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The Daley Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$528k
Granted FY2024still arriving
17
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$500k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your 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 FY2017–2024.

Education$2.6MYouth Development$1.7MPhilanthropy$381kHealth$234kArts & Culture$59kEnvironment$24kHuman Services$17kPublic Safety & Disaster$15kOther$0
02FY2024 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k15 grants · $18k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
  • $250k+1 grant · $500k
$1,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$5.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GIRL SCOUTS OF NORTH EAST OHIO$500,000
FLORIDA WINEFEST & AUCTION$10,000
MENDOCINO COAST HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION$5,000
ARTSWAVE$5,000
DAN BEARD COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS$2,000
CINCINNATI NATURE CENTER$1,200
CINCINNATI CONCOURS D'ELEGANCE FOUNDATION$1,170
JDRF CENTRAL OH CHAPTER$1,000
STEPPING STONES$1,000
ALBION-LITTLE RIVER FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT (ALRFPD)$300
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MENDOCINO COUNTY$250
NATIONAL BRAIN TUMOR SOCIETY$250
PARKINSON COMMUNITY FITNESS$100
FREESTORE FOODBANK$100
ST VINCENT DE PAUL$100
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.

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Your human-services grants (FY17–24, $154k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%HOPE HOUSE MISSION: $250 → 12%LIGHTHOUSE YOUTH & FAMILY SERVICE: $70k → 16%LIGHTHOUSE YOUTH & FAMILY SERVICE: $50k → 16%LIGHTHOUSE YOUTH & FAMILY SERVICE: $25k → 16%LIGHTHOUSE YOUTH & FAMILY SERVICE: $1k → 16%LIGHTHOUSE YOUTH & FAMILY SERVICE: $1k → 16%STEPPING STONES: $1k → 16%STEPPING STONES: $1k → 16%STEPPING STONES: $1k → 16%STEPPING STONES: $1k → 16%STEPPING STONES: $1k → 16%STEPPING STONES: $1k → 16%NEW LIFE FURNITURE BANK: $250 → 16%PARKINSON COMMUNITY FITNESS: $100 → 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.

Which US states your grants reach

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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.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$4.6M · 21 repeat orgs$75k to everyone else

21 repeat relationships — 9 still active in FY2024, 12 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
26

Total granted

$4.6M
$58k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+15%
+55%

Still filing today

62%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $17k 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
Human ServicesHealthArts & CultureEducationEnvironmentYouth DevelopmentOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • OS
    OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
    2× · 2020–2021 · $2.5M · revenue +3%
  • GS
    GIRL SCOUTS OF NORTH EAST OHIO
    5× · 2019–2024 · $1.6M · revenue +18%
  • LY
    LIGHTHOUSE YOUTH SERVICES
    5× · 2017–2022 · $147k · revenue +49%

Funded once

  • ET
    ENSEMBLE THEATER CINCINNATI
    one grant, 2017 · $18k
  • TC
    THE CINCINNATI INTERNATIONAL WINE FESTIVAL INC
    one grant, 2017 · $9k · revenue +3%
  • HI
    HELPHOPELIVE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue +41%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your 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.

1
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
2
Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra

Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra (CCO) creates intimate, transformative experiences that connect the musically curious.

Arts & Culture
3
Cincinnati Parks Foundation

To build broad based private/public partnerships supporting the conservation and enhancement of our City's parks and greenspaces.

Recreation & Sports
4
Cincinnati Usa Regional Chamber

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

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5
The Northern Cincinnai Foundation

Transforming generosity into impact by encouraging, supporting, and facilitating philanthropy to create more vibrant communities in northern cincinnati.

Philanthropy
6
Cincinnati Usa Regional Chamber Foundation

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

Community Improvement
7
Cincinnati Public Radio Inc

Cincinnati Public Radio is the trusted, independent source of journalism, music and culture empowering a vibrant, engaged and informed community.

Arts & Culture
8
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
9
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
10
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
11
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
12
Ohio United Way

To strengthen the capacity of United Ways across Ohio and to advance the common good for Ohioans.

Philanthropy

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

Your grantees are a median of 41 years old; the field is 19. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number18%0%<5yr12%6%5–10yr21%12%10–20yr14%24%20–35yr16%24%35–55yr20%35%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value18%0%<5yr12%0%5–10yr21%0%10–20yr14%3%20–35yr16%55%35–55yr20%42%55yr+

The field is 18% 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 11% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/36
the rest of the field
11%
8,037/74,270

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.

04the grantee network

35 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. 35 of the 57 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)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
35/35
Grantees still filing
25/35
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — $2,500,000 · EducationOHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION+2 more — $60,350 · EducationGIRL SCOUTS OF NORTH EAST OHIO — $1,551,000 · Youth DevelopmentGIRL SCOUTS OF NORTH EAST OHIO+1 more — $1,000 · Youth DevelopmentTHE GREATER CINCINNATI FOUNDATION — $295,000 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MENDOCINO COUNTY — $70,250 · Philanthropy+2 more — $15,000 · PhilanthropyCancer Family Care Inc — $94,500 · HealthMendocino Coast Healthcare Foundation — $50,000 · HealthBETHESDA FOUNDATION INC — $19,600 · HealthCINCINNATI CONCOURS D'ELEGANCE FOUNDATION — $7,992 · Health+2 more — $5,500 · HealthLIGHTHOUSE YOUTH SERVICES — $147,000 · Human ServicesFLORIDA WINEFEST AND AUCTION INC — $10,000 · Human ServicesSTEPPING STONES INC — $6,000 · Human Services+3 more — $600 · Human ServicesCINCINNATI CHILDRENS HOSPITAL — $50,600 · OtherDAN BEARD COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS — $38,635 · OtherENSEMBLE THEATER CINCINNATI — $18,000 · OtherALBION-LITTLE RIVER FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT (ALRFPD) — $15,300 · OtherVILLAGE OF INDIAN HILL - REFOREST THE HILL — $10,286 · OtherSea & Sage Audubon Society — $7,193 · OtherTHE CINCINNATI INTERNATIONAL WINE FESTIVAL INC — $8,839 · Other+25 more — $21,135 · OtherCincinnati Playhouse in the Park — $27,700 · Arts & CultureCincinnati Institute of Fine Arts — $5,000 · Arts & CultureMARIEMONT PLAYERS INC — $5,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more — $1,000 · Arts & Culture
Education$2,560,350Youth Development$1,552,000Philanthropy$380,250Health$177,592Human Services$163,600Other$169,988Arts & Culture$38,700

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetOHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — $2,500,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF NORTH EAST OHIO — $1,551,000 over 5y, 3.7% of budgetTHE GREATER CINCINNATI FOUNDATION — $295,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetLIGHTHOUSE YOUTH SERVICES — $147,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetCancer Family Care Inc — $94,500 over 5y, 4.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MENDOCINO COUNTY — $70,250 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetOHIO VALLEY VOICES — $60,100 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetMendocino Coast Healthcare Foundation — $50,000 over 7y, 3.3% of budgetCincinnati Playhouse in the Park — $27,700 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBETHESDA FOUNDATION INC — $19,600 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SARASOTA CO INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFLORIDA WINEFEST AND AUCTION INC — $10,000 over 1y, 33% of budgetTHE CINCINNATI INTERNATIONAL WINE FESTIVAL INC — $8,839 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetCINCINNATI CONCOURS D'ELEGANCE FOUNDATION — $7,992 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetSea & Sage Audubon Society — $7,193 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetSTEPPING STONES INC — $6,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCincinnati Institute of Fine Arts — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHELPHOPELIVE INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNAPLES CHILDREN FOUNDATION INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARIEMONT PLAYERS INC — $5,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetCINCINNATI NATURE CENTER — $5,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMendocino Coast Botanical Gardens — $1,650 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGirl Scouts of Western Ohio — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER CINCINNATI — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetENSEMBLE THEATRE OF CINCINNATI — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHorses for Mental Health — $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHOPE HOUSE RESCUE MISSION INC — $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChildren First Inc — $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW LIFE FURNITURE BANK — $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL BRAIN TUMOR SOCIETY INC — $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJunior League of Cincinnati — $200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFREESTORE FOODBANK INC — $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLittle River Improvement Club Inc — $100 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetPARKINSON COMMUNITY FITNESS — $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMADEIRA & INDIAN HILL FIRE COMPANY — $45 over 2y, 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.

Ge Aerospace Foundati…Andrew Jergens Founda…The Greater Cincinnat…The Wohlgemuth Hersch…Pfau Charitable Found…Millstone FundThe Thomas J Emery Me…Charles H Dater Found…Maxwell C Weaver Foun…Josephine S Russell C…John a Schroth Family…Elsa M Heisel Sule Ch…
Ge Aerospace FoundationCT22.4× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Ge Aerospace Foundation · Andrew Jergens Foundation · The Greater Cincinnati Foundation · The Wohlgemuth Herschede Foundation Co Fifth Third Bank Na Agent · Pfau Charitable Foundation · Millstone Fund · The Thomas J Emery Memorial · Charles H Dater Foundation Inc · Maxwell C Weaver Foundation · Josephine S Russell Charitable · John a Schroth Family Char Tr · Elsa M Heisel Sule Charitable Trust 2005

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 Daley Family Foundation 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.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%3%10%23%40%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 100%
  • Children First Inc — 100% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
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 57 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-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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