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Ruth J & Robert a Conway Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$215k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
16
Grants FY2024
54
Organizations funded FY2023
46%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$15,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$25,000
Organizations funded a year
20 to 54
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
3
Total assets, FY2024
$10.0M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 46% of the organizations Ruth J & Robert a Conway Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 90% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 10% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8.8M went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
Human ServicesHealthArts & CultureEducationFood & NutritionEnvironmentOther
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
FY2024still arriving16$215k6%
FY202354$9.7M46%
FY202233$665k27%
FY202120$400k25%
FY202022$296k55%
FY201952$875k58%
FY201836$665k67%
FY201742$1.2Mn/a
97% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Philanthropy$8.5MEducation$1.8MHuman Services$1.1MReligion$813kFood & Nutrition$415kHealth$288kHousing & Shelter$227kArts & Culture$217kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
MI
NY
OH
MO
KY
NC
DC

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Xavier University$455,00040%
Society of St Vincent de Paul Council$445,00081%
Santa Maria Community Services Inc$298,50072%
La Soupe Inc$290,00037%
St Xavier High School Inc$165,0004n/a
De Paul Cristo Rey High School$125,0003n/a
Mount Notre Dame High School$115,0003n/a
Mercy Neighborhood Ministries Inc$112,50053%
Cincinnati Recycling and Reuse Hub$105,000323%
Optim-All Services$100,000119%
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All grantees of Ruth J & Robert a Conway Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Xavier University$455,00040%
Society of St Vincent de Paul Council$445,00081%
Santa Maria Community Services Inc$298,50072%
La Soupe Inc$290,00037%
St Xavier High School Inc$165,0004n/a
De Paul Cristo Rey High School$125,0003n/a
Mount Notre Dame High School$115,0003n/a
Mercy Neighborhood Ministries Inc$112,50053%
Cincinnati Recycling and Reuse Hub$105,000323%
Optim-All Services$100,000119%
The University of Cincinnati Foundation$93,00020%
The Chatfield Edge$80,00041%
Mount St Joseph University$60,00020%
Kennedy Heights Arts Center$60,00033%
Mt St Mary Seminary of the West Athenaeum of Ohio Norwood$60,0003n/a
Pink Ribbon Good Inc$55,00040%
Bloc Ministries Inc$55,00031%
Price Hill Will$50,00012%
The Seven Hills School$50,00010%
CISE Foundation$46,00042%
Lydia's House Inc$45,00035%
Center for Respite Care Inc$45,00022%
Strategies to End Homelessness Inc$44,00010%
Cincinnati Works$43,00050%
Friends of the Rose Garden Mission Inc$42,50044%
Caring Place of Cincinnati$40,000223%
University of Detroit Mercy$35,00020%
The Hillside Trust$35,00024%
Society of St Vincent de Paul Council of Northern Kentucky$35,00030%
Freestore Foodbank Inc$30,00040%
Prospect House Inc$30,00012%
Bethany House Services Inc$25,00020%
Cincinnati Union Cooperative Initiative$25,00024%
Episcopal Retirement Homes Inc$25,00020%
Power Inspires Progress Inc$25,00022%
Over-The-Rhine Museum$25,000120%
Miami University$25,0001n/a
Imago$22,50018%
YWCA of Greater Cincinnati$20,00020%
The First Step Home Inc$20,00020%
Cincinnati Shakespeare Company$20,00020%
Childhood Food Solutions$20,00018%
Coverd Greater Cincinnati$19,00041%
Upspring$18,00022%
Dress for Success Cincinnati$17,00031%
Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus Inc$15,0001n/a
Lighthouse Youth Services$15,00020%
Over the Rhine Community Housing$12,50030%
The Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County Foundation Inc$10,00011%
Ohio Justice and Policy Center$10,00011%
University of Dayton$10,00010%
St Rita School For The Deaf$10,00010%
Inter Parish Ministry Inc$10,00010%
Tender Mercies Inc$10,00010%
St Aloysius Orphanage$10,00010%
Help Program$10,00010%
Cincinnati Union Bethel$10,00010%
Talbert House$10,00010%
Wikimedia Foundation Inc$10,00010%
Gateway House Inc$10,0001n/a
Peaslee Neighborhood Center Inc$10,00012%
New York Public Radio$10,00010%
Per Scholas Inc$10,00010%
Last Mile Food Rescue$10,00010%
New Life Furniture Bank$10,00011%
Catholic Charities Southwestern Ohio$10,00010%
The Innocence Project Inc$10,00020%
The Children's Home of Cincinnati Ohio$10,00010%
Faith Community Pharmacy Inc$10,00010%
Madisonville Education and Assistance Center Inc$10,00020%
East End Adult Education Center$8,00022%
The Greater Cincinnati Television Educational Foundation$7,50010%
Shelterhouse Volunteer Group Inc$7,50010%
Crayons and Beyond Inc$7,00020%
Clovernook Center For the Blind and Visually Impaired$6,00010%
Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park$5,00010%
Fernside Inc a Center for Grieving Children$5,00011%
Cancer Family Care Inc$5,00010%
Winton Place Youth Committee Inc$5,00016%
Produce Perks Midwest Inc$5,00011%
ProKids$5,00010%
Education Matters Inc$5,00011%
Brighton Center Inc$5,00010%
Hospice of Cincinnati Incorporated$5,00010%
St Margaret-St John Parish$5,0001n/a
The Christ Temple Baptist Church Inc$5,0001n/a
St Francis-St Joseph Catholic Worker House$5,00012%
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra$5,00010%
Covington Ladies Home Inc$5,00010%
Cincinnati Youth Collaborative$5,00010%
City Gospel Mission and Affiliates$5,00010%
Girl Scouts of Western Ohio$5,00010%
St Monica St George Parish Newman Center$5,0001n/a
Diocesan Catholic Children's Home Inc$5,00010%
Emanuel Community Center DBA Cincinnati Squash Academy$5,00012%
Cincinnati Museum Center$5,00010%
Beechwood Home$5,00010%
Pregnancy Center Plus Inc$3,00010%
Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra$2,50010%
Friars Club Foundation Inc$2,5001n/a
Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati$2,0001n/a
Neurofit Gym Inc$2,00011%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 46 recipients with no EIN on record ($10M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Ruth J & Robert a Conway Foundation Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetXavier University: $455,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSociety of St Vincent de Paul Council: $445,000 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetSanta Maria Community Services Inc: $298,500 over 7y, 2.2% of budgetLa Soupe Inc: $290,000 over 3y, 6.5% of budgetMercy Neighborhood Ministries Inc: $112,500 over 5y, 3.4% of budgetCincinnati Recycling and Reuse Hub: $105,000 over 3y, 23% of budgetOptim-All Services: $100,000 over 1y, 19% of budgetThe University of Cincinnati Foundation: $93,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Chatfield Edge: $80,000 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetMount St Joseph University: $60,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetKennedy Heights Arts Center: $60,000 over 3y, 3.4% of budgetPink Ribbon Good Inc: $55,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetBloc Ministries Inc: $55,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetPrice Hill Will: $50,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetThe Seven Hills School: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCISE Foundation: $46,000 over 4y, 2.1% of budgetLydia's House Inc: $45,000 over 3y, 4.8% of budgetCenter for Respite Care Inc: $45,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetStrategies to End Homelessness Inc: $44,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCincinnati Works: $43,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetFriends of the Rose Garden Mission Inc: $42,500 over 4y, 3.8% of budgetCaring Place of Cincinnati: $40,000 over 2y, 23% of budgetUniversity of Detroit Mercy: $35,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Hillside Trust: $35,000 over 2y, 3.7% of budgetSociety of St Vincent de Paul Council of Northern Kentucky: $35,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetFreestore Foodbank Inc: $30,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetProspect House Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetBethany House Services Inc: $25,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCincinnati Union Cooperative Initiative: $25,000 over 2y, 4.2% of budgetEpiscopal Retirement Homes Inc: $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPower Inspires Progress Inc: $25,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetOver-The-Rhine Museum: $25,000 over 1y, 20% of budgetImago: $22,500 over 1y, 7.7% of budgetYWCA of Greater Cincinnati: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe First Step Home Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCincinnati Shakespeare Company: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetChildhood Food Solutions: $20,000 over 1y, 7.7% of budgetCoverd Greater Cincinnati: $19,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetUpspring: $18,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetDress for Success Cincinnati: $17,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetLighthouse Youth Services: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOver the Rhine Community Housing: $12,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetThe Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetOhio Justice and Policy Center: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetUniversity of Dayton: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSt Rita School For The Deaf: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetInter Parish Ministry Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTender Mercies Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% 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 90.

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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 FoundationOH103.7× affinity65 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Greater Cincinnati Foundation · The Thomas J Emery Memorial · John a Schroth Family Char Tr · Carol Ann and Ralph V Haile Jr Foundation · Elsa M Heisel Sule Charitable Trust 2005 · Johnson Charitable Gift Fund · Charles H Dater Foundation Inc · Andrew Jergens Foundation · United Way of Greater Cincinnati · Marge & Charles J Schott Foundation · Millstone Fund · Louise Taft Semple 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 Ruth J & Robert a Conway Foundation Inc

How much does Ruth J & Robert a Conway Foundation Inc give?
Ruth J & Robert a Conway Foundation Inc reported 16 grants totaling $215,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 20 and 54 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Ruth J & Robert a Conway Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (60%), Education (13%), Human Services (8%).
Who are Ruth J & Robert a Conway Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Xavier University ($455k), Society of St Vincent de Paul Council ($445k), Santa Maria Community Services Inc ($299k).
Does Ruth J & Robert a Conway Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 46% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Ruth J & Robert a Conway Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Ruth J & Robert a Conway Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Greater Cincinnati Foundation, The Thomas J Emery Memorial, John a Schroth Family Char Tr.
Where is Ruth J & Robert a Conway Foundation Inc based?
Ruth J & Robert a Conway Foundation Inc 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 148 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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