How much does Higley Fund of the Cleveland Foundation give?

Higley Fund of the Cleveland Foundation reported 89 itemized grants totaling $2,143,705, out of $2,218,705 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 60 and 95 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.

What does Higley Fund of the Cleveland Foundation fund?

By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (20%), Human Services (19%), Education (15%).

Who are Higley Fund of the Cleveland Foundation's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Providence House Inc ($394k), Case Western Reserve University ($370k), Josephs Home ($358k).

Does Higley Fund of the Cleveland Foundation fund new organizations?

In FY2023, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Which funders back the same organizations as Higley Fund of the Cleveland Foundation?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Cleveland Foundation, Community West Foundation, The George Gund Foundation.

Where is Higley Fund of the Cleveland Foundation based?

Higley Fund of the Cleveland Foundation is based in OH.

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Ohio · Public charity

Higley Fund of the Cleveland Foundation

The organization is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of, and to carry out the charitable and educational functions of the cleveland foundation.

$2.2M
Granted FY2024(still arriving): 89
Itemized grants FY2024: 95
Organizations funded FY2023: 29%
First-time grantees FY2023

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Itemized, FY2024: $2.1M; The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024: $15,000
Largest grant, FY2024: $200,000
Organizations funded a year: 60 to 95; FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024: 3
Total assets, FY2024: $44M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 29% of the organizations Higley Fund of the Cleveland Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 25% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $502k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

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

Human ServicesHealthEducationCommunity ImprovementArts & CultureHousing & ShelterOther

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 year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2024still arriving	89	$2.1M	9%
FY2023	95	$2.0M	29%
FY2022	74	$1.7M	26%
FY2021	64	$1.9M	28%
FY2020	60	$1.9M	n/a

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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Health$2.0MHuman Services$1.9MEducation$1.5MFood & Nutrition$1.2MHousing & Shelter$1.0MEmployment$585kCommunity Improvement$375kYouth Development$280kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Providence House Inc	$394,000	5	6%
Case Western Reserve University	$370,000	5	0%
Josephs Home	$357,544	4	8%
Help Foundation Inc	$340,000	4	1%
Near Westside MultiService Corp	$315,000	4	5%
Planned Parenthood of Greater Ohio	$270,000	5	1%
Towards Employment Inc	$270,000	4	3%
Cleveland Rape Crisis Center	$264,025	4	3%
Young Womens Christian Association of Cleveland Ohio	$255,000	5	2%
Stella Maris Inc	$255,000	4	2%

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All grantees of Higley Fund of the Cleveland Foundation by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Providence House Inc	$394,000	5	6%
Case Western Reserve University	$370,000	5	0%
Josephs Home	$357,544	4	8%
Help Foundation Inc	$340,000	4	1%
Near Westside MultiService Corp	$315,000	4	5%
Planned Parenthood of Greater Ohio	$270,000	5	1%
Towards Employment Inc	$270,000	4	3%
Cleveland Rape Crisis Center	$264,025	4	3%
Young Womens Christian Association of Cleveland Ohio	$255,000	5	2%
Stella Maris Inc	$255,000	4	2%
Journey Center for Safety and Healing	$240,000	5	4%
Building Hope in the City	$228,000	5	3%
Village of Healing	$210,000	2	11%
Achievement Centers for Children	$180,500	5	0%
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Northeast Ohio Inc	$180,000	2	2%
Edwins Leadership & Restaurant Institute	$175,000	3	5%
Greater Cleveland Habitat for Humanity Inc	$155,000	2	2%
Malachi House Inc	$130,000	5	1%
Shoes and Clothes for Kids	$129,500	3	3%
The Salvation Army	$125,000	5	n/a
Hitchcock Center for Women Inc	$125,000	1	1%
Youth Opportunities Unlimited	$125,000	5	0%
Esperanza Inc	$120,000	5	1%
University Settlement Inc	$112,500	5	1%
The Metrohealth Foundation Inc	$112,500	1	1%
Family Promise of Greater Cleveland	$108,000	5	2%
Cleveland Kids' Book Bank	$105,000	1	15%
Cuyahoga Community College Foundation	$100,000	5	0%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches	$100,000	5	0%
Passages Connecting Fathers & Sons	$100,000	4	3%
Hope Ignites Northeastern Ohio Inc	$97,500	5	1%
Scranton Road Ministries CDC	$92,000	5	3%
Hunger Network of Greater Cleveland	$90,000	4	0%
Edna House for Women Inc	$90,000	5	3%
Boys and Girls Clubs of Northeast Ohio	$82,500	5	0%
Garfield Human Development Corporation	$80,000	5	33%
Chn Housing Partners	$80,000	4	0%
Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Community Center	$80,000	5	1%
Legal Aid Society of Cleveland	$80,000	4	0%
Front Steps Housing and Services Inc	$80,000	4	2%
Saint Martin de Porres High School	$77,500	4	0%
City Year Inc	$77,500	4	0%
West Side Catholic Center	$75,000	5	1%
Solon Community Living Inc	$75,000	1	4%
Cleveland Institute of Music	$70,000	5	0%
The Metanoia Project	$70,000	5	6%
Focus North America	$66,000	5	0%
Manufacturing Advocacy & Growth Network Inc	$65,000	4	0%
Neighborhood Health Care Inc	$65,000	5	0%
Northeast Ohio Coalition for the Homeless	$65,000	4	1%
Nami-Greater Cleveland	$65,000	5	1%
Reach Success Inc	$58,000	3	3%
Open Doors Inc	$57,500	5	0%
Believe in Dreams	$55,000	4	5%
Benjamin Rose Institute	$55,000	3	0%
Lakeview Cemetery Foundation	$50,000	5	1%
The Children's Museum of Cleveland	$50,000	5	1%
Cleveland Christian Home Inc	$50,000	3	0%
Famicos Foundation	$50,000	4	0%
Downtown Cleveland Alliance	$45,000	4	0%
America Scores Cleveland	$45,000	3	3%
City Mission	$45,000	2	n/a
Spanish American Committee	$45,000	2	2%
Greater Cleveland Food Bank Inc	$40,000	2	0%
Trials for Hope Inc	$40,000	4	5%
Blossom Hill Inc	$40,000	2	0%
Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry	$40,000	2	0%
Lifeact	$37,500	5	1%
Oglebay Foundation Inc	$37,500	5	0%
Mobilemed1 Inc Dba Medworks	$37,000	3	4%
Hanna Perkins School	$35,000	3	1%
University Circle Incorporated	$35,000	3	0%
Mental Health Services for Homeless Persons Inc	$35,000	2	0%
North Coast Community Homes Inc	$35,000	2	0%
The Littlest Heroes Inc	$35,000	4	4%
Linking Employment Abilities and Potential	$35,000	2	1%
Senior Transportation Connection	$31,500	3	0%
Ursuline Piazza	$31,000	4	5%
Signature Health Inc	$30,000	2	0%
The Cleveland Play House	$30,000	3	0%
United Cerebral Palsy Association of Greater Cleveland Inc	$30,000	3	0%
The Literacy Cooperative of Greater Cleveland	$30,000	3	1%
Educational Service Center of Northeast Ohio	$30,000	2	n/a
Cleveland Center for Arts and Technology	$30,000	2	1%
Recovery Resources	$30,000	1	0%
Greater Cleveland Volunteers	$30,000	4	1%
Thea Bowman Center	$28,000	2	2%
Medwish Medworks	$25,000	2	0%
Adoption Network Cleveland	$25,000	2	2%
Eliza Bryant Village	$25,000	1	0%
Seeds of Literacy	$24,000	2	1%
A Place 4 Me Collaborative	$20,000	2	2%
Rose Centers for Aging Well LLC	$20,000	1	1%
Sisters of Charity of St Augustine Health System Inc	$20,000	1	1%
Cornerstone of Hope Inc	$20,000	2	0%
Policy Matters Ohio	$20,000	2	0%
The Centers for Families and Children	$20,000	1	0%
Family Connections of Northeast Ohio	$20,000	1	1%
Cuyahoga County Public Library	$20,000	2	n/a
Canopy Child Advocacy Center	$20,000	1	3%
Americans Making Immigrants Safe	$20,000	1	9%
The Meeting Place Learning Center	$17,500	2	4%
Love Inc of Cuyhoga County	$17,500	2	5%
Chair-Ity	$17,500	2	3%
Open Arms Adoptions Inc	$17,500	2	1%
Diocesan Council Society of Svdp Cleveland Diocese	$17,500	2	0%
Fostering Hope	$17,000	2	2%
Child Care Resource Center of Cuyahoga County	$15,000	1	0%
Business Volunteers Unlimited	$15,000	1	1%
Argonaut	$15,000	1	4%
Hola Ohio	$15,000	1	2%
Preterm Cleveland Inc	$15,000	1	0%
New Avenues to Independence Inc	$15,000	1	0%
The Collaborative to End Human Trafficking	$15,000	1	1%
Shaker Lakes Regional Nature Center Dba Nature Center at Shaker Lakes	$15,000	2	0%
Young Mens Christian Association of Cleveland	$13,205	1	0%
Merrick House	$10,000	1	1%
Tree Research and Education Endowment Fund	$10,000	1	1%
East Mt Zion Baptist Church	$10,000	1	n/a
Ace Mentor Program of Cleveland	$10,000	1	4%
Safe Families for Children Alliance	$10,000	1	0%
Eleanor B Rainey Memorial Institute	$10,000	1	0%
Enterprise Community Partners Inc	$10,000	1	0%
Urban Squash Cleveland	$10,000	1	1%
Adaptive Sports Program of Ohio	$10,000	1	1%
Cleveland Municipal School District Transformation	$10,000	1	2%
St Malachi Center Incorporated	$10,000	1	n/a
Empowering Epilepsy	$10,000	1	3%
Semach Sedek R I a S Synagogue	$10,000	1	n/a
Gods Vision Foundation	$7,800	1	n/a
Diversity Center of Northeast Ohio	$7,500	1	1%
The Cleveland Music School Settlement	$7,500	1	0%
Resource Cleveland	$7,500	1	0%

Higley Fund of the Cleveland Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 125 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

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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 125.

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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 FoundationOH161.2× affinity102 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Cleveland Foundation · Community West Foundation · The George Gund Foundation · The Char and Chuck Fowler Family Foundation · The Reinberger Foundation · United Way of Greater Cleveland · The Abington Foundation · The Swagelok Foundation · The Sk Wellman Foundation · Murphy Family Foundation · Jewish Federation of Cleveland · Treu Mart Fund

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 Higley Fund of the Cleveland Foundation

How much does Higley Fund of the Cleveland Foundation give?: Higley Fund of the Cleveland Foundation reported 89 itemized grants totaling $2,143,705, out of $2,218,705 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 60 and 95 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does Higley Fund of the Cleveland Foundation fund?: By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (20%), Human Services (19%), Education (15%).
Who are Higley Fund of the Cleveland Foundation's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Providence House Inc ($394k), Case Western Reserve University ($370k), Josephs Home ($358k).
Does Higley Fund of the Cleveland Foundation fund new organizations?: In FY2023, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Higley Fund of the Cleveland Foundation?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Cleveland Foundation, Community West Foundation, The George Gund Foundation.
Where is Higley Fund of the Cleveland Foundation based?: Higley Fund of the Cleveland Foundation is based in OH.