Ohio · Nonprofit
TEN THOUSAND VILLAGES OF CINCINNATI INC
TEN THOUSAND VILLAGES OF CINCINNATI INC (Ohio) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $220,102 to it, the largest being THE AUSTIN E KNOWLTON FOUNDATION INC ($220,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $279k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $220k
- Net assets
- $187k
What Ten Thousand Villages of Cincinnati Inc does
Mission
Ten Thousand Villages of Cincinnati is one of a network of nonprofit fair trade retailers in the US and Canada, selling handcrafted gift items, personal accessories and decor from artisans in over 38 countries in developing regions in Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Middle East, as the world's oldest fair trade organization.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Ten Thousand Villages of Cincinnati, OH, is a fair trade retailer of artisan crafted home decor, personal accessories and gift items from across the globe. Featuring products from more than 130 artisan groups in some 38 countries, we are part of a network of over 390 retail outlets throughout the United States selling Ten Thousand Villages products. Ten Thousand Villages of Cincinnati is a charter of Ten Thousand Villages. As one of the world's oldest and largest fair trade organizations, Ten Thousand Villages has spent more than 70 years cultivating trading relationships in which artisans receive a fair price for their work and consumers have access to distinctive handcrafted items. We seek to establish long-term buying relationships in places where skilled artisans are under or unemployed, and in which they lack other opportunities for income. A founding member of the World Fair Trade Organization, Ten Thousand Villages sees fair trade as an alternative approach to conventional international trade.
$327,915 spent$262,362 earned by the program100% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $327,915.
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 2019 to 2020, from $491k to $598k (+22%).
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: 2020 17% · 2021 0% · 2022 0% · 2023 0% · 2024 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
17% of TEN THOUSAND VILLAGES OF CINCINNATI INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (91% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 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.
Board chair
Lacey Rex
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income fell $35k → $30k.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 TEN THOUSAND VILLAGES OF CINCINNATI INC’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
TEN THOUSAND VILLAGES OF CINCINNATI INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 100% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 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
100% of TEN THOUSAND VILLAGES OF 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. $102 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
TEN THOUSAND VILLAGES OF CINCINNATI INC is better cushioned than half of the 21,616 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 21,616 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like TEN THOUSAND VILLAGES OF 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
80% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds TEN THOUSAND VILLAGES OF CINCINNATI INC?
- TEN THOUSAND VILLAGES OF CINCINNATI INC (Ohio) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $220,102 to it, the largest being THE AUSTIN E KNOWLTON FOUNDATION INC ($220,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does TEN THOUSAND VILLAGES OF CINCINNATI INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $220,102 in grants to TEN THOUSAND VILLAGES OF CINCINNATI INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of TEN THOUSAND VILLAGES OF CINCINNATI INC?
- THE AUSTIN E KNOWLTON FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $220,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like TEN THOUSAND VILLAGES OF 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.
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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 2 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