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Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.5M
Granted FY2022
88
Grants FY2022
15
States reached
$216k
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, FY2019 to 2024.

Philanthropy$731kHealth$707kEducation$455kInternational$222kPublic Safety & Disaster$220kCommunity Improvement$216kArts & Culture$201kFood & Nutrition$192kOther$0
02FY2022 · 88 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2022

  • Under $10k50 grants · $214k
  • $10k–50k31 grants · $599k
  • $50k–250k7 grants · $713k
$7,500
Median grant
15
States reached
$4.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNITED WAY WORLDWIDE$215,550
GREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK$120,000
MAGNET$100,000
WOMEN WHO WELD$100,000
CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA$77,752
CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION$50,000
UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS & RB&CS HOSPITAL$50,000
RED CROSS$45,000
LINCOLN ELECTRIC FOUNDATION$40,000
CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY$37,500
EUCLID CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT$25,000
SISU$25,000
USA BOBSLED SKELETON INC$25,000
MENTOR PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT$25,000
INTL FEDERATION OF RED CROSS AND RED CRE$25,000
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:

Its human-services grants (FY19–22, $140k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 94% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%THE FOUNDRY: $3k → 13%AWS FOUNDATION: $10k → 12%MISSION POSSIBLE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: $3k → 7%THE FAMILY PLACE: $8k → 14%MISSION POSSIBLE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: $3k → 7%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $25k → 14%SUB ZERO MISSION: $3k → 9%SEEDS OF LITERACY: $3k → 17%SEEDS OF LITERACY: $3k → 17%SEEDS OF LITERACY: $3k → 17%NEW AVENUES OF INDEPENDENCE: $3k → 17%NEW AVENUES OF INDEPENDENCE: $3k → 17%WEST SIDE CATHOLIC CENTER: $5k → 17%WEST SIDE CATHOLIC CENTER: $5k → 17%WEST SIDE CATHOLIC CENTER: $3k → 17%ALLIANCE FOR FAMILY HOPE: $4k → 17%ALLIANCE FOR FAMILY HOPE: $1k → 17%YMCA OF GREATER CLEVELAND: $15k → 17%HOSPICE OF THE WESTERN RESERVE: $8k → 17%HOSPICE OF THE WESTERN RESERVE: $8k → 17%HOSPICE OF THE WESTERN RESERVE: $8k → 17%CORNERSTONE OF HOPE: $8k → 17%CORNERSTONE OF HOPE: $5k → 17%THE GATHERING PLACE: $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.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
IA
IN
OH
CA
WV
VA
MD
AR
TN
NC
SC
DC
GA
TX
FL
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.
$2.4M · 62 repeat orgs$1.0M to everyone else

62 repeat relationships: 38 still active in FY2022, 24 since wound down; 48 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

62
40

Total granted

$2.4M
$386k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+20%
+98%

Still filing today

65%
35%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 50% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $620k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’22
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’22
Human ServicesEducationHealthArts & CulturePhilanthropyYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • GC
    GREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK INC
    3× · 2019–2022 · $190k · revenue +8%
  • MA
    MANUFACTURING ADVOCACY & GROWTH NETWORK INC
    3× · 2019–2022 · $140k · revenue +90%
  • CM
    CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
    3× · 2019–2022 · $48k · revenue +77%

Funded once

  • AW
    AMERICAN WELDING SOCIETY INC
    one grant, 2019 · $60k · revenue +7%
  • LI
    LINCOLN INSTITUTE OF LAND POLICYgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $50k · revenue +98%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2019 · $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
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
Greater Columbus Chamber of Commerce

Advancing a thriving central ohio commmunity by serving as a catalyst for all businesses to grow and flourish. our mission pillars are connections, government relations, strategic business solutions and talent/workforce.

—
3
United Way of Central Ohio Inc

United way of central ohio is the local organization that harnesses the power of communities working together - people, nonprofits, businesses and government - to create a stronger, more equitable central ohio. see schedule o.we do this…

Philanthropy
4
Ohio Bankers League

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

Community Improvement
5
Ohio Business Roundtable

To harness the collective expertise of ohio's ceos to advocate for policies that improve ohio's economic competitiveness.

—
6
Digitalc

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

Community Improvement
7
Ohio United Way

To strengthen the capacity of United Ways across Ohio and to advance the common good for Ohioans.

Philanthropy
8
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
9
The Cleveland Foundation

Enhance the lives of all residents of greater cleveland, now and for generations to come, by working together with our donors to build community endowment, address needs through grantmaking, and provide leadership on key community issues.

Philanthropy
10
The College of Wooster

The college of wooster is a community of independent minds, working together to prepare students to become leaders of character and influence in an interdependent global community. (continued on schedule o)we engage motivated students in a…

Education
11
Legal Aid of Western Ohio Inc

Legal aid of western ohio, inc. (lawo) is a non-profit law firm that champions equity and justice through client-centered community collaboration and transformative legal advocacy.

Crime & Legal
12
United Way of Greater Toledo

United way of greater toledo unites the caring power of people to improve lives.

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Family Promise of Greater Cleveland; the most unlike its peers is Lincoln Institute of Land Policy. 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

84 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 84 of the 152 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)
16
Early backer (in before they grew)
83/84
Grantees still filing
58/84
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION: $125,000 · OtherCLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATIONAMERICAN RED CROSS: $124,640 · OtherAMERICAN RED CROSSUNIVERSITY HOSPITALS: $100,000 · OtherMENTOR PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT: $75,000 · Other+108 more: $1,519,579 · Other+108 moreUNITED WAY OF GREATER CLEVELAND: $350,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF GREATER CLE…CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA: $217,472 · PhilanthropyCHARITIES AID FOUNDATION …UNITED WAY WORLDWIDE: $215,550 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY WORLDWIDEUNITED WAY OF LAKE COUNTY INC: $80,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF LAKE COUNTY…+2 more: $13,000 · PhilanthropyWOMEN WHO WELD: $100,000 · EducationWOMEN WHO…LINCOLN INSTITUTE OF LAND POLICY: $50,000 · EducationLINCOLN I…THE OHIO FOUNDATION OF INDEPENDENT COLLEGES: $30,000 · EducationTHE OHIO …Baldwin Wallace University: $25,000 · EducationBaldwin W…DIVERSITY CENTER OF NORTHEAST OHIO: $23,500 · EducationDIVERSITY…COLLEGE NOW GREATER CLEVELAND INC: $22,000 · EducationCOLLEGE N…CLEVELAND LEADERSHIP CENTER: $17,500 · EducationCLEVELAND…+5 more: $39,850 · Education+5 moreMANUFACTURING ADVOCACY & GROWTH NETWORK INC: $140,000 · Community ImprovementAMERICAN WELDING SOCIETY INC: $60,000 · Community ImprovementGREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK INC: $190,000 · Food & NutritionPlayhouse Square Foundation: $71,000 · Arts & CultureCLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY: $47,500 · Arts & CultureCLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART: $30,000 · Arts & CultureThe Musical Arts Association: $20,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $2,500 · Arts & CultureAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $25,000 · Human ServicesHOSPICE OF THE WESTERN RESERVE INC: $22,500 · Human ServicesYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CLEVELAND: $15,000 · Human ServicesWEST SIDE CATHOLIC CENTER: $13,000 · Human ServicesCORNERSTONE OF HOPE INC: $12,500 · Human ServicesAWS FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesSEEDS OF LITERACY: $8,000 · Human ServicesThe Family Place: $7,500 · Human ServicesNEW AVENUES TO INDEPENDENCE INC: $6,000 · Human ServicesMission Possible Dominican Republic Inc: $5,000 · Human ServicesTHE GATHERING PLACE: $5,000 · Human Services+3 more: $10,100 · Human Services
Other$1,944,219Philanthropy$876,022Education$307,850Community Improvement$200,000Food & Nutrition$190,000Arts & Culture$171,000Human Services$139,600

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER CLEVELAND: $350,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetCHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA: $217,472 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY WORLDWIDE: $215,550 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK INC: $190,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMANUFACTURING ADVOCACY & GROWTH NETWORK INC: $140,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetWOMEN WHO WELD: $100,000 over 1y, 27% of budgetUNITED WAY OF LAKE COUNTY INC: $80,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetPlayhouse Square Foundation: $71,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN WELDING SOCIETY INC: $60,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLINCOLN INSTITUTE OF LAND POLICY: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY: $47,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $41,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GEAUGA COUNTY: $40,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetNATIONAL PARK TRUST INC: $40,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetGREATER CLEVELAND SPORTS COMMISSION: $30,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetCLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLEADERSHIP LAKE COUNTY INC: $30,000 over 3y, 3.0% of budgetTHE OHIO FOUNDATION OF INDEPENDENT COLLEGES: $30,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetMARCH OF DIMES INC: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUSA BOBSLEDSKELETON INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetAMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBaldwin Wallace University: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDIVERSITY CENTER OF NORTHEAST OHIO: $23,500 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetYOUTH OPPORTUNITIES UNLIMITED: $22,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetHOSPICE OF THE WESTERN RESERVE INC: $22,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILY PROMISE OF GREATER CLEVELAND: $22,500 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetCOLLEGE NOW GREATER CLEVELAND INC: $22,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Musical Arts Association: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCircle Health Services: $20,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetESPERANZA INC: $18,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetCLEVELAND LEADERSHIP CENTER: $17,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetBUSINESS VOLUNTEERS UNLIMITED: $15,500 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetTHE HIRAM HOUSE: $15,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetABILITIES FIRST INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CLEVELAND: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVOCATIONAL GUIDANCE SERVICES: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWEST SIDE CATHOLIC CENTER: $13,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCORNERSTONE OF HOPE INC: $12,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetWESTERN RESERVE LAND CONSERVANCY: $11,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAWS FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE HOLDEN ARBORETUM: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF NORTH EAST OHIO: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetIDEASTREAM: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDolly Parton's Imagination Library: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE FIRST TEE OF CLEVELAND: $10,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetENVISION CHILDREN: $10,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetTrue Freedom Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.6% 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.

  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF GREATER CLEVELAND ↗
  • Who funds CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY WORLDWIDE ↗
  • Who funds GREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK INC ↗
  • Who funds MANUFACTURING ADVOCACY & GROWTH NETWORK INC ↗
  • Who funds WOMEN WHO WELD ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF LAKE COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds Playhouse Square Foundation ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN WELDING SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds LINCOLN INSTITUTE OF LAND POLICY ↗
  • Who funds CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY ↗
  • Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF GEAUGA COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL PARK TRUST INC ↗
  • Who funds GREATER CLEVELAND SPORTS COMMISSION ↗
  • Who funds CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART ↗
  • Who funds LEADERSHIP LAKE COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds THE OHIO FOUNDATION OF INDEPENDENT COLLEGES ↗
  • Who funds MARCH OF DIMES INC ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds USA BOBSLEDSKELETON INC ↗

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 Swagelok Foundati…The Sk Wellman Founda…The Reinberger Founda…The Char and Chuck Fo…Higley Fund of the Cl…Giant Eagle FoundationJewish Federation of …The George Gund Found…The Kelvin & Eleanor …Treu Mart FundUnited Way of Greater…
The Cleveland FoundationOH56.4× affinity30 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Cleveland Foundation · The Swagelok Foundation · The Sk Wellman Foundation · The Reinberger Foundation · The Char and Chuck Fowler Family Foundation · Higley Fund of the Cleveland Foundation · Giant Eagle Foundation · Jewish Federation of Cleveland · The George Gund Foundation · The Kelvin & Eleanor Smith Foundation · Treu Mart Fund · United Way of Greater Cleveland

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 Lincoln Electric Fdn Pfdn funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lincoln Electric Fdn Pfdn. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 51%
  • National Park Trust Inc: 51% of income from government
  • American Welding Society Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
29report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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 152 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 (FY2024) is on record and reports $1.6M 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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