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The Watersplash Giving Foundation at a glance

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The Watersplash Giving 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.

$103k
Granted FY2025still arriving
20
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$7k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2025.

Health$54kFood & Nutrition$49kEducation$39kHousing & Shelter$27kHuman Services$26kAnimals$23kCommunity Improvement$14kCrime & Legal$12kOther$0
02FY2025 · 20 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$5,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$2.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PEOPLE WORKING COOPERATIVELY INC$7,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD SOUTHWEST OHIO REGION$7,000
EXTRAFOOD ORG$6,000
LEAGUE FOR ANIMAL WELFARE$6,000
SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DEPAUL PARTICULAR COUNCIL OF$6,000
FREESTORE-FOODBANK INC$6,000
TENDER MERCIES INC$6,000
THE FOOD GROUP MINNESOTA INC$6,000
CRAYONS TO COMPUTERS INC$6,000
CISE$5,000
MENTAL HEALTH & ADDICTION ADVOCACY COALITION$5,000
FRIENDS OF SAN FRANCISCO ANIMAL CARE AND CONTROL$5,000
COMMUNITY MATTERS CINCINNATI INC$5,000
CAIN CINCY$5,000
OHIO NETWORK OF CHILDRENS ADVOCACY CENTERS$4,000
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 (FY23–25, $41k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 85% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%HAIGHT ASHBURY FOOD PROGRAM: $3k → 10%HAIGHT ASHBURY FOOD PROGRAM: $3k → 10%COVERED GREATER CINCINNATI: $4k → 16%SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DEPAUL PARTICULAR COUNCIL OF: $6k → 16%SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DEPAUL PARTICULAR COUNCIL OF: $4k → 16%COMMUNITY MATTERS CINCINNATI INC: $5k → 16%COMMUNITY MATTERS CINCINNATI INC: $5k → 16%COVERED GREATER CINCINNATI: $4k → 16%COMMUNITY MATTERS CINCINNATI INC: $4k → 16%COVERED GREATER CINCINNATI: $3k → 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.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$242k · 21 repeat orgs$31k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +18% since the first grant, against +9% for those funded once.

21 repeat relationships: 19 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
6

Total granted

$242k
$25k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+18%
+9%

Still filing today

100%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.

50%100%’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’23’24’25
HealthHuman ServicesFood & NutritionReligionAnimalsCivil 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

  • PW
    PEOPLE WORKING COOPERATIVELY INC
    3× · 2023–2025 · $16k · revenue +5%
  • PP
    PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF SOUTHWEST OHIO REGION
    3× · 2023–2025 · $16k · revenue +33%
  • CA
    CRAYONS AND BEYOND INC
    3× · 2023–2025 · $15k · revenue +108%

Funded once

  • SO
    SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DEPAUL PARTICULAR COUNCIL
    one grant, 2024 · $5k
  • NR
    NAMI Rhode Island
    one grant, 2024 · $4k · revenue -51%
  • 1
    1N5
    one grant, 2023 · $4k
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
Legal Aid Society of Cincinnati

To resolve serious legal problems of low income people, to promote economic and family stability, and reduce poverty through effective legal assistance.

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2
Cincinnati Afl-Cio Labor Council

The mission of the afl-cio is to improve the lives of working families, to bring economic justice to the workplace and social justice to our nation.

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3
Dublin Food Pantry

To eliminate hunger and food insecurity in our community by increasing access to food and necessities for those who need it most within the city of dublin and dublin school district. the dublin food pantry relies on community partnerships,…

Food & Nutrition
4
Ohio United Way

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

Philanthropy
5
Last Mile Food Rescue

Last Mile is a Greater Cincinnati food rescue organization on a mission to save good food and get it to those who need it most. We empower local change-makers to make a critical difference in the lives of our neighbors fighting food…

Food & Nutrition
6
Strategies to End Homelessness Inc

Strategies to End Homelessness leads a coordinated community effort to end homelessness in Greater Cincinnati.

Human Services
7
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
8
Philanthropy Ohio

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

Philanthropy
9
Greater Cleveland Volunteers

Greater cleveland volunteers enriches the community and indivuduals through volunteer service. volunteers age 18 and older are recruited and placed in the agency's programs or referred to local nonprofit or public organizations to help…

Philanthropy
10
Empowering and Strengthening Ohio's People Inc

Empowering and strengthening ohio's people (esop) helps adults in all stages of life achieve and maintain financial wellness and housing stability.

Housing & Shelter
11
Ohio Tri County Food Alliance Dba Second Harvest Food Bank

The mission of ohio tri county food alliance/second harvest food bank is to alleviate hunger in clark, champaign, and logan counties by sourcing and distributing nutritious food to people in need, building community partnerships, and…

Food & Nutrition
12
United Way of Greater Lima Inc

United Way improves lives by uniting the caring power of our community.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Coverd Greater Cincinnati; the most unlike its peers is Haight Ashbury Food Program. 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

26 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. 26 of the 28 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
26/26
Grantees still filing
17/26
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF SOUTHWEST OHIO REGION: $16,000 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF …MENTAL HEALTH & ADDICTION ADVOCACY COALITION: $14,000 · HealthMENTAL HEALTH & ADDICT…CELIAC DISEASE FOUNDATION: $12,000 · HealthCELIAC DISEASE FOUNDAT…YOUTH PRIDE INC: $9,000 · HealthYOUTH PRIDE INCNAMI Rhode Island: $4,000 · HealthNAMI Rhode IslandCommunity Matters Cincinnati Inc: $14,000 · Human ServicesCommunity Matters …COVERD GREATER CINCINNATI: $11,000 · Human ServicesCOVERD GREATER CIN…SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL COUNCIL: $10,000 · Human ServicesSOCIETY OF ST VINC…Haight Ashbury Food Program: $6,000 · Human ServicesHaight Ashbury Foo…CINCINNATI PRIDE INC: $4,000 · Human ServicesCINCINNATI PRIDE I…TENDER MERCIES INC: $11,000 · OtherTENDER MERCIES INCOPERATION GIVE BACK: $10,000 · OtherOPERATION GIVE BACKSOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DEPAUL PARTICULAR COUNCIL: $5,000 · OtherSOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DEPAUL PART…1N5: $4,000 · OtherOUR DAILY BREAD: $4,000 · OtherOHIO NETWORK OF CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTERS: $12,000 · OtherOHIO NETWORK OF CHILDREN'S ADVOCA…SAVE FOUNDATION INC: $4,000 · OtherCRAYONS AND BEYOND INC: $15,000 · OtherCRAYONS AND BEYOND INCDress for Success Cincinnati: $8,000 · OtherDress for Success CincinnatiOHIO SUICIDE PREVENTION FOUNDATION: $8,000 · OtherOHIO SUICIDE PREVENTION FOUNDATIO…Extrafood: $11,000 · Food & NutritionExtrafoodFREESTORE FOODBANK INC: $10,000 · Food & NutritionFREESTORE F…FOOD GROUP MINNESOTA INC THE: $6,000 · Food & NutritionFOOD GROUP …CISE: $14,000 · ReligionCISECAIN CINCY: $12,000 · ReligionCAIN CINCYLeague for Animal Welfare: $14,000 · AnimalsLeague fo…Friends of San Francisco Animal Care and Control: $9,000 · AnimalsFriends o…PEOPLE WORKING COOPERATIVELY INC: $16,000 · Housing & Shelter
Health$55,000Human Services$45,000Other$81,000Food & Nutrition$27,000Religion$26,000Animals$23,000Housing & Shelter$16,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetPEOPLE WORKING COOPERATIVELY INC: $16,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF SOUTHWEST OHIO REGION: $16,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCRAYONS AND BEYOND INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCISE: $14,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCommunity Matters Cincinnati Inc: $14,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetLeague for Animal Welfare: $14,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetMENTAL HEALTH & ADDICTION ADVOCACY COALITION: $14,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetCELIAC DISEASE FOUNDATION: $12,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCAIN CINCY: $12,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetOHIO NETWORK OF CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTERS: $12,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetCOVERD GREATER CINCINNATI: $11,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetExtrafood: $11,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTENDER MERCIES INC: $11,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetOPERATION GIVE BACK: $10,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetSOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL COUNCIL: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFREESTORE FOODBANK INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetYOUTH PRIDE INC: $9,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetFriends of San Francisco Animal Care and Control: $9,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetDress for Success Cincinnati: $8,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetOHIO SUICIDE PREVENTION FOUNDATION: $8,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFOOD GROUP MINNESOTA INC THE: $6,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHaight Ashbury Food Program: $6,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetNAMI Rhode Island: $4,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetCINCINNATI PRIDE INC: $4,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetOUR DAILY BREAD: $4,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSAVE FOUNDATION INC: $4,000 over 1y, 0.3% 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.

The Greater Cincinnat…Andrew Jergens Founda…John a Schroth Family…United Way of Greater…Johnson Charitable Gi…The Wohlgemuth Hersch…Farmer Family Foundat…Charles H Dater Found…Elsa M Heisel Sule Ch…Carol Ann and Ralph V…Ge Aerospace Foundati…L & L Nippert Charita…
The Greater Cincinnati FoundationOH29.5× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Greater Cincinnati Foundation · Andrew Jergens Foundation · John a Schroth Family Char Tr · United Way of Greater Cincinnati · Johnson Charitable Gift Fund · The Wohlgemuth Herschede Foundation Co Fifth Third Bank Na Agent · Farmer Family Foundation · Charles H Dater Foundation Inc · Elsa M Heisel Sule Charitable Trust 2005 · Carol Ann and Ralph V Haile Jr Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation · L & L Nippert Charitable Foundation Inc Attn Carter F Randolph Phd

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 Watersplash Giving Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Watersplash Giving 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%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    12report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
    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 28 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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