Ohio · Nonprofit
Cincinnati Union Bethel
Cincinnati Union Bethel (Ohio) receives grants from 57 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,645,281 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($2,002,000). 31 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $5.3M
- Funders on record
- 57
- Grants received
- $6.6M
- Net assets
- $4.7M
What Cincinnati Union Bethel does
Mission
Empowering women to break the cycles of poverty, addiction, and human trafficking.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
CINCINNATI SCHOLAR HOUSE [Est. 2020]: Through Cincinnati Scholar House, we provide safe, affordable housing and wraparound supports to low-income single mothers and their children. Our goal is to empower single mothers to complete a postsecondary educational or employment program, secure a family-sustaining job, and create a legacy of stability that continues from one generation to the next. This program is located within a 44-unit affordable housing space. Residents contribute up to 30% of their income towards rent and receive access to a variety of onsite services, such as case management; academic tutoring; career readiness workshops; life skills workshops; and linkages to affordable, high-quality childcare.We support approximately 54 families through Cincinnati Scholar House each year. All families are led by single parents who are pursuing a postsecondary credential, such as a college degree, a job certification program or an industry apprenticeship. In total, 86.4% of participants identify as Black, 4.5% identify as multiracial, and 9.1% identify as white. All participating families are led by single mothers between the ages of 18 and 39.
$402,646 spent16% of program spendingTHE ANNA LOUISE INN [Est. 1909]: Through our Anna Louise Inn, we provide permanent supportive housing to women experiencing chronic homelessness. HER Cincinnati operates the Inn as a Housing Assistance Program, offering rental subsidies so that residents pay only 30% of their income towards rent. We offer wraparound case management services to all residents, with the goal of helping them graduate to independent, stable housing. Each year, we serve 85 women through the Inn. All (100%) of participants are low-income women who have a certificate of chronic homelessness. The majority of participants have been diagnosed with either a substance use disorder or a mental health disorder as well.
$771,605 spentof which $27,393 as grants$266,221 earned by the program31% of program spendingOFF THE STREETS [Est. 2006]: Off the Streets is HER Cincinnati's holistic recovery program for women who are survivors of human trafficking. Clients reside at our 24-bed communal shelter, where they can access basic needs, addiction recovery services, and trauma-informed case management. After completing the first phase of the recovery process, clients have the option of moving into our OTS transitional housing space, which is located on floors directly above our OTS shelter. These clients can then work toward greater levels of self-sufficiency while still being able to access our wraparound supports on an as-needed basis. Each year, 75-100 women participate in OTS. Currently, 62% of clients are white, 31% are African American, and 7% are multiracial. Clients range in age from 18 to 57 years old. All (100%) of OTS clients are survivors of domestic human trafficking who have a history of incarceration. In a typical year, 61% of clients report a mental health diagnosis, 98% require substance abuse treatment, and 20% have a diagnosed physical or mental disability.
$1,310,939 spent$446,959 earned by the program53% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,485,190.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2017 to 2018, from $6.7M to $4.0M (−41%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 84% · 2018 84% · 2019 72% · 2020 47% · 2021 43% · 2022 48% · 2023 29% · 2024 17%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
84% of Cincinnati Union Bethel’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Board chair
Steve Tosh
Board Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 12 funders to 14 funders, grant income rose $369k → $463k.
8 of 57 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 44% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of Cincinnati Union Bethel’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 57 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
Cincinnati Union Bethel leans on a few funders — its largest provides 30% of grant income and the top three 62%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
77% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund Cincinnati Union Bethel.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 54% · 2018 40% · 2019 24% · 2020 20% · 2021 14% · 2022 45% · 2023 24% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
33% of Cincinnati Union Bethel's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 54% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
78% of Cincinnati Union Bethel's grant income comes from Ohio funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.9M arriving through sponsors registered in 7 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
Cincinnati Union Bethel runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 11,263 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,263 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding Cincinnati Union Bethel receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $2.7M on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$2.2M
- Department of Justice$500k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like Cincinnati Union Bethel
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Ohio
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
75% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 4 related entities
- Anna Louise Inn Limited Partnership · partnership
- Cincinnati Scholar House LP · partnership
- Anna Louise Inn GP LLC · corp_trust
- Cincinnati Scholar House CUB LLC · corp_trust
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Cincinnati Union Bethel: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Cincinnati Union Bethel?
- Cincinnati Union Bethel (Ohio) receives grants from 57 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,645,281 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($2,002,000). 31 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Cincinnati Union Bethel have?
- IRS filings report 57 organizations giving $6,645,281 in grants to Cincinnati Union Bethel, 31 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Cincinnati Union Bethel?
- NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $2,002,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Cincinnati Union Bethel find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ohio. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 57 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing