Ohio · Private foundation
The Krause 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.
- $42k
- Granted FY2023
- 10
- Grants FY2023
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 11%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
96% of The Krause Family Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Jewish Federation Of Cleveland, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 1 organization directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2023, the last year The Krause Family Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 6 organizations, $42k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2023
- $4,000
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $15,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 36
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 4
- Total assets, FY2023
- $2.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 11% of the organizations The Krause Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 12% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 9 | $41k | 11% |
| FY2022 | 14 | $353k | 21% |
| FY2021 | 24 | $1.4M | 17% |
| FY2020 | 27 | $924k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 27 | $1.4M | 22% |
| FY2018 | 36 | $1.5M | 47% |
| FY2017 | 30 | $1.6M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Case Western Reserve University | $2,250,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Friendship Circle of Cleveland Inc | $875,000 | 7 | 17% |
| Western Reserve Academy | $325,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Miami City Ballet Inc | $256,342 | 6 | 1% |
| Cleveland State University Foundation | $200,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage | $167,500 | 6 | 2% |
| The Philharmonic Symphony Society of Ny Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Museum of Modern Art | $30,700 | 3 | 0% |
| Morselife Foundation Inc | $21,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Digestive Health Foundation | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 47 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 25 recipients with no EIN on record ($3.0M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Krause Family Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: Jewish Federation of Cleveland · The Albert B & Audrey G Ratner Family Foundation · The Cleveland Foundation · Richard Horvitz and Erica Hartman-Horvitz Foundation · Giant Eagle Foundation · The Horowitz Ratner Family Foundation · Marla & Joseph Shafran Foundation · James and Susan Ratner Family Foundation · The Esther and Hyman Rapport Philanthropic Trust · The Miller Family Foundation · The Kline Family Foundation · The Gries Family Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Krause Family Foundation
- How much does The Krause Family Foundation give?
- The Krause Family Foundation reported 10 grants totaling $41,910 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 36 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Krause Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (34%), Health (23%), Religion (20%).
- Who are The Krause Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Case Western Reserve University ($2.3M), Friendship Circle of Cleveland Inc ($875k), Western Reserve Academy ($325k).
- Does The Krause Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 11% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Krause 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 Krause Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Federation of Cleveland, The Albert B & Audrey G Ratner Family Foundation, The Cleveland Foundation.
- Where is The Krause Family Foundation based?
- The Krause Family Foundation is based in OH.
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