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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 it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

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

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 1,016 grants below total $184,237,952, the rows itemized in this filing. The $190,667,043 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $6,429,091 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized 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

Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

show:

Its 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 its 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
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

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KY
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DE
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LA
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How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

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

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +29% since the first grant, against +14% for those funded once.

1181 repeat relationships: 799 still active in FY2024, 382 since wound down; 174 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

1181
592

Total granted

$882M
$24M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+29%
+14%

Still filing today

81%
68%

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
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.

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
  • The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc
    one grant, 2023 · $1.0M · revenue +1%
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.

04Its field

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.

1
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
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
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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5
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
6
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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7
Lead Ohio

At lead ohio our goal is to make a difference in communities across ohio by recruiting, training, supporting and empowering progressive leaders in all regions of the state.

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
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
10
Ohio Justice and Policy Center

To create fair, intelligent, redemptive criminal justice systems through zealous client-centered advocacy, innovative policy reform and cross-sector community education.

Civil Rights
11
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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12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Family Promise of Greater Cleveland; 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.
04the grantee network

1603 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 1603 of the 2,000 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.

208
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
381
Early backer (in before they grew)
1542/1603
Grantees still filing
1055/1603
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and 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 the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's 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
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 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 ↗

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.

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

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Cleveland Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Cleveland Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%6%25%56%100%funder's 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
How this is measured
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 a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than 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 to 24 months.

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 2000 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 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 endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home