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The Thomas J Emery Memorial

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.6M
Granted FY2024still arriving
67
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$175k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
0199% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2017–2024.

Arts & Culture$3.5MHealth$1.5MHuman Services$1.2MEducation$1.2MPhilanthropy$1.1MYouth Development$504kHousing & Shelter$475kReligion$455kOther$0
02FY2024 · 67 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k10 grants · $40k
  • $10k–50k48 grants · $810k
  • $50k–250k9 grants · $740k
$15,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$34M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE CHILDREN'S THEATRE OF CINCINNATI$175,000
ARTSWAVE$110,000
MARIEMONT PRESERVATION FOUNDATION$100,000
UNITED WAY OF GREATER CINCINNATI$80,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER CINCINNATI$75,000
MANIFEST CREATIVE RESEARCH GALLERY AND DRAWING CENTER$50,000
CENTRAL CLINIC BEHAVIORAL HEALTH$50,000
CINCINNATI SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA$50,000
CHILDREN'S HOME OF CINCINNATI DBA BEST POINT EDUCATION & BEHAVIORAL HEALTH$50,000
THE MERCANTILE LIBRARY$40,000
THE BEECHWOOD HOME$40,000
SPRINGER SCHOOL AND CENTER$40,000
XAVIER JESUIT ACADEMY$30,000
URBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER SOUTHWESTERN OHIO$30,000
SANTA MARIA COMMUNITY SERVICES$25,000
02The need
03

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.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY17–24, $1.4M) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%FAMILY INDEPENDENCE INITIATIVE: $25k → 10%SAMARITAN CAR CARE CLINIC: $10k → 11%LIGHTHOUSE YOUTH SERVICES: $25k → 16%STRATEGIES TO END HOMELESSNESS: $20k → 16%STRATEGIES TO END HOMELESSNESS: $20k → 16%LIGHTHOUSE YOUTH & FAMILY SERVICES: $20k → 16%TALBERT HOUSE: $13k → 16%FIRST STEP HOME: $10k → 16%SWEET CHEEKS DIAPER BANK: $10k → 16%FIRST STEP HOME: $10k → 16%CHILDREN'S HOME OF CINCINNATI: $75k → 16%CHILDREN'S HOME OF CINCINNATI DBA BEST POINT EDUCATION AND BEHAVIORAL HEALT: $50k → 16%CHILDREN'S HOME OF CINCINNATI DBA BEST POINT EDUCATION & BEHAVIORAL HEALTH: $50k → 16%EPISCOPAL RETIREMENT HOMES FOUNDATION: $40k → 16%EPISCOPAL RETIREMENT SERVICES FOUNDATION: $25k → 16%EPISCOPAL RETIREMENT SERVICES FOUNDATION: $20k → 16%CINCINNATI SQUASH ACADEMY: $15k → 16%CLOVERNOOK CENTER FOR THE BLIND & VISUALLY IMPAIRED: $25k → 16%CLOVERNOOK CENTER FOR THE BLIND & VISUALLY IMPAIRED: $15k → 16%STEPPING STONES INC: $30k → 16%STEPPING STONES INC: $15k → 16%SANTA MARIA COMMUNITY SERVICES: $25k → 16%BEECH ACRES PARENTING CENTER: $25k → 16%SANTA MARIA COMMUNITY SERVICES: $20k → 16%BEECH ACRES PARENTING CENTER: $15k → 16%ST ALOYSIUS ORPHANAGE: $15k → 16%EVERY CHILD SUCCEEDS: $55k → 16%EVERY CHILD SUCCEEDS: $50k → 16%URBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER SOUTHWESTERN OHIO: $30k → 16%LIVING ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED INC: $30k → 16%LIVING ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED INC: $25k → 16%LADD LIVING ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED: $25k → 16%RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF GREATER CINCINNATI: $20k → 16%RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF GREATER CINCINNATI: $20k → 16%URBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER SOUTHWESTERN OHIO: $20k → 16%ST VINCENT DE PAUL - CINCINNATI: $15k → 16%CINCINNATI ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND & VISUALLY IMPAIRED: $50k → 16%CINCINNATI SQUASH ACADEMY: $30k → 16%YWCA OF GREATER CINCINNATI: $25k → 16%YWCA OF GREATER CINCINNATI INC: $25k → 16%CINCINNATI ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND & VISUALLY IMPAIRED: $25k → 16%YMCA OF GREATER CINCINNATI: $25k → 16%CINCINNATI WORKS INC: $25k → 16%CINCINNATI WORKS INC: $25k → 16%CINCINNATI ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND & VISUALLY IMPAIRED: $25k → 16%CINCINNATI WORKS INC: $20k → 16%CINCINNATI WORKS INC: $20k → 16%CINCINNATI UNION BETHEL: $15k → 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.

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 edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

84%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$9.6M · 119 repeat orgs$1.9M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +43% since the first grant, against +15% for the ones you funded once.

119 repeat relationships — 48 still active in FY2024, 71 since wound down; 18 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

119
61

Total granted

$9.6M
$1.6M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+43%
+15%

Still filing today

85%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $305k 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
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesEducationHealthCommunity ImprovementHousing & ShelterOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • CI
    Cincinnati Institute of Fine Arts
    6× · 2017–2024 · $674k · revenue +2%
  • TC
    The Children's Theatre of Cincinnati
    5× · 2019–2024 · $350k · revenue +173%
  • TC
    The Children's Home of Cincinnati Ohio
    8× · 2017–2024 · $221k · revenue +82%

Funded once

  • AS
    ARTSWAVE - SUSTAINABILITY FUND-COVID-19 (A)
    one grant, 2020 · $100k
  • A2
    ARTSWAVE - 2021 CAMPAIGN
    one grant, 2021 · $100k
  • MO
    MEALS ON WHEELS OF SW OH & NO KY
    one grant, 2023 · $100k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your 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.

1
Cincinnati Usa Regional Chamber

To grow the vibrancy and economic prosperity of the cincinnati region.

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2
Central Ohio Workers Center Inc

The Central Ohio Worker Center is a non-profit organization that educates, empowers, and advocates for and with low-wage and immigrant workers in Central Ohio.

Civil Rights
3
Cincinnati's Optimum Residential Environments Inc

Residential & Habilitative Svs. Provide residential and habilitative services to adults with developmental disabilities

Health
4
World Affairs Council - Cincinnati & Northern Kentucky

The World Affairs Council, a 501(c)3 nonprofit, is the bridge that connects the world to one of America's most vibrant regions. Through Global education, International exchange, and cultural awareness initiatives, the council strengthens…

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5
Ohio United Way

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

Philanthropy
6
Cincinnati Parks Foundation

To build broad based private/public partnerships supporting the conservation and enhancement of our City's parks and greenspaces.

Recreation & Sports
7
Cincinnati Aquatic Club

To offer children and young adults a top quality program that develops, trains and competes as competitive swimmers year-round in a supportive and motivating enviroment that respects, challenges and nurtures them as athletes, students, and…

Recreation & Sports
8
The Greater Cincinnati Film Commission

The Greater Cincinnati Film Commission is dedicated to maximizing the area's economic potential by attracting, promoting and cultivating film, television, and commercial production throughout Greater Cincinnati. Once filmmakers choose…

—
9
Digitalc

Empower the people of greater cleveland to achieve success through technology, innovation and connected community.

Community Improvement
10
The Home Ownership Center of Greater Cincinnati in

The home ownership center is a non-profit that has been serving the cincinnati metro area since 1973, and is a member of the neighbor works network.

Housing & Shelter
11
Cincinnati Observatory Center

The mission of the cincinnati observatory is to maintain the integrity and heritage of an historic 19th century observatory and to educate, engage, and inspire our community about astronomy and science.

Arts & Culture
12
Literary Cleveland

Literary Cleveland assists writers and readers at all stages of development, promotes new and existing literature of the highest quality, and advances Northeast Ohio as a vital center of diverse voices and visions.

Education

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Rotary Foundation of Cincinnati and the most unlike its peers is Neusole Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 43 years old; the field is 17. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%1%<5yr14%2%5–10yr18%10%10–20yr17%27%20–35yr15%26%35–55yr14%35%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%0%<5yr14%1%5–10yr18%6%10–20yr17%17%20–35yr15%23%35–55yr14%54%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 1% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 2% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
2%3/164
the rest of the field
13%
720/5,339

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.

04the grantee network

157 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2017–2026, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 157 of the 199 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
34
Early backer (in before they grew)
152/157
Grantees still filing
111/157
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

MARIEMONT PRESERVATION FOUNDATION — $500,000 · OtherMARIEMONT PRESERVATION FOUNDATIONMARIEMONT COMMUNITY CHURCH — $420,061 · OtherMARIEMONT COMMUNITY CHURCHSUMMIT COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL US CATHOLIC CONFERENCE — $200,000 · Other+99 more — $3,792,500 · Other+99 moreCincinnati Institute of Fine Arts — $674,000 · Arts & CultureCincinnati Institute of …The Children's Theatre of Cincinnati — $350,000 · Arts & CultureThe Children's Theatre o…CINCINNATI MUSEUM CENTER — $159,000 · Arts & CultureCINCINNATI MUSEUM CENTERART OPPORTUNITIES INC — $120,000 · Arts & CultureENSEMBLE THEATRE OF CINCINNATI — $110,000 · Arts & CultureCINCINNATI SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA — $104,000 · Arts & CultureCincinnati Playhouse in the Park — $100,000 · Arts & CultureCINCINNATI MUSEUM ASSOCIATION — $100,000 · Arts & CultureWOMAN'S ART CLUB OF CINCINNATI FOUNDATION — $95,000 · Arts & Culture+20 more — $694,000 · Arts & Culture+20 moreThe Children's Home of Cincinnati Ohio — $221,000 · Human ServicesThe Children's…Every Child Succeeds — $115,000 · Human ServicesEvery Child Su…Cincinnati Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired — $100,000 · Human ServicesCincinnati Ass…CINCINNATI WORKS — $90,000 · Human ServicesCINCINNATI WOR…EPISCOPAL RETIREMENT SERVICES FOUNDATION — $85,000 · Human ServicesEPISCOPAL RETI…YWCA of Greater Cincinnati — $85,000 · Human ServicesYWCA of Greate…Living Arrangements for the Developmentally Disabled Inc — $80,000 · Human ServicesLiving Arrange…STEPPING STONES INC — $65,000 · Human ServicesURBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER SOUTHWESTERN OHIO INC — $50,000 · Human ServicesBEECH ACRES — $50,000 · Human ServicesClovernook Center For the Blind and Visually Impaired — $50,000 · Human ServicesStrategies to End Homelessness Inc — $50,000 · Human ServicesRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF GREATER CINCINNATI INC — $50,000 · Human Services+16 more — $337,000 · Human Services+16 moreUnited Way of Greater Cincinnati — $975,000 · PhilanthropyUnited Way…CRAYONS AND BEYOND INC — $55,000 · Philanthropy+3 more — $50,000 · PhilanthropyMindPeace Cincinnati — $179,000 · EducationSPRINGER SCHOOL AND CENTER — $115,000 · EducationOHIO VALLEY VOICES — $95,000 · EducationTeach for America Inc — $75,000 · EducationCINCINNATI STATE TECHNICAL AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION — $50,000 · EducationTHE CHATFIELD EDGE — $50,000 · EducationMIAMI VALLEY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY — $50,000 · EducationMOUNT ST JOSEPH UNIVERSITY — $50,000 · EducationThe Mercantile Library — $40,000 · EducationCincinnati Youth Collaborative — $35,000 · Education+6 more — $67,000 · EducationBEECHWOOD HOME — $119,500 · HealthGreater Cincinnati Behavioral Health Services — $75,000 · HealthCancer Family Care Inc — $50,000 · HealthRedwood School & Rehabilitation Inc — $45,000 · HealthFERNSIDE INC A CENTER FOR GRIEVING CHILDREN — $35,000 · HealthNAMI OF SOUTHWEST OHIO — $26,000 · HealthMAY WE HELP INC — $20,000 · HealthDEACONESS HEALTH ASSOCIATIONS FUND INC — $15,000 · Health+3 more — $30,000 · HealthOVER THE RHINE COMMUNITY HOUSING — $60,000 · Housing & ShelterPRICE HILL WILL — $60,000 · Housing & ShelterWELCOME HOUSE INC — $45,000 · Housing & ShelterShelterhouse Volunteer Group Inc — $35,000 · Housing & ShelterTHE COMMUNITY BUILDERS INC — $30,000 · Housing & ShelterBethany House Services Inc — $25,000 · Housing & ShelterPEOPLE WORKING COOPERATIVELY INC — $25,000 · Housing & Shelter
Other$4,912,561Arts & Culture$2,506,000Human Services$1,428,000Philanthropy$1,080,000Education$806,000Health$415,500Housing & Shelter$280,000

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 — $975,000 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetCincinnati Institute of Fine Arts — $674,000 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetMARIEMONT PRESERVATION FOUNDATION — $500,000 over 3y, 38% of budgetThe Children's Theatre of Cincinnati — $350,000 over 5y, 2.2% of budgetThe Children's Home of Cincinnati Ohio — $221,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetMindPeace Cincinnati — $179,000 over 4y, 17% of budgetZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF CINCINNATI — $160,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCINCINNATI MUSEUM CENTER — $159,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetJoy Outdoor Education Center Foundation Inc — $130,000 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetART OPPORTUNITIES INC — $120,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetBEECHWOOD HOME — $119,500 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetEvery Child Succeeds — $115,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetSPRINGER SCHOOL AND CENTER — $115,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetLEARNING GROVE INC — $112,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetENSEMBLE THEATRE OF CINCINNATI — $110,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER CINCINNATI — $110,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetProKids — $105,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetCincinnati Arts and Technology Center — $104,500 over 2y, 9.7% of budgetCINCINNATI SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA — $104,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCincinnati Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired — $100,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetCincinnati Playhouse in the Park — $100,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetCINCINNATI MUSEUM ASSOCIATION — $100,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetOHIO VALLEY VOICES — $95,000 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetWOMAN'S ART CLUB OF CINCINNATI FOUNDATION — $95,000 over 3y, 14% of budgetCINCINNATI WORKS — $90,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetEPISCOPAL RETIREMENT SERVICES FOUNDATION — $85,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetCINCINNATI THERAPEUTIC RIDING AND HORSEM HORSEMANSHIP — $85,000 over 4y, 6.1% of budgetYWCA of Greater Cincinnati — $85,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetLiving Arrangements for the Developmentally Disabled Inc — $80,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetTAFT MUSEUM OF ART — $75,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetTeach for America Inc — $75,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGreater Cincinnati Behavioral Health Services — $75,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCENTER FOR ADDICTION TREATMENT F/K/A THE CENTER FOR CHEMICAL ADDICTIONS — $70,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetHOSPICE OF CINCINNATI INCORPORATED — $70,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCINCINNATI NATURE CENTER — $68,000 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetThe Greater Cincinnati Television Educational Foundation — $66,500 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetSTEPPING STONES INC — $65,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetLegal Aid Society of Cincinnati — $65,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetOVER THE RHINE COMMUNITY HOUSING — $60,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetPRICE HILL WILL — $60,000 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF GREATER CINCINNATI INC — $60,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetCORNERSTONE RENTER EQUITY INC — $60,000 over 3y, 2.8% of budgetFREESTORE FOODBANK INC — $60,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCRAYONS AND BEYOND INC — $55,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetCINCINNATI STATE TECHNICAL AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION — $50,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetURBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER SOUTHWESTERN OHIO INC — $50,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTHE CHATFIELD EDGE — $50,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetCancer Family Care Inc — $50,000 over 3y, 2.3% 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.

  • Who funds United Way of Greater Cincinnati ↗
  • Who funds Cincinnati Institute of Fine Arts ↗
  • Who funds MARIEMONT PRESERVATION FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds The Children's Theatre of Cincinnati ↗
  • Who funds The Children's Home of Cincinnati Ohio ↗
  • Who funds MindPeace Cincinnati ↗
  • Who funds ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF CINCINNATI ↗
  • Who funds CINCINNATI MUSEUM CENTER ↗
  • Who funds Joy Outdoor Education Center Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds ART OPPORTUNITIES INC ↗
  • Who funds BEECHWOOD HOME ↗
  • Who funds Every Child Succeeds ↗
  • Who funds SPRINGER SCHOOL AND CENTER ↗
  • Who funds LEARNING GROVE INC ↗
  • Who funds ENSEMBLE THEATRE OF CINCINNATI ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER CINCINNATI ↗
  • Who funds ProKids ↗
  • Who funds Cincinnati Arts and Technology Center ↗
  • Who funds CINCINNATI SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ↗
  • Who funds Cincinnati Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired ↗
  • Who funds Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park ↗
  • Who funds CINCINNATI MUSEUM ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds OHIO VALLEY VOICES ↗
  • Who funds WOMAN'S ART CLUB OF CINCINNATI FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CINCINNATI WORKS ↗
  • Who funds EPISCOPAL RETIREMENT SERVICES FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CINCINNATI THERAPEUTIC RIDING AND HORSEM HORSEMANSHIP ↗
  • Who funds YWCA of Greater Cincinnati ↗
  • Who funds Living Arrangements for the Developmentally Disabled Inc ↗
  • Who funds TAFT MUSEUM OF ART ↗
  • Who funds Teach for America Inc ↗

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…Louise Taft Semple Fo…Andrew Jergens Founda…Charles H Dater Found…John a Schroth Family…The Greater Cincinnat…Millstone FundElsa M Heisel Sule Ch…Sutphin Family Founda…Johnson Charitable Gi…Pfau Charitable Found…Jack J Smith Jr Chari…
Carol Ann and Ralph V Haile Jr FoundationOH160.6× affinity81 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 · Louise Taft Semple Foundation · Andrew Jergens Foundation · Charles H Dater Foundation Inc · John a Schroth Family Char Tr · The Greater Cincinnati Foundation · Millstone Fund · Elsa M Heisel Sule Charitable Trust 2005 · Sutphin Family Foundation Ica · Johnson Charitable Gift Fund · Pfau Charitable Foundation · Jack J Smith Jr Charitable Trust

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 Thomas J Emery Memorial 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.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%10%23%40%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • The Community Builders Inc — 4% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
63report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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.

05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to The Thomas J Emery Memorial?

Find your warmest path to The Thomas J Emery Memorial 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 199 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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