Ohio · Nonprofit
FC CINCINNATI FOUNDATION
FC CINCINNATI FOUNDATION (Ohio) receives grants from 26 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,868,765 to it, the largest being THE PSALMS FOUNDATION ($1,085,042). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.6M
- Funders on record
- 26
- Grants received
- $2.9M
- Net assets
- $1.2M
What Fc Cincinnati Foundation does
Mission
The Fc Cincinnati Foundation aims to improve the lives of children through soccer.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
During 2024, Fc Cincinnati Foundation joined the state-wide stay in the game: campaign. See details of the new program reported on part iii line 4d.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Learning is cool:the program started back in 2008 by the marvin lewis community fund (mlcf) with a simple message: earn rewards for making the honor roll. Over the years, these rewards, no matter how large or small, have had a profound impact on students' self-esteem and motivation. After holding focus groups with the students mlcf learned that they feel good when someone important like an fc cincinnati player recognize them for their accomplishments. Students reaching the "a" honor roll two or more times are invited to the academic achievement celebration held at the cincinnati zoo. This event was the transition point from mlcf to fccf in 2019. Fccf is honored to take on this project and to continue the legacy marvin lewis created with the program. The program reached around 24,862 students across sixty seven schools in 2024.
$1,246,662 spent63% of program spendingMini pitch:fccf works with partners to revitalize underutilized tennis or basketball courts, turning them into mini soccer pitches, and providing kids with a safe space to play the sport. These mini pitches are utilized for fccf and other programming along with free play for kids (and adults) in the neighborhoods they serve. In 2024, Fc Cincinnati Foundation invested in one mini pitch build in the cincinnati area (booker t washington). This includes new pitch builds, upgrades to existing mini pitches, and accruals for future mini pitch builds.
$190,671 spent10% of program spendingSoccer unites:this program has two components. The first component has local kids participating in a twelve week soccer curriculum and receiving free soccer equipment while learning to play the game and live an active lifestyle. In 2024, 11,610 children were reached in-person. In the second component of the soccer unites program, fc cincinnati club ambassador omar cummings visits schools throughout the region for gym class take-overs where he and fccf staff teach kids to play soccer and build upon programming as kids improve. Visits take place once per week for a 4-6 week period.
$133,490 spent7% of program spendingWest end soccer team:the west end pride gets kids from the west end involved in say east soccer. With coaches, equipment and team management provided by fccf staff, kids are able to participate in rec league soccer with their peers from other areas in our community. 559 children participated in 2024.
$153,131 spent8% of program spendingWest end community building and social justice support:Fc Cincinnati Foundation provides support to organizations within the west end community as well as those working on social justice causes.
$223,686 spentof which $102,700 as grants11% of program spendingStay in the game!:Fc Cincinnati Foundation joined the state-wide stay in the game! Campaign to tackle chronic absenteeism. Fc Cincinnati Foundation's role is to partner with districts to provide activations, player messages (in-person or digitally) and incentives to encourage better attendance.
$19,733 spent1% of program spending
The 6 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,967,373.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 2023 to 2024, from $904k to $1.4M (+58%).
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.
100% of FC CINCINNATI FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (13% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 6 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
Mackey Sandra
Director/chairperson
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 13 funders, grant income rose $47k → $644k.
6 of 26 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 6% 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 FC CINCINNATI FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). 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
FC CINCINNATI FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 38% of grant income and the top three 73%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 74% · 2020 38% · 2021 39% · 2022 37% · 2023 31% — 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
40% of FC CINCINNATI FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% 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
92% of FC CINCINNATI FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Ohio funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $185k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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
FC CINCINNATI FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,728 recreation & sports nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,728 recreation & sports nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like FC CINCINNATI FOUNDATION
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
93% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
56%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FC CINCINNATI FOUNDATION?
- FC CINCINNATI FOUNDATION (Ohio) receives grants from 26 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,868,765 to it, the largest being THE PSALMS FOUNDATION ($1,085,042). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FC CINCINNATI FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 26 organizations giving $2,868,765 in grants to FC CINCINNATI FOUNDATION, 13 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FC CINCINNATI FOUNDATION?
- THE PSALMS FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,085,042 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FC CINCINNATI FOUNDATION 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 FY2024 (financials across 2019–2024), and the filings of 26 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