· Private foundation
The Kuhn Family Foundation
Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2023
- Under $10k2 grants · $6k
- $250k+3 grants · $1.4M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS | $533,235 |
| THE KUHN FAMILY FOUNDATION DONOR ADVISED FUND 1 | $445,000 |
| THE KUHN FAMILY FOUNDATION DONOR ADVISED FUND 2 | $445,000 |
| PLAYHOUSE SQUARE | $5,000 |
| SHADOW WOOD CHARITABLE FOUNDATION | $1,100 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY22–22, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +13% since the first grant, against +12% for those funded once.
10 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2023, 7 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 38% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $890k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- PFPROFESSIONAL FLAIR INC5× · 2018–2022 · $50k · revenue +9%
- CZCLEVELAND ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY2× · 2021–2022 · $20k · revenue +13%
- SWSHADOW WOOD CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC6× · 2018–2023 · $8k · revenue +180%
Funded once
- UHUNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CASE WESTERN MEDICAL CENTERone grant, 2017 · $62k
- FOFRIENDS OF BREAKTHROUGH SCHOOLSone grant, 2022 · $35k · revenue -60%
- CHCONCORD HISTORICAL SOCIETYone grant, 2022 · $3k · revenue -57%
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.
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.
Patients of hospice of central ohio receive compassionate, individualized end-of-life care. their desires guide the physical, emotional, and spiritual care support we provide. members of our community, patient's families, children, and…
Provide home or nursing home care for terminally ill patients and their families. provided education & support to fayette county and surrounding communities about qualify of life issues.
Perform fundraising functions, provide financial support, carryout the purpose and otherwise operating for the benefit of the zoological society of cincinnati.
The hospice of miami county, inc. is committed to making quality hospice care available and accessible to terminally ill persons and their families, regardless of ability pay, and in a manner consistent with the highest hospice standards.…
To lead and equip ohio philanthropy to be effective partners for change in our communities.
To empower and educate people to value, preserve and save greater cincinnati's historic buildings, communities, landscapes and stories.
The foundation for hospice of central ohio will ensure continuation of hospice services and will fund development of programs which foster innnovation in hospice and palliative medicine.
The mission of hospice is to provide medical care, nursing care, pain relief, and emotional and spiritual support services to terminally ill patients and their families.
Enhance the lives of all residents of greater cleveland, now and for generations to come, by working together with our donors to build community endowment, address needs through grantmaking, and provide leadership on key community issues.
Ohio's hospice foundation is a supportive foundation of its sole member, ohio's hospice inc. and its supported organizations. the foundation provides counsel and assistance for ohio's hospice and its supported organizations by helping to…
To promote mental health research in medical developments
Partnering with like-minded individuals and organizations to encourage responsible research, provide leading education and increase the awareness of alzheimer's disease and related dementia
How this is measured
10 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. 10 of the 22 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 PROFESSIONAL FLAIR INC ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF BREAKTHROUGH SCHOOLS ↗
- Who funds CLEVELAND ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds SHADOW WOOD CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds CONCORD HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds HOPE FOR KIDS GEAUGA ↗
- Who funds THE GATHERING PLACE ↗
- Who funds FLASHES OF HOPE ↗
- Who funds THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF CLEVELAND ↗
- Who funds HOSPICE OF DAYTON 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.
Open a dossier: Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Kuhn Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Kuhn Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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