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The Greater Cincinnati Foundation

As a trusted and connected partner, we inspire generous people to invest in a more equitable and vibrant region now and for generations to come.

$187M
Granted FY2024still arriving
1,408
Grants FY2024still arriving
46
States reached
$46M
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.

Environment$154MEducation$108MPhilanthropy$104MInternational$97MArts & Culture$82MHealth$54MHuman Services$52MReligion$45MOther$0
02FY2024 · 1408 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k258 grants · $1.8M
  • $10k–50k777 grants · $16M
  • $50k–250k273 grants · $28M
  • $250k+100 grants · $139M
$20,000
Median grant
46
States reached
$1.0B
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NATURE CONSERVANCY INC NATIONAL$46,117,979
CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION$10,968,851
CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION OF AMERICA$4,201,584
UNITED WAY OF GREATER CINCINNATI$4,128,668
BONNEVILLE ENVIRONMENTAL FOUNDATION$4,067,200
WORLD VISION$3,237,939
ROYALMONT ACADEMY$3,121,500
ALLIANCE TO END PLASTIC WASTE INC$3,000,000
SAVE THE CHILDREN FEDERATION INC$2,431,230
UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI FOUNDATION$2,122,660
CINCINNATI MUSEUM CENTER$2,098,979
CARE USA$1,628,295
SYCAMORE COMMUNITY PUBLIC CHARITIES$1,552,626
WORLD WILDLIFE FUND$1,503,345
NATIONAL UNDERGROUND RAILROAD FREEDOM CENTER INC$1,439,770
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 (FY17–24, $39.4M) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 97% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%YMCA OF THE USA: $600k → 14%TEAM HILL FOUNDATION INC: $777k → 11%FII - NATIONAL: $685k → 10%YMCA OF THE USA: $300k → 14%TEAM HILL FOUNDATION INC: $549k → 11%UPTOGETHER: $523k → 10%4 PAWS FOR ABILITY: $265k → 9%YMCA OF THE USA: $250k → 14%TEAM HILL FOUNDATION INC: $503k → 11%FII - NATIONAL: $482k → 10%TEAM HILL FOUNDATION INC: $435k → 11%FII - NATIONAL: $313k → 10%BATEY RELIEF ALLIANCE INC: $636k → 20%TEAM HILL FOUNDATION INC: $355k → 11%BATEY RELIEF ALLIANCE INC: $358k → 20%TEAM HILL FOUNDATION INC: $293k → 11%BATEY RELIEF ALLIANCE INC: $332k → 20%BATEY RELIEF ALLIANCE INC: $297k → 20%BATEY RELIEF ALLIANCE INC: $285k → 20%CINCINNATI MARATHON INC: $295k → 16%PROMUNDO-US: $300k → 14%YWCA OF THE USA: $550k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS CINCINNATI TRI- STATE CHAPTER: $671k → 16%AMERICAN RED CROSS CINCINNATI: $380k → 16%STRATEGIES TO END HOMELESSNESS: $1.0M → 16%CINCINNATI MARATHON INC: $620k → 16%TALBERT HOUSE: $357k → 16%URBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER SOUTHWESTERN OHI: $488k → 16%SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL COUNCIL OF CINCINNATI: $491k → 16%URBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER SOUTHWESTERN OHI: $397k → 16%URBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER SOUTHWESTERN OHI: $326k → 16%SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL COUNCIL OF CINCINNATI: $421k → 16%URBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER SOUTHWESTERN OHI: $298k → 16%SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL COUNCIL OF CINCINNATI: $340k → 16%SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL COUNCIL OF CINCINNATI: $311k → 16%SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL COUNCIL OF CINCINNATI: $297k → 16%KEN ANDERSON ALLIANCE: $368k → 16%INSPIRING SERVICE: $500k → 16%4C FOR CHILDREN: $378k → 16%INSPIRING SERVICE: $363k → 16%4C FOR CHILDREN: $342k → 16%4C FOR CHILDREN: $320k → 16%INSPIRING SERVICE: $286k → 16%YWCA OF GREATER CINCINNATI: $489k → 16%YWCA OF GREATER CINCINNATI: $332k → 16%YWCA OF GREATER CINCINNATI: $281k → 16%YWCA OF GREATER CINCINNATI: $273k → 16%COUNCIL ON AGING OF SOUTHWESTERN OHIO: $402k → 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

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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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$719M · 1547 repeat orgs$31M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +41% since the first grant, against +9% for those funded once.

1547 repeat relationships: 957 still active in FY2024, 590 since wound down; 115 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

1547
271

Total granted

$719M
$20M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+41%
+9%

Still filing today

76%
69%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10M 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
EducationHuman ServicesHealthArts & CultureCommunity ImprovementInternationalOther
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

  • CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION
    5× · 2020–2024 · $51M · revenue +94%
  • TU
    THE UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI FOUNDATION
    8× · 2017–2024 · $23M · revenue +30%
  • BE
    BONNEVILLE ENVIRONMENTAL FOUNDATION
    5× · 2020–2024 · $12M · revenue +356%

Funded once

  • GA
    GAVI ALLIANCE
    one grant, 2021 · $5.0M · revenue -84%
  • P
    POLICYLINK
    one grant, 2021 · $1.0M · revenue -42%
  • AA
    ARCHBISHOP ALTER HIGH SCHOOL
    one grant, 2019 · $450k
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

The central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is transforming our regional economy, bringing together the ceos of central indiana's largest and most civically engaged employers and university presidents to advance "big picture"…

Community Improvement
2
The University of Toledo Foundation

Aligning donor passion and generosity to advance the university of toledo through fundraising, stewardship, and prudent asset management to provide scholarship opportunities for students, tier one athletic programs, education events…

Education
3
Cincinnati Bar Association

To promote professional excellence, foster justice, serve our members & educate the public.

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4
University of New Haven

See schedule ouniversity of new haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts & professional education.

Education
5
University of Denver

A higher educational institution, providing both undergraduate and graduate degrees.

Education
6
United Way of Central Ohio Inc

Uwco provides resources to help people meet critical basic needs and achieve student success.

Philanthropy
7
Regent University

Regent University serves as a center of Christian thought and action to provide excellent education through a Biblical perspective and global context equipping Christian leaders to change the world.

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8
United Food Bank

Uniting communities to alleviate hunger.

Food & Nutrition
9
The Common Application Inc

The common application promotes access, equity, and integrity in the college admission process.

Education
10
University Family Physicians Inc

Engage actively and continuously in medical research, education and training in the practice of family medicine.

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11
Central Pennsylvania Food Bank

Fighting hunger, improving lives, strengthening communities.

Food & Nutrition
12
The Community Foundation of Louisville

To mobilize people, networks, and capital to spark meaningful change in and beyond louisville.

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Center for the Rights of Abused Children; the most unlike its peers is Sesame Workshop. 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

1568 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 1568 of the 2,000 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.

135
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
405
Early backer (in before they grew)
1511/1568
Grantees still filing
1113/1568
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $59,512,132 · OtherTHE NATURE CONSERVANCYCINCINNATI SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION: $9,360,161 · OtherACCELERATE GREAT SCHOOLS: $8,065,250 · OtherFREESTORE FOODBANK INC: $10,836,211 · Other+82 more: $152,944,527 · Other+82 moreUnited Way of Greater Cincinnati: $42,144,842 · PhilanthropyUnited Way of Gr…THE UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI FOUNDATION: $23,301,092 · PhilanthropyTHE UNIVERSITY O…DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC: $6,454,357 · PhilanthropyDONOR ADVISED CH…Jewish Federation of Cincinnati: $5,924,189 · PhilanthropyJewish Federatio…CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA: $4,561,584 · PhilanthropyGS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND FOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC: $3,317,901 · Philanthropy+10 more: $12,058,191 · Philanthropy+10 moreCONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION: $50,532,433 · EnvironmentCONSERVATION IN…ALLIANCE TO END PLASTIC WASTE INC: $13,510,000 · EnvironmentALLIANCE TO END…BONNEVILLE ENVIRONMENTAL FOUNDATION: $12,228,200 · EnvironmentBONNEVILLE ENVI…THE RECYCLING PARTNERSHIP INC: $3,050,000 · Environment+8 more: $9,892,457 · Environment+8 moreWORLD VISION INC: $23,891,480 · InternationalWORLD VISION IN…Save The Children Federation Inc: $11,112,945 · InternationalSave The Childr…COOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC: $8,878,448 · InternationalCOOPERATIVE FOR…CHILDFUND INTERNATIONAL USA: $8,573,160 · InternationalCHILDFUND INTER…Matthew 25 Ministries Inc: $6,310,172 · InternationalMatthew 25 Mini…CATHOLIC MEDICAL MISSION BOARD INC: $5,681,986 · InternationalCATHOLIC MEDICA…GAVI ALLIANCE: $5,000,000 · InternationalGAVI ALLIANCEHABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL INC: $3,546,595 · International+13 more: $15,022,844 · International+13 moreCincinnati Institute of Fine Arts: $10,524,377 · Arts & CultureCincinnati I…CINCINNATI MUSEUM ASSOCIATION: $9,883,296 · Arts & CultureCINCINNATI M…CINCINNATI MUSEUM CENTER: $9,082,494 · Arts & CultureCINCINNATI M…CINCINNATI SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $7,518,070 · Arts & CultureCINCINNATI S…NATIONAL UNDERGROUND RAILROAD FREEDOM CENTER INC: $5,274,225 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL UND…Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park: $5,056,298 · Arts & CultureCincinnati P…MUSIC HALL REVITALIZATION COMPANY INC: $3,040,300 · Arts & Culture+15 more: $19,529,981 · Arts & Culture+15 moreTeam Hill Foundation Inc: $3,149,612 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $2,573,191 · Human ServicesSOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL COUNCIL: $2,504,546 · Human ServicesFII - NATIONAL: $2,499,500 · Human ServicesYWCA of Greater Cincinnati: $2,060,333 · Human ServicesURBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER SOUTHWESTERN OHIO INC: $2,028,703 · Human ServicesBATEY RELIEF ALLIANCE BRA: $1,995,342 · Human ServicesCOMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY CHILD CARE ORGANIZATION INC: $1,941,147 · Human ServicesTALBERT HOUSE: $1,447,563 · Human ServicesRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF GREATER CINCINNATI INC: $1,337,451 · Human ServicesLIGHTHOUSE YOUTH SERVICES: $1,295,785 · Human ServicesINSPIRING SERVICE: $1,239,355 · Human Services+14 more: $12,415,560 · Human ServicesHISPANIC SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $4,150,000 · EducationUNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC: $3,944,385 · EducationROYALMONT ACADEMY INC: $3,421,500 · EducationRUAH WOODS: $2,688,042 · EducationXAVIER UNIVERSITY: $2,502,993 · EducationCincinnati Youth Collaborative: $2,355,415 · EducationOHIO VALLEY VOICES: $2,052,017 · EducationTHE SEVEN HILLS SCHOOL: $1,684,014 · EducationCINCINNATI COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $1,473,624 · EducationOHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $1,202,274 · EducationINDIAN HILL FOUNDATION: $1,105,325 · EducationMIAMI VALLEY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY: $1,097,650 · Education+5 more: $3,725,543 · Education
Other$240,718,281Philanthropy$97,762,156Environment$89,213,090International$88,017,630Arts & Culture$69,909,041Human Services$36,488,088Education$31,402,782

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 NATURE CONSERVANCY: $59,512,132 over 8y, 3.1% of budgetCONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION: $50,532,433 over 5y, 7.6% of budgetUnited Way of Greater Cincinnati: $42,144,842 over 8y, 34% of budgetWORLD VISION INC: $23,891,480 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI FOUNDATION: $23,301,092 over 8y, 3.5% of budgetALLIANCE TO END PLASTIC WASTE INC: $13,510,000 over 5y, 4.4% of budgetBONNEVILLE ENVIRONMENTAL FOUNDATION: $12,228,200 over 5y, 23% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $11,112,945 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetFREESTORE FOODBANK INC: $10,836,211 over 8y, 2.5% of budgetCincinnati Institute of Fine Arts: $10,524,377 over 8y, 11% of budgetCINCINNATI MUSEUM ASSOCIATION: $9,883,296 over 8y, 7.6% of budgetCINCINNATI SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION: $9,360,161 over 8y, 74% of budgetCINCINNATI MUSEUM CENTER: $9,082,494 over 8y, 6.3% of budgetCOOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC: $8,878,448 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetCHILDFUND INTERNATIONAL USA: $8,573,160 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetACCELERATE GREAT SCHOOLS: $8,065,250 over 6y, 77% of budgetCINCINNATI SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $7,518,070 over 8y, 3.0% of budgetDONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC: $6,454,357 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetMatthew 25 Ministries Inc: $6,310,172 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetJewish Federation of Cincinnati: $5,924,189 over 8y, 4.7% of budgetCINCINNATI USA REGIONAL CHAMBER FOUNDATION: $5,826,287 over 8y, 18% of budgetZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF CINCINNATI: $5,733,195 over 8y, 1.6% of budgetCATHOLIC MEDICAL MISSION BOARD INC: $5,681,986 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetNATIONAL UNDERGROUND RAILROAD FREEDOM CENTER INC: $5,274,225 over 8y, 32% of budgetCincinnati Playhouse in the Park: $5,056,298 over 8y, 5.5% of budgetGAVI ALLIANCE: $5,000,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLOCAL INITIATIVES SUPPORT CORPORATION: $4,744,250 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetCHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA: $4,561,584 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER: $4,215,015 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetHISPANIC SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $4,150,000 over 6y, 2.7% of budgetUNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC: $3,944,385 over 7y, 0.8% of budgetHabitat for Humanity of Greater Cincinnati: $3,664,313 over 8y, 8.1% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL INC: $3,546,595 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetROYALMONT ACADEMY INC: $3,421,500 over 2y, 89% of budgetGS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND FOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC: $3,317,901 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCENTERLINK INC: $3,312,492 over 5y, 34% of budgetCISE: $3,165,077 over 8y, 8.1% of budgetTeam Hill Foundation Inc: $3,149,612 over 8y, 96% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $3,128,316 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetTHE RECYCLING PARTNERSHIP INC: $3,050,000 over 3y, 3.6% of budgetMUSIC HALL REVITALIZATION COMPANY INC: $3,040,300 over 7y, 32% of budgetCATALYST INC: $3,033,000 over 5y, 5.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF SOUTHWEST OHIO REGION: $3,010,804 over 8y, 5.3% of budgetTREVOR PROJECT INC: $2,849,012 over 5y, 2.0% of budgetOUTRIGHT INTERNATIONAL: $2,832,992 over 5y, 11% of budgetSERVICES AND ADVOCACY FOR GAY LESBIAN BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENDER ELDERS INC: $2,832,492 over 5y, 3.6% of budgetNATIONAL BLACK JUSTICE COALITION INC: $2,832,492 over 5y, 30% of budgetGLAAD INC: $2,832,492 over 5y, 3.5% 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 THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds United Way of Greater Cincinnati ↗
  • Who funds WORLD VISION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ALLIANCE TO END PLASTIC WASTE INC ↗
  • Who funds BONNEVILLE ENVIRONMENTAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Save The Children Federation Inc ↗
  • Who funds FREESTORE FOODBANK INC ↗
  • Who funds Cincinnati Institute of Fine Arts ↗
  • Who funds CINCINNATI MUSEUM ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds CINCINNATI SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CINCINNATI MUSEUM CENTER ↗
  • Who funds COOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC ↗
  • Who funds CHILDFUND INTERNATIONAL USA ↗
  • Who funds ACCELERATE GREAT SCHOOLS ↗
  • Who funds CINCINNATI SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ↗
  • Who funds DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ↗
  • Who funds Matthew 25 Ministries Inc ↗
  • Who funds Jewish Federation of Cincinnati ↗
  • Who funds CINCINNATI USA REGIONAL CHAMBER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF CINCINNATI ↗
  • Who funds CATHOLIC MEDICAL MISSION BOARD INC ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL UNDERGROUND RAILROAD FREEDOM CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park ↗
  • Who funds GAVI ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds LOCAL INITIATIVES SUPPORT CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER ↗
  • Who funds HISPANIC SCHOLARSHIP FUND ↗
  • Who funds UNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds Habitat for Humanity of Greater Cincinnati ↗
  • Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL INC ↗
  • Who funds ROYALMONT ACADEMY INC ↗
  • Who funds GS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND FOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC ↗
  • Who funds CENTERLINK INC ↗
  • Who funds CISE ↗

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.

Carol Ann and Ralph V…John a Schroth Family…Elsa M Heisel Sule Ch…Andrew Jergens Founda…United Way of Greater…Millstone FundCharles H Dater Found…The Thomas J Emery Me…Marge & Charles J Sch…Sutphin Family Founda…Pfau Charitable Found…Horizon Community Fun…
Carol Ann and Ralph V Haile Jr FoundationOH188.2× affinity228 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Carol Ann and Ralph V Haile Jr Foundation · John a Schroth Family Char Tr · Elsa M Heisel Sule Charitable Trust 2005 · Andrew Jergens Foundation · United Way of Greater Cincinnati · Millstone Fund · Charles H Dater Foundation Inc · The Thomas J Emery Memorial · Marge & Charles J Schott Foundation · Sutphin Family Foundation Ica · Pfau Charitable Foundation · Horizon Community Funds of Northern Kentucky

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 12%
  • Bonneville Environmental Foundation: 100% of income from government
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • National Black Justice Coalition Inc: 17% of income from government
  • Centerlink Inc: 12% of income from government
  • Yale University: 12% of income from government
  • Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation: 4% of income from government
  • Feed the Children Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Americares Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
49report 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 2000 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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More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home