Ohio · Private foundation
Robert E Mathews Family 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.
- $22k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 17
- Grants FY2025
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 42%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $6,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 26
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $433k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 42% of the organizations Robert E Mathews Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 69% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 31% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9k 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 | 17 | $22k | 24% |
| FY2024 | 12 | $12k | 42% |
| FY2023 | 21 | $30k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 26 | $33k | 77% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $2k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $10k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 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, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Museum of Natural History | $8,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Greater Cleveland Food Bank Inc | $7,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Native Memory Project | $6,000 | 4 | 10% |
| In Step With Horsesinc | $5,750 | 5 | 1% |
| Gates Mills Land Conservancy | $3,500 | 4 | 1% |
| Wkhr Radio Inc | $3,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Occk Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Cleveland Animal Protective League | $3,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Earthjustice | $2,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Conservation Lands Foundation | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 22 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Museum of Natural History | $8,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Greater Cleveland Food Bank Inc | $7,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Native Memory Project | $6,000 | 4 | 10% |
| In Step With Horsesinc | $5,750 | 5 | 1% |
| Gates Mills Land Conservancy | $3,500 | 4 | 1% |
| Wkhr Radio Inc | $3,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Occk Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Cleveland Animal Protective League | $3,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Earthjustice | $2,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Conservation Lands Foundation | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Wyoming Outdoor Council | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Humane World for Animals Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Wind River Tribal Buffalo Initiative | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Feeding America | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Canine Lifeline Inc | $1,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Wilderness Watch Inc | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Western Watersheds Projects Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Honor the Earth | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ideastream | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Polar Bears International | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Northern Rockies Conservation Cooperative | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| Park County Environmental Council | $200 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 25 recipients with no EIN on record ($51k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Robert E Mathews 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.
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How this is measured
Compare Robert E Mathews Family Foundation with peer funders
About Robert E Mathews Family Foundation
- How much does Robert E Mathews Family Foundation give?
- Robert E Mathews Family Foundation reported 17 grants totaling $22,250 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 26 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Robert E Mathews Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (25%), Arts & Culture (17%), Environment (15%).
- Who are Robert E Mathews Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Cleveland Museum of Natural History ($8k), Greater Cleveland Food Bank Inc ($7k), Native Memory Project ($6k).
- Does Robert E Mathews Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 42% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Robert E Mathews Family 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 Robert E Mathews Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Marin Community Foundation, The New-Land Foundation Inc, Patagoniaorg.
- Where is Robert E Mathews Family Foundation based?
- Robert E Mathews Family Foundation is based in OH.
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