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Thatcher Family Fund

The organization is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of, and to carry out the charitable, and educational functions of the cleveland foundation.

$661k
Granted FY2024still arriving
27
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Food & Nutrition$658kHealth$521kHuman Services$500kHousing & Shelter$487kReligion$220kCrime & Legal$100kInternational$40kEmployment$40kOther$0
02FY2024 · 27 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 27 grants below total $467,500, the rows itemized in this filing. The $660,500 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $193,000 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k7 grants · $53k
  • $10k–50k18 grants · $215k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $200k
$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$7.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH CARE INCORPORATED$100,000
STELLA MARIS INC$100,000
HUNGER NETWORK OF GREATER CLEVELAND$25,000
MALACHI HOUSE INC$20,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER OHIO$15,000
ALL FAITHS PANTRY$15,000
JOURNEY CENTER FOR SAFETY AND HEALING$10,000
PROVIDENCE HOUSE INC$10,000
TOWARDS EMPLOYMENT INCORPORATED$10,000
SHOES AND CLOTHES FOR KIDS INC$10,000
LEGAL AID SOCIETY OF CLEVELAND$10,000
FAMICOS FOUNDATION INC$10,000
CHILDREN'S HUNGER ALLIANCE$10,000
METANOIA PROJECT INC$10,000
NEAR WEST SIDE MULTI-SERVICE CORPORATION DBA THE MAY DUGAN CENTER$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.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $529k) 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.

area typical 13%HELP FOUNDATION INC: $10k → 17%BENJAMIN ROSE INSTITUTE: $8k → 17%BENJAMIN ROSE INSTITUTE: $8k → 17%ST VINCENT CHARITY MEDICAL CENTER: $8k → 17%THE EDNA HOUSE FOR WOMEN INC: $8k → 17%THE EDNA HOUSE FOR WOMEN INC: $8k → 17%THE EDNA HOUSE FOR WOMEN INC: $8k → 17%ST VINCENT CHARITY MEDICAL CENTER: $6k → 17%THE EDNA HOUSE FOR WOMEN INC: $8k → 17%ST VINCENT CHARITY MEDICAL CENTER: $6k → 17%BLOSSOM HILL INC: $8k → 17%NEAR WEST SIDE MULTI-SERVICE CORPORATION DBA THE MAY DUGAN CENTER: $15k → 17%NEAR WEST SIDE MULTI-SERVICE CORPORATION DBA THE MAY DUGAN CENTER: $15k → 17%NEAR WEST SIDE MULTI-SERVICE CORPORATION DBA THE MAY DUGAN CENTER: $15k → 17%NEAR WEST SIDE MULTI-SERVICE CORPORATION DBA THE MAY DUGAN CENTER: $10k → 17%SHOES AND CLOTHES FOR KIDS INC: $10k → 17%SENIOR TRANSPORTATION CONNECTION OF CUYAHOGA COUNTY: $12k → 17%MERRICK HOUSE: $8k → 17%SENIOR TRANSPORTATION CONNECTION OF CUYAHOGA COUNTY: $10k → 17%MERRICK HOUSE: $8k → 17%SENIOR TRANSPORTATION CONNECTION OF CUYAHOGA COUNTY: $10k → 17%MERRICK HOUSE: $8k → 17%SENIOR TRANSPORTATION CONNECTION OF CUYAHOGA COUNTY: $8k → 17%PHILLIS WHEATLEY ASSOCIATION OF CLEVELAND: $10k → 17%PHILLIS WHEATLEY ASSOCIATION OF CLEVELAND: $10k → 17%THE CENTERS FOR FAMILIES AND CHILDREN: $10k → 17%PHILLIS WHEATLEY ASSOCIATION OF CLEVELAND: $8k → 17%NORTHEAST OHIO COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS: $100k → 17%DIOCESAN COUNCIL SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL CLEVELAND DIOCESE: $10k → 17%NORTHEAST OHIO COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS: $10k → 17%MHS DBA FRONTLINE SERVICE: $10k → 17%MHS DBA FRONTLINE SERVICE: $10k → 17%NORTHEAST OHIO COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS: $10k → 17%DIOCESAN COUNCIL SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL CLEVELAND DIOCESE: $8k → 17%DIOCESAN COUNCIL SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL CLEVELAND DIOCESE: $8k → 17%UNIVERSITY SETTLEMENT INC: $10k → 17%UNIVERSITY SETTLEMENT INC: $10k → 17%UNIVERSITY SETTLEMENT INC: $10k → 17%UNIVERSITY SETTLEMENT INC: $10k → 17%UNIVERSITY SETTLEMENT INC: $10k → 17%KOINONIA HOMES INC: $10k → 17%KOINONIA HOMES INC: $8k → 17%KOINONIA HOMES INC: $8k → 17%SHOES AND CLOTHES FOR KIDS INC: $10k → 17%SHOES AND CLOTHES FOR KIDS INC: $10k → 17%BLOSSOM HILL INC: $8k → 17%BLOSSOM HILL INC: $8k → 17%BLOSSOM HILL INC: $8k → 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.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.3M · 39 repeat orgs$260k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +24% since the first grant, against +18% for those funded once.

39 repeat relationships: 26 still active in FY2024, 13 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

39
6

Total granted

$2.3M
$160k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+24%
+18%

Still filing today

97%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $100k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHealthFood & NutritionReligionHousing & ShelterCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • HN
    HUNGER NETWORK OF GREATER CLEVELAND
    5× · 2020–2024 · $225k · revenue +9%
  • NH
    NEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH CARE INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $178k · revenue +63%
  • PP
    PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER OHIO
    5× · 2020–2024 · $165k · revenue +63%

Funded once

  • CC
    Cleveland Christian Home Incgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $105k · revenue +48%
  • MI
    MOBILEMED1 INC DBA MEDWORKS
    one grant, 2023 · $15k · revenue -65%
  • BA
    BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF NORTHEAST OHIO
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue +14%
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
Hospice & Palliative Care of the Ohio Valley Inc

Helping individuals live with dignity through the final stage of life.

Human Services
2
West Side Catholic Center

The west side catholic center provides food, clothing, shelter, and advocacy to all who come to us in need. through various programs, we serve the homeless and indigent of cleveland, ohio.

Human Services
3
Lutheran Social Services of Central Ohio Delaware Housing Inc

See schedule oto create a better world by serving people in need by operating food pantries, homeless shelters, a domestic violence shelter, affordable housing communities, senior living, assisted living and skilled care facilities, a home…

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4
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
5
Catholic Charities Corporation

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.

Human Services
6
Community Human Services Corporation

Chs empowers individuals and families to live in stable housing, connect to community resources, build relationships and access quality food.

Human Services
7
Community Support Services Inc

Serves as a safety net for those summit county residents who are most in need of behavioral health services as a result of severe and persistent mental illness the agency proveides comprehensive, high quality, cost-effective treatment,…

Health
8
Choices for Victims of Domestic Violence

To create a better world by serving people in need by operating food pantries, homeless shelters, a domestic violence shelter, affordable housing communities, senior living, assisted living and skilled care facilities, a home health care…

Human Services
9
National Church Residences At Home Inc

Originating from a christian commitment of service, we provide high quality care, services and communities for seniors.

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10
Neighborhood Properties Inc

To develop and manage a continuum of stable and supportive housing for persons with serious mental illness and co-occuring disorders

Health
11
Ohio Living Quaker Heights

To provide older adults with caring and quality services toward the enhancement of physical, mental and spiritual well being consistent with the christian gospel.

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12
Cleveland Mediation Center

Our mission is to promote a just and peaceful community by honoring all people, building their capacity to act, and facilitating opportunities for them to engage in conflict constructively. We continue to fulfill our mission by…

Crime & Legal
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Family Promise of Greater Cleveland; the most unlike its peers is Baba Neem Karoli Satsang. 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

46 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.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
45/46
Grantees still filing
32/46
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH CARE INC: $178,000 · HealthNEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH CAR…PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER OHIO: $164,505 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF G…STELLA MARIS INC: $100,000 · HealthSTELLA MARIS INCMEDWISH MEDWORKS: $50,000 · HealthMEDWISH MEDWORKSSIGNATURE HEALTH INC: $27,721 · Health+1 more: $15,000 · HealthNORTHEAST OHIO COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS: $120,000 · Human ServicesNORTHEAST OHIO COALITIO…Near Westside MultiService Corp: $55,000 · Human ServicesNear Westside MultiServ…UNIVERSITY SETTLEMENT INC: $50,000 · Human ServicesUNIVERSITY SETTLEMENT I…SENIOR TRANSPORTATION CONNECTION: $39,500 · Human ServicesSENIOR TRANSPORTATION C…SHOES AND CLOTHES FOR KIDS: $30,000 · Human ServicesSHOES AND CLOTHES FOR K…BLOSSOM HILL INC: $30,000 · Human ServicesBLOSSOM HILL INCEDNA HOUSE FOR WOMEN INC: $30,000 · Human ServicesEDNA HOUSE FOR WOMEN IN…The Phillis Wheatley Association Inc: $27,500 · Human ServicesKOINONIA HOMES INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesDIOCESAN COUNCIL SOCIETY OF SVDP CLEVELAND DIOCESE: $25,000 · Human ServicesMERRICK HOUSE: $22,500 · Human ServicesMENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR HOMELESS PERSONS INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesST VINCENT CHARITY MEDICAL CENTER: $19,800 · Human Services+3 more: $35,000 · Human Services+3 moreLUTHERAN METROPOLITAN MINISTRY: $212,500 · ReligionLUTHERAN METROPOLITAN…BUILDING HOPE IN THE CITY: $137,500 · ReligionBUILDING HOPE IN THE …Cleveland Christian Home Inc: $105,000 · ReligionCleveland Christian H…BABA NEEM KAROLI SATSANG: $47,500 · ReligionBABA NEEM KAROLI SATS…MALACHI HOUSE INC: $113,750 · OtherMALACHI HOUSE INCFRONT STEPS HOUSING AND SERVICES INC: $55,000 · OtherFRONT STEPS HOUSING A…FAMILY PROMISE OF GREATER CLEVELAND: $50,000 · OtherFAMILY PROMISE OF GRE…PROVIDENCE HOUSE INC: $50,000 · OtherPROVIDENCE HOUSE INCLEGAL AID SOCIETY OF CLEVELAND: $50,000 · OtherLEGAL AID SOCIETY OF …HOPE IGNITES NORTHEASTERN OHIO INC: $37,500 · OtherHOPE IGNITES NORTHEAS…JOURNEY CENTER FOR SAFETY AND HEALING: $50,000 · OtherJOURNEY CENTER FOR SA…TOWARDS EMPLOYMENT INC: $40,000 · OtherTOWARDS EMPLOYMENT IN…+4 more: $50,000 · Other+4 moreHUNGER NETWORK OF GREATER CLEVELAND: $225,000 · Food & NutritionHUNGER NETWORK O…ALL FAITHS PANTRY: $73,000 · Food & NutritionALL FAITHS PANTR…CHILDREN'S HUNGER ALLIANCE: $40,000 · Food & NutritionCHILDREN'S HUNGE…GREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK INC: $40,000 · Food & NutritionGREATER CLEVELAN…THE METANOIA PROJECT: $70,000 · Housing & ShelterFAMICOS FOUNDATION: $39,980 · Housing & ShelterDOWNTOWN CLEVELAND ALLIANCE: $35,000 · Community ImprovementSpanish American Committee: $20,000 · Community Improvement
Health$535,226Human Services$529,300Religion$502,500Other$496,250Food & Nutrition$378,000Housing & Shelter$109,980Community Improvement$55,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHUNGER NETWORK OF GREATER CLEVELAND: $225,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetLUTHERAN METROPOLITAN MINISTRY: $212,500 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH CARE INC: $178,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER OHIO: $164,505 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetBUILDING HOPE IN THE CITY: $137,500 over 5y, 2.1% of budgetNORTHEAST OHIO COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS: $120,000 over 3y, 8.6% of budgetMALACHI HOUSE INC: $113,750 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetCleveland Christian Home Inc: $105,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetSTELLA MARIS INC: $100,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetALL FAITHS PANTRY: $73,000 over 5y, 5.5% of budgetTHE METANOIA PROJECT: $70,000 over 5y, 6.0% of budgetNear Westside MultiService Corp: $55,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetFRONT STEPS HOUSING AND SERVICES INC: $55,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetFAMILY PROMISE OF GREATER CLEVELAND: $50,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetUNIVERSITY SETTLEMENT INC: $50,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetJOURNEY CENTER FOR SAFETY AND HEALING: $50,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetMEDWISH MEDWORKS: $50,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetPROVIDENCE HOUSE INC: $50,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetLEGAL AID SOCIETY OF CLEVELAND: $50,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetBABA NEEM KAROLI SATSANG: $47,500 over 4y, 42% of budgetTOWARDS EMPLOYMENT INC: $40,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetCHILDREN'S HUNGER ALLIANCE: $40,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetGREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK INC: $40,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFAMICOS FOUNDATION: $39,980 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSENIOR TRANSPORTATION CONNECTION: $39,500 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetHOPE IGNITES NORTHEASTERN OHIO INC: $37,500 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetDOWNTOWN CLEVELAND ALLIANCE: $35,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSHOES AND CLOTHES FOR KIDS: $30,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetBLOSSOM HILL INC: $30,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetEDNA HOUSE FOR WOMEN INC: $30,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetSIGNATURE HEALTH INC: $27,721 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Phillis Wheatley Association Inc: $27,500 over 3y, 4.9% of budgetKOINONIA HOMES INC: $25,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDIOCESAN COUNCIL SOCIETY OF SVDP CLEVELAND DIOCESE: $25,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetMERRICK HOUSE: $22,500 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetSpanish American Committee: $20,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetMENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR HOMELESS PERSONS INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetST VINCENT CHARITY MEDICAL CENTER: $19,800 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetYOUNG WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CLEVELAND OHIO: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetOhioGuidestone: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBENJAMIN ROSE INSTITUTE: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMOBILEMED1 INC DBA MEDWORKS: $15,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF NORTHEAST OHIO: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHELP FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Centers for Families and Children: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetURBAN COMMUNITY SCHOOL: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

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 FoundationOH68.4× affinity34 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Cleveland Foundation · Higley Fund of the Cleveland Foundation · Community West Foundation · The George Gund Foundation · Murphy Family Foundation · The Char and Chuck Fowler Family Foundation · The Reinberger Foundation · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · Jewish Federation of Cleveland · Mt Sinai Health Care Foundation · The Sk Wellman Foundation · The Abington 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 Thatcher Family Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Thatcher Family Fund. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%13%28%50%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
    21report 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 Thatcher Family Fund?

    Find your warmest path to Thatcher Family Fund 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 46 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 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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