Ohio · Private foundation
West Shore Rotary 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.
- $3k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2025
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 53%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $250
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $730
- Organizations funded a year
- 14 to 17
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $119k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 53% of the organizations West Shore Rotary Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 73% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 27% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k 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 | 9 | $3k | 11% |
| FY2024 | 15 | $14k | 53% |
| FY2023 | 16 | $12k | 13% |
| FY2022 | 14 | $8k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 17 | $8k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Youth Challenge | $2,227 | 5 | 0% |
| Bike Cleveland | $2,194 | 1 | 0% |
| Kent State University | $1,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Butler University | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| John Carroll University | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Baylor University | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Rotary International District 6630 | $1,417 | 3 | 0% |
| Fairview Park Education Foundation | $600 | 2 | 1% |
| Cleveland Guardians Charities Inc | $300 | 2 | 0% |
| Girls With Sole | $200 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Youth Challenge | $2,227 | 5 | 0% |
| Bike Cleveland | $2,194 | 1 | 0% |
| Kent State University | $1,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Butler University | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| John Carroll University | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Baylor University | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Rotary International District 6630 | $1,417 | 3 | 0% |
| Fairview Park Education Foundation | $600 | 2 | 1% |
| Cleveland Guardians Charities Inc | $300 | 2 | 0% |
| Girls With Sole | $200 | 1 | n/a |
| Second Mile Outreach | $50 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($32k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget West Shore Rotary 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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
About West Shore Rotary Foundation
- How much does West Shore Rotary Foundation give?
- West Shore Rotary Foundation reported 9 grants totaling $3,280 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 17 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does West Shore Rotary Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (45%), Food & Nutrition (16%), Recreation & Sports (10%).
- Who are West Shore Rotary Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Youth Challenge ($2k), Bike Cleveland ($2k), Kent State University ($2k).
- Does West Shore Rotary Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 53% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does West Shore Rotary 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 West Shore Rotary Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is West Shore Rotary Foundation based?
- West Shore Rotary Foundation is based in OH.
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