· Private foundation
The Sam J Frankino Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k33 grants · $169k
- $10k–50k43 grants · $758k
- $50k–250k7 grants · $728k
- $250k+3 grants · $1.8M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND | $1,260,000 |
| GILMOUR ACADEMY | $269,677 |
| PATRONS OF THE ARTS IN THE VATICAN MUSEUMS OF OHIO INC | $260,346 |
| AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION NE OHIO | $236,049 |
| CATHOLIC COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | $171,679 |
| CLEVELAND CLINIC CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL | $100,000 |
| ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION | $60,000 |
| HATTIE LARLHAM FOUNDATION | $60,000 |
| HANDS TOGETHER | $50,000 |
| AMERICAN RED CROSS OF GREATER CLEVELAND | $50,000 |
| THE GREAT LAKES MUSEUM SCIENCE CENTER | $40,000 |
| CHILDREN OF FALLEN PATRIOTS FOUNDATION | $35,000 |
| PARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC | $30,000 |
| AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY | $30,000 |
| CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA | $30,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $1.2M) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 99% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +21% since the first grant, against +13% for those funded once.
143 repeat relationships: 71 still active in FY2025, 72 since wound down; 13 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $77k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- CMCLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART7× · 2017–2024 · $1.2M · revenue +71%
- PSPlayhouse Square Foundation4× · 2017–2025 · $769k · revenue +35%
- POPATRONS OF THE ARTS IN THE VATICAN MUSEUM OF OHIO INC5× · 2021–2025 · $395k · revenue +695% · 29% of their budget
Funded once
THE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCHgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $100k · revenue +578%- ARAMERICAN RED CROSSone grant, 2017 · $100k
- CCCLEVELAND CLINIC COLE EYE INSTITUTEone grant, 2020 · $75k
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.
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.
Improve the health of our community and create patient value by providing exceptional outcomes and the finest experiences, all in an affordable way.
Caring for life, researching for health and educating those who serve.
Caring for life, researching for health and educating those who serve.
Patients of hospice of central ohio receive compassionate, individualized end-of-life care. their desires guide the physical, emotional, and spiritual care support we provide. members of our community, patient's families, children, and…
Respond to those in need through an integrated system of quality services designed to respect the dignity of every person and build a just and compassionate society.
Cincinnati children's hospital medical center will be the leader in improving child health. cincinnati children's will provide child health and transform delivery of care through fully integrated, globally recognized research, education,…
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.
To serve as a center for excellence in the provision of specialized health care services and comfort for patients and families coping with catastrophic illness and injury.
Helping individuals live with dignity through the final stage of life.
We, mount carmel health system and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. mount carmel health system is a member of trinity health.
Enhance the lives of all residents of greater cleveland, now and for generations to come, by working together with our donors to build community endowment, address needs through grantmaking, and provide leadership on key community issues.
How this is measured
139 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 139 of the 224 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART ↗
- Who funds KIDSANCTUARY CAMPUS INC ↗
- Who funds Playhouse Square Foundation ↗
- Who funds CATHOLIC COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Hands Together Inc ↗
- Who funds PATRONS OF THE ARTS IN THE VATICAN MUSEUM OF OHIO INC ↗
- Who funds UNITED WAY OF GREATER CLEVELAND ↗
- Who funds HATTIE LARLHAM FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds JOSEPHS HOME ↗
- Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
- Who funds HOSPICE OF THE WESTERN RESERVE INC ↗
- Who funds SHOES AND CLOTHES FOR KIDS ↗
- Who funds The Musical Arts Association ↗
- Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
- Who funds BLOOD CANCER UNITED INC ↗
- Who funds CUYAHOGA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Children of Fallen Patriots Foundation ↗
- Who funds CORNERSTONE OF HOPE INC ↗
- Who funds RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF NORTHEAST OHIO INC ↗
- Who funds PARKINSON'S 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.
Open a dossier: The Cleveland Foundation · The Swagelok Foundation · The Reinberger Foundation · Corinne L Dodero Foundation for the Arts and Sciences · The Sk Wellman Foundation · Higley Fund of the Cleveland Foundation · Community West Foundation · Murphy Family Foundation · The Louise H & David S Ingalls Fdn · The George Gund Foundation · The Lozick Family Foundation · Jewish Federation of Cleveland
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Sam J Frankino Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Sam J Frankino Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology: 35% of income from government
- City Year Inc: 11% of income from government
- Orlando Science Centerinc: 4% of income from government
How this is measured
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