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Crawford Family Foundation at a glance

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Crawford 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.

$1.0M
Granted FY2025still arriving
17
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$393k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0181% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2025.

Health$1.3MYouth Development$1.1MRecreation & Sports$318kFood & Nutrition$12kPhilanthropy$12kReligion$11kAnimals$10kPublic Benefit$5kOther$0
02FY2025 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k9 grants · $25k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $60k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $570k
  • $250k+1 grant · $393k
$5,786
Median grant
6
States reached
$447k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY SCHOOL$392,830
CROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION$247,984
CLEVELAND CLINIC$213,744
NOTRE DAME$108,641
MIDDLEBURY$23,114
Individual grant recipient$14,057
UCSF$11,573
YELLOWSTONE CLUB COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$11,558
FIELDSTONE FARMS$5,786
HEALTH NETWORK$5,779
BUILDING HOPE IN THE CITY$5,683
FAMILY LEGACY MISSIONS INTERNATIONAL$3,511
IN MOTION$1,736
GREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK INC$1,500
Individual grant recipient$500
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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Its human-services grants (FY24–25, $11k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%HEALTH NETWORK: $6k → 17%HEALTH NETWORK: $5k → 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.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.9M · 11 repeat orgs$33k to everyone else

11 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2025, 0 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
3

Total granted

$2.9M
$15k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

0%
0%

Still filing today

36%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $17k went to new ones.

50%100%’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’23’24’25
HealthEducationHuman ServicesReligionPublic BenefitFood & NutritionOther
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

  • US
    UNIVERSITY SCHOOL
    3× · 2023–2025 · $1.1M · revenue -6%
  • CC
    CROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION
    3× · 2023–2025 · $662k
  • CC
    CLEVELAND CLINIC
    3× · 2023–2025 · $633k

Funded once

  • YC
    YELLOWSTONE CLUB FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2024 · $10k
  • TH
    THE HUNTING VALLEY FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2024 · $5k · revenue 0%
  • H
    HOPEWELL
    one grant, 2024 · $250 · revenue 0%
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
Hebrew Health Care Inc

The mission of hebrew health care is to provide highly personalized quality programs and services to the seniors of our community. we assure dignified, informed, quality care to all regardless of source of payment for services. (see…

Health
2
Health Care Without Harm

The mission of health care without harm (hcwh) is to transform health care worldwide so that it reduces its environmental footprint, becomes a community anchor for sustainability and a leader in the global movement for environmental health…

Environment
3
Healthpath Foundation of Ohio

Helping all ohioans to reach their fullest health potential.

Health
4
The Clear Fund

Givewell is dedicated to finding and funding outstanding giving opportunities in global health and development, sharing the full details of our analysis with everyone for free.

Philanthropy
5
Hillbrook School

Hillbrook provides an extraordinary educational experience that fosters a love of learning in our students and helps them to develop the knowledge, skills and confidence to achieve their highest individual potential in school and in life.…

Education
6
Healthy Connections Inc

Improving the health and well-being of the communities we serve with a commitment to excellence in all that we do.

Health
7
Montgomery County Community Foundation

The mission of the Montgomery County Community Foundation (MCCF) is to provide leadership in Montgomery County by directing sustainable financial resources that strengthen our community and improve the quality of life for current and…

Philanthropy
8
Christianity Today International

Christianity Today is a global community inspired by evangelical conviction to advance the stories and ideas of the kingdom of God. Our mission is to elevate the storytellers and sages of the global church.

Religion
9
Historic Hudson Valley

The organization's mission is to celebrate the history, architecture, landscape and material culture of the hudson valley, advancing its importance and thereby assuring its preservation.

Arts & Culture
10
The Discovery Land Company Foundation

To strengthen non-profit and charitable programs that serve children and families, including shelters and foster care facilities, in the communities that surround discovery land company developments.

Philanthropy
11
Fellowshiplife Inc

To create innovative opportunities to enrich the lives of older adults

Human Services
12
The Wellspring Group

Wellspring provides a discipleship model for individuals and churches to engage as a part of their overall spiritual development. this is done through retreat and small group experiences and through equipping churches and organizations to…

Religion
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The First Tee of Cleveland; the most unlike its peers is Red Oak Camp Inc. 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

11 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. 11 of the 20 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

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

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
11/11
Grantees still filing
3/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION: $662,332 · OtherCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATIONCLEVELAND CLINIC: $633,215 · OtherCLEVELAND CLINICNOTRE DAME: $317,969 · OtherNOTRE DAME+10 more: $119,663 · Other+10 moreUNIVERSITY SCHOOL: $1,129,651 · EducationUNIVERSITY SCHOOLYELLOWSTONE CLUB COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $11,558 · PhilanthropyHEALTHNETWORK FOUNDATION FKA HEALTH NET FOUNDATION INC: $11,026 · Human ServicesBUILDING HOPE IN THE CITY: $10,814 · ReligionTHE HUNTING VALLEY FOUNDATION: $5,192 · Public BenefitINMOTION: $4,366 · HealthHOPEWELL: $250 · Health
Other$1,733,179Education$1,129,651Philanthropy$11,558Human Services$11,026Religion$10,814Public Benefit$5,192Health$4,616

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUNIVERSITY SCHOOL: $1,129,651 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetHEALTHNETWORK FOUNDATION FKA HEALTH NET FOUNDATION INC: $11,026 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBUILDING HOPE IN THE CITY: $10,814 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE HUNTING VALLEY FOUNDATION: $5,192 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetINMOTION: $4,366 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetFamily Legacy Missions International: $3,511 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOPEWELL: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRED OAK CAMP INC: $250 over 1y, 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.

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 Lozick Family Fou…The Edward F Crawford…Connor FoundationVanguard Charitable E…American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Cleveland FoundationOH17.5× affinity6 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Cleveland Foundation · The Lozick Family Foundation · The Edward F Crawford Foundation · Connor Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    typical government reliance, FY20–24
    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 20 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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