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The Steinour Family Foundation at a glance

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The Steinour 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.

$611k
Granted FY2024still arriving
12
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$210k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0183% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Education$980kPhilanthropy$150kReligion$75kHuman Services$30kArts & Culture$25kHealth$16kAnimals$13kYouth Development$5kOther$0
02FY2024 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 12 grants below total $585,500, the rows itemized in this filing. The $610,500 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $25,000 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k5 grants · $16k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $60k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $510k
$20,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$2.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Ohio State University Foundation$210,000
Ron Clark Academy Inc$200,000
United Way of Central Ohio Inc$50,000
Ohio State University Foundation$50,000
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central Ohio Inc$30,000
Ohio State University Foundation$20,000
Lifecare Alliance$10,000
Ohio State University Foundation$5,000
Pelotonia$5,000
New Albany Pet Rescue Inc$2,500
Free Arts for Abused Children of Arizona$2,500
Miami Cancer Institute at Baptist Health Inc$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.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY22–23) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 92% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%Project Citizenship Inc: $3k → 16%VALLEY YOUTH HOUSE: $5k → 11%The Catholic Foundation - St Mary School German V: $25k → 14%Yeshiva Beth Yehudah: $25k → 8%Columbus Zoological Park Association: $10k → 5%United Way of Central Ohio Inc: $50k → 15%Yeshivath Beth Yehudah: $25k → 8%United Way of Central Ohio Inc: $50k → 15%Franklin County Historical Society: $25k → 15%Ohio State University Foundation: $280k → 15%Ohio State University Foundation: $190k → 15%JEWISH COLUMBUS: $25k → 15%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.

74%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$955k · 3 repeat orgs$343k to everyone else

3 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2024, 1 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

3
6

Total granted

$955k
$93k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+8%
+17%

Still filing today

67%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 57% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $251k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24
EducationHealthPhilanthropyArts & CultureAnimalsCivil RightsOther
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

  • OS
    OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
    3× · 2022–2024 · $755k · revenue +8%
  • UW
    UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL OHIO INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $150k · revenue -2%
  • YB
    YESHIVATH BETH YEHUDAH
    2× · 2022–2023 · $50k

Funded once

  • J
    JewishColumbusgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $25k · revenue +54%
  • TC
    The Catholic Foundation - St Mary School German V
    one grant, 2022 · $25k
  • FC
    FRANKLIN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY DBA COSI COLUMBUS
    one grant, 2022 · $25k · revenue -11%
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
Columbus Community Clinical Oncology Program

Our mission is to deliver state-of-the-art cancer care to patients in their communities through clinical trials. this allows individuals to remain in their won neighborhoods, while receiving the latest and best in cancer screenings,…

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2
Philanthropy Ohio

To lead and equip ohio philanthropy to be effective partners for change in our communities.

Philanthropy
3
Ohio United Way

To strengthen the capacity of United Ways across Ohio and to advance the common good for Ohioans.

Philanthropy
4
Mercy Health

Mercy Health will provide assistance, support and direction to all of the health care institutions and activities operated and maintained by its Subsidiaries. The mission of Mercy Health in performing these activities shall be to provide a…

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5
Union Health System

To serve our communities by provding innovative and compassionate healthcare.

Health
6
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
7
Columbus Jewish Foundation

Make Jewish life vibrant, safe, and accessible in Columbus, Israel, and around the world.

Philanthropy
8
University Hospital & Clinics Inc

The organization provides medical care to improve, maintain, and restore the health of the people in the communities we serve.

Health
9
The Women's Clinic of Columbus

Women's health clinic focusing on helping at-risk parents deal with issues related to prenancy and parenting.

Health
10
Physicians Care Connection

Physicians careconnection (pcc) mission is to optimize health for individuals experiencing healthcare challenges due to personal and systemic barriers.

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11
Ohio Life Sciences Association

Align the life sciences ecosystem in the state of ohio, building collaborative partnerships, and advocating for policies and funding that will help to accelerate life science priorities and drive sustainable economic growth.

Community Improvement
12
National Committee for Quality Assurance

Our mission: to improve the quality of health care.our vision: better health care. better choices. better health.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is United Way of Central Ohio Inc; the most unlike its peers is Free Arts for Abused Children of Arizona. 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

13 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. 13 of the 16 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/13
Grantees still filing
5/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $755,000 · EducationOHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIONRON CLARK ACADEMY INC: $200,000 · EducationRON CLARK ACADEMY INC+1 more: $5,000 · EducationUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL OHIO INC: $150,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF…YESHIVATH BETH YEHUDAH: $50,000 · OtherYESHIVATH …Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central Ohio Inc: $30,000 · OtherRonald McD…The Catholic Foundation - St Mary School German V: $25,000 · OtherThe Cathol…VALLEY YOUTH HOUSE: $5,000 · Other+4 more: $8,000 · Other+4 moreJewishColumbus: $25,000 · ReligionFRANKLIN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY DBA COSI COLUMBUS: $25,000 · Arts & CultureLIFECARE ALLIANCE: $10,000 · Food & NutritionCOLUMBUS ZOOLOGICAL PARK ASSOCIATION: $10,000 · Animals
Education$960,000Philanthropy$150,000Other$118,000Religion$25,000Arts & Culture$25,000Food & Nutrition$10,000Animals$10,000

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 budgetOHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $755,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetRON CLARK ACADEMY INC: $200,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL OHIO INC: $150,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetRonald McDonald House Charities of Central Ohio Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetJewishColumbus: $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetFRANKLIN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY DBA COSI COLUMBUS: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLIFECARE ALLIANCE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOLUMBUS ZOOLOGICAL PARK ASSOCIATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPELOTONIA: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFREE ARTS FOR ABUSED CHILDREN OF ARIZONA: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNEW ALBANY PET RESCUE INC: $2,500 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetPROJECT CITIZENSHIP INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMIAMI CANCER INSTITUTE AT BAPTIST HEALTH INC: $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.

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.

American Electric Pow…Columbus FoundationThe Bank of America C…Charities Aid Foundat…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Raymond James Charita…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…The Blackbaud Giving …American Online Givin…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …
American Electric Power FoundationDE15.4× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: American Electric Power Foundation · Columbus Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 10%
  • Project Citizenship Inc: 10% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
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 16 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.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $698k of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2024, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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