Ohio · Private foundation
Dean and Carol Mueller Family Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $120k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 2
- Grants FY2025
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $110,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $110,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 15
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.8M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Dean and Carol Mueller Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 2 | $120k | 50% |
| FY2024 | 3 | $225k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $275k | 40% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $286k | 13% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $341k | 11% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $300k | 20% |
| FY2019 | 15 | $265k | 60% |
| FY2018 | 11 | $257k | 45% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Cleveland Animal Protective League | $1,050,000 | 9 | 2% |
| Western Reserve Historical Society | $195,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Ronald McDonald House Charities of Northeast Ohio Inc | $125,000 | 5 | 1% |
| The Gathering Place | $100,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Friendship Animal Protective League | $80,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Greater Cleveland Food Bank Inc | $75,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Village Project | $40,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Recovery Center of Medina County | $40,000 | 4 | 2% |
| The Children's Museum of Cleveland | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Cleveland Animal Protective League | $1,050,000 | 9 | 2% |
| Western Reserve Historical Society | $195,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Ronald McDonald House Charities of Northeast Ohio Inc | $125,000 | 5 | 1% |
| The Gathering Place | $100,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Friendship Animal Protective League | $80,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Greater Cleveland Food Bank Inc | $75,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Village Project | $40,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Recovery Center of Medina County | $40,000 | 4 | 2% |
| The Children's Museum of Cleveland | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Houston Humane Society | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Orchard Friends School | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Hospice of the Western Reserve Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Special Olympics Ohio Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Umoja Jaguars | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mdrc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Special Spaces Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ed Keating Center Inc | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| 103rd Ovi Memorial Foundation | $200 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($484k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Dean and Carol Mueller Family Foundation supplied at peak.
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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.
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How this is measured
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About Dean and Carol Mueller Family Foundation
- How much does Dean and Carol Mueller Family Foundation give?
- Dean and Carol Mueller Family Foundation reported 2 grants totaling $120,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 15 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Dean and Carol Mueller Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Animals (50%), Health (24%), Arts & Culture (10%).
- Who are Dean and Carol Mueller Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Cleveland Animal Protective League ($1.1M), Western Reserve Historical Society ($195k), Ronald McDonald House Charities of Northeast Ohio Inc ($125k).
- Does Dean and Carol Mueller Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Dean and Carol Mueller Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Dean and Carol Mueller Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Cleveland Foundation, The Blackbaud Giving Fund, Charities Aid Foundation America.
- Where is Dean and Carol Mueller Family Foundation based?
- Dean and Carol Mueller Family Foundation is based in OH.
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