· Private foundation
The South Waite 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, FY2020 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k2 grants · $9k
- $10k–50k7 grants · $109k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $65k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| RECOVERY RESOURCES | $65,000 |
| LAWRENCE SCHOOL | $26,000 |
| JACKSON LABORATORY | $20,000 |
| LAKE VIEW CEMETERY FOUNDATION | $20,000 |
| THE LAKE METRO PARKS | $13,000 |
| CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART | $10,000 |
| MUSICAL ARTS ASSOC | $10,000 |
| CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY | $10,000 |
| CHILDRENS MUSEUM OF CLEVELAND | $5,000 |
| HOLDEN FOREST AND GARDENS | $4,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY22–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 85% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
12 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- WRWESTERN RESERVE LAND CONSERVANCY4× · 2020–2024 · $255k · revenue +58%
- LSLAWRENCE SCHOOL5× · 2020–2025 · $62k · revenue +4%
- TJTHE JACKSON LABORATORY3× · 2023–2025 · $60k · revenue +14%
Funded once
- CMChildrens Museum Clevelandone grant, 2021 · $12k
- WWRLCone grant, 2021 · $8k
- CMCleveland Museum of Natural History, Office of Philanthropyone grant, 2021 · $7k
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.
The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."
Western reserve historical society preserves and uses its collections, historic sites, and museums to inspire people to discover the american experience by exploring the tangible history of northeast ohio.
The holden arboretum connects people with the wonder, beauty, and value of trees and plants, to inspire action for healthy communities.
The cleveland botanical garden connects people with the wonder, beauty, and value of trees and plants, to inspire action for healthy communities.
To enrich lives through modern and contemporary art.
Home to the art and legacy of the american painter clyfford still, we invite all to explore the potential of individual creative endeavor.
The baltimore museum of art connects art to baltimore and baltimore to the world, embodying a commitment to artistic excellence and social equity in every decision from art presentation, interpretation, and collecting, to the composition…
The mission is "to understand the natural world and inspire everyone to care for it." the academy implements its mission through understanding the diversity of life; developing and applying science to protect the environment; and informing…
The museum's mission statement is "turn on the science: inspire learning. inform policy. improve lives."
America's river roots' mission is a quest to forge deeper connections to america's inland river waterways, aiming to highlight the pivotal role the ohio river played in shaping our nation. sparked by america's 250th anniversary, this…
The National Gallery of Art serves the nation by welcoming all people to explore and experience art, creativity, and our shared humanity.
How this is measured
9 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. 9 of the 15 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
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 WESTERN RESERVE LAND CONSERVANCY ↗
- Who funds RECOVERY RESOURCES ↗
- Who funds LAWRENCE SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds THE JACKSON LABORATORY ↗
- Who funds LAKEVIEW CEMETERY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds The Musical Arts Association ↗
- Who funds CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART ↗
- Who funds CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY ↗
- Who funds THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF CLEVELAND ↗
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 · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The South Waite Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The South Waite Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
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