Ohio · Private foundation
Ralph and Lucille Schey 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.
- $117k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2025
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $11,137
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $38,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 13
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.6M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 25% of the organizations Ralph and Lucille Schey Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 9% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k 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 | 7 | $117k | 14% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $129k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $158k | 46% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $162k | 83% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $213k | 56% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $428k | 17% |
| FY2019 | 13 | $256k | 46% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $267k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Musical Arts Association | $671,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Georgia State University Foundation Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Playhouse Square Foundation | $99,000 | 4 | 0% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $92,310 | 3 | 0% |
| The Als Association Northern Ohio Chapter | $51,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Northeast Ohio Curling Club | $50,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Cleveland Society for the Blind | $39,038 | 4 | 0% |
| American Cancer Society Inc | $35,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Elizabethtown College | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Cleveland Institute of Music | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Musical Arts Association | $671,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Georgia State University Foundation Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Playhouse Square Foundation | $99,000 | 4 | 0% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $92,310 | 3 | 0% |
| The Als Association Northern Ohio Chapter | $51,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Northeast Ohio Curling Club | $50,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Cleveland Society for the Blind | $39,038 | 4 | 0% |
| American Cancer Society Inc | $35,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Elizabethtown College | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Cleveland Institute of Music | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Ohio Girls Golf Foundation | $6,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Ursinus College | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Liberty University Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Northwestern Ohio | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Ohio University Foundation | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Cleveland Ballet | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lake Vermilion Fire Brigade | $1,500 | 1 | 2% |
| The Bargain Box | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Girl Scouts of North East Ohio | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc | $600 | 2 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 20 recipients with no EIN on record ($546k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Ralph and Lucille Schey 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.
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How this is measured
Compare Ralph and Lucille Schey Foundation with peer funders
About Ralph and Lucille Schey Foundation
- How much does Ralph and Lucille Schey Foundation give?
- Ralph and Lucille Schey Foundation reported 7 grants totaling $117,137 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 13 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Ralph and Lucille Schey Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (46%), Human Services (18%), Education (9%).
- Who are Ralph and Lucille Schey Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: The Musical Arts Association ($671k), Georgia State University Foundation Inc ($100k), Playhouse Square Foundation ($99k).
- Does Ralph and Lucille Schey Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Ralph and Lucille Schey Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Ralph and Lucille Schey Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Ralph and Lucille Schey Foundation based?
- Ralph and Lucille Schey Foundation is based in OH.
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