The Lamacchia Family Foundation
Cincinnati, OH · EIN 31-1645287. Reported 123 grants totalling $708,036 to 53 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. The Lamacchia Family 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 $1,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,000 and $10,000; the smallest was $200 and the largest $45,823. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Girl Scouts of South Western Ohio | Blue Ash, OH | $155,113 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Cincinnati Ballet Company Inc | Cincinnati, OH | $126,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Cincinnati Zoo Foundation Inc | Cincinnati, OH | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Civic Garden Center of Greater Cincinnati | Cincinnati, OH | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| World Foundation for Girl Guides and Girl Scouts | New York, NY | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Cincinnati Shakespeare Company | Cincinnati, OH | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Public Library of Cincinnati & Hamilton County Foundation | Cincinnati, OH | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Cincinnati Country Day School | Cincinnati, OH | $21,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Summit Country Day School | Cincinnati, OH | $20,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Last Mile Food Rescue | Cincinnati, OH | $16,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park | Cincinnati, OH | $12,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| University of Cincinnati Foundation | Cincinnati, OH | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Girl Scouts of the United States of America | New York, NY | $11,223 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Albuquerque Academy Educational Foundation | Albuquerque, NM | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Cincinnati Public Radio Inc | Cincinnati, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Madeleine H Gordon Dba Gift of Life Foundation | Cincinnati, OH | $8,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Tender Mercies Inc | Cincinnati, OH | $5,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Vent Haven Museum | Harrison, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cornell University | Ithaca, NY | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Heart & Soul Animal Sanctuary | Santa Fe, NM | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Artswave | Cincinnati, OH | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Chautauqua Foundation | Chautauqua, NY | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Dominican Mission Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Impact 100 Inc | Cincinnati, OH | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| St Joseph Infant & Maternity Home | Cincinnati, OH | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| National Underground Railroad Freedom Center Inc | Cincinnati, OH | $2,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Freestore Food Bank Inc | Cincinnati, OH | $2,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Friends of Harriet Beecher Stowe House | Cincinnati, OH | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Mississippi Center for Justice | Jackson, MS | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| SPCA | New York, NY | $2,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| St Joseph's Indian School | Chamberlain, SD | $2,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| YWCA of Greater Cincinnati | Cincinnati, OH | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Crayons to Computers | Cincinnati, OH | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Inner City Youth Opportunities | Cincinnati, OH | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Cincinnati Nature Center | Milford, OH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cincinnati Opera Association | Cincinnati, OH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cise Foundation | Cincinnati, OH | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Delray Beach Youth Tennis Foundation | Boynton Beach, FL | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati | Cincinnati, OH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Gamble Montessori High School Foundation | Cincinnati, OH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Our Daily Bread Soup Kitchen Inc | Lima, OH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Parkinson's Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Public Media Connect | Cincinnati, OH | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Southern Poverty Law Center Inc | Montgomery, AL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Catholic University of America | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Research Foundation | Rye Brook, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The New York Times Communities Fund | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| YMCA of Greater Cincinnati Inc | Cincinnati, OH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| First Step Home Inc | Cincinnati, OH | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Greater Cincinnati Television Educational Foundation | Cincinnati, OH | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ronald Mcdonald House Charities of Greater Cincinnati Inc | Cincinnati, OH | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Rothenberg Preparatory Academy | Cincinnati, OH | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Inner-City Tennis Project | Cincinnati, OH | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
33 of 53 (62%) 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 68%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. 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 kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 82 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 35 | $193,200 | $1,000 |
| 2022 | 26 | $164,290 | $1,000 |
| 2023 | 34 | $195,046 | $1,000 |
| 2024 | 28 | $155,500 | $1,000 |
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
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 88% 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 $1,000. 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 The Lamacchia Family 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: 7800 Deer Crossing Lane, Cincinnati, OH, 45243. 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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