About Cincinnati Foundation for the Aged
The Cincinnati Foundation for the Aged concentrates overwhelmingly on supporting nonprofit nursing homes and senior living communities in the Greater Cincinnati region, providing direct funding to pay for the cost of nursing care and resident services. Grants are largely operational in nature (subsidizing care costs) and often made repeatedly to the same institutions, with occasional funding channeled through the Greater Cincinnati Foundation for broader charitable purposes. The foundation’s profile is locally focused and eldercare-centered rather than issue-diverse.
Focus Areas
Nonprofit nursing home operations and resident care in Greater CincinnatiContinuing care retirement communities (CCRCs) and assisted-living providersSubsidies for individual nursing-care costs/financial support for residentsCapital and operating support for faith-affiliated senior homes (e.g., Baptist and other religiously affiliated communities)Local grantmaking partnership via Greater Cincinnati Foundation for general charitable purposes
Who They Fund
elderly/older adultsnursing home residents
About Cincinnati Foundation for the Aged
The Cincinnati Foundation for the Aged primarily underwrites the cost of nursing home care for nonprofit senior living communities in the Greater Cincinnati area. Its recent grants show a repeated pattern of support for the same institutions, with multiple awards going to Otterbein in Lebanon, Cedar Village in Mason, and Baptist Life Communities in Erlanger for resident care expenses. That makes the foundation’s role highly specific: it helps senior housing and nursing care providers cover operating costs tied directly to residents’ care. The foundation also uses grantmaking for broader charitable support through the Greater Cincinnati Foundation, alongside direct care subsidies to individual facilities. Grants in the recent record reach across both Ohio and Northern Kentucky, but the underlying purpose remains consistent: easing the financial burden of nursing home care and resident services. Among the named recipients, St Charles Care Center Village and Lodge in Covington appears more than once, as do Covington Ladies Home and Madonna Manor, reflecting a recurring funding relationship rather than one-time project support. This is a regional funder with a narrow eldercare mission, not a broad general-purpose foundation. Its grants are typically tied to the daily costs of institutional care rather than capital campaigns or programmatic experiments.
What Cincinnati Foundation for the Aged Funds
A central theme in the foundation’s giving is direct subsidy for nursing care. It awarded $402,500 to Otterbein in Lebanon, Ohio, to pay for the cost of nursing home care, and it made another large award of $349,700 to Cedar Village in Mason for the same purpose. It also supports faith-affiliated senior homes. Baptist Life Communities in Erlanger received $238,184 for nursing home care in 2025, following earlier support in the same category. Kentucky facilities appear regularly in the record. Covington Ladies Home received $226,254 for nursing home care in 2025, while Madonna Manor in Villa Hills received $164,346 in 2024 for the same purpose. The foundation’s giving is not limited to institutional care bills. It also made grants to the Greater Cincinnati Foundation for general charitable purposes, showing that it sometimes channels funds through a local intermediary alongside direct facility support.
How Cincinnati Foundation for the Aged Gives
Typical grant size sits at a $30,000 p25, $77,425 median, and $224,864 p75, which is consistent with a mix of smaller support grants and larger care subsidies. The recent record shows repeated awards to the same recipients across 2024 and 2025, indicating an ongoing relationship with several senior-care providers rather than isolated gifts. The foundation is a private grantmaker, not an individual-giving funder, and it does not make program-related investments. The grants shown are institutional and purpose-restricted, with no application process disclosed in the provided data.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$2M
Total Assets
$36.8M
Total Revenue
$5.1M
Total Expenses
$2.3M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $30K and $225K, with a median of $77K.
25th Percentile
$30K
Median
$77K
75th Percentile
$225K
Geographic Reach
Regional2 states funded
About 64% of grants go to recipients in OH.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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