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Kaulig Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$186k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
40
Grants FY2024
35
Organizations funded FY2023
34%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$15,000
Organizations funded a year
24 to 37
FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
1
Total assets, FY2024
$381k
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 34% of the organizations Kaulig Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 23% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $39k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23
Human ServicesPhilanthropyEducationYouth DevelopmentHealthPublic BenefitOther
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 yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving40$186k30%
FY202335$169k34%
FY202232$189k44%
FY202137$251k68%
FY202024$171kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$217kEducation$157kHuman Services$117kRecreation & Sports$112kYouth Development$95kArts & Culture$73kHousing & Shelter$60kFood & Nutrition$25kOther$0

Top grantees

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

Show all 79 grantees
All grantees of Kaulig Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Empower Sports Corporation$70,00056%
Hope for Henry Foundation$65,00031%
Art Sparks$60,00057%
Access Inc$50,00051%
Stewart's Caring Place Inc and Subsidiary$50,00051%
Cleveland Kids' Book Bank$37,50032%
Friends of Breakthrough Schools$30,00020%
Sos (Strengthening Our Students) Williams$28,000415%
The Turn$20,00021%
Cleveland Zoological Society$20,00040%
Lifeact$20,00021%
Victim Assistance Program Inc$20,00040%
Achievement Centers for Children$20,00040%
Great Trail Council of Boy Scouts of America Inc$18,33340%
Friends of Rwandan Education Inc$15,00018%
100 Women Strong Ohio Inc$15,0001n/a
Womensafe Inc$12,50040%
Esperanza Inc$12,50030%
City Year Inc$12,50030%
Pathway Caring for Children$12,40030%
The Littlest Heroes Inc$12,00023%
Victory Gallop Inc$11,80041%
Shaker Lakes Regional Nature Center Dba Nature Center at Shaker Lakes$10,00040%
Elves & More of Northest Ohio$10,00027%
A Kid Again Inc$10,00010%
Greater Cleveland Volunteers$10,00040%
Believe in Dreams$10,00041%
The Akron Marathon Charitable Corporation$10,00020%
Akron Children's Hospital Foundation$10,00010%
The Hiram House$7,50030%
Good Knights Inc$7,50031%
Milestones Autism Resources$7,50030%
National Inventors Hall of Fame Inc$5,10020%
Greater Cleveland Habitat for Humanity Inc$5,00010%
Julie Billiart Network$5,00010%
Down Syndrome Association of Northeast Ohio$5,00011%
Greater Cleveland Food Bank Inc$5,00010%
Boys and Girls Clubs of Northeast Ohio$5,00010%
West Side Catholic Center$5,00020%
Project Nicu$5,0001n/a
Girl Scouts of North East Ohio$5,00010%
Cornerstone of Hope Inc$5,00010%
Playhouse Square Foundation$5,00010%
Blessing House$5,00010%
St Malachi Center Incorporated$5,0001n/a
Case Western Reserve University$5,00010%
Mercury Summer Stock$5,00014%
Transformations by Cleveland Angels$5,00021%
The Metrohealth Foundation Inc$5,00010%
The Literacy Cooperative of Greater Cleveland$3,50020%
In Step With Horsesinc$3,50021%
Boys 2 Men Inc$3,0002n/a
Hope Ignites Northeastern Ohio Inc$2,50010%
Shelter Care Inc$2,50010%
Maggie's Place Inc$2,50010%
Girls on the Run of Greater Summit Girls on the Run of Northeast Ohio$2,50010%
Lake Erie Nature and Science Center$2,50010%
Zelie's Home$2,50010%
Cleveland Furniture Bank$2,50010%
Cooper Foundation Inc$2,5001n/a
Ecumenical Shelter Network of Lake County Inc$2,50010%
Manufacturing Advocacy & Growth Network Inc$2,50010%
Bulldog Bags Inc$2,50013%
Good Samaritan Hunger Center$2,50011%
Fostering Hope$2,50011%
America Scores Cleveland$2,50010%
Child and Family Advocates of Cuyahoga County$2,50011%
Fellowship of Christian Athletes$2,50010%
Journey Center for Safety and Healing$2,50010%
Edwins Family Center LLC$2,5001n/a
United Service Organizations Inc$2,50010%
Edwins Leadership & Restaurant Institute$2,50010%
South Street Mnistries Inc$2,50010%
Akron Youth Mentorship$2,40011%
Coach Sam's Inner Circle Foundation$2,00020%
Beyond the Game$2,00012%
The 2nd and 7 Foundation$1,00010%
Open M Foundation$1,00012%
Star Camp$1,00011%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($104k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Kaulig Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetEmpower Sports Corporation: $70,000 over 5y, 6.2% of budgetHope for Henry Foundation: $65,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetArt Sparks: $60,000 over 5y, 7.2% of budgetAccess Inc: $50,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetStewart's Caring Place Inc and Subsidiary: $50,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetCleveland Kids' Book Bank: $37,500 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetFriends of Breakthrough Schools: $30,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSos (Strengthening Our Students) Williams: $28,000 over 4y, 15% of budgetThe Turn: $20,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetCleveland Zoological Society: $20,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetLifeact: $20,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetVictim Assistance Program Inc: $20,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetAchievement Centers for Children: $20,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetGreat Trail Council of Boy Scouts of America Inc: $18,333 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetFriends of Rwandan Education Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 8.5% of budgetWomensafe Inc: $12,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetEsperanza Inc: $12,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetCity Year Inc: $12,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPathway Caring for Children: $12,400 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetThe Littlest Heroes Inc: $12,000 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetVictory Gallop Inc: $11,800 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetShaker Lakes Regional Nature Center Dba Nature Center at Shaker Lakes: $10,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetElves & More of Northest Ohio: $10,000 over 2y, 7.3% of budgetA Kid Again Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetGreater Cleveland Volunteers: $10,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetBelieve in Dreams: $10,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetThe Akron Marathon Charitable Corporation: $10,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetAkron Children's Hospital Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Hiram House: $7,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetGood Knights Inc: $7,500 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetMilestones Autism Resources: $7,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetNational Inventors Hall of Fame Inc: $5,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGreater Cleveland Habitat for Humanity Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJulie Billiart Network: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDown Syndrome Association of Northeast Ohio: $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetGreater Cleveland Food Bank Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBoys and Girls Clubs of Northeast Ohio: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWest Side Catholic Center: $5,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGirl Scouts of North East Ohio: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCornerstone of Hope Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPlayhouse Square Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBlessing House: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCase Western Reserve University: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMercury Summer Stock: $5,000 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetTransformations by Cleveland Angels: $5,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetThe Metrohealth Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Literacy Cooperative of Greater Cleveland: $3,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetIn Step With Horsesinc: $3,500 over 2y, 1.1% of budget

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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 73.

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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 FoundationOH67.2× affinity36 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Cleveland Foundation · The Reinberger Foundation · Akron Community Foundation · Cavaliers Youth Foundation · Higley Fund of the Cleveland Foundation · Community West Foundation · The Swagelok Foundation · Northern Ohio Golf Charities Foundation Inc · The Sk Wellman Foundation · Sisler McFawn Foundation Pfdn · The Lozick Family Foundation · Dominion Energy Charitable 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.

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How do I get to Kaulig Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Kaulig 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.

About Kaulig Foundation

How much does Kaulig Foundation give?
Kaulig Foundation reported 40 grants totaling $186,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 24 and 37 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does Kaulig Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (22%), Education (16%), Human Services (12%).
Who are Kaulig Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Empower Sports Corporation ($70k), Hope for Henry Foundation ($65k), Art Sparks ($60k).
Does Kaulig Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 34% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Kaulig Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Kaulig Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Cleveland Foundation, The Reinberger Foundation, Akron Community Foundation.
Where is Kaulig Foundation based?
Kaulig Foundation is based in OH.

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 87 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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