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The Columbus Partnership

Economic development: investigation and study of various areas of need for the development of plans and programs to be undertaken and the creation of strategies and programming to begin executing the same.

$93k
Granted FY2024still arriving
4
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$35k
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, FY2017 to 2024.

Community Improvement$1.3MHealth$244kPhilanthropy$163kPublic Benefit$150kScience & Tech$8k
02FY2024 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 4 grants below total $65,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $93,473 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $28,473 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 · $8k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $58k
$12,500
Median grant
1
States reached
$3.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NATIONWIDE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$35,000
UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL OHIO$12,500
WELD$10,000
COSI$7,500
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.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 99% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION: $10k → 14%WELD: $10k → 5%COLUMBUS URBAN LEAGUE: $15k → 15%AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY: $8k → 16%THE COLUMBUS PARTNERSHIP: $1.3M → 15%UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL OHIO: $150k → 15%CITY OF COLUMBUS: $100k → 15%CITY OF COLUMBUS: $50k → 15%PELOTONIA: $39k → 15%UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL OHIO: $13k → 15%OHIO BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE: $8k → 15%COSI: $8k → 15%NATIONWIDE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $35k → 15%NATIONWIDE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $33k → 15%NATIONWIDE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $30k → 15%NATIONWIDE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $30k → 15%NATIONWIDE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $30k → 15%NATIONWIDE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $30k → 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.

26%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$500k · 3 repeat orgs$1.4M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +110% since the first grant, against +33% for those funded once.

3 repeat relationships: 2 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

3
6

Total granted

$500k
$1.4M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+110%
+33%

Still filing today

67%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $18k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthCommunity ImprovementEducationPhilanthropyPublic BenefitArts & CultureOther
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 Group Return
    6× · 2018–2024 · $188k · revenue +110%
  • UW
    UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL OHIO INC
    2× · 2021–2024 · $163k · revenue -11%
  • CP
    COLUMBUS PUBLIC HEALTH
    2× · 2018–2019 · $150k

Funded once

  • TC
    THE COLUMBUS PARTNERSHIP
    one grant, 2019 · $1.3M · revenue -55% · 28% of their budget
  • P
    PELOTONIAgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $39k · revenue +217%
  • CU
    COLUMBUS URBAN LEAGUEgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $15k · revenue +83%
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
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
2
Union Health System

To serve our communities by provding innovative and compassionate healthcare.

Health
3
Columbus Community Clinical Oncology Program

Our mission is to deliver state-of-the-art cancer care to patients in their communities through clinical trials. this allows individuals to remain in their won neighborhoods, while receiving the latest and best in cancer screenings,…

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4
Chief Executives for Corporate Purpose Inc

Chief executives for corporate purpose (cecp) is the only business counsel and network dedicated to driving measurable returns on purpose. we promote responsible purpose-driven business as it increases customer loyalty, builds employee…

Philanthropy
5
Greater Columbus Chamber of Commerce

Advancing a thriving central ohio commmunity by serving as a catalyst for all businesses to grow and flourish. our mission pillars are connections, government relations, strategic business solutions and talent/workforce.

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6
Union Hospital Inc

We exist to serve our patients with compassionate health care of the highest quality.

Health
7
Columbus Compact Corporation

Columbus compact is a catalyst for positive development of central city columbus' neighborhoods and business districts.

Community Improvement
8
The Ohio Environmental Council

To protect the environment and health of all ohio communities through legal and policy advocacy, decision-maker accountability, and civic engagement.

Environment
9
Ohio Chamber of Commerce

As the state's leading business advocate and resource, the ohio chamber of commerce aggressively champions free enterprise, economic competitiveness and growth for the benefit of all ohioans.

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10
Ohio Life Sciences Foundation

The mission of ohio life sciences foundation is to accelerate bioscience discovery, innovation and commercialization of global value, driving economic growth, company attraction, improving workforce training and improved quality of life in…

Health
11
Ohio Bankers League

Provide comprehensive services that benefit the financial institution industry in ohio.

Community Improvement
12
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is United Way of Central Ohio Inc; the most unlike its peers is American Heart Association 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

10 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. 10 of the 11 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
10/10
Grantees still filing
5/10
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE COLUMBUS PARTNERSHIP: $1,299,553 · Community ImprovementTHE COLUMBUS PARTNERSHIPNationwide Childrens Hospital Group Return: $187,500 · OtherNationwide Childrens …COLUMBUS PUBLIC HEALTH: $150,000 · OtherCOLUMBUS PUBLIC HEALT…COLUMBUS URBAN LEAGUE: $15,000 · Other+1 more: $7,500 · OtherUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL OHIO INC: $162,500 · PhilanthropyUNITED WA…PELOTONIA: $39,285 · EducationAmerican Heart Association Inc: $10,000 · HealthAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $7,500 · HealthWOMEN FOR ECONOMIC AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT: $10,000 · Public BenefitFRANKLIN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY DBA COSI COLUMBUS: $7,500 · Arts & Culture
Community Improvement$1,299,553Other$360,000Philanthropy$162,500Education$39,285Health$17,500Public Benefit$10,000Arts & Culture$7,500

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 budgetTHE COLUMBUS PARTNERSHIP: $1,299,553 over 1y, 28% of budgetNationwide Childrens Hospital Group Return: $187,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL OHIO INC: $162,500 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetCOLUMBUS URBAN LEAGUE: $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOMEN FOR ECONOMIC AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT: $10,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRANKLIN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY DBA COSI COLUMBUS: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOHIO BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE: $7,500 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.

L Brands FoundationAmerican Electric Pow…Columbus Foundation
L Brands FoundationOH13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 2 of 2Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: L Brands Foundation · American Electric Power Foundation · Columbus 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 Columbus Partnership funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Columbus Partnership. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get 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 · 0–5%
    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 11 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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