Ohio · Private foundation
James and Susan Ratner Family 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.
- $1.0M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 70
- Grants FY2025
- 51
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 12%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $250,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 18 to 67
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 8
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 12% of the organizations James and Susan Ratner Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $63k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 52 | $938k | 21% |
| FY2024 | 51 | $992k | 12% |
| FY2023 | 60 | $853k | 30% |
| FY2022 | 51 | $1.2M | 16% |
| FY2021 | 67 | $1.1M | 64% |
| FY2020 | 21 | $279k | 48% |
| FY2019 | 33 | $455k | 52% |
| FY2018 | 18 | $41k | 22% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Park Synagogue | $910,935 | 6 | n/a |
| Cleveland Museum of Art | $550,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Case Western Reserve University | $469,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Planned Parenthood of Greater Ohio | $251,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Playhouse Square Foundation | $165,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Northwestern University | $160,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Musical Arts Association | $150,000 | 6 | 0% |
| United Way of Greater Cleveland | $135,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Save The Children Federation Inc | $115,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Armand Hammer Museum of Art and Cultural Center Inc | $99,832 | 6 | 0% |
Show all 115 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 21 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.5M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget James and Susan Ratner Family Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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: Jewish Federation of Cleveland · The Cleveland Foundation · The Horowitz Ratner Family Foundation · Ronald and Deborah Ratner Family Foundation · The George Gund Foundation · The Albert B & Audrey G Ratner Family Foundation · Jack Joseph & Morton Mandel Foundation · The Char and Chuck Fowler Family Foundation · The Good Community Foundation · Third Federal Foundation · Greenleaf Avenue Foundation · Emma R Fox Char Trust Mut Fds
How this is measured
Compare James and Susan Ratner Family Foundation with peer funders
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About James and Susan Ratner Family Foundation
- How much does James and Susan Ratner Family Foundation give?
- James and Susan Ratner Family Foundation reported 70 grants totaling $1,026,950 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 18 and 67 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does James and Susan Ratner Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (20%), Arts & Culture (17%), Philanthropy (17%).
- Who are James and Susan Ratner Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Park Synagogue ($911k), Cleveland Museum of Art ($550k), Case Western Reserve University ($470k).
- Does James and Susan Ratner Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 12% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does James and Susan Ratner Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as James and Susan Ratner Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Federation of Cleveland, The Cleveland Foundation, The Horowitz Ratner Family Foundation.
- Where is James and Susan Ratner Family Foundation based?
- James and Susan Ratner Family Foundation is based in OH.
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