· Private foundation
The Theosophical Society in Cleveland
Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2026
- Under $10k11 grants · $17k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY IN AMERICA | $10,000 |
| CLEVELAND FOOD BANK | $2,500 |
| HUNGER NETWORK | $2,500 |
| PROVIDENCE HOUSE | $2,000 |
| CLEVELAND RAPE CRISIS CENTER | $2,000 |
| JOURNEY CENTER FOR SAFETY HEALING | $2,000 |
| THE CITY MISSION | $1,000 |
| THEOSOPHICAL ORDER OF SERVICE | $1,000 |
| PARMA ANIMAL SHELTER | $1,000 |
| VALLEY SAVE A PET | $1,000 |
| IDEASTREAM PUBLIC MEDIA-PBS | $1,000 |
| SALVATION ARMY | $1,000 |
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 (FY17–26) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 29% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-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.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +16% since the first grant, against +3% for those funded once.
20 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2026, 8 since wound down.
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 FY2026, 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
- TSTHEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY IN AMERICA9× · 2017–2026 · $246k · revenue +1%
- GCGREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK INC10× · 2017–2026 · $16k · revenue +10%
- PHPROVIDENCE HOUSE INC10× · 2017–2026 · $16k · revenue +201%
Funded once
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2018 · $1k
- TCTHE CLEVELAND ANIMAL PROTECTIVE LEAGUEone grant, 2018 · $1k · revenue -25%
- CMCLEVELAND MAIDAN ASSOCIATIONone grant, 2022 · $520 · revenue +3%
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.
To fight animal cruelty, help animals in need and advocate for their well-being.
The ohio society for the prevention of cruelty to animals works to prevent and stop cruelty to animals throughout ohio. our mission falls into three main areas:1) intervention in cases of animal cruelty,2) animal rehabilitation, and3)…
Mission: to protect animals and build connections between pets and people through advocacy and education. vision: leading and guiding a humane lake county core values: compassion for pets and people. engagement through innovative programs,…
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.
Animal shelter that focuses on adoption, spay and neuter, and other humane education with the goal of making euthanasia of healthy animals unnecessary.
The mission of ohio tri county food alliance/second harvest food bank is to alleviate hunger in clark, champaign, and logan counties by sourcing and distributing nutritious food to people in need, building community partnerships, and…
Our mission is to serve the people and animals of Central Ohio by providing safe, temporary shelter and care for abandoned or otherwise homeless cats and dogs, and to reduce pet overpopulation by means of spay and neuter, education, and…
To lead and equip ohio philanthropy to be effective partners for change in our communities.
Helping individuals live with dignity through the final stage of life.
Friendship apl receives companion animals through cruelty investigations, rescue from high volume shelters and direct owner surrender. the staff and volunteers care for the animals until they are adopted into a new home.
Preterm's mission is to advance reproductive health and justice by providing safe, respectful and accessible abortion and sexual health care.
To create a better world by serving people in need by operating food pantries, homeless shelters, a domestic violence shelter, affordable housing communities, senior living, assisted living and skilled care facilities, a home health care…
How this is measured
13 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. 13 of the 26 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 THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY IN AMERICA ↗
- Who funds GREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK INC ↗
- Who funds PROVIDENCE HOUSE INC ↗
- Who funds HUNGER NETWORK OF GREATER CLEVELAND ↗
- Who funds RAPE CRISIS CENTER ↗
- Who funds VALLEY SAVE A PET INC ↗
- Who funds CLEVELAND RAPE CRISIS CENTER ↗
- Who funds PARMA ANIMAL SHELTER INC ↗
- Who funds THE THEOSOPHICAL ORDER OF SERVICE USA INC ↗
- Who funds BREAKTHROUGH T1D ↗
- Who funds THE CLEVELAND ANIMAL PROTECTIVE LEAGUE ↗
- Who funds CLEVELAND MAIDAN ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds THE ANN GEORGE FOOD PANTRY ↗
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: American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Theosophical Society in Cleveland funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Theosophical Society in Cleveland. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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