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The Cleveland Foundation

Enhance the lives of all residents of greater cleveland, now and for generations to come, by working together with our donors to build community endowment, address needs through grantmaking, and provide leadership on key community issues.

$191M
Granted FY2024still arriving
1,016
Grants FY2024still arriving
40
States reached
$17M
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
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 FY2018–2024.

Education$289MHealth$141MArts & Culture$123MCommunity Improvement$111MHuman Services$52MPhilanthropy$33MYouth Development$27MHousing & Shelter$25MOther$0
02FY2024 · 1016 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 1,016 grants below total $184,237,952 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $190,667,043 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $6,429,091 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 $10k139 grants · $971k
  • $10k–50k475 grants · $10M
  • $50k–250k279 grants · $30M
  • $250k+123 grants · $143M
$30,750
Median grant
40
States reached
$3.3B
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CLEVELAND METROPOLITAN SCHOOL DISTRICT$17,457,798
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY$10,931,225
CLEFDNMIDTOWN COLLABORATION CENTER PROJECT$8,500,000
UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS HEALTH SYSTEM INC$6,260,501
SAY YES CLEVELAND SCHOLARSHIP INC$4,645,041
JUMPSTART INC$4,604,000
COLLEGE NOW GREATER CLEVELAND INC$4,118,681
ANGELS FOR ANIMALS INC$3,748,822
CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION$2,689,013
LAKE ERIE COLLEGE$2,593,232
UNIVERSITY IMPACT$2,567,966
FAMICOS FOUNDATION INC$2,561,516
THE CENTERS FOR FAMILIES AND CHILDREN$2,533,867
UNITED WAY OF GREATER CLEVELAND$2,279,626
GREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK INC$2,247,762
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 (FY18–24, $43.8M) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 98% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%REFORMED CHURCH OF HIGHLAND PARK AFFORDABLE HOUSING CORP: $275k → 8%HELP FOUNDATION INC: $308k → 17%VANTAGE AGING: $285k → 13%HOSPICE OF THE WESTERN RESERVE INC: $344k → 17%NORTH COAST COMMUNITY HOMES INC: $597k → 17%BOBBY TRIPODI FOUNDATION INC DBA CORNERSTONE OF HOPE: $328k → 17%HEALTHNETWORK FOUNDATION: $739k → 17%SHOES AND CLOTHES FOR KIDS INC: $599k → 17%SHOES AND CLOTHES FOR KIDS INC: $308k → 17%FAIRHILL PARTNERS: $398k → 17%JOSEPH'S HOME: $491k → 17%AMERICAN RED CROSS NORTHEAST OHIO CHAPTER: $358k → 17%AMERICAN RED CROSS NORTHEAST OHIO CHAPTER: $334k → 17%AMERICAN RED CROSS NORTHEAST OHIO CHAPTER: $302k → 17%GLOBAL CLEVELAND: $289k → 17%THE REFUGEE RESPONSE DBA RESOURCE CLEVELAND: $683k → 17%CATHOLIC CHARITIES CORPORATION: $506k → 17%CATHOLIC CHARITIES CORPORATION: $450k → 17%CATHOLIC CHARITIES CORPORATION: $368k → 17%CATHOLIC CHARITIES CORPORATION: $326k → 17%CATHOLIC CHARITIES CORPORATION: $306k → 17%SEEDS OF LITERACY: $338k → 17%CATHOLIC CHARITIES CORPORATION: $290k → 17%EAST END NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE ASSOCIATION: $312k → 17%EAST END NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE ASSOCIATION: $292k → 17%NEAR WEST SIDE MULTI-SERVICE CORPORATION DBA THE MAY DUGAN CENTER: $612k → 17%REFUGEE RESPONSE: $322k → 17%PARTNERSHIP FOR GOOD HEALTH: $272k → 17%THE CENTERS FOR FAMILIES AND CHILDREN: $2.5M → 17%PHILLIS WHEATLEY ASSOCIATION OF CLEVELAND: $707k → 17%THE CENTERS FOR FAMILIES AND CHILDREN: $598k → 17%THE CENTERS FOR FAMILIES AND CHILDREN: $595k → 17%ELIZA BRYANT VILLAGE: $337k → 17%THE CENTERS FOR FAMILIES AND CHILDREN: $299k → 17%CHN HOUSING CAPITAL: $1.0M → 17%PCS FOR PEOPLE: $887k → 17%CATHOLIC CHARITIES CORPORATION: $533k → 17%YMCA OF GREATER CLEVELAND: $405k → 17%YMCA OF GREATER CLEVELAND: $343k → 17%GLOBAL CLEVELAND: $338k → 17%MHS DBA FRONTLINE SERVICE: $310k → 17%CLEVELAND SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND DBA CLEVELAND SIGHT CENTER: $1.0M → 17%CLEVELAND SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND DBA CLEVELAND SIGHT CENTER: $963k → 17%CLEVELAND SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND DBA CLEVELAND SIGHT CENTER: $945k → 17%CLEVELAND SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND DBA CLEVELAND SIGHT CENTER: $917k → 17%CLEVELAND SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND DBA CLEVELAND SIGHT CENTER: $856k → 17%CLEVELAND SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND DBA CLEVELAND SIGHT CENTER: $847k → 17%CLEVELAND SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND DBA CLEVELAND SIGHT CENTER: $825k → 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

ME
VT
NH
WA
ID
MT
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
WY
IA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
UT
CO
MO
KY
WV
VA
MD
DE
AZ
NM
KS
AR
TN
NC
SC
DC
OK
LA
MS
AL
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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$882M · 1181 repeat orgs$35M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +30% since the first grant, against +13% for the ones you funded once.

1181 repeat relationships — 799 still active in FY2024, 382 since wound down; 173 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

1181
593

Total granted

$882M
$24M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+30%
+13%

Still filing today

81%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11M went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureHealthCommunity ImprovementEnvironmentOther

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

  • CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY
    7× · 2018–2024 · $41M · revenue +44%
  • UH
    UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS HEALTH SYSTEM INC
    7× · 2018–2024 · $31M · revenue +58%
  • JI
    JUMPSTART INC
    7× · 2018–2024 · $21M · revenue +61% · 49% of their budget

Funded once

  • MP
    MOUNT PLEASANT NOW DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
    one grant, 2019 · $2.0M · revenue -54%
  • BG
    BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF CLEVELAND
    one grant, 2018 · $1.1M
  • CH
    CHN HOUSING CAPITAL
    one grant, 2021 · $1.0M · revenue +15% · 39% of their budget

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
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
2
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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3
The Cleveland Foundation

Enhance the lives of all residents of greater cleveland, now and for generations to come, by working together with our donors to build community endowment, address needs through grantmaking, and provide leadership on key community issues.

Philanthropy
4
Point Park University

Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting. dedicated to academic excellence and community engagement,we prepare students of diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skill,and experience to lead meaningful lives as informed…

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5
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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6
Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
7
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
8
United Way of Central Ohio Inc

United way of central ohio is the local organization that harnesses the power of communities working together - people, nonprofits, businesses and government - to create a stronger, more equitable central ohio. see schedule o.we do this…

Philanthropy
9
Ohio State Bar Association

The ohio state bar association (the "association") is an unincorporated voluntary non-profit organization. the association was formed to promote justice and advance the interests of the legal profession.

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10
Jobsohio

To promote economic development, job creation, job retention, job training, workforce development, and the retention of current and recruitment of new business to ohio.

Employment
11
DePauw University

Depauw university develops leaders the world needs through an uncommon commitment to the liberal arts. depauw's diverse and inclusive learning and living experience, distinctive in its rigorous intellectual engagement and its global and…

Education
12
The University of Toledo Foundation

The mission of the university of toledo foundation is to secure the future for the university of toledo, through prudent asset management and philanthropy. we build strong linkages between alumni and the university, fostering a spirit of…

Education

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Health and Medicine Policy Research Group and the most unlike its peers is Nerve Dj Institute Corporation. 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 backsteadyHealth Access Advocacy and …Policy Research and AdvocacyEnvironmental Conservation …Independent K-12 SchoolsCommunity Arts CentersFaith-Based Liberal Arts Co…Food Banks and PantriesAnimal Rescue and ShelterChild Abuse Advocacy Servic…Youth Development ServicesOrchestra and Ensemble Perf…Youth Sports ProgramsCommunity FoundationsMilitary Veterans SupportWomen & Girls Leadership De…Equine Therapy ProgramsLgbtq+ Community SupportCancer Support ServicesChristian Youth CampsSchool District FoundationsElementary Literacy TutoringLocal Food System Organizat…Youth Mentoring ProgramsChristian Missionary Organi…Jewish Community Organizati…Affordable Housing Construc…Faith-Based Social ServicesPregnancy Support ServicesPublic Library OperationsAddiction Recovery ServicesDomestic Violence ServicesCommunity Food PantriesSchool Parent OrganizationsVolunteer Fire & Ems Servic…Local History MuseumsCommunity College Foundatio…Dance Arts OrganizationsSenior Support ServicesYmca Youth DevelopmentImmigrant Worker SupportUnited Way AffiliatesDevelopmental Disabilities …Youth Development CentersCommunity FoundationsAffordable Housing Developm…
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 33 years old; the field is 19. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number18%5%<5yr12%10%5–10yr21%18%10–20yr14%19%20–35yr16%22%35–55yr20%26%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value18%2%<5yr12%11%5–10yr21%8%10–20yr14%14%20–35yr16%28%35–55yr20%37%55yr+

The field is 18% startups (under 5 years old) — 5% of your grantees by number, and just 2% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 2% lost their exemption, against 11% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
2%50/2,053
the rest of the field
11%
7,993/72,253

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

1601 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. 1601 of the 2,000 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.

208
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
373
Early backer (in before they grew)
1539/1601
Grantees still filing
1040/1601
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

SAY YES CLEVELAND SCHOLARSHIP INC — $66,318,262 · EducationSAY YES CLEVELAND SCHOLARSHIP I…CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY — $40,985,172 · EducationCASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITYCOLLEGE NOW GREATER CLEVELAND INC — $20,445,029 · EducationCOLLEGE NOW GREATER CLEVELAND I…CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — $7,544,156 · EducationCHILD CARE RESOURCE CENTER OF CUYAHOGA COUNTY — $7,122,041 · Education+34 more — $68,854,124 · Education+34 moreCLEVELAND METROPOLITAN SCHOOL DISTRICT — $31,329,745 · OtherCLEVELAND METROPOLITAN SCHOOL DIST…UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS HEALTH SYSTEM INC — $13,582,856 · OtherUNIVERSITY HOSPITALS HEALTH SYSTEM…CUYAHOGA COUNTY OFFICE OF EARLY CHILDHOOD — $9,288,000 · OtherYOUTH OPPORTUNITIES UNLIMITED — $8,005,541 · OtherFAMICOS FOUNDATION — $16,745,516 · OtherFAMICOS FOUNDATIONGREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK INC — $9,239,124 · Other+72 more — $140,772,261 · Other+72 moreJUMPSTART INC — $21,292,230 · Community ImprovementJUMPSTART INCNEIGHBORHOOD PROGRESS INC — $14,578,235 · Community ImprovementNEIGHBORHOOD PR…EAST 66TH STREET SERVICES INC — $12,141,042 · Community ImprovementEAST 66TH STREE…CLEVELAND FOUNDATION MIDTOWN COLLABORATI — $10,283,311 · Community ImprovementCLEVELAND FOUND…NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE — $5,410,552 · Community ImprovementNEIGHBORHOOD LE…EVERGREEN COOPERATIVE CORPORATION — $4,767,075 · Community ImprovementTHE CENTER FOR COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS — $4,587,312 · Community ImprovementMANUFACTURING ADVOCACY & GROWTH NETWORK INC — $4,454,100 · Community ImprovementDOWNTOWN CLEVELAND ALLIANCE — $4,337,453 · Community ImprovementMIDTOWN CLEVELAND INC — $4,178,200 · Community ImprovementLOCAL INITIATIVES SUPPORT CORPORATION — $3,500,000 · Community Improvement+8 more — $11,251,106 · Community Improvement+8 moreUNIVERSITY HOSPITALS HEALTH SYSTEM INC — $31,240,089 · HealthUNIVERSITY H…THE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION — $14,761,187 · HealthTHE CLEVELAN…RAINBOW BABIES & CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION — $7,622,540 · HealthRAINBOW BABI…THE METROHEALTH FOUNDATION INC — $3,911,568 · HealthAmerican Heart Association Inc — $3,716,459 · HealthAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC — $3,478,639 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER OHIO — $2,743,752 · Health+9 more — $14,633,158 · Health+9 moreWESTERN RESERVE HISTORICAL SOCIETY — $7,833,805 · Arts & CultureWESTERN R…The Musical Arts Association — $7,220,261 · Arts & CultureThe Music…CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY — $6,659,026 · Arts & CultureCLEVELAND…CLEVELAND CENTER FOR ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY — $5,122,462 · Arts & CultureCLEVELAND…CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART — $4,714,884 · Arts & CultureCLEVELAND…KARAMU HOUSE INC — $4,038,176 · Arts & CultureKARAMU HO…THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM INC — $3,708,330 · Arts & CultureTHE ROCK …AMERICAN JOURNALISM PROJECT INC — $3,301,759 · Arts & CultureAMERICAN …CLEVELAND PUBLIC THEATRE INC — $2,897,600 · Arts & CulturePlayhouse Square Foundation — $2,351,857 · Arts & Culture+9 more — $12,608,651 · Arts & Culture+9 moreCLEVELAND SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND — $6,382,380 · Human ServicesThe Centers for Families and Children — $4,334,989 · Human ServicesCATHOLIC CHARITIES CORPORATION — $2,778,570 · Human ServicesRESOURCE CLEVELAND — $2,115,934 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches — $1,886,323 · Human ServicesGLOBAL CLEVELAND — $1,476,100 · Human ServicesYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CLEVELAND — $1,445,667 · Human ServicesSEEDS OF LITERACY — $1,403,850 · Human ServicesBENJAMIN ROSE INSTITUTE — $1,366,386 · Human ServicesPCS FOR PEOPLE — $1,316,250 · Human ServicesNear Westside MultiService Corp — $1,270,881 · Human Services+11 more — $11,144,334 · Human ServicesUNITED WAY OF GREATER CLEVELAND — $12,270,552 · PhilanthropyJEWISH COMMUNITY FEDERATION OF SAN FRANCISCO THE PENINSULA MARIN & SONOMA — $6,645,000 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FEDERATION OF CLEVELAND — $3,293,968 · PhilanthropyGREATER CLEVELAND VOLUNTEERS — $2,976,150 · PhilanthropyUNITED STATES ENERGY FOUNDATION — $2,550,000 · Philanthropy+2 more — $1,897,386 · Philanthropy
Education$211,268,784Other$228,963,043Community Improvement$100,780,616Health$82,107,392Arts & Culture$60,456,811Human Services$36,921,664Philanthropy$29,633,056

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 budgetSAY YES CLEVELAND SCHOLARSHIP INC — $66,318,262 over 6y, 83% of budgetCASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY — $40,985,172 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetUNIVERSITY HOSPITALS HEALTH SYSTEM INC — $31,240,089 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetJUMPSTART INC — $21,292,230 over 7y, 49% of budgetCOLLEGE NOW GREATER CLEVELAND INC — $20,445,029 over 7y, 17% of budgetFAMICOS FOUNDATION — $16,745,516 over 7y, 44% of budgetTHE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION — $14,761,187 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD PROGRESS INC — $14,578,235 over 7y, 59% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER CLEVELAND — $12,270,552 over 7y, 11% of budgetEAST 66TH STREET SERVICES INC — $12,141,042 over 7y, 49% of budgetCLEVELAND FOUNDATION MIDTOWN COLLABORATI — $10,283,311 over 2y, 98% of budgetGREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK INC — $9,239,124 over 7y, 2.1% of budgetYOUTH OPPORTUNITIES UNLIMITED — $8,005,541 over 7y, 13% of budgetWESTERN RESERVE HISTORICAL SOCIETY — $7,833,805 over 7y, 24% of budgetRAINBOW BABIES & CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION — $7,622,540 over 7y, 20% of budgetCLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — $7,544,156 over 7y, 10% of budgetThe Musical Arts Association — $7,220,261 over 7y, 2.0% of budgetIDEASTREAM — $7,139,664 over 7y, 4.6% of budgetCHILD CARE RESOURCE CENTER OF CUYAHOGA COUNTY — $7,122,041 over 7y, 9.8% of budgetCLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY — $6,659,026 over 7y, 5.5% of budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY FEDERATION OF SAN FRANCISCO THE PENINSULA MARIN & SONOMA — $6,645,000 over 5y, 1.9% of budgetCUYAHOGA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION — $6,598,488 over 7y, 12% of budgetCLEVELAND SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND — $6,382,380 over 7y, 8.5% of budgetLAKE ERIE COLLEGE — $6,365,579 over 7y, 6.5% of budgetFRIENDS OF BREAKTHROUGH SCHOOLS — $6,198,319 over 7y, 12% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE — $5,410,552 over 7y, 70% of budgetCLEVELAND CENTER FOR ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY — $5,122,462 over 7y, 63% of budgetEVERGREEN COOPERATIVE CORPORATION — $4,767,075 over 7y, 70% of budgetCLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART — $4,714,884 over 7y, 1.5% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS — $4,587,312 over 7y, 41% of budgetMANUFACTURING ADVOCACY & GROWTH NETWORK INC — $4,454,100 over 7y, 7.3% of budgetLEGAL AID SOCIETY OF CLEVELAND — $4,348,570 over 7y, 7.2% of budgetDOWNTOWN CLEVELAND ALLIANCE — $4,337,453 over 7y, 11% of budgetThe Centers for Families and Children — $4,334,989 over 7y, 10% of budgetMIDTOWN CLEVELAND INC — $4,178,200 over 7y, 65% of budgetKARAMU HOUSE INC — $4,038,176 over 7y, 50% of budgetTHE METROHEALTH FOUNDATION INC — $3,911,568 over 7y, 11% of budgetEconomic Growth Foundation — $3,853,991 over 7y, 23% of budgetANGELS FOR ANIMALS INC — $3,748,822 over 1y, 49% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc — $3,716,459 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM INC — $3,708,330 over 7y, 3.4% of budgetLUTHERAN METROPOLITAN MINISTRY — $3,574,683 over 7y, 11% of budgetMANUFACTURING WORKS — $3,505,390 over 7y, 30% of budgetLOCAL INITIATIVES SUPPORT CORPORATION — $3,500,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC — $3,478,639 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetURBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER CLEVELAND — $3,397,711 over 7y, 28% of budgetAMERICAN JOURNALISM PROJECT INC — $3,301,759 over 3y, 4.0% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF CLEVELAND — $3,293,968 over 7y, 0.8% 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 SAY YES CLEVELAND SCHOLARSHIP INC ↗
  • Who funds CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS HEALTH SYSTEM INC ↗
  • Who funds JUMPSTART INC ↗
  • Who funds COLLEGE NOW GREATER CLEVELAND INC ↗
  • Who funds FAMICOS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds NEIGHBORHOOD PROGRESS INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF GREATER CLEVELAND ↗
  • Who funds EAST 66TH STREET SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds CLEVELAND FOUNDATION MIDTOWN COLLABORATI ↗
  • Who funds GREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK INC ↗
  • Who funds YOUTH OPPORTUNITIES UNLIMITED ↗
  • Who funds WESTERN RESERVE HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds RAINBOW BABIES & CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds The Musical Arts Association ↗
  • Who funds IDEASTREAM ↗
  • Who funds CHILD CARE RESOURCE CENTER OF CUYAHOGA COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH COMMUNITY FEDERATION OF SAN FRANCISCO THE PENINSULA MARIN & SONOMA ↗
  • Who funds CUYAHOGA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CLEVELAND SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND ↗
  • Who funds LAKE ERIE COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF BREAKTHROUGH SCHOOLS ↗
  • Who funds NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds CLEVELAND CENTER FOR ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY ↗
  • Who funds EVERGREEN COOPERATIVE CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART ↗
  • Who funds THE CENTER FOR COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS ↗
  • Who funds MANUFACTURING ADVOCACY & GROWTH NETWORK INC ↗
  • Who funds LEGAL AID SOCIETY OF CLEVELAND ↗
  • Who funds DOWNTOWN CLEVELAND ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds The Centers for Families and Children ↗
  • Who funds MIDTOWN CLEVELAND INC ↗
  • Who funds KARAMU HOUSE 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 George Gund Found…The Char and Chuck Fo…Higley Fund of the Cl…Saint Lukes Foundatio…Mt Sinai Health Care …Community West Founda…The Swagelok Foundati…United Way of Greater…The Reinberger Founda…Third Federal Foundat…The Cleveland Clinic …The Cleveland Clinic …
The George Gund FoundationOH231.5× affinity261 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The George Gund Foundation · The Char and Chuck Fowler Family Foundation · Higley Fund of the Cleveland Foundation · Saint Lukes Foundation of Cleveland Ohio · Mt Sinai Health Care Foundation · Community West Foundation · The Swagelok Foundation · United Way of Greater Cleveland · The Reinberger Foundation · Third Federal Foundation · The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Group Return · The Cleveland Clinic Foundation

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 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 · 20%6%25%56%100%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 11%
  • Enterprise Community Partners Inc — 22% of income from government
  • City Year Inc — 11% of income from government
  • The Trustees of the Smith College — 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
75report 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 2000 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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More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home
State money flows
the interactive map of money crossing state lines