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The George Gund Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$30M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
334
Grants FY2024
237
Organizations funded FY2023
16%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$50,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$2,750,000
Organizations funded a year
218 to 254
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
15
Total assets, FY2024
$556M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 16% of the organizations The George Gund Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 9% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.6M went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23
Arts & CultureCommunity ImprovementHuman ServicesEnvironmentEducationCivil RightsOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving259$29M16%
FY2023237$29M16%
FY2022254$34M17%
FY2021232$49M12%
FY2020237$37M13%
FY2019238$22M15%
FY2018251$27M37%
FY2017218$26Mn/a
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Community Improvement$48MArts & Culture$41MEducation$40MPhilanthropy$37MEnvironment$29MHealth$28MCivil Rights$15MPublic Benefit$11MOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Foundation Fighting Blindness Inc$19,540,000812%
Neighborhood Progress Inc$10,522,500882%
Fund for Our Economic Future of Northeast Ohio$10,094,666895%
Cleveland State University Foundation$8,692,500820%
The Energy Foundation$7,900,00083%
College Now Greater Cleveland Inc$6,491,40088%
The Ohio Environmental Council$6,333,000896%
The Center for Community Solutions$5,895,250838%
Land Studio Inc$5,470,000650%
Cleveland Metropolitan School District$4,698,2956n/a
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All grantees of The George Gund Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Foundation Fighting Blindness Inc$19,540,000812%
Neighborhood Progress Inc$10,522,500882%
Fund for Our Economic Future of Northeast Ohio$10,094,666895%
Cleveland State University Foundation$8,692,500820%
The Energy Foundation$7,900,00083%
College Now Greater Cleveland Inc$6,491,40088%
The Ohio Environmental Council$6,333,000896%
The Center for Community Solutions$5,895,250838%
Land Studio Inc$5,470,000650%
Cleveland Metropolitan School District$4,698,2956n/a
Case Western Reserve University$4,387,80080%
Karamu House Inc$3,981,000849%
Growth Opportunity Partners Inc$3,300,000346%
Enterprise Community Partners Inc$2,932,00082%
Ohio Voice$2,838,332628%
Legal Aid Society of Cleveland$2,350,00078%
Downtown Cleveland Alliance$2,310,00076%
Ohio Progressive Collaborative Education Fund$2,230,000316%
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum Inc$2,200,00044%
Greater Cleveland Neighborhood Centers$2,141,00058%
The Ohio Organizing Collaborative$2,075,00079%
Ideastream$2,006,00072%
United Black Fund of Greater Cleveland Inc$1,980,000629%
Assembly for the Arts$1,870,000854%
Rid-All Foundation Inc$1,792,500544%
Birthing Beautiful Communities$1,790,000525%
Youth Opportunities Unlimited$1,775,00087%
Urban League of Greater Cleveland$1,726,500441%
Coalition on Homelessness and Housing in Ohio$1,690,000818%
Cleveland Museum of Natural History$1,544,50054%
West Creek Conservancy$1,405,00074%
Policy Matters Ohio$1,376,200816%
Cleveland Municipal School District Transformation$1,317,000846%
American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio Foundation Inc$1,304,000823%
Rails to Trails Conservancy$1,240,50082%
Friends of Breakthrough Schools$1,210,00034%
The Northeast Ohio Hispanic Center for Economic Development$1,157,375687%
Philanthropy Ohio$1,134,350811%
Cleveland Museum of Art$1,121,11241%
Institute for Conservation Leadership$1,100,000821%
Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry$1,085,00085%
The City Club of Cleveland$1,060,000819%
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities$1,045,00051%
Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Community Center$1,035,000518%
Manufacturing Advocacy & Growth Network Inc$1,000,00018%
Argonaut$968,293456%
New Village Corporation$950,000294%
Esperanza Inc$949,50089%
Cleveland Film Society$925,000612%
Chn Housing Partners$920,00060%
Cleveland Public Theatre Inc$915,00088%
Planned Parenthood of Greater Ohio$910,00071%
Third Sector New England Inc$885,70081%
Bike Cleveland$880,000828%
Adoption Network Cleveland$865,000718%
Alliance for the Great Lakes$860,00077%
The Brookings Institution$850,00050%
Sustainable Markets Foundation$830,00071%
Near Westside MultiService Corp$824,60078%
University Settlement Inc$820,00039%
Cleveland Leadership Center$811,000625%
The Community Builders Inc$800,00011%
Conservancy for Cuyahoga Valley National Park$799,00055%
Greater Cleveland Food Bank Inc$770,00060%
The Cleveland Play House$750,00071%
The Marshall Project Inc$750,00017%
Great Lakes Theater Festival Inc$750,00074%
Environmental Health Watch$735,000716%
Nonprofit VOTE Inc$725,00089%
Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland$724,00065%
Western Reserve Land Conservancy$722,00053%
Equality Ohio Education Fund$720,00089%
Environmental Law and Policy Center of the Midwest$700,00082%
Policybridge Inc$700,000567%
Fair Elections Center$695,00064%
Abortion Forward Alliance$685,500723%
Cleveland Print Room Inc$685,000831%
Preterm Cleveland Inc$685,00057%
Ohio Womens Alliance$680,000515%
Children's Defense Fund$668,00071%
Global Cleveland$665,00089%
Health Policy Institute of Ohio$660,00089%
Young Latino Network$660,000482%
Spaces$655,000616%
Greater Cleveland Congregations Inc$652,000816%
Cleveland Water Alliance$605,000429%
Juvenile Justice Coalition$602,000835%
Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Assoc$600,000766%
Ohio Association of Foodbanks Inc$600,00080%
Positive Education Program$600,00012%
Northern Kentucky Childrens Law Center Inc$580,30088%
Center for Law and Social Policy$580,00072%
Community Initiatives$580,00041%
The Centers for Families and Children$580,00051%
Environmental and Energy Study Institute$575,00085%
Greater Ohio Policy Center Inc$570,000717%
Cuyahoga Valley Countryside Conservancy$570,000628%
Union Miles Development Corporation$566,000431%
Montessori Development Partnerships$553,000517%
Ohio City Incorporated$552,500514%
Front Exhibition Company$550,000760%
Manufacturing Works$550,000311%
Ohio Justice and Policy Center$535,00089%
Smart Development Inc$535,000710%
Ohio Alliance to End Sexual Violence$530,00067%
Alliance for Justice$525,00072%
Ohio Citizen Action Education Fund$520,000533%
Child Care Resource Center of Cuyahoga County$505,00071%
Forces4quality Northeast Ohio$500,00048%
Goodpower Education Fund Inc$500,00052%
William J Brennan Center for Justice Inc$500,00010%
Young Womens Christian Association of Cleveland Ohio$495,00062%
Citizens Utility Board of Ohio$495,000357%
Inlet Dance Theatre$484,450858%
In Our Backyards Inc$480,00072%
City Year Inc$480,00080%
Borderlight International Theater Festival$475,000643%
Groundworks Dance Theater$461,500813%
Faith in Public Life Inc$460,00065%
National Public Radio Inc$450,00070%
Cleveland Institute of Music$450,00070%
Teach for America Inc$450,00020%
Media In The Public Interest$441,000892%
Magnolia Clubhouse Inc$435,00066%
Chagrin River Watershed Partners Inc$435,00079%
Northeast Ohio Coalition for the Homeless$431,50078%
Resource Cleveland$430,00066%
Mental Health & Addiction Advocacy Coalition$425,000817%
Hola Ohio$424,500434%
Cleveland Social Venture Partners$417,500343%
Economic Growth Foundation$413,00065%
Clean Fuels Ohio$400,00067%
Studio in a School Association Inc$400,00071%
United Way of Greater Cleveland$400,00031%
Zygote Press Inc$396,500723%
Towards Employment Inc$391,20071%
Coalition on Human Needs$390,000710%
City Fresh$385,000817%
Groundwork Ohio$385,000349%
United Labor Agency Inc$370,00081%
Greater Cleveland Urban Film Fdn$361,000749%
Faith Choice Ohio$360,000631%
Cuyahoga Community College Foundation$359,00081%
The Metrohealth Foundation Inc$357,65022%
Council for a Strong America$355,000617%
Lead Ohio Foundation$350,000389%
One Fair Wage Inc$350,00024%
Fair Shake Environmental Legal Services$350,00079%
Legal Aid of Southeast and Central Ohio$340,00071%
Center for Arts-Inspired Learning$337,79583%
Arts Impact Inc$335,000714%
Universal Health Care Action Network of Ohio Inc$330,000717%
Solar United Neighbors Inc$325,00042%
Cleveland Festival of Art and Technology Inc$325,000822%
Brite Energy Innovators$325,00039%
Enlightened Solutions$320,000289%
National Wildlife Federation$320,00050%
Cleveland Rape Crisis Center$320,00081%
Near West Theatre Inc$310,00088%
Fresh Energy$310,00062%
St Vincent Charity Medical Center$300,00060%
Educational Service Center of Northeast Ohio$300,0001n/a
Spanish American Committee$300,000212%
Julia de Burgos Cultural Arts Center$285,000642%
University Circle Incorporated$280,00052%
Ohio Contemporary Ballet$275,00087%
Art House Inc$275,000756%
Broadway School of Music & the Arts$275,000747%
The Cleveland Modern Dance Association$271,40078%
Eleanor B Rainey Memorial Institute$269,00066%
Foluke Cultural Arts Center Inc$265,000754%
Collective Arts Network$265,000720%
West Side Catholic Center$260,00071%
Bard College$260,00020%
Community Legal Aid Services$257,50071%
Burten Bell Carr Development Inc$255,20034%
Praxis Integrated Fiber Workshop$255,000639%
Journey Center for Safety and Healing$255,00061%
Waterloo Arts$252,500639%
Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy$250,00025%
College Football Playoff Foundation Inc$250,0004n/a
The Partnership Project Inc$250,00060%
Community Catalyst Inc$250,00060%
Dobama Theatre Inc$250,00077%
Northeast Ohio Voter Advocates Inc$241,150674%
Edwins Leadership & Restaurant Institute$240,00034%
Plexus Education Foundation Inc$240,000558%
Greater Cleveland Media Development Corporation$240,00048%
National Disability Institute Inc$235,00021%
Economic and Community Development Institute$235,00031%
Cleveland Public Library Foundation$235,000311%
Showing Up for Racial Justice Education Fund Inc$235,00035%
Brite Cleveland$235,000821%
Catholic Charities Corporation$230,00040%
Professional Flair Inc$227,50087%
Signature Health Inc$227,00070%
Rutgers University Foundation$225,00070%
The Funders Network Inc$225,00061%
Citymusic Cleveland Inc$224,000517%
Beck Center for the Arts$220,00071%
Ohio Mayors Alliance Foundation$215,000226%
Piano International Assoc of Northern Oh$210,00085%
Gmiluth Chasodim (The Hebrew Free Loan Association)$205,000417%
The Metanoia Project$203,900713%
Greater Cleveland Habitat for Humanity Inc$200,00021%
Voting for America$200,0002n/a
Asian Services in Action Inc$200,00022%
Cuyahoga Land Bank Charities$200,00027%
WaterWatch of Oregon$200,00073%
Literary Cleveland$200,000720%
The Historymakers$200,00016%
Wfl Collective$200,000113%
The University of Cincinnati Foundation$200,00040%
Chamberfest Cleveland$200,00076%
Achievement Centers for Children$200,00031%
Museum of Creative Human Art$195,0004n/a
Midtown Cleveland Inc$195,00043%
Twelve Literary Arts$194,400319%
Western Reserve Historical Society$191,50032%
Business Volunteers Unlimited$185,00062%
Neighborhood Leadership Institute$183,00047%
Lake County Free Clinic Inc$180,00048%
Center for Employment Opportunities Inc$175,00030%
East 66th Street Services Inc$162,00046%
The Collaborative to End Human Trafficking$160,000216%
Cub Consumer Education and Research Fund$160,00024%
Latinus Theater Experience Company$160,000634%
Council on Foundations Inc$159,30080%
Contemporary Youth Orchestra$152,500615%
Negro League Baseball Legends Hall of Fame Baseball Heritage Museum$150,000420%
Medwish Medworks$150,00030%
Linking Employment Abilities and Potential$150,00025%
Neighborhood Health Care Inc$150,00030%
Child and Family Advocates of Cuyahoga County$150,00049%
New Voices Pittsburgh Inc$150,00022%
Association for African American Cultural Gar$150,000179%
Hunger Network of Greater Cleveland$150,00021%
Fairfax Renaissance Development$150,00013%
The Trust for Public Land$150,00020%
Abortion Fund of Ohio$150,00036%
Ohio Domestic Violence Network$150,00031%
Strategies for Youth$149,00067%
Apollo's Fire Baroque$145,00071%
The Cleveland Music School Settlement$140,00042%
Emerald Development & Economic Network$140,00020%
Venture for America Inc$140,00051%
The Sculpture Center$139,000810%
Cleveland Ballet$135,00064%
Maelstrom Collaborative Arts Formerly Theater Ninjas Inc$130,000827%
Urge Unite for Reproductive & Gender Equity$130,00012%
Cleveland Jazz Orchestra$125,000526%
Access Healthcolumbus Dba Health Impact Ohio$125,00031%
Talespinner Childrens Theatre Inc$125,000527%
Ohio Debate Commission Inc$125,000566%
Alaska Conservation Foundation$125,00041%
Circle Health Services$125,00031%
Cleveland Opera Inc$120,000719%
Family Planning Services of Lorain County$120,00044%
Mdrc$120,00030%
The Musical Theater Project Inc$112,50046%
Cleveland Classical Guitar Society$110,40076%
Legal Works Inc$110,000417%
Cleveland Opera Theater$110,0005n/a
Mission Investors Exchange Inc$105,00061%
Center for Children's Law and Policy$102,40023%
Canopy Child Advocacy Center$100,000210%
Cleveland Development Advisors Community Reinvestment Fund Inc$100,00021%
Village of Healing$100,00016%
Ohio Coalition for Equity and Adequacy of School Funding$100,0001n/a
Group Plan Commission$100,00013%
Stepstone Academy$100,00013%
OhioGuidestone$100,00020%
Ohio CDC Association Inc$100,00015%
Cleveland Cultural Gardens Federation$100,000125%
Uc Press Foundation$100,00025%
Convergence-Continuum$100,000523%
Digitalc$100,00011%
The Children's Museum of Cleveland$98,00062%
Southern Methodist University$96,00060%
The Ohio Legislative Black Caucus Foundation$95,000134%
Episcopal Diocese of Ohio$95,0004n/a
Cleveland Pops Orchestra$95,00044%
Cleveland Owns$93,000320%
Care Alliance$92,00020%
The Legal Aid Society of Columbus$90,00021%
Kent State University Foundation$90,00020%
Artists Archives of the Western Res$90,000410%
CONSULTATIVE GROUP ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY INC Biodiversity Funders Grp$87,00081%
Site Readiness for Good Jobs Fund$85,00013%
Cleveland Restoration Society Inc$85,00034%
Roots of American Music$85,00069%
Les Delices$84,50084%
Effective Leadership Academy$83,50074%
Innovation Ohio Education Fund$82,300110%
Solidaire Network Inc$80,00040%
Girl Scouts of North East Ohio$80,00070%
Nueva Luz Urban Resource Center$80,00022%
National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy$80,00080%
Slavic Village Development$75,00022%
Open Doors Inc$75,00080%
The Musical Arts Association$75,00010%
Center for Media and Democracy Inc$75,00017%
Matriots Education Fund$75,000137%
Duffy Liturgical Dance Ensemble$75,000623%
RepresentUs Education Fund$75,00012%
Sankofa Circle International$74,000160%
Coalition for Green Capital D/B/A American Green Bank Consortium$72,50016%
Grantmakers in the Arts$71,50053%
Writers in Residence$70,000319%
Candid$70,00030%
Playwrights Local 4181$70,000543%
Progress With Chess$70,00074%
Front Steps Housing and Services Inc$70,00051%
Mothers in Arms$70,000213%
Summer on the Cuyahoga$66,00065%
Young Mens Christian Association of Cleveland$60,00010%
Council on American-Islamic Relations-Oh$60,00016%
Youth Service America$60,00012%
Fred and Laura Ruth Bidwell Foundation$60,000124%
Playhouse Square Foundation$60,00020%
Famicos Foundation$57,50021%
Cleveland Metropolitan Park District$55,0002n/a
Cleveland Chamber Symphony Council Inc$55,000445%
St Pauls Community Outreach$55,000329%
Open Tone Music$55,00054%
Goods Bank Neo$54,00026%
Ohio Legal Help$53,000110%
Khnemu Foundation Inc$50,0001n/a
Encore Employment Enterprise Inc$50,000118%
Pregnant With Possibilities Resource Center$50,00024%
Black Environmental Leaders Association$50,00018%
Presidents Council Foundation Inc$50,000111%
Passages Connecting Fathers & Sons$50,00014%
Kinnect$50,00011%
Hampshire College Trustees$50,00020%
Accelerator for America$50,00011%
As You Sow$50,00031%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Cleveland$50,0001n/a
Ifilm Inc$50,0001n/a
Hispanic Heritage Foundation$50,0001n/a
Art Neo$50,000273%
Great Lakes Museum of Science Environment and Technology$50,00011%
Ohio Physicians for Reproductive Rights Foundation$50,0001n/a
Independent Sector$50,00040%
Sisters of Charity Foundation of Cleveland$50,00011%
The Climate Registry$50,00021%
Grantmakers in Health$45,30080%
Local 4 Music Fund Inc$45,000310%
Ohio State University Foundation$45,00010%
Advantage Cleveland Tennis and Education Inc$45,00057%
Third Sector Capital Partners Inc$42,50011%
1 for the Planet Inc$40,00012%
NEO Philanthropy Inc$40,00040%
Hands On Northeast Ohio$40,00034%
Healthy Fathering Collaborative$40,000142%
Cleveland Council on World Affairs$40,00021%
Ohio Aerospace Institute$35,00020%
St Malachi Center Incorporated$35,0002n/a
Boss Summit$35,000163%
Eyej$35,000215%
Cleveland Chamber Choir$35,000220%
The Hiram House$35,00061%
Ohio Conservative Energy Forum Attn Tony Zartman$35,000214%
Modern Warrior Live$35,00017%
Upcycle Parts Shop$35,000213%
Lake Erie Ink$32,00033%
Cultural Data Project$32,00022%
Malachi House Inc$30,00012%
The Family Planning Association of Northeast Ohio Inc$30,00013%
Association of Black Foundation Executives Inc$30,00030%
Haitian Community Help & Support Ce$30,00013%
Cleveland Review of Books$30,000220%
PFLAG Parents Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays Inc$30,0002n/a
Seiu Education and Support Fund$30,00010%
Sankofa Fine Arts Plus$30,000222%
The Center for Effective Philanthropy Inc$30,00030%
Mobilemed1 Inc Dba Medworks$30,00014%
Environmental Grantmakers Association$30,00030%
Ohio Campus Compact$30,00021%
Union for Reform Judaism$30,0001n/a
Neighborhood Solutions Inc$28,0001n/a
Power a Clean Future Ohio$28,00011%
Josephs Home$25,11811%
The Cleveland Institute of Art$25,00010%
Catholics for Choice$25,00011%
Rekindle$25,000126%
Djapo Cultural Arts Institute Inc$25,00019%
Children's Hunger Alliance$25,00010%
Refresh Collective$25,00018%
Balance Point Studios$25,0001n/a
Rocky Mountain Institute$25,00010%
Brenda Glass Multi Purpose Center$25,00014%
The San Francisco Chamber of Commerce Foundation$25,00011%
See You At The Top$25,00016%
Black Lives Matter Cleveland Inc$25,0001n/a
Cleveland Arts Prize$25,00026%
Americans for the Arts Inc$25,00010%
Ohio Families Unite Against Police Brutality$23,000110%
Haus of Transcendent$20,00012%
Confluence Philanthropy Inc$20,00021%
Help Foundation Inc$20,00020%
Transohio$20,0001n/a
The Teaching Cleveland Foundation$20,00015%
Mojuba Dance Collective$20,000116%
Advocates for Youth$20,00010%
Media Impact Funders Inc$17,50021%
Lake Erie Nature and Science Center$15,00011%
Heritage Ohio Inc$15,00012%
Diaper Bank of Greater Cleveland$15,000114%
Heights Arts Collaborative Inc$15,00022%
Cleveland Arts Education Consortium$15,000121%
Lylesart$15,0001n/a
National Football Museum Inc$15,00010%
Restore Cleveland Hope Inc$14,3001n/a
Step Forward$12,00010%
Cglr Foundation$10,0001n/a
Athletes for Hope$10,00011%
West Side Community House$10,00011%
Atnsc Center for Healing & Creative Leadership$10,0001n/a
Forbes House$10,00011%
Ohioans to Stop Executions$10,00016%
Fountain House Inc$10,00010%
Cleveland Citywide Development Corporation$10,00010%
Earthworks$10,00010%
Sierra Club Foundation$10,00010%
Women's Recovery Center$10,00011%
Intermuseum Conservation Association$10,00011%
New Entrepreneurs Opportunity Fund$10,000112%
Ecodistricts$10,00011%
Ohio Business Alliance for Higher Education and the Economy$10,0001n/a
Collinwood and Nottingham Village Development Corp$10,00011%
Historic Warehouse District Development Corporation of Cleveland$10,00013%
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture Inc$10,00010%
Cleveland Kids' Book Bank$10,00012%
Hispanic Roundtable Community Programs$10,00018%
Community Service Alliance$10,00013%
Spirit of Cleveland Inc$10,00010%
Envision Excellence in STEM Education Inc$10,00010%
Americans for Transit$10,0001n/a
Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility$10,0001n/a
Mid-Atlantic Renewable Energy Coalition$10,00012%
River Network$10,0001n/a
Aradhana Committee$10,0001n/a
Shaker Lakes Regional Nature Center Dba Nature Center at Shaker Lakes$10,00010%
Mental Health Services for Homeless Persons Inc$10,00010%
Civic Influencers Inc$10,00010%
Fractured Atlas Inc$10,00010%
Center for New Democratic Processes$10,00011%
Thomas B Fordham Institute$10,0001n/a
The Cleveland Police Foundation$10,00013%
Artcouncil Inc Dba Artadia$10,0001n/a
Michigan League of Conservation Voters Education Fund$10,00011%
Beech Brook$10,00010%
Protect Democracy Project$10,00010%
Denison Avenue United Church of Christ$9,8171n/a
That Can Be Me Inc$8,89012%
Negative Space Gallery$8,0001n/a
Laurel School$7,50010%
Peak Grantmaking Inc$7,00020%
Bpa Charitable Foundation$6,50013%
Roberto Ocasio Foundation$6,5001n/a
Clean Grid Alliance (Fna Wind on the Wires)$6,2501n/a
North Coast Community Homes Inc$5,00010%
99treasures Arts & Culture$5,00013%
Little Lumpys Center for Educational Initiatives$5,00015%
Old Brooklyn Community Development Corporation$5,00011%
Center for Land Reform Inc Dba Center for Community Progress$5,00010%
Community of Faith Assembly$5,0001n/a
Northeast Ohio Black Health Coalition Inc$5,0001n/a
Earth Day Coalition$5,000155%
Diversity Center of Northeast Ohio$5,00010%
Funders Together to End Homelessnes$4,50010%
American Planning Association$3,5001n/a
From The Heart Productions$3,00010%
Blue Streak Ensemble$2,5001n/a
America Asian Pacific Islander Organization$2,5001n/a
Center for Initiatives in Art & Culture Inc$2,50012%
Institute for Creative Leadership$2,00016%
Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative Inc$1,50010%
Inquilinos Boricuas En Accion Inc$1,50010%
Sociedad Latina Inc$1,50010%
Center for Economic Democracy Inc$1,50010%
Ceres Inc$1,20010%
BLAZING RIVER ARTS GROUP INC aka Cleveland Pride Band$1,1301n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 41 recipients with no EIN on record ($9.5M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

The George Gund Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 66 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Foundation Fighting Blindness Inc: $19,540,000 over 8y, 12% of budgetNeighborhood Progress Inc: $10,522,500 over 8y, 82% of budgetFund for Our Economic Future of Northeast Ohio: $10,094,666 over 8y, 95% of budgetCleveland State University Foundation: $8,692,500 over 8y, 20% of budgetThe Energy Foundation: $7,900,000 over 8y, 3.1% of budgetCollege Now Greater Cleveland Inc: $6,491,400 over 8y, 8.1% of budgetThe Ohio Environmental Council: $6,333,000 over 8y, 96% of budgetThe Center for Community Solutions: $5,895,250 over 8y, 38% of budgetLand Studio Inc: $5,470,000 over 6y, 50% of budgetCase Western Reserve University: $4,387,800 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetKaramu House Inc: $3,981,000 over 8y, 49% of budgetGrowth Opportunity Partners Inc: $3,300,000 over 3y, 46% of budgetEnterprise Community Partners Inc: $2,932,000 over 8y, 1.6% of budgetOhio Voice: $2,838,332 over 6y, 28% of budgetLegal Aid Society of Cleveland: $2,350,000 over 7y, 8.1% of budgetDowntown Cleveland Alliance: $2,310,000 over 7y, 5.8% of budgetOhio Progressive Collaborative Education Fund: $2,230,000 over 3y, 16% of budgetThe Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum Inc: $2,200,000 over 4y, 3.9% of budgetGreater Cleveland Neighborhood Centers: $2,141,000 over 5y, 8.2% of budgetThe Ohio Organizing Collaborative: $2,075,000 over 7y, 9.2% of budgetIdeastream: $2,006,000 over 7y, 2.0% of budgetUnited Black Fund of Greater Cleveland Inc: $1,980,000 over 6y, 29% of budgetAssembly for the Arts: $1,870,000 over 8y, 54% of budgetRid-All Foundation Inc: $1,792,500 over 5y, 44% of budgetBirthing Beautiful Communities: $1,790,000 over 5y, 25% of budgetYouth Opportunities Unlimited: $1,775,000 over 8y, 7.0% of budgetUrban League of Greater Cleveland: $1,726,500 over 4y, 41% of budgetCoalition on Homelessness and Housing in Ohio: $1,690,000 over 8y, 18% of budgetCleveland Museum of Natural History: $1,544,500 over 5y, 4.2% of budgetWest Creek Conservancy: $1,405,000 over 7y, 4.2% of budgetPolicy Matters Ohio: $1,376,200 over 8y, 16% of budgetCleveland Municipal School District Transformation: $1,317,000 over 8y, 46% of budgetAmerican Civil Liberties Union of Ohio Foundation Inc: $1,304,000 over 8y, 23% of budgetRails to Trails Conservancy: $1,240,500 over 8y, 1.7% of budgetFriends of Breakthrough Schools: $1,210,000 over 3y, 3.8% of budgetThe Northeast Ohio Hispanic Center for Economic Development: $1,157,375 over 6y, 87% of budgetPhilanthropy Ohio: $1,134,350 over 8y, 11% of budgetCleveland Museum of Art: $1,121,112 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetInstitute for Conservation Leadership: $1,100,000 over 8y, 21% of budgetLutheran Metropolitan Ministry: $1,085,000 over 8y, 5.1% of budgetThe City Club of Cleveland: $1,060,000 over 8y, 19% of budgetCenter on Budget and Policy Priorities: $1,045,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetLesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Community Center: $1,035,000 over 5y, 18% of budgetManufacturing Advocacy & Growth Network Inc: $1,000,000 over 1y, 7.6% of budgetArgonaut: $968,293 over 4y, 56% of budgetNew Village Corporation: $950,000 over 2y, 94% of budgetEsperanza Inc: $949,500 over 8y, 9.4% of budgetCleveland Film Society: $925,000 over 6y, 12% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 200.

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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 Char and Chuck Fowler Family FoundationOH248.9× affinity144 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Char and Chuck Fowler Family Foundation · The Cleveland Foundation · Saint Lukes Foundation of Cleveland Ohio · Mt Sinai Health Care Foundation · The Reinberger Foundation · The Nord Family Foundation · The Abington Foundation · Third Federal Foundation · Higley Fund of the Cleveland Foundation · Jewish Federation of Cleveland · John P Murphy Foundation · The Swagelok 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.

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About The George Gund Foundation

How much does The George Gund Foundation give?
The George Gund Foundation reported 334 grants totaling $29,790,232 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 218 and 254 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does The George Gund Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Community Improvement (17%), Arts & Culture (14%), Education (14%).
Who are The George Gund Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The Foundation Fighting Blindness Inc ($20M), Neighborhood Progress Inc ($11M), Fund for Our Economic Future of Northeast Ohio ($10M).
Does The George Gund Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 16% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The George Gund Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as The George Gund Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Char and Chuck Fowler Family Foundation, The Cleveland Foundation, Saint Lukes Foundation of Cleveland Ohio.
Where is The George Gund Foundation based?
The George Gund Foundation is based in OH.

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 539 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-PF 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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