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Fred a Lennon Charitable Trust at a glance

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Fred a Lennon Charitable Trust

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$3.8M
Granted FY2024still arriving
133
Grants FY2024still arriving
12
States reached
$450k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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 2024.

Education$5.3MHealth$4.8MArts & Culture$1.0MPublic Benefit$1.0MHuman Services$912kEmployment$861kPhilanthropy$761kCommunity Improvement$652kOther$0
02FY2024 · 133 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k68 grants · $176k
  • $10k–50k33 grants · $772k
  • $50k–250k31 grants · $2.4M
  • $250k+1 grant · $450k
$5,000
Median grant
12
States reached
$77M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION$450,000
ASHBROOK CENTER FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS$160,000
METROHEALTH FOUNDATION - FES$150,000
JULIE BILLART SCHOOLS$130,000
BENEDICTINE HIGH SCHOOL$116,500
CUYAHOGA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FDN$101,000
COLLEGE NOW GREATER CLEVELAND$100,000
NATIONAL RIGHT TO WORK LEGAL DEFENSE FDN (VA)$100,000
NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR LABOR RELATIONS RESEARCH (VA)$100,000
THE 22 PROJECT$100,000
GREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK$80,250
CAPITAL RESEARCH CENTER$80,000
FUND FOR AMERICAN STUDIES$77,500
MAGNET$75,000
ST MARTIN DE PORRES HIGH SCHOOL$75,000
02The need
03

Where the grant dollars land

Across the US and around the world.

Which US states its grants reach

MT
IL
WI
MI
NY
OH
PA
CA
NE
VA
MD
AZ
SC
DC
LA
TX
FL
How this is measured
Grants placed by each grantee’s location, read from the 990 filings.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$17M · 138 repeat orgs$2.2M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +27% since the first grant, against +7% for those funded once.

138 repeat relationships: 102 still active in FY2024, 36 since wound down; 29 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

138
45

Total granted

$17M
$1.6M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+27%
+7%

Still filing today

50%
44%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $574k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHealthHuman ServicesArts & CultureCommunity ImprovementPublic BenefitOther
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

  • CITY YEAR INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $450k · revenue +4%
  • CC
    CUYAHOGA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION
    5× · 2020–2024 · $426k · revenue +38%
  • THE PHILANTHROPY ROUNDTABLE
    5× · 2020–2024 · $375k · revenue +27%

Funded once

  • CC
    CLEVELAND CLINIC - DIABETES NAMING
    one grant, 2020 · $900k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2021 · $250k
  • HF
    HABITAT FOR HUMANITY
    one grant, 2021 · $50k
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
Ohio Business Roundtable

To harness the collective expertise of ohio's ceos to advocate for policies that improve ohio's economic competitiveness.

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2
The Cleveland Institute of Art

The mission statement of the cleveland institute of art is as follows: to cultivate creative leaders who inspire people, strengthen communities, and contribute to a thriving and sustainable economy through an innovative education in art…

Education
3
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement
4
Cleveland Leadership Center

The mission of cleveland leadership center (the organization) is to build a continuum of civic leaders committed to our community's excellence by serving as a catalyst for civic engagement. the organization achieves its mission by…

Education
5
Capital University

Capital university transforms lives by empowering an inclusive community of learners through engaging academic, co-curricular, and professional experiences.

Education
6
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
7
Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
8
The Democracy Collaborative Foundation Inc

See schedule othe democracy collaborative was established in 2000 to advance understanding of democracy for the 21st century and to promote emerging strategies and innovations in community development that enhance democratic life. in…

Education
9
The Common Application Inc

The common application is a not-for-profit membership organization of over 1,100 colleges and universities across the globe committed to access, equity, and integrity in the college admission process. every year, over 1.5 million students…

Education
10
Point Park University

Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting. dedicated to academic excellence and community engagement,we prepare students of diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skill,and experience to lead meaningful lives as informed…

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11
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
12
Ohio State Bar Association

The ohio state bar association (the "association") is an unincorporated voluntary non-profit organization. the association was formed to promote justice and advance the interests of the legal profession.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Cleveland Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Dream On Foundation. 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

115 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 115 of the 218 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)
20
Early backer (in before they grew)
111/115
Grantees still filing
73/115
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION: $1,950,000 · OtherCLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATIONCLEVELAND CLINIC - DIABETES NAMING: $900,000 · OtherCLEVELAND CLINIC - DIABETES NAMINGASHBROOK CENTER FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS: $700,500 · OtherJULIE BILLIART SCHOOLS: $657,000 · OtherMETROHEALTH HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $600,000 · Other+138 more: $9,426,407 · Other+138 moreTeach for America Inc: $570,000 · EducationTeach for A…CUYAHOGA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $426,000 · EducationCUYAHOGA CO…Saint Martin de Porres High School: $325,000 · EducationSaint Marti…JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF GREATER CLEVELAND: $140,000 · EducationJUNIOR ACHI…OPPORTUNITY OHIO INC: $125,000 · EducationOPPORTUNITY…COLLEGE NOW GREATER CLEVELAND INC: $100,000 · EducationURSULINE COLLEGE: $70,000 · Education+15 more: $223,300 · Education+15 moreTHE PHILANTHROPY ROUNDTABLE: $375,000 · PhilanthropyCAPITAL RESEARCH CENTER: $345,000 · Philanthropy+3 more: $38,000 · PhilanthropyTHE 22 PROJECT INC: $300,000 · HealthRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF NORTHEAST OHIO INC: $165,000 · HealthED KEATING CENTER INC: $76,000 · HealthDDC CLINIC FOR SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN: $60,000 · HealthMEDWISH MEDWORKS: $45,000 · HealthBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $28,000 · HealthRECOVERY RESOURCES: $25,000 · Health+4 more: $43,500 · HealthNATIONAL RIGHT TO WORK LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $500,000 · Crime & LegalCRIME STOPPERS OF CUYAHOGA COUNTY: $54,500 · Crime & LegalWASHINGTON LEGAL FOUNDATION: $25,000 · Crime & LegalCLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY: $220,000 · Arts & CultureCLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART: $200,450 · Arts & CultureCleveland Opera Inc: $30,000 · Arts & CulturePlayhouse Square Foundation: $25,000 · Arts & CultureWESTERN RESERVE HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $25,000 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $5,500 · Arts & CultureGLOBAL CLEVELAND: $127,000 · Human ServicesHOSPICE OF THE WESTERN RESERVE INC: $105,030 · Human ServicesTHE GATHERING PLACE: $75,200 · Human ServicesNORTH COAST COMMUNITY HOMES INC: $33,000 · Human ServicesUNIVERSITY SETTLEMENT INC: $25,000 · Human Services+4 more: $27,200 · Human Services
Other$14,233,907Education$1,979,300Philanthropy$758,000Health$742,500Crime & Legal$579,500Arts & Culture$505,950Human Services$392,430

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetTeach for America Inc: $570,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL RIGHT TO WORK LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $500,000 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetCITY YEAR INC: $450,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCUYAHOGA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $426,000 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetTHE PHILANTHROPY ROUNDTABLE: $375,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetCAPITAL RESEARCH CENTER: $345,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetSaint Martin de Porres High School: $325,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetTHE 22 PROJECT INC: $300,000 over 3y, 25% of budgetLAND STUDIO INC: $285,000 over 5y, 4.8% of budgetTHE FUND FOR AMERICAN STUDIES: $285,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetGREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK INC: $250,350 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetPROVIDENCE HOUSE INC: $250,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetMANUFACTURING ADVOCACY & GROWTH NETWORK INC: $250,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetCLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY: $220,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetVatican Observatory Foundation: $210,000 over 4y, 35% of budgetCLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART: $200,450 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR LABOR RELATIONS RESEARCH: $200,000 over 2y, 20% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF NORTHEAST OHIO INC: $165,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetYOUTH OPPORTUNITIES UNLIMITED: $160,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetFLAT ROCK HOMES INC: $156,000 over 5y, 6.4% of budgetENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION CONSORTIUM INC: $140,000 over 5y, 18% of budgetLAWRENCE SCHOOL: $140,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF GREATER CLEVELAND: $140,000 over 4y, 3.6% of budgetTHE AMERICAN POLICY ROUNDTABLE: $135,000 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetGLOBAL CLEVELAND: $127,000 over 5y, 2.7% of budgetThe Buckeye Institute: $125,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetOPPORTUNITY OHIO INC: $125,000 over 5y, 31% of budgetTOWARDS EMPLOYMENT INC: $115,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetHOSPICE OF THE WESTERN RESERVE INC: $105,030 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTAX FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetCOLLEGE NOW GREATER CLEVELAND INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetED KEATING CENTER INC: $76,000 over 2y, 5.8% of budgetTHE GATHERING PLACE: $75,200 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetHOPE IGNITES CINCINNATI: $75,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetURSULINE COLLEGE: $70,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetELEANOR B RAINEY MEMORIAL INSTITUTE: $65,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetDDC CLINIC FOR SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN: $60,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetURBAN COMMUNITY SCHOOL: $60,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCRIME STOPPERS OF CUYAHOGA COUNTY: $54,500 over 5y, 26% of budgetGREATER CLEVELAND HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetFRIENDS OF BREAKTHROUGH SCHOOLS: $50,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetDIGITALC: $50,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetBUSINESS VOLUNTEERS UNLIMITED: $45,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetMEDWISH MEDWORKS: $45,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetIRISH GARDEN CLUB: $40,000 over 4y, 45% of budgetSTATE POLICY NETWORK: $40,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetDOWNTOWN CLEVELAND ALLIANCE: $35,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetNORTH COAST COMMUNITY HOMES INC: $33,000 over 3y, 0.2% 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 Teach for America Inc ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL RIGHT TO WORK LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds CITY YEAR INC ↗
  • Who funds CUYAHOGA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE PHILANTHROPY ROUNDTABLE ↗
  • Who funds CAPITAL RESEARCH CENTER ↗
  • Who funds Saint Martin de Porres High School ↗
  • Who funds THE 22 PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds LAND STUDIO INC ↗
  • Who funds THE FUND FOR AMERICAN STUDIES ↗
  • Who funds GREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK INC ↗
  • Who funds PROVIDENCE HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds MANUFACTURING ADVOCACY & GROWTH NETWORK INC ↗
  • Who funds CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY ↗
  • Who funds Vatican Observatory Foundation ↗
  • Who funds CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR LABOR RELATIONS RESEARCH ↗
  • Who funds RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF NORTHEAST OHIO INC ↗
  • Who funds YOUTH OPPORTUNITIES UNLIMITED ↗
  • Who funds FLAT ROCK HOMES INC ↗
  • Who funds ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION CONSORTIUM 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.

The Lozick Family Fou…The Cleveland Foundat…The Catherine L & Edw…The Char and Chuck Fo…The George Gund Found…The Swagelok Foundati…The Kelvin & Eleanor …The Louise H & David …The O'Neill Brothers …Higley Fund of the Cl…The Cleveland Clinic …Murphy Family Foundat…
The Lozick Family FoundationOH84.4× affinity39 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Lozick Family Foundation · The Cleveland Foundation · The Catherine L & Edward a Lozick Foundation · The Char and Chuck Fowler Family Foundation · The George Gund Foundation · The Swagelok Foundation · The Kelvin & Eleanor Smith Foundation · The Louise H & David S Ingalls Fdn · The O'Neill Brothers Foundation · Higley Fund of the Cleveland Foundation · The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Group Return · Murphy 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Fred a Lennon Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Fred a Lennon Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 11%
  • City Year Inc: 11% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
32report 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.
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How do I get to Fred a Lennon Charitable Trust?

Find your warmest path to Fred a Lennon Charitable Trust through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 218 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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