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The Bahl & Gaynor Foundation at a glance

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The Bahl & Gaynor Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$275k
Granted FY2025still arriving
32
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$593kEducation$58kReligion$54kArts & Culture$45kCrime & Legal$31kHuman Services$26kYouth Development$24kRecreation & Sports$13kOther$0
02FY2025 · 32 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k27 grants · $93k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $82k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $100k
$3,055
Median grant
6
States reached
$1.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER$100,000
SOCIETY OF THE TRANSFIGURATION$40,000
XAVIER UNIVERSITY$16,850
ASSOCIATION OF VOLUNTEERS$15,380
DAV 5K$10,000
AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION$9,000
Individual grant recipient$8,850
CHRIST HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$8,500
OHIO STATE BAR FOUNDATION$7,500
FRIENDS OF MUSIC HALL$6,000
FC CINCINNATI$5,600
GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$5,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
CINCINNATI NATURE CENTER$4,500
AFMDA$4,000
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 (FY19–25, $19k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%ST MARGARET HALL: $4k → 16%LIGHTHOUSE YOUTH & FAMILY SERVICES: $2k → 16%LIGHTHOUSE YOUTH & FAMILY SERVICES: $2k → 16%LIGHTHOUSE YOUTH & FAMILY SERVICES: $2k → 16%RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF GREATER CINCINNATI: $9k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

NY
OH
CA
KY
VA
MD
DC
GA
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.

82%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$723k · 17 repeat orgs$159k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +11% since the first grant, against +6% for those funded once.

17 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 18 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
19

Total granted

$723k
$67k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+11%
+6%

Still filing today

71%
37%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 66% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $92k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

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HealthArts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesFood & 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.

Backed again, and grew

  • CH
    CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER
    9× · 2017–2025 · $514k · revenue +53%
  • XU
    XAVIER UNIVERSITY
    2× · 2023–2025 · $20k · revenue +5%
  • TC
    The Christ Hospital Foundation
    2× · 2017–2025 · $17k · revenue +239%

Funded once

  • TW
    TRI-STATE WARBIRD MUSEUM
    one grant, 2019 · $11k · revenue +27%
  • AF
    ABA FUND FOR JUSTICE & EDUCATION
    one grant, 2024 · $10k
  • RM
    RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF GREATER CINCINNATI INC
    one grant, 2024 · $9k · revenue +11%
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
Cincinnati Museum Center

Cincinnati museum center inspires people of all ages to learn more about our world through science, regional history, and educational, engaging and meaningful experiences.

Arts & Culture
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 Greater Cincinnati Foundation

As a trusted and connected partner, we inspire generous people to invest in a more equitable and vibrant region now and for generations to come.

Philanthropy
4
Cincinnati Usa Regional Chamber

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

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5
Cincinnati Usa Regional Chamber Foundation

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

Community Improvement
6
Cincinnati Zoo Foundation Inc

Perform fundraising functions, provide financial support, carryout the purpose and otherwise operating for the benefit of the zoological society of cincinnati.

Animals
7
Union Health System

To serve our communities by provding innovative and compassionate healthcare.

Health
8
Columbus Medical Association Foundation

The columbus medical association foundation, through the governance and oversight of its board of physicians and other experts, effects change within specific priority areas to improve the health and wellbeing of the residents and…

Health
9
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
10
Cincinnati Observatory Center

The mission of the cincinnati observatory is to maintain the integrity and heritage of an historic 19th century observatory and to educate, engage, and inspire our community about astronomy and science.

Arts & Culture
11
Cincinnati Christian University

The mission of cincinnati christian university is to teach men and women to live by biblical principles and to equip and empower them with character, skills, insight, and vision to lead the church and to impact society for christ.

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12
University Hospital & Clinics Inc

The organization provides medical care to improve, maintain, and restore the health of the people in the communities we serve.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The University of Cincinnati Foundation; the most unlike its peers is La Soupe Inc. 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

27 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. 27 of the 55 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
26/27
Grantees still filing
14/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER: $514,333 · HealthCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTERAMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION: $19,000 · Health+4 more: $26,125 · HealthSOCIETY OF THE TRANSFIGURATION: $40,000 · OtherSOCIETY OF THE TRANSFIGURA…BETHANY SCHOOL: $20,000 · OtherBETHANY SCHOOLDAV 5K: $19,907 · OtherDAV 5KIndividual grant recipient: $15,600 · OtherIndividual grant recipientASSOCIATION OF VOLUNTEERS: $15,380 · OtherASSOCIATION OF VOLUNTEERSGOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $13,000 · OtherGOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL FO…ABA FUND FOR JUSTICE & EDUCATION: $10,000 · OtherCHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL: $10,000 · OtherTHE MESHEWA HOUSE: $7,180 · Other+26 more: $54,151 · Other+26 moreCincinnati Playhouse in the Park: $17,572 · Arts & CultureFRIENDS OF MUSIC HALL: $12,750 · Arts & CultureTRI-STATE WARBIRD MUSEUM: $10,750 · Arts & CultureCincinnati Institute of Fine Arts: $3,055 · Arts & CultureXAVIER UNIVERSITY: $19,850 · EducationCINCINNATI COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $6,450 · EducationMOUNT ST JOSEPH UNIVERSITY: $3,375 · EducationCincinnati Youth Collaborative: $2,250 · EducationRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF GREATER CINCINNATI INC: $8,500 · Human ServicesLIGHTHOUSE YOUTH SERVICES: $6,500 · Human ServicesST MARGARET HALL: $4,000 · Human ServicesOHIO STATE BAR FOUNDATION: $17,500 · Crime & LegalTHE UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI FOUNDATION: $5,000 · PhilanthropyTHE DAYTON FOUNDATION: $2,500 · Philanthropy
Health$559,458Other$205,218Arts & Culture$44,127Education$31,925Human Services$19,000Crime & Legal$17,500Philanthropy$7,500

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER: $514,333 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetXAVIER UNIVERSITY: $19,850 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION: $19,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCincinnati Playhouse in the Park: $17,572 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetOHIO STATE BAR FOUNDATION: $17,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetThe Christ Hospital Foundation: $16,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF MUSIC HALL: $12,750 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetTRI-STATE WARBIRD MUSEUM: $10,750 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF GREATER CINCINNATI INC: $8,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLIGHTHOUSE YOUTH SERVICES: $6,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCINCINNATI COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $6,450 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBEECHWOOD HOME: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCincinnati Parks Foundation: $4,950 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCISE: $4,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetST MARGARET HALL: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCincinnati Bar Association: $3,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMOUNT ST JOSEPH UNIVERSITY: $3,375 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CINCINNATI HEALTH NETWORK INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE DAYTON FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCincinnati Youth Collaborative: $2,250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLA SOUPE INC: $1,200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $1,125 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.

The Greater Cincinnat…Johnson Charitable Gi…Fidelity FoundationGe Aerospace Foundati…Louise Taft Semple Fo…The Thomas J Emery Me…Hcs FoundationRobert a & Marian K K…Robert H & Susan F Ca…Horizon Community Fun…Carol Ann and Ralph V…Duke Energy Foundation
The Greater Cincinnati FoundationOH29.7× affinity13 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 · Fidelity Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Louise Taft Semple Foundation · The Thomas J Emery Memorial · Hcs Foundation · Robert a & Marian K Kennedy Charitable Trust · Robert H & Susan F Castellini Foundation · Horizon Community Funds of Northern Kentucky · Carol Ann and Ralph V Haile Jr Foundation · Duke Energy 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Bahl & Gaynor Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Bahl & Gaynor Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%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
    5report 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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to The Bahl & Gaynor Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Bahl & Gaynor Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 55 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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