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The Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Caring for life, researching for health and educating those who serve.

$149M
Granted FY2024still arriving
99
Grants FY2024still arriving
13
States reached
$29M
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

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

Health$202MPhilanthropy$12MCommunity Improvement$3.9MEmployment$2.5MPublic Benefit$2.1MEducation$2.0MFood & Nutrition$1.4MCrime & Legal$1.2MOther$0
02FY2024 · 99 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 99 grants below total $38,152,106 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $148,655,621 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $110,503,515 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k15 grants · $105k
  • $10k–50k66 grants · $1.3M
  • $50k–250k12 grants · $1.6M
  • $250k+6 grants · $35M
$20,000
Median grant
13
States reached
$17.4B
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE CLEVELAND CLINIC EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION$28,802,439
HEALTHY LAKEWOOD FOUNDATION$4,600,000
GREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK INC$717,571
LEGAL AID SOCIETY OF CLEVELAND$391,000
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY$343,800
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION INC$335,000
OHIO HEALTH INFORMATION PARTNERSHIP INC$240,000
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY$205,200
FAIRFAX RENAISSANCE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION$152,049
ELLIS ISLAND HONORS SOCIETY INC$150,000
ONETEN COALITION INC$150,000
CHILDREN'S HUNGER ALLIANCE$130,000
RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF NORTHEAST OHIO INC$108,295
AATS FOUNDATION$105,000
SAY YES CLEVELAND SCHOLARSHIP INC$100,000
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 (FY17–24, $4.2M) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 27% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%TIDES CENTER: $3.0M → 10%CHILDREN'S INSTITUTE INC: $13k → 14%JESUS HOUSE OF HOPE INC: $30k → 10%URBAN LEAGUE OF BROWARD COUNTY INC: $23k → 13%AKRON COMMUNITY SERVICE CENTER AND URBAN LEAGUE INC: $10k → 13%EL CENTRO DE SERVICIOS SOCIALES INC: $28k → 13%THE CHILDRENS PLACE AT HOME SAFE INC: $26k → 11%URBAN LEAGUE OF BROWARD COUNTY INC: $20k → 13%THE COUNCIL ON AGING OF ST LUCIE INC: $10k → 13%CANINE ASSISTANTS INC: $25k → 13%COVENANT HOUSE FLORIDA INC: $50k → 13%BENJAMIN ROSE INSTITUTE ON AGING: $54k → 17%HIBISCUS CHILDRENS CENTER FOUNDATION INC: $16k → 10%OBERLIN COMMUNITY SERVICES COUNCIL: $15k → 13%OPPORTUNITY PARSH ECUMENICAL NEIGHBORHOOD MINISTRY: $25k → 13%BENJAMIN ROSE INSTITUTE OF AGING: $30k → 17%DIAPER BANK OF GREATER CLEVELAND: $25k → 17%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $35k → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS & ITS CONSTITUENT CHAPTERS AND BRANCHES: $35k → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $20k → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $13k → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $10k → 14%DIAPER BANK OF GREATER CLEVELAND: $15k → 17%SISTERS HAVEN: $25k → 17%BIKUR CHOLIM OF CLEVELAND: $15k → 17%BIKUR CHOLIM OF CLEVELAND: $10k → 17%NEAR WESTSIDE MULTISERVICE CORPORATION: $20k → 17%CARE ALLIANCE: $15k → 17%THE CENTERS FOR FAMILIES AND CHILDREN: $10k → 17%PREGNANT WITH POSSIBILITIES RESOURCE CENTER: $25k → 17%PREGNANT WITH POSSIBILITIES RESOUCE CENTER: $25k → 17%PREGNANT WITH POSSIBILITIES RESOURCE CENTER: $20k → 17%YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CLEVELAND: $38k → 17%NORTHEAST OHIO COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS: $37k → 17%CENTERS FOR FAMILIES AND CHILDREN: $15k → 17%YMCA OF GREATER CLEVELAND: $15k → 17%HISPANIC ROUNDTABLE COMMUNITY PROGRAMS: $15k → 17%YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CLEVELAND: $15k → 17%GATHERING PLACE: $93k → 17%GATHERING PLACE: $33k → 17%GATHERING PLACE: $33k → 17%NORTHEAST OHIO COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS: $10k → 17%GATHERING PLACE: $10k → 17%GATHERING PLACE: $10k → 17%GATHERING PLACE: $10k → 17%UNIVERSITY SETTLEMENT: $12k → 17%THE CENTER FOR FAMILIES AMD CHILDREN: $15k → 17%GLOBAL CLEVELAND: $25k → 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.

Which US states your grants reach

VT
IL
MI
NY
MA
NV
OH
PA
NJ
CA
NE
VA
MD
NC
DC
GA
TX
FL

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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$216M · 129 repeat orgs$11M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +25% since the first grant, against +11% for the ones you funded once.

129 repeat relationships — 55 still active in FY2024, 74 since wound down; 44 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

129
107

Total granted

$216M
$9.7M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+25%
+11%

Still filing today

79%
81%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.1M 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
HealthHuman ServicesEducationArts & CultureCommunity ImprovementHousing & ShelterOther

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

  • HL
    HEALTHY LAKEWOOD FOUNDATION
    2× · 2023–2024 · $5.1M · revenue +174% · 80% of their budget
  • LA
    LEGAL AID SOCIETY OF CLEVELAND
    5× · 2020–2024 · $1.2M · revenue +49%
  • AH
    American Heart Association Inc
    7× · 2018–2024 · $978k · revenue +26%

Funded once

  • TL
    THE LAKEWOOD FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $4.1M · revenue +175%
  • HC
    HITCHCOCK CENTER FOR WOMEN INC
    one grant, 2023 · $2.5M · revenue -58%
  • THE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2021 · $500k · revenue +20%

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
Columbus Community Clinical Oncology Program

Our mission is to deliver state-of-the-art cancer care to patients in their communities through clinical trials. this allows individuals to remain in their won neighborhoods, while receiving the latest and best in cancer screenings,…

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2
Greater Columbus Chamber of Commerce

Advancing a thriving central ohio commmunity by serving as a catalyst for all businesses to grow and flourish. our mission pillars are connections, government relations, strategic business solutions and talent/workforce.

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3
Diabetes Partnership of Cleveland

Diabetes partnership of cleveland works to provide relevant and sustainable programming, education, resources and supplies to the community in northeast ohio affected by diabetes.

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4
Highmark Health

As the parent entity of a blended health organization, highmark health seeks to improve the health and well-being of the people and communities it serves by providing affordable, accessible and high-quality healthcare.

Health
5
Hospital Council of Northwest Ohio

The hospital council of northwest ohio is a member-driven organization that represents and advocates on behalf of its member hospitals and health systems, and provides collaborative opportunities to enhance the health status of the…

Health
6
Physicians Care Connection

Physicians careconnection (pcc) mission is to optimize health for individuals experiencing healthcare challenges due to personal and systemic barriers.

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7
Ohio Business Roundtable

To harness the collective expertise of ohio's ceos to advocate for policies that improve ohio's economic competitiveness.

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8
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Group Return

Caring for life, researching for health and educating those who serve.

Health
9
Union Health System

To serve our communities by provding innovative and compassionate healthcare.

Health
10
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

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…

Community Improvement
11
Ohio Life Sciences Foundation

The mission of ohio life sciences foundation is to accelerate bioscience discovery, innovation and commercialization of global value, driving economic growth, company attraction, improving workforce training and improved quality of life in…

Health
12
University Hospitals Health System Inc

University hospitals (the system) is guided by its mission, "to heal. to teach. to discover."

Health

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is United Way of Greater Cleveland and the most unlike its peers is Usa-World Congress of Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiatric Surgery. 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 backsteadyUnited Way AffiliatesPolicy Research and AdvocacyFood Banks and PantriesHealth Access Advocacy and …Faith-Based Liberal Arts Co…Pregnancy Support ServicesYouth Development CentersAffordable Housing Developm…Ymca Youth DevelopmentLgbtq+ Community SupportJewish Community Organizati…Environmental Conservation …Immigrant Worker SupportAnimal Rescue and ShelterYouth Sports ProgramsYouth Development ServicesOrchestra and Ensemble Perf…Domestic Violence ServicesCommunity College Foundatio…Child Abuse Advocacy Servic…Elementary Literacy TutoringSenior Support ServicesCommunity FoundationsLocal Food System Organizat…Faith-Based Social ServicesDance Arts OrganizationsCancer Support ServicesCommunity Foundations
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 37 years old; the field is 19. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number18%3%<5yr12%7%5–10yr21%13%10–20yr14%25%20–35yr16%24%35–55yr20%28%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value18%0%<5yr12%4%5–10yr21%3%10–20yr14%4%20–35yr16%3%35–55yr20%87%55yr+

The field is 18% startups (under 5 years old) — 3% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.7% lost their exemption, against 11% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.7%2/285
the rest of the field
11%
8,036/74,021

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

240 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. 240 of the 285 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)
49
Early backer (in before they grew)
235/240
Grantees still filing
152/240
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

THE CLEVELAND CLINIC EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION — $180,569,790 · OtherTHE CLEVELAND CLINIC EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION+99 more — $11,195,676 · Other+99 moreHEALTHY LAKEWOOD FOUNDATION — $5,100,000 · HealthHITCHCOCK CENTER FOR WOMEN INC — $2,500,000 · HealthAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC — $1,895,200 · HealthAmerican Heart Association Inc — $977,813 · HealthUNITED CEREBRAL PALSY ASSOCIATION OF GREATER CLEVELAND INC — $529,926 · HealthTHE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION — $500,000 · Health+37 more — $3,098,981 · HealthUNITED WAY OF GREATER CLEVELAND — $7,510,000 · PhilanthropyTHE LAKEWOOD FOUNDATION — $4,100,000 · PhilanthropyTHE CLEVELAND FOUNDATION — $1,102,500 · Philanthropy+4 more — $116,558 · PhilanthropyTIDES CENTER — $3,000,000 · Human ServicesTHE GATHERING PLACE — $187,500 · Human Services+23 more — $888,466 · Human ServicesFAIRFAX RENAISSANCE DEVELOPMENT — $2,716,716 · Housing & ShelterFAMICOS FOUNDATION — $151,281 · Housing & Shelter+7 more — $252,150 · Housing & ShelterONETEN COALITION INC — $2,400,000 · Civil Rights+1 more — $50,000 · Civil RightsCASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY — $466,477 · EducationSaint Martin de Porres High School — $459,825 · EducationSAY YES CLEVELAND SCHOLARSHIP INC — $200,000 · EducationBIRTHING BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITIES — $192,500 · EducationCOLLEGE NOW GREATER CLEVELAND INC — $184,000 · EducationCUYAHOGA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION — $110,000 · EducationTHE DEMOCRACY COLLABORATIVE FOUNDATION INC — $77,500 · EducationCLEVELAND LEADERSHIP CENTER — $70,575 · Education+6 more — $219,772 · Education
Other$191,765,466Health$14,601,920Philanthropy$12,829,058Human Services$4,075,966Housing & Shelter$3,120,147Civil Rights$2,450,000Education$1,980,649

Showing your 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER CLEVELAND — $7,510,000 over 3y, 38% of budgetHEALTHY LAKEWOOD FOUNDATION — $5,100,000 over 2y, 80% of budgetTIDES CENTER — $3,000,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetFAIRFAX RENAISSANCE DEVELOPMENT — $2,716,716 over 8y, 28% of budgetHITCHCOCK CENTER FOR WOMEN INC — $2,500,000 over 1y, 24% of budgetONETEN COALITION INC — $2,400,000 over 2y, 4.3% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC — $1,895,200 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetLEGAL AID SOCIETY OF CLEVELAND — $1,171,000 over 5y, 2.3% of budgetTHE CLEVELAND FOUNDATION — $1,102,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc — $977,813 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK INC — $794,871 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetUNITED CEREBRAL PALSY ASSOCIATION OF GREATER CLEVELAND INC — $529,926 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetTHE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION — $500,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY — $466,477 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetSaint Martin de Porres High School — $459,825 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC — $447,462 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetANGELS AND CAUSES INC — $423,675 over 1y, 39% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF NORTHEAST OHIO INC — $363,675 over 6y, 1.6% of budgetDIGITALC — $345,000 over 3y, 4.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S HUNGER ALLIANCE — $260,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetOHIO HEALTH INFORMATION PARTNERSHIP INC — $240,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetGREATER CLEVELAND SPORTS COMMISSION — $225,700 over 2y, 4.4% of budgetAATS FOUNDATION — $225,000 over 3y, 3.9% of budgetA WOMAN'S NATION — $218,096 over 1y, 12% of budgetSAY YES CLEVELAND SCHOLARSHIP INC — $200,000 over 2y, 4.8% of budgetCOLORECTAL CANCER ALLIANCE — $199,213 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetBIRTHING BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITIES — $192,500 over 5y, 3.4% of budgetTHE GATHERING PLACE — $187,500 over 6y, 3.8% of budgetNORTH UNION FARMERS MARKET — $186,000 over 7y, 10% of budgetCOLLEGE NOW GREATER CLEVELAND INC — $184,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC — $168,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetFAMICOS FOUNDATION — $151,281 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetTRANSPLANT HOUSE OF CLEVELAND — $151,230 over 5y, 15% of budgetELLIS ISLAND HONORS SOCIETY INC — $150,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetREGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITY ART — $125,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetMARCH OF DIMES INC — $124,750 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches — $112,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCUYAHOGA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION — $110,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetINTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR GENETIC EYE DISEASE — $107,794 over 1y, 45% of budgetDEVELOPING CONNECTIONS NORTHEAST OHIO — $101,750 over 4y, 11% of budgetOPERATION EXODUS USA — $99,800 over 1y, 8.1% of budgetBENJAMIN ROSE INSTITUTE — $84,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetPACE CENTER FOR GIRLSINC — $81,250 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetESPERANZA INC — $80,000 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetTHE DEMOCRACY COLLABORATIVE FOUNDATION INC — $77,500 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetCLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART — $76,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHEALTHCARE ANCHOR NETWORK INC — $75,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CLEVELAND — $74,250 over 4y, 0.1% 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 UNITED WAY OF GREATER CLEVELAND ↗
  • Who funds HEALTHY LAKEWOOD FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE LAKEWOOD FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds TIDES CENTER ↗
  • Who funds FAIRFAX RENAISSANCE DEVELOPMENT ↗
  • Who funds HITCHCOCK CENTER FOR WOMEN INC ↗
  • Who funds ONETEN COALITION INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds LEGAL AID SOCIETY OF CLEVELAND ↗
  • Who funds THE CLEVELAND FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds GREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED CEREBRAL PALSY ASSOCIATION OF GREATER CLEVELAND INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Saint Martin de Porres High School ↗
  • Who funds BLOOD CANCER UNITED INC ↗
  • Who funds ANGELS AND CAUSES INC ↗
  • Who funds RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF NORTHEAST OHIO INC ↗
  • Who funds DIGITALC ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S HUNGER ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds OHIO HEALTH INFORMATION PARTNERSHIP INC ↗
  • Who funds GREATER CLEVELAND SPORTS COMMISSION ↗
  • Who funds AATS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds A WOMAN'S NATION ↗
  • Who funds SAY YES CLEVELAND SCHOLARSHIP INC ↗
  • Who funds COLORECTAL CANCER ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds BIRTHING BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITIES ↗
  • Who funds THE GATHERING PLACE ↗
  • Who funds NORTH UNION FARMERS MARKET ↗
  • Who funds COLLEGE NOW GREATER CLEVELAND INC ↗
  • Who funds CROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC ↗

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 Clinic …The Cleveland Foundat…The George Gund Found…Mt Sinai Health Care …Community West Founda…Higley Fund of the Cl…The Char and Chuck Fo…United Way of Greater…The Swagelok Foundati…The Reinberger Founda…Murphy Family Foundat…Jewish Federation of …
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Group ReturnOH373.7× affinity194 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Group Return · The Cleveland Foundation · The George Gund Foundation · Mt Sinai Health Care Foundation · Community West Foundation · Higley Fund of the Cleveland Foundation · The Char and Chuck Fowler Family Foundation · United Way of Greater Cleveland · The Swagelok Foundation · The Reinberger Foundation · Murphy Family 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 Cleveland Clinic 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 · 130%6%25%56%100%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Urban League of Broward County Inc — 44% of income from government
  • The Lord's Place Inc — 12% of income from government
  • Broward Partnership for the Homeless Inc — 5% of income from government
  • United Way of Martin County Inc — 4% of income from government
  • Jesus House of Hope Inc — 3% of income from government
  • Pace Center for Girlsinc — 2% of income from government
  • Boys & Girls Club of Martin County — 2% of income from government
  • Covenant House Florida Inc — 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
13get no government money at all
69report 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.

05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to The Cleveland Clinic Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Cleveland Clinic 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 285 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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