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The Cleveland-Cliffs Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$3.8M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
154
Grants FY2025
163
Organizations funded FY2024
48%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$490,000
Organizations funded a year
163 to 239
FY2021 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
13
Total assets, FY2025
$6.7M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 48% of the organizations The Cleveland-Cliffs Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 50% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 50% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.4M went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationYouth DevelopmentArts & CultureCommunity ImprovementFood & 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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving145$3.3M27%
FY2024163$4.8M48%
FY2023188$5.9M45%
FY2022186$6.2M59%
FY2021239$5.2Mn/a
97% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Education$5.3MPhilanthropy$5.1MAnimals$3.7MFood & Nutrition$2.5MHuman Services$2.3MYouth Development$1.6MArts & Culture$1.6MHealth$1.1MOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

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All grantees of The Cleveland-Cliffs Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation$2,700,00040%
Friends of Breakthrough Schools$1,550,00043%
College Now Greater Cleveland Inc$1,472,00052%
Food Bank of Northwest Indiana Inc$718,00051%
United Way of Northwest Indiana Inc$652,50047%
Greater Cleveland Food Bank Inc$480,50050%
Duneland YMCA Inc$375,00033%
Golden Bear Foundation$350,000284%
United Way of Greater Cleveland$317,57941%
Uss Cleveland Legacy Foundation$300,000216%
Maumee Valley Habitat for Humanity$270,00041%
Manufacturing Advocacy & Growth Network Inc$250,00021%
Indiana Dunes Environmental Learning Center Inc$250,00037%
The Great Lakes Historical Society$250,00043%
Asm Materials Education Foundation$235,00046%
Second Harvest Northland$212,50031%
Dearborn Education Foundation$211,000519%
Playhouse Square Foundation$200,00020%
United Way of Greater Cincinnati$194,49310%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Toledo and the Toledo Newsboys Association$173,67052%
Atrium Medical Center Foundation$150,00022%
Rock Ridge Youth Hockey Association$150,000352%
Science Olympiad Inc$146,00043%
The Lighthouse Foundation$130,50053%
Boys and Girls Clubs of Northeast Ohio$128,00011%
Field Museum of Natural History$125,00020%
Challenger Learning Center of Northwest Indiana Inc$125,000313%
Metroparks Toledo Foundation$110,00032%
United Way of Richland County$105,00053%
Association for Iron and Steel Technology$104,50030%
Butler County United Way$100,00023%
Girl Scouts of North East Ohio$100,00040%
The Young Men's Christian Association of North Central Ohio Inc$100,00021%
Beat the Streets Cleveland$100,00025%
World Central Kitchen Inc$100,00010%
Providence House Inc$93,66741%
The Metrohealth Foundation Inc$90,00021%
The Children's Home Society of West Virginia Inc$90,00030%
Shared Harvest Foodbank Inc$89,00050%
Meals on Wheels Inc$86,50033%
The Cleveland Play House$85,00040%
Legal Aid Society of Cleveland$85,00050%
Catholic Charities Diocese of Toledo Inc$76,0003n/a
Cleveland Museum of Natural History$75,00030%
Friends of the Forest Preserves$75,00031%
Friends of the Rouge$74,30032%
United Way of Coshocton County Inc$74,000317%
Community Bread Basket Inc$70,50057%
The Student Conservation Association Inc$70,00020%
Opportunity Enterprises Inc$70,00040%
National Inventors Hall of Fame Inc$66,10040%
Shirley Heinze Land Trust Inc$65,00051%
Save the Dunes Conservation Fund$65,00053%
Western Reserve Land Conservancy$65,00040%
Humane Indiana Inc$62,00031%
Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan$62,00030%
The Northern Michigan University Foundation$61,00020%
Superior Watershed Partnership$60,00020%
I'M in Ministry$60,00039%
Chester County Food Bank$58,00030%
Argonaut$55,00035%
Central Pennsylvania Food Bank$53,50050%
Veterans Haven Inc$50,0002n/a
Restoration Ministries Inc$50,00040%
Butler Farm Show Inc$50,00013%
The Maac Foundation Inc$50,00021%
YMCA of Greater Brandywine$50,00030%
Association for African American Cultural Gar$50,000169%
Hospitality House of the Upper Peninsula$50,00014%
The Parkesburg Point$50,00032%
Laporte County Meals on Wheels Inc$50,00025%
Tender Mercies Ministries of Princeton$48,50056%
Manufacturing Works$45,00021%
Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Foundation$45,00024%
Owensboro Community and Technical College Foundation Inc$45,00023%
The Musical Arts Association$45,00050%
Habitat for Humanity of Porter County Inc$45,00024%
Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana$45,00020%
The Toledo Zoological Society$43,80020%
Butler County Family YMCA$43,11711%
American Heart Association Inc$41,04540%
Partners in Education of Toledo$40,70024%
Junior Achievement of Middletown Area$40,000412%
Esperanza Inc$40,00031%
Young Women's Christian Association of Hamilton Ohio Inc$40,00011%
Boys & Girls Club of Evansville Inc$40,00020%
Open Doors Inc$40,00040%
Zaman International$40,00030%
Habitat for Humanity International Inc Marquette County$40,00014%
Shaker Lakes Regional Nature Center Dba Nature Center at Shaker Lakes$37,50041%
Columbus Blue Jackets Foundation$36,25012%
Weirton Christian Center Inc$35,34423%
Weirton United Way Inc$35,000212%
Boys & Girls Club of Hamilton Ohio$35,00015%
Boys and Girls Clubs of Philadelphia Inc$35,00010%
Lincoln Hills Development Corporation$35,00020%
Spencer County Habitat for Hum$35,0001n/a
Children's Dental Services Inc$35,00040%
The M Club$34,500371%
Pennsylvania State University Philanthropic Fund$33,0001n/a
Muskingum County Hunger Network Inc$33,000516%
Assoc of Artists and Craftsmen of Porter Inc$33,00027%
Community Food Pantry of New Carlisle$32,5003n/a
Mesabi Range Foundation$30,50047%
Wolf Ridge Environmental Learning Center$30,00031%
Indiana Audubon Society$30,00025%
The Salvation Army$30,0001n/a
Metropolitan Planning Council$30,00020%
Arrowhead Economic Opportunity Agency Incorporated$30,00010%
Toledo Northwestern Ohio Food Bank$29,50050%
Greater Chicago Food Depository$28,50050%
Mid-Ohio Foodbank$28,50050%
Boys & Girls Clubs of the Ocoee Region$28,26910%
Graystone Society Inc$26,50032%
Women's Center Inc$26,11012%
Starbase Minnesota Inc$25,40211%
Merrick House$25,00031%
Friends of the Silver Bay Public Library$25,0001n/a
Good Works Inc$25,00021%
Dolly Parton's Imagination Library$25,00010%
Richland Community Development Group Inc$25,00012%
Boys and Girls Clubs of Chicago$25,00010%
Invest Up$25,00014%
Fc Cincinnati Foundation$25,00011%
Marquette City Band Inc$25,00016%
West Creek Conservancy$25,00020%
Scranton Road Ministries CDC$25,00013%
Room at the Inn$25,0001n/a
Tradewinds Services Inc$25,00020%
Hope House Rescue Mission Inc$25,00021%
Boys & Girls Club of Harrisburginc$25,00013%
Cleveland Leadership Center$25,00030%
Valparaiso Parks & Recreation Foundation Inc$25,00014%
Harrisburg University of Science and Technology$25,00010%
Urban Sight Inc$25,000111%
Chester County Futures Inc$25,00013%
Nwi Food Council Inc$25,00021%
Habitat for Humanity of Northwest Indiana Inc$25,00012%
Slavic Village Development$25,00011%
Northland Foundation$25,00010%
Indiana Land Protection Alliance$25,00035%
AIST Foundation$24,00022%
Cotton Volunteer Fire Department$23,559116%
Connecting Kids to Meals Inc$22,50020%
Warren Family Mission$22,50041%
Community Building Institute Middletown Inc$20,73121%
Feeding America West Michigan$20,00010%
Range Engineering Council$20,000157%
Ymic Foundation Inc$20,00021%
Lahc - Leaders Advancing and Helping Communities$20,0001n/a
Tri-State Food Bank$20,00010%
The Gary Literacy Coalition$20,0001n/a
The Alliance for Health Equity$20,00011%
Skidmark Cle$20,00024%
Boys and Girls Clubs of Columbus Inc$20,00020%
Voyageur Vision Inc$20,0001n/a
People Working Cooperatively Inc$20,00010%
Calumet Collarborative$20,0001n/a
Jake and Coopers Bark Park$20,000127%
Cincinnati Institute of Fine Arts$20,00010%
Success Through Mentoring Inc$20,000220%
Friends of Finland and Community$20,00041%
Wissahickon Educational Opportunities Foundation$20,000217%
Spencer County 4-H Club Assn Inc$20,00018%
Coatesville Youth Initiative$20,00021%
United Way of Ne Minnesota$20,00021%
Ohio Bird Sanctuary Inc$20,00011%
Hunger Solutions Minnesota$20,00020%
Partridge Creek Farm Inc$18,80032%
Tremont West Development Corp$17,50021%
The Salvation Army$17,5003n/a
Handi-Crafters Inc$17,50020%
United Way of Trumbull County$17,00022%
United Way of the Capital Region$17,00030%
The Jack and Shirley Lubeznik Center for the Arts$16,00021%
Cliff Hagan Boys & Girls Club Inc$15,59011%
Two Harbors Area Food Shelf$15,50033%
Kent State University Foundation$15,00030%
Mesabi Fit Coalition$15,00012%
Shoes 4 the Shoeless Inc$15,00012%
Ishpeming Ski Club Inc$15,0001n/a
Duneland Education Foundation Inc$15,000128%
Lincoln Parent Teacher Organization$15,00018%
The Caring Place Inc$15,00011%
Negaunee Historical Society$15,0001n/a
Northern Lights Music Festival$15,00031%
St Louis County Volunteer Rescue Squad$15,00013%
Cleveland Ballet$15,00011%
Children's Hunger Alliance$15,00010%
Art Barn School of Art Inc$15,00033%
City Year Inc$15,00020%
Perry County Council on Aging Inc$15,00017%
Burns Harbor Park Foundation Inc$15,0001n/a
Indiana Ballet Theatre Nw Inc$15,00022%
Bon Secours Mercy Health Foundation$15,00010%
Coatesville 2nd Century Alliance$15,00023%
Michigan Tech Fund$15,00010%
Kentucky Veterans Brigade$14,50041%
Boy Scouts of America Council 438 Dan Beard$13,5001n/a
R E a C H Reachout Emergency Aid and Christian Help$13,5002n/a
Bay Area Historical Society$13,1001n/a
Tech Corps Ohio$13,00011%
Alabama Childhood Food Solutions Inc$13,00030%
Love Chapel Foundation$12,500112%
United Way of Chester County Inc$12,50010%
Ely Educational Foundation Inc$12,000111%
Childrens Christmas Fund$12,0003n/a
Youth Opportunities Unlimited$12,00020%
The Caring Place$11,50020%
Lincoln Boyhood Drama Association Inc$11,500213%
Volunteers in Education$11,300113%
Tower-Soudan Historical Society$11,2501n/a
Drink Local Drink Tap Inc$11,00021%
Fop 40 Charties Inc$10,00023%
Special Olympics Pennsylvania Inc$10,00010%
Pro Bono Partnership of Ohio$10,00011%
Vista Maria$10,00010%
Lake Superior Community Ptnrshp Foundation$10,000116%
NICE Community Schools$10,0001n/a
Book Trust$10,00010%
Domestic Violence Center of Chester County$10,00010%
Arrowhead Center Inc$10,00012%
Ishpeming Italian Heritage Society$10,0001n/a
Michigan Veterans Foundations Inc$10,0001n/a
Habitat for Humanity Detroit$10,00010%
Healing With Human Connection Inc$10,0001n/a
New Prairie Activity Center$10,00022%
Lake Heritage Parks Foundation Inc$10,00014%
Tourist Center Senior Citizens Inc$10,00018%
Housing Opportunities Inc$10,00010%
Portage Township Education Foundation Corporation$10,0001n/a
Boys' Club of Duluth$10,00020%
Negaunee Public Schools$10,0001n/a
West Virginia Health Right Inc$10,00010%
Reach Out Lakota Inc$10,00011%
Cleveland Water Alliance$10,00010%
Neighborhood Housing Services of Toledo Inc$10,0001n/a
Calumet College of St Joseph$10,00010%
St Louis County Historical Society$10,00011%
North Shore Area Partners$10,00012%
Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts$10,00010%
South Shore Nautical Education$10,00016%
U Matter 2 Inc$10,000131%
Iron Range Historical Society$10,0001n/a
Caring Partners International Inc$10,00010%
Miami University$10,0001n/a
South Shore Arts Inc$10,00021%
Society of St Vincent de Paul$10,0001n/a
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central Ohio Inc$10,00010%
Safety to Go$9,00026%
Ely Area Food Shelf$8,00022%
Arts Holding Hands and Hearts Inc$8,00022%
GRACE BEYOND BORDERS NWI INC co MARCUS M MARTIN$8,00013%
The Arc of Butler County$7,59810%
University Settlement Inc$7,50010%
Movement Community Development Corporation$7,50014%
Ecumenical Assembly of Bartholomew County Churches Inc$7,5001n/a
Toledo Science Center$7,50010%
Feeding South Florida Inc$7,50030%
The Corner Table Inc$7,00031%
Coatesville Robotics Club Inc$7,0002n/a
Sisu Heritage Inc$7,000128%
The Spencer County Fair Inc$6,00017%
Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tn Inc$6,00020%
Boys & Girls Club of West Chesterlibert$6,00010%
Down Syndrome Association of Greater Cincinnati$5,32510%
Jim Gillach Memorial Fund$5,0001n/a
Brandywine Valley Active Aging$5,00010%
Pennsylvania State University$5,0001n/a
First Step Family Violence Intserv$5,00011%
Itasca County Historical Society$5,00013%
Near Westside MultiService Corp$5,00010%
Erie Shores Council Boy Scouts of America$5,00010%
Community Youth & Women's Alliance$5,00010%
Lake Erie Foundation$5,00011%
Trillium House Inc$5,00011%
Project Care Free Clinic$5,00012%
Bay Cliff Health Camp$5,00010%
Moraine State Park Regatta$5,00016%
Superior Hills Association of Parents and Educators$5,0001n/a
Great Miami Valley YMCA$5,00010%
United Way of Greater Toledo$5,00010%
Lake County Historical Society$5,00011%
School House Childrens Charity Inc$5,0001n/a
Medina Christian Academy$5,0001n/a
Salvation Army$5,0001n/a
School City of East Chicago$5,0001n/a
Glade Run Foundation$5,00010%
Urban Mission Ministries Inc$5,00010%
Welch Volunteer Fire Department$5,00014%
Mission of Mercy Inc$5,00010%
Richland County Childrens Auxiliary$5,00011%
Never Surrender Inc$3,50010%
Angels Among US Outreach$3,50023%
Community Cancer Research Foundation Inc$3,15011%
Central Union Mission$3,00020%
Out of the Box Robotics$3,0001n/a
The Haven Home LLC$2,50011%
Tarence Wheeler Foundation$2,5001n/a
Food for Thought Toledo Inc$2,50011%
Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank$2,50010%
Food Bank of Eastern Michigan$2,50010%
Friends of the Rose Garden Mission Inc$2,50011%
The Healing Center$2,40010%
Community Pregnancy Center Inc$2,01011%
Birmingham Hall of Fame$2,0001n/a
Royalmont Academy Inc$1,50010%
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation$1,50010%
Wreaths Across America$1,50010%
Unc Health Foundation Inc$1,25010%
Hosanna Industries Inc$1,20010%
St Ignatius High School of Cleveland$1,0001n/a
Shelbyville Community Soup Kitchen$1,00010%
Compassion International Incorporated$7451n/a
New Life Furniture Bank$70010%
Fellowship of Christian Athletes$70010%
St Rita School For The Deaf$67510%
Good Knights Inc$50010%
Ashland University$50010%
National Brain Tumor Society Inc$50010%
Chicago Zoological Society$50010%
Family Promise of Warren County Dba Interfaith Hospitality Network of Warren$50010%
Firefighter Cancer Support Network Inc$50010%
Mid-Michigan Cat Rescue$4001n/a
Ingham County Humane Society$30010%
Magnolia Area Historical Society$30011%
Oswego University Foundation Inc$25010%
Carnegie Mellon University$25010%
Allegany County Historical Society$2501n/a
Kappa Kappa Gamma Foundation$25010%
Family Promise of Gwinnett County Inc$25010%
Shriners Hospitals for Children$25010%
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$25010%
The Corporation of Saint Mary's College Notre Dame$20010%
PEO Foundation$20010%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$20010%
University of Dayton$20010%
American Institute for Economic Research$20010%
Mt St Mary Seminary of the West Athenaeum of Ohio Norwood$1601n/a
World Wildlife Fund Inc$15010%
Mercatus Center Inc$12510%
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology$12510%
Pittsburgh Community Broadcasting Corporation$12010%
National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression$10010%
Salvation Army$1001n/a
Als of Michigan Inc$10010%
Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank$10010%
North Hills Community Outreach Inc$10010%
Greater Dayton Public Television dba Think TV$7510%
The Victory Project LLC$7510%
Butler Meals on Wheels Inc$5010%
Butler County Humane Society$5010%
Grace Youth and Family Foundation$5010%
Crossroad Child & Family Services Inc$5010%
Tuskegee University$5010%
Epilepsy Alliance Ohio$2510%
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$2510%
Friends of the Railroad Museum Pennsylvania$2510%
Children's Hospital Medical Center$2510%
Twilight Wish Foundation$251n/a
The Commemorative Air Force$2510%
Blood Cancer United Inc$2510%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 188 recipients with no EIN on record ($5.9M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

The Cleveland-Cliffs Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 9 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNational Fish and Wildlife Foundation: $2,700,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetFriends of Breakthrough Schools: $1,550,000 over 4y, 3.5% of budgetCollege Now Greater Cleveland Inc: $1,472,000 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetFood Bank of Northwest Indiana Inc: $718,000 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetUnited Way of Northwest Indiana Inc: $652,500 over 4y, 6.5% of budgetGreater Cleveland Food Bank Inc: $480,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetDuneland YMCA Inc: $375,000 over 3y, 3.4% of budgetGolden Bear Foundation: $350,000 over 2y, 84% of budgetUnited Way of Greater Cleveland: $317,579 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetUss Cleveland Legacy Foundation: $300,000 over 2y, 16% of budgetMaumee Valley Habitat for Humanity: $270,000 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetManufacturing Advocacy & Growth Network Inc: $250,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetIndiana Dunes Environmental Learning Center Inc: $250,000 over 3y, 6.7% of budgetThe Great Lakes Historical Society: $250,000 over 4y, 2.6% of budgetAsm Materials Education Foundation: $235,000 over 4y, 5.6% of budgetSecond Harvest Northland: $212,500 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetDearborn Education Foundation: $211,000 over 5y, 19% of budgetPlayhouse Square Foundation: $200,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetUnited Way of Greater Cincinnati: $194,493 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of Toledo and the Toledo Newsboys Association: $173,670 over 5y, 2.1% of budgetAtrium Medical Center Foundation: $150,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetRock Ridge Youth Hockey Association: $150,000 over 3y, 52% of budgetScience Olympiad Inc: $146,000 over 4y, 3.1% of budgetThe Lighthouse Foundation: $130,500 over 5y, 3.0% of budgetBoys and Girls Clubs of Northeast Ohio: $128,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetField Museum of Natural History: $125,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetChallenger Learning Center of Northwest Indiana Inc: $125,000 over 3y, 13% of budgetMetroparks Toledo Foundation: $110,000 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetUnited Way of Richland County: $105,000 over 5y, 2.9% of budgetAssociation for Iron and Steel Technology: $104,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetButler County United Way: $100,000 over 2y, 3.0% of budgetGirl Scouts of North East Ohio: $100,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetThe Young Men's Christian Association of North Central Ohio Inc: $100,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetBeat the Streets Cleveland: $100,000 over 2y, 4.9% of budgetWorld Central Kitchen Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetProvidence House Inc: $93,667 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetThe Metrohealth Foundation Inc: $90,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetThe Children's Home Society of West Virginia Inc: $90,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetShared Harvest Foodbank Inc: $89,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetMeals on Wheels Inc: $86,500 over 3y, 3.0% of budgetThe Cleveland Play House: $85,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetLegal Aid Society of Cleveland: $85,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCleveland Museum of Natural History: $75,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFriends of the Forest Preserves: $75,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetFriends of the Rouge: $74,300 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetUnited Way of Coshocton County Inc: $74,000 over 3y, 17% of budgetCommunity Bread Basket Inc: $70,500 over 5y, 7.0% of budgetThe Student Conservation Association Inc: $70,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 200.

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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.

John W Anderson FoundationIN53.5× affinity26 shared granteesties to 6 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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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.

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How do I get to The Cleveland-Cliffs Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Cleveland-Cliffs Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

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About The Cleveland-Cliffs Foundation

How much does The Cleveland-Cliffs Foundation give?
The Cleveland-Cliffs Foundation reported 154 grants totaling $3,774,625 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 163 and 239 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
What does The Cleveland-Cliffs Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (18%), Philanthropy (18%), Animals (13%).
Who are The Cleveland-Cliffs Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: National Fish and Wildlife Foundation ($2.7M), Friends of Breakthrough Schools ($1.6M), College Now Greater Cleveland Inc ($1.5M).
Does The Cleveland-Cliffs Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 48% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Cleveland-Cliffs Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Cleveland-Cliffs Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include John W Anderson Foundation, Nisource Charitable Foundation, Porter County Community Foundation Inc.
Where is The Cleveland-Cliffs Foundation based?
The Cleveland-Cliffs Foundation is based in OH.

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 560 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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