About Hamilton Community Foundation
Building a stronger community through philanthropy — helping donors transform their passions into powerful giving and supporting local nonprofits, scholarships, and community revitalization.
Focus Areas
Education / ScholarshipsHuman servicesHealthArts & cultureCommunity development / revitalizationNonprofit capacity building
Funding Style
general operating supportunrestricted supportcore operating fundingorganizational sustainability
Topics
organizational capacityadministrative/overhead cost coverage
About Hamilton Community Foundation
Hamilton Community Foundation’s recent giving is defined by very large support for local education institutions and community organizations, especially in Hamilton. In 2025, Stephen T Badin High School received $2,384,690 for general support, following $2,267,901 in 2024 and $1,313,050 in 2023, making the school one of the clearest anchors in the foundation’s recent portfolio. Another major recipient, Great Miami Valley YMCA, received $498,639 in 2025 after $153,714 in 2024 and $144,379 in 2023, showing that the foundation’s support is not limited to one-time awards. The foundation also funds a broad mix of local infrastructure and civic work, with grants to places such as City of Hamilton, Hamilton Parks Conservancy, Hamilton City Schools, and the Fitton Center for Creative Arts. Its active programs include scholarship funds, youth philanthropy grants, health services endowment grants, unrestricted grants, and women’s fund grants, which together point to a funder that combines community-wide support with purpose-specific giving. Across the recent grants list, general support and operating support are common terms, indicating a practical emphasis on organizational stability alongside program activity.
What Hamilton Community Foundation Funds
Education is one of the foundation’s clearest funding areas. Butler Technology and Career Development received $150,216 in 2025 for general support, and Hamilton City Schools received $120,752 in 2025 for general support. Scholarship funding is also a formal part of the foundation’s work through foundation-administered scholarship funds and scholarship programs for graduating seniors, current college students, adult students, and recent graduates. The arts appear in multiple grants as well. Fitton Center for Creative Arts received $323,974 in 2025 and $188,030 in 2024, both for general support, while Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park & Museum received $109,146 in 2025. Community development shows up through Hamilton Economic Development Corp Hedc, which received $113,797 in 2025 for general support, and Hamilton Parks Conservancy, which received $164,890 in 2025. Health-related support appears in the Health Services Endowment Grants program and through Fort Hamilton Hospital Foundation, which received $108,310 in 2023.
How Hamilton Community Foundation Gives
Hamilton Community Foundation’s typical grant size sits at a p25 of $10,000, a median of $15,519, and a p75 of $40,000. The recent grants list also shows that the foundation makes both one-off awards and repeated support over multiple years; several recipients appear in 2023, 2024, and 2025, including Stephen T Badin High School, Great Miami Valley YMCA, Fitton Center for Creative Arts, Boys & Girls Club of Hamilton, Hamilton Parks Conservancy, and YWCA of Hamilton. The foundation is a mixed community foundation and its active programs include both unrestricted grants and donor- or program-linked scholarship and community grant opportunities. Unsolicited applications are accepted in several listed programs, including Scholarship Funds, Youth Philanthropy Committee Grants, Health Services Endowment Grants, Women’s Fund Grants, Unrestricted Grants, HIGHER Fund, Butler County St. Vincent de Paul Fund Grants, Michael J. Colligan Fund Grants, and First Financial Fund Grants.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$20M
Total Assets
$167.5M
Total Revenue
$31.6M
Total Expenses
$11.8M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $10K and $40K, with a median of $16K.
25th Percentile
$10K
Median
$16K
75th Percentile
$40K
Geographic Reach
Regional20 states funded
About 79% of grants go to recipients in OH.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
JOHN GUIDUGLI
Accepts unsolicited proposals
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