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Faye Kaplan Charitable 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.

$45k
Granted FY2025still arriving
58
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$8k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$87kHuman Services$57kArts & Culture$53kPhilanthropy$47kYouth Development$27kReligion$21kCivil Rights$12kHealth$6kOther$0
02FY2025 · 58 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$200
Median grant
6
States reached
$420k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
JDN EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER$8,000
JEWISH FEDERATION OF CLEVELAND$5,000
CLEVELAND HTS HIGH SCH FDN$3,500
PLAYHOUSE SQUARE$3,500
MANDEL JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER$3,000
YOUTH OPPORTUNITIES UNLIMITED$2,000
CLEVELAND INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIV$2,000
CLEVELAND PLAYHOUSE$1,800
FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE$1,800
ADOPTION NETWORK CLEVELAND$1,650
JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE ASSOCIATION$1,100
NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN$1,000
RISE UP FIGHT MINISTRIES$1,000
MID OHIO FOOD COLLECTIVE$1,000
SEEDS OF LITERACY$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 (FY17–25, $41k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%BOYSTOWN: $100 → 12%AL OTRO LADO: $100 → 14%BOYSTOWN: $100 → 12%BOYSTOWN: $100 → 12%BOYSTOWN: $100 → 12%BOYSTOWN: $50 → 12%BOYSTOWN: $50 → 12%SEEDS OF LITERACY: $500 → 17%SEEDS OF LITERACY: $500 → 17%SEEDS OF LITERACY: $500 → 17%ADOPTION NETWORK CLEVELAND: $2k → 17%A PLACE 4 ME COLLABORATIVE: $500 → 17%ADOPTION NETWORK CLEVELAND: $2k → 17%ADOPTION NETWORK CLEVELAND: $1k → 17%ADOPTION NETWORK CLEVELAND: $800 → 17%ADOPTION NETWORK CLEVELAND: $800 → 17%ADOPTION NETWORK CLEVELAND: $600 → 17%ADOPTION NETWORK CLEVELAND: $550 → 17%ADOPTION NETWORK CLEVELAND: $500 → 17%A PLACE 4 ME COLLABORATIVE: $500 → 17%ADOPTION NETWORK CLEVELAND: $500 → 17%CLEVELAND SIGHT CENTER: $200 → 17%CLEVELAND SIGHT CENTER: $200 → 17%CLEVELAND SIGHT CENTER: $200 → 17%CLEVELAND SIGHT CENTER: $200 → 17%CLEVELAND SIGHT CENTER: $200 → 17%CLEVELAND SIGHT CENTER: $25 → 17%MANDEL JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $3k → 17%MANDEL JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF CLEVELAND: $3k → 17%MANDEL JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $3k → 17%MANDEL JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF CLEVELAND: $3k → 17%MANDEL JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $3k → 17%MANDEL JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $3k → 17%MANDEL JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $3k → 17%MANDEL JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF CLEVELAND: $3k → 17%MANDEL JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF CLEVELAND: $3k → 17%GATHERING PLACE: $100 → 17%THE GATHERING PLACE: $100 → 17%THE GATHERING PLACE: $100 → 17%GATHERING PLACE: $100 → 17%CHAIR-ITY: $250 → 17%GATHERING PLACE: $100 → 17%SHOES AND CLOTHES FOR KIDS: $100 → 17%SHOES AND CLOTHES FOR KIDS: $100 → 17%SHOES AND CLOTHES FOR KIDS: $100 → 17%GATHERING PLACE: $50 → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
NY
MA
IN
OH
CA
NE
VA
AR
DC
GA
TX
FL
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.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$276k · 74 repeat orgs$9k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +17% since the first grant, against +10% for those funded once.

74 repeat relationships: 42 still active in FY2025, 32 since wound down; 15 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

74
24

Total granted

$276k
$3k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+17%
+10%

Still filing today

47%
38%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesArts & CultureHealthInternationalYouth DevelopmentAnimalsOther
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

  • TM
    The Mandel Jewish Community Center of Cleveland
    9× · 2017–2025 · $27k · revenue +16%
  • TC
    THE CLEVELAND PLAY HOUSE
    9× · 2017–2025 · $15k · revenue +27%
  • JF
    JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE ASSOCIATION OF CLEVELAND OHIO
    9× · 2017–2025 · $9k · revenue +26%

Funded once

  • JH
    JOSIAHS HOUSE INC
    one grant, 2023 · $500 · revenue +2%
  • TC
    THE COMMUNITY BUILDERS INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $500 · revenue +35%
  • HI
    HEIFER INTERNATIONAL
    one grant, 2023 · $180
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
Cincinnati Museum Center

Cincinnati museum center inspires people of all ages to learn more about our world through science, regional history, and educational, engaging and meaningful experiences.

Arts & Culture
2
The Cleveland Foundation

Enhance the lives of all residents of greater cleveland, now and for generations to come, by working together with our donors to build community endowment, address needs through grantmaking, and provide leadership on key community issues.

Philanthropy
3
Global Cleveland

Global cleveland is dedicated to growing northeast ohio's economy by welcoming and connecting international people to opportunities and fostering a more inviting community for those seeking a place to call home.

Human Services
4
Jewish Family Services

To help individuals and families achieve economic self-sufficiency and emotional stability.

Human Services
5
JewishColumbus

Make Jewish life vibrant, accessible and secure in Columbus, Israel and around the world.

Religion
6
Hebrew Academy of Cleveland

The mission of the hebrew academy is to imbue all students with a love of god, torah and eretz yisroel and to prepare them to achieve excellence in torah and general knowledge based on successful cooperation among family, judaic and…

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7
Greater Cleveland Volunteers

Greater cleveland volunteers enriches the community and indivuduals through volunteer service. volunteers age 18 and older are recruited and placed in the agency's programs or referred to local nonprofit or public organizations to help…

Philanthropy
8
Cleveland Hillel Foundation Inc

Center of jewish life for undergraduate, graduate and professional students who attend 11 colleges and universities in greater cleveland. provides the means for students to celebrate their judaism through enriching cultural, educational,…

Philanthropy
9
Diabetes Partnership of Cleveland

Diabetes partnership of cleveland works to provide relevant and sustainable programming, education, resources and supplies to the community in northeast ohio affected by diabetes.

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10
Legal Aid Society of Cleveland

See schedule o.legal aid's mission is to secure justice, equity and access to opportunity for and with people who have low incomes through passionate legal representation and advocacy for systematic change.

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11
Literary Cleveland

Literary Cleveland assists writers and readers at all stages of development, promotes new and existing literature of the highest quality, and advances Northeast Ohio as a vital center of diverse voices and visions.

Education
12
Jewish Federation of Cincinnati

The Jewish Federation of Cincinnati develops and connects leaders, contributors, organizations, and ideas to build an inclusive Jewish community that helps people in need, supports Israel, and assures a vibrant Jewish future.

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Cleveland Society for the Blind; the most unlike its peers is The United Jewish Cemeteries. 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

55 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. 55 of the 114 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
53/55
Grantees still filing
37/55
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

JDN EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER: $40,000 · OtherJDN EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTERPLAYHOUSE SQUARE: $23,518 · OtherPLAYHOUSE SQUARECLEVELAND HTS HIGH SCH FDN: $19,700 · OtherCLEVELAND HTS HIGH SCH FDNJDN EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER - FAYE KAPLAN CHARITABLE FUND: $16,000 · OtherJDN EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER - FAYE KAPLAN CHARITABLE FUNDJDN EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER - MOLLIE & JOSEPH MENDES FUND: $16,000 · OtherJDN EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER - MOLLIE & JOSEPH MENDES FUNDCHHS ALUMNI FOUNDATION: $12,500 · OtherCHHS ALUMNI FOUNDATIONFAIRMOUNT TEMPLE: $11,230 · OtherFAIRMOUNT TEMPLEHADASSAH: $8,000 · Other+74 more: $42,951 · Other+74 moreJEWISH FEDERATION OF CLEVELAND: $46,100 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FEDERATIO…MONTEFIORE FOUNDATION: $3,000 · PhilanthropyMONTEFIORE FOUND…+1 more: $300 · PhilanthropyThe Mandel Jewish Community Center of Cleveland: $27,015 · Human ServicesThe Mandel Je…ADOPTION NETWORK CLEVELAND: $8,600 · Human ServicesADOPTION NETW…SEEDS OF LITERACY: $1,500 · Human Services+7 more: $3,725 · Human Services+7 moreTHE CLEVELAND PLAY HOUSE: $15,154 · Arts & CultureCLEVELAND FILM SOCIETY: $6,000 · Arts & CultureCLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART: $1,870 · Arts & CultureThe Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage: $1,070 · Arts & CultureFutureHeights Inc: $1,050 · Arts & Culture+3 more: $1,050 · Arts & CultureJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE ASSOCIATION OF CLEVELAND OHIO: $9,420 · ReligionTHE UNITED JEWISH CEMETERIES: $900 · ReligionNATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN - CLEVELAND: $9,054 · Community ImprovementMENORAH PARK FOUNDATION: $3,420 · HealthBELLEFAIRE JEWISH CHILDREN'S BUREAU: $1,260 · HealthJOSIAHS HOUSE INC: $500 · HealthLIFEACT: $500 · Health+4 more: $300 · Health
Other$189,899Philanthropy$49,400Human Services$40,840Arts & Culture$26,194Religion$10,320Community Improvement$9,054Health$5,980

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF CLEVELAND: $46,100 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetThe Mandel Jewish Community Center of Cleveland: $27,015 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CLEVELAND PLAY HOUSE: $15,154 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE ASSOCIATION OF CLEVELAND OHIO: $9,420 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN - CLEVELAND: $9,054 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetADOPTION NETWORK CLEVELAND: $8,600 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetCLEVELAND FILM SOCIETY: $6,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMENORAH PARK FOUNDATION: $3,420 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetMONTEFIORE FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetGREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK INC: $2,760 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetYOUTH OPPORTUNITIES UNLIMITED: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART: $1,870 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetSEEDS OF LITERACY: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLAKE ERIE INK: $1,400 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetBELLEFAIRE JEWISH CHILDREN'S BUREAU: $1,260 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF CAMP ROOSEVELT FIREBIRD: $1,200 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetThe Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage: $1,070 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetFutureHeights Inc: $1,050 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCLEVELAND SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND: $1,025 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMid-Ohio Foodbank: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY OF HOPE: $1,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetREACHING HEIGHTS: $1,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetA PLACE 4 ME COLLABORATIVE: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHUNGER NETWORK OF GREATER CLEVELAND: $900 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetTHE UNITED JEWISH CEMETERIES: $900 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetCLEVELAND PUBLIC THEATRE INC: $850 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $800 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CLEVELAND ANIMAL PROTECTIVE LEAGUE: $715 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $700 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $700 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S DEFENSE FUND: $600 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION: $550 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE GATHERING PLACE: $550 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetJOSIAHS HOUSE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLIFEACT: $500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBuilding Heights Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFather Flanagan's Boys' Home: $500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY BUILDERS INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $400 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSHOES AND CLOTHES FOR KIDS: $300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION: $300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S AIR & SPACE MUSEUM INC: $150 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetMELANOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAL OTRO LADO: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetREPLAY FOR KIDS: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW DIRECTIONS INC: $50 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.

  • Who funds JEWISH FEDERATION OF CLEVELAND ↗
  • Who funds The Mandel Jewish Community Center of Cleveland ↗
  • Who funds THE CLEVELAND PLAY HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE ASSOCIATION OF CLEVELAND OHIO ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN - CLEVELAND ↗
  • Who funds ADOPTION NETWORK CLEVELAND ↗
  • Who funds CLEVELAND FILM SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds MENORAH PARK FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MONTEFIORE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds GREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK INC ↗
  • Who funds YOUTH OPPORTUNITIES UNLIMITED ↗
  • Who funds CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART ↗
  • Who funds SEEDS OF LITERACY ↗
  • Who funds LAKE ERIE INK ↗
  • Who funds BELLEFAIRE JEWISH CHILDREN'S BUREAU ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF CAMP ROOSEVELT FIREBIRD ↗
  • Who funds The Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage ↗
  • Who funds FutureHeights Inc ↗
  • Who funds CLEVELAND SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND ↗
  • Who funds Mid-Ohio Foodbank ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY OF HOPE ↗
  • Who funds REACHING HEIGHTS ↗
  • Who funds A PLACE 4 ME COLLABORATIVE ↗
  • Who funds HUNGER NETWORK OF GREATER CLEVELAND ↗

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 Albert B & Audrey…The Char and Chuck Fo…Jewish Federation of …Treu Mart FundThe Reinberger Founda…The Swagelok Foundati…Dominion Energy Chari…James and Susan Ratne…The Helen F & Louis S…Richard Horvitz and E…Jack Joseph & Morton …
The Cleveland FoundationOH40.4× affinity19 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Cleveland Foundation · The Albert B & Audrey G Ratner Family Foundation · The Char and Chuck Fowler Family Foundation · Jewish Federation of Cleveland · Treu Mart Fund · The Reinberger Foundation · The Swagelok Foundation · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · James and Susan Ratner Family Foundation · The Helen F & Louis Stolier Family Foundation · Richard Horvitz and Erica Hartman-Horvitz Foundation · Jack Joseph & Morton Mandel 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 Faye Kaplan Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Faye Kaplan Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • The Community Builders Inc: 4% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
22report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
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 114 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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