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Robert H & Susan F Castellini Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.9M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
131
Grants FY2025
91
Organizations funded FY2024
29%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$2,500
Largest grant, FY2025
$200,000
Organizations funded a year
75 to 103
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
15
Total assets, FY2025
$5.3M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 29% of the organizations Robert H & Susan F Castellini Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 12% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $167k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthArts & CultureHuman ServicesEducationEnvironmentInternationalOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving101$1.8M23%
FY202491$1.4M29%
FY202392$1.3M36%
FY202278$1.1M26%
FY202175$1.3M27%
FY202091$1.5M41%
FY2019103$2.1M32%
FY2018101$1.9M45%
99% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$3.6MHealth$2.3MArts & Culture$2.1MCommunity Improvement$1.5MReligion$1.2MSocial Science$1.1MPhilanthropy$1.0MHuman Services$982kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Xavier University$1,427,25080%
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research$1,025,00070%
The Christ Hospital Foundation$925,00092%
Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber Foundation$795,00093%
United Way of Greater Cincinnati$761,00090%
Cincinnati Center City Development Corp$575,00090%
Cincinnati Baseball Museum$572,94586%
The University of Cincinnati Foundation$512,95090%
Cincinnati Museum Association$343,00090%
Summit Country Day School US Catholic Conference$333,0009n/a
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All grantees of Robert H & Susan F Castellini Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Xavier University$1,427,25080%
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research$1,025,00070%
The Christ Hospital Foundation$925,00092%
Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber Foundation$795,00093%
United Way of Greater Cincinnati$761,00090%
Cincinnati Center City Development Corp$575,00090%
Cincinnati Baseball Museum$572,94586%
The University of Cincinnati Foundation$512,95090%
Cincinnati Museum Association$343,00090%
Summit Country Day School US Catholic Conference$333,0009n/a
Healthnetwork Foundation Fka Health Net Foundation Inc$310,00081%
Franciscan Renewal Center Inc$264,9166n/a
Music Hall Revitalization Company Inc$250,000553%
Cincinnati Institute of Fine Arts$239,50090%
The Cathedral Basilica of St Peter in Chains$210,2003n/a
Our Lady of Light Foundation$181,250824%
The Chatfield Edge$156,30071%
Georgetown University$150,00030%
Boys and Girls Club of Henderson County/Hendersonville Inc$131,00052%
Children's Hospital Medical Center$125,30040%
Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park$120,00060%
Canterbury School Inc$115,00050%
The Children's Theatre of Cincinnati$107,00031%
Zoological Society of Cincinnati$100,92090%
The Children's Home of Cincinnati Ohio$100,00020%
Denison University$90,00060%
Irish Heritage Center Charitable Foundation Inc$68,161132%
The Cincinnati Reds Community Fund$61,30051%
Cincinnati Arts and Technology Center$60,200212%
Catholic Leadership Institute$50,00020%
American Friends of Magen David Adom$50,00010%
High Point University$50,00010%
Xavier Jesuit Academy$50,0002n/a
Santa Maria Community Services Inc$50,00021%
Emanuel Community Center DBA Cincinnati Squash Academy$45,50073%
Mt St Mary Seminary of the West Athenaeum of Ohio Norwood$45,0002n/a
Community Resource Center Inc$39,55081%
St Xavier High School Inc$35,9506n/a
Vilar Performing Arts Center Inc$34,704424%
Prostate Cancer Foundation$33,00030%
Cincinnati Cancer Foundation Inc$33,00030%
Good Samaritan Hospital Foundation of Cincinnati Inc$31,00010%
Hospice of Cincinnati Incorporated$30,75070%
Hope Emergency Program$30,50051%
Boys & Girls Club of The Plateau Inc$30,00030%
Ruah Woods$30,00060%
Boy Scouts of America Council 438 Dan Beard$26,75040%
Ron Clark Academy Inc$25,00020%
American Jewish Committee$21,28060%
Cincinnati Parks Foundation$20,92070%
Cincinnati Squash Racquets Association Inc$20,8003n/a
Anthony Munoz Foundation$20,00022%
The Joe Torre Safe at Home Foundation$20,00060%
Elon University$20,00020%
Teach for America Inc$20,00020%
Emergency Shelter of Northern KY Inc$20,00040%
St Simons Land Trust Inc$20,00011%
Pregnancy Center Plus Inc$18,00090%
Media Research Center$15,0001n/a
Joybound People and Pets FKA Tony La Russa's Animal Rescue Foundation$15,00050%
Cincinnati Arts Association$12,50050%
Cincinnati Fire Foundation$11,00015%
Hope Ignites Cincinnati$11,0002n/a
Smithsonian Institution$10,00010%
The Mount Vernon Ladies' Association of the Union$10,00010%
Center for Addiction Treatment F/K/A the Center for Chemical Addictions$10,00010%
Turner Farm Preservation Foundation Inc$10,00011%
United States Justice Foundation$10,00010%
St Francis Xavier Church$10,0002n/a
St Jude Catholic Church$10,0001n/a
The T Squash Academy$10,00015%
Italian American Baseball Foundation$8,50061%
La Soupe Inc$8,50040%
Junior Achievement of Oki Partners$8,40040%
Cashiers Historical Society Inc$8,00061%
Center for Christian Virtue$8,00021%
Urban League of Greater Southwestern Ohio Inc$8,00030%
The George W Bush Foundation$8,00040%
Taft Museum of Art$7,60040%
Cincinnati Memorial Hall Society$7,00021%
American Huey 369 Inc$7,00021%
Breakthrough T1d$7,00020%
YWCA of Greater Cincinnati$6,25020%
Legal Aid Society of Cincinnati$6,00030%
Tri-County Economic Development Charitable Corporation$6,00031%
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation$6,00060%
Madis House Inc$6,00030%
The Alpaugh Family Economics Center for Education and Research$6,00010%
Metropolitan Club Corporation$6,0003n/a
St Francis Seraph Ministries$5,20020%
American Heart Association Inc$5,10020%
Orchestra Noir$5,0001n/a
Roger Bacon High School$5,0001n/a
Southeast Georgia Health System Foundation Inc$5,00040%
Hand in Hand of Glynn Inc$5,00011%
The Indian Hill Church$5,0001n/a
Little Sisters of the Poor Sacred Heart Home$5,00011%
Cincinnati Works$5,0001n/a
Scottsdale Museum of the West Inc$5,00010%
Musical Instrument Museum$5,0001n/a
The Greater Cincinnati Film Commission$5,00011%
Diocese of Covington$5,0001n/a
America's Second Harvest of Coastal Georgia Inc$5,00010%
Hands Together Inc$5,00010%
City Squash Inc$5,00010%
O Street Museum Foundation$5,00011%
Peninsula Open Space Trust$5,00010%
Caring Response Madagascar Foundation$5,00014%
The Jeff Ruby Foundation$5,000110%
America's River Roots Experience$5,00010%
Babson College$5,00040%
Ussga Memorial Fund Inc$4,50090%
People Working Cooperatively Inc$4,10020%
The Dawn Redwoods Charitable Trust$4,00021%
The Beaver Creek Religious Foundation$4,0004n/a
Catholic Charities Southwestern Ohio$4,00010%
The First Step Home Inc$4,00030%
United Way of Coastal Georgia Inc$3,70070%
Coastal Georgia Council Inc$3,70030%
St Margaret Hall$3,50010%
Blood Cancer United Inc$3,50030%
Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion$3,1001n/a
Cincinnati Youth Collaborative$3,00010%
Holy Family Hospital of Bethlehem Foundation$3,0001n/a
Cincinnati Museum Center$3,00010%
Shelterhouse Volunteer Group Inc$3,00010%
ProKids$3,0001n/a
Alzheimer's Disease Research Foundation$3,00010%
Tristate Veterans Community Alliance$2,80021%
Jackie Robinson Foundation Inc$2,50010%
Blue Ridge Mountains Health Project Inc$2,50050%
Owen Cox Dance Group$2,50011%
Boys & Girls Club of Southeast Georgia Inc$2,5001n/a
Life Learning Center Inc$2,50010%
Our Lady of the Holy Spirit Center$2,12020%
Matthew 25 Ministries Inc$2,10020%
Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow$2,00010%
Tender Mercies Inc$2,0001n/a
Living Arrangements for the Developmentally Disabled Inc$2,0001n/a
Life Issues Institute Inc$2,00020%
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra$2,00020%
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc$2,00010%
The Center for Holocaust and Humanity Education$2,00020%
Indianapolis Motor Speedway Foundation Inc$2,00020%
National Underground Railroad Freedom Center Inc$2,00020%
Friendly Sons of St Patrick Foundation$1,8011n/a
Architectural Foundation of Cincinnati dba Design LAB Learn & Build$1,5002n/a
Cincinnati Nature Center$1,10020%
Beechwood Home$1,10020%
Dress for Success Cincinnati$1,10010%
Ohio Cancer Research Associates$1,10020%
Foundation of Trustees for the Family Learning Cen$1,00010%
Crudem Foundation Inc$1,0001n/a
Friends of the Ashbrook Center$1,00010%
The Brock Foundation$1,00011%
Metairie Park Country Day School$1,00010%
University of Arizona Foundation$1,00010%
Turning Point USA Inc$1,00010%
The Fort Ticonderoga Association$1,00010%
St Cecilia R C Church$1,0001n/a
Family Learning Center$1,00010%
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation$1,0001n/a
Legacy Pointe Church$1,0001n/a
Dominican Sisters of Peace Inc$1,0001n/a
McIntosh County Shouters Inc$1,0001n/a
DLG4 SHINE Foundation Inc$1,00011%
Back 2 Back Ministries Inc$1,00010%
Equasion$1,00011%
Crayons and Beyond Inc$1,00010%
Nextstep Fitness Inc$1,00010%
The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research$1,00010%
Bowling Green State University Foundation Inc$1,00010%
Rockhurst High School$1,0001n/a
The Order of Malta Pilgrimage Foundation$90040%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$65040%
St Elizabeth Medical Center Inc$60020%
Springer School and Center$50010%
California Academy of Sciences$50010%
Glenville-Cashiers Rescue Squad Inc$50050%
Bethesda Foundation Inc$50010%
Keep Cincinnati Beautiful Inc$50010%
Glynn County Volunteer Firefighters Inc$50051%
St John the Baptist Church$5001n/a
The Cure Starts Now Inc$50010%
City Gospel Mission and Affiliates$50020%
Optim-All Services$50010%
American Cancer Society Inc$30030%
Evans Scholars Foundation$25010%
Ohio Police K9 Memorial$2501n/a
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Cincinnati$20010%
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc$20010%
Our Lord Christ the King Church$2001n/a
Epilepsy Alliance Ohio$20020%
Ocean Reef Chapel Foundation Inc$20010%
Banner Alzheimer's Foundation$20010%
Stepping Stones Inc$20010%
Franklin Pierce University$20010%
Hyde Park Multi-Service Center for Older Adults$20010%
Apollo Pact Inc$20010%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Bay Area$10010%
Redwood School & Rehabilitation Inc$10010%
Civic Garden Center of Greater Cincinnati$10010%
National Multiple Sclerosis Society$10010%
Future Farmers of America Barnesville Mn Alumni As$10010%
Mount St Joseph University$10010%
Cincinnati Preschool Promise LLC$10010%
Sem Haven Inc$10010%
Freestore Foodbank Inc$10010%
Abbey of Gethsemani$1001n/a
Right to Life of Greater Cincinnati$10010%
Episcopal Retirement Services Foundation$10010%
Habitat for Humanity International Inc$10010%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Broward County Inc$10010%
National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution$10010%
Blanchester Senior Citizens$1001n/a
Youth Development Corp of Sw Ohio$10010%
Rosie Reds Inc$10010%
United Way of Ventura County Inc$10010%
Ervin C Whitford Foundation Inc$1001n/a
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$10010%
Kenzie's Closet$10010%
St Simons Presbyterian Church$1001n/a
University of Louisville Foundation Inc$10010%
TrustBridge Inc$10010%
International Foundation For CDKL5 Research$10010%
National Bleeding Disorders Foundation$10010%
Emory University$10010%
Hospice of the Bluegrass Inc$10010%
Adventure Crew$10010%
The Breast Cancer Research Foundation Inc$10010%
Central Catholic High School Inc$1001n/a
Ohio Wesleyan University$10010%
Center for Counseling & Education$10010%
Cheroke Creek Baptist Church$1001n/a
Pathway to Hope Pregnancy Care Center$10010%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Cincinnati Inc$10010%
Salesmanship Club of Dallas$10010%
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Assn$5010%
International Rett Syndrome Foundation$5010%
Bridgetown Church of Christ$501n/a
Hospice of the Golden Isles Inc$5010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 115 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.5M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Robert H & Susan F Castellini Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 197 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetXavier University: $1,427,250 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research: $1,025,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetThe Christ Hospital Foundation: $925,000 over 9y, 1.9% of budgetCincinnati USA Regional Chamber Foundation: $795,000 over 9y, 3.0% of budgetUnited Way of Greater Cincinnati: $761,000 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetCincinnati Center City Development Corp: $575,000 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetCincinnati Baseball Museum: $572,945 over 8y, 6.1% of budgetThe University of Cincinnati Foundation: $512,950 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetCincinnati Museum Association: $343,000 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetHealthnetwork Foundation Fka Health Net Foundation Inc: $310,000 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetMusic Hall Revitalization Company Inc: $250,000 over 5y, 53% of budgetCincinnati Institute of Fine Arts: $239,500 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetOur Lady of Light Foundation: $181,250 over 8y, 24% of budgetThe Chatfield Edge: $156,300 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetGeorgetown University: $150,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBoys and Girls Club of Henderson County/Hendersonville Inc: $131,000 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetChildren's Hospital Medical Center: $125,300 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCincinnati Playhouse in the Park: $120,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetCanterbury School Inc: $115,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetThe Children's Theatre of Cincinnati: $107,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetZoological Society of Cincinnati: $100,920 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetThe Children's Home of Cincinnati Ohio: $100,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetDenison University: $90,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetIrish Heritage Center Charitable Foundation Inc: $68,161 over 1y, 32% of budgetThe Cincinnati Reds Community Fund: $61,300 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetCincinnati Arts and Technology Center: $60,200 over 2y, 12% of budgetCatholic Leadership Institute: $50,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetAmerican Friends of Magen David Adom: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHigh Point University: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSanta Maria Community Services Inc: $50,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetEmanuel Community Center DBA Cincinnati Squash Academy: $45,500 over 7y, 3.3% of budgetCommunity Resource Center Inc: $39,550 over 8y, 1.0% of budgetVilar Performing Arts Center Inc: $34,704 over 4y, 24% of budgetProstate Cancer Foundation: $33,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCincinnati Cancer Foundation Inc: $33,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetGood Samaritan Hospital Foundation of Cincinnati Inc: $31,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHospice of Cincinnati Incorporated: $30,750 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetHope Emergency Program: $30,500 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetBoys & Girls Club of The Plateau Inc: $30,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetRuah Woods: $30,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetBoy Scouts of America Council 438 Dan Beard: $26,750 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetRon Clark Academy Inc: $25,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Jewish Committee: $21,280 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCincinnati Parks Foundation: $20,920 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetAnthony Munoz Foundation: $20,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetThe Joe Torre Safe at Home Foundation: $20,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetElon University: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 197.

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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 Cincinnati FoundationOH97.4× affinity82 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Greater Cincinnati Foundation · Johnson Charitable Gift Fund · The Thomas J Emery Memorial · Carol Ann and Ralph V Haile Jr Foundation · Hcs Foundation · Farmer Family Foundation · John a Schroth Family Char Tr · Louise Taft Semple Foundation · Millstone Fund · Charles H Dater Foundation Inc · Williams Foundation · Marge & Charles J Schott 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.

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About Robert H & Susan F Castellini Foundation

How much does Robert H & Susan F Castellini Foundation give?
Robert H & Susan F Castellini Foundation reported 131 grants totaling $1,908,800 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 75 and 103 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Robert H & Susan F Castellini Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (24%), Health (15%), Arts & Culture (14%).
Who are Robert H & Susan F Castellini Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Xavier University ($1.4M), American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research ($1.0M), The Christ Hospital Foundation ($925k).
Does Robert H & Susan F Castellini Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Robert H & Susan F Castellini Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Robert H & Susan F Castellini Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Greater Cincinnati Foundation, Johnson Charitable Gift Fund, The Thomas J Emery Memorial.
Where is Robert H & Susan F Castellini Foundation based?
Robert H & Susan F Castellini Foundation is based in OH.

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 368 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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