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The Orndorff Family Foundation at a glance

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The Orndorff Family 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.

$332k
Granted FY2025still arriving
4
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$131k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0192% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Environment$1.0MArts & Culture$803kPhilanthropy$106kYouth Development$67kEducation$51kPublic Benefit$50kCommunity Improvement$45kRecreation & Sports$20kOther$0
02FY2025 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $500
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $331k
$100,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$3.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BAILEY-MATTHEWS SHELL MUSEUM$131,000
CAPTAINS FOR CLEAN WATER$100,000
SANIBEL CAPTIVA CONSERVATION FOUNDA$100,000
BSA DAN BEARD COUNCIL$500
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY18–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%ECO LIFE FOUNDATION: $125k → 11%EAGLE SKY CHRISTIAN CAMP: $10k → 16%CATO INSTITUTE: $20k → 14%BAILEY-MATTHEWS SHELL MUSEUM: $131k → 11%EAGLE SKY CHRISTIAN CAMP: $10k → 25%BSA TROOP 940: $6k → 12%MILLIKIN UNIVERSITY: $20k → 15%ELEVATE CCIC INC: $10k → 18%ECO LIFE FOUNDATION: $100k → 11%CATO INSTITUTE: $15k → 14%BAILEY-MATTHEWS SHELL MUSEUM: $120k → 11%MILLIKIN UNIVERSITY: $15k → 15%ELEVATE CCIC INC: $10k → 18%ECO LIFE FOUNDATION: $100k → 11%CATO INSTITUTE: $10k → 14%SANIBEL CAPTIVA CONSERVATION FOUNDA: $100k → 11%MILLIKIN UNIVERSITY: $10k → 15%ECO LIFE FOUNDATION: $100k → 11%CATO INSTITUTE: $5k → 14%BAILEY-MATTHEWS SHELL MUSEUM: $100k → 11%BSA DAN BEARD COUNCIL: $11k → 16%MILLIKIN UNIVERSITY: $5k → 15%ECO LIFE FOUNDATION: $86k → 11%BAILEY-MATTHEWS SHELL MUSEUM: $75k → 11%BSA DAN BEARD COUNCIL: $10k → 16%ECO LIFE FOUNDATION: $50k → 11%SANIBEL CAPTIVA CONSERVATION FOUNDA: $50k → 11%BSA DAN BEARD COUNCIL: $10k → 16%ECO LIFE FOUNDATION: $50k → 11%BAILEY-MATTHEWS SHELL MUSEUM: $50k → 11%BSA DAN BEARD COUNCIL: $9k → 16%ECO LIFE FOUNDATION: $48k → 11%BAILEY-MATTHEWS SHELL MUSEUM: $50k → 11%BSA DAN BEARD COUNCIL: $8k → 16%BAILEY-MATTHEWS SHELL MUSEUM: $25k → 11%BSA DAN BEARD COUNCIL: $7k → 16%SANIBEL CAPTIVA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: $25k → 11%BSA DAN BEARD COUNCIL: $6k → 16%BAILEY-MATTHEWS SHELL MUSEUM: $11k → 11%CATHOLIC COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $80k → 16%CAPTAINS FOR CLEAN WATER: $100k → 11%CINCINNATI SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $50k → 16%CAPTAINS FOR CLEAN WATER: $75k → 11%CINCINNATI SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $50k → 16%CAPTAINS FOR CLEAN WATER: $50k → 11%CINCINNATI SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $50k → 16%CINCINNATI SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $50k → 16%CATHOLIC COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $7k → 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

WA
IL
MI
OH
CA
MO
KY
VA
DC
OK
FL
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.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.0M · 13 repeat orgs$50k to everyone else

13 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
9

Total granted

$2.0M
$50k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+6%
+149%

Still filing today

54%
22%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureEnvironmentPublic BenefitEducationEmploymentPhilanthropyOther
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
    CAPTAINS FOR CLEAN WATER INC
    5× · 2018–2025 · $239k · revenue +30%
  • CS
    CINCINNATI SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
    5× · 2018–2024 · $205k · revenue +241%
  • CI
    CATO INSTITUTE
    4× · 2018–2023 · $50k · revenue +71%

Funded once

  • SC
    SANIBEL CAPTIVA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
    one grant, 2024 · $25k
  • SL
    SAN LUIS OBISPO REPERTORY THEATREgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue +149%
  • BT
    BSA TROOP 940
    one grant, 2020 · $6k
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
Cleveland Institute of Music

The cleveland institute of music's mission is to empower the world's most talented classical music students to fulfill their dreams and potential.

Education
2
California College of the Arts

California college of the arts educates students to shape culture and society through the practice and critical study of art, architecture, design, and writing. benefitting from its san francisco bay area location, the college prepares…

Education
3
The Cleveland Institute of Art

The mission statement of the cleveland institute of art is as follows: to cultivate creative leaders who inspire people, strengthen communities, and contribute to a thriving and sustainable economy through an innovative education in art…

Education
4
Cabrini Legacy Corporation

See schedule o.education of the heart: cabrini university was a catholic institution of higher education. the cabrini legacy corporation exists to protect the legacy of the former university.cabrini university was a catholic institution of…

Education
5
Carleton College

See schedule o.founded in 1866, carleton college is a private, coeducational liberal arts college of 2,007 students located in the historic river town of northfield, minnesota. nationally recognized as the nation's top college for…

Education
6
Capital University

Capital university transforms lives by empowering an inclusive community of learners through engaging academic, co-curricular, and professional experiences.

Education
7
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement
8
Wilson College

Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.

Education
9
Columbus College of Art & Design

Ccad fosters a diverse community that educates students so they can unleash their creative power to shape culture and commerce.

Education
10
Columbia College

Columbia college improves lives by providing quality education to both traditional and nontraditional students, helping them achieve their true potential.

Education
11
Columbia College Chicago

The organization's mission is to educate students for creative occupations in diverse fields of arts and media.

Education
12
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Millikin University; the most unlike its peers is Hillsdale College. 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

11 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. 11 of the 24 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
11/11
Grantees still filing
7/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ECO LIFE FOUNDATION: $659,000 · OtherECO LIFE FOUNDATIONSANIBEL CAPTIVA CONSERVATION FOUNDA: $150,000 · OtherSANIBEL CAPTIVA CONSERVATION FOUNDACATHOLIC COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $105,780 · OtherCATHOLIC COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONBSA DAN BEARD COUNCIL: $61,000 · OtherBSA DAN BEARD COUNCIL+10 more: $60,825 · Other+10 moreSHELL MUSEUM AND EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC: $563,000 · Arts & CultureSHELL MUSEUM AND EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION I…CINCINNATI SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $205,000 · Arts & CultureCINCINNATI SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA+2 more: $32,500 · Arts & CultureCAPTAINS FOR CLEAN WATER INC: $238,500 · EnvironmentCAPTAINS FOR…MILLIKIN UNIVERSITY: $50,000 · Education+1 more: $1,000 · EducationCATO INSTITUTE: $50,000 · Public BenefitELEVATE CCIC INC: $20,000 · EmploymentTHE UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI FOUNDATION: $500 · Philanthropy
Other$1,036,605Arts & Culture$800,500Environment$238,500Education$51,000Public Benefit$50,000Employment$20,000Philanthropy$500

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 budgetSHELL MUSEUM AND EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC: $563,000 over 8y, 4.6% of budgetCAPTAINS FOR CLEAN WATER INC: $238,500 over 5y, 7.1% of budgetCINCINNATI SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $205,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCATHOLIC COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $105,780 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetCATO INSTITUTE: $50,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMILLIKIN UNIVERSITY: $50,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetColonial Williamsburg Foundation: $22,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetELEVATE CCIC INC: $20,000 over 2y, 5.5% of budgetSAN LUIS OBISPO REPERTORY THEATRE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% 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 SHELL MUSEUM AND EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds CAPTAINS FOR CLEAN WATER INC ↗
  • Who funds CINCINNATI SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ↗
  • Who funds CATHOLIC COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CATO INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds MILLIKIN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Colonial Williamsburg Foundation ↗
  • Who funds ELEVATE CCIC INC ↗
  • Who funds SAN LUIS OBISPO REPERTORY THEATRE ↗
  • Who funds HILLSDALE COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds THE UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI FOUNDATION ↗

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.

Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundMA6.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 2 of 2Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile 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 Orndorff Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Orndorff Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    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 24 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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