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Alexander and Sarah Cutler Family Foundation at a glance

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Alexander and Sarah Cutler Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$1.5M
Granted FY2025still arriving
10
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$508k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0190% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Education$5.9MHealth$5.8MPhilanthropy$1.4MArts & Culture$1.1MEmployment$186kEnvironment$35kOther$0
02FY2025 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $6k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $68k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $207k
  • $250k+3 grants · $1.2M
$55,200
Median grant
4
States reached
$1.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
YALE UNIVERSITY$508,064
TUCK SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AT DARTMOUTH$440,773
GILMOUR ACADEMY$252,609
UNITED WAY OF GREATER CLEVELAND$101,044
TUCK SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AT DARTMOUTH$55,200
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY$50,522
Individual grant recipient$35,579
HOPEWELL$20,636
ALBION COLLEGE$12,097
VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE SERVICES$6,404
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 89% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%NEW ENGLAND FORESTRY FDN: $25k → 8%ALBION COLLEGE: $400k → 14%LOOMIS CHAFFEE: $625k → 11%HOPEWELL: $21k → 16%TUCK SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AT DARTMOUTH: $503k → 10%ALBION COLLEGE: $400k → 14%LOOMIS CHAFFEE: $620k → 11%HOPEWELL: $20k → 16%UNITED WAY OF GREATER CLEVELAND: $500k → 17%TUCK SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AT DARTMOUTH: $503k → 10%ALBION COLLEGE: $400k → 14%LOOMIS CHAFFEE: $615k → 11%HOPEWELL: $20k → 16%UNITED WAY OF GREATER CLEVELAND: $500k → 17%TUCK SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AT DARTMOUTH: $441k → 10%ALBION COLLEGE: $400k → 14%LOOMIS CHAFFEE: $610k → 11%HOPEWELL: $20k → 16%UNITED WAY OF GREATER CLEVELAND: $101k → 17%TUCK SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AT DARTMOUTH: $96k → 10%ALBION COLLEGE: $400k → 14%LOOMIS CHAFFEE: $103k → 11%UNITED WAY OF GREATER CLEVELAND: $100k → 17%TUCK SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AT DARTMOUTH: $55k → 10%ALBION COLLEGE: $12k → 14%LOOMIS CHAFFEE: $36k → 11%UNITED WAY OF GREATER CLEVELAND: $100k → 17%TUCK SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AT DARTMOUTH: $54k → 10%UNITED WAY OF GREATER CLEVELAND: $100k → 17%TUCK SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AT DARTMOUTH: $54k → 10%VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE SERVICES: $56k → 17%VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE SERVICES: $56k → 17%VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE SERVICES: $56k → 17%GILMOUR ACADEMY: $253k → 17%GILMOUR ACADEMY: $250k → 17%UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS: $1.3M → 17%UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS: $1.3M → 17%UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS: $1.3M → 17%UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS: $1.0M → 17%UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS: $1.0M → 17%CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART: $500k → 17%MUSICAL ARTS ASSOCIATION: $500k → 17%CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART: $100k → 17%CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY: $51k → 17%CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY: $50k → 17%CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY: $50k → 17%CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY: $50k → 17%CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY: $50k → 17%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$14M · 10 repeat orgs$1.2M to everyone else

10 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
7

Total granted

$14M
$1.2M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+23%
+52%

Still filing today

50%
86%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureEnvironmentPhilanthropyEmploymentCommunity ImprovementEducationOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • CM
    CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART
    6× · 2020–2025 · $600k · revenue +23%
  • CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY
    5× · 2021–2025 · $251k · revenue +34%
  • VG
    VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE SERVICES
    6× · 2020–2025 · $186k · revenue +6%

Funded once

  • YU
    YALE UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2020 · $601k
  • TM
    The Musical Arts Associationgraduated
    6× · 2020–2025 · $500k · revenue +45%
  • NE
    NEW ENGLAND FORESTRY FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    2× · 2024–2025 · $25k · revenue +87%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
2
Cincinnati Museum Center

Cincinnati museum center inspires people of all ages to learn more about our world through science, regional history, and educational, engaging and meaningful experiences.

Arts & Culture
3
Cleveland Institute of Music

The cleveland institute of music's mission is to empower the world's most talented classical music students to fulfill their dreams and potential.

Education
4
The Central European University

Ceu is committed to promoting the values of open society and self-reflective critical thinking. it aims at excellence in the mastery of established knowledge, courage to pursue the creation of new knowledge in the humanities, the social…

International
5
The College of Wooster

The college of wooster is a community of independent minds, working together to prepare students to become leaders of character and influence in an interdependent global community. (continued on schedule o)we engage motivated students in a…

Education
6
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
7
Albright College

As a diverse community of learners, we cultivate integrity, curiosity, connection and resilience.

Education
8
Point Park University

Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting. dedicated to academic excellence and community engagement,we prepare students of diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skill,and experience to lead meaningful lives as informed…

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9
Carnegie Mellon University

To create a transformative educational experience for students focused on deep disciplinary knowledge; problem solving; leadership, communication and interpersonal skills; and personal health and well-being. to cultivate a transformative…

—
10
Wilson College

Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.

Education
11
Wesleyan University

Wesleyan university is dedicated to providing an education in liberal arts by building a diverse, energetic community of students, faculty, and staff who value independence of mind and generosity of spirit. see additional description in…

Education
12
Cornell College

Cornell college offers an innovative and rigorous learning community where faculty and staff collaborate with students to develop the intellectual curiosity, creativity and moral courage necessary for a lifetime of learning and engaged…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is United Way of Greater Cleveland; the most unlike its peers is The Stone Trust Corporation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

18 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/18
Grantees still filing
14/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS: $5,752,338 · OtherUNIVERSITY HOSPITALSIndividual grant recipient: $2,608,379 · OtherIndividual grant recipientTUCK SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AT DARTMOUTH: $1,705,173 · OtherTUCK SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AT DARTMOUTHYALE UNIVERSITY: $813,664 · OtherYALE UNIVERSITYYALE UNIVERSITY: $601,000 · OtherGILMOUR ACADEMY INC: $502,609 · Other+1 more: $10,000 · OtherALBION COLLEGE: $2,012,097 · EducationALBION COLLEGECASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY: $250,522 · EducationCASE WESTERN RE…UNITED WAY OF GREATER CLEVELAND: $1,401,044 · PhilanthropyUNITED WA…CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART: $600,000 · Arts & CultureThe Musical Arts Association: $500,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $10,000 · Arts & CultureVOCATIONAL GUIDANCE SERVICES: $186,404 · EmploymentHOPEWELL: $80,636 · HealthNEW ENGLAND FORESTRY FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 · EnvironmentWESTERN RESERVE LAND CONSERVANCY: $10,000 · EnvironmentUNIVERSITY CIRCLE INCORPORATED: $2,500 · Community Improvement
Other$11,993,163Education$2,262,619Philanthropy$1,401,044Arts & Culture$1,110,000Employment$186,404Health$80,636Environment$35,000Community Improvement$2,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetALBION COLLEGE: $2,012,097 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER CLEVELAND: $1,401,044 over 6y, 2.0% of budgetCLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART: $600,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetThe Musical Arts Association: $500,000 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetCASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY: $250,522 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetVOCATIONAL GUIDANCE SERVICES: $186,404 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetHOPEWELL: $80,636 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetNEW ENGLAND FORESTRY FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetWESTERN RESERVE LAND CONSERVANCY: $10,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFIELDSTONE FARM THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER: $10,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetFRONT EXHIBITION COMPANY: $10,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetUNIVERSITY CIRCLE INCORPORATED: $2,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds ALBION COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF GREATER CLEVELAND ↗
  • Who funds CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART ↗
  • Who funds The Musical Arts Association ↗
  • Who funds CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds HOPEWELL ↗
  • Who funds NEW ENGLAND FORESTRY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds WESTERN RESERVE LAND CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds FIELDSTONE FARM THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER ↗
  • Who funds FRONT EXHIBITION COMPANY ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY CIRCLE INCORPORATED ↗

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Cleveland Foundat…The Kelvin & Eleanor …Richard Horvitz and E…Triple T FoundationThe Louise H & David …Bicknell FundB Charles and Jay G A…Jane and Jon Outcalt …John P Murphy Foundat…The Lozick Family Fou…The Rig III Family Fo…George Codrington Fdn…
The Cleveland FoundationOH19.2× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Cleveland Foundation · The Kelvin & Eleanor Smith Foundation · Richard Horvitz and Erica Hartman-Horvitz Foundation · Triple T Foundation · The Louise H & David S Ingalls Fdn · Bicknell Fund · B Charles and Jay G Ames Foundation · Jane and Jon Outcalt Foundation · John P Murphy Foundation · The Lozick Family Foundation · The Rig III Family Foundation · George Codrington Fdnhirtlena

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Alexander and Sarah Cutler Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Alexander and Sarah Cutler Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 88%
  • New England Forestry Foundation Inc: 88% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 18 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home