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The Daley Family Foundation at a glance

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The Daley Family Foundation

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.

$98k
Granted FY2025still arriving
17
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$25k
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.

Education$2.6MYouth Development$1.7MPhilanthropy$381kHealth$234kArts & Culture$59kEnvironment$24kHuman Services$17kPublic Safety & Disaster$15kOther$0
02FY2025 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k10 grants · $13k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $85k
$2,200
Median grant
3
States reached
$5.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SARASOTA COUNTY$25,000
MADEIRA & INDIAN HILL FIRE CO$10,025
WGUC CINCINNATI PUBLIC RADIO$10,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER CINCINNATI$10,000
MENDOCINO MUSIC FESTIVAL$10,000
MARIE SELBY BOTANICAL GARDENS$10,000
MENDOCINO COAST HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION$10,000
ARTSWAVE$5,000
CINCINNATI NATURE CENTER$2,200
Individual grant recipient$2,000
CINCINNATI CONCOURS D'ELEGANCE FOUNDATION$1,390
STEPPING STONES$1,000
VILLAGE OF INDIAN HILL$1,000
DAN BEARD COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS$250
ALBION-LITTLE RIVER FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT (ALRFPD)$200
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 (FY17–25, $155k) 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 its 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%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
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

MI
MA
OH
PA
CA
UT
MD
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.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.6M · 23 repeat orgs$103k to everyone else

23 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 14 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

23
31

Total granted

$4.6M
$70k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+15%
+52%

Still filing today

61%
58%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 55% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $33k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthArts & CultureEnvironmentEducationYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • 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
  • FW
    FLORIDA WINEFEST AND AUCTION INC
    one grant, 2024 · $10k · revenue 0% · 33% of their budget
  • TC
    THE CINCINNATI INTERNATIONAL WINE FESTIVAL INC
    one grant, 2017 · $9k · revenue +3%
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 Chamber Orchestra

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

Arts & Culture
2
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
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 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
5
Cincinnati Usa Regional Chamber

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

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6
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
7
The Northern Cincinnai Foundation

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

Philanthropy
8
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
9
Ohio United Way

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

Philanthropy
10
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
11
Cincinnati Usa Regional Chamber Foundation

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

Community Improvement
12
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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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Greater Cincinnati Foundation; 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.
04the grantee network

37 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. 37 of the 64 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)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
37/37
Grantees still filing
25/37
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and 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 · PhilanthropyTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SARASOTA CO INC: $35,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $5,000 · PhilanthropyCancer Family Care Inc: $94,500 · HealthMendocino Coast Healthcare Foundation: $60,000 · HealthBETHESDA FOUNDATION INC: $19,600 · HealthCINCINNATI CONCOURS D'ELEGANCE FOUNDATION: $9,382 · Health+2 more: $5,500 · HealthCINCINNATI CHILDRENS HOSPITAL: $50,600 · OtherDAN BEARD COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS: $38,885 · OtherENSEMBLE THEATER CINCINNATI: $18,000 · OtherALBION-LITTLE RIVER FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT (ALRFPD): $15,500 · OtherVILLAGE OF INDIAN HILL - REFOREST THE HILL: $10,286 · OtherWGUC CINCINNATI PUBLIC RADIO: $10,250 · OtherBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER CINCINNATI: $10,000 · OtherThe Marie Selby Botanical Gardens Inc: $10,000 · OtherCINCINNATI NATURE CENTER: $7,200 · OtherMADEIRA & INDIAN HILL FIRE COMPANY: $10,070 · OtherTHE CINCINNATI INTERNATIONAL WINE FESTIVAL INC: $8,839 · Other+27 more: $26,256 · OtherLIGHTHOUSE YOUTH SERVICES: $147,000 · Human ServicesFLORIDA WINEFEST AND AUCTION INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesSTEPPING STONES INC: $7,000 · Human Services+3 more: $600 · Human ServicesCincinnati Playhouse in the Park: $27,700 · Arts & CultureMENDOCINO MUSIC FESTIVAL: $10,000 · Arts & CultureCincinnati Institute of Fine Arts: $10,000 · Arts & CultureMARIEMONT PLAYERS INC: $5,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $1,000 · Arts & Culture
Education$2,560,350Youth Development$1,552,000Philanthropy$405,250Health$188,982Other$215,886Human Services$164,600Arts & Culture$53,700

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 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: $60,000 over 8y, 3.3% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SARASOTA CO INC: $35,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCincinnati Playhouse in the Park: $27,700 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBETHESDA FOUNDATION INC: $19,600 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetMADEIRA & INDIAN HILL FIRE COMPANY: $10,070 over 3y, 4.3% of budgetMENDOCINO MUSIC FESTIVAL: $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetFLORIDA WINEFEST AND AUCTION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 33% of budgetCincinnati Institute of Fine Arts: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Marie Selby Botanical Gardens Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCINCINNATI CONCOURS D'ELEGANCE FOUNDATION: $9,382 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetTHE CINCINNATI INTERNATIONAL WINE FESTIVAL INC: $8,839 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetCINCINNATI NATURE CENTER: $7,200 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSea & Sage Audubon Society: $7,193 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetSTEPPING STONES INC: $7,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetMARIEMONT PLAYERS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetHELPHOPELIVE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNAPLES CHILDREN FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMendocino Coast Botanical Gardens: $1,650 over 1y, 0.1% 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 budgetGirl Scouts of Western Ohio: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHorses for Mental Health: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNEW LIFE FURNITURE BANK: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL BRAIN TUMOR SOCIETY INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOPE HOUSE RESCUE MISSION INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChildren First Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJunior League of Cincinnati: $200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPARKINSON COMMUNITY FITNESS: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFREESTORE FOODBANK INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLittle River Improvement Club Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.9% 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.

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

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 Daley Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Daley Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%3%10%23%40%funder's 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
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 64 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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