Private foundation · EIN 46-4081852 · Blue Ash, Ohio · Health care

Local Initiative for Excellence Foundation

Should you approach them?

Yes, approach them if your work fits its grantee list. The foundation accepts applications (Detailed information included on website.) and its median grant is $100K.

From the 2025 Form 990-PF: 7 grants paid, $2.2M total, median $100K. 57% of grants stayed in Ohio. Stated restrictions: Detailed information included on website.

Accepts applications
Yes
per 990-PF Part XV
Grants paid, 2025
7
$2.2M
Median grant
$100K
Stays in OH
57%
of grants
Deadline
See below
Detailed information included on website
Assets
$34M

How to apply

Detailed information included on website. Contact: Carter Randolph, 10653 Techwoods Circle Suite 101, Cincinnati, Oh, 5138917144 Deadlines: Detailed information included on website. Restrictions: Detailed information included on website.

Quoted from Part XV of the foundation's 2025 Form 990-PF; the full text is in the filing. Confirm on the foundation's website before you write.

Grants paid in 2025

7 grants, all shown · from Form 990-PF Part XV

RecipientPurposeAmount
The University of Cincinnati FoundaCincinnati, OHMedical research$1.4M
University of CincinnatiCincinnati, OHMedical research$305K
Nku Foundation IncHighland Heights, KYUndergraduate fellowship program$205K
Cincinnati Children's Hospital MediCincinnati, OHMedical research$100K
University of VirginiaCharlottesville, VAMedical research$50K
Massachusetts General HospitalBoston, MAMedical research$50K
Case Western Reserve UniversityCleveland, OHMedical research$50K

By state: Ohio 4 · Kentucky 1 · Virginia 1 · Massachusetts 1

About this foundation

Local Initiative for Excellence Foundation is a private grantmaking foundation in Blue Ash, Ohio, tax-exempt since 2014. Private foundations must pay out roughly 5% of their assets each year, mostly as grants to 501(c)(3) public charities.

Foundation websiteAll filings on ProPublica

Does Local Initiative for Excellence Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. On its 2025 Form 990-PF the foundation indicates it accepts applications. Detailed information included on website. Deadlines: Detailed information included on website..

How much does Local Initiative for Excellence Foundation give each year?

In tax year 2025 it paid $2.2M across 7 grants, a median of $100K.

Where does Local Initiative for Excellence Foundation give?

Ohio (4 grants), Kentucky (1 grants), Virginia (1 grants) and elsewhere, per its latest filing.

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