· Private foundation
The Sylvia and Heath Oliver 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 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k4 grants · $23k
- $10k–50k9 grants · $133k
- $50k–250k6 grants · $350k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| North Coast Community Homes | $100,000 |
| University Hospitals | $50,000 |
| Edwin's Foundation | $50,000 |
| Thea Bowman Center | $50,000 |
| Cleveland Animal Protective League | $50,000 |
| Mooresville Arts Center | $50,000 |
| Mayfield High School Alumni Association | $25,000 |
| The Lyceum | $25,000 |
| The Gathering Place | $15,000 |
| Ronald McDonald House Charities-Northeast Ohio | $15,000 |
| TGH Foundation | $12,500 |
| Billy Hurley III Foundation | $10,000 |
| Cleveland Sight Center | $10,000 |
| Herps Alive Foundation | $10,000 |
| Waldo's Rescue Pen | $10,000 |
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 (FY20–25, $680k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% 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
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
19 repeat relationships: 18 still active in FY2025, 1 since wound down; 1 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, 99% 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
Backed again, and grew
- NCNORTH COAST COMMUNITY HOMES INC4× · 2022–2025 · $285k · revenue +10%
- TCTHE CLEVELAND ANIMAL PROTECTIVE LEAGUE5× · 2020–2025 · $253k · revenue +21%
- EFEDWINS FOUNDATION3× · 2023–2025 · $150k · revenue +57%
Funded once
- BABOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF NORTHEAST OHIOone grant, 2022 · $25k · revenue -29%
- MAMooresvile Arts Guildone grant, 2021 · $10k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2023 · $10k
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.
Animal shelter that focuses on adoption, spay and neuter, and other humane education with the goal of making euthanasia of healthy animals unnecessary.
The society is dedicated to promoting care for all animals. we strive to never turn away sick or injured. our goal is to bring about a world where humane societies are no longer necessary.
Ronald mcdonald house charities of dayton's mission is to provide community, comfort, and hope to families of seriously ill children.
Ronald mcdonald house charities of greater cincinnati offers a community of compassion, support and the comforts of home to families with critically ill children, steps away from the medical care they need.
The Cleveland Christian Home, Inc. exists to be a haven of hope for children, youth, and families struggling with mental illness, abuse, and neglect in Northeast Ohio.
The organization maintains and operates a facility in morgantown, wv for the purpose of providing temporary lodging and other assistance to seriously and chronically ill children and their families. the organization also reaches out to the…
We meet the immediate needs of animals in our community through individualized care, life saving solutions, and temporary shelter en-route to a safe, compatible home. we envision a community where all animals are valued, protected and have…
The organization provides a "home away from home" to families with seriously ill children, and supports initiatives to improve pediatric health.
Ronald mcdonald house charities of maryland, inc. provides a home away from home for seriously ill children and their families.
To provide a "home away from home and offer support to families seeking medical care for their children.
We, in partnership with our community, provide a comfortable and caring home away from home that supports keeping families together and reduces stress during a child's serious illness.
How this is measured
16 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. 16 of the 25 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 NORTH COAST COMMUNITY HOMES INC ↗
- Who funds THE CLEVELAND ANIMAL PROTECTIVE LEAGUE ↗
- Who funds THEA BOWMAN CENTER ↗
- Who funds EDWINS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THE LYCEUM ↗
- Who funds Mayfield High School Association Inc ↗
- Who funds VERITYS VILLAGE ↗
- Who funds THE GATHERING PLACE ↗
- Who funds CLEVELAND SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND ↗
- Who funds RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF NORTHEAST OHIO INC ↗
- Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF NORTHEAST OHIO ↗
- Who funds Waldos Rescue Pen Inc ↗
- Who funds HERPS ALIVE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF TAMPA BAY INC ↗
- Who funds Cowboys Chance Inc ↗
- Who funds The Musical Arts Association ↗
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Sylvia and Heath Oliver Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Sylvia and Heath Oliver Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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