Ohio · Nonprofit
Community Matters Cincinnati Inc
Community Matters Cincinnati Inc (Ohio) receives grants from 42 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,085,570 to it, the largest being THE GREATER CINCINNATI FOUNDATION ($649,314). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.8M
- Funders on record
- 42
- Grants received
- $2.1M
- Net assets
- $3.7M
What Community Matters Cincinnati Inc does
Mission
To build a thriving and more just community, Community Matters goes beyond the traditional nonprofit model by forming partnerships with our neighbors instead of viewing them only as clients to be provided a service. We believe our neighbors are experts in the needs and strengths of our community and should be the primary voice advocating for community needs and leading community initiatives.Alongside our neighbors, Community Matters currently focuses on four pillars of work: 1) Family Sustainability, all families have the resources to achieve their goals; 2) Education Pathways, adult learners have the opportunity to advance their knowledge and skills; 3) Community Leadership, residents spearhead community development and hold power in community institutions; and 4) Neighborhood Development, Lower Price Hill is an affordable and vibrant place to live.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Education Pathways The Education Pathways pillar seeks to ensure that all people in our community have access to the education necessary to accomplish their goals. Each year, we partner with 300-400 adult learners and offer free one-on-one tutoring to help them reach their goals to earn a high school equivalency, enroll and succeed in college, and advance their careers.
$607,056 spent$85,989 earned by the program36% of program spendingFamily Sustainability The Family Sustainability pillar exists to ensure that all families have the resources to achieve their goals. Each year, the Opportunity Hub program partners with 600 families as they navigate crises, stabilize after a crisis, and connect with opportunities that sustain their families long-term. Our Family Sustainability work also includes the Community Market, a choice food pantry supporting neighbors with non-perishable and fresh foods, personal care products, and household items.
$496,926 spentof which $71,500 as grants30% of program spendingNeighborhood Development The Neighborhood Development pillar exists to ensure that all residents have affordable, high-quality housing, opportunities for resident-led businesses, and access to positive public spaces.Key investment areas include the Washing Well laundromat, a community led, affordable laundromat; The Sanctuary, a community event center; LPH Thrives, affordable housing and resident-owned business development; and Community Supported Housing, providing housing to our most vulnerable neighbors.
$338,743 spent$158,473 earned by the program20% of program spendingCommunity Leadership The Community Leadership pillar invests directly in our neighbors as organizers and leaders of community initiatives. Within these initiatives, and across our entire organization, we are committed to evaluating existing power structures, engaging with our community, and compensating all people for their expertise and time. Current initiatives include The Collective, a group of residents who facilitate creative, community-based activities; the LPH Community Gardens and Clean & Green Team, projects where residents lead the upkeep of our community gardens and beautify the neighborhood; and the Neighborhood Action Team, a coalition of residents who organize community voice and develop community initiatives.
$231,091 spent$10,760 earned by the program14% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,673,816.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 2022 to 2023, from $1.3M to $3.8M (+189%).
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: 2021 12% · 2022 15% · 2023 7% · 2024 8% · 2025 9%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
88% of Community Matters Cincinnati Inc’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. 5 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.
Chief executive
Mary Delaney
Executive Director
Board chair
Jai'La Nored
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 16 funders, grant income rose $73k → $238k.
9 of 42 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 36% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $36k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Education Matters Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money Community Matters Cincinnati Inc raised.
From the IRS filings of Community Matters Cincinnati Inc’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 42 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
Community Matters Cincinnati Inc has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 31% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
64% 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 Community Matters Cincinnati Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 55% · 2018 76% · 2019 56% · 2020 38% · 2021 44% · 2022 40% · 2023 33% — 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
27% of Community Matters Cincinnati Inc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 40% 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
80% of Community Matters Cincinnati Inc's grant income comes from Ohio funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $757k 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
Community Matters Cincinnati Inc has grown faster than three-quarters of the 7,349 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,349 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like Community Matters Cincinnati Inc
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
92% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
88%
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 1 related entity
- Community Matters Holdings LLC · disregarded
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Community Matters Cincinnati Inc: 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 Community Matters Cincinnati Inc?
- Community Matters Cincinnati Inc (Ohio) receives grants from 42 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,085,570 to it, the largest being THE GREATER CINCINNATI FOUNDATION ($649,314). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Community Matters Cincinnati Inc have?
- IRS filings report 42 organizations giving $2,085,570 in grants to Community Matters Cincinnati Inc, 17 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Community Matters Cincinnati Inc?
- THE GREATER CINCINNATI FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $649,314 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Community Matters Cincinnati Inc 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2018–2025), and the filings of 42 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing