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The Wohlgemuth Herschede Foundation Co Fifth Third Bank Na Agent

Its FY2022 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.0M
Granted FY2022
126
Grants FY2022
5
States reached
$40k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01

What you funded, over time

By grantee IRS cause code (NTEE).

A cause breakdown isn’t shown here: 48% of THE WOHLGEMUTH HERSCHEDE FOUNDATION CO FIFTH THIRD BANK NA AGENT’s grantee dollars fall outside its nine largest cause areas, whether because the recipient carries no IRS cause code or because its cause sits in the long tail. A chart would be mostly one residual band and misrepresent the portfolio.

02FY2022 · 126 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2022

  • Under $10k80 grants · $376k
  • $10k–50k46 grants · $650k
$5,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$12M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DEPAUL CRISTO REY HIGH SCHOOL$40,000
CINCINNATI SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA$25,000
STARFIRE$20,000
PEOPLE WORKING COOPERATIVELY$20,000
SPCA OF CINCINNATI$20,000
CINCINNATI MAY FESTIVAL$20,000
ARTWORKS$20,000
TAFT MUSEUM$20,000
CINCINNATI NATURE CENTER$20,000
ST VINCENT DE PAUL$20,000
ADVENTURE CREW$20,000
FREESTORE FOODBANK$15,000
CAMP JOY FOUNDATION$15,000
CINCINNATI BALLET$15,000
TENDER MERCIES INC$15,000
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.

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Your human-services grants (FY20–22, $340k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%CINCINNATI MARATHON INC: $25k → 16%CHRISTIAN APPLACHIAN PROJECT INC: $10k → 26%CINCINNATI MARATHON: $15k → 16%CHRISTIAN APPALACHIAN PROJECT: $10k → 15%FOCUS ON YOUTH: $5k → 12%ST MARGARET HALL: $15k → 16%TALBERT HOUSE: $10k → 16%TALBERT HOUSE: $10k → 16%FIRST STEP HOME: $10k → 16%TALBERT HOUSE: $10k → 16%FIRST STEP HOME: $10k → 16%FIRST STEP HOME: $10k → 16%LIGHTHOUSE YOUTH SERVICES INC: $10k → 16%STRATEGIES TO END HOMELESSNESS: $5k → 16%ST MARGARET HALL: $5k → 16%ST MARGARET HALL: $5k → 16%PREGNANCY CENTER EAST: $5k → 16%BEECH ACRES PARENTING CENTER: $5k → 16%KENZIE'S CLOSET: $5k → 16%ST VINCENT DE PAUL-CINCINNATI: $20k → 16%STEPPING STONES INC: $8k → 16%STEPPING STONES INC: $8k → 16%KENZIE'S CLOSET: $5k → 16%SANTA MARIA COMMUNITY SERVICES: $10k → 16%NEW LIFE FURNITURE BANK: $8k → 16%NEW LIFE FURNITURE BANK: $8k → 16%NEW LIFE FURNITURE BANK: $8k → 16%FOCUS ON YOUTH: $5k → 16%STEPPING STONES: $8k → 16%PARENTAL HOPE: $5k → 16%PARKINSON COMMUNITY FITNESS: $5k → 16%PARENTAL HOPE: $5k → 16%PARENTAL HOPE: $5k → 16%CINCINNATI WORKS: $10k → 16%CINCINNATI WORKS: $10k → 16%CINCINNATI ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND: $10k → 16%CINCINNATI ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND &: $10k → 16%CINCINNATI UNION BETHEL: $5k → 16%CINCINNATI UNION BETHEL: $5k → 16%CINCINNATI WORKS: $5k → 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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IL
NY
IN
OH
CA
KY
VA
TN
LA

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.

76%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$2.1M · 105 repeat orgs$678k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +29% since the first grant, against +26% for the ones you funded once.

105 repeat relationships — 80 still active in FY2022, 25 since wound down; 43 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

105
54

Total granted

$2.1M
$366k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+29%
+26%

Still filing today

64%
39%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 69% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $312k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesHealthHousing & ShelterPhilanthropyFood & NutritionOther

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

  • CS
    CINCINNATI SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
    3× · 2020–2022 · $75k · revenue +59%
  • PW
    PEOPLE WORKING COOPERATIVELY INC
    3× · 2020–2022 · $60k · revenue +12%
  • CN
    CINCINNATI NATURE CENTER
    3× · 2020–2022 · $60k · revenue +156%

Funded once

  • TG
    The Greater Cincinnati Television Educational Foundation
    one grant, 2021 · $30k · revenue 0%
  • CM
    CINCINNATI MUSICAL FESTIVAL ASSOCIATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $20k · revenue +36%
  • CM
    CINCINNATI MUSICAL FESTIVAL
    one grant, 2020 · $20k

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's Optimum Residential Environments Inc

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

Health
2
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
3
Cincinnati Center for Autism

We support individuals with autism and their families through programming in the areas of academics, adaptive behavior, communication, and social participation.

Education
4
Hospice & Palliative Care of the Ohio Valley Inc

Helping individuals live with dignity through the final stage of life.

Human Services
5
Catholic Charities Southwestern Ohio

Catholic Charities Southwestern Ohio serves and empowers people through God's love in their times of vulnerability. We do so through a full range of local services that engage the community in building solidarity.

Human Services
6
Ohio United Way

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

Philanthropy
7
Cincinnati Usa Regional Chamber

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

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8
Philanthropy Ohio

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

Philanthropy
9
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
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
Community Shelter Board

The community shelter board is ending homelessness by creating collaborations, innovating solutions, and investing in quality programs.

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12
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

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Cincinnati Museum Association and the most unlike its peers is University of Notre Dame du Lac. 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 backsteadyCincinnati Community Develo…Classical Music EnsemblesPerforming Arts Organizatio…Member Recreation ClubsYouth Mentoring & Developme…Hospital Systems and Health…Membership Social ClubsCommunity Support Organizat…Cincinnati Cultural Institu…Residential Services & Hous…
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 38 years old; the field is 17. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number21%2%<5yr14%5%5–10yr19%15%10–20yr17%24%20–35yr15%28%35–55yr15%26%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value21%2%<5yr14%1%5–10yr19%9%10–20yr17%22%20–35yr15%27%35–55yr15%40%55yr+

The field is 21% startups (under 5 years old) — 2% of your grantees by number, and just 2% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/118
the rest of the field
13%
844/6,412

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

111 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. 111 of the 204 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)
25
Early backer (in before they grew)
109/111
Grantees still filing
80/111
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

DE PAUL CRISTO REY HIGH SCHOOL — $75,000 · Other+127 more — $1,447,500 · Other+127 moreCINCINNATI SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA — $75,000 · Arts & CultureCINCINNATI SYMPH…ART OPPORTUNITIES INC — $40,000 · Arts & CultureART OPPORTUNITIE…The Cincinnati Ballet Company Inc — $40,000 · Arts & CultureThe Cincinnati B…TAFT MUSEUM OF ART — $40,000 · Arts & CultureTAFT MUSEUM OF A…The Greater Cincinnati Television Educational Foundation — $30,000 · Arts & CultureThe Greater Cinc…CINCINNATI MUSEUM ASSOCIATION — $30,000 · Arts & CultureCINCINNATI MUSEU…CINCINNATI MUSICAL FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION — $20,000 · Arts & CultureCincinnati Chamber Orchestra — $20,000 · Arts & CultureCINCINNATI SHAKESPEARE COMPANY — $15,000 · Arts & CultureCincinnati Public Radio Inc — $15,000 · Arts & CultureCincinnati Playhouse in the Park — $15,000 · Arts & Culture+11 more — $73,000 · Arts & Culture+11 morePIG WORKS INC — $40,000 · Human ServicesPIG WORKS INCTALBERT HOUSE — $30,000 · Human ServicesTALBERT HOUSETHE FIRST STEP HOME INC — $30,000 · Human ServicesTHE FIRST STE…ST MARGARET HALL — $25,000 · Human ServicesST MARGARET H…CINCINNATI WORKS — $25,000 · Human ServicesCINCINNATI WO…NEW LIFE FURNITURE BANK — $22,500 · Human ServicesNEW LIFE FURN…STEPPING STONES INC — $22,500 · Human ServicesSTEPPING STON…CHRISTIAN APPALACHIAN PROJECT INC — $20,000 · Human ServicesCHRISTIAN APP…Cincinnati Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired — $20,000 · Human ServicesCincinnati As…SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL COUNCIL — $20,000 · Human ServicesSOCIETY OF ST…PARENTAL HOPE INC — $15,000 · Human ServicesFOCUS ON YOUTH INC — $15,000 · Human Services+8 more — $60,000 · Human Services+8 moreBEECHWOOD HOME — $42,500 · HealthCancer Family Care Inc — $30,000 · HealthIKRON CORPORATION — $25,000 · HealthSoutheast Inc — $15,000 · HealthFERNSIDE INC A CENTER FOR GRIEVING CHILDREN — $15,000 · HealthBREASTFEEDING OUTREACH FOR OUR BEAUTIFUL SISTERS - BOOBS — $10,000 · HealthTHE DRAGONFLY FOUNDATION — $10,000 · HealthRedwood School & Rehabilitation Inc — $10,000 · HealthJoseph House Inc — $7,000 · Health+4 more — $14,500 · HealthPEOPLE WORKING COOPERATIVELY INC — $60,000 · Housing & ShelterShelterhouse Volunteer Group Inc — $30,000 · Housing & ShelterCARACOLE INC — $30,000 · Housing & ShelterOVER THE RHINE COMMUNITY HOUSING — $10,000 · Housing & ShelterLydia's House Inc — $9,000 · Housing & ShelterEPISCOPAL RETIREMENT SERVICES — $8,000 · Housing & Shelter+4 more — $17,000 · Housing & ShelterCINCINNATI NATURE CENTER — $60,000 · EnvironmentJoy Outdoor Education Center Foundation Inc — $45,000 · EnvironmentGORMAN HERITAGE FARM FOUNDATION — $15,000 · EnvironmentFREESTORE FOODBANK INC — $55,000 · Food & NutritionCHILDREN'S HUNGER ALLIANCE — $30,000 · Food & NutritionLA SOUPE INC — $17,000 · Food & Nutrition+1 more — $3,000 · Food & Nutrition
Other$1,522,500Arts & Culture$413,000Human Services$345,000Health$179,000Housing & Shelter$164,000Environment$120,000Food & Nutrition$105,000

Showing your 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetCINCINNATI SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA — $75,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPEOPLE WORKING COOPERATIVELY INC — $60,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetCINCINNATI NATURE CENTER — $60,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetFREESTORE FOODBANK INC — $55,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJoy Outdoor Education Center Foundation Inc — $45,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetProKids — $45,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetBEECHWOOD HOME — $42,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetART OPPORTUNITIES INC — $40,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetADVENTURE CREW — $40,000 over 3y, 2.7% of budgetPIG WORKS INC — $40,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetThe Cincinnati Ballet Company Inc — $40,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTAFT MUSEUM OF ART — $40,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTENDER MERCIES INC — $40,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetCHILDREN'S HUNGER ALLIANCE — $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY — $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCancer Family Care Inc — $30,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetShelterhouse Volunteer Group Inc — $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTALBERT HOUSE — $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCRAYONS AND BEYOND INC — $30,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetThe Greater Cincinnati Television Educational Foundation — $30,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCARACOLE INC — $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE FIRST STEP HOME INC — $30,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetCINCINNATI MUSEUM ASSOCIATION — $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetST MARGARET HALL — $25,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCINCINNATI WORKS — $25,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetLegal Aid Society of Cincinnati — $25,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetIKRON CORPORATION — $25,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetElementz — $25,000 over 3y, 2.4% of budgetNEW LIFE FURNITURE BANK — $22,500 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetSTEPPING STONES INC — $22,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetCHRISTIAN APPALACHIAN PROJECT INC — $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCINCINNATI MUSICAL FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION — $20,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetEaster Seals Tristate — $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetOHIO VALLEY VOICES — $20,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetCincinnati Chamber Orchestra — $20,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetCincinnati Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired — $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetDress for Success Cincinnati — $20,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetSOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL COUNCIL — $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity of Notre Dame du Lac — $17,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLA SOUPE INC — $17,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetEPILEPSY ALLIANCE OHIO — $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCINCINNATI SHAKESPEARE COMPANY — $15,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetALICE LLOYD COLLEGE — $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPARENTAL HOPE INC — $15,000 over 3y, 5.9% of budgetCincinnati Public Radio Inc — $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCincinnati Playhouse in the Park — $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSoutheast Inc — $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCAIN CINCY — $15,000 over 3y, 0.5% 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.

John a Schroth Family…The Thomas J Emery Me…The Greater Cincinnat…Sutphin Family Founda…Carol Ann and Ralph V…Charles H Dater Found…Millstone FundAndrew Jergens Founda…Elsa M Heisel Sule Ch…Marge & Charles J Sch…Louise Taft Semple Fo…Jack J Smith Jr Chari…
John a Schroth Family Char TrPA111.2× affinity52 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: John a Schroth Family Char Tr · The Thomas J Emery Memorial · The Greater Cincinnati Foundation · Sutphin Family Foundation Ica · Carol Ann and Ralph V Haile Jr Foundation · Charles H Dater Foundation Inc · Millstone Fund · Andrew Jergens Foundation · Elsa M Heisel Sule Charitable Trust 2005 · Marge & Charles J Schott Foundation · Louise Taft Semple 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 Wohlgemuth Herschede Foundation Co Fifth Third Bank Na Agent 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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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    41report 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.

    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 204 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 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Source object · view filing

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