· Public charity
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Caring for life, researching for health and educating those who serve.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
How this is measured
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k15 grants · $105k
- $10k–50k66 grants · $1.3M
- $50k–250k12 grants · $1.6M
- $250k+6 grants · $35M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| 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 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $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. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +25% since the first grant, against +14% for those 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
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.1M went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- HLHEALTHY LAKEWOOD FOUNDATION2× · 2023–2024 · $5.1M · revenue +174% · 80% of their budget
- LALEGAL AID SOCIETY OF CLEVELAND5× · 2020–2024 · $1.2M · revenue +40%
- AHAmerican Heart Association Inc7× · 2018–2024 · $978k · revenue +26%
Funded once
- TLTHE LAKEWOOD FOUNDATIONgraduatedone grant, 2021 · $4.1M · revenue +175%
- HCHITCHCOCK CENTER FOR WOMEN INCone grant, 2023 · $2.5M · revenue -58%
THE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATIONone grant, 2021 · $500k · revenue +20%
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
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,…
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.
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…
Our mission: to improve the quality of health care.our vision: better health care. better choices. better health.
Diabetes partnership of cleveland works to provide relevant and sustainable programming, education, resources and supplies to the community in northeast ohio affected by diabetes.
To improve the health of those we serve.
Physicians careconnection (pcc) mission is to optimize health for individuals experiencing healthcare challenges due to personal and systemic barriers.
University hospitals (the system) is guided by its mission, "to heal. to teach. to discover."
To provide quality, culturally sensitive and accessible primary health care services focusing on the medically underserved, underinsured, and uninsured residing in northern hamilton county and surrounding areas.
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…
Patients of hospice of central ohio receive compassionate, individualized end-of-life care. their desires guide the physical, emotional, and spiritual care support we provide. members of our community, patient's families, children, and…
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.
How this is measured
240 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
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 2026, 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.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds 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 ↗
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: The 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
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Cleveland Clinic Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Cleveland Clinic Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- 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
How this is measured
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