· Private foundation
Gregory and Lyn Kurtz Foundation
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k23 grants · $58k
- $10k–50k3 grants · $50k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| SAINT JOHN INSTITUTE | $30,000 |
| HOUSE OF CHAMPIONS | $10,000 |
| CORNERSTONE OF HOPE | $10,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $5,000 |
| CATHOLIC CHARITIES | $5,000 |
| HAVEN OF REST MINISTRIES | $5,000 |
| PADUA FRANCISCAN HIGH SCHOOL | $5,000 |
| HOLY FAMILY CANCER HOME | $4,000 |
| ALLISON ROSE FOUNDATION | $4,000 |
| WALSH JESUIT HIGH SCHOOL | $3,000 |
| YOUTH FOR CHRIST | $2,000 |
| NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION | $2,000 |
| SISTERS OF ST JOSEPH OF THE THIRD ORDER OF ST FRANCIS | $2,000 |
| HOLY NAME CHURCH | $2,000 |
| AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY | $2,000 |
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 (FY17–24, $58k) 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.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +18% since the first grant, against +8% for those funded once.
38 repeat relationships: 22 still active in FY2024, 16 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (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 FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- SJSaint John Institute2× · 2023–2024 · $60k · revenue +5%
- COCORNERSTONE OF HOPE INC6× · 2017–2024 · $46k · revenue +156%
- GCGREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK INC5× · 2018–2023 · $16k · revenue +12%
Funded once
- MMMARY MISSIONone grant, 2018 · $12k
- DHDOUBLE HARVEST INCone grant, 2020 · $5k · revenue -100%
- TATHE AMERICAN RED CROSSone grant, 2021 · $5k
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.
Mercy Health will provide assistance, support and direction to all of the health care institutions and activities operated and maintained by its Subsidiaries. The mission of Mercy Health in performing these activities shall be to provide a…
Helping individuals live with dignity through the final stage of life.
We, at ch, humbly join together to bring christ's healing mission and the mission of mercy of the catholic church expressed in catholic health care to our communities.
Helping people move to a better life through hope-filled care, services, and advocacy; calling all those of goodwill to join us
We, at ch, humbly join together to bring christ's healing mission and the mission of mercy of the catholic church expressed in catholic health care to our communities.
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.
We, at ch, humbly join together to bring christ's healing mission and the mission of mercy of the catholic church expressed in catholic health care to our communities.
We, at ch, humbly join together to bring christ's healing mission and the mission of mercy of the catholic church expressed in catholic health care to our communities.
We, at ch, humbly join together to bring christ's healing mission and the mission of mercy of the catholic church expressed in catholic health care to our communities.
The cleveland rape crisis center is a non-profit organization which supports survivors of sexual violence, promotes healing and prevention, and advocates for social change.
We, at ch, humbly join together to bring christ's healing mission and the mission of mercy of the catholic church expressed in catholic health care to our communities.
We, at ch, humbly join together to bring christ's healing mission and the mission of mercy of the catholic church expressed in catholic health care to our communities.
How this is measured
29 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. 29 of the 79 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 Saint John Institute ↗
- Who funds CORNERSTONE OF HOPE INC ↗
- Who funds CATHOLIC COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds GREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK INC ↗
- Who funds ALLISON ROSE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds HOUSE OF CHAMPIONS ↗
- Who funds DOUBLE HARVEST INC ↗
- Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES CORPORATION ↗
- Who funds PROVIDENCE HOUSE INC ↗
- Who funds Village at Marymount ↗
- Who funds HAVEN OF HOPE INC ↗
- Who funds Mercy Ships International ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds HOPE IGNITES CINCINNATI ↗
- Who funds LUNGEVITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION ↗
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 Kurtz Foundation Inc · The Cleveland Foundation · The Luciano Family Foundation · Community West Foundation · Thomas and Caroline Kurtz Foundation · Carol & Charles Rini Family Foundation · The Fedeli Family Charitable Foundation · The Sam J Frankino Foundation · Sisters of Charity Foundation of Cleveland · The Albert B & Audrey G Ratner Family Foundation · The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Group Return · The Swagelok Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Gregory and Lyn Kurtz Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Gregory and Lyn Kurtz Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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