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The Loring Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$99k
Granted FY2024still arriving
19
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$30k
Largest
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.

Health$305kHuman Services$185kEducation$110kYouth Development$59kHousing & Shelter$29kInternational$18kCommunity Improvement$10kRecreation & Sports$1k
02FY2024 · 19 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k16 grants · $28k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $71k
$2,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$1.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
IMPACTING TOMORROW INC$30,000
SEAN LORING CLASSIC$25,000
UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI FOUNDATION$15,612
SPRINGER SCHOOL AND CENTER$3,500
CINCINNATI CHILDRENS HOSPITAL$3,500
RIDE CINCINNATI$3,000
LOVESOME STABLES INC$2,000
ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF GREATER CINCIN$2,000
KAREN WELLINGTON FOUNDATION$2,000
KINDERVELT 50CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S$2,000
CINCINNATI YOUTH COLLABORATIVE$2,000
SOBER LIVING INC$2,000
HOSPICE OF CINCINNATI$1,125
BRIDGEWAY ACADEMY$1,000
PARKINSON SUPPORT & WELLNESS OF CIN$1,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $97k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 69% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%IMPACTING TOMORROW INC: $30k → 9%BRIDGEWAY ACADEMY: $5k → 15%LOVESOME STABLES INC: $20k → 13%BRIDGEWAY ACADEMY: $5k → 15%LOVESOME STABLES INC: $20k → 13%BRIDGEWAY ACADEMY: $3k → 15%LOVESOME STABLES INC: $2k → 13%BRIDGEWAY ACADEMY: $2k → 15%LOVESOME STABLES INC: $2k → 13%BRIDGEWAY ACADEMY: $1k → 15%NEW PATH: $4k → 16%NEW PATH: $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.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$648k · 20 repeat orgs$69k to everyone else

20 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

20
3

Total granted

$648k
$38k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+37%
+80%

Still filing today

60%
33%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 68% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $32k 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
Human ServicesHealthEducationPhilanthropyOther
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

  • SPRINGER SCHOOL AND CENTER
    7× · 2018–2024 · $74k · revenue +110%
  • TU
    THE UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI FOUNDATION
    3× · 2022–2024 · $70k · revenue +3%
  • AL
    ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF GREATER CINCINNATI
    7× · 2018–2024 · $66k · revenue +51%

Funded once

  • OE
    OASIS ELITE BOXING CLUB
    one grant, 2023 · $15k
  • RC
    RIDE CINCINNATI FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $13k · revenue +80%
  • DP
    DEER PARK COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT COR
    one grant, 2019 · $10k
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
Hope for Cleveland's Children
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2
Hope Ignites Cincinnati

Hope Ignites Cincinnati nurtures and guides motivated young people in need to become well-educated, career-ready men and women for others through its holistic, long-term residential and academy programming. The organization provides direct…

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3
The Cincinnati Foundation for the Aged
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4
Breakthrough Cincinnati Inc

Provide a rigorous four-year college-preparatory summer learning program for high-need and high-potential middle school students and inspire and train college students as the next generation of teachers.

Community Improvement
5
Trihealth Physician Institute

Provides the community necessary medical care through specialty physicians.

Health
6
Givehope Pancreatic Cancer Research

Givehope is an entirely volunteer-run organization that supports southwest ohio cancer patients and their families, as well as local cancer researchers at the university of cincinnati.

Health
7
Cincinnati Center for Autism

We support individuals with autism and their families through programming in the areas of academics, adaptive behavior, communication, and social participation.

Education
8
Level Up Cincinnati

LUC's mission is to empower underserved students, particularly first-gen students from low-income families, to thrive in education and professional careers. The program addresses critical challenges faced by these students, such as higher…

Education
9
Upspring

To empower children experiencing homelessness by providing opportunities for education and enrichment.

Youth Development
10
Trinity Health System Group

As an affiliate of commonspirit health, we make the healing presence of god known in our world by improving the health of the people we serve, especially those who are vulnerable, while we advance social justice for all.

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11
The Jewish Foundation of Cincinnati
Philanthropy
12
Cincinnati Works

Cincinnati works brings hope and encouragement to people living in poverty while assisting them in advancing to self-sufficiency through employment. we provide free training and coaching services.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Hospice of Cincinnati Incorporated; the most unlike its peers is Sober Living Inc Hart. 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

17 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. 17 of the 26 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/17
Grantees still filing
16/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF GREATER CINCINNATI: $65,600 · OtherASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF GREATER CINCINNATICINCINNATI CHILDRENS HOSPITAL: $63,500 · OtherCINCINNATI CHILDRENS HOSPITALRIDE CINCINNATI: $33,500 · OtherRIDE CINCINNATISOBER LIVING INC HART: $29,300 · OtherSOBER LIVING INC HARTKINDERVELT 50CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S: $23,302 · OtherKINDERVELT 50CINCINNATI CHILDREN'SST JOSEPH ORPHANAGE: $18,000 · OtherST JOSEPH ORPHANAGEOASIS ELITE BOXING CLUB: $15,000 · OtherHOSPICE OF CINCINNATI INCORPORATED: $11,725 · OtherPARKINSON SUPPORT & WELLNESS OF CIN: $11,600 · OtherDEER PARK COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT COR: $10,000 · Other+2 more: $3,000 · OtherSPRINGER SCHOOL AND CENTER: $73,600 · EducationSPRINGER SCHOOL AND CEN…Cincinnati Youth Collaborative: $38,000 · EducationCincinnati Youth Collab…BEEX FOUNDATION: $19,194 · EducationBEEX FOUNDATIONDOHN COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL: $18,600 · EducationDOHN COMMUNITY HIGH SCH…SEAN LORING CLASSIC: $75,000 · HealthSEAN LORING CLASSI…The Karen Wellington Memorial Foundation: $27,300 · HealthThe Karen Wellingt…RIDE CINCINNATI FOUNDATION: $12,500 · HealthRIDE CINCINNATI FO…+1 more: $1,000 · HealthLOVESOME STABLES INC: $44,000 · Human ServicesLOVESOME STABLE…IMPACTING TOMORROW INCORPORATED: $30,000 · Human ServicesIMPACTING TOMOR…BRIDGEWAY ACADEMY: $16,300 · Human ServicesBRIDGEWAY ACADE…THE NEW PATH INC: $6,600 · Human ServicesTHE NEW PATH IN…+1 more: $500 · Human ServicesTHE UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI FOUNDATION: $70,000 · PhilanthropyTHE UNIVERS…
Other$284,527Education$149,394Health$115,800Human Services$97,400Philanthropy$70,000

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 budgetSEAN LORING CLASSIC: $75,000 over 2y, 43% of budgetSPRINGER SCHOOL AND CENTER: $73,600 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI FOUNDATION: $70,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF GREATER CINCINNATI: $65,600 over 7y, 8.6% of budgetLOVESOME STABLES INC: $44,000 over 4y, 22% of budgetCincinnati Youth Collaborative: $38,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetIMPACTING TOMORROW INCORPORATED: $30,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetSOBER LIVING INC HART: $29,300 over 7y, 59% of budgetThe Karen Wellington Memorial Foundation: $27,300 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetDOHN COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL: $18,600 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBRIDGEWAY ACADEMY: $16,300 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHOSPICE OF CINCINNATI INCORPORATED: $11,725 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NEW PATH INC: $6,600 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetHAYMAKERS FOR HOPE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFREE THROWS FOR KIDS: $500 over 1y, 0.3% 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 SEAN LORING CLASSIC ↗
  • Who funds SPRINGER SCHOOL AND CENTER ↗
  • Who funds THE UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF GREATER CINCINNATI ↗
  • Who funds LOVESOME STABLES INC ↗
  • Who funds Cincinnati Youth Collaborative ↗
  • Who funds IMPACTING TOMORROW INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds SOBER LIVING INC HART ↗
  • Who funds The Karen Wellington Memorial Foundation ↗
  • Who funds BEEX FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds DOHN COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds BRIDGEWAY ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds RIDE CINCINNATI FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HOSPICE OF CINCINNATI INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds THE NEW PATH INC ↗
  • Who funds HAYMAKERS FOR HOPE INC ↗
  • Who funds FREE THROWS FOR KIDS ↗

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 FoundationOH22.6× affinity9 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 · Andrew Jergens Foundation · Tql Foundation Inc · Farmer Family Foundation · Johnson Charitable Gift Fund · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Duke Energy Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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 Loring Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Loring Family 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 26 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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