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The Cincinnati Woman's Club

THE CINCINNATI WOMAN'S CLUB (the club) mission and purpose is to create an organized center of thought and action among women for the promotion of charitable, educational, literary, social and artistic growth, and whatever relates to the best interest of the city.

$187k
Granted FY2025still arriving
9
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$22k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

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

Education$198kHuman Services$174kYouth Development$83kCommunity Improvement$47kHousing & Shelter$30kHealth$29kReligion$28kFood & Nutrition$20kOther$0
02FY2025 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 9 grants below total $87,237 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $187,113 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $99,876 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k7 grants · $52k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $35k
$7,042
Median grant
1
States reached
$28M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE CINCINNATI WOMAN'S CLUB FOUNDATION$22,235
WESLEY CHAPEL MISSION CENTER$13,000
THE FIRST STEP HOME INC$9,750
HOPE'S CLOSET INC$7,042
SEW VALLEY$7,042
WELCOME HOME COLLABORATIVE$7,042
CINCINNATI COMPUTER COOPERATIVE$7,042
OAK HILLS EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION$7,042
ACADEMY FOR TECHNOLOGISTS EXTRAORDINAIRE INC$7,042
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY18–25, $76k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 81% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%4 PAWS FOR ABILITY INC: $5k → 9%CHILDREN'S HOME OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY INC: $9k → 11%THE FIRST STEP HOME INC: $10k → 16%THE HELP PROGRAM CINCINNATI: $6k → 16%KEN ANDERSON ALLLIANCE: $6k → 16%ST ALOYSIUS ORPHANAGE: $6k → 16%CINCINNATI UNION BETHEL: $8k → 16%CINCINNATI SCHOLAR HOUSE: $6k → 16%OFF THE STREETS CINCINNATI UNION BETHEL: $6k → 16%HOPE'S CLOSET INC: $7k → 16%GIVE LIKE A MOTHER: $7k → 16%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

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Where the work is directed

The same grants, placed two ways — where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose earmarks the money.

About 29% of The Cincinnati Woman's Club’s grant dollars are earmarked, by their stated purpose, for a different county than the recipient’s own address — money that lands at a nonprofit in one place but is meant to do its work in another. Read by recipient address, 98% of the giving stays in OH; read by stated purpose it is 73% — less of the work is directed home than the recipients' locations suggest.

The Cincinnati Woman's Clublessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address

Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the foundation’s own 990 grant descriptions.

03Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

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Strategies to End Homelessness Inc

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

Human Services
2
Legal Aid Society of Cincinnati

To resolve serious legal problems of low income people, to promote economic and family stability, and reduce poverty through effective legal assistance.

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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
Coalition of Care Greater Cincinnati

Coalition of Care of Greater Cincinnati exists to mobilize churches and to inspire volunteers to care for vulnerable children and fragile families.

Youth Development
5
Otr Adopt Inc

To preserve Cincinnatis architectural heritage by facilitating the transfer of vacant historic buildings to responsible new owners

Housing & Shelter
6
Cincinnati's Optimum Residential Environments Inc

Residential & Habilitative Svs. Provide residential and habilitative services to adults with developmental disabilities

Health
7
Cincinnati Arts and Technology Center

Unlocking the self-worth and potential of at-risk teens through the transformative power of art, a first-class environment and a character-building culture. Equipping at-risk teens with skills, credentials and pathways to employment.…

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8
Cain Cincy

Tranforms lives inspiring hope by providing nutritious food,crisis assistance,resources and compassion that respects human dignity building a more vibrant community. feeding bodies and souls through its choice food pantry,weekly community…

Religion
9
Hope Ignites Cincinnati

Hope Ignites Cincinnati nurtures and guides motivated young people in need to become well-educated, career-ready men and women for others through its holistic, long-term residential and academy programming. The organization provides direct…

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10
Cornerstone of Grace

Our mission is to offer a safe residential environment for women and their children, equipping them to face lifes challenges by building healthy relationships. We offer love, discipleship and resources to build a solid foundation for…

Human Services
11
Cincinnati Works

Cincinnati works brings hope and encouragement to people living in poverty while assisting them in advancing to self-sufficiency through employment. we provide free training and coaching services.

Human Services
12
Columbus Alliance for Battered Women Inc dba Hope Harbour

Columbus alliance for battered women provides emergency shelter, security, crisis intervention, and advocacy for adult and child victims of domestic violence.

Human Services

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Learning Grove Inc and the most unlike its peers is Gaskins Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadySchool Parent Support Organ…Hospital Systems and Health…Youth Development & Mentori…Performing Arts Organizatio…Residential Care & Recovery…Christian Missionary and Ou…
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 23 years old; the field is 17. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number21%0%<5yr14%15%5–10yr18%27%10–20yr17%22%20–35yr15%22%35–55yr15%15%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value21%0%<5yr14%14%5–10yr18%12%10–20yr17%9%20–35yr15%42%35–55yr15%24%55yr+

The field is 21% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/45
the rest of the field
13%
721/5,458

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

05the grantee network

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

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 42 of the 45 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
42/42
Grantees still filing
25/42
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

The Cincinnati Woman's Club Foundation — $160,363 · OtherThe Cincinnati Woman's Club FoundationYour Store of the Queen City — $11,000 · OtherFOUNDATION OF COMPASSIONATE AMERICAN — $12,000 · Other+18 more — $121,459 · Other+18 moreTHE CHATFIELD EDGE — $107,500 · EducationTHE CHATFIELD EDGEActivities Beyond the Classroom — $5,958 · EducationCincinnati Union Bethel — $20,588 · Human ServicesCincinnati Un…THE FIRST STEP HOME INC — $9,750 · Human ServicesTHE FIRST STE…Children's Home of Northern Kentucky Inc — $9,000 · Human ServicesChildren's Ho…Casa de Paz — $8,250 · Human ServicesCasa de PazHOPE'S CLOSET INC — $7,042 · Human ServicesHOPE'S CLOSET…GIVE LIKE A MOTHER — $6,500 · Human ServicesGIVE LIKE A M…St Aloysius Orphanage — $6,000 · Human ServicesSt Aloysius O…KEN ANDERSON ALLIANCE — $5,958 · Human ServicesKEN ANDERSON …HELP PROGRAM — $5,958 · Human ServicesHELP PROGRAM4 PAWS FOR ABILITY INC — $5,200 · Human Services4 PAWS FOR AB…Bethany House Services Inc — $64,000 · Housing & ShelterBethany Hous…WELCOME HOME COLLABORATIVE — $7,042 · Housing & ShelterWELCOME HOME…Lydia's House Inc — $5,200 · Housing & ShelterLydia's Hous…GASKINS FOUNDATION — $50,000 · Youth DevelopmentGASKINS FO…ACADEMY FOR TECHNOLIGISTS EXTRAORDI — $7,042 · Youth DevelopmentACADEMY FO…GIRLS ON THE RUN OF GREATER CINCINN — $6,500 · Youth DevelopmentGIRLS ON T…WESLEY CHAPEL MISSION CENTER — $13,000 · ReligionFound House-Interfaith Housing Network — $6,600 · ReligionBLOC MINISTRIES INC — $5,958 · ReligionSEW VALLEY — $7,042 · Arts & CultureCINCINNATI ACADEMY OF PERFORMING ARTS — $6,500 · Arts & CultureFriends of Harriet Beecher Stowe House — $6,500 · Arts & Culture
Other$304,822Education$113,458Human Services$84,246Housing & Shelter$76,242Youth Development$63,542Religion$25,558Arts & Culture$20,042

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetThe Cincinnati Woman's Club Foundation — $160,363 over 9y, 66% of budgetTHE CHATFIELD EDGE — $107,500 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetBethany House Services Inc — $64,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetCincinnati Union Bethel — $20,588 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetFOUNDATION OF COMPASSIONATE AMERICAN — $12,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetYour Store of the Queen City — $11,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetTHE FIRST STEP HOME INC — $9,750 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetOHIO JUSTICE AND POLICY CENTER — $9,600 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetST FRANCIS SERAPH MINISTRIES — $9,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetChildren's Home of Northern Kentucky Inc — $9,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget1N5 — $8,400 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetCasa de Paz — $8,250 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetProKids — $7,200 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetOAK HILLS ALUMNI & EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION — $7,042 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetWELCOME HOME COLLABORATIVE — $7,042 over 1y, 6.6% of budgetCincinnati Computer Reuse — $7,042 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetLA SOUPE INC — $6,679 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetFound House-Interfaith Housing Network — $6,600 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCINCINNATI ACADEMY OF PERFORMING ARTS — $6,500 over 1y, 4.7% of budgetGIRLS ON THE RUN OF GREATER CINCINN — $6,500 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetGIVE LIKE A MOTHER — $6,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFriends of Harriet Beecher Stowe House — $6,500 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetLITERACY NETWORK OF GREATER CINCINNATI DBA QUEEN CITY BOOK BANK — $6,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetSt Aloysius Orphanage — $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCINCINNATI RECYCLING AND REUSE HUB — $5,958 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetKEN ANDERSON ALLIANCE — $5,958 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBLOC MINISTRIES INC — $5,958 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCORNERSTONE RENTER EQUITY INC — $5,958 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetActivities Beyond the Classroom — $5,958 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHELP PROGRAM — $5,958 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCHILDHOOD FOOD SOLUTIONS — $5,399 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetLydia's House Inc — $5,200 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetPINK RIBBON GOOD INC — $5,200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCENTER FOR RESPITE CARE INC — $5,200 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetRosemary's Babies Co — $5,200 over 1y, 0.9% of budget4 PAWS FOR ABILITY INC — $5,200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLEARNING GROVE INC — $5,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Greater Cincinnat…Elsa M Heisel Sule Ch…John a Schroth Family…United Way of Greater…Carol Ann and Ralph V…Andrew Jergens Founda…Charles H Dater Found…Johnson Charitable Gi…Pfau Charitable Found…Ruth J & Robert a Con…Sutphin Family Founda…Interact for Health
The Greater Cincinnati FoundationOH61.5× affinity32 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Greater Cincinnati Foundation · Elsa M Heisel Sule Charitable Trust 2005 · John a Schroth Family Char Tr · United Way of Greater Cincinnati · Carol Ann and Ralph V Haile Jr Foundation · Andrew Jergens Foundation · Charles H Dater Foundation Inc · Johnson Charitable Gift Fund · Pfau Charitable Foundation · Ruth J & Robert a Conway Foundation Inc · Sutphin Family Foundation Ica · Interact for Health

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization The Cincinnati Woman's Club funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

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no gov · 00%5%19%42%75%your share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    18report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 45 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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