Ohio · Private foundation
The Joseph Family Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $211k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2025
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 13
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.3M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 33% of the organizations The Joseph Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 42% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 58% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $35k 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 | 8 | $168k | 63% |
| FY2024 | 6 | $84k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $79k | 13% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $114k | 60% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $100k | 78% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $78k | 25% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $150k | 14% |
| FY2018 | 13 | $196k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Playhouse Square Foundation | $354,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Educational Assistance Fund Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 32% |
| Cuyahoga Community College Foundation | $80,500 | 4 | 0% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $80,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Cliff Keen Wrestling Club | $25,000 | 1 | 2% |
| St Ignatius High School of Cleveland | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Kent State University Foundation | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Jlt Fund Inc | $11,260 | 3 | 8% |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of Northeast Ohio | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| National Multiple Sclerosis Society | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 24 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($221k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Joseph Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 16 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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 Swagelok Foundation · The Char and Chuck Fowler Family Foundation · The Nord Family Foundation · The Cleveland Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
About The Joseph Family Foundation
- How much does The Joseph Family Foundation give?
- The Joseph Family Foundation reported 9 grants totaling $211,300 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 13 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Joseph Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (35%), Education (35%), Health (10%).
- Who are The Joseph Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Playhouse Square Foundation ($354k), Educational Assistance Fund Inc ($100k), Cuyahoga Community College Foundation ($81k).
- Does The Joseph Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Joseph Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Joseph Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Swagelok Foundation, The Char and Chuck Fowler Family Foundation, The Nord Family Foundation.
- Where is The Joseph Family Foundation based?
- The Joseph Family Foundation is based in OH.
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