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The Central Benefits Health Care Foundation

Central benefits health care foundation is a supporting organization of the columbus foundation.

$300k
Granted FY2025still arriving
4
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$150k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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.

Health$3.0MYouth Development$396kHuman Services$90kReligion$50k
02FY2025 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k2 grants · $50k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $250k
$100,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$10M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DIRECTIONS FOR YOUTH & FAMILIES$150,000
BHUTANESE COMMUNITY OF CENTRAL OHIO$100,000
OHIOGUIDESTONE$30,000
OHIO SUICIDE PREVENTION FOUNDATION$20,000
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 (FY23–24, $600k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 98% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%CORNERSTONE OF HOPE: $10k → 5%THE BUCKEYE RANCH: $500k → 15%HUCKLEBERRY HOUSE INC: $90k → 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.

51%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.2M · 4 repeat orgs$1.2M to everyone else

4 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

4
9

Total granted

$1.2M
$1.1M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+18%
+26%

Still filing today

75%
89%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 60% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $120k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesYouth DevelopmentHealthReligionArts & CulturePublic BenefitOther
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

  • NC
    NATIONWIDE CHILDRENS HOSPITAL INC
    2× · 2018–2022 · $615k
  • DF
    DIRECTIONS FOR YOUTH AND FAMILIES INC
    2× · 2023–2025 · $300k · revenue -25%
  • MH
    MENTAL HEALTH AMERICA OF OHIO INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $263k · revenue +31%

Funded once

  • TB
    THE BUCKEYE RANCH INCgraduated
    one grant, 2024 · $500k · revenue +27%
  • KY
    Kaleidoscope Youth Center Inc
    one grant, 2023 · $146k · revenue -27%
  • BA
    BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF COLUMBUS INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $100k · revenue +30%
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
Clermont Counseling Center

To ensure people with mental illness, addiction, and related challenges lead healthy and productive lives.

Health
2
Greater Cincinnati Behavioral Health Services

To ensure people with mental illness, addiction, and related challenges lead healthy and productive lives.

Health
3
Child & Adolescent Behavioral Health

We are the premier childrens mental health agency that reduces the suffering experienced by children who have emotional problems related to depression, anxiety, and behavior like adhd. untreated, these problems can lead to failure in…

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4
Jewish Family Service of the Cincinnati Area

A social service agency, JFS strengthens lives and our diverse community by providing exceptional and transformational human services. Services include: Counseling, Case Management, Financial and Food Support, Home Care, Senior Services,…

Human Services
5
Columbus Center for Human Services Inc

Inspiring life journeys

Human Services
6
Empowering and Strengthening Ohio's People Inc

Empowering and strengthening ohio's people (esop) helps adults in all stages of life achieve and maintain financial wellness and housing stability.

Housing & Shelter
7
Ohio Center for Hope

To promote mental health research in medical developments

Health
8
The Children's Home of Cincinnati Ohio

Creating lasting results that strengthen families and our community by guiding individuals from infancy to independence through comprehensive education, behavioral, and health services.

Human Services
9
Columbus Early Learning Centers

Columbus early learning centers (celc) has over 130 years of history providing high quality, affordable early learning and childcare in central ohio. this rich history places celc amongst the oldest early childcare programs in the country.…

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10
Ohio Children's Alliance

Fostering a brighter tomorrow for Ohio's children and families through advocacy, innovation, and collaboration with health and human service organizations.

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11
Youth Advocate Services

Yas strives to provide culturally competent mental health treatment, independent living skill development and care planning services in order to prevent out of home placement.

Human Services
12
Community Shelter Board

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

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is OhioGuidestone; the most unlike its peers is Black Girl Rising 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

14 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. 14 of the 16 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
10/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

COLUMBUS FOUNDATION: $1,480,390 · PhilanthropyCOLUMBUS FOUNDATIONNATIONWIDE CHILDRENS HOSPITAL INC: $615,000 · OtherNATIONWIDE CHILDRENS …BHUTANESE COMMUNITY OF CENTRAL OHIO: $100,000 · OtherBHUTANESE COMMUNITY O…+1 more: $20,000 · OtherTHE BUCKEYE RANCH INC: $500,000 · Human ServicesTHE BUCKEYE RANCH…HUCKLEBERRY HOUSE INC: $90,205 · Human ServicesHUCKLEBERRY HOUSE…+1 more: $10,000 · Human ServicesDIRECTIONS FOR YOUTH AND FAMILIES INC: $300,000 · Youth DevelopmentDIRECTIONS FOR …Kaleidoscope Youth Center Inc: $146,010 · Youth DevelopmentKaleidoscope Yo…BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF COLUMBUS INC: $100,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS AND GIRLS …MENTAL HEALTH AMERICA OF OHIO INC: $262,832 · HealthMENTAL HEAL…CELEBRATEONE: $100,000 · HealthCELEBRATEON…OhioGuidestone: $41,214 · HealthOhioGuidest…Chabad of Columbus Inc: $50,000 · ReligionBlack Girl Rising Inc: $35,000 · Arts & CultureOHIO SUICIDE PREVENTION FOUNDATION: $20,000 · Public Benefit
Philanthropy$1,480,390Other$735,000Human Services$600,205Youth Development$546,010Health$404,046Religion$50,000Arts & Culture$35,000Public Benefit$20,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCOLUMBUS FOUNDATION: $1,480,390 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetTHE BUCKEYE RANCH INC: $500,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetDIRECTIONS FOR YOUTH AND FAMILIES INC: $300,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetMENTAL HEALTH AMERICA OF OHIO INC: $262,832 over 2y, 4.9% of budgetKaleidoscope Youth Center Inc: $146,010 over 1y, 6.2% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF COLUMBUS INC: $100,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetBHUTANESE COMMUNITY OF CENTRAL OHIO: $100,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetCELEBRATEONE: $100,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetHUCKLEBERRY HOUSE INC: $90,205 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetChabad of Columbus Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetOhioGuidestone: $41,214 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBlack Girl Rising Inc: $35,000 over 1y, 18% of budgetCORNERSTONE OF HOPE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% 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 FoundationL Brands FoundationUnited Way of Central…Harry C Moores Founda…Ingram-White Castle F…Columbus Jewish Found…Nisource Charitable F…Encova Foundation of …Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Cardinal Health Found…Osteopathic Heritage …Women's Fund of Centr…
Columbus FoundationOH28.2× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Columbus Foundation · L Brands Foundation · United Way of Central Ohio Inc · Harry C Moores Foundation · Ingram-White Castle Foundation · Columbus Jewish Foundation · Nisource Charitable Foundation · Encova Foundation of Ohio · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Cardinal Health Foundation · Osteopathic Heritage Foundation · Women's Fund of Central 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 Central Benefits Health Care Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Central Benefits Health Care Foundation. 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
    7report 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.
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    How do I get to The Central Benefits Health Care Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Central Benefits Health Care 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 16 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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