Funding search · EIN 311416687 · Cincinnati, OH

Downing Foundation

Name: Downing Foundation grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

49
grants reported: $653,000
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $10,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

expenses religious educational

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

John Paul the Great University3 grants · $70,000
Our Lady of Holy Spirit Center2 grants · $68,000
Sacred Heart Radio3 grants · $60,000
St Patrick School2 grants · $49,000
Holy Spirit Center1 grant · $43,000
St Cecillia School2 grants · $42,000
Archbishop Moeller High School3 grants · $38,000
St Joseph Carpenter3 grants · $30,000
Damascus Catholic Mission2 grants · $25,000
St Cecilia Church1 grant · $24,000

Giving over time

$194,000

2022

$217,000

2023

$242,000

2024

Grant history

All 49 reported grants, largest first.

$43,000
Holy Spirit Center · Norwood, OH · 2024
Religious activities
$38,000
Our Lady of Holy Spirit Center · Norwood, OH · 2023
Operating Expenses
$30,000
Our Lady of Holy Spirit Center · Norwood, OH · 2022
Operating Expenses
$29,000
St Cecillia School · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
Operating Expenses
$25,000
John Paul the Great University · Escondido, CA · 2024
Religious/educational activities
$25,000
John Paul the Great University · Escondido, CA · 2023
Operating Expenses
$25,000
St Patrick School · Maysville, KY · 2022
Operating Expenses
$24,000
St Cecilia Church · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
Religious activities
$24,000
St Patrick School · Maysville, KY · 2023
Operating Expenses
$20,000
Old St Mary Church · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
Religious activities
$20,000
Sacred Heart Radio · Norwood, OH · 2024
Religious activities
$20,000
St Philomena Apostolate · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
Religious activities
$20,000
Sacred Heart Radio · Norwood, OH · 2023
Operating Expenses
$20,000
John Paul the Great University · Escondido, CA · 2022
Operating Expenses
$20,000
Sacred Heart Radio · Norwood, OH · 2022
Operating Expenses
$18,000
St Patricks School · Maysville, KY · 2024
Religious and educational activities
$15,000
Damascus Catholic Mission · Centerburg, OH · 2023
Operating Expenses
$15,000
St Edmund Campion Academy · Cincinnati, OH · 2022
Operating Expenses
$14,000
Archbishop Moeller High School · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
Religious/educational activities
$13,000
Archbishop Moeller High School · Cincinnati, OH · 2022
Operating Expenses
$13,000
St Cecillia School · Cincinnati, OH · 2022
Operating Expenses
$11,000
Archbishop Moeller High School · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
Operating Expenses
$11,000
Pregnancy Center East · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
Operating Expenses
$10,000
Pregnancy Center Plus · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
Charitable activities
$10,000
St Anthony Church · Taylor Mill, KY · 2024
Religious activities
$10,000
St James Church · Maysville, KY · 2024
Religious activities
$10,000
St Joseph Carpenter · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
Religious activities
$10,000
Our Lady of Corpus Christi · Corpus Christi, TX · 2023
Operating Expenses
$10,000
St Joseph Academy · Walton, KY · 2023
Operating Expenses
$10,000
St Joseph Carpenter · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
Operating Expenses
$10,000
Damascus Catholic Mission · Centerburg, OH · 2022
Operating Expenses
$10,000
Pregnancy Center East · Cincinnati, OH · 2022
Operating Expenses
$10,000
St Anthony Church · Taylor Mill, KY · 2022
Operating Expenses
$10,000
St Joseph Carpenter · Cincinnati, OH · 2022
Operating Expenses
$10,000
St Lawrence Church · Cincinnati, OH · 2022
Operating Expenses
$5,000
Franciscan Daughters of Mary · Covington, KY · 2024
Religious activities
$5,000
St Pauls Outreach · Mendota Heights, MN · 2024
Religious activities
$5,000
The Angelico Project · Lakeside Park, KY · 2024
Religious activities
$5,000
Serenelli Project · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
Operating Expenses
$5,000
Society of Our Lady of Most Holy Trinity · Robstown, TX · 2023
Operating Expenses
$5,000
St James Church Co St Patrick Church · Maysville, KY · 2022
Operating Expenses
$2,000
Catholic Ministries Appeal · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
Religious activities
$2,000
Catholic Ministry Appeal · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
Operating Expenses
$1,000
Anthenaeum of Ohio · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
Religious activities
$1,000
Athenaeum of Ohio · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
Operating Expenses
$1,000
St James Church Co St Patrick Church · Maysville, KY · 2023
Operating Expenses
$1,000
Athenaeum of Ohio · Cincinnati, OH · 2022
Operating Expenses
$1,000
Catholic Ministry Appeal · Cincinnati, OH · 2022
Operating Expenses
$1,000
Sycamore Trust · Austin, TX · 2022
Operating Expenses

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