Thomas R Schiff Foundation
Cincinnati, OH · EIN 20-5678503. Reported 194 grants totalling $3,315,639 to 70 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
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. Thomas R Schiff 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.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $3,500. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,700 and $6,000; the smallest was $375 and the largest $559,844. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fotofocus | Cincinnati, OH | $1,503,322 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Aperture Foundation | New York City, NY | $502,195 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Contemporary Arts Center | Cincinnati, OH | $210,625 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Art Academy of Cincinnati | Cincinnatioh, OH | $118,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Creative Time | New York, NY | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Carnegie Visual & Performing Arts Center | Covington, KY | $86,539 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Cincinnati Museum Association | Cincinnati, OH | $85,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Alice F & Harris K Weston Art Gallery | Cincinnati, OH | $58,100 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Wexner Center Foundation | Columbus, OH | $47,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| University of Cincinnati | Cincinnati, OH | $38,250 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra | Cincinnati, OH | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Columbus Museum of Art | Columbus, OH | $32,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Wave Pool Gallery | Cincinnati, OH | $27,750 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Taft Museum of Art | Cincinnati, OH | $25,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Art Opportunities Inc | Cincinnati, OH | $22,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Columbus College of Art & Design | Columbus, OH | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Northern Kentucky University | Highland Heights, KY | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Manifest Creative Research Gallery | Cincinnati, OH | $17,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Kennedy Heights Art Center | Cincinnati, OH | $16,100 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park | Hamilton, OH | $16,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Wright State University | Dayton, OH | $16,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Professional Artistic Research | Cincinnati, OH | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Skirball Museum of Hebrew Union College | Cincinnati, OH | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Dayton Art Institute | Dayton, OH | $14,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Fitton Center Creative Arts | Hamilton, OH | $14,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Dayton Visual Arts Center | Dayton, OH | $13,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Iimagine Inc | Union, KY | $13,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Lloyd Library and Museum | Cincinnati, OH | $13,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Miami University Art Museum | Oxford, OH | $13,350 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Cincinnati Museum Center | Cincinnati, OH | $13,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Seedling Foundation | Dayton, OH | $12,600 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Visionaries and Voices | Cincinnati, OH | $12,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| National Underground Railroad Freedom Center | Cincinnati, OH | $12,108 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| University of Dayton | Dayton, OH | $10,450 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Antioch College | Yellow Springs, OH | $10,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| City of Kettering | Kettering, OH | $8,600 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Xavier University | Cincinnati, OH | $8,100 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Mercantile Library | Cincinnati, OH | $7,700 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Clifton Cultural Arts Center | Cincinnati, OH | $7,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Cincinnati Nature Center Association | Milford, OH | $7,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Welcome Project | Cincinnati, OH | $7,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Basket Shop | Cincinnati, OH | $6,400 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Annex Gallery | Cincinnati, OH | $6,200 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| 3CDC | Cincinnati, OH | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Action Tank USA | Cincinnati, OH | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Living Arrangements for the Developmentally Disabled | Cincinnati, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mount St Joseph University | Cincinnati, OH | $5,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Voyageur Media Group Inc | Cincinnati, OH | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Behringer-Crawford Museum | Covington, KY | $4,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Archive of Creative Culture | Woodstock, GA | $4,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| German Village Society | Columbus, OH | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Society for Photographic Education | Cleveland, OH | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| A Picture's Worth Inc | Cincinnati, OH | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Public Library of Cincinnati & Hamilton County | Cincinnati, OH | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Independent Living Options | Cincinnati, OH | $3,300 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Sos Art Inc | Cincinnati, OH | $3,200 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| A Mindful Moment | Cincinnati, OH | $2,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Over-the-Rhine Museum | Cincinnati, OH | $2,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Dayton Society of Artists | Dayton, OH | $2,200 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Thomas More College | Crestview Hills, KY | $2,050 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| St John's Unitarian Universal | Cincinnati, OH | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Villiage of Evendale | Cincinnati, OH | $2,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Archive of Creative Culture | Cincinnati, OH | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Pones Inc | Highland Heights, KY | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Roy G Biv Gallery | Columbus, OH | $1,200 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Baker Hunt Art & Cultural Center | Covington, KY | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| University of Cincinnati Clermont College | Batavia, OH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Girls Rock Cincinnati | Cincinnati, OH | $800 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Clifton Town Meeting | Cincinnati, OH | $750 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Evendale Cultural Arts Center | Cincinnati, OH | $750 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
63 of 70 (90%) 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 76%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Fotofocus
SPONSORSHIP OF ORGANIZATION'S GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT - Aperture Foundation
SPONSORSHIP OF THE BOOK CLUB PROJECT AND THE SALLY MANN BOOK - Contemporary Arts Center
BLINK PROJECT A SPECIAL EXHIBITION SUPPORT - Creative Time
SPECIAL EXHIBITION TO OCCUR IN 2023 - Carnegie Visual & Performing Arts Center
FOTOFOCUS EVENT GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT - National Underground Railroad Freedom Center
BIENNIAL PROJECT GRANT & 2023 SYMPOSIUM SUPPORT
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 122 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 53 | $402,275 | $3,000 |
| 2022 | 50 | $901,009 | $2,750 |
| 2023 | 50 | $1,043,752 | $5,000 |
| 2024 | 41 | $968,603 | $3,500 |
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
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 78% of this one's giving went to organizations in Ohio. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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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 the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $3,500. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Ohio.
- 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.
- 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 Thomas R Schiff Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 4 Grandin Terrace, Cincinnati, OH, 45208. 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.
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