· Private foundation
The Figgie Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k6 grants · $27k
- $10k–50k7 grants · $145k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $85k
- $250k+1 grant · $450k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| FAIRMOUNT CENTER FOR THE ARTS | $450,000 |
| COATS FOR KIDS | $85,000 |
| THE HOSPICE OF THE WESTERN RESERVE FOUNDATION | $40,000 |
| ANDREWS OSBORNE ACADEMY | $32,200 |
| MAGNIFICAT HIGH SCHOOL | $30,000 |
| GILMOUR ACADEMY | $13,000 |
| GREAT LAKES SCIENCE CENTER | $10,000 |
| NOTHERN OHIO GOLF CHARITIES FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| COLLEGE NOW GREATER CLEVELAND | $10,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $8,000 |
| THE LITTLEST HEROES | $5,000 |
| A KID AT ART FOR THE HEART INC | $5,000 |
| THE KAULIG FOUNDATION | $3,983 |
| Individual grant recipient | $3,000 |
| ABILIS INC | $2,000 |
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 (FY24–24, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 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.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +40% since the first grant, against +10% for those funded once.
21 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2025, 11 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
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 FY2025, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
TRAVIS MILLS FOUNDATION2× · 2019–2021 · $85k · revenue +19%- AOANDREWS OSBORNE ACADEMY3× · 2021–2025 · $76k · revenue +37%
- OCOHIO CONTEMPORARY BALLET3× · 2018–2022 · $40k · revenue +45%
Funded once
- UPUH PARTNERSHIP FOR FAMILIESone grant, 2017 · $99k
- GAGILMOUR ACADEMY - MUSIC ROOM RENOVATIONone grant, 2020 · $68k
- SCST CHRISTOPHER'S BY-THE-RIVERone grant, 2022 · $60k
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.
The mission of the cleveland museum of art (cma) is to fulfill its dual roles as one of the world's most distinguished comprehensive art museums and as one of northeastern ohio's principal civic and cultural institutions. the museum,…
The cleveland institute of music's mission is to empower the world's most talented classical music students to fulfill their dreams and potential.
Cal champions creative learning, drives educational innovation, and transforms lives through collaborative efforts involving teaching artists, students, educators, and communities.
The cleveland arts prize identifies, rewards, publicly honors and promotes those creative artists whose original work and accomplishments have set a standard of excellence to which other artists can aspire. additionally, the cleveland arts…
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…
Balletmet will celebrate dance by engaging the community through quality performances, instruction, education programs, and creation of new work.
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.
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.
Mission: to champion and elevate the arts and cultural expression of greater columbus.vision: power of art realized. people engaged. city energized.
To be a national model for how a presenting organization serves its community, leveraging the worlds best modern and contemporary dance to inspire and educate audiences, local dancers, and community members.
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.
How this is measured
19 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. 19 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 SPORTS COMMISSION ↗
- Who funds TRAVIS MILLS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds ANDREWS OSBORNE ACADEMY ↗
- Who funds THE HOSPICE OF THE WESTERN RESERVE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds OHIO CONTEMPORARY BALLET ↗
- Who funds CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds URBAN COMMUNITY SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds KAULIG FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THE CLEVELAND MUSIC SCHOOL SETTLEMENT ↗
- Who funds COLLEGE NOW GREATER CLEVELAND INC ↗
- Who funds NORTHERN OHIO GOLF CHARITIES FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds CLEVELAND PUBLIC THEATRE INC ↗
- Who funds GROUNDWORKS DANCE THEATER ↗
- Who funds THE LITTLEST HEROES INC ↗
- Who funds SHOES AND CLOTHES FOR KIDS ↗
- Who funds A KID AT ART FOR THE HEART INC ↗
- Who funds ABILIS INC ↗
- Who funds SPECIAL OLYMPICS OHIO INC ↗
- Who funds SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION ↗
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Figgie Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Figgie Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Abilis Inc: 74% of income from government
How this is measured
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