· Private foundation
Dorn 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k5 grants · $23k
- $10k–50k15 grants · $310k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| AMERICAN RED CROSS | $45,000 |
| BECK CENTER FOR THE ARTS | $30,000 |
| THE CENTERS | $25,000 |
| LAKE ERIE NATURE & SCIENCE CENTER | $25,000 |
| GREAT LAKES SCIENCE CENTER | $20,000 |
| HOSPICE OF THE WESTERN RESERVE | $20,000 |
| GREATER CLEVELAND FOODBANK | $20,000 |
| CITY MISSION | $20,000 |
| FRIENDS OF RICHFIELD HERITAGE | $20,000 |
| FLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERSITY | $20,000 |
| PINE RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL | $20,000 |
| SALVATION ARMY | $15,000 |
| ACHIEVEMENT CENTERS FOR CHILDREN | $10,000 |
| NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE GREAT LAKES | $10,000 |
| MUSICAL ARTS ASSOCIATION | $10,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY19–25, $163k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 85% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
24 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $35k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- BCBECK CENTER FOR THE ARTS7× · 2019–2025 · $220k · revenue +13%
- LELAKE ERIE NATURE AND SCIENCE CENTER7× · 2019–2025 · $158k · revenue +76%
- HOHOSPICE OF THE WESTERN RESERVE INC7× · 2019–2025 · $113k · revenue +28%
Funded once
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITYgraduatedone grant, 2020 · $50k · revenue +39%- YHYOUTH HAVEN INCgraduatedone grant, 2019 · $25k · revenue +352%
- PEPALMETTO ELEMENTARY PTO INCone grant, 2021 · $15k
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.
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.
The mission of the cleveland museum of art (cma) is to fulfill its dual roles as one of the world's most distinguished comprehensive art museums and as one of northeastern ohio's principal civic and cultural institutions. the museum,…
Western reserve historical society preserves and uses its collections, historic sites, and museums to inspire people to discover the american experience by exploring the tangible history of northeast ohio.
Cincinnati museum center inspires people of all ages to learn more about our world through science, regional history, and educational, engaging and meaningful experiences.
Our mission is to enrich the lives of all people in northeast ohio by conserving natural habitats, restoring the ecological value of our region's lands and waters, and expanding opportunities to connect people from all cultures to…
Museum
To preserve, develop, and share historic dunham tavern and its campus as an educational and cultural resource. we aspire for dunham tavern as an institution to provide an urban green space in midtown cleveland, and to return the tavern to…
Born from the collision of rhythm & blues, country, and gospel, rock & roll is a spirit that is inclusive and ever-changing. the rock & roll hall of fame celebrates the sound of youth culture and honors the artists whose music connects us…
To discover, to collect, to preserve and to interpret materials and objects germane to the history of Cleveland and the North Shore of Oneida Lake, NY, to sponsor writings, education, publications, and to promote public interest in…
The carousel society serves to restore the 1910 grand euclid beach carousel to be a functional, self-sustaining regional historic and cultural landmark for enjoyment and programmatic community development through its placement in the…
To enrich lives through modern and contemporary art.
The mission of the Akron History Center is to create an enduring long-lasting free museum-quality exhibit about Akrons history that inspires residents educates young people and welcomes visitors to our community.
How this is measured
15 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. 15 of the 34 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds BECK CENTER FOR THE ARTS ↗
- Who funds LAKE ERIE NATURE AND SCIENCE CENTER ↗
- Who funds HOSPICE OF THE WESTERN RESERVE INC ↗
- Who funds Cleveland Christian Home Inc ↗
- Who funds GREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK INC ↗
- Who funds The Musical Arts Association ↗
- Who funds CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds FUND FOR OUR ECONOMIC FUTURE OF NORTHEAST OHIO ↗
- Who funds Historic Manassas Inc ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF CROWELL HILAKA ↗
- Who funds The Centers for Families and Children ↗
- Who funds YOUTH HAVEN INC ↗
- Who funds ACHIEVEMENT CENTERS FOR CHILDREN ↗
- Who funds THE GREAT LAKES HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds Freedom Museum Inc ↗
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 Reinberger Foundation · Community West Foundation · The Nord Family Foundation · The George Gund Foundation · Arthur J Gallagher Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Dorn Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Dorn Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Youth Haven Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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