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Ab Cord Charitable Foundation Tr Nect 001576

Cincinnati, OH · EIN 31-6016786. Reported 157 grants totalling $368,903 to 46 recipients across tax years 2020-2023. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$1,500median grant
$368,903granted, 2020-2023
46recipients, as named on its returns
90%of grantees funded again the next year
$2,427,453assets, latest filing

Does this foundation accept applications?

Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Ab Cord Charitable Foundation Tr Nect 001576 did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $1,500. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,000 and $2,535; the smallest was $250 and the largest $15,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
13 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
121 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
19 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
4 grants

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Sweet Briar CollegeSweet Briar, VA$60,000442023
Wounded Warriors ProjectJackksonville, FL$22,000442023
Mary Jo Cropper Family Center for Breast CareMontgomery, OH$19,000442023
The Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical GardenCincinnati, OH$19,000442023
The Menninger ClinicHouston, TX$15,750442023
Georgetown University Law CenterWashington, DC$15,378442023
Tunnel to TowersStaten Island, NY$15,000332023
Freestore FoodbankCincinnati, OH$12,000442023
UC Health FoundationCincinnati, OH$12,000442023
City Gospel MissionCincinnati, OH$10,100442023
United Way of Warren CountyLebanon, OH$9,500442023
Women's Art Club of CincinnatiCincinnati, OH$9,035442023
Otterbein Dept of DevelopmentLenanon, OH$9,000332022
Hospice of CincinnatiCincinnati, OH$8,000442023
Humane Association of Warren CountyLebanon, OH$7,600442023
Museum of Natural History & ScienceCincinnati, OH$7,000442023
Wcet-TvCincinnati, OH$6,240442023
Guide Dogs for the BlindSan Rafael, CA$6,000332023
Guiding Eyes for the BlindYorktown Heights, NY$6,000332023
National Audubon SocietyNew York, NY$6,000332023
SPCA CincinnatiCincinnati, OH$6,000442023
Art Academy of CincinnatiCincinnati, OH$5,500442023
ArtswaveCincinnati, OH$5,500332022
4C for ChildrenCincinnati, OH$5,200442023
Recording for the Blind & DyslexicPrinceton, NJ$4,750442023
St Rita School for the DeafCincinnati, OH$4,750442023
American Heart AssociationDallas, TX$4,000442023
Cincinnati Art ClubCincinnati, OH$4,000442023
Cincinnati Art MuseumCincinnati, OH$4,000442023
Cincinnati Historical SocietyCincinnati, OH$4,000442023
Cincinnati Playhouse in the ParkCinicinnati, OH$4,000442023
The Library FoundationCincinnati, OH$4,000442023
The Seven Hills SchoolCincinnati, OH$4,000442023
US Olympic FundColorado Springs, CO$3,750332022
WvxuCincinnati, OH$3,750442023
Cincinnati Symphony OrchestraCincinnati, OH$3,700442023
Contemporary Arts CenterCincinnati, OH$3,400442023
Angels WatchBlue Ash, OH$3,000332023
Mental Health America of Greater HoustonHouston, TX$3,000112020
Wobo FmBatavia, OH$3,000332022
American Cancer SocietyAtlanta, GA$2,500442023
Easter Seals TristateCincinnati, OH$2,500112020
United Service OrganizationsWashington, DC$2,500112020
Shriners Hospitals for ChildrenTampa, FL$1,500112020
Ohio St College of Veterinary MedicineColumbus, OH$1,000112020
Wowo-FmFort Wayne, IN$1,000112023

40 of 46 (87%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.

Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 90%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 71 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.

Arts & Culture
20 grants
Animal Welfare
11 grants
Human Services
11 grants
Health Care
9 grants
Education
7 grants
Diseases & Disorders
4 grants
Religion
4 grants
Environment
3 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202040$82,580$1,250
202140$98,144$2,000
202240$98,144$2,000
202337$90,035$1,500

Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.

Where its money goes

54% of its giving went to organizations in Ohio. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.

Ohio
$200K
Virginia
$60K
New York
$27K
Florida
$24K
Texas
$23K
District of Columbia
$18K
California
$6K
New Jersey
$5K

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Funders that support the same organizations

These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.

Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc15 shared recipientsFidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund15 shared recipientsThe Greater Cincinnati Foundation14 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc12 shared recipientsGe Aerospace Foundation11 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program10 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $1,500. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Ohio.
  3. Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
  4. Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.

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Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from Ab Cord Charitable Foundation Tr Nect 001576's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2020-2023). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.

Address of record on the latest return: 4125 Hamilton Avenue, Cincinnati, OH, 45223. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.

EIN 31-6016786 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

This is history, not an open call. Foundation returns are published about a year after the tax year ends. Nothing on this page is a deadline. It is a record of who this foundation has actually funded.

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