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Spirit of Construction Foundation of Greater Cincinnati Inc

To recognize, celebrate and evaluate the construction industry and its contributions to the civic, aesthetic and economic well-being of the greater cincinnati region.

$259k
Granted FY2024still arriving
10
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$90k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Employment$757kHuman Services$294kYouth Development$155kEducation$27kHousing & Shelter$9kArts & Culture$7kCommunity Improvement$6k
02FY2024 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 10 grants below total $171,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $259,000 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $88,000 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k6 grants · $43k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $38k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $90k
$9,300
Median grant
2
States reached
$1.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ALLIED CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRIES$90,000
TRADES NKY$15,000
LEARNING GROVE$13,000
FELICITY-FRANKLIN SCHOOL DISTRICT$10,400
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY$9,300
CONSTRUCTION CAREER DAYS COMMITTEE$7,500
THE TOOLS PROGRAM$7,500
NORTHERN KENTUCKY COMMUNITY ACTION COMMISSION$7,000
CINCINNATI WORKS$5,800
GIRL SCOUTS OF WESTERN OHIO$5,500
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 (FY17–24, $299k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, 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%MIDDLE SCHOOL ADVOCATE- PARITY INC: $90k → 14%MIDDLE SCHOOL ADVOCATE- PARITY INC: $85k → 14%MIDDLE SCHOOL ADVOCATE- PARITY INC: $85k → 14%YWCA OF GREATER CINCINNATI: $13k → 16%YWCA OF GREATER CINCINNATI: $13k → 16%YWCA OF GREATER CINCINNATI: $8k → 16%CINCINNATI WORKS: $6k → 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.

86%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.1M · 12 repeat orgs$173k to everyone else

12 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
4

Total granted

$1.1M
$29k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-6%
+38%

Still filing today

83%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 16% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $144k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationArts & CultureEmploymentHousing & ShelterYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • PI
    Parity Inc
    3× · 2017–2019 · $260k · revenue +127% · 56% of their budget
  • YO
    YWCA of Greater Cincinnati
    3× · 2017–2019 · $34k · revenue +42%
  • NK
    Northern Kentucky Community Action Commission Inc
    4× · 2017–2024 · $26k · revenue +45%

Funded once

  • CC
    CAMPBELL COUNTY TECH CENTER
    one grant, 2019 · $10k
  • OV
    OHIO VALLEY CONSTRUCTION EDUCATION FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $8k · revenue -5%
  • GC
    GREATER CINCINNATI CONSTRUCTION FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $8k · revenue +38%
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
Careers in Construction Sw Washington
Recreation & Sports
2
Cleveland Builds Inc

Our mission is to connect motivated individuals in the greater cleveland area with career opportunities in construction.

Education
3
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
4
Cincinnati Youth Collaborative

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

Education
5
Construction Career Collaborative

As an interdependent alliance of construction industry leaders, we are collectively committed to positively impacting the future of the industry by strengthening the safe, skilled, and sustainable craft workforce pipeline.

Public Benefit
6
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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7
Cincinnati Afl-Cio Labor Council

The mission of the afl-cio is to improve the lives of working families, to bring economic justice to the workplace and social justice to our nation.

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8
Cincinnati Usa Regional Chamber

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

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9
Chicagoland Associated General Contractors

To deliver exceptional value to our members through industry leadership, superior services, and innovative programs.

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10
Cincinnati Usa Regional Chamber Foundation

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

Community Improvement
11
INTERalliance of Greater Cincinnati

To inspire and assist young talent to pursue an IT career in Greater Cincinnati.

Youth Development
12
Construction Inclusion Week

The vision and mission of Construction Inclusion Week is cultivating a more inclusive construction industry. Because of their collaborative vision, team members, and resources Construction Inclusion Week is able to provide the robust…

Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Citylink Center; the most unlike its peers is Architectural Foundation of Cincinnati dba Design Lab Learn & Build. 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

18 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 18 of the 23 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/18
Grantees still filing
7/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CONSTRUCTION CAREER DAYS COMMITTEE: $516,500 · OtherCONSTRUCTION CAREER DAYS COMMITTEEALLIED CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRIES CINCINNATI: $90,000 · OtherALLIED CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRIES CINCINNATINorthern Kentucky Community Action Commission Inc: $25,583 · Other+10 more: $122,400 · Other+10 moreParity Inc: $260,000 · Human ServicesParity IncYWCA of Greater Cincinnati: $33,500 · Human ServicesYWCA of Greater Cincinnati+1 more: $5,800 · Human ServicesEaster Seals Tristate: $106,000 · EmploymentEaster Se…Architectural Foundation of Cincinnati dba Design LAB Learn & Build: $48,300 · Arts & CultureCITYLINK CENTER: $16,000 · Community ImprovementTHE TOOLS PROGRAM FOUNDATION: $7,500 · EducationGREATER CINCINNATI CONSTRUCTION FOUNDATION INC: $7,500 · EducationHabitat for Humanity of Greater Cincinnati: $9,300 · Housing & ShelterGirl Scouts of Western Ohio: $5,500 · Youth Development
Other$754,483Human Services$299,300Employment$106,000Arts & Culture$48,300Community Improvement$16,000Education$15,000Housing & Shelter$9,300Youth Development$5,500

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCONSTRUCTION CAREER DAYS COMMITTEE: $516,500 over 8y, 28% of budgetParity Inc: $260,000 over 3y, 56% of budgetEaster Seals Tristate: $106,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetALLIED CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRIES CINCINNATI: $90,000 over 1y, 5.2% of budgetArchitectural Foundation of Cincinnati dba Design LAB Learn & Build: $48,300 over 4y, 4.4% of budgetYWCA of Greater Cincinnati: $33,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetNorthern Kentucky Community Action Commission Inc: $25,583 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetLEARNING GROVE INC: $20,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA COUNCIL 438 DAN BEARD: $18,200 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCITYLINK CENTER: $16,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetEASTER SEALS INC: $13,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBUTLER COUNTY UNITED WAY: $12,300 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetHabitat for Humanity of Greater Cincinnati: $9,300 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE TOOLS PROGRAM FOUNDATION: $7,500 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetOHIO VALLEY CONSTRUCTION EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $7,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetGREATER CINCINNATI CONSTRUCTION FOUNDATION INC: $7,500 over 1y, 6.1% of budgetCINCINNATI WORKS: $5,800 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGirl Scouts of Western Ohio: $5,500 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

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.

Duke Energy FoundationCarol Ann and Ralph V…Charles H Dater Found…Johnson Charitable Gi…The Greater Cincinnat…The Thomas J Emery Me…John a Schroth Family…First Financial Found…United Way of Greater…Ge Aerospace Foundati…Trust Estate of Georg…Tr Uw Jacob Schmidlap…
Duke Energy FoundationNC21.3× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Duke Energy Foundation · Carol Ann and Ralph V Haile Jr Foundation · Charles H Dater Foundation Inc · Johnson Charitable Gift Fund · The Greater Cincinnati Foundation · The Thomas J Emery Memorial · John a Schroth Family Char Tr · First Financial Foundation · United Way of Greater Cincinnati · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Trust Estate of George B Riley · Tr Uw Jacob Schmidlapp #1

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 Spirit of Construction Foundation of Greater Cincinnati Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Spirit of Construction Foundation of Greater Cincinnati Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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.

    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 23 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 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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