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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 FY2024still arriving
89
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$200k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

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

Health$2.0MHuman Services$1.9MEducation$1.5MFood & Nutrition$1.2MHousing & Shelter$1.0MEmployment$585kCommunity Improvement$375kYouth Development$280kOther$0
02FY2024 · 89 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 89 grants below total $2,143,705 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $2,218,705 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $75,000 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k8 grants · $60k
  • $10k–50k76 grants · $1.3M
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $750k
$15,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$44M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
VILLAGE OF HEALING$200,000
YWCA OF CLEVELAND OHIO$170,000
HELP FOUNDATION INC$150,000
JOSEPH'S HOME$125,000
CLEVELAND KIDS BOOK BANK$105,000
ACHIEVEMENT CENTERS FOR CHILDREN$45,000
REACH SUCCESS$30,000
MALACHI HOUSE INC$30,000
HUNGER NETWORK OF GREATER CLEVELAND$30,000
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY$30,000
YOUTH OPPORTUNITIES UNLIMITED$27,500
PASSAGES CONNECTING FATHERS AND SONS INC$25,000
LEGAL AID SOCIETY OF CLEVELAND$25,000
SALVATION ARMY$25,000
UNIVERSITY SETTLEMENT INC$25,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY20–24, $2.3M) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%FOCUS NORTH AMERICA: $15k → 11%HELP FOUNDATION INC: $150k → 17%HELP FOUNDATION INC: $150k → 17%HELP FOUNDATION INC: $20k → 17%HELP FOUNDATION INC: $20k → 17%FAMILY CONNECTIONS OF NORTHEAST OHIO: $20k → 17%BENJAMIN ROSE INSTITUTE: $20k → 17%BENJAMIN ROSE INSTITUTE: $20k → 17%BENJAMIN ROSE INSTITUTE: $15k → 17%ADOPTION NETWORK CLEVELAND: $15k → 17%NEAR WEST SIDE MULTI-SERVICE CORPORATION DBA THE MAY DUGAN CENTER: $265k → 17%SHOES AND CLOTHES FOR KIDS INC: $100k → 17%WEST SIDE CATHOLIC CENTER: $20k → 17%NEAR WEST SIDE MULTI-SERVICE CORPORATION DBA THE MAY DUGAN CENTER: $20k → 17%WEST SIDE CATHOLIC CENTER: $15k → 17%NEAR WEST SIDE MULTI-SERVICE CORPORATION DBA THE MAY DUGAN CENTER: $15k → 17%PASSAGES CONNECTING FATHERS AND SONS INC: $25k → 17%PASSAGES CONNECTING FATHERS AND SONS INC: $25k → 17%PASSAGES CONNECTING FATHERS AND SONS INC: $25k → 17%PASSAGES CONNECTING FATHERS AND SONS INC: $25k → 17%ELIZA BRYANT VILLAGE: $25k → 17%THE CENTERS FOR FAMILIES AND CHILDREN: $20k → 17%GARFIELD HUMAN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $20k → 17%NORTH COAST COMMUNITY HOMES INC: $18k → 17%NORTH COAST COMMUNITY HOMES INC: $18k → 17%NORTHEAST OHIO COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS: $20k → 17%MENTAL HEALTH SERICES FOR HOMELESS PERSONS DBA FRONTLINE SERVICE: $20k → 17%UNIVERSITY SETTLEMENT INC: $25k → 17%UNIVERSITY SETTLEMENT INC: $25k → 17%UNIVERSITY SETTLEMENT INC: $25k → 17%UNIVERSITY SETTLEMENT INC: $20k → 17%UNIVERSITY SETTLEMENT INC: $18k → 17%THEA BOWMAN CENTER: $16k → 17%SHOES AND CLOTHES FOR KIDS INC: $17k → 17%BLOSSOM HILL INC: $20k → 17%BLOSSOM HILL INC: $20k → 17%JOSEPH'S HOME: $200k → 17%JOSEPH'S HOME: $125k → 17%AMERICAN RED CROSS NORTHEAST OHIO CHAPTER: $20k → 17%AMERICAN RED CROSS NORTHEAST OHIO CHAPTER: $20k → 17%AMERICAN RED CROSS NORTHEAST OHIO CHAPTER: $20k → 17%JOSEPH'S HOME: $20k → 17%AMERICAN RED CROSS NORTHEAST OHIO CHAPTER: $20k → 17%AMERICAN RED CROSS NORTHEAST OHIO CHAPTER: $20k → 17%THE EDNA HOUSE FOR WOMEN INC: $20k → 17%THE EDNA HOUSE FOR WOMEN INC: $20k → 17%THE EDNA HOUSE FOR WOMEN INC: $20k → 17%THE EDNA HOUSE FOR WOMEN INC: $20k → 17%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$8.8M · 96 repeat orgs$871k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +20% since the first grant, against -4% for the ones you funded once.

96 repeat relationships — 81 still active in FY2024, 15 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

96
29

Total granted

$8.8M
$670k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+20%
-4%

Still filing today

94%
90%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $201k 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
Human ServicesHealthEducationCommunity ImprovementHousing & ShelterArts & CultureOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • PH
    PROVIDENCE HOUSE INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $394k · revenue +28%
  • CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY
    5× · 2020–2024 · $370k · revenue +39%
  • JH
    JOSEPHS HOME
    4× · 2020–2024 · $358k · revenue +86%

Funded once

  • HC
    HITCHCOCK CENTER FOR WOMEN INC
    one grant, 2023 · $125k · revenue -58%
  • TM
    THE METROHEALTH FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2020 · $113k · revenue +8%
  • SC
    SOLON COMMUNITY LIVING INC
    one grant, 2023 · $75k · revenue -24%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
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
2
Cleveland Mediation Center

Our mission is to promote a just and peaceful community by honoring all people, building their capacity to act, and facilitating opportunities for them to engage in conflict constructively. We continue to fulfill our mission by…

Crime & Legal
3
Hope for Cleveland's Children
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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
Neighborhood Progress Inc

Cleveland neighborhood progress is committed to advancing its mission of fostering communities of choice and opportunity. our vision is for all of cleveland's neighborhoods to be attractive, vibrant communities where people from all…

Community Improvement
6
Lutheran Social Services of Central Ohio Delaware Housing Inc

See schedule oto create a better world by serving people in need by operating food pantries, homeless shelters, a domestic violence shelter, affordable housing communities, senior living, assisted living and skilled care facilities, a home…

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7
Community Learning Center Institute

Clci facilitates the ongoing engagement of the greater cincinnati community to promote the development of all schools as community learning centers, each with a set of financially self-sustaining, co-located community partners.

Education
8
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
9
Catholic Charities Corporation

Respond to those in need through an integrated system of quality services designed to respect the dignity of every person and build a just and compassionate society.

Human Services
10
Central Ohio Workers Center Inc

The Central Ohio Worker Center is a non-profit organization that educates, empowers, and advocates for and with low-wage and immigrant workers in Central Ohio.

Civil Rights
11
United Way of North Central Ohio Inc

At united way of north central ohio, we bring people, organizations, and resources together to create solutions that improve the lives of every person in every community in our region.

—
12
Digitalc

Empower the people of greater cleveland to achieve success through technology, innovation and connected community.

Community Improvement

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Family Promise of Greater Cleveland and the most unlike its peers is Trials for Hope Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 39 years old; the field is 22. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number19%3%<5yr13%5%5–10yr16%18%10–20yr16%18%20–35yr19%30%35–55yr19%27%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value19%1%<5yr13%4%5–10yr16%9%10–20yr16%12%20–35yr19%38%35–55yr19%37%55yr+

The field is 19% startups (under 5 years old) — 3% of your grantees by number, and just 1% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/134
the rest of the field
13%
1,299/9,684

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

126 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 126 of the 134 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
24
Early backer (in before they grew)
124/126
Grantees still filing
80/126
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

JOSEPHS HOME — $357,544 · Human ServicesJOSEPHS HOMEHELP FOUNDATION INC — $340,000 · Human ServicesHELP FOUNDATION INCNear Westside MultiService Corp — $315,000 · Human ServicesNear Westside MultiService…SHOES AND CLOTHES FOR KIDS — $129,500 · Human ServicesSHOES AND CLOTHES FOR KIDSUNIVERSITY SETTLEMENT INC — $112,500 · Human ServicesPassages Connecting Fathers & Sons — $100,000 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches — $100,000 · Human ServicesEDNA HOUSE FOR WOMEN INC — $90,000 · Human ServicesGARFIELD HUMAN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION — $80,000 · Human Services+26 more — $727,205 · Human Services+26 morePROVIDENCE HOUSE INC — $394,000 · OtherPROVIDENCE HOUSE INCYOUNG WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CLEVELAND OHIO — $255,000 · OtherYOUNG WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CLE…ACHIEVEMENT CENTERS FOR CHILDREN — $180,500 · OtherMALACHI HOUSE INC — $130,000 · OtherYOUTH OPPORTUNITIES UNLIMITED — $125,000 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMY — $125,000 · OtherTHE CLEVELAND FOUNDATION — $250,000 · OtherTHE CLEVELAND FOUNDATIONTOWARDS EMPLOYMENT INC — $270,000 · OtherTOWARDS EMPLOYMENT INCJOURNEY CENTER FOR SAFETY AND HEALING — $240,000 · OtherJOURNEY CENTER FOR SAFETY AND HEALING+42 more — $1,670,300 · Other+42 morePLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER OHIO — $270,000 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD…CLEVELAND RAPE CRISIS CENTER — $264,025 · HealthCLEVELAND RAPE CRI…STELLA MARIS INC — $255,000 · HealthSTELLA MARIS INCRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF NORTHEAST OHIO INC — $180,000 · HealthRONALD MCDONALD HO…HITCHCOCK CENTER FOR WOMEN INC — $125,000 · HealthHITCHCOCK CENTER F…THE METROHEALTH FOUNDATION INC — $112,500 · HealthTHE METROHEALTH FO…NAMI-GREATER CLEVELAND — $65,000 · HealthNEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH CARE INC — $65,000 · Health+11 more — $298,500 · Health+11 moreCASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY — $370,000 · EducationCASE WESTERN…EDWINS LEADERSHIP & RESTAURANT INSTITUTE — $175,000 · EducationEDWINS LEADE…CLEVELAND KIDS' BOOK BANK — $105,000 · EducationCLEVELAND KI…CUYAHOGA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION — $100,000 · EducationCUYAHOGA COM…SCRANTON ROAD MINISTRIES CDC — $92,000 · EducationSCRANTON ROA…Saint Martin de Porres High School — $77,500 · EducationSaint Martin…CLEVELAND INSTITUTE OF MUSIC — $70,000 · EducationCLEVELAND IN…REACH SUCCESS INC — $58,000 · Education+5 more — $72,500 · Education+5 moreGREATER CLEVELAND HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC — $155,000 · Housing & ShelterCHN HOUSING PARTNERS — $80,000 · Housing & ShelterSOLON COMMUNITY LIVING INC — $75,000 · Housing & ShelterTHE METANOIA PROJECT — $70,000 · Housing & ShelterFAMICOS FOUNDATION — $50,000 · Housing & ShelterVILLAGE OF HEALING — $210,000 · Community ImprovementMANUFACTURING ADVOCACY & GROWTH NETWORK INC — $65,000 · Community ImprovementDOWNTOWN CLEVELAND ALLIANCE — $45,000 · Community ImprovementSpanish American Committee — $45,000 · Community ImprovementUNIVERSITY CIRCLE INCORPORATED — $35,000 · Community ImprovementHOLA OHIO — $15,000 · Community Improvement+1 more — $10,000 · Community ImprovementBUILDING HOPE IN THE CITY — $228,000 · ReligionCleveland Christian Home Inc — $50,000 · ReligionLUTHERAN METROPOLITAN MINISTRY — $40,000 · ReligionSISTERS OF CHARITY OF ST AUGUSTINE HEALTH SYSTEM INC — $20,000 · Religion
Human Services$2,351,749Other$3,639,800Health$1,635,025Education$1,120,000Housing & Shelter$430,000Community Improvement$425,000Religion$338,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetPROVIDENCE HOUSE INC — $394,000 over 5y, 5.9% of budgetCASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY — $370,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetJOSEPHS HOME — $357,544 over 4y, 8.3% of budgetHELP FOUNDATION INC — $340,000 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetNear Westside MultiService Corp — $315,000 over 4y, 4.6% of budgetTOWARDS EMPLOYMENT INC — $270,000 over 4y, 2.9% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER OHIO — $270,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetCLEVELAND RAPE CRISIS CENTER — $264,025 over 4y, 2.6% of budgetYOUNG WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CLEVELAND OHIO — $255,000 over 5y, 2.1% of budgetSTELLA MARIS INC — $255,000 over 4y, 2.3% of budgetTHE CLEVELAND FOUNDATION — $250,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetJOURNEY CENTER FOR SAFETY AND HEALING — $240,000 over 5y, 3.6% of budgetBUILDING HOPE IN THE CITY — $228,000 over 5y, 3.2% of budgetVILLAGE OF HEALING — $210,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetACHIEVEMENT CENTERS FOR CHILDREN — $180,500 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF NORTHEAST OHIO INC — $180,000 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetEDWINS LEADERSHIP & RESTAURANT INSTITUTE — $175,000 over 3y, 5.1% of budgetGREATER CLEVELAND HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC — $155,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetMALACHI HOUSE INC — $130,000 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetSHOES AND CLOTHES FOR KIDS — $129,500 over 3y, 2.9% of budgetYOUTH OPPORTUNITIES UNLIMITED — $125,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetHITCHCOCK CENTER FOR WOMEN INC — $125,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetESPERANZA INC — $120,000 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetTHE METROHEALTH FOUNDATION INC — $112,500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetUNIVERSITY SETTLEMENT INC — $112,500 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetFAMILY PROMISE OF GREATER CLEVELAND — $108,000 over 5y, 1.9% of budgetCLEVELAND KIDS' BOOK BANK — $105,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetPassages Connecting Fathers & Sons — $100,000 over 4y, 2.9% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches — $100,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCUYAHOGA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION — $100,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetHOPE IGNITES NORTHEASTERN OHIO INC — $97,500 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetSCRANTON ROAD MINISTRIES CDC — $92,000 over 5y, 2.9% of budgetEDNA HOUSE FOR WOMEN INC — $90,000 over 5y, 2.9% of budgetHUNGER NETWORK OF GREATER CLEVELAND — $90,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF NORTHEAST OHIO — $82,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCHN HOUSING PARTNERS — $80,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLESBIAN GAY BISEXUAL TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY CENTER — $80,000 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetFRONT STEPS HOUSING AND SERVICES INC — $80,000 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetGARFIELD HUMAN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION — $80,000 over 5y, 33% of budgetLEGAL AID SOCIETY OF CLEVELAND — $80,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSaint Martin de Porres High School — $77,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetCITY YEAR INC — $77,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWEST SIDE CATHOLIC CENTER — $75,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetSOLON COMMUNITY LIVING INC — $75,000 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetCLEVELAND INSTITUTE OF MUSIC — $70,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTHE METANOIA PROJECT — $70,000 over 5y, 5.6% of budgetFOCUS NORTH AMERICA — $66,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetMANUFACTURING ADVOCACY & GROWTH NETWORK INC — $65,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Cleveland Foundat…Community West Founda…The George Gund Found…The Char and Chuck Fo…The Reinberger Founda…United Way of Greater…The Abington Foundati…The Swagelok Foundati…The Sk Wellman Founda…Murphy Family Foundat…Jewish Federation of …Treu Mart Fund
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

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Higley Fund of the Cleveland Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%10%23%40%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 22%
  • Enterprise Community Partners Inc — 22% of income from government
  • City Year Inc — 11% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
58report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Higley Fund of the Cleveland Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Higley Fund of the Cleveland Foundation 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 134 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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