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The Affordable Housing Trust for Columbus and Franklin County

Facilitate and invest in developments designed to: create and preserve affordable homeownership and rental housing; strengthen and stabilize neighborhoods; support working households, seniors and special needs populations.

$363k
Granted FY2024still arriving
12
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$51k
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, FY2019 to 2024.

Housing & Shelter$487kCommunity Improvement$186kFood & Nutrition$97kHealth$24kHuman Services$20kEmployment$16kYouth Development$6k
02FY2024 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 12 grants below total $338,558, the rows itemized in this filing. The $362,962 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $24,404 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 $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $233k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $101k
$30,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$222M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HNHF REALTY COLLABORATIVE$50,500
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY-MIDOHIO$50,000
PARTNERS ACHIEVING COMMUNITY TRANSFORMATION INC$40,000
STAR HOUSE$39,889
LIFECARE ALLIANCE$36,285
HOMEPORT$30,000
NETCARE ACCESS$23,500
COMMUNITY HOUSING NETWORK INC$22,052
GERTRUDE WOOD COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$20,000
CENTRAL COMMUNITY HOUSE OF COLUMBUS$11,332
AFFORDABLE HOUSING ALLIANCE OF CENTRAL OHIO$10,000
COLUMBUS URBAN LEAGUE$5,000
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 (FY22–22, $15k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%CREATIVE LIVING INC: $9k → 15%HUCKLEBERRY HOUSE: $6k → 15%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.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$753k · 11 repeat orgs$83k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +83% since the first grant, against +39% for those funded once.

11 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2024, 1 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
4

Total granted

$753k
$48k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+83%
+39%

Still filing today

91%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $35k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
Housing & ShelterCommunity ImprovementHuman ServicesFood & NutritionPhilanthropyHealthOther
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

  • CH
    COLUMBUS HOUSING PARTNERSHIP INC
    3× · 2020–2024 · $128k · revenue +212%
  • LA
    LIFECARE ALLIANCE
    3× · 2022–2024 · $97k · revenue +44%
  • HR
    HNHF Realty Collaborative co Luke Brown
    2× · 2023–2024 · $91k · revenue +17%

Funded once

  • C
    CELEBRATEONE
    one grant, 2019 · $17k · revenue -76%
  • FR
    Franklinton Risinggraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $16k · revenue +43%
  • CL
    CREATIVE LIVING INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $9k · revenue +39%
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
Columbus Housing Initiative Inc

Stabilize neighborhoods through establishing financing, education, rehabilitation of existing housing and development of new housing

Housing & Shelter
2
The Affordable Housing Trust for Columbus and Franklin County

Facilitate and invest in developments designed to: create and preserve affordable homeownership and rental housing; strengthen and stabilize neighborhoods; support working households, seniors and special needs populations.

Housing & Shelter
3
Community Shelter Board

The community shelter board is ending homelessness by creating collaborations, innovating solutions, and investing in quality programs.

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4
Columbus Neighborhood Health Center Inc

To serve the central ohio community with affordable, easy to access healthcare services.

Health
5
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
6
Strategies to End Homelessness Inc

Strategies to End Homelessness leads a coordinated community effort to end homelessness in Greater Cincinnati.

Human Services
7
Columbus House Inc

Columbus house serves people experiencing homelessness or at imminent risk by providing life-saving outreach, shelter, and housing and by fostering their personal growth and independence. we advocate for and create affordable housing to…

Housing & Shelter
8
California Housing Partner Corporation

The California Housing Partnership Corporation creates and preserves affordable and sustainable homes for Californians with low incomes by providing expert financial and policy solutions to nonprofit and public partners.

Unclassified
9
Cooperative Housing Corporation

Cooperative Housings mission is to provide affordable, shared living residences and services for low to moderate income older adults and some special needs adults. The Corporation is dedicated to helping these individuals to enjoy adequate…

Housing & Shelter
10
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
11
Chn Housing Partners

Chn's mission is to leverage the power of affordable housing to improve lives and communities.

Housing & Shelter
12
Chn Housing Capital

Chn housing capital is a certified community development financial institution serving low-income individuals and distressed communities guided by the belief that homeownership should be within everyone's reach.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Columbus Housing Partnership Inc; the most unlike its peers is Franklinton Rising. 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

17 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.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/17
Grantees still filing
14/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

COLUMBUS HOUSING PARTNERSHIP INC: $127,943 · Housing & ShelterCOLUMBUS HOUSING PARTNERSHIP INCHNHF Realty Collaborative co Luke Brown: $90,500 · Housing & ShelterHNHF Realty Collaborative co Luke BrownAFFORDABLE HOUSING ALLIANCE OF CENTRAL OHIO: $60,000 · Housing & ShelterAFFORDABLE HOUSING ALLIANCE OF CENTRAL OHIOCOMMUNITY HOUSING NETWORK INC: $27,052 · Housing & ShelterCOMMUNITY HOUSING NETWORK INCFranklinton Rising: $15,967 · Housing & ShelterHABITAT FOR HUMANITY - MIDOHIO: $83,000 · OtherHABITAT FOR HUMANITY - MID…MID OHIO REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION: $70,894 · OtherMID OHIO REGIONAL PLANNING…NETCARE FOUNDATION: $23,500 · OtherNETCARE FOUNDATIONCENTRAL COMMUNITY HOUSE: $11,332 · OtherCENTRAL COMMUNITY HOUSECOLUMBUS URBAN LEAGUE: $10,000 · OtherPartners Achieving Community Transformation Inc: $70,000 · Community ImprovementPartners Achie…Gertrude Wood Community Foundation: $35,000 · Community ImprovementGertrude Wood …LIFECARE ALLIANCE: $96,878 · Food & NutritionLIFECARE ALLI…STAR HOUSE: $81,336 · PhilanthropySTAR HOUSECELEBRATEONE: $16,895 · HealthCREATIVE LIVING INC: $8,855 · Human ServicesHUCKLEBERRY HOUSE INC: $6,000 · Human Services
Housing & Shelter$321,462Other$198,726Community Improvement$105,000Food & Nutrition$96,878Philanthropy$81,336Health$16,895Human Services$14,855

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCOLUMBUS HOUSING PARTNERSHIP INC: $127,943 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetLIFECARE ALLIANCE: $96,878 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetHNHF Realty Collaborative co Luke Brown: $90,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY - MIDOHIO: $83,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetSTAR HOUSE: $81,336 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetPartners Achieving Community Transformation Inc: $70,000 over 2y, 3.3% of budgetAFFORDABLE HOUSING ALLIANCE OF CENTRAL OHIO: $60,000 over 6y, 6.0% of budgetGertrude Wood Community Foundation: $35,000 over 2y, 8.8% of budgetCOMMUNITY HOUSING NETWORK INC: $27,052 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNETCARE FOUNDATION: $23,500 over 1y, 17% of budgetCELEBRATEONE: $16,895 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetFranklinton Rising: $15,967 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetCENTRAL COMMUNITY HOUSE: $11,332 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCOLUMBUS URBAN LEAGUE: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCREATIVE LIVING INC: $8,855 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetHUCKLEBERRY HOUSE INC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

Columbus FoundationUnited Way of Central…American Electric Pow…Harry C Moores Founda…Ohio Capital Impact C…Nisource Charitable F…L Brands FoundationIngram-White Castle F…Cardinal Health Found…Osteopathic Heritage …Siemer Family Foundat…Encova Foundation of …
Columbus FoundationOH31× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Columbus Foundation · United Way of Central Ohio Inc · American Electric Power Foundation · Harry C Moores Foundation · Ohio Capital Impact Corporation · Nisource Charitable Foundation · L Brands Foundation · Ingram-White Castle Foundation · Cardinal Health Foundation · Osteopathic Heritage Foundation · Siemer Family Foundation · Encova Foundation of Ohio

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 The Affordable Housing Trust for Columbus and Franklin County funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Affordable Housing Trust for Columbus and Franklin County. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    11report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
    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 17 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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