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Ruth J & Robert A Conway Foundation Inc

Accepts applications Cincinnati, Ohio · EIN 311575184

Ruth J & Robert A Conway Foundation Inc is a private foundation in Cincinnati, Ohio. In tax year 2024 it gave $215,000 in 16 grants; the typical grant was $12,500 and the largest $25,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2024.

Giving in 2024 was down from $9.7 million the year before.

38% of its 2024 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a mix of repeat and new grantees.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$9.7 million57$15.3 million
2024$215,00016$17.6 million

How to apply

ContactRuth J Robert A Conway Foundation I
2948 Alpine Terrace, Cincinnati, OH 45208
Phone or email(513) 236-4041, conwayfoundation8@gmail.com
What to submitApplication must be requested in writing
RestrictionsRecipients must be public charities under internal revenue code section 501(c)(3).

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2024. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Ruth J & Robert A Conway Foundation Inc funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 3 states, the most to Ohio.

StateGrantsAmount
Ohio13$170,000
Kentucky2$30,000
Michigan1$15,000

Grants paid in 2024

All 16 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Pink Ribbon Girls
Tippy City, OH
General support$25,000
Santa Maria Community Services
Cincinnati, OH
General support$20,000
Society of St Vincent de Paul Council of Northern Kentucky
Erlanger, KY
General support$20,000
Society of St Vincent de Paul Council
Cincinnati, OH
General support$20,000
Caring Place of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OH
General support$15,000
Center for Respite Care
Cincinnati, OH
General support$15,000
Mercy Neighborhood Ministries
Cincinnati, OH
General support$15,000
University of Detroit Mercy
Detroit, MI
General support$15,000
Athenaeum of Ohio
Cincinnati, OH
General support$10,000
Down Syndrome Association
Cincinnati, OH
General support$10,000
Last Mile Food Rescue
Cincinnati, OH
General support$10,000
Rose Garden Home Mission
Covington, KY
General support$10,000
Sisters of Mercy for Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OH
General support$10,000
Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur
Cincinnati, OH
General support$10,000
Cise Foundation
Cincinnati, OH
General support$5,000
Ursulines of Brown County
Fayetteville, OH
General support$5,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Ruth J & Robert A Conway Foundation Inc accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Ruth J & Robert A Conway Foundation Inc give?

$215,000 in tax year 2024, across 16 grants, with a typical grant of $12,500.

Who runs Ruth J & Robert A Conway Foundation Inc?

Its 2024 filing lists Tim Conway (Trustee), Mary Lois Conway Drath (President), Mary Ruth Smyjunas (Trustee) and Sean Conway (Trustee) among 5 officers and trustees.

What does Ruth J & Robert A Conway Foundation Inc fund?

Based on its grants, mainly faith communities.

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