Ohio · Nonprofit
GROUNDWORK CINCINNATIMILL CREEK
GROUNDWORK CINCINNATIMILL CREEK (Ohio) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $140,311 to it, the largest being NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION ($32,811). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2017
- $332k
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $140k
- Net assets
- $110k
What Groundwork Cincinnatimill Creek does
Mission
To serve as catalyst for developing sustainability in the mill creek watershed through community-based planning and empowerment, environmental education, and economically sound ecological restoration.
As stated on its FY2017 Form 990.
Program
The development of a mill creek greenway system that improves water quality, the aquatic and wildlife habitat, and improves the overall health of the mill creek corridor ecosystem.
The first program described on its most recent Form 990, which lists programs largest first by expense.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2018: the base broadened from 4 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $59k → $81k.
From the IRS filings of GROUNDWORK CINCINNATIMILL CREEK’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
GROUNDWORK CINCINNATIMILL CREEK has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 23% 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
28% 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 GROUNDWORK CINCINNATIMILL CREEK.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 55% · 2018 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.
Where its funders are
GROUNDWORK CINCINNATIMILL CREEK draws 70% of its grant income from funders outside Ohio, across 4 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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.
Government funding GROUNDWORK CINCINNATIMILL CREEK receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $25k on record.
- Department of the Interior$25k
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 GROUNDWORK CINCINNATIMILL CREEK
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
82% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
81%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for GROUNDWORK CINCINNATIMILL CREEK: 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 GROUNDWORK CINCINNATIMILL CREEK?
- GROUNDWORK CINCINNATIMILL CREEK (Ohio) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $140,311 to it, the largest being NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION ($32,811). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does GROUNDWORK CINCINNATIMILL CREEK have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $140,311 in grants to GROUNDWORK CINCINNATIMILL CREEK, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GROUNDWORK CINCINNATIMILL CREEK?
- NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $32,811 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GROUNDWORK CINCINNATIMILL CREEK 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 FY2017 (financials across 2017–2017), and the filings of 8 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