· Private foundation
Sandstone 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k21 grants · $54k
- $10k–50k5 grants · $144k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| POSITIVE EDUCATION PROGRAM | $37,516 |
| UCLA FOUNDATION | $31,500 |
| THE BAIL PROJECT | $30,000 |
| A PLACE FOR ME | $25,000 |
| ACLU OF OHIO | $20,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $7,500 |
| MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART (MOCA) | $7,500 |
| SISTERS OF NOTRE DAME | $7,500 |
| THE CLEVELAND FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| CLEVELAND PLAYHOUSE | $5,000 |
| PLAYHOUSE SQUARE | $3,000 |
| LA JOLLA PLAYHOUSE | $3,000 |
| THE OLD GLOBE | $3,000 |
| BORDERLIGHT | $2,557 |
| GREATER CLEVELAND FOODBANK | $2,073 |
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 (FY17–25, $30k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 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
Which US states its grants reach
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 +28% since the first grant, against +10% for those funded once.
37 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2025, 23 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (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 FY2025, 65% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $57k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- HBHATHAWAY BROWN SCHOOL2× · 2018–2019 · $125k · revenue +1%
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY6× · 2017–2024 · $46k · revenue +50%- LELAKE ERIE INK5× · 2017–2022 · $42k · revenue +99%
Funded once
- CCCARLETON COLLEGEgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $30k · revenue +39%
- CHCHN HOUSING PARTNERSone grant, 2022 · $25k · revenue -41%
- YMYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CLEVELANDone grant, 2017 · $25k · revenue +15%
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.
Cincinnati museum center inspires people of all ages to learn more about our world through science, regional history, and educational, engaging and meaningful experiences.
Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…
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…
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.
Diabetes partnership of cleveland works to provide relevant and sustainable programming, education, resources and supplies to the community in northeast ohio affected by diabetes.
Cal champions creative learning, drives educational innovation, and transforms lives through collaborative efforts involving teaching artists, students, educators, and communities.
The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…
The ohio state bar association (the "association") is an unincorporated voluntary non-profit organization. the association was formed to promote justice and advance the interests of the legal profession.
See schedule othe democracy collaborative was established in 2000 to advance understanding of democracy for the 21st century and to promote emerging strategies and innovations in community development that enhance democratic life. in…
The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…
To harness the collective expertise of ohio's ceos to advocate for policies that improve ohio's economic competitiveness.
The cleveland institute of music's mission is to empower the world's most talented classical music students to fulfill their dreams and potential.
How this is measured
55 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. 55 of the 87 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 POSITIVE EDUCATION PROGRAM ↗
- Who funds THE BAIL PROJECT INC ↗
- Who funds HATHAWAY BROWN SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds HIGH MOUNTAIN INSTITUTE INC ↗
- Who funds UCLA FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds LAKE ERIE INK ↗
- Who funds Equality Ohio ↗
- Who funds Equality Ohio Education Fund ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF OHIO FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds CARLETON COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds THE CLEVELAND FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds CHN HOUSING PARTNERS ↗
- Who funds YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CLEVELAND ↗
- Who funds THEATER & ARTS FOUNDATION OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY DBA LA JOLLA PLAYHOUSE ↗
- Who funds PHILANTHROPY OHIO ↗
- Who funds THE CITY CLUB OF CLEVELAND ↗
- Who funds CLEVELAND PUBLIC THEATRE INC ↗
- Who funds TEEN CANCER AMERICA INC ↗
- Who funds EDWINS LEADERSHIP & RESTAURANT INSTITUTE ↗
- Who funds THE COLLABORATIVE TO END HUMAN TRAFFICKING ↗
- Who funds JOURNEY CENTER FOR SAFETY AND HEALING ↗
- Who funds URBAN COMMUNITY SCHOOL ↗
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 George Gund Foundation · The Cleveland Foundation · The Char and Chuck Fowler Family Foundation · The Abington Foundation · The Reinberger Foundation · The Nord Family Foundation · Higley Fund of the Cleveland Foundation · Mt Sinai Health Care Foundation · The Lozick Family Foundation · Jewish Federation of Cleveland · George Codrington Fdnhirtlena · John P Murphy Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Sandstone Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Sandstone Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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