· Private foundation
Oatey 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k11 grants · $52k
- $10k–50k9 grants · $169k
- $50k–250k4 grants · $355k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| COMMUNITY WEST FOUNDATION | $200,000 |
| VELOSANO | $55,000 |
| GREATER CLEVELAND PARTNERSHIP | $50,000 |
| METROHEALTH FOUNDATION | $50,000 |
| LIVING WATERS FOR THE WORLD | $30,000 |
| YOUTH CHALLENGE | $30,000 |
| CLEVELAND WATER ALLIANCE | $25,000 |
| YMCA OF GREATER CLEVELAND | $25,000 |
| ACHIEVEMENT CENTERS FOR CHILDREN | $14,000 |
| ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME & MUSEUM | $12,500 |
| GREATER CLEVELAND SPORTS COMMISSION | $12,000 |
| DIVERSITY CENTER OF NE OHIO | $10,000 |
| PROVIDENCE HOUSE | $10,000 |
| JACKSON HOLE SKI AND SNOW CLUB | $8,000 |
| CLEVELAND LEADERSHIP CENTER | $6,500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $296k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
58 repeat relationships: 20 still active in FY2025, 38 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $60k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TMThe Musical Arts Association7× · 2017–2024 · $912k · revenue +45%
- TRTHE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM INC9× · 2017–2025 · $580k · revenue +80%
- YCYOUTH CHALLENGE9× · 2017–2025 · $390k · revenue +43%
Funded once
- CFCLEVELAND FOUNDATION SAY YES CLEVELAND SCHOLARone grant, 2024 · $100k
- WMWATER MISSIONS INTERNATIONALgraduatedone grant, 2020 · $25k · revenue +33%
- MAMARKETING & ADVERTISING GLOBAL NETWORKgraduatedone grant, 2021 · $25k · revenue +141%
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.
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.
Mission: for all of our students to achieve optimal health by integrating mental and physical well-being and life purpose. values: we will improve the lives of our students and our community. we will fight inherently inequitable systems.…
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.
Caring for life, researching for health and educating those who serve.
Cincinnati museum center inspires people of all ages to learn more about our world through science, regional history, and educational, engaging and meaningful experiences.
To protect the environment and health of all ohio communities through legal and policy advocacy, decision-maker accountability, and civic engagement.
Cal champions creative learning, drives educational innovation, and transforms lives through collaborative efforts involving teaching artists, students, educators, and communities.
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…
The cleveland arts prize identifies, rewards, publicly honors and promotes those creative artists whose original work and accomplishments have set a standard of excellence to which other artists can aspire. additionally, the cleveland arts…
The city club of cleveland's mission is to create conversations of consequence that help democracy thrive. we do this in pursuit of our vision of strong, informed individuals and communities that prize freedom of speech and civil, civic…
Case Western Reserve University is an independent, research-oriented university with broadly based strengths in health, including medicine, nursing and dentistry; in engineering; in the arts and sciences; and in law, management and social…
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.
The cleveland institute of music's mission is to empower the world's most talented classical music students to fulfill their dreams and potential.
How this is measured
63 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. 63 of the 106 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 The Musical Arts Association ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITY WEST FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM INC ↗
- Who funds YOUTH CHALLENGE ↗
- Who funds LIVING WATERS FOR THE WORLD ↗
- Who funds THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF WITTENBERG COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds THE METROHEALTH FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds CLEVELAND WATER ALLIANCE ↗
- Who funds THE TURN ↗
- Who funds THE CLEVELAND FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds BECK CENTER FOR THE ARTS ↗
- Who funds ACHIEVEMENT CENTERS FOR CHILDREN ↗
- Who funds YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CLEVELAND ↗
- Who funds EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds THE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds HEALTHNETWORK FOUNDATION FKA HEALTH NET FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds CUYAHOGA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Greater Cleveland Partnership ↗
- Who funds VALUES-IN-ACTION FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF JACKSON HOLE ↗
- Who funds AMERICA SCORES CLEVELAND ↗
- Who funds CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART ↗
- Who funds NEW AVENUES TO INDEPENDENCE INC ↗
- Who funds DIVERSITY CENTER OF NORTHEAST OHIO ↗
- Who funds Saint Martin de Porres High School ↗
- Who funds NORTH COAST COMMUNITY HOMES INC ↗
- Who funds CLEVELAND PUBLIC THEATRE INC ↗
- Who funds DRINK LOCAL DRINK TAP INC ↗
- Who funds WATER MISSIONS INTERNATIONAL ↗
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: The Cleveland Foundation · The Char and Chuck Fowler Family Foundation · The Swagelok Foundation · Jewish Federation of Cleveland · The George Gund Foundation · Giant Eagle Foundation · The Nord Family Foundation · Higley Fund of the Cleveland Foundation · Community West Foundation · Third Federal Foundation · The Reinberger Foundation · The Covia Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Oatey Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Oatey Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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