Ohio · Private foundation
The Sylvia and Heath Oliver Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $505k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 19
- Grants FY2025
- 18
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 18
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $11M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 33% of the organizations The Sylvia and Heath Oliver Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 12% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $59k 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 | 19 | $505k | 5% |
| FY2024 | 18 | $500k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $398k | 43% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $335k | 70% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $16k | 33% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $11k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Coast Community Homes Inc | $285,000 | 4 | 1% |
| The Cleveland Animal Protective League | $252,500 | 5 | 1% |
| Thea Bowman Center | $155,000 | 6 | 8% |
| Edwins Foundation | $150,000 | 3 | 3% |
| The Lyceum | $105,500 | 6 | 3% |
| Mayfield High School Association Inc | $100,000 | 4 | 22% |
| Veritys Village | $50,000 | 4 | 6% |
| The Gathering Place | $45,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Cleveland Society for the Blind | $45,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Ronald McDonald House Charities of Northeast Ohio Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 16 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Coast Community Homes Inc | $285,000 | 4 | 1% |
| The Cleveland Animal Protective League | $252,500 | 5 | 1% |
| Thea Bowman Center | $155,000 | 6 | 8% |
| Edwins Foundation | $150,000 | 3 | 3% |
| The Lyceum | $105,500 | 6 | 3% |
| Mayfield High School Association Inc | $100,000 | 4 | 22% |
| Veritys Village | $50,000 | 4 | 6% |
| The Gathering Place | $45,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Cleveland Society for the Blind | $45,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Ronald McDonald House Charities of Northeast Ohio Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of Northeast Ohio | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Waldos Rescue Pen Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Herps Alive Foundation | $20,000 | 2 | 8% |
| Ronald McDonald House Charities of Tampa Bay Inc | $12,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Cowboys Chance Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 46% |
| The Musical Arts Association | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($460k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Sylvia and Heath Oliver 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.
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How this is measured
Compare The Sylvia and Heath Oliver Foundation with peer funders
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About The Sylvia and Heath Oliver Foundation
- How much does The Sylvia and Heath Oliver Foundation give?
- The Sylvia and Heath Oliver Foundation reported 19 grants totaling $505,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 18 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does The Sylvia and Heath Oliver Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (20%), Health (19%), Education (18%).
- Who are The Sylvia and Heath Oliver Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: North Coast Community Homes Inc ($285k), The Cleveland Animal Protective League ($253k), Thea Bowman Center ($155k).
- Does The Sylvia and Heath Oliver Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Sylvia and Heath Oliver Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Sylvia and Heath Oliver Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc, American Online Giving Foundation Inc, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is The Sylvia and Heath Oliver Foundation based?
- The Sylvia and Heath Oliver Foundation is based in OH.
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