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The Helen F & Louis Stolier Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$167k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
81
Grants FY2024
76
Organizations funded FY2023
28%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$2,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$10,000
Organizations funded a year
51 to 76
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
2
Total assets, FY2024
$2.2M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 28% of the organizations The Helen F & Louis Stolier Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 25% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $38k 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
Human ServicesHealthHousing & ShelterAnimalsArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentOther
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 arriving79$167k18%
FY202376$152k28%
FY202267$144k10%
FY202163$132k24%
FY202061$132k20%
FY201961$127k25%
FY201855$131k36%
FY201751$133kn/a
94% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$265kHuman Services$121kHealth$120kArts & Culture$96kAnimals$91kRecreation & Sports$85kYouth Development$68kReligion$59kOther$0

Top grantees

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

Show all 90 grantees
All grantees of The Helen F & Louis Stolier Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage$28,00080%
Case Western Reserve University$23,00020%
Malachi House Inc$23,00080%
University Settlement Inc$22,00070%
Hope Ignites Cincinnati$21,00070%
Urban Community School$20,00080%
Notre Dame College$19,00050%
The Ohio Foundation of Independent Colleges$18,00080%
Saint Martin de Porres High School$18,00070%
Catholic Community Connection$18,00081%
Achievement Centers for Children$18,00080%
Ursuline College$17,50040%
Cleveland Kids' Book Bank$16,50080%
Humane Society of Summit County$16,00080%
Lake Erie Nature and Science Center$15,00070%
Jesuit Retreat House of Cleveland Jesuit Retreat$15,0003n/a
The Cleveland Music School Settlement$14,50080%
Cleveland School of the Arts Board of Trustees$14,00080%
Cleveland Center for Arts and Technology$14,00070%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Cleveland$13,00050%
Shoes and Clothes for Kids$12,50060%
Building Hope in the City$12,10080%
Youth Challenge$12,00070%
Lifeact$11,50080%
Providence House Inc$11,00060%
Law Enforcement Foundation Inc$11,00070%
One Health Organization$10,00051%
Shaker Lakes Regional Nature Center Dba Nature Center at Shaker Lakes$9,00040%
Greater Cleveland Volunteers$9,00070%
Vocational Guidance Services$9,00060%
Greater Cleveland Food Bank Inc$8,20050%
Replay for Kids$8,00033%
Seeds of Literacy$8,00040%
Cleveland Museum of Natural History$8,00040%
Zanes Inc$7,50063%
Effective Leadership Academy$7,50040%
Julie Billiart School$7,0003n/a
The Well Community Development Corporation$7,00040%
Merrick House$7,00040%
Regina Health Center$7,00030%
The Gathering Place$6,50030%
The Cleveland Animal Protective League$6,20070%
Nami-Greater Cleveland$6,00030%
University Circle Incorporated$6,00050%
Metro Catholic Parish School$6,0003n/a
Milestones Autism Resources$6,00020%
Cuyahoga County Public Library$6,0003n/a
Magnificat High School$5,0004n/a
Haven of Rest Ministries Incorporated$5,0003n/a
Zelie's Home$5,00020%
Empowering Epilepsy$5,00042%
Open Arms Adoptions Inc$4,00020%
Happy Trails Farm Animal Sanctuary$3,00010%
Montessori Development Partnerships$3,00010%
Autism Society of Greater Akron$3,00020%
Citymusic Cleveland Inc$3,00020%
Berea's Animal Rescue Fund Inc$3,0001n/a
Citymusic Inc$3,0002n/a
Northeast Ohio Spca Inc$2,80050%
Stonebrook Montessori$2,50010%
Westside Christian Academy$2,50030%
Womensafe Inc$2,00010%
Summer on the Cuyahoga$2,00011%
Neighborhood Pets$2,00020%
Adoption Network Cleveland$2,00010%
Adaptive Sports Program of Ohio$2,00010%
Family Promise of Greater Cleveland$2,00010%
Kirtland Bird Club$2,000128%
Bradys K9 Fund$2,00011%
Sleep in Heavenly Peace Inc$2,00010%
Humane World for Animals Inc$2,00020%
Solon Community Living Inc$2,00010%
Cornerstone of Hope Inc$2,00020%
Greater Cleveland Congregations Inc$2,00010%
Partnership for Inner City Education Dba Partnership Schools$2,00010%
St Ignatius High School of Cleveland$2,0001n/a
Chair-Ity$2,00011%
Ecumenical Shelter Network of Lake County Inc$2,00010%
Down Syndrome Association of Northeast Ohio$2,00020%
In Step With Horsesinc$1,30020%
Raven House$1,00010%
Open Doors Inc$1,00010%
Cleveland Police Athletic League$1,00010%
Autism Speaks Inc$1,00010%
Newbridge Place$1,00010%
Bighearted Blooms$1,00011%
Habitat for Humanity of Portage County Inc$1,00010%
Lake Erie Ink$1,00010%
The First Tee of Cleveland$1,00010%
The Brilliance School$70010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 65 recipients with no EIN on record ($430k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

The Helen F & Louis Stolier Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 81 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$10k$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage: $28,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetCase Western Reserve University: $23,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMalachi House Inc: $23,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetUniversity Settlement Inc: $22,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetHope Ignites Cincinnati: $21,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetUrban Community School: $20,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetNotre Dame College: $19,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Ohio Foundation of Independent Colleges: $18,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetSaint Martin de Porres High School: $18,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCatholic Community Connection: $18,000 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetAchievement Centers for Children: $18,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetUrsuline College: $17,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCleveland Kids' Book Bank: $16,500 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetHumane Society of Summit County: $16,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetLake Erie Nature and Science Center: $15,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetThe Cleveland Music School Settlement: $14,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCleveland School of the Arts Board of Trustees: $14,000 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetCleveland Center for Arts and Technology: $14,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of Cleveland: $13,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetShoes and Clothes for Kids: $12,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetBuilding Hope in the City: $12,100 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetYouth Challenge: $12,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetLifeact: $11,500 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetProvidence House Inc: $11,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetLaw Enforcement Foundation Inc: $11,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetOne Health Organization: $10,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetShaker Lakes Regional Nature Center Dba Nature Center at Shaker Lakes: $9,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetGreater Cleveland Volunteers: $9,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetVocational Guidance Services: $9,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetGreater Cleveland Food Bank Inc: $8,200 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetReplay for Kids: $8,000 over 3y, 2.8% of budgetSeeds of Literacy: $8,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetCleveland Museum of Natural History: $8,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetZanes Inc: $7,500 over 6y, 2.5% of budgetEffective Leadership Academy: $7,500 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetThe Well Community Development Corporation: $7,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMerrick House: $7,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetRegina Health Center: $7,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Gathering Place: $6,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetThe Cleveland Animal Protective League: $6,200 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetNami-Greater Cleveland: $6,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetUniversity Circle Incorporated: $6,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMilestones Autism Resources: $6,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetZelie's Home: $5,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetEmpowering Epilepsy: $5,000 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetOpen Arms Adoptions Inc: $4,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetHappy Trails Farm Animal Sanctuary: $3,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMontessori Development Partnerships: $3,000 over 1y, 0.2% 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 81.

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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 Cleveland FoundationOH83.4× affinity47 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Cleveland Foundation · The Swagelok Foundation · The Char and Chuck Fowler Family Foundation · The Reinberger Foundation · The Sk Wellman Foundation · Higley Fund of the Cleveland Foundation · The Louise H & David S Ingalls Fdn · The Lozick Family Foundation · Robert H Reakirt Fdn Equities · Edwin D Northrup II Fund · Emma R Fox Char Trust Mut Fds · The Sam J Frankino 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 Helen F & Louis Stolier Family Foundation

How much does The Helen F & Louis Stolier Family Foundation give?
The Helen F & Louis Stolier Family Foundation reported 81 grants totaling $167,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 51 and 76 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does The Helen F & Louis Stolier Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (24%), Human Services (11%), Health (11%).
Who are The Helen F & Louis Stolier Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage ($28k), Case Western Reserve University ($23k), Malachi House Inc ($23k).
Does The Helen F & Louis Stolier Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 28% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Helen F & Louis Stolier Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Helen F & Louis Stolier Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Cleveland Foundation, The Swagelok Foundation, The Char and Chuck Fowler Family Foundation.
Where is The Helen F & Louis Stolier Family Foundation based?
The Helen F & Louis Stolier Family 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 155 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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