Ohio · Nonprofit
Corporation for Findlay Market
Corporation for Findlay Market (Ohio) receives grants from 42 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,170,972 to it, the largest being CAROL ANN AND RALPH V HAILE JR FOUNDATION ($648,548). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $8.0M
- Funders on record
- 42
- Grants received
- $2.2M
- Net assets
- $5.4M
What Corporation for Findlay Market does
Mission
We honor the history of Findlay Market, expand access to fresh food and support a broad range of small business owners in order to steward a vibrant public market for current and future generations.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
To manage and operate the historic Findlay Market of Cincinnati, Ohio.
$1,445,435 spent$1,391,449 earned by the program35% of program spendingTo develop an incubator kitchen to support the launch of new food related businesses.
$647,980 spent$420,783 earned by the program16% of program spendingFindlay Learn/Launch is a dedicated Food business education and launch for entrepreneurs. The program connects current and future food entrepreneurs with knowledge, support, and access to opportunities. The goal is to support those interested in, and those already in, the industry, as they build successful sustainable food-focused businesses. With curriculum-based courses, workshops, info sessions, and industry panels, and a focus on supporting BIPOC, women and immigrants, participants will find a diverse, supportive community and a clearer pathway to their next step.
$323,733 spent$45,689 earned by the program8% of program spendingAll other Programs/etc.
$1,737,508 spent$1,032,281 earned by the program42% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,154,656.
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 2024 to 2025, from $3.6M to $6.5M (+79%).
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 28% · 2018 14% · 2019 18% · 2020 18% · 2021 19% · 2022 10% · 2023 11% · 2024 18% · 2025 13%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
61% of Corporation for Findlay Market’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (61% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 9 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
Kelly Lanser
President & CEO
Board chair
Deana Brewer-Taylor
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2020 and FY2021, and between the FY2021 and FY2022 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 14 funders, grant income rose $67k → $455k.
8 of 42 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 7% 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: $706k from 5 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest The Greater Cincinnati Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money Corporation for Findlay Market raised.
From the IRS filings of Corporation for Findlay Market’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
Corporation for Findlay Market has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 30% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 37% · 2018 86% · 2019 79% · 2020 59% · 2021 69% · 2022 27% · 2023 27% — 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
38% of Corporation for Findlay Market's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 38% 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
89% of Corporation for Findlay Market's grant income comes from Ohio funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $142k arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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
Corporation for Findlay Market runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,127 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,127 community improvement nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding Corporation for Findlay Market receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $20k on record.
- Department of Agriculture$20k
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 Corporation for Findlay Market
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
81% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
92%
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
- 1719 Elm LLC · disregarded
- Zone 2A Redevelopment Org · disregarded
- 1819 Elm LLC · disregarded
- Dirt A Modern Market LLC · disregarded
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Corporation for Findlay Market?
- Corporation for Findlay Market (Ohio) receives grants from 42 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,170,972 to it, the largest being CAROL ANN AND RALPH V HAILE JR FOUNDATION ($648,548). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Corporation for Findlay Market have?
- IRS filings report 42 organizations giving $2,170,972 in grants to Corporation for Findlay Market, 16 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Corporation for Findlay Market?
- CAROL ANN AND RALPH V HAILE JR FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $648,548 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Corporation for Findlay Market 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing