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The Wyler Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$866k
Granted FY2024still arriving
45
Grants FY2024still arriving
7
States reached
$250k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Arts & Culture$2.4MHealth$2.3MPhilanthropy$1.6MHuman Services$700kYouth Development$631kEducation$368kCommunity Improvement$149kRecreation & Sports$137kOther$0
02FY2024 · 45 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k32 grants · $84k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $115k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $416k
  • $250k+1 grant · $250k
$5,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$7.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NCH HEALTHCARE SYSTEM$250,000
LINDNER CENTER OF HOPE$166,667
BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER CINCI$100,000
UC FOUNDATION$99,700
PELOTONIA$50,000
PROKIDS$25,000
MAKE A WISH OH KY AND IN$20,000
ST JOSEPH CHILDREN'S HOME$20,000
BOYS HOPE GIRLS HOPE$10,040
BOYS HOPE GIRLS HOPE CINCINNATI$10,000
THE MATTHEW MANGINE JR FOUNDATION$10,000
YEW DELL BOTANICAL GARDENS$10,000
RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE$10,000
THE PARKLANDS OF FLOYD FORK$7,500
VETERANS ASSOCIATE (VAREP)$7,500
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 (FY17–24, $178k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 79% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%BOYS HOPE GIRLS HOPE: $10k → 21%NEW ALBANY CHARITY RUN: $500 → 15%THE WELCOME HOUSE INC: $5k → 17%CHILDREN'S HOME OF NORTHERN KENTUCK: $10k → 11%CHILDREN'S HOME OF NORTHERN KENTUCK: $10k → 11%CHILDREN'S HOME OF NORTHERN KENTUCK: $6k → 11%CHILDREN'S HOME OF NORTHERN KENTUCK: $6k → 11%THE POINT ARC: $3k → 11%LIGHTHOUSE YOUTH SERVICES: $10k → 16%LIFE LEARNING CENTER: $2k → 11%LIGHTHOUSE YOUTH SERVICES: $6k → 16%FIRST STEP HOME: $3k → 16%LADD INC: $3k → 16%LADD INC: $3k → 16%LADD INC: $1k → 16%LADD INC: $500 → 16%STEPPING STONES: $5k → 16%STEPPING STONES: $5k → 16%STEPPING STONES: $5k → 16%STEPPING STONES: $5k → 16%STEPPING STONES: $5k → 16%STEPPING STONES: $5k → 16%STEPPING STONES: $5k → 16%STEPPING STONES: $5k → 16%CINCINNATI WORKS: $15k → 16%CINCINNATI WORKS: $15k → 16%CINCINNATI WORKS: $10k → 16%CINCINNATI WORKS: $10k → 16%THE CINCINNATI SQUASH ACADEMY: $3k → 16%THE CINCINNATI SQUASH ACADEMY: $3k → 16%EMMANUEL COMMUNITY CENTER: $3k → 16%THE CINCINNATI SQUASH ACADEMY: $2k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
MI
NY
IN
OH
CA
CO
MO
KY
VA
MD
AZ
TN
NC
DC
TX
FL
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.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$7.5M · 71 repeat orgs$1.3M to everyone else

71 repeat relationships: 18 still active in FY2024, 53 since wound down; 26 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

71
101

Total granted

$7.5M
$875k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+20%
+24%

Still filing today

56%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 50% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $429k 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
HealthAnimalsHuman ServicesArts & CulturePhilanthropyEducationOther
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

  • TU
    THE UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI FOUNDATION
    3× · 2018–2020 · $965k · revenue +20%
  • P
    PELOTONIA
    5× · 2019–2024 · $258k · revenue +217%
  • TC
    The Christ Hospital Foundation
    2× · 2018–2023 · $105k · revenue +244%

Funded once

  • CB
    CINCINNATI BASEBALL MUSEUM
    one grant, 2019 · $280k · revenue -12%
  • KW
    KENTUCKY WOUNDED HEROES INC
    one grant, 2023 · $59k · revenue -51% · 27% of their budget
  • AE
    AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH
    one grant, 2017 · $50k · revenue +0%
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
Cincinnati Animal Care Humane Society

We meet the immediate needs of animals in our community through individualized care, life saving solutions, and temporary shelter en-route to a safe, compatible home. we envision a community where all animals are valued, protected and have…

Animals
2
Pets in Need of Greater Cincinnati Inc

To provide affordable, high-quality veterinary care to allow individuals and families of limited means to enjoy benefits of healthy and responsible pet ownership. Anyone who wants to share a loving home with a pet should have access to…

Animals
3
The Greater Cincinnati Foundation

As a trusted and connected partner, we inspire generous people to invest in a more equitable and vibrant region now and for generations to come.

Philanthropy
4
Ohio United Way

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

Philanthropy
5
Cincinnati Zoo Foundation Inc

Perform fundraising functions, provide financial support, carryout the purpose and otherwise operating for the benefit of the zoological society of cincinnati.

Animals
6
Children's Hospital Medical Center

Cincinnati children's hospital medical center will be the leader in improving child health. cincinnati children's will provide child health and transform delivery of care through fully integrated, globally recognized research, education,…

Health
7
Cintrifuse

To empower Cincinnati entrepreneurs to launch bold, scalable startups; and we work to improve the odds of those startups growing into transformational companies.

Community Improvement
8
Cincinnati Usa Regional Chamber

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

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9
Philanthropy Ohio

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

Philanthropy
10
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
11
Columbus Zoological Park Association

Empowering people. saving wildlife.

Animals
12
Animal Care Sanctuary

Animal care sanctuary's lifesaving mission as a no kill organization envisions a community that promotes turning compassion into action for companion animals by: 1.) adopting healthy pet companions into loving homes. 2.) promoting the…

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Whas Crusade for Children Inc; the most unlike its peers is Rescue Me Animal Advocacy. 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

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

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 109 of the 200 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
17
Early backer (in before they grew)
106/109
Grantees still filing
71/109
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UC FOUNDATION: $1,350,200 · OtherUC FOUNDATIONBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GR CINCINNATI: $403,105 · OtherBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GR CINCINNATILINDNER CENTER OF HOPE: $333,334 · OtherLINDNER CENTER OF HOPENATIONWIDE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUN: $270,000 · OtherNATIONWIDE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUN+135 more: $1,474,103 · Other+135 moreCINCINNATI MUSEUM ASSOCIATION: $2,100,000 · Arts & CultureCINCINNATI MUSEUM ASSOCIATIONCINCINNATI BASEBALL MUSEUM: $280,000 · Arts & CultureCINCINNATI BASEBALL MUSEUM+7 more: $43,900 · Arts & CultureTHE UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI FOUNDATION: $965,000 · PhilanthropyTHE UNIVERSITY O…United Way of Greater Cincinnati: $200,000 · PhilanthropyUnited Way of Gr…+6 more: $84,000 · Philanthropy+6 moreNCH HEALTHCARE SYSTEM INC: $250,000 · HealthThe Christ Hospital Foundation: $105,000 · HealthAmerican Heart Association Inc: $60,000 · HealthThe Karen Wellington Memorial Foundation: $52,000 · HealthLiving with Change: $40,000 · Health+17 more: $73,250 · HealthPELOTONIA: $257,500 · EducationTeach for America Inc: $40,000 · EducationTHE CHATFIELD EDGE: $27,500 · EducationI Would Rather Be Reading: $13,150 · Education+3 more: $14,000 · EducationKENTUCKY WOUNDED HEROES INC: $59,346 · Human ServicesCINCINNATI WORKS: $50,000 · Human ServicesSTEPPING STONES INC: $40,000 · Human ServicesChildren's Home of Northern Kentucky Inc: $32,250 · Human ServicesLIGHTHOUSE YOUTH SERVICES: $16,000 · Human ServicesEmanuel Community Center DBA Cincinnati Squash Academy: $10,500 · Human ServicesHOPE IGNITES: $10,040 · Human Services+6 more: $19,500 · Human ServicesBon Secours Mercy Health Foundation: $80,000 · ReligionCISE: $75,000 · Religion
Other$3,830,742Arts & Culture$2,423,900Philanthropy$1,249,000Health$580,250Education$352,150Human Services$237,636Religion$155,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCINCINNATI MUSEUM ASSOCIATION: $2,100,000 over 6y, 4.2% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI FOUNDATION: $965,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetCINCINNATI BASEBALL MUSEUM: $280,000 over 1y, 8.5% of budgetPELOTONIA: $257,500 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetNCH HEALTHCARE SYSTEM INC: $250,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetUnited Way of Greater Cincinnati: $200,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetThe Christ Hospital Foundation: $105,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER CINCINNATI: $100,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetBon Secours Mercy Health Foundation: $80,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCincinnati Parks Foundation: $76,000 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetCISE: $75,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $60,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetKENTUCKY WOUNDED HEROES INC: $59,346 over 1y, 27% of budgetThe Karen Wellington Memorial Foundation: $52,000 over 8y, 1.3% of budgetAMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCINCINNATI WORKS: $50,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetHOSPICE OF CINCINNATI INCORPORATED: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE SPRINGFIELD FOUNDATION: $40,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $40,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTEPPING STONES INC: $40,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetLiving with Change: $40,000 over 5y, 3.1% of budgetChildren's Home of Northern Kentucky Inc: $32,250 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTIM TEBOW FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetProKids: $28,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE CHATFIELD EDGE: $27,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetBethany House Services Inc: $20,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetYEW DELL INC: $20,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetTHE MATTHEW MANGINE JR FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 2y, 4.0% of budgetCLERMONT COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY: $20,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetLIGHTHOUSE YOUTH SERVICES: $16,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetInter Parish Ministry Inc: $16,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetANDY AND JORDAN DALTON FOUNDATION: $15,500 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetZERO PROSTATE CANCER: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWELCOME HOUSE INC: $15,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetI Would Rather Be Reading: $13,150 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetSARCOMA FOUNDATION OF AMERICA: $12,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budget21ST CENTURY PARKS INC: $12,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCHILDHOOD FOOD SOLUTIONS: $11,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetEmanuel Community Center DBA Cincinnati Squash Academy: $10,500 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetHOPE IGNITES: $10,040 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF OKI PARTNERS: $10,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetPINK RIBBON GOOD INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCincinnati Institute of Fine Arts: $10,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBIGGER THAN SNEAKERS: $9,000 over 2y, 13% of budgetTAFT MUSEUM OF ART: $8,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetDAVE PARKER 39 FOUNDATION: $7,750 over 3y, 5.7% of budgetNMDP FOUNDATION: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLiving Arrangements for the Developmentally Disabled Inc: $6,500 over 4y, 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.

  • Who funds CINCINNATI MUSEUM ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds THE UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CINCINNATI BASEBALL MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds PELOTONIA ↗
  • Who funds NCH HEALTHCARE SYSTEM INC ↗
  • Who funds United Way of Greater Cincinnati ↗
  • Who funds The Christ Hospital Foundation ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER CINCINNATI ↗
  • Who funds Bon Secours Mercy Health Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Cincinnati Parks Foundation ↗
  • Who funds CISE ↗
  • Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds KENTUCKY WOUNDED HEROES INC ↗
  • Who funds The Karen Wellington Memorial Foundation ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH ↗
  • Who funds CINCINNATI WORKS ↗
  • Who funds HOSPICE OF CINCINNATI INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds THE SPRINGFIELD FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Teach for America Inc ↗
  • Who funds STEPPING STONES INC ↗
  • Who funds Living with Change ↗
  • Who funds Children's Home of Northern Kentucky Inc ↗
  • Who funds TIM TEBOW FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds ProKids ↗
  • Who funds THE CHATFIELD EDGE ↗
  • Who funds Bethany House Services Inc ↗

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…Johnson Charitable Gi…The Thomas J Emery Me…Andrew Jergens Founda…Farmer Family Foundat…Carol Ann and Ralph V…Marge & Charles J Sch…Robert H & Susan F Ca…Hcs FoundationPfau Charitable Found…Millstone FundElsa M Heisel Sule Ch…
The Greater Cincinnati FoundationOH63× affinity40 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Greater Cincinnati Foundation · Johnson Charitable Gift Fund · The Thomas J Emery Memorial · Andrew Jergens Foundation · Farmer Family Foundation · Carol Ann and Ralph V Haile Jr Foundation · Marge & Charles J Schott Foundation · Robert H & Susan F Castellini Foundation · Hcs Foundation · Pfau Charitable Foundation · Millstone Fund · Elsa M Heisel Sule Charitable Trust 2005

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 Wyler Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Wyler Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%2%8%17%30%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
    3get no government money at all
    29report 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 200 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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