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Robert Adele Schiff Family Fdn Inc

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.

$16M
Granted FY2021
68
Grants FY2021
9
States reached
$4.6M
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your fieldRead
01What you fund
0188% classified

What you funded, over time

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

Education$7.6MHealth$5.7MArts & Culture$680kHuman Services$553kYouth Development$220kRecreation & Sports$110kEnvironment$105kFood & Nutrition$100kOther$0
02FY2021 · 68 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2021

  • Under $10k6 grants · $28k
  • $10k–50k31 grants · $635k
  • $50k–250k21 grants · $2.0M
  • $250k+10 grants · $13M
$35,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$223M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI FOUNDATION$4,600,000
COMMUNITY LEARNING CENTER INSTITUTE$1,700,000
DUKE UNIVERSITY$1,700,000
VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY$1,700,000
LEARNING GROVE$1,220,000
CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL$700,000
YMCA OF GREATER CINCINNATI$400,000
CINCINNATI PLAYHOUSE IN THE PARK$400,000
SEVEN HILLS SCHOOL$400,000
Individual grant recipient$400,000
COMMUNITY LEARNING CENTER INSTITUTE$225,000
XAVIER UNIVERSITY$200,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER CINCINNATI$150,000
MIND PEACE$130,000
CINCINNATI SHAKESPEARE COMPANY$125,000
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.

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Your human-services grants (FY21–21, $505k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 99% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%CHARITY NAVIGATOR: $5k → 7%TALBERT HOUSE: $20k → 16%LIGHTHOUSE YOUTH SERVICES INC: $10k → 16%BEECH ACRES: $35k → 16%YMCA OF GREATER CINCINNATI: $400k → 16%EMMANUEL COMMUNITY CENTER: $35k → 16%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.

Which US states your grants reach

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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 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
Cincinnati Youth Collaborative

Cincinnati Youth Collaborative ("CYC") empowers young people to overcome barriers and excel in education, career, and life.

Education
2
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement
3
The Contemporary Arts Center

The CAC is a lab for understanding ourselves, others, and the world around us through the experience and creation of all contemporary art forms.

Arts & Culture
4
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
5
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
6
Cintrifuse

To empower Cincinnati entrepreneurs to launch bold, scalable startups; and we work to improve the odds of those startups growing into transformational companies.

Community Improvement
7
Cincinnati Arts and Technology Center

Unlocking the self-worth and potential of at-risk teens through the transformative power of art, a first-class environment and a character-building culture. Equipping at-risk teens with skills, credentials and pathways to employment.…

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8
Level Up Cincinnati

LUC's mission is to empower underserved students, particularly first-gen students from low-income families, to thrive in education and professional careers. The program addresses critical challenges faced by these students, such as higher…

Education
9
Digitalc

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

Community Improvement
10
World Affairs Council - Cincinnati & Northern Kentucky

The World Affairs Council, a 501(c)3 nonprofit, is the bridge that connects the world to one of America's most vibrant regions. Through Global education, International exchange, and cultural awareness initiatives, the council strengthens…

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11
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.

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12
School Board School

At School Board School, we are activating a diverse coalition of education advocates and aspiring school board members to create significant and sustainable change in their school system. We prepare them with the skills, mindsets,…

Education

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Community Learning Center Institute and the most unlike its peers is The John Updike Society. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyK-12 and Higher Education S…Arts & Cultural InstitutionsSchool Support OrganizationsResidential Recovery & Shel…Disease-Specific Research a…Educational Access & SupportYouth Development & Empower…Research Universities and A…Durham Community ServicesSenior Care & Hospice Servi…
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 45 years old; the field is 17. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number21%0%<5yr14%5%5–10yr18%18%10–20yr17%23%20–35yr15%18%35–55yr15%36%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value21%0%<5yr14%1%5–10yr18%17%10–20yr17%3%20–35yr15%52%35–55yr15%26%55yr+

The field is 21% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/46
the rest of the field
13%
721/5,457

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

45 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. 45 of the 67 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)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
45/45
Grantees still filing
33/45
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

COMMUNITY LEARNING CENTER INSTITUTE — $1,925,000 · EducationCOMMUNITY LEARNING CENTER INSTITUTEDUKE UNIVERSITY — $1,700,000 · EducationDUKE UNIVERSITYVanderbilt University — $1,700,000 · EducationVanderbilt UniversityTHE SEVEN HILLS SCHOOL — $400,000 · EducationTHE SEVEN HILLS SCHOOL+9 more — $575,000 · Education+9 moreTHE UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI FOUNDATION — $4,600,000 · PhilanthropyTHE UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI FOUN…+1 more — $50,000 · PhilanthropyLEARNING GROVE INC — $1,220,000 · OtherLEARNING GROVE INCIndividual grant recipient — $400,000 · OtherIndividual grant reci…BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER CINCINNATI — $150,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient — $100,000 · OtherCET — $100,000 · OtherCISE — $100,000 · Other+32 more — $893,000 · Other+32 moreCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER — $700,000 · HealthPreventionFIRST — $75,000 · Health+1 more — $25,000 · HealthCincinnati Playhouse in the Park — $400,000 · Arts & CultureCINCINNATI SHAKESPEARE COMPANY — $125,000 · Arts & CultureCINCINNATI MUSEUM CENTER — $25,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more — $15,000 · Arts & CultureYWCA of Greater Cincinnati — $400,000 · Human ServicesBEECH ACRES — $35,000 · Human ServicesEmanuel Community Center DBA Cincinnati Squash Academy — $35,000 · Human ServicesTALBERT HOUSE — $20,000 · Human Services+2 more — $15,000 · Human ServicesFREESTORE FOODBANK INC — $100,000 · Food & Nutrition
Education$6,300,000Philanthropy$4,650,000Other$2,963,000Health$800,000Arts & Culture$565,000Human Services$505,000Food & Nutrition$100,000

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 budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI FOUNDATION — $4,600,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetCOMMUNITY LEARNING CENTER INSTITUTE — $1,925,000 over 1y, 94% of budgetDUKE UNIVERSITY — $1,700,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVanderbilt University — $1,700,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLEARNING GROVE INC — $1,220,000 over 1y, 8.1% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER — $700,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SEVEN HILLS SCHOOL — $400,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetCincinnati Playhouse in the Park — $400,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetYWCA of Greater Cincinnati — $400,000 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetXAVIER UNIVERSITY — $200,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER CINCINNATI — $150,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetMindPeace Cincinnati — $130,000 over 1y, 29% of budgetCINCINNATI SHAKESPEARE COMPANY — $125,000 over 1y, 5.1% of budgetFREESTORE FOODBANK INC — $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCISE — $100,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetGRAD CINCINNATI INC — $85,000 over 1y, 7.1% of budgetPreventionFIRST — $75,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetHEARTFELT TIDBITS INC — $75,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetCRAYONS AND BEYOND INC — $50,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetTHE JOHN UPDIKE SOCIETY — $50,000 over 1y, 71% of budgetThe Mercantile Library — $40,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetBEECH ACRES — $35,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetEmanuel Community Center DBA Cincinnati Squash Academy — $35,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetAdopt A Class Foundation Inc — $35,000 over 1y, 9.4% of budgetBreakthrough Cincinnati Inc — $25,000 over 1y, 5.8% of budgetCancer Family Care Inc — $25,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetCINCINNATI MUSEUM CENTER — $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWordplay Cincy — $25,000 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetGlad House Inc — $20,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetCITY GOSPEL MISSION AND AFFILIATES — $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBEAM CENTER INC — $20,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetImmigrant & Refugee Law Center — $20,000 over 1y, 5.7% of budgetGirl Scouts of Western Ohio — $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTALBERT HOUSE — $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOUSING OPPORTUNITIES MADE EQUAL OF GREATER — $15,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetProKids — $15,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetGROUNDWORK OHIO RIVER VALLEY INC — $15,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetTAFT MUSEUM OF ART — $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLIGHTHOUSE YOUTH SERVICES — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVINEYARD CONSERVATION SOCIETY INC — $10,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetElementz — $10,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetTENDER MERCIES INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCharity Navigator — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSTUDENT U — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CHATFIELD EDGE — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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 Greater Cincinnat…Andrew Jergens Founda…The Thomas J Emery Me…Pfau Charitable Found…Louise Taft Semple Fo…Charles H Dater Found…Johnson Charitable Gi…Millstone FundJack J Smith Jr Chari…John a Schroth Family…United Way of Greater…Elsa M Heisel Sule Ch…
The Greater Cincinnati FoundationOH47× affinity23 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Greater Cincinnati Foundation · Andrew Jergens Foundation · The Thomas J Emery Memorial · Pfau Charitable Foundation · Louise Taft Semple Foundation · Charles H Dater Foundation Inc · Johnson Charitable Gift Fund · Millstone Fund · Jack J Smith Jr Charitable Trust · John a Schroth Family Char Tr · United Way of Greater Cincinnati · Elsa M Heisel Sule Charitable Trust 2005

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 Robert Adele Schiff Family Fdn Inc 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 · 20%6%25%56%100%your share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    22report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
    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.

    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 67 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 2021, released 2021. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports $16M of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2021, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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