· Private foundation
The Conway Family Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k8 grants · $28k
- $10k–50k6 grants · $107k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CLEVELAND ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY | $37,000 |
| CLEVELAND FOOD BANK | $30,000 |
| WELSH ACADEMY | $10,000 |
| WESTSIDE CATHOLIC CENTER | $10,000 |
| UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL-MIRACLE FUND | $10,000 |
| LAUREL SCHOOL | $10,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $5,000 |
| VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE SERVICES | $5,000 |
| BOYS GIRLS CLUB | $5,000 |
| CATHOLIC CHARITIES | $5,000 |
| NATURE CENTER OF SHAKER HEIGHTS | $2,500 |
| GESU PARISH SCHOOL-BOOSTER CLUB | $2,500 |
| CLEVELAND BOOK BANK | $2,000 |
| GESU PARISH SCHOOL-WOMEN GUILD | $500 |
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 (FY20–24, $50k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 15%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
24 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2024, 10 since wound down.
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, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- CZCLEVELAND ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY4× · 2020–2024 · $108k · revenue +53%
- LSLAUREL SCHOOL5× · 2020–2024 · $45k · revenue +36%
- WSWEST SIDE CATHOLIC CENTER3× · 2022–2024 · $30k · revenue +7%
Funded once
- TWTHE WELSCH ACADEMYone grant, 2022 · $20k
- LLLEUKEMIA LYMPHOMA SOCIETYone grant, 2021 · $15k
- GSGESU SCHOOLone grant, 2020 · $10k
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.
Global cleveland is dedicated to growing northeast ohio's economy by welcoming and connecting international people to opportunities and fostering a more inviting community for those seeking a place to call home.
Literary Cleveland assists writers and readers at all stages of development, promotes new and existing literature of the highest quality, and advances Northeast Ohio as a vital center of diverse voices and visions.
The cleveland institute of music's mission is to empower the world's most talented classical music students to fulfill their dreams and potential.
Empower the people of greater cleveland to achieve success through technology, innovation and connected community.
Greater cleveland volunteers enriches the community and indivuduals through volunteer service. volunteers age 18 and older are recruited and placed in the agency's programs or referred to local nonprofit or public organizations to help…
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.
Diabetes partnership of cleveland works to provide relevant and sustainable programming, education, resources and supplies to the community in northeast ohio affected by diabetes.
The mission statement of the cleveland institute of art is as follows: to cultivate creative leaders who inspire people, strengthen communities, and contribute to a thriving and sustainable economy through an innovative education in art…
Cincinnati museum center inspires people of all ages to learn more about our world through science, regional history, and educational, engaging and meaningful experiences.
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.
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.
Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra (CCO) creates intimate, transformative experiences that connect the musically curious.
How this is measured
16 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. 16 of the 39 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
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 GREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK INC ↗
- Who funds CLEVELAND ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds LAUREL SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds WEST SIDE CATHOLIC CENTER ↗
- Who funds URBAN COMMUNITY SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES CORPORATION ↗
- Who funds GREATER CLEVELAND SPORTS COMMISSION ↗
- Who funds BELIEVE IN DREAMS ↗
- Who funds NOTRE DAME COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF CLEVELAND ↗
- Who funds VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE SERVICES ↗
- Who funds CLEVELAND KIDS' BOOK BANK ↗
- Who funds CLEVELAND BALLET ↗
- Who funds MURPHY IRISH ARTS ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds The Musical Arts Association ↗
- Who funds IDEASTREAM ↗
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 Foundation · The O'Neill Brothers Foundation · The Lozick Family Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · The Kelvin & Eleanor Smith Foundation · The Sk Wellman Foundation · John P Murphy Foundation · The Swagelok Foundation · The George Gund Foundation · Jewish Federation of Cleveland · B Charles and Jay G Ames Foundation · Lincoln Electric Fdn Pfdn
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Conway Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Conway Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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