Ohio · Nonprofit
WORKING IN NEIGHBORHOODS
WORKING IN NEIGHBORHOODS (Ohio) receives grants from 41 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,074,166 to it, the largest being United Way of Greater Cincinnati ($1,018,154). 25 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.8M
- Funders on record
- 41
- Grants received
- $4.1M
- Net assets
- $3.6M
What Working in Neighborhoods does
Mission
Community organization to empower people to make informed choices for themselves and their neighborhoods through community building, home ownership, and economic learning.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2023 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
In 2023, the Organization established a wholly owned LLC, Working In Resettlement Houseing (WIRH), to operate a multi-family home rented to refugees who require transitional housing. WIRH information is included in the housing development program.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
HOUSING DEVELOPMENT - Working In Neighborhoods (WIN) revitalizes and brings stability to neighborhoods and communities through construction and rehabilitation of energy efficient homes for first-time homebuyers. WIN provides families with homeownership opportunities and strengthens neighborhoods through homeownership. Since this program began, WIN has built or renovated over 170 homes and sold them to first-time homebuyers. WINs efforts have increased home values in targeted areas by as much as 25%. In 2023, 1 rehab and 1 new home were under construction, the new home was completed and sold in 2023. 2 new contructions homes are in predevelopment.
$607,558 spentof which $8,184 as grants$-17,211 earned by the program47% of program spendingHOUSING COUNSELING AND FINANCIAL LITERACY - WIN provides counseling and education services related to homeownership and financial capability. WIN prepares families to purchase, maintain, and protect their investment in their homes by offering Homebuyer Classes and individual Housing Counseling and Foreclosure/Delinquency Prevention Housing Counseling. WIN offers Financial Stability Workshops that teach people how to be financially responsible, reduce debt and expenses, and develop an emergency savings plan. In 2023, 225 people participated in Homebuyer Classes or Financial Literacy Workshops, 158 individuals received one-on-one pre-purchase housing counseling services, and an additional 186 people received phone counseling to prepare for homeownership. WINs counseling services worked with 59 families to help them towards resolving their mortgage delinquency/foreclosure. 81 families were assisted with applications for mortgage assistance. 60 households are actively participating in one-on-one counseling for the Port CARES project. 8 people actively participated in the Senior Home Repair Individual Development 13 people received financial coaching and supportive services at Shelton…
$600,496 spentof which $97,359 as grants$31,362 earned by the program46% of program spendingCOMMUNITY BUILDING WIN helps neighborhood residents gain awareness and understanding of people, resources, and processes to enable them to network together to develop a common vision for their community and affect positive change. WIN also works with residents in the community to implement community improvement projects. In 2023, 842 residents were involved in South Cumminsville Out of Poverty project and Beekman Corridor Coalition. 12 Pop-ups were held to distribute food to 116 families (over 26.4 tons of food). WIN provides Summer Enrichment Programs, as well as three youth holiday events through-out the year for local children. In 2023, 225 youth participanted in WINs Summery Camp and/or WINs Youth Holiday activities.
$92,495 spent$1,653 earned by the program7% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,300,549.
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 2023 to 2024, from $3.7M to $4.2M (+13%).
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 11% · 2018 10% · 2019 12% · 2020 31% · 2021 24% · 2022 29% · 2023 22% · 2024 16%. 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 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.
Chief executive
Sr Barbara Busch
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 10 funders to 17 funders, grant income rose $264k → $513k.
7 of 41 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 10% 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 WORKING IN NEIGHBORHOODS’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 41 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
WORKING IN NEIGHBORHOODS has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 25% 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
72% 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 WORKING IN NEIGHBORHOODS.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 26% · 2018 18% · 2019 33% · 2020 59% · 2021 19% · 2022 53% · 2023 22% — 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
48% of WORKING IN NEIGHBORHOODS's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 61% 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
75% of WORKING IN NEIGHBORHOODS's grant income comes from Ohio funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $400k 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.
Government funding WORKING IN NEIGHBORHOODS receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $346k on record.
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$226k
- Environmental Protection Agency$120k
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 WORKING IN NEIGHBORHOODS
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
79%
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 3 related entities
- Working in Shelton Gardens LLC · disregarded
- Working in Resettlement Housing · disregarded
- Working in Senior Housing of South Cumminsville · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds WORKING IN NEIGHBORHOODS?
- WORKING IN NEIGHBORHOODS (Ohio) receives grants from 41 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,074,166 to it, the largest being United Way of Greater Cincinnati ($1,018,154). 25 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does WORKING IN NEIGHBORHOODS have?
- IRS filings report 41 organizations giving $4,074,166 in grants to WORKING IN NEIGHBORHOODS, 25 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WORKING IN NEIGHBORHOODS?
- United Way of Greater Cincinnati is the largest funder on record, with $1,018,154 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WORKING IN NEIGHBORHOODS 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 41 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