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Frank J & Jacqueline D Kloenne Foundation

Cincinnati, OH · EIN 31-1629017. Reported 55 grants totalling $1,030,000 to 45 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$20,000median grant
$1,030,000granted, 2021-2025
45recipients, as named on its returns
4%of grantees funded again the next year
$6,320,031assets, 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. Frank J & Jacqueline D Kloenne Foundation 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 $20,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $10,000 and $25,000; the smallest was $5,000 and the largest $40,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

$5,000 - $10,000
8 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
22 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
25 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
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical CenterCincinnati, OH$50,000222023
Cincinnati Therapeutic Riding & HorsemanshipMilford, OH$40,000222023
Great Parks ForeverCincinnati, OH$40,000112024
Friends of the Harriet Beecher Stowe House IncCincinnati, OH$35,000222025
Ohio State UniversityColumbus, OH$35,000112021
Ohio State University Foundation Wexner Medical Center & Health ScienceColumbus, OH$35,000112023
New Life FurnitureCincinnati, OH$30,000112025
The Salvation ArmyCincinnati, OH$30,000222023
Western Wildlife Corridor IncCincinnati, OH$30,000112024
YWCA of Greater Cincinnati IncCincinnati, OH$30,000112021
Axis Teen CentersLiberty Township, OH$25,000112024
Camp Washington Urban Revitalization CorpCincinnati, OH$25,000112024
Cincinnati Community ToolbankCincinnati, OH$25,000112025
Community of the TransfigurationCincinnati, OH$25,000112025
Cornerstone Renter Equity IncCincinnati, OH$25,000112025
Depaul Cristo Rey High SchoolCincinnati, OH$25,000112025
East End Adult Education CenterCincinnati, OH$25,000112025
Faith Community PharmacyNewport, OH$25,000112023
Fast CtaCincinnati, OH$25,000112024
Green UmbrellaCincinnati, OH$25,000112024
Last Mile Food RescueCincinnati, OH$25,000112025
May-We-HelpCincinnati, OH$25,000112023
Shelterhouse Volunteer GroupCincinnati, OH$25,000112025
Tikkun Farm IncCincinnati, OH$25,000112024
Working in NeighborhoodsCincinnati, OH$25,000112025
Freestore Foodbank IncCincinnati, OH$20,000112021
Greater Cincinnati Television Educational Foundation (cet)Cincinnati, OH$20,000222023
Redwood School & Rehabilitation Center IncFort Mitchell, KY$20,000112021
Ronald Mcdonald House Charities of Greater CincinnatiCincinnati, OH$20,000112021
Westwood GrowsCincinnati, OH$20,000112024
Center for Holocaust and HumanityCincinnati, OH$15,000112025
Cincinnati Scholarship FoundationCincinnati, OH$15,000112024
Community LaundryWest Chester, OH$15,000112025
Easter Seals TristateCincinnati, OH$15,000112023
Int'l Mountain Bicycling AssociationCincinnati, OH$15,000112024
Mill Creek AllianceCincinnati, OH$15,000112024
Neurofit GymHamilton, OH$15,000112024
Starfire Council of Greater Cincinnati IncCincinnati, OH$15,000222023
Stepping Stones IncCincinnati, OH$15,000222023
Taft Museum of ArtCincinnati, OH$15,000112021
Aubrey Rose FoundationCincinnati, OH$10,000112025
Crayons to Computers IncCincinnati, OH$10,000222023
Hospice of Cincinnati IncorporatedCincinnati, OH$10,000112021
Make a Wish Foundation of Southern OhioCincinnati, OH$10,000222023
Ruth Lyons Children's FundCincinnati, OH$10,000222023

10 of 45 (22%) 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 4%, across 2 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. 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 29 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.

Human Services
6 grants
Arts & Culture
5 grants
Environment
5 grants
Health Care
2 grants
Philanthropy & Grantmaking
2 grants
Recreation & Sports
2 grants
Food & Nutrition
2 grants
Employment
1 grant

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202116$260,000$15,000
202313$190,000$15,000
202413$300,000$25,000
202513$280,000$25,000

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

98% 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
$1.0M
Kentucky
$20K

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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.

The Greater Cincinnati Foundation30 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc27 shared recipientsGe Aerospace Foundation23 shared recipientsFidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund22 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc22 shared recipientsCharles H Dater Foundation Inc18 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $20,000. 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.

Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from Frank J & Jacqueline D Kloenne Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). 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: Po Box 630858, Cincinnati, OH, 45263. 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 31-1629017 · 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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