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The Dorothy B Francis Charitable Foundation at a glance

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The Dorothy B Francis Charitable Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$348k
Granted FY2024still arriving
31
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$30k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0188% 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
02FY2024 · 31 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k11 grants · $55k
  • $10k–50k20 grants · $293k
$10,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$3.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CHILDHOOD FOOD SOLUTIONS$30,000
BROWN COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY$20,000
BRICK GARDENS$18,000
JUMPSTART$15,000
LEAGUE OF ANIMAL WELFARE$15,000
OAR$15,000
ELEMENTZ$15,000
FOUND VILLAGE$15,000
MILL CREEK ALLIANCE$15,000
CINTI RECYCLE REUSE HUB$15,000
LADIES OF LEADERSHIP$15,000
UCAN$15,000
YOUR STORE QUEEN CITY$15,000
ALL DOGS GO HEAVEN$15,000
KNOW THEATRE$10,000
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:

Its human-services grants (FY17–21, $45k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 67% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%4 PAWS FOR ABILITY: $15k → 9%THE HELP PROGRAM: $10k → 16%THE HELP PROGRAM: $10k → 16%THE HELP PROGRAM: $7k → 16%THE HELP PROGRAM: $3k → 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.
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.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.1M · 55 repeat orgs$203k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +68% since the first grant, against +37% for those funded once.

55 repeat relationships: 25 still active in FY2024, 30 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

55
18

Total granted

$2.1M
$158k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+68%
+37%

Still filing today

56%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $45k 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
AnimalsEnvironmentYouth DevelopmentCommunity ImprovementCrime & 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.

Backed again, and grew

  • CF
    CHILDHOOD FOOD SOLUTIONS
    8× · 2017–2024 · $195k · revenue +41%
  • AO
    ARC OF APPALACHIA
    7× · 2017–2024 · $92k · revenue +391%
  • GU
    GREEN UMBRELLA
    5× · 2017–2022 · $67k · revenue +98%

Funded once

  • UC
    UNITED COALITION FOR ANIMALSgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $35k · revenue +60%
  • ET
    EDUCATIONAL THEATRE FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2020 · $15k
  • 4P
    4 PAWS FOR ABILITY INC
    one grant, 2019 · $15k · revenue +13%
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
Save Ohio Pets

SAVE Ohio Pets is a non-profit whose mission is to reduce the homeless pet population in Central Ohio through community outreach and promoting spay/neuter, adoption, volunteering, and education. We operate a free, monthly vet care and…

Animals
2
Freedom Tails Ohio

Animal Rescue

Animals
3
Columbus Cares for Cats
—
4
Cincinnati Animal Care Humane Society

We meet the immediate needs of animals in our community through individualized care, life saving solutions, and temporary shelter en-route to a safe, compatible home. we envision a community where all animals are valued, protected and have…

Animals
5
Columbus Pet Rescue

Rescue and adoption of animals

Animals
6
Advocates 4 Animals Feline Rescue and Rehabilitation Inc

To reduce the number of homeless animals in Greene County, Oh through various programs.

—
7
Citizens for Humane Action Inc

Our mission is to serve the people and animals of Central Ohio by providing safe, temporary shelter and care for abandoned or otherwise homeless cats and dogs, and to reduce pet overpopulation by means of spay and neuter, education, and…

Civil Rights
8
Purebred Rescue Organization of Ohio Inc

Purebred Rescue Organization of Ohio has been rescuing, rehabilitating, and rehoming companion animals for over twenty years. What started as a small foster-based rescue in Dayton, focused on purebred puppy mill releases and owner…

Animals
9
Paws and Prayers Inc

None

Animals
10
Pets Without Parents Columbus

To be a resource as a no-kill pet rescue service

Animals
11
4 Paws Sake

4 Paws Sake, Inc. is a group of volunteer (we have no paid employees) dog lovers whose mission is to rescue, provide sanctuary, and ultimately to re-home abandoned, stray and neglected dogs. We also assist dogs who, because of extenuating…

Animals
12
Pickaway County Partner for Paws

To care for the humane treatment of animals that are abandoned by owners and improve the welfare of the community.

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is 4 Paws for Ability Inc; the most unlike its peers is Purrfect Friends Cat Rescue. 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

43 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. 43 of the 79 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
24
Early backer (in before they grew)
41/43
Grantees still filing
36/43
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BETHANY HOUSE: $133,000 · OtherBETHANY HOUSEBRICK GARDENS: $105,500 · OtherBRICK GARDENSOAR: $85,000 · OtherOARUCAN: $75,000 · OtherUCANGLSEN GREATER CINCINNATI: $50,000 · OtherCINTI RECYCLE REUSE HUB: $45,000 · OtherMILESTONES INC: $60,500 · OtherCARACOLE INC: $50,000 · OtherOHIO VALLEY VOICES: $50,000 · Other+45 more: $670,750 · Other+45 moreGREEN UMBRELLA: $67,000 · EnvironmentGREEN UMBRELLAMILL CREEK ALLIANCE: $62,000 · EnvironmentMILL CREEK ALL…WESTERN WILDLIFE CORRIDOR INC: $57,500 · EnvironmentWESTERN WILDLI…GREAT PARKS FOREVER: $45,000 · EnvironmentGREAT PARKS FO…Imago: $27,500 · EnvironmentImagoCARDINAL LAND CONSERVANCY: $25,000 · EnvironmentCARDINAL LAND …+1 more: $5,000 · EnvironmentLeague for Animal Welfare: $45,000 · AnimalsLeague for An…Brown County Humane Society Inc: $45,000 · AnimalsBrown County …HIS HANDS EXTENDED SANCTUARY: $42,000 · AnimalsHIS HANDS EXT…UNITED COALITION FOR ANIMALS: $35,000 · AnimalsUNITED COALIT…PURRFECT FRIENDS CAT RESCUE: $30,000 · AnimalsPURRFECT FRIE…SCRATCHING POST INC: $15,000 · AnimalsSCRATCHING PO…PETS FOR PATIENTS: $15,000 · AnimalsPETS FOR PATI…ANIMAL RESCUE FUND INC: $15,000 · AnimalsANIMAL RESCUE…Ohio Alleycat Resource & SpayNeuter Clinic Inc: $13,000 · AnimalsPets in Need of Greater Cincinnati Inc: $10,000 · Animals+1 more: $5,000 · AnimalsCHILDHOOD FOOD SOLUTIONS: $195,000 · Food & NutritionCHILDHOOD…Elementz: $55,000 · Crime & LegalImmigrant & Refugee Law Center: $40,000 · Crime & LegalARC OF APPALACHIA: $92,000 · Recreation & SportsJUMPSTART INC: $35,000 · Community ImprovementCINCINNATI NORTHSIDE COMMUNITY URBAN REDEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $30,000 · Community ImprovementFRIENDS OF METRO PARKS: $5,000 · Community Improvement
Other$1,324,750Environment$289,000Animals$270,000Food & Nutrition$195,000Crime & Legal$95,000Recreation & Sports$92,000Community Improvement$70,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

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
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.

  • Who funds CHILDHOOD FOOD SOLUTIONS ↗
  • Who funds ARC OF APPALACHIA ↗
  • Who funds GREEN UMBRELLA ↗
  • Who funds MILL CREEK ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds MILESTONES INC ↗
  • Who funds WESTERN WILDLIFE CORRIDOR INC ↗
  • Who funds Elementz ↗
  • Who funds CARACOLE INC ↗
  • Who funds OHIO VALLEY VOICES ↗
  • Who funds GREAT PARKS FOREVER ↗
  • Who funds League for Animal Welfare ↗
  • Who funds Brown County Humane Society Inc ↗
  • Who funds HIS HANDS EXTENDED SANCTUARY ↗
  • Who funds Immigrant & Refugee Law Center ↗
  • Who funds JUMPSTART INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED COALITION FOR ANIMALS ↗
  • Who funds Found Village ↗
  • Who funds OAK HERITAGE CONSERVANCY INC ↗
  • Who funds PURRFECT FRIENDS CAT RESCUE ↗
  • Who funds HELP PROGRAM ↗
  • Who funds CINCINNATI NORTHSIDE COMMUNITY URBAN REDEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds Imago ↗
  • Who funds MASLOW'S ARMY INC ↗
  • Who funds CARDINAL LAND CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds Glad House Inc ↗

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 Cincinnat…Elsa M Heisel Sule Ch…Ge Aerospace Foundati…Andrew Jergens Founda…Johnson Charitable Gi…Duke Energy FoundationSutphin Family Founda…United Way of Greater…William P Anderson Fo…Josephine S Russell C…Carol Ann and Ralph V…Pfau Charitable Found…
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Dorothy B Francis Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Dorothy B Francis Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    11report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely 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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to The Dorothy B Francis Charitable Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Dorothy B Francis Charitable Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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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