Ohio · Nonprofit
HOMEBASE CINCINNATI
HOMEBASE CINCINNATI (Ohio) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $297,225 to it, the largest being THE GREATER CINCINNATI FOUNDATION ($162,725). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 62% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.9M
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $297k
- Net assets
- $16k
What Homebase Cincinnati does
Mission
We strengthen organizations that enhance neighborhoods through community building, housing, and economic development.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
HomeBase is the administrator of the Operating Support Program which is supported by Federal Community Development Block Grant, City of Cincinnati General Funds, and Federal HOME dollars. The program is designed to provide operational support to member CDCs with the intention of capacity building.
$1,362,867 spentof which $1,152,112 as grants$199,241 earned by the program76% of program spendingThe Neighborhood Voluntary Tax Incentive Contribution Agreement (VTICA) is part of the City of Cincinnatis Community Reinvestment Area CRA) Program in which commercial tax abatement recipients contribute 15% of the value of a development tax incentive back to affordable housing (7.5%) and neighborhood quality of life projects (7.5%). The purpose of Neighborhood VTICA funds are to improve the quality of life within a neighborhood. HomeBase Cincinnati administers the Neighborhood VTICA program and the portion of funding allocated to neighborhood quality of life projects. The amount of money individual neighborhoods have available is based on how many new developments, with a CRA that includes a VTICA, come to that neighborhood. Under the current ordinance, the Neighborhood VTICA funding must be used within the neighborhood for which the funding was collected and cannot be combined and shared with other neighborhoods. (See Section 8 of City Ordinance 275 - 2017). For downtown and Over-the-Rhine projects, VTICA payments fund the Streetcar. Therefore, the neighborhood funds are to be used for community improvements in neighborhoods outside of downtown and Over-the-Rhine.
$379,061 spentof which $320,442 as grants$56,119 earned by the program21% of program spendingThe Quick Strike Fund provides financial assistance for real property acquisition and acquisition related costs in Cincinnati neighborhoods. The program is designed to support non-profit CDC organizations in securing critical sites in Cincinnati neighborhoods to maintain housing supply and/or cause a redevelopment project that will have a significant impact on the neighborhood.The City of Cincinnati provided the initial funding for the program in December 2023.
$21,920 spentof which $18,530 as grants$75,000 earned by the program1% of program spendingDAP, Backoffice and Training Grants
$27,000 spentof which $22,825 as grants2% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,790,848.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $349k to $1.8M (+416%).
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 73% · 2018 80% · 2020 76% · 2021 79% · 2022 85% · 2023 92% · 2024 78%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 7 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $25k → $60k.
2 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 62% 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 HOMEBASE CINCINNATI’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
HOMEBASE CINCINNATI leans on a few funders — its largest provides 55% of grant income and the top three 87%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
68% 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 HOMEBASE CINCINNATI.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2021 54% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
62% of HOMEBASE CINCINNATI's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $113k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Ohio funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $185k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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.
Organizations like HOMEBASE CINCINNATI
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
95% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for HOMEBASE CINCINNATI: 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 HOMEBASE CINCINNATI?
- HOMEBASE CINCINNATI (Ohio) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $297,225 to it, the largest being THE GREATER CINCINNATI FOUNDATION ($162,725). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 62% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does HOMEBASE CINCINNATI have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $297,225 in grants to HOMEBASE CINCINNATI, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of HOMEBASE CINCINNATI?
- THE GREATER CINCINNATI FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $162,725 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like HOMEBASE CINCINNATI 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 5 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