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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 31-1532283

Dudley Taft Charitable Foundation Co Fifth

A private foundation in Cincinnati, OH. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 13 grants and $721,000 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2025 (period ending Dec 31, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Accepts applications

The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.

Contact person
On file
Phone
On file
Mailing address
On file
Form and materials
On file
Deadlines
None
Restrictions
Prefer to limit grants to the greater cincinnati area and the field of education

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Assets and giving by year

6 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2025

    $721,000

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $17,100,600

  • Tax year 2024

    $801,000

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $9,398,303

  • Tax year 2023

    $691,000

    Grants listed
    15
    Assets, end of year
    $8,489,090

  • Tax year 2022

    $446,000

    Grants listed
    20
    Assets, end of year
    $7,731,280

  • Tax year 2021

    $396,000

    Grants listed
    20
    Assets, end of year
    $7,273,457

  • Tax year 2020

    $336,000

    Grants listed
    18
    Assets, end of year
    $6,391,284

Grants paid in 2025

13 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Boys and Girls Club of Greater CincinnatiCincinnati, OH

    Project/program support

    $530,000
  2. Wave Foundation IncNewport, KY

    Project/program support

    $40,000
  3. University of Virginia Law School FoundationCharlottesvle, VA

    Project/program support

    $25,000
  4. Friends of the Ceeli InstituteWashington, DC

    Project/program support

    $25,000
  5. ArtswaveCincinnati, OH

    Project/program support

    $20,000
  6. Cincinnati Arts AssociationCincinnati, OH

    Project/program support

    $20,000
  7. Essex County Community Foundation IncBeverly, MA

    Project/program support

    $10,000
  8. The Seven Hills SchoolsCincinnati, OH

    Project/program support

    $10,000
  9. Planned Parenthood of SW Oh RegionCincinnati, OH

    Project/program support

    $10,000
  10. United Way of Greater CincinnatiCincinnati, OH

    Project/program support

    $10,000
  11. Ensemble Theatre of CincinnatiCincinnati, OH

    Project/program support

    $10,000
  12. Cincinnati Nature Center AssociationMilford, OH

    Project/program support

    $10,000
  13. Friends of Music HallCincinnati, OH

    General operating

    $1,000

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Arts and culture5 grants $91,00053% of the total
  2. Education2 grants $35,00020% of the total
  3. International aid1 grant $25,00015% of the total
  4. Environment1 grant $10,0006% of the total
  5. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $10,0006% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Ohio9 grants $621,000
  2. Kentucky1 grant $40,000
  3. District of Columbia1 grant $25,000
  4. Virginia1 grant $25,000
  5. Massachusetts1 grant $10,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Dudley S TaftPRESIDENT Hours 1Pay $0
  • Lee A Carter Co Fifth Third BankTREASURER Hours 1Pay $0
  • Dudley S Taft Jr Co Fifth Third BBOARD MEMBER Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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