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Castele Family 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.

$77k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
36
Grants FY2024
34
Organizations funded FY2023
38%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$2,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$7,000
Organizations funded a year
26 to 34
FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
7
Total assets, FY2024
$4k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 38% of the organizations Castele Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 27% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $19k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23
Food & NutritionHuman ServicesHealthEducationPhilanthropyInternationalOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving35$76k20%
FY202334$68k38%
FY202226$65k35%
FY202134$69k62%
FY202032$72kn/a
99% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Food & Nutrition$64kHealth$53kReligion$52kEducation$50kHuman Services$44kCrime & Legal$35kPhilanthropy$14kYouth Development$12kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

AK
NY
OR
IN
OH
CA
CO
VA
NC
DC
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Lifeact$26,00051%
Greater Cleveland Food Bank Inc$24,00050%
St Ignatius High School of Cleveland$19,0004n/a
Journey Center for Safety and Healing$17,00050%
Youth Challenge$10,50040%
Trials for Hope Inc$9,5003n/a
The Lakewood Foundation$8,00051%
Cuyahoga County Public Library$8,0004n/a
Rape Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN)$7,50040%
West Side Catholic Center$7,00040%
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All grantees of Castele Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Lifeact$26,00051%
Greater Cleveland Food Bank Inc$24,00050%
St Ignatius High School of Cleveland$19,0004n/a
Journey Center for Safety and Healing$17,00050%
Youth Challenge$10,50040%
Trials for Hope Inc$9,5003n/a
The Lakewood Foundation$8,00051%
Cuyahoga County Public Library$8,0004n/a
Rape Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN)$7,50040%
West Side Catholic Center$7,00040%
Geauga County Hunger Task Force$5,50031%
Heartbeat of Ottawa County Inc$5,25024%
Malachi House Inc$5,00020%
St Malachi Parish$5,0003n/a
Christ Child Society of Cleveland$5,00031%
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$4,00030%
The Council on Recovery$4,00030%
Providence House Inc$3,50010%
Matthew's Lending Library$3,25029%
Cornerstone of Hope Inc$3,00020%
Food in Need of Distribution Inc$3,00010%
4 Paws for Ability Inc$3,00040%
Notre Dame Schools$3,0002n/a
Ottawa County Holiday Bureau$2,50022%
Best Beginnings$2,00010%
Two Foundation Inc Two Cafe & Boutique$2,00010%
Point Foundation$2,00010%
Hopewell$2,00010%
Blessing House$2,00020%
Danbury Food Share Program Inc$2,0001n/a
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation$2,00010%
Ottawa County Family Advocacy Center Inc$1,75010%
Notre Dame College$1,50010%
Oakhouse$1,50010%
Food Bank of Alaska$1,50010%
Light House Sober Living$1,50010%
Operation Smile Inc$1,50010%
Hope for Kids Geauga$1,50012%
St Francis School$1,5001n/a
Lake Erie Council Boy Scouts of America Inc$1,50010%
K9s for Warriors Inc$1,00010%
The Houston Food Bank$1,00010%
Magnificat High School$1,0001n/a
Lake-Geauga Habitat for Humanity Inc$1,00010%
Bainbridge Area Food for Friends Inc$1,0001n/a
Focus North America$1,00010%
Dental Lifeline Network$1,00010%
We Care We Share Ministries$1,00011%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 34 recipients with no EIN on record ($122k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Castele Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetLifeact: $26,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetGreater Cleveland Food Bank Inc: $24,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetJourney Center for Safety and Healing: $17,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetYouth Challenge: $10,500 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetThe Lakewood Foundation: $8,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetRape Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN): $7,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWest Side Catholic Center: $7,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetGeauga County Hunger Task Force: $5,500 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetHeartbeat of Ottawa County Inc: $5,250 over 2y, 4.1% of budgetMalachi House Inc: $5,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetChrist Child Society of Cleveland: $5,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetWounded Warrior Project Inc: $4,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Council on Recovery: $4,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetProvidence House Inc: $3,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMatthew's Lending Library: $3,250 over 2y, 9.4% of budgetCornerstone of Hope Inc: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFood in Need of Distribution Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget4 Paws for Ability Inc: $3,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetOttawa County Holiday Bureau: $2,500 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetBest Beginnings: $2,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTwo Foundation Inc Two Cafe & Boutique: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPoint Foundation: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHopewell: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBlessing House: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetStephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOttawa County Family Advocacy Center Inc: $1,750 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNotre Dame College: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOakhouse: $1,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFood Bank of Alaska: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLight House Sober Living: $1,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetOperation Smile Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHope for Kids Geauga: $1,500 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetLake Erie Council Boy Scouts of America Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetK9s for Warriors Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Houston Food Bank: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLake-Geauga Habitat for Humanity Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFocus North America: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDental Lifeline Network: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWe Care We Share Ministries: $1,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 39.

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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 FoundationOH38.4× affinity18 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Cleveland Foundation · The Lozick Family Foundation · Community West Foundation · The Swagelok Foundation · The O'Neill Brothers Foundation · Higley Fund of the Cleveland Foundation · The Louise H & David S Ingalls Fdn · Giant Eagle Foundation · Connor Foundation · The Fedeli Family Charitable Foundation · The Helen F & Louis Stolier Family Foundation · The Reuter Foundation

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.

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About Castele Family Foundation

How much does Castele Family Foundation give?
Castele Family Foundation reported 36 grants totaling $76,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 26 and 34 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does Castele Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (18%), Health (15%), Religion (15%).
Who are Castele Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Lifeact ($26k), Greater Cleveland Food Bank Inc ($24k), St Ignatius High School of Cleveland ($19k).
Does Castele Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 38% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Castele Family 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 Castele Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Cleveland Foundation, The Lozick Family Foundation, Community West Foundation.
Where is Castele Family Foundation based?
Castele Family Foundation is based in OH.

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 84 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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