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The Andrews Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$266k
Granted FY2025still arriving
36
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$15k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
0189% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2017–2025.

Human Services$598kHealth$401kArts & Culture$321kFood & Nutrition$281kEducation$108kYouth Development$107kRecreation & Sports$93kScience & Tech$90kOther$0
02FY2025 · 36 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k22 grants · $121k
  • $10k–50k14 grants · $145k
$7,500
Median grant
1
States reached
$8.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MEDWISH MEDWORKS$15,000
LGBT COMMUNITY CENTER$10,000
FOOD STRONG$10,000
MALACHI CENTER$10,000
PPGOH$10,000
OHIO GUIDESTONE$10,000
CHILD AND FAMILY ADVOCATES OF CUYAHOGA COUNTY$10,000
HUNGER NETWORK$10,000
CLEVELAND ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY$10,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF NEO$10,000
VINEYARD FOOD RESOURCE CENTER$10,000
IDEASTREAM$10,000
GOODS BANK$10,000
LEGALWORKS$10,000
BRACEVILLE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$7,500
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

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

show:

Your human-services grants (FY18–25, $419k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%CHILD AND FAMILY ADVOCATES OF CUYAHOGA COUNTY: $10k → 17%CHILD AND FAMILY ADVOCATES OF CUYAHOGA COUNTY: $10k → 17%REFUGEE RESPONSE: $10k → 17%SEED YOGA: $15k → 17%REFUGEE RESPONSE: $25k → 17%MAY DUGAN CENTER: $20k → 17%MAY DUGAN CENTER: $15k → 17%REFUGEE RESPONSE: $10k → 17%SENIOR TRANSPORATION CONNECTION: $10k → 17%MERRICK HOUSE: $5k → 17%SENIOR TRANSPORATION CONNECTION: $8k → 17%PASSAGES: $15k → 17%PASSAGES: $15k → 17%PASSAGES: $12k → 17%ADOPTION NETWORK CLEVELAND: $10k → 17%GOODS BANK: $10k → 17%GOODS BANK: $10k → 17%GOODS BANK: $10k → 17%ADOPTION NETWORK CLEVELAND: $10k → 17%ADOPTION NETWORK CLEVELAND: $10k → 17%ADOPTION NETWORK CLEVELAND: $5k → 17%BIG HEARTED BLOOMS: $5k → 17%NORTH COAST COMMUNITY HOMES: $10k → 17%KINNECT: $15k → 17%THE GATHERING PLACE: $15k → 17%KINNECT: $10k → 17%UNIVERSITY SETTLEMENT: $58k → 17%UNIVERSITY SETTLEMENT: $25k → 17%UNIVERSITY SETTLEMENT: $12k → 17%UNIVERSITY SETTLEMENT: $8k → 17%UNIVERSITY SETTLEMENT: $3k → 17%UNIVERSITY SETTLEMENT: $1k → 17%UNIVERSITY SETTLEMENT: $8k → 17%SHOES AND CLOTHES FOR KIDS: $5k → 17%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

65%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$1.8M · 61 repeat orgs$974k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +18% since the first grant, against +15% for the ones you funded once.

61 repeat relationships — 18 still active in FY2025, 43 since wound down; 18 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

61
66

Total granted

$1.8M
$844k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+18%
+15%

Still filing today

59%
42%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 51% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $130k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesArts & CultureHealthCommunity ImprovementFood & NutritionYouth DevelopmentOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • US
    UNIVERSITY SETTLEMENT INC
    6× · 2018–2023 · $115k · revenue +25%
  • GC
    GREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK INC
    2× · 2020–2021 · $60k · revenue +10%
  • MH
    MALACHI HOUSE INC
    3× · 2019–2021 · $58k · revenue +68%

Funded once

  • UH
    UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS
    one grant, 2017 · $71k
  • UH
    UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS RADIOLOGY
    one grant, 2021 · $50k
  • UH
    UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS PALLIATIVE CARE
    one grant, 2018 · $35k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Hope for Cleveland's Children
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2
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
3
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
4
United Way of North Central Ohio Inc

At united way of north central ohio, we bring people, organizations, and resources together to create solutions that improve the lives of every person in every community in our region.

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5
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
6
Central Ohio Workers Center Inc

The Central Ohio Worker Center is a non-profit organization that educates, empowers, and advocates for and with low-wage and immigrant workers in Central Ohio.

Civil Rights
7
Cleveland Jobs With Justice

To work as a coalition of labor unions, community organzation, and religious community to raise the public awarness of and build campaigns to promote workers rights an social justice issues.

Education
8
Neighborhood Progress Inc

Cleveland neighborhood progress is committed to advancing its mission of fostering communities of choice and opportunity. our vision is for all of cleveland's neighborhoods to be attractive, vibrant communities where people from all…

Community Improvement
9
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
10
City Fields

To operate as a community development corporation with the goal to transform disadvantaged neighborhoods through five primary areas: physical revitalization, social revitalization, economic development, neighborhood safety, and leadership…

Community Improvement
11
Family Connections of Northeast Ohio

Family connections of northeast ohio has been helping families grow stronger together for over 40 years by providing parenting support and educational opportunities for families with children from birth through age 6. we offer year-round,…

Human Services
12
Central Community House

Central community house (cch) is a comprehensive, neighborhood-based community center that has been serving the near east and south side neighborhoods of columbus, ohio since 1936. rather than specifically address one problem or social…

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Family Promise of Greater Cleveland and the most unlike its peers is Smart Development Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyProfessional Trade Associat…Labor Union OrganizationsFamily Support ServicesCatholic Education & Commun…Youth Sports ProgramsSenior Care & Hospice Servi…Private Social ClubsResidential Support Services
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 28 years old; the field is 22. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number19%3%<5yr13%12%5–10yr16%17%10–20yr16%24%20–35yr19%20%35–55yr19%25%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value19%2%<5yr13%10%5–10yr16%18%10–20yr16%20%20–35yr19%17%35–55yr19%34%55yr+

The field is 19% startups (under 5 years old) — 3% of your grantees by number, and just 2% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/83
the rest of the field
13%
1,299/9,735

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

79 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 79 of the 145 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
18
Early backer (in before they grew)
77/79
Grantees still filing
47/79
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

HUNGER NETWORK — $85,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY HOSPITALS — $71,000 · Other+95 more — $1,685,898 · Other+95 moreUNIVERSITY SETTLEMENT INC — $114,600 · Human ServicesUNIVERSITY SETTL…RESOURCE CLEVELAND — $45,000 · Human ServicesRESOURCE CLEVELA…Passages Connecting Fathers & Sons — $42,000 · Human ServicesPassages Connect…Near Westside MultiService Corp — $35,000 · Human ServicesNear Westside Mu…ADOPTION NETWORK CLEVELAND — $35,000 · Human ServicesADOPTION NETWORK…GOODS BANK NEO — $30,000 · Human ServicesGOODS BANK NEOKINNECT — $25,000 · Human ServicesKINNECTCHILD AND FAMILY ADVOCATES OF CUYAHOGA COUNTY — $20,000 · Human ServicesSENIOR TRANSPORTATION CONNECTION — $17,500 · Human ServicesTHE GATHERING PLACE — $15,000 · Human ServicesSEED YOGA — $15,000 · Human Services+4 more — $25,000 · Human Services+4 moreThe Lantern — $45,000 · HealthBELLEFAIRE JEWISH CHILDREN'S BUREAU — $40,000 · HealthRAVEN HOUSE — $40,000 · HealthBeech Brook — $20,000 · HealthMEDWISH MEDWORKS — $15,000 · HealthOhioGuidestone — $10,000 · Health+3 more — $15,000 · HealthCLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART — $25,000 · Arts & CultureCOLLECTIVE ARTS NETWORK — $20,000 · Arts & CultureZYGOTE PRESS INC — $15,000 · Arts & CultureWATERLOO ARTS — $15,000 · Arts & CultureTHE CLEVELAND MUSIC SCHOOL SETTLEMENT — $10,000 · Arts & CultureART HOUSE INC — $10,000 · Arts & CultureTEEN START PROGRAM — $5,000 · Arts & CultureSPARK THEATRE COMPANY INC — $5,000 · Arts & CultureCONTEMPORARY YOUTH ORCHESTRA — $5,000 · Arts & CultureARTS IMPACT INC — $5,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more — $3,000 · Arts & CultureUNIVERSITY CIRCLE INCORPORATED — $40,000 · Community ImprovementNORTH UNION FARMERS MARKET — $20,000 · Community ImprovementSMART DEVELOPMENT INC — $20,000 · Community ImprovementCleveland Owns — $11,500 · Community ImprovementSpanish American Committee — $5,000 · Community ImprovementGREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK INC — $60,000 · Food & NutritionTHE FOODBANK INC — $15,000 · Food & NutritionFOOD STRONG — $10,000 · Food & NutritionALL FAITHS PANTRY — $10,000 · Food & NutritionIDEASTREAM — $35,000 · Youth DevelopmentLAKE ERIE INK — $15,000 · Youth Development1000 TIES — $7,000 · Youth DevelopmentBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF GREATER CLEVELAND — $5,000 · Youth Development
Other$1,841,898Human Services$419,100Health$185,000Arts & Culture$118,000Community Improvement$96,500Food & Nutrition$95,000Youth Development$62,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetUNIVERSITY SETTLEMENT INC — $114,600 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetGREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK INC — $60,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMALACHI HOUSE INC — $57,500 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetURBAN COMMUNITY SCHOOL — $50,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetThe Lantern — $45,000 over 4y, 2.3% of budgetRESOURCE CLEVELAND — $45,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetPassages Connecting Fathers & Sons — $42,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetBELLEFAIRE JEWISH CHILDREN'S BUREAU — $40,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBUILDING HOPE IN THE CITY — $40,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetUNIVERSITY CIRCLE INCORPORATED — $40,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetRAVEN HOUSE — $40,000 over 2y, 6.5% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD PETS — $35,000 over 4y, 2.4% of budgetNear Westside MultiService Corp — $35,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetFAMILY PROMISE OF GREATER CLEVELAND — $35,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetIDEASTREAM — $35,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetADOPTION NETWORK CLEVELAND — $35,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetGOODS BANK NEO — $30,000 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetJOURNEY CENTER FOR SAFETY AND HEALING — $30,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetCLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART — $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKINNECT — $25,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCOLLECTIVE ARTS NETWORK — $20,000 over 2y, 6.0% of budgetLEGAL WORKS INC — $20,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetGREATER CLEVELAND VOLUNTEERS — $20,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetBeech Brook — $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCHILD AND FAMILY ADVOCATES OF CUYAHOGA COUNTY — $20,000 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetNORTH UNION FARMERS MARKET — $20,000 over 2y, 5.1% of budgetSMART DEVELOPMENT INC — $20,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetSENIOR TRANSPORTATION CONNECTION — $17,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTWO FOUNDATION INC TWO CAFE & BOUTIQUE — $15,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetLAKE ERIE INK — $15,000 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetLiterary Cleveland — $15,000 over 2y, 3.3% of budgetMEDWISH MEDWORKS — $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE GATHERING PLACE — $15,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetSEED YOGA — $15,000 over 1y, 52% of budgetBELIEVE IN DREAMS — $15,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetTHE FOODBANK INC — $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCENTER FOR ARTS-INSPIRED LEARNING — $15,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetWATERLOO ARTS — $15,000 over 1y, 7.9% of budgetELEANOR B RAINEY MEMORIAL INSTITUTE — $12,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetPROVIDENCE HOUSE INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWESTERN RESERVE LAND CONSERVANCY — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetACHIEVEMENT CENTERS FOR CHILDREN — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWOMEN'S RECOVERY CENTER — $10,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetTHE CLEVELAND MUSIC SCHOOL SETTLEMENT — $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMISSION TO AMISH PEOPLE — $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetNORTH COAST COMMUNITY HOMES INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetART HOUSE INC — $10,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetTHE HIRAM HOUSE — $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds UNIVERSITY SETTLEMENT INC ↗
  • Who funds GREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK INC ↗
  • Who funds MALACHI HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds URBAN COMMUNITY SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds The Lantern ↗
  • Who funds RESOURCE CLEVELAND ↗
  • Who funds Passages Connecting Fathers & Sons ↗
  • Who funds BELLEFAIRE JEWISH CHILDREN'S BUREAU ↗
  • Who funds BUILDING HOPE IN THE CITY ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY CIRCLE INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds RAVEN HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds NEIGHBORHOOD PETS ↗
  • Who funds Near Westside MultiService Corp ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY PROMISE OF GREATER CLEVELAND ↗
  • Who funds IDEASTREAM ↗
  • Who funds ADOPTION NETWORK CLEVELAND ↗
  • Who funds GOODS BANK NEO ↗
  • Who funds JOURNEY CENTER FOR SAFETY AND HEALING ↗
  • Who funds CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART ↗
  • Who funds KINNECT ↗

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Cleveland Foundat…The George Gund Found…The Char and Chuck Fo…The Reinberger Founda…Higley Fund of the Cl…Murphy Family Foundat…The Sk Wellman Founda…The Abington Foundati…Community West Founda…Dominion Energy Chari…Third Federal Foundat…Jewish Federation of …
The Cleveland FoundationOH103.1× affinity58 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Cleveland Foundation · The George Gund Foundation · The Char and Chuck Fowler Family Foundation · The Reinberger Foundation · Higley Fund of the Cleveland Foundation · Murphy Family Foundation · The Sk Wellman Foundation · The Abington Foundation · Community West Foundation · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · Third Federal Foundation · Jewish Federation of Cleveland

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization The Andrews Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%4%15%34%60%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 11%
  • City Year Inc — 11% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
37report 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

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 145 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Source object · view filing

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The endowment market
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The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
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