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Treu Mart Fund

The fund is intended to be used for general charitable purposes which are in furtherance of the purposes of the cleveland foundation and the jewish federation of cleveland.

$878k
Granted FY2024still arriving
39
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Education$1.5MPhilanthropy$1.2MArts & Culture$752kHuman Services$692kYouth Development$525kHealth$404kEmployment$190kPublic Safety & Disaster$133kOther$0
02FY2024 · 39 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k37 grants · $678k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $200k
$20,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$21M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CLEVELAND FOUNDATION$100,000
JEWISH FEDERATION OF CLEVELAND$100,000
BIRTHING BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITIES$35,000
FACING HISTORY AND OURSELVES INC$35,000
FAMILY CONNECTIONS OF NORTHEAST OHIO$30,000
ESPERANZA INC$30,000
ARTS IMPACT INCORPORATED$28,000
ADOPTION NETWORK CLEVELAND$25,000
NORTHEAST OHIO COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS$25,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER OHIO$25,000
ACHIEVEMENT CENTERS FOR CHILDREN$25,000
SEEDS OF LITERACY$25,000
EDUCATIONAL SERVICE CENTER OF NORTHEAST OHIO$25,000
NEAR WEST THEATRE INC$25,000
THE CENTERS$25,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY18–24, $443k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%FAMILY CONNECTIONS OF NORTHEAST OHIO: $30k → 17%ADOPTION NETWORK CLEVELAND: $25k → 17%FAMILY CONNECTIONS OF NORTHEAST OHIO: $30k → 17%SEEDS OF LITERACY: $25k → 17%MERRICK HOUSE INC: $25k → 17%MERRICK HOUSE INC: $20k → 17%A PLACE 4 ME COLLABORATIVE: $20k → 17%MERRICK HOUSE INC: $15k → 17%MERRICK HOUSE INC: $10k → 17%SHOES AND CLOTHES FOR KIDS INC: $10k → 17%GOODS BANK NEO: $30k → 17%THE CENTERS: $30k → 17%THE CENTERS: $25k → 17%NORTHEAST OHIO COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS: $25k → 17%YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CLEVELAND OHIO INC: $25k → 17%MANDEL JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF CLEVELAND: $25k → 17%FAMILY CONNECTIONS OF NORTHEAST OHIO: $20k → 17%BOBBY TRIPODI FOUNDATION: $20k → 17%THEA BOWMAN CENTER: $18k → 17%BOBBY TRIPODI FOUNDATION: $15k → 17%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 7% of Treu Mart Fund’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 95% of the giving stays in OH; by stated purpose, 99%.

Treu Mart Fundlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

81%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.2M · 45 repeat orgs$778k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +18% since the first grant, against +9% for those funded once.

45 repeat relationships: 23 still active in FY2024, 22 since wound down; 14 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

45
28

Total granted

$3.2M
$510k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+18%
+9%

Still filing today

98%
93%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 60% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $268k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesHealthYouth DevelopmentEnvironmentOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • JF
    JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE ASSOCIATION OF CLEVELAND OHIO
    4× · 2018–2021 · $266k · revenue +30%
  • YW
    YOUNG WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CLEVELAND OHIO
    6× · 2018–2023 · $153k · revenue +134%
  • EI
    ESPERANZA INC
    5× · 2018–2024 · $150k · revenue +24%

Funded once

  • CC
    CHILD CARE RESOURCE CENTER OF CUYAHOGA COUNTY
    one grant, 2023 · $45k · revenue +22%
  • TC
    THE CITY CLUB OF CLEVELAND
    one grant, 2023 · $40k · revenue +25%
  • GB
    GOODS BANK NEO
    one grant, 2023 · $30k · revenue +11%
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.

04Its field

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.

1
Cleveland Leadership Center

The mission of cleveland leadership center (the organization) is to build a continuum of civic leaders committed to our community's excellence by serving as a catalyst for civic engagement. the organization achieves its mission by…

Education
2
Cleveland Museum of Art

The mission of the cleveland museum of art (cma) is to fulfill its dual roles as one of the world's most distinguished comprehensive art museums and as one of northeastern ohio's principal civic and cultural institutions. the museum,…

Arts & Culture
3
Community Learning Center Institute

Clci facilitates the ongoing engagement of the greater cincinnati community to promote the development of all schools as community learning centers, each with a set of financially self-sustaining, co-located community partners.

Education
4
Hope for Cleveland's Children
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5
The Literacy Cooperative of Greater Cleveland

The literacy cooperative of cleveland was formed for public, charitable, scientific, and educational purposes relating to the improvement of the literacy rate in the greater cleveland area.

Education
6
Literary Cleveland

Literary Cleveland assists writers and readers at all stages of development, promotes new and existing literature of the highest quality, and advances Northeast Ohio as a vital center of diverse voices and visions.

Education
7
Global Cleveland

Global cleveland is dedicated to growing northeast ohio's economy by welcoming and connecting international people to opportunities and fostering a more inviting community for those seeking a place to call home.

Human Services
8
Cincinnati Youth Collaborative

Cincinnati Youth Collaborative ("CYC") empowers young people to overcome barriers and excel in education, career, and life.

Education
9
Lead Ohio

At lead ohio our goal is to make a difference in communities across ohio by recruiting, training, supporting and empowering progressive leaders in all regions of the state.

Education
10
America Scores Cleveland

America scores cleveland inspires urban youth to lead healthy lives, be engaged students, and have the confidence and character to make a difference in the world.

—
11
Neighborhood Progress Inc

Cleveland neighborhood progress is committed to advancing its mission of fostering communities of choice and opportunity. our vision is for all of cleveland's neighborhoods to be attractive, vibrant communities where people from all…

Community Improvement
12
Cleveland Arts Prize

The cleveland arts prize identifies, rewards, publicly honors and promotes those creative artists whose original work and accomplishments have set a standard of excellence to which other artists can aspire. additionally, the cleveland arts…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Family Promise of Greater Cleveland; the most unlike its peers is Foluke Cultural Arts Center Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

88 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. 88 of the 89 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
14
Early backer (in before they grew)
86/88
Grantees still filing
54/88
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE CLEVELAND FOUNDATION: $850,000 · PhilanthropyTHE CLEVELAND FOUNDATIONJEWISH FEDERATION OF CLEVELAND: $845,000 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FEDERATION OF CLEVELAND+2 more: $50,000 · PhilanthropyYOUNG WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CLEVELAND OHIO: $153,000 · OtherYOUNG WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSOC…ESPERANZA INC: $150,000 · OtherESPERANZA INCYOUTH OPPORTUNITIES UNLIMITED: $140,000 · OtherYOUTH OPPORTUNITIES UNLIMITE…CITY YEAR INC: $100,000 · OtherCITY YEAR INCEDUCATIONAL SERVICE CENTER OF NORTHEAST OHIO: $85,000 · OtherEDUCATIONAL SERVICE CENTER O…HOPE IGNITES NORTHEASTERN OHIO INC: $70,000 · OtherACHIEVEMENT CENTERS FOR CHILDREN: $65,000 · OtherPROVIDENCE HOUSE INC: $56,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY CIRCLE INCORPORATED: $127,500 · OtherUNIVERSITY CIRCLE INCORPORAT…LESBIAN GAY BISEXUAL TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY CENTER: $60,000 · Other+23 more: $445,000 · Other+23 moreFACING HISTORY & OURSELVES INC: $145,000 · Arts & CultureFACING HISTORY …THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF CLEVELAND: $100,000 · Arts & CultureTHE CHILDREN'S …CLEVELAND CENTER FOR ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY: $100,000 · Arts & CultureCLEVELAND CENTE…KARAMU HOUSE INC: $98,500 · Arts & CultureKARAMU HOUSE IN…THE CLEVELAND PLAY HOUSE: $75,000 · Arts & CultureTHE CLEVELAND P…THE CLEVELAND MUSIC SCHOOL SETTLEMENT: $75,000 · Arts & CultureTHE CLEVELAND M…GREAT LAKES THEATER FESTIVAL INC: $65,000 · Arts & CultureGREAT LAKES THE…NEAR WEST THEATRE INC: $45,000 · Arts & CultureNEAR WEST THEAT…ARTS IMPACT INC: $28,000 · Arts & Culture+4 more: $55,000 · Arts & Culture+4 moreCOLLEGE NOW GREATER CLEVELAND INC: $105,000 · EducationCOLLEGE NOW …CENTER FOR ARTS-INSPIRED LEARNING: $75,000 · EducationCENTER FOR A…Saint Martin de Porres High School: $65,000 · EducationSaint Martin…Teach for America Inc: $50,000 · EducationTeach for Am…CHILD CARE RESOURCE CENTER OF CUYAHOGA COUNTY: $45,000 · EducationCHILD CARE R…THE CITY CLUB OF CLEVELAND: $40,000 · EducationTHE CITY CLU…CUYAHOGA COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $40,000 · EducationCUYAHOGA COU…CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY: $35,000 · EducationCASE WESTERN…BIRTHING BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITIES: $35,000 · EducationBIRTHING BEA…CLEVELAND KIDS' BOOK BANK: $30,600 · Education+5 more: $89,268 · Education+5 moreFAMILY CONNECTIONS OF NORTHEAST OHIO: $80,000 · Human ServicesMERRICK HOUSE: $70,000 · Human ServicesThe Centers for Families and Children: $55,000 · Human ServicesCORNERSTONE OF HOPE INC: $35,000 · Human ServicesGOODS BANK NEO: $30,000 · Human ServicesYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CLEVELAND: $25,000 · Human ServicesADOPTION NETWORK CLEVELAND: $25,000 · Human ServicesNORTHEAST OHIO COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS: $25,000 · Human ServicesThe Mandel Jewish Community Center of Cleveland: $25,000 · Human ServicesSEEDS OF LITERACY: $25,000 · Human ServicesA PLACE 4 ME COLLABORATIVE: $20,000 · Human ServicesTHEA BOWMAN CENTER: $18,100 · Human Services+1 more: $10,000 · Human ServicesTHE METROHEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $84,000 · HealthPOSITIVE EDUCATION PROGRAM: $75,000 · HealthMILESTONES AUTISM RESOURCES: $40,000 · HealthNaaleh Cleveland Inc: $35,000 · HealthMAGNOLIA CLUBHOUSE INC: $35,000 · HealthBELLEFAIRE JEWISH CHILDREN'S BUREAU: $25,000 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER OHIO: $25,000 · HealthBeech Brook: $20,000 · Health+1 more: $10,000 · HealthJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE ASSOCIATION OF CLEVELAND OHIO: $266,000 · ReligionLUTHERAN METROPOLITAN MINISTRY: $50,000 · Religion
Philanthropy$1,745,000Other$1,451,500Arts & Culture$786,500Education$609,868Human Services$443,100Health$349,000Religion$316,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE CLEVELAND FOUNDATION: $850,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF CLEVELAND: $845,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE ASSOCIATION OF CLEVELAND OHIO: $266,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetYOUNG WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CLEVELAND OHIO: $153,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetESPERANZA INC: $150,000 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetFACING HISTORY & OURSELVES INC: $145,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetYOUTH OPPORTUNITIES UNLIMITED: $140,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetUNIVERSITY CIRCLE INCORPORATED: $127,500 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetCOLLEGE NOW GREATER CLEVELAND INC: $105,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF CLEVELAND: $100,000 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetCLEVELAND CENTER FOR ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY: $100,000 over 4y, 1.9% of budgetCITY YEAR INC: $100,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetKARAMU HOUSE INC: $98,500 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetTHE METROHEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $84,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetFAMILY CONNECTIONS OF NORTHEAST OHIO: $80,000 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetTHE CLEVELAND PLAY HOUSE: $75,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetCENTER FOR ARTS-INSPIRED LEARNING: $75,000 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetPOSITIVE EDUCATION PROGRAM: $75,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CLEVELAND MUSIC SCHOOL SETTLEMENT: $75,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetMERRICK HOUSE: $70,000 over 4y, 1.7% of budgetHOPE IGNITES NORTHEASTERN OHIO INC: $70,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetACHIEVEMENT CENTERS FOR CHILDREN: $65,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetGREAT LAKES THEATER FESTIVAL INC: $65,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetSaint Martin de Porres High School: $65,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetLESBIAN GAY BISEXUAL TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY CENTER: $60,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetPROVIDENCE HOUSE INC: $56,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetThe Centers for Families and Children: $55,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLUTHERAN METROPOLITAN MINISTRY: $50,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $50,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCHILD CARE RESOURCE CENTER OF CUYAHOGA COUNTY: $45,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMANUFACTURING ADVOCACY & GROWTH NETWORK INC: $45,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNEAR WEST THEATRE INC: $45,000 over 2y, 3.0% of budgetTHE CITY CLUB OF CLEVELAND: $40,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetGREATER CLEVELAND VOLUNTEERS: $40,000 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetMILESTONES AUTISM RESOURCES: $40,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetELEANOR B RAINEY MEMORIAL INSTITUTE: $40,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetCUYAHOGA COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $40,000 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetNaaleh Cleveland Inc: $35,000 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetCORNERSTONE OF HOPE INC: $35,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY: $35,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBIRTHING BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITIES: $35,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTOWARDS EMPLOYMENT INC: $35,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetMAGNOLIA CLUBHOUSE INC: $35,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetCLEVELAND KIDS' BOOK BANK: $30,600 over 2y, 3.0% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF NORTHEAST OHIO: $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGOODS BANK NEO: $30,000 over 1y, 6.0% of budgetGMILUTH CHASODIM (THE HEBREW FREE LOAN ASSOCIATION): $30,000 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetLAKE ERIE COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA INC: $30,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budget
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.

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.

The Cleveland Foundat…The Char and Chuck Fo…The George Gund Found…Higley Fund of the Cl…Jewish Federation of …The Reinberger Founda…United Way of Greater…The Abington Foundati…Thomas H White Fdn TaMt Sinai Health Care …The Louise H & David …The Swagelok Foundati…
The Cleveland FoundationOH108.9× affinity60 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Cleveland Foundation · The Char and Chuck Fowler Family Foundation · The George Gund Foundation · Higley Fund of the Cleveland Foundation · Jewish Federation of Cleveland · The Reinberger Foundation · United Way of Greater Cleveland · The Abington Foundation · Thomas H White Fdn Ta · Mt Sinai Health Care Foundation · The Louise H & David S Ingalls Fdn · The Swagelok Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Treu Mart Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Treu Mart Fund. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 11%
  • City Year Inc: 11% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
48report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 89 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The camps
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By state
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