· Private foundation
Richard a Barone Foundation
Its FY2024 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 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k5 grants · $13k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $40k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $70k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| MUSEUM OF AMER PORCELAIN ART | $70,000 |
| BEST BUDDIES IN OHIO | $25,000 |
| GILMOUR ACADEMY | $15,000 |
| EDNA HOUSE | $5,000 |
| ST RAPHAEL SCHOOL | $5,000 |
| ARCH EAGLE FOUNDATION | $2,000 |
| MAGNIFICAT SCHOOL | $800 |
| PATRON OF THE ARTS | $600 |
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 (FY18–24, $6k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 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
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +109% since the first grant, against +74% for those funded once.
11 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (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 FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- MOMUSEUM OF AMER PORCELAIN ART5× · 2020–2024 · $323k
- GAGILMOUR ACADEMY INC7× · 2017–2024 · $100k
- HTHands Together Inc3× · 2017–2022 · $85k · revenue -28%
Funded once
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2018 · $10k
- DEDOMINIC'S ENDOWED FUNDone grant, 2018 · $5k
- UHUNIVERSITY HOSPITALSone grant, 2021 · $5k
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.
Improve the health of our community and create patient value by providing exceptional outcomes and the finest experiences, all in an affordable way.
To serve as a center for excellence in the provision of specialized health care services and comfort for patients and families coping with catastrophic illness and injury.
Respond to those in need through an integrated system of quality services designed to respect the dignity of every person and build a just and compassionate society.
The Cleveland Christian Home, Inc. exists to be a haven of hope for children, youth, and families struggling with mental illness, abuse, and neglect in Northeast Ohio.
Habitat for humanity of cleveland is a non-profit christian housing ministry. habitat works in partnership with god and people everywhere, from all walks of life, to develop communities for people in need by building and selling houses…
L'arche cleveland, inc. (l'arche) is a not for profit, incorporated, faith-based community/agency which provides homes and services to adults with developmental disabilities. individuals with and without developmental disabilities create…
The mission of the christ hospital foundation ('tch fdn') is to support the mission of the christ hospital ('tch'). tch's mission is to improve the health of our community and create patient value by providing exceptional outcomes and the…
Provide care to hurting and troubled children and families.
How this is measured
11 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 11 of the 27 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 Hands Together Inc ↗
- Who funds CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds CHRIST CHILD SOCIETY OF CLEVELAND ↗
- Who funds EDNA HOUSE FOR WOMEN INC ↗
- Who funds CATHOLIC COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds HOUSE OF CHAMPIONS ↗
- Who funds INMOTION ↗
- Who funds ARCH EAGLE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds WOMEN'S RECOVERY CENTER ↗
- Who funds HOSPICE OF THE WESTERN RESERVE INC ↗
- Who funds LAKE HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
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 Lozick Family Foundation · The Swagelok Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Albert B & Audrey G Ratner Family Foundation · Community West Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Richard a Barone Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Richard a Barone Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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