Ohio · Private foundation
The William Bingham Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $1.1M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 14
- Grants FY2025
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 57%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $250,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 20
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $19M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 57% of the organizations The William Bingham Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 60% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 40% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $590k 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 | 14 | $1.1M | 64% |
| FY2024 | 14 | $980k | 57% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $1.0M | 67% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $889k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 20 | $1.2M | 80% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $664k | 46% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $860k | 60% |
| FY2018 | 18 | $620k | 78% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Musical Arts Association | $1,900,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc | $575,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Stella Maris Inc | $300,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Northern Forest Center Inc | $250,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Cleveland Museum of Natural History | $250,000 | 3 | 1% |
| The Chandler School | $200,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Lakeview Cemetery Foundation | $156,975 | 3 | 3% |
| Case Western Reserve University | $150,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Denison University | $150,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Hawken School | $150,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 67 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 21 recipients with no EIN on record ($700k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The William Bingham Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 62 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.
Open a dossier: The Cleveland Foundation · The Char and Chuck Fowler Family Foundation · The George Gund Foundation · Murphy Family Foundation · Higley Fund of the Cleveland Foundation · The Abington Foundation · The Lozick Family Foundation · Jewish Federation of Cleveland · Emma R Fox Char Trust Mut Fds · The Andrews Foundation · The Sk Wellman Foundation · The Reinberger Foundation
How this is measured
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About The William Bingham Foundation
- How much does The William Bingham Foundation give?
- The William Bingham Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $1,117,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 20 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The William Bingham Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (38%), Environment (20%), Education (14%).
- Who are The William Bingham Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Musical Arts Association ($1.9M), Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc ($575k), Stella Maris Inc ($300k).
- Does The William Bingham Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 57% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The William Bingham 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 William Bingham Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Cleveland Foundation, The Char and Chuck Fowler Family Foundation, The George Gund Foundation.
- Where is The William Bingham Foundation based?
- The William Bingham Foundation is based in OH.
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