Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$2,569,478

Total expenses

$2,122,314

Contributions and grants received

$2,568,436

Grants paid

$102,700

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$78

Other revenue

$964

Total assets, end of year

$1,424,628

Total liabilities, end of year

$222,827

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$1,201,801

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$1,967,373

Management and general expenses

$63,220

Fundraising expenses

$91,721

Program service expenses (Part III)

$1,967,373

Program services were 92.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Mission and programs · 2024

• LEARNING IS COOL:THE PROGRAM STARTED BACK IN 2008 BY THE MARVIN LEWIS COMMUNITY FUND (MLCF) WITH A SIMPLE MESSAGE: EARN REWARDS FOR MAKING THE HONOR ROLL. OVER THE YEARS, THESE REWARDS, NO MATTER HOW LARGE OR SMALL, HAVE HAD A PROFOUND IMPACT ON STUDENTS' SELF-ESTEEM AND MOTIVATION. AFTER HOLDING FOCUS GROUPS WITH THE STUDENTS MLCF LEARNED THAT THEY FEEL GOOD WHEN SOMEONE IMPORTANT LIKE AN FC CINCINNATI PLAYER RECOGNIZE THEM FOR THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS. STUDENTS REACHING THE "A" HONOR ROLL TWO OR MORE TIMES ARE INVITED TO THE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT CELEBRATION HELD AT THE CINCINNATI ZOO. THIS EVENT WAS THE TRANSITION POINT FROM MLCF TO FCCF IN 2019. FCCF IS HONORED TO TAKE ON THIS PROJECT AND TO CONTINUE THE LEGACY MARVIN LEWIS CREATED WITH THE PROGRAM. THE PROGRAM REACHED AROUND 24,862 STUDENTS ACROSS SIXTY SEVEN SCHOOLS IN 2024.

  Expenses $1,246,662

• MINI PITCH:FCCF WORKS WITH PARTNERS TO REVITALIZE UNDERUTILIZED TENNIS OR BASKETBALL COURTS, TURNING THEM INTO MINI SOCCER PITCHES, AND PROVIDING KIDS WITH A SAFE SPACE TO PLAY THE SPORT. THESE MINI PITCHES ARE UTILIZED FOR FCCF AND OTHER PROGRAMMING ALONG WITH FREE PLAY FOR KIDS (AND ADULTS) IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS THEY SERVE. IN 2024, FC CINCINNATI FOUNDATION INVESTED IN ONE MINI PITCH BUILD IN THE CINCINNATI AREA (BOOKER T WASHINGTON). THIS INCLUDES NEW PITCH BUILDS, UPGRADES TO EXISTING MINI PITCHES, AND ACCRUALS FOR FUTURE MINI PITCH BUILDS.

  Expenses $190,671

• SOCCER UNITES:THIS PROGRAM HAS TWO COMPONENTS. THE FIRST COMPONENT HAS LOCAL KIDS PARTICIPATING IN A TWELVE WEEK SOCCER CURRICULUM AND RECEIVING FREE SOCCER EQUIPMENT WHILE LEARNING TO PLAY THE GAME AND LIVE AN ACTIVE LIFESTYLE. IN 2024, 11,610 CHILDREN WERE REACHED IN-PERSON. IN THE SECOND COMPONENT OF THE SOCCER UNITES PROGRAM, FC CINCINNATI CLUB AMBASSADOR OMAR CUMMINGS VISITS SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT THE REGION FOR GYM CLASS TAKE-OVERS WHERE HE AND FCCF STAFF TEACH KIDS TO PLAY SOCCER AND BUILD UPON PROGRAMMING AS KIDS IMPROVE. VISITS TAKE PLACE ONCE PER WEEK FOR A 4-6 WEEK PERIOD.

  Expenses $133,490

• WEST END SOCCER TEAM:THE WEST END PRIDE GETS KIDS FROM THE WEST END INVOLVED IN SAY EAST SOCCER. WITH COACHES, EQUIPMENT AND TEAM MANAGEMENT PROVIDED BY FCCF STAFF, KIDS ARE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN REC LEAGUE SOCCER WITH THEIR PEERS FROM OTHER AREAS IN OUR COMMUNITY. 559 CHILDREN PARTICIPATED IN 2024.

  Expenses $153,131

• WEST END COMMUNITY BUILDING AND SOCIAL JUSTICE SUPPORT:FC CINCINNATI FOUNDATION PROVIDES SUPPORT TO ORGANIZATIONS WITHIN THE WEST END COMMUNITY AS WELL AS THOSE WORKING ON SOCIAL JUSTICE CAUSES.

  Expenses $223,686 · Grants $102,700

• STAY IN THE GAME!:FC CINCINNATI FOUNDATION JOINED THE STATE-WIDE STAY IN THE GAME! CAMPAIGN TO TACKLE CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM. FC CINCINNATI FOUNDATION'S ROLE IS TO PARTNER WITH DISTRICTS TO PROVIDE ACTIVATIONS, PLAYER MESSAGES (IN-PERSON OR DIGITALLY) AND INCENTIVES TO ENCOURAGE BETTER ATTENDANCE.

  Expenses $19,733

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

• SEVEN HILLS NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSES

  $17,000

  WEST END COMMUNITY BUILDING

• ADOPT A CLASS FOUNDATION

  $10,000

  WEST END COMMUNITY BUILDING

• CINCINNATI COLLEGE PREPARATORY ACADEMY

  $10,000

  WEST END COMMUNITY BUILDING

• Q-KIDZ DANCE TEAM

  $10,000

  WEST END COMMUNITY BUILDING

• SLEEP IN HEAVENLY PEACE INC

  $10,000

  WEST END COMMUNITY BUILDING

• WEST END LIL SENATORS YOUTH ATHLETIC CLUB

  $10,000

  WEST END COMMUNITY BUILDING

• WEST END REDS BASEBALL & SOFTBALL ORGANIZATION

  $8,500

  WEST END COMMUNITY BUILDING

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2024

Filed

17 November 2025

IRS schema version

2024v5.2

Source object

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