Ohio · Private foundation
The Walter & Jean Kalberer Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $561k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 17
- Grants FY2024
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 44%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $258,159
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 16
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $2.8M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 44% of the organizations The Walter & Jean Kalberer Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 48% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 52% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $296k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 17 | $561k | 29% |
| FY2023 | 16 | $610k | 44% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $5k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $621k | 67% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $2.2M | 30% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $974k | 40% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $229k | 67% |
| FY2017 | 8 | $204k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Cleveland Play House | $1,132,340 | 7 | 5% |
| Church of the Western Reserve | $507,438 | 2 | n/a |
| The Musical Arts Association | $348,391 | 4 | 0% |
| Ideastream | $152,021 | 3 | 0% |
| Piano International Assoc of Northern Oh | $101,014 | 1 | 4% |
| The Holden Arboretum | $100,520 | 1 | 1% |
| Cleveland Museum of Art | $46,689 | 4 | 0% |
| Cleveland Museum of Natural History | $32,962 | 2 | 0% |
| Case Western Reserve University | $30,285 | 2 | 0% |
| Cleveland Zoological Society | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Cleveland Play House | $1,132,340 | 7 | 5% |
| Church of the Western Reserve | $507,438 | 2 | n/a |
| The Musical Arts Association | $348,391 | 4 | 0% |
| Ideastream | $152,021 | 3 | 0% |
| Piano International Assoc of Northern Oh | $101,014 | 1 | 4% |
| The Holden Arboretum | $100,520 | 1 | 1% |
| Cleveland Museum of Art | $46,689 | 4 | 0% |
| Cleveland Museum of Natural History | $32,962 | 2 | 0% |
| Case Western Reserve University | $30,285 | 2 | 0% |
| Cleveland Zoological Society | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Cleveland Institute of Art | $25,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Hawken School | $18,237 | 2 | 0% |
| Friends of Breakthrough Schools | $16,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Cleveland Botanical Garden | $11,084 | 1 | 0% |
| Near West Theatre Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 1% |
| University Circle Incorporated | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Center for Arts-Inspired Learning | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| PEO Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Cleveland Institute of Music | $9,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Sanibel Congregational United Church of Christ Inc | $4,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Gates Mills Land Conservancy | $2,000 | 1 | 1% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.8M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Walter & Jean Kalberer Foundation supplied at peak.
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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
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About The Walter & Jean Kalberer Foundation
- How much does The Walter & Jean Kalberer Foundation give?
- The Walter & Jean Kalberer Foundation reported 17 grants totaling $561,187 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 16 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Walter & Jean Kalberer Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (66%), Recreation & Sports (10%), Religion (9%).
- Who are The Walter & Jean Kalberer Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The Cleveland Play House ($1.1M), Church of the Western Reserve ($507k), The Musical Arts Association ($348k).
- Does The Walter & Jean Kalberer Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 44% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Walter & Jean Kalberer Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Walter & Jean Kalberer Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include John P Murphy Foundation, The Albert B & Audrey G Ratner Family Foundation, The Gries Family Foundation.
- Where is The Walter & Jean Kalberer Foundation based?
- The Walter & Jean Kalberer Foundation is based in OH.
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