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Robert R & Gay C Cull Family Foundation at a glance

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Robert R & Gay C Cull Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$540k
Granted FY2024still arriving
25
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$971kEducation$334kHealth$194kEnvironment$164kFood & Nutrition$65kHuman Services$63kInternational$48kPublic Safety & Disaster$36kOther$0
02FY2024 · 25 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k20 grants · $235k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $300k
$10,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$9.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MUSICAL ARTS ASSOCIATION$100,000
CLEVELAND INSTITUTE OF MUSIC$100,000
CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY$50,000
HOSPICE FOR WESTERN RESERVE$50,000
CLEVELAND RESTORATION SOCIETY$20,000
METROHEALTH FOUNDATION$20,000
HOLDEN ARBORETUM$20,000
FRIENDS OF STONE LAB$15,000
AMERICAN RED CROSS CLEVELAND CHAPTER$10,000
CLEVELAND INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION$10,000
CIRCLE HEALTH SERVICES$10,000
EYE CARE INTERNATIONAL$10,000
Individual grant recipient$10,000
LAKE ERIE INK$10,000
CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY$10,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 95% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%HOLDEN ARBORETUM: $20k → 9%Hiram College: $100k → 12%FRIENDS OF STONE LAB: $15k → 15%CLEVELAND INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION: $10k → 17%PREVENT CHILD ABUSE AMERICA: $10k → 14%HOLDEN ARBORETUM: $20k → 9%HIRAM COLLEGE: $10k → 12%FRIENDS OF STONE LAB: $15k → 15%CLEVELAND INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION: $10k → 17%PREVENT CHILD ABUSE AMERICA: $10k → 14%HOLDEN ARBORETUM: $15k → 9%EDWIN'S INSTITUTE FOR LEADERSHIP: $10k → 17%HOLDEN ARBORETUM: $10k → 9%EDWIN'S INSTITUTE FOR LEADERSHIP: $10k → 17%Holden Arboretum: $10k → 9%Holden Arboretum: $10k → 9%Holden Arboretum: $10k → 9%CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY: $50k → 17%CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY: $50k → 17%CLEVELAND RESTORATION SOCIETY: $20k → 17%CLEVELAND RESTORATION SOCIETY: $20k → 17%GREATER CLEVELAND HABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $10k → 17%Cleveland Restoration Society: $10k → 17%EYE CARE INTERNATIONAL: $10k → 17%Cleveland Restoration Society: $10k → 17%GREATER CLEVELAND HABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $10k → 17%CLEVELAND RESTORATION SOCIETY: $10k → 17%EYE CARE INTERNATIONAL: $10k → 17%AMERICAN RED CROSS CLEVELAND CHAPTER: $10k → 17%METROHEALTH FOUNDATION: $20k → 17%METROHEALTH FOUNDATION: $20k → 17%Cleveland Food Bank: $11k → 17%HOSPICE FOR WESTERN RESERVE: $50k → 17%MUSICAL ARTS ASSOCIATION: $100k → 17%MUSICAL ARTS ASSOCIATION: $100k → 17%CLEVELAND INSTITUTE OF MUSIC: $100k → 17%CLEVELAND INSTITUTE OF MUSIC: $70k → 17%CLEVELAND INSTITUTE OF MUSIC: $30k → 17%Cleveland Institute of Music: $30k → 17%Cleveland Institute of Music: $30k → 17%Musical Arts Association: $30k → 17%CLEVELAND INSTITUTE MUSIC: $25k → 17%Cleveland Institute of Music: $25k → 17%Musical Arts Association: $25k → 17%MUSICAL ARTS ASSOCIATION: $25k → 17%Musical Arts Association: $25k → 17%MUSICAL ARTS ASSOCIATION: $22k → 17%CLEVELAND INSTITUTE MUSIC: $22k → 17%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

100%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.0M · 50 repeat orgs$9k to everyone else

50 repeat relationships: 25 still active in FY2024, 25 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

50
5

Total granted

$2.0M
$9k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+31%
+73%

Still filing today

44%
40%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationEnvironmentHealthRecreation & SportsFood & NutritionOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • CI
    CLEVELAND INSTITUTE OF MUSIC
    7× · 2017–2024 · $332k · revenue +8%
  • TM
    The Musical Arts Association
    7× · 2017–2024 · $327k · revenue +45%
  • CR
    CLEVELAND RESTORATION SOCIETY INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $100k · revenue +226%

Funded once

  • WR
    WESTERN RESERVE LAND CONSERVANCYgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $3k · revenue +73%
  • NW
    NEAR WEST THEATER
    one grant, 2017 · $3k
  • T
    THRESHOLD
    one grant, 2018 · $1k
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.

04Its field

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.

1
Cincinnati Museum Center

Cincinnati museum center inspires people of all ages to learn more about our world through science, regional history, and educational, engaging and meaningful experiences.

Arts & Culture
2
The Cleveland Institute of Art

The mission statement of the cleveland institute of art is as follows: to cultivate creative leaders who inspire people, strengthen communities, and contribute to a thriving and sustainable economy through an innovative education in art…

Education
3
Cleveland Botanical Garden

The cleveland botanical garden connects people with the wonder, beauty, and value of trees and plants, to inspire action for healthy communities.

Environment
4
Literary Cleveland

Literary Cleveland assists writers and readers at all stages of development, promotes new and existing literature of the highest quality, and advances Northeast Ohio as a vital center of diverse voices and visions.

Education
5
Cleveland Hts Teachers Credit Union

Credit union provides lending, savings and other financial services to its qualifying members at terms generally better than available in the marketplace and with a service-based emphasis that recognizes the members status as owners

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6
Cleveland Medical Library Association
Education
7
Cleveland Arts Prize

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…

Arts & Culture
8
Global Cleveland

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.

Human Services
9
Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association

To promote the rule of law and the legal profession by supporting, empowering and celebrating our members and the community.

Community Improvement
10
John Carroll University

As a jesuit catholic university committed to academic rigor, inclusive excellence, and care for the whole person, john carroll university inspires individuals of intellect and character to learn, lead and serve in the community and…

Education
11
Point Park University

Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting. dedicated to academic excellence and community engagement,we prepare students of diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skill,and experience to lead meaningful lives as informed…

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12
Cleveland Leadership Center

The mission of cleveland leadership center (the organization) is to build a continuum of civic leaders committed to our community's excellence by serving as a catalyst for civic engagement. the organization achieves its mission by…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Cleveland Museum of Natural History; the most unlike its peers is Western Reserve Historical Society. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

24 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. 24 of the 55 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
24/24
Grantees still filing
18/24
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY: $100,000 · OtherCLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITYHOSPICE FOR WESTERN RESERVE: $60,000 · OtherHOSPICE FOR WESTERN RESERVEFRIENDS OF STONE LAB: $59,000 · OtherFRIENDS OF STONE LABCLEVELAND INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION: $50,000 · OtherCLEVELAND INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETI…EYE CARE INTERNATIONAL: $47,500 · OtherEYE CARE INTERNATIONALAMERICAN RED CROSS CLEVELAND CHAPTER: $32,000 · OtherGOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF GREATER CLEVELAND AND EAST CENTRAL OHIO INC: $24,000 · Other+30 more: $283,000 · Other+30 moreThe Musical Arts Association: $327,000 · Arts & CultureThe Musical Arts AssociationCLEVELAND RESTORATION SOCIETY INC: $100,000 · Arts & CultureCLEVELAND RESTORATION SOCIETY …CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY: $47,000 · Arts & CultureCLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HI…CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART: $45,000 · Arts & CultureCLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART+3 more: $10,500 · Arts & CultureCLEVELAND INSTITUTE OF MUSIC: $332,000 · EducationCLEVELAND INSTITUTE OF MUSICHIRAM COLLEGE: $130,000 · EducationHIRAM COLLEGECOLLEGE NOW GREATER CLEVELAND INC: $31,000 · EducationCOLLEGE NOW GREATER CLEVELAND …CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY: $18,000 · Education+1 more: $17,000 · EducationTHE HOLDEN ARBORETUM: $95,000 · Environment+1 more: $3,000 · EnvironmentTHE METROHEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 · HealthHOPEWELL: $21,000 · HealthGREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK INC: $64,500 · Food & NutritionGREATER CLEVELAND HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $28,000 · Housing & Shelter
Other$655,500Arts & Culture$529,500Education$528,000Environment$98,000Health$71,000Food & Nutrition$64,500Housing & Shelter$28,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCLEVELAND INSTITUTE OF MUSIC: $332,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetThe Musical Arts Association: $327,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetHIRAM COLLEGE: $130,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetCLEVELAND RESTORATION SOCIETY INC: $100,000 over 8y, 1.4% of budgetTHE HOLDEN ARBORETUM: $95,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetGREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK INC: $64,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTHE METROHEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetCLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY: $47,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetCLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART: $45,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCOLLEGE NOW GREATER CLEVELAND INC: $31,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER CLEVELAND HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $28,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetGOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF GREATER CLEVELAND AND EAST CENTRAL OHIO INC: $24,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHOPEWELL: $21,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetPREVENT CHILD ABUSE AMERICA: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLAKE ERIE INK: $20,000 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetCircle Health Services: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY: $18,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MUSICAL THEATER PROJECT INC: $17,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetMETROSQUASH NFP: $7,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CLEVELAND PLAY HOUSE: $6,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION IN THE UNITED STATES: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWESTERN RESERVE LAND CONSERVANCY: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWESTERN RESERVE HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
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 CLEVELAND INSTITUTE OF MUSIC ↗
  • Who funds The Musical Arts Association ↗
  • Who funds HIRAM COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds CLEVELAND RESTORATION SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds THE HOLDEN ARBORETUM ↗
  • Who funds GREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK INC ↗
  • Who funds THE METROHEALTH FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY ↗
  • Who funds CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART ↗
  • Who funds COLLEGE NOW GREATER CLEVELAND INC ↗
  • Who funds GREATER CLEVELAND HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC ↗
  • Who funds GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF GREATER CLEVELAND AND EAST CENTRAL OHIO INC ↗
  • Who funds HOPEWELL ↗
  • Who funds PREVENT CHILD ABUSE AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds LAKE ERIE INK ↗
  • Who funds Circle Health Services ↗
  • Who funds CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds THE MUSICAL THEATER PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds URBAN SQUASH CLEVELAND ↗
  • Who funds METROSQUASH NFP ↗
  • Who funds THE CLEVELAND PLAY HOUSE ↗

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.

The Cleveland Foundat…The Louise H & David …The Albert B & Audrey…The Lozick Family Fou…The George Gund Found…Joseph & Nancy Keithl…Jane and Jon Outcalt …Martha Holden Jenning…Robert H Reakirt Fdn …Ibm International Fou…The Laub FoundationThe Betty T and David…
The Cleveland FoundationOH27.2× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Cleveland Foundation · The Louise H & David S Ingalls Fdn · The Albert B & Audrey G Ratner Family Foundation · The Lozick Family Foundation · The George Gund Foundation · Joseph & Nancy Keithley Foundation · Jane and Jon Outcalt Foundation · Martha Holden Jennings Foundation · Robert H Reakirt Fdn Equities · Ibm International Foundation · The Laub Foundation · The Betty T and David M Schneider Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Robert R & Gay C Cull Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Robert R & Gay C Cull Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Robert R & Gay C Cull Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Robert R & Gay C Cull Family Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 55 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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