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Emma R Fox Char Trust Mut Fds

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.

$485k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
71
Grants FY2025
83
Organizations funded FY2024
4%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$99,000
Organizations funded a year
83 to 101
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
3
Total assets, FY2025
$10M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 4% of the organizations Emma R Fox Char Trust Mut Fds funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureHealthEducationHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementPhilanthropyOther
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
FY2025still arriving70$386k10%
FY202483$469k4%
FY202385$376k1%
FY202292$480k13%
FY202196$421k68%
FY202093$445k20%
FY2019101$459k24%
FY201896$440kn/a
96% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$958kPhilanthropy$487kHuman Services$430kHealth$412kEducation$373kFood & Nutrition$245kYouth Development$143kEmployment$93kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

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All grantees of Emma R Fox Char Trust Mut Fds by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Cleveland Hillel Foundation Inc$50,00051%
Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens Inc$50,00040%
Greater Cleveland Food Bank Inc$50,00050%
The Metrohealth Foundation Inc$50,00050%
Ideastream$50,00050%
The Lakeland Foundation$50,00031%
Cleveland Society for the Blind$45,00050%
Jewish Family Service Association of Cleveland Ohio$40,50050%
The Musical Arts Association$32,00040%
Playhouse Square Foundation$31,00050%
City Year Inc$30,00060%
Greater Akron Musical Association Inc$29,50061%
Cleveland Museum of Art$28,00050%
OhioGuidestone$27,00050%
Shaker Schools Foundation$25,00050%
Great Lakes Theater Festival Inc$25,00050%
Inmotion$25,00060%
University Circle Incorporated$25,00050%
Legal Aid Society of Cleveland$25,00050%
Western Reserve Historical Society$25,00050%
Beck Center for the Arts$25,00050%
Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank$25,00050%
Planned Parenthood of Greater Ohio$25,00050%
Ensemble Theatre of Cleveland$23,00063%
Cleveland Institute of Music$22,00040%
College Now Greater Cleveland Inc$21,00050%
Citymusic Cleveland Inc$20,00042%
Neighborhood Progress Inc$20,00020%
Cuyahoga County Public Library$20,0004n/a
Eliza Bryant Village$20,00020%
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum Inc$20,00040%
The Cleveland Play House$20,00040%
United Way of Greater Cleveland$20,00010%
Vocational Guidance Services$20,00040%
The Cleveland Institute of Art$20,00050%
Cleveland Zoological Society$18,00040%
Youth Opportunities Unlimited$17,00050%
Journey Center for Safety and Healing$15,00050%
Baldwin Wallace University$15,00050%
Friends of Breakthrough Schools$15,00030%
Senior Transportation Connection$15,00030%
Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron$15,00040%
Cleveland Rape Crisis Center$15,00040%
Eleanor B Rainey Memorial Institute$15,00050%
Fieldstone Farm Therapeutic Riding Center$15,00040%
Chamberfest Cleveland$13,50051%
Jennings Center for Older Adults$13,50050%
Shaker Lakes Regional Nature Center Dba Nature Center at Shaker Lakes$13,50050%
The Goodwill Industries of Akron Ohio Inc$13,00050%
Malachi House Inc$13,00030%
University Settlement Inc$12,50010%
Cleveland Botanical Garden$12,00040%
The Well Community Development Corporation$12,00040%
Cleveland Kids' Book Bank$12,00041%
Providence House Inc$12,00040%
Mobilemed1 Inc Dba Medworks$12,00040%
Law Enforcement Foundation Inc$11,00050%
Lifeact$10,50040%
Greater Cleveland Volunteers$10,00050%
Developing Connections Northeast Ohio$10,00051%
Montessori Development Partnerships$10,00013%
The Ohio Foundation of Independent Colleges$10,00020%
Gmiluth Chasodim (The Hebrew Free Loan Association)$9,00031%
Milestones Autism Resources$8,50050%
Land Studio Inc$8,00040%
Empowering Epilepsy$7,00031%
Youth Challenge$6,50040%
Ballet in the City Inc$6,00035%
Hebrew Free Loan Association of Pittsburgh$6,00022%
Professional Flair Inc$6,00030%
Creative Education Institute Inc$5,000111%
Piano International Assoc of Northern Oh$5,00011%
Hopewell$5,00010%
Birthing Beautiful Communities$5,00010%
Lake County Free Clinic Inc$5,00011%
Candid$4,00020%
The Cleveland Music School Settlement$4,00020%
Adaptive Sports Program of Ohio$3,00010%
Near West Theatre Inc$3,00030%
Grace House Akron Inc$3,0001n/a
Rose Centers for Aging Well LLC$3,0001n/a
North Coast Community Homes Inc$3,00010%
American Cancer Society Inc$2,50010%
Front Steps Housing and Services Inc$2,50010%
Downtown Cleveland Alliance$2,00010%
Help Foundation Inc$2,00010%
Dobama Theatre Inc$2,00010%
North Union Farmers Market$2,00010%
Cleveland Public Theatre Inc$2,00020%
Stewart's Caring Place Inc and Subsidiary$2,0001n/a
Art Therapy Studio$1,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 136 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.0M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Emma R Fox Char Trust Mut Fds supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCleveland Hillel Foundation Inc: $50,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetStan Hywet Hall & Gardens Inc: $50,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetGreater Cleveland Food Bank Inc: $50,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Metrohealth Foundation Inc: $50,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetIdeastream: $50,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Lakeland Foundation: $50,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetCleveland Society for the Blind: $45,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetJewish Family Service Association of Cleveland Ohio: $40,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Musical Arts Association: $32,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPlayhouse Square Foundation: $31,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCity Year Inc: $30,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetGreater Akron Musical Association Inc: $29,500 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetCleveland Museum of Art: $28,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetOhioGuidestone: $27,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetShaker Schools Foundation: $25,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetGreat Lakes Theater Festival Inc: $25,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetInmotion: $25,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetUniversity Circle Incorporated: $25,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetLegal Aid Society of Cleveland: $25,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWestern Reserve Historical Society: $25,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetBeck Center for the Arts: $25,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetAkron-Canton Regional Foodbank: $25,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPlanned Parenthood of Greater Ohio: $25,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetEnsemble Theatre of Cleveland: $23,000 over 6y, 3.2% of budgetCleveland Institute of Music: $22,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCollege Now Greater Cleveland Inc: $21,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCitymusic Cleveland Inc: $20,000 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetNeighborhood Progress Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetEliza Bryant Village: $20,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetThe Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum Inc: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Cleveland Play House: $20,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetUnited Way of Greater Cleveland: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVocational Guidance Services: $20,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetThe Cleveland Institute of Art: $20,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCleveland Zoological Society: $18,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetYouth Opportunities Unlimited: $17,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetJourney Center for Safety and Healing: $15,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetBaldwin Wallace University: $15,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of Breakthrough Schools: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSenior Transportation Connection: $15,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetChildren's Hospital Medical Center of Akron: $15,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCleveland Rape Crisis Center: $15,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetEleanor B Rainey Memorial Institute: $15,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetFieldstone Farm Therapeutic Riding Center: $15,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetChamberfest Cleveland: $13,500 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetJennings Center for Older Adults: $13,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetShaker Lakes Regional Nature Center Dba Nature Center at Shaker Lakes: $13,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetThe Goodwill Industries of Akron Ohio Inc: $13,000 over 5y, 0.0% 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 87.

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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 FoundationOH80.1× affinity44 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Cleveland Foundation · The Char and Chuck Fowler Family Foundation · The George Gund Foundation · Jewish Federation of Cleveland · The Louise H & David S Ingalls Fdn · The Reinberger Foundation · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · John P Murphy Foundation · Higley Fund of the Cleveland Foundation · The Sk Wellman Foundation · The Albert B & Audrey G Ratner Family Foundation · The Lozick Family 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 Emma R Fox Char Trust Mut Fds

How much does Emma R Fox Char Trust Mut Fds give?
Emma R Fox Char Trust Mut Fds reported 71 grants totaling $485,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 83 and 101 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Emma R Fox Char Trust Mut Fds fund?
By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (26%), Philanthropy (13%), Human Services (11%).
Who are Emma R Fox Char Trust Mut Fds's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Cleveland Hillel Foundation Inc ($50k), Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens Inc ($50k), Greater Cleveland Food Bank Inc ($50k).
Does Emma R Fox Char Trust Mut Fds fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 4% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Emma R Fox Char Trust Mut Fds 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 Emma R Fox Char Trust Mut Fds?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Cleveland Foundation, The Char and Chuck Fowler Family Foundation, The George Gund Foundation.
Where is Emma R Fox Char Trust Mut Fds based?
Emma R Fox Char Trust Mut Fds is based in PA.

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 228 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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