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Joyce M Stielau & Herbert W Stielau Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

Joyce M Stielau & Herbert W Stielau Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$275k
Granted FY2022
16
Grants FY2022
2
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Philanthropy$1.8MHealth$190kEducation$162kArts & Culture$153kAnimals$100kEnvironment$40kHuman Services$25kFood & Nutrition$23kOther$0
02FY2022 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 16 grants below total $224,500, the rows itemized in this filing. The $274,600 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $50,100 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2022

  • Under $10k3 grants · $15k
  • $10k–50k12 grants · $160k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$12,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$5.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
The MetroHealth Foundation$50,000
Facing History and Ourselves$25,000
Canine Companions for Independence$15,000
Case Western Reserve University$15,000
Greater Cleveland Food Bank$15,000
The Musical Theater Project$15,000
ideastream$12,500
University Hospital$12,000
City Club of Cleveland$10,000
Notre Dame College$10,000
Ohio Environmental Council$10,000
One Health Organization$10,000
Lake Erie Inc.$10,000
Cleveland Animal Protective League$5,000
Hockey Humanitarian Award Foundation$5,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 98% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%HOCKEY HUMANITARIAN AWARD FOUNDATION: $10k → 11%RESCUE VILLAGE: $10k → 6%CANINE COMPANION FOR INDEPENDENCE: $25k → 9%OHIO ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL: $10k → 15%OHIO GUIDESTONE: $23k → 17%CUYAHOGA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $44k → 17%IDEASTREAM: $10k → 17%THE METROHEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $50k → 17%BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA - GREATER CLEVELAND COUNCIL: $10k → 17%FACING HISTORY AND OURSELVES: $25k → 17%CLEVELAND ANIMAL PROTECTIVE LEAGUE: $5k → 17%SEE ATTACHED: $327k → 17%SEE ATTACHED: $297k → 17%SEE ATTACHED: $280k → 17%SEE ATTACHED: $270k → 17%SEE ATTACHED: $265k → 17%CUYAHOGA COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY: $20k → 17%MUSICAL THEATER PROJECT: $10k → 17%SEE ATTACHED: $332k → 17%ONE HEALTH ORGANIZATION: $10k → 17%CIRCLE HEALTH SERVICES: $5k → 17%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

70%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$528k · 13 repeat orgs$224k to everyone else

13 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2022, 3 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
7

Total granted

$528k
$162k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+14%
+62%

Still filing today

85%
29%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $62k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’19’22
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’19’22
EducationHealthYouth DevelopmentAnimalsEnvironmentPhilanthropyOther
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

  • TM
    THE METROHEALTH FOUNDATION INC
    3× · 2017–2022 · $125k · revenue +103%
  • CC
    CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC
    2× · 2019–2022 · $45k · revenue +27%
  • I
    IDEASTREAM
    3× · 2017–2022 · $33k · revenue +14%

Funded once

  • CC
    CUYAHOGA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2017 · $44k · revenue +24%
  • CC
    Cuyahoga Community College
    one grant, 2019 · $40k
  • CC
    CANINE COMPANION FOR INDEPENDENCE
    one grant, 2017 · $25k
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.

—
2
John Carroll University

As a jesuit catholic university committed to academic rigor, inclusive excellence, and care for the whole person, john carroll university inspires individuals of intellect and character to learn, lead and serve in the community and…

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
Ohio Association of Community Colleges

Oacc is dedicated to the advancement and implementation of sound policy and initiatives that work to ensure the success of the more than 300,000 community college students in ohio. rooted in the belief that every person should have access…

Education
5
Ohio Bankers League

Provide comprehensive services that benefit the financial institution industry in ohio.

Community Improvement
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
Capital University

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

Education
8
Hospital Council of Northwest Ohio

The hospital council of northwest ohio is a member-driven organization that represents and advocates on behalf of its member hospitals and health systems, and provides collaborative opportunities to enhance the health status of the…

Health
9
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.

—
10
Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association

To promote the rule of law and the legal profession by supporting, empowering and celebrating our members and the community.

Community Improvement
11
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…

—
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Metrohealth Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Hockey Humanitarian Award 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

16 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. 16 of the 26 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/16
Grantees still filing
12/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FACING HISTORY AND OURSELVES: $75,000 · OtherFACING HISTORY AND OURSELVESCUYAHOGA COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY: $52,500 · OtherCUYAHOGA COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARYCuyahoga Community College: $40,000 · OtherCuyahoga Community CollegeCANINE COMPANION FOR INDEPENDENCE: $25,000 · OtherCANINE COMPANION FOR INDEPENDENCEUniversity Hospital: $12,000 · OtherHockey Humanitarian Award Foundation: $25,000 · OtherHockey Humanitarian Award FoundationGREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK INC: $22,500 · OtherGREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK INC+6 more: $55,000 · Other+6 moreTHE METROHEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $125,000 · HealthTHE METROHEALTH FOUNDA…OhioGuidestone: $22,500 · HealthOhioGuidestoneTHE MUSICAL THEATER PROJECT INC: $45,000 · EducationTHE MUSICAL THEATE…CUYAHOGA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $44,000 · EducationCUYAHOGA COMMUNITY…CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY: $15,000 · EducationCASE WESTERN RESER…NOTRE DAME COLLEGE: $10,000 · EducationNOTRE DAME COLLEGETHE CITY CLUB OF CLEVELAND: $10,000 · EducationTHE CITY CLUB OF C…IDEASTREAM: $32,500 · Youth DevelopmentLAKE ERIE COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA INC: $20,000 · Youth DevelopmentCANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC: $45,000 · Human ServicesONE HEALTH ORGANIZATION: $30,000 · AnimalsTHE CLEVELAND ANIMAL PROTECTIVE LEAGUE: $15,000 · AnimalsTHE OHIO ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL: $30,000 · Environment
Other$307,000Health$147,500Education$124,000Youth Development$52,500Human Services$45,000Animals$45,000Environment$30,000

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 budgetTHE METROHEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $125,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetCANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC: $45,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE MUSICAL THEATER PROJECT INC: $45,000 over 3y, 3.2% of budgetIDEASTREAM: $32,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE OHIO ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL: $30,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetONE HEALTH ORGANIZATION: $30,000 over 3y, 2.9% of budgetHockey Humanitarian Award Foundation: $25,000 over 3y, 49% of budgetGREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK INC: $22,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOhioGuidestone: $22,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLAKE ERIE COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CLEVELAND ANIMAL PROTECTIVE LEAGUE: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCircle Health Services: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNOTRE DAME COLLEGE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CITY CLUB OF CLEVELAND: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% 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.

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 Foundat…The Louise H & David …The George Gund Found…American Endowment Fo…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Cleveland FoundationOH17.3× affinity6 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Cleveland Foundation · The Louise H & David S Ingalls Fdn · The George Gund Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Joyce M Stielau & Herbert W Stielau Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Joyce M Stielau & Herbert W Stielau Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
    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.

    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 26 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 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $332k of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2022, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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