Ohio · Public charity
Peggy & John Garson Family Foundation
To further the charitable, educational and religious purposes of the jewish federation of cleveland ("federation").
- $250k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 13
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 29%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $233k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $75,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 10
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $486k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 29% of the organizations Peggy & John Garson Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 15% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $22k 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 | 12 | $158k | 75% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $143k | 29% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $187k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $1.7M | 70% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $60k | 67% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $1.3M | 100% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $15k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $22k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University Hospitals Health System Inc | $1,750,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Case Western Reserve University | $1,000,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Goods Bank Neo | $90,000 | 2 | 12% |
| Bellefaire Jewish Children's Bureau | $80,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Mandel Jewish Community Center of Cleveland | $79,600 | 4 | 1% |
| Building Hope in the City | $76,250 | 2 | 1% |
| Jewish Family Service Association of Cleveland Ohio | $67,500 | 2 | 0% |
| The Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage | $40,000 | 2 | 1% |
| University Settlement Inc | $40,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Lifeact | $32,500 | 3 | 1% |
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Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Peggy & John Garson 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: The Cleveland Foundation · The Char and Chuck Fowler Family Foundation · Jewish Federation of Cleveland · The George Gund Foundation · Treu Mart Fund · The Cyrus Eaton Foundation · The Andrews Foundation · The Sk Wellman Foundation · The Abington Foundation · Murphy Family Foundation · Cavaliers Youth Foundation · Mt Sinai Health Care Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Peggy & John Garson Family Foundation with peer funders
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About Peggy & John Garson Family Foundation
- How much does Peggy & John Garson Family Foundation give?
- Peggy & John Garson Family Foundation reported 13 itemized grants totaling $232,500, out of $250,250 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 10 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Peggy & John Garson Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (77%), Philanthropy (6%), Human Services (3%).
- Who are Peggy & John Garson Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: University Hospitals Health System Inc ($1.8M), Case Western Reserve University ($1.0M), Goods Bank Neo ($90k).
- Does Peggy & John Garson Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Peggy & John Garson Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Cleveland Foundation, The Char and Chuck Fowler Family Foundation, Jewish Federation of Cleveland.
- Where is Peggy & John Garson Family Foundation based?
- Peggy & John Garson Family Foundation is based in OH.
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