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FC CINCINNATI FOUNDATION

EIN 82-2861019 CINCINNATI, OH

Revenue 2024
$2,569,478
Expenses 2024
$2,122,314

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

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
N12
Classification
1000
Street
14 EAST FOURTH STREET SUITE 400

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE FC CINCINNATI FOUNDATION AIMS TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF CHILDREN THROUGH SOCCER.

  • 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.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • BERDING JEFF

    DIRECTOR/PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • CARROLL DENNIS

    DIRECTOR/TREASURER (END 03/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • MACKEY SANDRA

    DIRECTOR/CHAIRPERSON

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • SAMMARCO DR LAKSHMI

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • SIMON NICHOLAS

    DIRECTOR/SECRETARY (END 05/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • BLAKE KEITH

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BLAKE KELLY

    DIRECTOR/VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • HARSH WILLIAM

    DIRECTOR (END 12/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KADON KARL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LINDNER MARTHA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LINDNER TABITHA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MALLORY MARK

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • PEPPER DAVID

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • NEELY MANDY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • WANAMAKER STEVE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • WHITE BONNIE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LARSON DON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • GAITHER CARTER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KNUE CARLY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SPAULDING DAVID

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MCGOWAN DAN

    DIRECTOR/TREASURER (BEG 08/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • WESTFALL ALLISON

    SECRETARY (BEG 05/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LEDER SHELLIE

    DIRECTOR (BEG 05/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $2,569,478
    Expenses
    $2,122,314
    Contributions
    $2,568,436
    Grants paid
    $102,700
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $2,659,754
    Expenses
    $2,447,254
    Contributions
    $2,683,303
    Grants paid
    $104,500
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,773,317
    Expenses
    $1,486,771
    Contributions
    $1,711,758
    Grants paid
    $108,285

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,507,019
    Expenses
    $1,213,363
    Assets (EOY)
    $616,697

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,024,290
    Expenses
    $1,025,180
    Assets (EOY)
    $488,760

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $722,523
    Expenses
    $742,887
    Assets (EOY)
    $161,671

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2017

Tax period
1 January 2017 to 31 December 2017
Principal officer
Jeff Berding
Mailing address
14 East Fourth Street 4th FloorCincinnati OH 45202

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 26 October 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

Grants made

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.