Ohio · Private foundation
The Figgie Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $707k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 15
- Grants FY2025
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 57%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $450,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 14
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $4.2M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 57% of the organizations The Figgie Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 57% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 43% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $590k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 15 | $707k | 33% |
| FY2024 | 14 | $1.0M | 57% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $331k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $342k | 25% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $421k | 63% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $2.4M | 17% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $996k | 30% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $1.4M | 60% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gilmour Academy Inc | $525,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Greater Cleveland Sports Commission | $175,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Travis Mills Foundation | $85,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Andrews Osborne Academy | $75,900 | 3 | 0% |
| The Hospice of the Western Reserve Foundation | $55,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Ohio Contemporary Ballet | $40,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Magnificat High School | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Case Western Reserve University | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Urban Community School | $23,550 | 1 | 0% |
| Kaulig Foundation | $21,363 | 4 | 4% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gilmour Academy Inc | $525,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Greater Cleveland Sports Commission | $175,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Travis Mills Foundation | $85,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Andrews Osborne Academy | $75,900 | 3 | 0% |
| The Hospice of the Western Reserve Foundation | $55,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Ohio Contemporary Ballet | $40,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Magnificat High School | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Case Western Reserve University | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Urban Community School | $23,550 | 1 | 0% |
| Kaulig Foundation | $21,363 | 4 | 4% |
| The Cleveland Music School Settlement | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| College Now Greater Cleveland Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Northern Ohio Golf Charities Foundation Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Cleveland Public Theatre Inc | $19,750 | 2 | 1% |
| Groundworks Dance Theater | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| The Littlest Heroes Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Shoes and Clothes for Kids | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| A Kid at Art for the Heart Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 12% |
| Abilis Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Special Olympics Ohio Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Smithsonian Institution | $100 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 18 recipients with no EIN on record ($7.2M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Figgie 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.
Open a dossier: The Cleveland Foundation · John P Murphy Foundation · The Laub Foundation · The Char and Chuck Fowler Family Foundation · The O'Neill Brothers Foundation · Jack Joseph & Morton Mandel Foundation · The Swagelok Foundation · The George Gund Foundation · Jewish Federation of Cleveland · The Covia Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Blackbaud Giving Fund
How this is measured
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About The Figgie Foundation
- How much does The Figgie Foundation give?
- The Figgie Foundation reported 15 grants totaling $707,183 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 14 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Figgie Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (40%), Recreation & Sports (35%), Education (9%).
- Who are The Figgie Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Gilmour Academy Inc ($525k), Greater Cleveland Sports Commission ($175k), Travis Mills Foundation ($85k).
- Does The Figgie Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 57% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Figgie Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Figgie Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Cleveland Foundation, John P Murphy Foundation, The Laub Foundation.
- Where is The Figgie Foundation based?
- The Figgie Foundation is based in OH.
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