Ohio · Private foundation
The Reading 1 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.
- $199k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2025
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $80,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 8
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.6M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 20% of the organizations The Reading 1 Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9k 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 | 7 | $199k | 29% |
| FY2024 | 5 | $235k | 20% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $60k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $135k | 60% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $218k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $111k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laurel School | $455,000 | 6 | 1% |
| The Cleveland Institute of Art | $144,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Shaker Lakes Regional Nature Center Dba Nature Center at Shaker Lakes | $107,500 | 6 | 2% |
| Cleveland Zoological Society | $70,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Hopewell | $37,500 | 6 | 0% |
| The Willows Community School | $35,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Shady Side Academy | $25,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Case Western Reserve University | $20,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry | $10,000 | 5 | 0% |
| University Circle Incorporated | $9,000 | 6 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laurel School | $455,000 | 6 | 1% |
| The Cleveland Institute of Art | $144,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Shaker Lakes Regional Nature Center Dba Nature Center at Shaker Lakes | $107,500 | 6 | 2% |
| Cleveland Zoological Society | $70,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Hopewell | $37,500 | 6 | 0% |
| The Willows Community School | $35,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Shady Side Academy | $25,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Case Western Reserve University | $20,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry | $10,000 | 5 | 0% |
| University Circle Incorporated | $9,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Fairmount Presbyterian Church | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Cleveland Institute of Music | $6,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Western Reserve Historical Society | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of Breakthrough Schools | $5,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Southern Methodist University | $5,000 | 5 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($15k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Reading 1 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: The Cleveland Foundation · The Louise H & David S Ingalls Fdn · A Malachi Mixon III & Barbara W Mixon Foundation · The Kelvin & Eleanor Smith Foundation · Emma R Fox Char Trust Mut Fds · Jewish Federation of Cleveland · Jane and Jon Outcalt Foundation · Richard Horvitz and Erica Hartman-Horvitz Foundation · Third Federal Foundation · The Lozick Family Foundation · The George Gund Foundation · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation
How this is measured
About The Reading 1 Foundation
- How much does The Reading 1 Foundation give?
- The Reading 1 Foundation reported 7 grants totaling $198,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 8 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does The Reading 1 Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (57%), Arts & Culture (18%), Environment (11%).
- Who are The Reading 1 Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Laurel School ($455k), The Cleveland Institute of Art ($144k), Shaker Lakes Regional Nature Center Dba Nature Center at Shaker Lakes ($108k).
- Does The Reading 1 Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Reading 1 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 Reading 1 Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Cleveland Foundation, The Louise H & David S Ingalls Fdn, A Malachi Mixon III & Barbara W Mixon Foundation.
- Where is The Reading 1 Foundation based?
- The Reading 1 Foundation is based in OH.
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