHOOL NEW TECHNOLOY INITIATIVE
    one grant, 2019 · $3k
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
Cincinnati's Optimum Residential Environments Inc

Residential & Habilitative Svs. Provide residential and habilitative services to adults with developmental disabilities

Health
2
Legal Aid Society of Cincinnati

To resolve serious legal problems of low income people, to promote economic and family stability, and reduce poverty through effective legal assistance.

—
3
Cincinnati Union Bethel

Empowering women to break the cycles of poverty, addiction, and human trafficking.

Human Services
4
Jewish Family Service of the Cincinnati Area

A social service agency, JFS strengthens lives and our diverse community by providing exceptional and transformational human services. Services include: Counseling, Case Management, Financial and Food Support, Home Care, Senior Services,…

Human Services
5
The Children's Theatre of Cincinnati

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…

Arts & Culture
6
Cincinnati Usa Regional Chamber

To grow the vibrancy and economic prosperity of the cincinnati region.

—
7
Cincinnati Parks Foundation

To build broad based private/public partnerships supporting the conservation and enhancement of our City's parks and greenspaces.

Recreation & Sports
8
Cincinnati Center for Autism

We support individuals with autism and their families through programming in the areas of academics, adaptive behavior, communication, and social participation.

Education
9
Central Ohio Workers Center Inc

The Central Ohio Worker Center is a non-profit organization that educates, empowers, and advocates for and with low-wage and immigrant workers in Central Ohio.

Civil Rights
10
Ohio United Way

To strengthen the capacity of United Ways across Ohio and to advance the common good for Ohioans.

Philanthropy
11
Clermont Counseling Center

To ensure people with mental illness, addiction, and related challenges lead healthy and productive lives.

Health
12
The Home Ownership Center of Greater Cincinnati in

The home ownership center is a non-profit that has been serving the cincinnati metro area since 1973, and is a member of the neighbor works network.

Housing & Shelter
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Coverd Greater Cincinnati; the most unlike its peers is Faith Freedom Life. 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

105 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. 105 of the 175 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
24
Early backer (in before they grew)
100/105
Grantees still filing
65/105
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $182,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientCINCINNATI ZOO: $30,000 · OtherSOUTH CAROLINA ARCHIVES & HISTORY: $25,000 · OtherTHE ALS ASSOCIATION: $22,500 · Other+100 more: $323,617 · Other+100 moreSPRINGER SCHOOL AND CENTER: $68,500 · EducationSPRINGER SCHOOL …ALICE LLOYD COLLEGE: $39,500 · EducationALICE LLOYD COLL…University of Dayton: $12,000 · EducationUniversity of Da…NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $7,500 · Education+7 more: $18,000 · Education+7 moreINNER CITY YOUTH OPPORTUNITIES: $33,000 · Human ServicesINNER CITY…Living Arrangements for the Developmentally Disabled Inc: $9,500 · Human ServicesLiving Arr…THE FIRST STEP HOME INC: $7,000 · Human ServicesTHE FIRST …Cincinnati Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired: $6,000 · Human ServicesCincinnati…LIGHTHOUSE YOUTH SERVICES: $5,500 · Human ServicesLIGHTHOUSE…NEW LIFE FURNITURE BANK: $5,000 · Human ServicesNEW LIFE F…FOCUS ON YOUTH INC: $4,500 · Human ServicesBEECH ACRES: $4,000 · Human ServicesCOVERD GREATER CINCINNATI: $4,000 · Human Services+12 more: $14,750 · Human Services+12 moreTHE DRAGONFLY FOUNDATION: $16,000 · HealthBEECHWOOD HOME: $14,500 · HealthMAY WE HELP INC: $8,500 · HealthMelanoma Know More: $5,500 · HealthBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $3,000 · HealthCancer Family Care Inc: $3,000 · HealthSERENITY CONSULTANTS INC: $2,500 · Health+8 more: $9,000 · HealthCINCINNATI SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $11,000 · Arts & CultureCincinnati Playhouse in the Park: $7,250 · Arts & CultureCINCINNATI MUSEUM CENTER: $7,000 · Arts & CultureFriends of Harriet Beecher Stowe House: $6,500 · Arts & CultureTAFT MUSEUM OF ART: $5,000 · Arts & CultureCincinnati Public Radio Inc: $5,000 · Arts & CultureHistoric Southwest Ohio Inc: $4,000 · Arts & CultureCincinnati Chamber Orchestra: $2,500 · Arts & CultureFRIENDS OF MUSIC HALL: $2,500 · Arts & Culture+9 more: $9,500 · Arts & CultureFaith Freedom Life: $20,500 · Crime & LegalPRO BONO PARTNERSHIP OF OHIO: $12,500 · Crime & LegalCISE: $25,000 · ReligionINTERCHURCH ORGANIZATION INC: $2,500 · ReligionMENTORING PLUS INC: $1,000 · ReligionCAIN CINCY: $1,000 · Religion
Other$583,617Education$145,500Human Services$93,250Health$62,000Arts & Culture$60,250Crime & Legal$33,000Religion$29,500

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSPRINGER SCHOOL AND CENTER: $68,500 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetALICE LLOYD COLLEGE: $39,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetINNER CITY YOUTH OPPORTUNITIES: $33,000 over 8y, 2.0% of budgetCISE: $25,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetFaith Freedom Life: $20,500 over 4y, 6.7% of budgetTHE DRAGONFLY FOUNDATION: $16,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetEAST END ADULT EDUCATION CENTER: $15,000 over 9y, 1.3% of budgetBEECHWOOD HOME: $14,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCINCINNATI NATURE CENTER: $13,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetPRO BONO PARTNERSHIP OF OHIO: $12,500 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetUniversity of Dayton: $12,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWORKING IN NEIGHBORHOODS: $11,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetProKids: $11,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCINCINNATI SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $11,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetLiving Arrangements for the Developmentally Disabled Inc: $9,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBethany House Services Inc: $9,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCOVINGTON LADIES HOME INC: $8,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetMAY WE HELP INC: $8,500 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetNORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $7,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCincinnati Playhouse in the Park: $7,250 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCINCINNATI MUSEUM CENTER: $7,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FIRST STEP HOME INC: $7,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetShelterhouse Volunteer Group Inc: $6,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of Harriet Beecher Stowe House: $6,500 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetCincinnati Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired: $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLIGHTHOUSE YOUTH SERVICES: $5,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMelanoma Know More: $5,500 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetCITY GOSPEL MISSION AND AFFILIATES: $5,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPeaslee Neighborhood Center Inc: $5,500 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetTAFT MUSEUM OF ART: $5,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCincinnati Public Radio Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGORMAN HERITAGE FARM FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetNEW LIFE FURNITURE BANK: $5,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI FOUNDATION: $4,625 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOCUS ON YOUTH INC: $4,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAUBREY ROSE FOUNDATION: $4,500 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetBEECH ACRES: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHistoric Southwest Ohio Inc: $4,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetCOVERD GREATER CINCINNATI: $4,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSt Rita School For The Deaf: $4,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWordplay Cincy: $3,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetUPSPRING: $3,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetEPILEPSY ALLIANCE OHIO: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCORNERSTONE RENTER EQUITY INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CHATFIELD EDGE: $3,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCancer Family Care Inc: $3,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetINTERCHURCH ORGANIZATION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% 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 SPRINGER SCHOOL AND CENTER ↗
  • Who funds ALICE LLOYD COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds INNER CITY YOUTH OPPORTUNITIES ↗
  • Who funds CISE ↗
  • Who funds Faith Freedom Life ↗
  • Who funds THE DRAGONFLY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds EAST END ADULT EDUCATION CENTER ↗
  • Who funds BEECHWOOD HOME ↗
  • Who funds CINCINNATI NATURE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds PRO BONO PARTNERSHIP OF OHIO ↗
  • Who funds University of Dayton ↗
  • Who funds WORKING IN NEIGHBORHOODS ↗
  • Who funds ProKids ↗
  • Who funds CINCINNATI SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ↗
  • Who funds Living Arrangements for the Developmentally Disabled Inc ↗
  • Who funds Bethany House Services Inc ↗
  • Who funds COVINGTON LADIES HOME INC ↗
  • Who funds MAY WE HELP INC ↗
  • Who funds NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park ↗
  • Who funds CINCINNATI MUSEUM CENTER ↗
  • Who funds THE FIRST STEP HOME INC ↗
  • Who funds Shelterhouse Volunteer Group Inc ↗
  • Who funds Friends of Harriet Beecher Stowe House ↗
  • Who funds Cincinnati Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired ↗
  • Who funds LIGHTHOUSE YOUTH SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds Melanoma Know More ↗
  • Who funds CITY GOSPEL MISSION AND AFFILIATES ↗

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.

The Greater Cincinnat…Agnes Nordloh Charita…John a Schroth Family…Marge & Charles J Sch…Johnson Charitable Gi…Charles Scott Riley I…Elsa M Heisel Sule Ch…Charles H Dater Found…Carol Ann and Ralph V…Andrew Jergens Founda…Josephine S Russell C…Pfau Charitable Found…
The Greater Cincinnati FoundationOH101.2× affinity68 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Greater Cincinnati Foundation · Agnes Nordloh Charitable Trust · John a Schroth Family Char Tr · Marge & Charles J Schott Foundation · Johnson Charitable Gift Fund · Charles Scott Riley III Foundation · Elsa M Heisel Sule Charitable Trust 2005 · Charles H Dater Foundation Inc · Carol Ann and Ralph V Haile Jr Foundation · Andrew Jergens Foundation · Josephine S Russell Charitable · Pfau Charitable 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 Robert a & Marian K Kennedy Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Robert a & Marian K Kennedy Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    33report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
    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 Robert a & Marian K Kennedy Charitable Trust?

    Find your warmest path to Robert a & Marian K Kennedy Charitable Trust 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 175 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-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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