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The Toots Foundation at a glance

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The Toots 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.

$1.3M
Granted FY2024still arriving
3
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$1.2M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Religion$1.7MPhilanthropy$36kMembership Benefit$20kArts & Culture$9kHealth$8kAnimals$6kHuman Services$5kEducation$4kOther$0
02FY2024 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $100k
  • $250k+1 grant · $1.2M
$100,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$239k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
JEWISH FEDERATION$1,216,000
Individual grant recipient$100,000
TEMPLE B'NAI ISRAEL$10,000
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 (FY18–22, $6k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 97% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%ISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER FOR THE BLIND: $180 → 6%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES: $1k → 16%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES: $500 → 16%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES: $360 → 16%CANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY: $4k → 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.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.6M · 12 repeat orgs$152k to everyone else

12 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2024, 10 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
20

Total granted

$1.6M
$52k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+60%
+118%

Still filing today

42%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $100k 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 ServicesEducationRecreation & SportsPhilanthropyHealthOther
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

  • JE
    Jewish Education for Every Person
    3× · 2017–2022 · $3k · revenue +62%
  • YD
    Yavneh Day School Association
    2× · 2021–2022 · $2k · revenue +60%
  • CH
    CINCINNATI HEBREW DAY SCHOOL INC
    2× · 2021–2022 · $2k · revenue +1%

Funded once

  • JC
    Jewish Cemeteries of Greater Cincinnati Inc
    one grant, 2022 · $20k · revenue -37%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2023 · $5k
  • GL
    Great Lakes Center for the Artsgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue +85%
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
Holocaust Center for Humanity

The Holocaust Center for Humanity teaches the lessons of the Holocaust, inspiring students of all ages to confront bigotry and indifference, promote human dignity, and take action.

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2
The Jewish Foundation of Cincinnati
Philanthropy
3
Hillel the Foundation of Jewish Campus Life

The purpose of Hillel is to be a center for enriching the lives of Jewish students in the Greater Cincinnati area and to strengthen Jewish identity through social and a broad range of programs and services in an atmosphere that is…

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4
The Jewish High School of Connecticut

The jewish high school of connecticut is dedicated to educate jewish youth for whom jewish values and traditions shape and guide their lives and for whom learning and responsible actions are foundational for achievement.

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5
Hebrew Day School of Ann Arbor

To nurture the development of knowledgeable, caring and committed Jewish children in a dynamic learning environment. Through exceptional general and Judaic studies and Hebrew language immersion, students create a meaningful and joyous…

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6
Jewish Family Service of the Cincinnati Area

A social service agency, JFS strengthens lives and our diverse community by providing exceptional and transformational human services. Services include: Counseling, Case Management, Financial and Food Support, Home Care, Senior Services,…

Human Services
7
Foundation for Cincinnati Jewish Seniors formerly Jewish Home of Cincinnati Inc
Health
8
Jewish Childrens Museum

To further jewish historical education among youths

Arts & Culture
9
Congregation Har Shalom

Har Shalom is an active center of Jewish learning and worship serving all of Northern Colorado. We are intentionally non-denominational and egalitarian, serving a wide diversity of spiritual paths. Our synagogue membership of 200+ families…

Religion
10
Columbus Jewish Historical Society

To facilitate the collection, preservation and education of the jewish history of central ohio.

Arts & Culture
11
JewishColumbus

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

Religion
12
Chabad Jewish Center

The Organization operates an religious outreach center to promote and understand Judaism and the laws of Kosher.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jewish Family Services; the most unlike its peers is American Heart Association Inc. 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

16 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. 16 of the 34 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)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/16
Grantees still filing
15/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

JEWISH FEDERATION: $1,416,000 · OtherJEWISH FEDERATIONTEMPLE B'NAI ISRAEL: $161,000 · OtherTEMPLE B'NAI ISRAELIndividual grant recipient: $100,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient+16 more: $66,794 · OtherJewish Federation of Cincinnati: $32,695 · PhilanthropyJewish Education for Every Person: $2,955 · PhilanthropyAUBREY ROSE FOUNDATION: $3,000 · EducationYavneh Day School Association: $2,160 · EducationCINCINNATI HEBREW DAY SCHOOL INC: $2,000 · EducationGreat Lakes Center for the Arts: $5,000 · Arts & CultureThe Center for Holocaust and Humanity Education: $1,000 · Arts & CultureThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $720 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $180 · Arts & CultureCANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY - GREATER CINCINNATI/NORTHERN KENTUCKY: $3,600 · Human ServicesJEWISH FAMILY SERVICES: $1,860 · Human Services+1 more: $180 · Human ServicesCamp Livingston Inc: $3,900 · Recreation & SportsAmerican Heart Association Inc: $800 · HealthLITTLE TRAVERSE BAY HUMANE SOCIETY: $180 · Animals
Other$1,743,794Philanthropy$35,650Education$7,160Arts & Culture$6,900Human Services$5,640Recreation & Sports$3,900Health$800Animals$180

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 budgetJewish Federation of Cincinnati: $32,695 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetJewish Cemeteries of Greater Cincinnati Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetGreat Lakes Center for the Arts: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCamp Livingston Inc: $3,900 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY - GREATER CINCINNATI/NORTHERN KENTUCKY: $3,600 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetJewish Education for Every Person: $2,955 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetYavneh Day School Association: $2,160 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCINCINNATI HEBREW DAY SCHOOL INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICES: $1,860 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Center for Holocaust and Humanity Education: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $720 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER INC: $180 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER FOR THE BLIND: $180 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLITTLE TRAVERSE BAY HUMANE SOCIETY: $180 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.

Boymel Family Foundat…The Goldstein Family …The Bernard and Pamel…The Kim and Gary Heim…Frankel Family Charit…Meisel Family Foundat…Betagole Family Found…Cambridge Charitable …Johnson Charitable Gi…Gs Donor Advised Phil…American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…
Boymel Family FoundationOH17.9× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Boymel Family Foundation · The Goldstein Family Foundation · The Bernard and Pamela Barbash Family Foundation · The Kim and Gary Heiman Family Foundation · Frankel Family Charitable Trust · Meisel Family Foundation · Betagole Family Foundation Inc % Robert Betagole · Cambridge Charitable Foundation · Johnson Charitable Gift Fund · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust 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 Toots Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Toots 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%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    6report 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

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to The Toots Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Toots 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 34 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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