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The Summit Foundation Inc

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.

$1.4M
Granted FY2025still arriving
104
Grants FY2025still arriving
21
States reached
$265k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01FY2025 · 104 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k64 grants · $146k
  • $10k–50k34 grants · $650k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $320k
  • $250k+1 grant · $265k
$3,051
Median grant
21
States reached
$16M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Women's Reproductive Rights Assistance Project Wrrap$265,000
United Way Of Greater Cincinnati$100,000
Sierra Club Georgia Chapter$70,000
Jscreen$50,000
Jewish Federation Of Cincinnati$50,000
Aspen Jewish Congregation$50,000
Natural Resources Defense Council$45,000
Georgia River Network$38,000
Refugee Women's Network$35,000
Chattahoochee Riverkeeper$30,000
Society Of St Vincent Depaul Particular Council Of Cinti$30,000
Impacting Tomorrow$30,000
Southern Environmental Law Center$30,000
Washington Institute For Near East Policy$29,000
American Jewish Committee$27,500
02The need
02

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

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Your human-services grants (FY25–25, $139k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 77% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Savage Sisters Recovery: $1k → 10%Showerup: $500 → 10%Refugee Women's Network: $35k → 14%Impacting Tomorrow: $30k → 9%Talbert House: $13k → 16%Talbert House: $10k → 16%Juntos: $3k → 22%Weecycle: $1k → 12%Garces Family Foundation: $500 → 22%The Brigid Alliance Inc: $15k → 17%Society Of St Vincent Depaul Particular Council Of Cinti: $30k → 16%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

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US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

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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
2
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
3
Environmental Investigation Agency

To establish and promote programs to protect the global climate, forests, wildlife and the natural environment, through research, advocacy, and investigation.

International
4
American Flood Coalition Inc

To drive transformational adaptation to protect communities across the country from higher seas, stronger storms, and more frequent flooding.

Environment
5
Women Donors Network

Women donors network advances a just, equitable, and sustainable world through the power of philanthropy, women's leadership, and collective and individual action.

Philanthropy
6
Nashville Public Radio

Nashville public radio's mission is to be the most trusted & independent nashville voice, connecting our communities through non-partisan journalism, compelling storytelling, civil conversation and music discovery.

Arts & Culture
7
Asociacion Interamericana Para La Defensa Del Ambiente

To strenghten people's ability to guarantee their individual and collective right to a healthy environment, via the development, implementation, and effective enforcement of national and international law.

Crime & Legal
8
Food & Water Watch

Food & water watch conducts extensive research and public education to ensure the food and water we consume is safe, accessible and sustainably produced. so we can all enjoy and trust in what we eat and drink, we help people take charge of…

Food & Nutrition
9
National Council of Jewish Women Incorporated

The national council of jewish women is a grassroots nonpartisan organization of volunteers and advocates who strive for social justice by improving the quality of life for women, children and families.

Community Improvement
10
Pro Publica Inc

Pro publica is an independent, non-profit, pulitzer prize-winning newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest. our work focuses exclusively on truly important stories. [see continuation on schedule o] we produce…

Arts & Culture
11
Actionaid Usa

Actionaid is an international network building a just, equitable, and sustainable world in solidarity with communities on the frontlines of poverty and injustice. actionaid usa is the u.s. branch of actionaid international, which works in…

Social Science
12
Eden Peopleplanet

To offer the dignity of fair employment to people living in impoverished communities, who become transformational agents of global forest restoration.

International

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Mile High United Way Inc and the most unlike its peers is Backline Care Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyLegal Aid & Immigration Ser…Pregnancy Support ServicesJewish Community FederationsFood Pantries & AssistanceEnvironmental Advocacy Orga…Land Conservation Organizat…Government Accountability R…United Way FederationsCommunity Arts OrganizationsElementary Literacy TutoringLgbtq+ Community CentersProfessional Ballet Compani…Fallen First Responder Supp…Domestic Violence Crisis Se…Senior Support ServicesPublic University Foundatio…Substance Abuse TreatmentUrban Agriculture & Food Ac…South Asian Cultural and Sp…School Parent OrganizationsYouth Sports Booster Organi…Classical Music EnsemblesCancer Support Organizations
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 28 years old; the field is 19. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number18%7%<5yr12%14%5–10yr21%20%10–20yr14%18%20–35yr16%19%35–55yr20%23%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value18%5%<5yr12%6%5–10yr21%8%10–20yr14%36%20–35yr16%16%35–55yr20%29%55yr+

The field is 18% startups (under 5 years old) — 7% of your grantees by number, and just 5% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 11% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/93
the rest of the field
11%
8,037/74,213

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

03the grantee network

91 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 91 of the 99 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
90/91
Grantees still filing
46/91
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

Women's Reproductive Rights Assistance Project — $265,000 · HealthWomen's Reproductive Rights …JTP PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CORPORATION — $15,000 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL FLORIDA INC — $15,000 · HealthMAYDAY MEDICINES INC — $15,000 · HealthPlanned Parenthood of Illinois — $15,000 · Health+7 more — $20,500 · Health+7 moreSierra Club Georgia Chapter — $70,000 · OtherSierra Club Georgia ChapterJscreen — $50,000 · OtherJscreenAspen Jewish Center — $50,000 · OtherAspen Jewish CenterSOUTHERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER — $30,000 · OtherSOUTHERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTERSociety Of The Transfiguration — $20,000 · OtherWASHINGTON INSTITUTE FOR NEAR EAST POLICY — $29,000 · OtherWASHINGTON INSTITUTE FOR NEAR EAST P…CAIN CINCY — $25,000 · OtherCAIN CINCYINTERCHURCH ORGANIZATION INC — $20,000 · OtherLAST MILE FOOD RESCUE — $17,000 · Other+34 more — $131,671 · Other+34 moreNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC — $65,000 · EnvironmentNATURAL RESOUR…GEORGIA RIVER NETWORK INC dba GEORGIA RIVERS — $38,000 · EnvironmentGEORGIA RIVER …CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVERKEEPER INC — $30,000 · EnvironmentCHATTAHOOCHEE …EARTHJUSTICE — $17,500 · EnvironmentEARTHJUSTICEENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED — $15,000 · EnvironmentENVIRONMENTAL …+6 more — $12,707 · Environment+6 moreUnited Way of Greater Cincinnati — $100,000 · PhilanthropyUnited Way of…Jewish Federation of Cincinnati — $50,000 · PhilanthropyJewish Federa…JEWISH FEDERATION COUNCIL OF GREATER LA — $10,000 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FEDERA…+3 more — $7,500 · PhilanthropyREFUGEE WOMENS NETWORK INC — $35,000 · Human ServicesREFUGEE WOM…SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL COUNCIL — $30,000 · Human ServicesSOCIETY OF …IMPACTING TOMORROW INCORPORATED — $30,000 · Human ServicesIMPACTING T…TALBERT HOUSE — $23,000 · Human ServicesTALBERT HOU…THE BRIGID ALLIANCE INC — $15,000 · Human ServicesTHE BRIGID …+5 more — $5,500 · Human ServicesThe Cincinnati Ballet Company Inc — $15,000 · Arts & CultureATLANTA DOGWOOD FESTIVAL INC — $15,000 · Arts & CultureThe Children's Theatre of Cincinnati — $10,000 · Arts & CultureAMERICA'S RIVER ROOTS EXPERIENCE — $10,000 · Arts & CultureCincinnati Institute of Fine Arts — $5,000 · Arts & CultureCincinnati Playhouse in the Park — $2,500 · Arts & Culture+7 more — $5,000 · Arts & CultureAMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE — $27,500 · Civil RightsSOUTHERN JEWISH RESOURCE NETWORK INC — $15,000 · Civil RightsTransgender Law Center — $2,500 · Civil Rights+1 more — $1,000 · Civil Rights
Health$345,500Other$442,671Environment$178,207Philanthropy$167,500Human Services$138,500Arts & Culture$62,500Civil Rights$46,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetUnited Way of Greater Cincinnati — $100,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC — $65,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAspen Jewish Center — $50,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetSOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL COUNCIL — $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetIMPACTING TOMORROW INCORPORATED — $30,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetSOUTHERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER — $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCAIN CINCY — $25,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetTALBERT HOUSE — $23,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEARTHJUSTICE — $17,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN JEWISH RESOURCE NETWORK INC — $15,000 over 1y, 4.7% of budgetJTP PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CORPORATION — $15,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetThe Cincinnati Ballet Company Inc — $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL FLORIDA INC — $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPlanned Parenthood of Illinois — $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED — $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetATLANTA DOGWOOD FESTIVAL INC — $15,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF SOUTHWEST OHIO REGION — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHATTAHOOCHEE NATIONAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC — $10,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetThe Children's Theatre of Cincinnati — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICA'S RIVER ROOTS EXPERIENCE — $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCorporation for Findlay Market — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMILE HIGH UNITED WAY INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CONSERVANCY OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHYDE PARK SCHOOL PTO — $3,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetMAZON A Jewish Response to Hunger — $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNOURISHING HOPE — $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetA BOOK A DAY — $2,500 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetCincinnati Playhouse in the Park — $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE APA SHERPA FOUNDATION — $2,000 over 1y, 6.7% of budgetSIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE UVA SCHOOL OF EDUCATION AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSouthern Smoke Foundation — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFAIRNESS & ACCURACY IN REPORTING INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPHYSICIANS FOR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY PENNSYLVANIA — $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNORTHEASTERN MINNESOTANS FOR WILDERNESS — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEGRO LEAGUES BASEBALL MUSEUM INC — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCULTURETRUST GREATER PHILADELPHIA — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Carol Ann and Ralph V…Johnson Charitable Gi…The Greater Cincinnat…L & L Nippert Charita…Farmer Family Foundat…The Thomas J Emery Me…Andrew Jergens Founda…Hcs FoundationJohn a Schroth Family…The Wohlgemuth Hersch…The James J and Joan …Sutphin Family Founda…
Carol Ann and Ralph V Haile Jr FoundationOH27.3× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Carol Ann and Ralph V Haile Jr Foundation · Johnson Charitable Gift Fund · The Greater Cincinnati Foundation · L & L Nippert Charitable Foundation Inc Attn Carter F Randolph Phd · Farmer Family Foundation · The Thomas J Emery Memorial · Andrew Jergens Foundation · Hcs Foundation · John a Schroth Family Char Tr · The Wohlgemuth Herschede Foundation Co Fifth Third Bank Na Agent · The James J and Joan a Gardner Family Foundation · Sutphin Family Foundation Ica

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization The Summit Foundation Inc funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

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no gov · 40%1%3%6%10%your share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    4get no government money at all
    27report 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

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 99 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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