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The Dorothy B Francis Charitable Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$348k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
31
Grants FY2024
27
Organizations funded FY2023
15%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$30,000
Organizations funded a year
21 to 31
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
4
Total assets, FY2024
$3.3M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 15% of the organizations The Dorothy B Francis Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $32k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
AnimalsEnvironmentCommunity ImprovementYouth DevelopmentCrime & LegalHuman ServicesOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving31$348k19%
FY202327$292k15%
FY202231$324k45%
FY202128$301k4%
FY202027$261k22%
FY201928$310k29%
FY201821$219k57%
FY201728$281kn/a
88% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Environment$433kAnimals$383kFood & Nutrition$301kHousing & Shelter$168kHealth$149kArts & Culture$135kCommunity Improvement$122kYouth Development$112kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Childhood Food Solutions$195,000812%
Brick Gardens$105,5007n/a
Arc of Appalachia$92,00071%
Green Umbrella$67,00052%
Mill Creek Alliance$62,00043%
Milestones Inc$60,50054%
Western Wildlife Corridor Inc$57,500510%
Elementz$55,00054%
Caracole Inc$50,00040%
Ohio Valley Voices$50,00051%
Show all 46 grantees
All grantees of The Dorothy B Francis Charitable Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Childhood Food Solutions$195,000812%
Brick Gardens$105,5007n/a
Arc of Appalachia$92,00071%
Green Umbrella$67,00052%
Mill Creek Alliance$62,00043%
Milestones Inc$60,50054%
Western Wildlife Corridor Inc$57,500510%
Elementz$55,00054%
Caracole Inc$50,00040%
Ohio Valley Voices$50,00051%
Great Parks Forever$45,00042%
League for Animal Welfare$45,00031%
Brown County Humane Society Inc$45,00032%
His Hands Extended Sanctuary$42,00041%
Immigrant & Refugee Law Center$40,00034%
Jumpstart Inc$35,00030%
United Coalition for Animals$35,00013%
Found Village$35,00031%
Oak Heritage Conservancy Inc$30,000315%
Purrfect Friends Cat Rescue$30,00067%
Help Program$30,00044%
Cincinnati Northside Community Urban Redevelopment Corporation$30,000312%
Imago$27,50036%
Maslow's Army Inc$25,0003n/a
Cardinal Land Conservancy$25,00022%
Glad House Inc$20,00021%
Raptor Inc$18,50022%
Loveland Sustainability Council$16,5004n/a
Scratching Post Inc$15,00022%
Pets for Patients$15,0002n/a
Ladies Of Leadership Ohio Inc$15,0001n/a
Animal Rescue Fund Inc$15,00023%
4 Paws for Ability Inc$15,00010%
Help Inc$15,00021%
Ohio Alleycat Resource & SpayNeuter Clinic Inc$13,00011%
Recycled Doggies Inc$12,5002n/a
Pets in Need of Greater Cincinnati Inc$10,00021%
Clermont County Chamber of Commerce$10,00021%
Upspring$10,00012%
Lane 8 Fund Inc$5,5003n/a
One Way Farm of Fairfield Inc$5,50022%
Heartfelt Tidbits Inc$5,5001n/a
Columbus Dog Connection Inc$5,00011%
Little Miami Conservancy$5,00011%
Friends of Metro Parks$5,0001n/a
Adventure Crew$5,00011%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 33 recipients with no EIN on record ($785k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Dorothy B Francis Charitable Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetChildhood Food Solutions: $195,000 over 8y, 12% of budgetArc of Appalachia: $92,000 over 7y, 1.2% of budgetGreen Umbrella: $67,000 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetMill Creek Alliance: $62,000 over 4y, 2.9% of budgetMilestones Inc: $60,500 over 5y, 3.5% of budgetWestern Wildlife Corridor Inc: $57,500 over 5y, 9.7% of budgetElementz: $55,000 over 5y, 4.1% of budgetCaracole Inc: $50,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetOhio Valley Voices: $50,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetGreat Parks Forever: $45,000 over 4y, 2.0% of budgetLeague for Animal Welfare: $45,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetBrown County Humane Society Inc: $45,000 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetHis Hands Extended Sanctuary: $42,000 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetImmigrant & Refugee Law Center: $40,000 over 3y, 4.3% of budgetJumpstart Inc: $35,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetUnited Coalition for Animals: $35,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetFound Village: $35,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetOak Heritage Conservancy Inc: $30,000 over 3y, 15% of budgetPurrfect Friends Cat Rescue: $30,000 over 6y, 6.9% of budgetHelp Program: $30,000 over 4y, 4.3% of budgetCincinnati Northside Community Urban Redevelopment Corporation: $30,000 over 3y, 12% of budgetImago: $27,500 over 3y, 5.9% of budgetCardinal Land Conservancy: $25,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetGlad House Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetRaptor Inc: $18,500 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetScratching Post Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetAnimal Rescue Fund Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 3.4% of budget4 Paws for Ability Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetHelp Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetOhio Alleycat Resource & SpayNeuter Clinic Inc: $13,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetPets in Need of Greater Cincinnati Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetClermont County Chamber of Commerce: $10,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetUpspring: $10,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetOne Way Farm of Fairfield Inc: $5,500 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetColumbus Dog Connection Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetLittle Miami Conservancy: $5,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetAdventure Crew: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 37.

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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.

The Greater Cincinnati FoundationOH56.6× affinity30 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 · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Andrew Jergens Foundation · Johnson Charitable Gift Fund · Duke Energy Foundation · Sutphin Family Foundation Ica · United Way of Greater Cincinnati · William P Anderson Foundation Central Trust · Josephine S Russell Charitable · Carol Ann and Ralph V Haile Jr Foundation · Pfau Charitable 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.

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About The Dorothy B Francis Charitable Foundation

How much does The Dorothy B Francis Charitable Foundation give?
The Dorothy B Francis Charitable Foundation reported 31 grants totaling $348,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 21 and 31 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does The Dorothy B Francis Charitable Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (19%), Animals (16%), Food & Nutrition (13%).
Who are The Dorothy B Francis Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Childhood Food Solutions ($195k), Brick Gardens ($106k), Arc of Appalachia ($92k).
Does The Dorothy B Francis Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 15% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Dorothy B Francis Charitable Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Dorothy B Francis Charitable Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Greater Cincinnati Foundation, Elsa M Heisel Sule Charitable Trust 2005, Ge Aerospace Foundation.
Where is The Dorothy B Francis Charitable Foundation based?
The Dorothy B Francis Charitable Foundation is based in OH.

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 79 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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