Ohio · Private foundation
Brian & Gretchen Colleran Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $1.4M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2024
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 40%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $75,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $1,094,280
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 10
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $26k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 40% of the organizations Brian & Gretchen Colleran Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 71% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 29% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.1M went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 7 | $1.4M | 57% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $1.5M | 40% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $800k | 63% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $330k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $440k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $1.7M | 56% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $478k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gilmour Academy Inc | $1,314,816 | 4 | n/a |
| Cleveland Museum of Natural History | $1,000,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Western Reserve Historical Society | $600,000 | 5 | 4% |
| The Cleveland Animal Protective League | $500,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland | $254,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Hopewell | $220,000 | 2 | 2% |
| The Hunting Valley Foundation | $140,000 | 3 | 37% |
| Turning Point USA Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Rainbow Babies & Children's Foundation | $75,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Summa Health | $70,000 | 2 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gilmour Academy Inc | $1,314,816 | 4 | n/a |
| Cleveland Museum of Natural History | $1,000,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Western Reserve Historical Society | $600,000 | 5 | 4% |
| The Cleveland Animal Protective League | $500,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland | $254,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Hopewell | $220,000 | 2 | 2% |
| The Hunting Valley Foundation | $140,000 | 3 | 37% |
| Turning Point USA Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Rainbow Babies & Children's Foundation | $75,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Summa Health | $70,000 | 2 | 0% |
| United Cerebral Palsy Association of Greater Cleveland Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Chagrin Valley Upland Society Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 34% |
| Cathedral of St John the Evangelist | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of Breakthrough Schools | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Village Project | $25,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Bluecoats Inc | $8,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Church of the Redeemer | $4,500 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.2M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Brian & Gretchen Colleran Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 14 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: The Cleveland Foundation · Sullivan Family Fund · The Catherine L & Edward a Lozick Foundation · The Lozick Family Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · American Endowment Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Brian & Gretchen Colleran Foundation
- How much does Brian & Gretchen Colleran Foundation give?
- Brian & Gretchen Colleran Foundation reported 7 grants totaling $1,431,780 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 10 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does Brian & Gretchen Colleran Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (28%), Education (21%), Environment (16%).
- Who are Brian & Gretchen Colleran Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Gilmour Academy Inc ($1.3M), Cleveland Museum of Natural History ($1.0M), Western Reserve Historical Society ($600k).
- Does Brian & Gretchen Colleran Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 40% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Brian & Gretchen Colleran Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Brian & Gretchen Colleran Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Cleveland Foundation, Sullivan Family Fund, The Catherine L & Edward a Lozick Foundation.
- Where is Brian & Gretchen Colleran Foundation based?
- Brian & Gretchen Colleran Foundation is based in OH.
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