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The Brian H & Jill P Rowe Family Fdn Fifth at a glance

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The Brian H & Jill P Rowe Family Fdn Fifth

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.

$209k
Granted FY2025still arriving
13
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$45k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Health$375kEducation$299kArts & Culture$148kPhilanthropy$120kInternational$70kHuman Services$57kScience & Tech$50kPublic Safety & Disaster$25kOther$0
02FY2025 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k4 grants · $14k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $195k
$10,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$3.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LEONARD M MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE$45,000
SPRINGER SCHOOL AND CENTER$30,000
NATIONAL AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM$25,000
THE MEDICAL CENTER AT OCEAN REEF INC$25,000
UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI FOUNDATION$25,000
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMMUNITY SERVICE FUND$15,000
OCEAN REEF ART LEAGUE INC$10,000
HAITI HEALTHY KIDS INC$10,000
OCEAN REEF COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$10,000
CLERMONT COUNTY COMMUNITY SERVICES INC$5,000
LANDMARK SCHOOL INC$5,000
CINCINNATI PARKS FOUNDATION$2,500
KEEWAYDIN FOUNDATION$1,000
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 (FY20–22, $39k) 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%CHILDRENS HOME OF CINCINNATI OHIO INC: $10k → 16%THE CHILDREN'S HOME OF CINCINNATI: $10k → 16%BEST POINT EDUCATION & BEHAVIORAL HEALTH: $5k → 16%STEPPING STONES INC: $5k → 16%STEPPING STONES INC: $5k → 16%KENZIES CLOSET: $500 → 16%EMANUEL COMMUNITY CENTER: $2k → 16%EMANUEL COMMUNITY CENTER: $1k → 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

VT
NY
MA
OH
CT
TN
DC
FL
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.
$955k · 19 repeat orgs$214k to everyone else

19 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

19
15

Total granted

$955k
$214k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+22%
+70%

Still filing today

79%
53%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureHealthPhilanthropyRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • SPRINGER SCHOOL AND CENTER
    6× · 2020–2025 · $195k · revenue +97%
  • SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
    5× · 2020–2025 · $125k · revenue +22%
  • TU
    THE UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI FOUNDATION
    5× · 2021–2025 · $105k · revenue +26%

Funded once

  • UO
    University of Miamigraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $70k · revenue +29%
  • GV
    GE VOLUNTEERS FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2020 · $25k
  • SI
    SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION OFFICE OF THE
    one grant, 2021 · $25k
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
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
3
Children's Hospital Medical Center

Cincinnati children's hospital medical center will be the leader in improving child health. cincinnati children's will provide child health and transform delivery of care through fully integrated, globally recognized research, education,…

Health
4
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
5
St Martin Hospital Inc

To improve, maintain and restore the health of the people in the communities we serve.

Health
6
University of the Sciences in Philadelphia

University of the sciences prepares students to become leaders, innovators, and skilled practitioners in the sciences, the health professions, and related disciplines. we deliver excellence in teaching, research, and service through a safe…

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7
The Children's Theatre of Cincinnati

The mission of The Children's Theatre of Cincinnati (TCT) is to educate, entertain and engage audiences of all ages through professional theatrical productions and arts education programming. Our vision is to awaken a lifelong love of…

Arts & Culture
8
Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
9
South Shore Charter School

The mission of south shore charter school is to cultivate students the tenacity, integrity, and curiosity needed to become innovative and socially responsible leaders, ready to face and solve the ever-changing challenges facing our…

Education
10
Union Health System

To serve our communities by provding innovative and compassionate healthcare.

Health
11
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

The organization provides professional investment management services for endowed gifts and financial assets entrusted to the ucsf foundation.

Education
12
Rhode Island School of Design

The mission of rhode island school of design, through its college and museum,is to educate its students and the public in the creation and (see schedule o)appreciation of works of art and design, to discover and transmit knowledge and to…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Crayons and Beyond Inc; the most unlike its peers is Haiti Healthy Kids 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

25 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. 25 of the 35 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
24/25
Grantees still filing
18/25
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

LEONARD M MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE: $170,000 · OtherLEONARD M MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINETHE MEDICAL CENTER AT OCEAN REEF INC: $65,000 · OtherTHE MEDICAL CENTER AT OCEAN REEF IN…GE VOLUNTEERS FOUNDATION: $25,000 · OtherGE VOLUNTEERS FOUNDATIONSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION OFFICE OF THE: $25,000 · OtherSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION OFFICE OF T…Individual grant recipient: $25,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientOCEAN REEF ART LEAGUE INC: $15,000 · OtherCLERMONT CO COMMUNITY SERVICES: $15,000 · Other+6 more: $40,000 · Other+6 moreSPRINGER SCHOOL AND CENTER: $195,000 · EducationSPRINGER SCHOOL AND CENTERUniversity of Miami: $70,000 · EducationUniversity of MiamiLANDMARK SCHOOL INC: $15,000 · EducationSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Education+1 more: $500 · EducationTHE UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI FOUNDATION: $105,000 · PhilanthropyTHE UNIVERSITY OF CIN…GENERAL ELECTRIC EMPLOYEES COMMUNITY SERVICE FUND: $90,000 · PhilanthropyGENERAL ELECTRIC EMPL…OCEAN REEF COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 · PhilanthropyOCEAN REEF COMMUNITY …+1 more: $500 · PhilanthropySMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $125,000 · Arts & CultureSMITHSONIAN IN…OCEAN REEF CULTURAL CENTER INC: $25,000 · Arts & CultureOCEAN REEF CUL…Cincinnati Institute of Fine Arts: $7,500 · Arts & CultureHAITI HEALTHY KIDS INC: $70,000 · InternationalThe Children's Home of Cincinnati Ohio: $25,000 · Human ServicesSTEPPING STONES INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesEmanuel Community Center DBA Cincinnati Squash Academy: $3,000 · Human Services+1 more: $500 · Human ServicesSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $10,000 · HealthThe Christ Hospital Foundation: $5,000 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $5,000 · HealthCincinnati Parks Foundation: $12,000 · Recreation & SportsTHE KEEWAYDIN FOUNDATION: $5,000 · Recreation & Sports
Other$380,000Education$290,500Philanthropy$225,500Arts & Culture$157,500International$70,000Human Services$38,500Health$20,000Recreation & Sports$17,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSPRINGER SCHOOL AND CENTER: $195,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $125,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI FOUNDATION: $105,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetGENERAL ELECTRIC EMPLOYEES COMMUNITY SERVICE FUND: $90,000 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetUniversity of Miami: $70,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHAITI HEALTHY KIDS INC: $70,000 over 6y, 28% of budgetTHE MEDICAL CENTER AT OCEAN REEF INC: $65,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetOCEAN REEF COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetOCEAN REEF CULTURAL CENTER INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetThe Children's Home of Cincinnati Ohio: $25,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetOCEAN REEF ART LEAGUE INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetLANDMARK SCHOOL INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCLERMONT CO COMMUNITY SERVICES: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCincinnati Parks Foundation: $12,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTEPPING STONES INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCincinnati Institute of Fine Arts: $7,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE KEEWAYDIN FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Christ Hospital Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEmanuel Community Center DBA Cincinnati Squash Academy: $3,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetKENZIE'S CLOSET: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetROTHENBERG ROOFTOP GARDEN: $500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetCRAYONS AND BEYOND INC: $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.

The Greater Cincinnat…Farmer Family Foundat…Robert H & Susan F Ca…Evelyn W Dunn Charita…The Frances R Luther …The Heidt Family Foun…Hcs FoundationThe James J and Joan …Andrew Jergens Founda…Dayton Foundation Dep…The Ayco Charitable F…Duke Energy Foundation
The Greater Cincinnati FoundationOH22.5× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Greater Cincinnati Foundation · Farmer Family Foundation · Robert H & Susan F Castellini Foundation · Evelyn W Dunn Charitable Trust McLaughlin · The Frances R Luther Charitable Trust · The Heidt Family Foundation · Hcs Foundation · The James J and Joan a Gardner Family Foundation · Andrew Jergens Foundation · Dayton Foundation Depository · The Ayco Charitable 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 Brian H & Jill P Rowe Family Fdn Fifth funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Brian H & Jill P Rowe Family Fdn Fifth. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →median 5%
  • University of Miami: 5% of income from government
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
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 35 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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