Ohio · Public charity
Dan and Ellen Zelman Family Foundation
Further the charitable, educational and religious purposes of the jewish federation of cleveland ("federation").
- $1.8M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 19
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 20
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 10%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
64% of Dan and Ellen Zelman Family Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Jewish Federation Of Cleveland, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 17 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2024, the last year Dan and Ellen Zelman Family Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 18 organizations, $2M. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Itemized, FY2024
- $1.7M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $12,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $492,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 12 to 20
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $7.7M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 10% of the organizations Dan and Ellen Zelman Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 17% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $45k 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 | 18 | $1.2M | 17% |
| FY2023 | 20 | $272k | 10% |
| FY2022 | 19 | $494k | 5% |
| FY2021 | 19 | $339k | 16% |
| FY2020 | 18 | $439k | 17% |
| FY2019 | 13 | $457k | 38% |
| FY2018 | 12 | $255k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jewish Family Service Association of Cleveland Ohio | $707,000 | 8 | 1% |
| The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum Inc | $442,500 | 8 | 0% |
| University Hospitals Health System Inc | $370,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Greater Cleveland Food Bank Inc | $369,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Hillel Foundation at Miami University | $272,500 | 2 | 44% |
| The Cleveland Clinic Foundation | $250,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Park Synagogue | $183,500 | 7 | n/a |
| National Council of Jewish Women - Cleveland | $138,000 | 7 | 2% |
| American Jewish Committee | $116,000 | 7 | 0% |
| College Now Greater Cleveland Inc | $80,000 | 8 | 0% |
Show all 31 grantees
Where it is load-bearing
Dan and Ellen Zelman Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 28 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: Jewish Federation of Cleveland · The Cleveland Foundation · Jack Joseph & Morton Mandel Foundation · Higley Fund of the Cleveland Foundation · David & Inez Myers Foundation · Woodruff Foundation · Murphy Family Foundation · United Way of Greater Cleveland · The Lozick Family Foundation · Akron Community Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc
How this is measured
Compare Dan and Ellen Zelman Family Foundation with peer funders
About Dan and Ellen Zelman Family Foundation
- How much does Dan and Ellen Zelman Family Foundation give?
- Dan and Ellen Zelman Family Foundation reported 19 itemized grants totaling $1,689,500, out of $1,817,000 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 20 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does Dan and Ellen Zelman Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (34%), Human Services (15%), Health (13%).
- Who are Dan and Ellen Zelman Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Jewish Family Service Association of Cleveland Ohio ($707k), The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum Inc ($443k), University Hospitals Health System Inc ($370k).
- Does Dan and Ellen Zelman Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 10% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Dan and Ellen Zelman Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Federation of Cleveland, The Cleveland Foundation, Jack Joseph & Morton Mandel Foundation.
- Where is Dan and Ellen Zelman Family Foundation based?
- Dan and Ellen Zelman Family Foundation is based in OH.
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