Ohio · Private foundation
The Kimel 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.
- $227k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2025
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 44%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $80,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 11
- FY2022 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $4.5M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 44% of the organizations The Kimel Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 11 | $227k | 27% |
| FY2024 | 9 | $190k | 44% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $119k | 82% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $51k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angels Castle | $205,000 | 4 | 22% |
| The DC Central Kitchen Inc | $155,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Innocence Project Inc | $95,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Paws for Miles | $25,000 | 1 | 13% |
| United Way of Greater Cincinnati | $20,000 | 3 | 0% |
| St Xavier High School Inc | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Green Umbrella | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Teen Court of Sarasota Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Ohio Wesleyan University | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Talbert House | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angels Castle | $205,000 | 4 | 22% |
| The DC Central Kitchen Inc | $155,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Innocence Project Inc | $95,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Paws for Miles | $25,000 | 1 | 13% |
| United Way of Greater Cincinnati | $20,000 | 3 | 0% |
| St Xavier High School Inc | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Green Umbrella | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Teen Court of Sarasota Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Ohio Wesleyan University | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Talbert House | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Angels Watch Inc | $1,500 | 2 | 1% |
| The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Cincinnati Institute of Fine Arts | $775 | 2 | 0% |
| Freestore Foodbank Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| American Jewish Committee | $500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($23k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Kimel Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: The Greater Cincinnati Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Kimel Foundation
- How much does The Kimel Foundation give?
- The Kimel Foundation reported 11 grants totaling $227,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 11 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2024.
- What does The Kimel Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (35%), Employment (26%), Crime & Legal (16%).
- Who are The Kimel Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2025: Angels Castle ($205k), The DC Central Kitchen Inc ($155k), The Innocence Project Inc ($95k).
- Does The Kimel Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 44% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Kimel Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Kimel Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Greater Cincinnati Foundation, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is The Kimel Foundation based?
- The Kimel Foundation is based in OH.
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