Ohio · Private foundation
The Ferry Family Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $6.3M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2025
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $591,700
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $2,257,046
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 15
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations The Ferry Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 7 | $6.3M | 0% |
| FY2024 | 10 | $601k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $576k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $606k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $226k | 13% |
| FY2020 | 15 | $270k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greater Cleveland Food Bank Inc | $2,054,150 | 5 | 2% |
| Case Western Reserve University | $2,000,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Ohio Wesleyan University | $590,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Beer City Dog Biscuits | $411,000 | 5 | 17% |
| Cuyahoga County Public Library | $75,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Cleveland | $50,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Inmotion | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Desert Botanical Garden Inc | $12,500 | 1 | 0% |
| St Mary's Food Bank Alliance | $12,500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Cleveland Animal Protective League | $4,500 | 5 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greater Cleveland Food Bank Inc | $2,054,150 | 5 | 2% |
| Case Western Reserve University | $2,000,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Ohio Wesleyan University | $590,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Beer City Dog Biscuits | $411,000 | 5 | 17% |
| Cuyahoga County Public Library | $75,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Cleveland | $50,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Inmotion | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Desert Botanical Garden Inc | $12,500 | 1 | 0% |
| St Mary's Food Bank Alliance | $12,500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Cleveland Animal Protective League | $4,500 | 5 | 0% |
| National Geographic Society | $500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($3.4M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Ferry Family Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
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How this is measured
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About The Ferry Family Foundation
- How much does The Ferry Family Foundation give?
- The Ferry Family Foundation reported 7 grants totaling $6,332,896 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 15 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does The Ferry Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Housing & Shelter (39%), Education (31%), Food & Nutrition (24%).
- Who are The Ferry Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Greater Cleveland Food Bank Inc ($2.1M), Case Western Reserve University ($2.0M), Ohio Wesleyan University ($590k).
- Does The Ferry Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Ferry Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Ferry Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is The Ferry Family Foundation based?
- The Ferry Family Foundation is based in OH.
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