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The Helen F & Louis Stolier Family Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

The Helen F & Louis Stolier Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$167k
Granted FY2024still arriving
81
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0194% 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
02FY2024 · 81 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k80 grants · $157k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$2,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$2.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FIELDSTONE FARMS$10,000
MALTZ MUSEUM OF JEWISH HERITAGE$5,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
MALACHI HOUSE$4,000
HUNGER NETWORK$3,000
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIV$3,000
ACHIEVEMENT CENTER FOR CHILDREN$3,000
CLEVELAND KIDS BOOK BANK$3,000
COLLEGE NOW$3,000
LAW ENFORECEMENT FOUNDATION$3,000
URSULINE COLLEGE$3,000
BOYS HOPE GIRLS HOPE$3,000
Individual grant recipient$3,000
HAPPY TRAILS FARM ANIMAL SANCTUARY$3,000
Individual grant recipient$3,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $82k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 99% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%OPEN ARMS ADOPTIONS: $2k → 12%OPEN ARMS ADOPTIONS: $2k → 12%ZANE'S INC: $2k → 13%IN STEP WITH HORSES: $800 → 6%ZANE'S INC: $2k → 13%ZANE'S INC: $1k → 13%IN STEP WITH HORSES: $500 → 17%ZANE'S INC: $1k → 13%ZANE'S INC: $1k → 13%ZANE'S INC: $1k → 13%SEEDS OF LITERACY: $2k → 17%SEEDS OF LITERACY: $2k → 17%MERRICK HOUSE: $2k → 17%SHOES AND CLOTHES FOR KIDS: $2k → 17%SHOES AND CLOTHES FOR KIDS: $2k → 17%MERRICK HOUSE: $2k → 17%MERRICK HOUSE: $2k → 17%SHOES AND CLOTHES FOR KIDS: $2k → 17%SHOES AND CLOTHES FOR KIDS: $2k → 17%MERRICK HOUSE: $1k → 17%ADOPTION NETWORK CLEVELAND: $2k → 17%BIG HEARTED BLOOMS: $1k → 17%SHOES AND CLOTHES FOR KIDS: $3k → 17%THE GATHERING PLACE: $3k → 17%THE GATHERING PLACE: $2k → 17%THE GATHERING PLACE: $2k → 17%CHAIR-ITY INC: $2k → 17%SHOES AND CLOTHES FOR KIDS: $2k → 17%UNIVERSITY SETTLEMENT: $4k → 17%UNIVERSITY SETTLEMENT: $4k → 17%UNIVERSITY SETTLEMENT: $4k → 17%UNIVERSITY SETTLEMENT: $4k → 17%UNIVERSITY SETTLEMENT: $2k → 17%UNIVERSITY SETTLEMENT: $2k → 17%UNIVERSITY SETTLEMENT: $2k → 17%CORNERSTONE OF HOPE: $1k → 17%CORNERSTONE OF HOPE: $1k → 17%MONTESSORI DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS: $3k → 17%NORTHEAST OHIO SPCA: $1k → 17%NORTHEAST OHIO SPCA: $500 → 17%NORTHEAST OHIO SPCA: $500 → 17%NORTHEAST OHIO SPCA: $400 → 17%NORTHEAST OHIO SPCA: $400 → 17%SEEDS OF LITERACY: $2k → 17%SEEDS OF LITERACY: $2k → 17%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$997k · 99 repeat orgs$118k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +32% since the first grant, against +25% for those funded once.

99 repeat relationships: 65 still active in FY2024, 34 since wound down; 14 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

99
42

Total granted

$997k
$94k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+32%
+25%

Still filing today

55%
43%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $24k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationAnimalsHealthArts & CultureHousing & ShelterOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • TM
    The Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage
    8× · 2017–2024 · $28k · revenue +37%
  • CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY
    2× · 2017–2024 · $23k · revenue +50%
  • MH
    MALACHI HOUSE INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $23k · revenue +106%

Funded once

  • US
    URSULINE SISTER OF CLEVELAND
    one grant, 2018 · $20k
  • ND
    NOTRE DAME COLLEGE THRIVE
    one grant, 2023 · $5k
  • SA
    ST ANSELM SCHOOL
    one grant, 2017 · $5k
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.

04Its field

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.

1
Hope for Cleveland's Children
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2
Cleveland Leadership Center

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…

Education
3
Global Cleveland

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.

Human Services
4
Literary Cleveland

Literary Cleveland assists writers and readers at all stages of development, promotes new and existing literature of the highest quality, and advances Northeast Ohio as a vital center of diverse voices and visions.

Education
5
United Cerebral Palsy Association of Greater Cleveland Inc

The mission of united cerebral palsy is to empower children and adults with disabilities to advance their independence, productivity and inclusion in the community.

Health
6
Child & Adolescent Behavioral Health

We are the premier childrens mental health agency that reduces the suffering experienced by children who have emotional problems related to depression, anxiety, and behavior like adhd. untreated, these problems can lead to failure in…

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7
University of Cleveland Preparatory School

Our mission is to prepare students for a college preparatory high school that will ensure success and graduation and acceptance into a four year college.

Education
8
Community Learning Center Institute

Clci facilitates the ongoing engagement of the greater cincinnati community to promote the development of all schools as community learning centers, each with a set of financially self-sustaining, co-located community partners.

Education
9
Lead Ohio

At lead ohio our goal is to make a difference in communities across ohio by recruiting, training, supporting and empowering progressive leaders in all regions of the state.

Education
10
College Now Greater Cleveland Inc

College now's mission is to increase postsecondary educational attainment through college and career access advising, financial aid counseling and scholarship and retention services.

Education
11
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Cleveland

Create and support one-to-one mentoring relationships that ignite the power and promise of youth.

Youth Development
12
Breakthrough Public Schools

The breakthrough public schools mission is to provide cleveland area scholars with an education that empowers them to lead lives full of impact and opportunity.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Family Promise of Greater Cleveland; the most unlike its peers is Bighearted Blooms. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

82 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. 82 of the 155 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
24
Early backer (in before they grew)
80/82
Grantees still filing
54/82
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FIELDSTONE FARMS: $55,900 · OtherFIELDSTONE FARMSIndividual grant recipient: $25,000 · Other+103 more: $631,300 · Other+103 moreCASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY: $23,000 · EducationCASE WESTER…NOTRE DAME COLLEGE: $19,000 · EducationNOTRE DAME …THE OHIO FOUNDATION OF INDEPENDENT COLLEGES: $18,000 · EducationTHE OHIO FO…Saint Martin de Porres High School: $18,000 · EducationSaint Marti…URSULINE COLLEGE: $17,500 · EducationURSULINE CO…CLEVELAND KIDS' BOOK BANK: $16,500 · EducationCLEVELAND K…+3 more: $5,200 · EducationThe Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage: $28,000 · Arts & CultureThe Maltz…LAKE ERIE NATURE AND SCIENCE CENTER: $15,000 · Arts & CultureLAKE ERIE…THE CLEVELAND MUSIC SCHOOL SETTLEMENT: $14,500 · Arts & CultureTHE CLEVE…CLEVELAND SCHOOL OF THE ARTS BOARD OF TRUSTEES: $14,000 · Arts & CultureCLEVELAND…CLEVELAND CENTER FOR ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY: $14,000 · Arts & CultureCLEVELAND…CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY: $8,000 · Arts & CultureCLEVELAND…+1 more: $3,000 · Arts & CultureUNIVERSITY SETTLEMENT INC: $22,000 · Human ServicesSHOES AND CLOTHES FOR KIDS: $12,500 · Human ServicesSEEDS OF LITERACY: $8,000 · Human ServicesZANES INC: $7,500 · Human ServicesMERRICK HOUSE: $7,000 · Human ServicesTHE GATHERING PLACE: $6,500 · Human ServicesOPEN ARMS ADOPTIONS INC: $4,000 · Human ServicesMONTESSORI DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIPS: $3,000 · Human ServicesNORTHEAST OHIO SPCA INC: $2,800 · Human Services+5 more: $8,300 · Human ServicesLIFEACT: $11,500 · HealthREPLAY FOR KIDS: $8,000 · HealthREGINA HEALTH CENTER: $7,000 · HealthNAMI-GREATER CLEVELAND: $6,000 · HealthMILESTONES AUTISM RESOURCES: $6,000 · HealthEmpowering Epilepsy: $5,000 · HealthAUTISM SOCIETY OF GREATER AKRON: $3,000 · Health+2 more: $2,000 · HealthHUMANE SOCIETY OF SUMMIT COUNTY: $16,000 · AnimalsONE HEALTH ORGANIZATION: $10,000 · AnimalsTHE CLEVELAND ANIMAL PROTECTIVE LEAGUE: $6,200 · AnimalsHAPPY TRAILS FARM ANIMAL SANCTUARY: $3,000 · AnimalsBEREA'S ANIMAL RESCUE FUND INC: $3,000 · AnimalsNEIGHBORHOOD PETS: $2,000 · AnimalsKirtland Bird Club: $2,000 · AnimalsBRADYS K9 FUND: $2,000 · AnimalsHumane World for Animals Inc: $2,000 · AnimalsTHE WELL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $7,000 · Community ImprovementUNIVERSITY CIRCLE INCORPORATED: $6,000 · Community Improvement
Other$712,200Education$117,200Arts & Culture$96,500Human Services$81,600Health$48,500Animals$46,200Community Improvement$13,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

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
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 The Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage ↗
  • Who funds CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds MALACHI HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY SETTLEMENT INC ↗
  • Who funds HOPE IGNITES CINCINNATI ↗
  • Who funds URBAN COMMUNITY SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds NOTRE DAME COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds THE OHIO FOUNDATION OF INDEPENDENT COLLEGES ↗
  • Who funds Saint Martin de Porres High School ↗
  • Who funds CATHOLIC COMMUNITY CONNECTION ↗
  • Who funds ACHIEVEMENT CENTERS FOR CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds URSULINE COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds CLEVELAND KIDS' BOOK BANK ↗
  • Who funds HUMANE SOCIETY OF SUMMIT COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds LAKE ERIE NATURE AND SCIENCE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds THE CLEVELAND MUSIC SCHOOL SETTLEMENT ↗
  • Who funds CLEVELAND SCHOOL OF THE ARTS BOARD OF TRUSTEES ↗
  • Who funds CLEVELAND CENTER FOR ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF CLEVELAND ↗
  • Who funds SHOES AND CLOTHES FOR KIDS ↗
  • Who funds BUILDING HOPE IN THE CITY ↗
  • Who funds YOUTH CHALLENGE ↗
  • Who funds LIFEACT ↗
  • Who funds PROVIDENCE HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds LAW ENFORCEMENT FOUNDATION INC ↗

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 Foundat…The Swagelok Foundati…The Char and Chuck Fo…The Reinberger Founda…The Sk Wellman Founda…Higley Fund of the Cl…The Louise H & David …The Lozick Family Fou…Robert H Reakirt Fdn …Edwin D Northrup II F…Emma R Fox Char Trust…The Sam J Frankino Fo…
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Helen F & Louis Stolier Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Helen F & Louis Stolier Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    36report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    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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