Funding search · EIN 340714588 · Grantmaking charity · Cleveland, OH

The Cleveland Foundation

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$458.9M
in grants paid
2,941
grants
1,521
recipients
2022–2024
filing years

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Recent grants

The 100 largest recent grants from this foundation’s filings, newest year first.

  • $17.5M

    Cleveland Metropolitan School District · Cleveland, OH · 2024

    General support for the tremont montessori school

  • $10.9M

    Case Western Reserve University · Cleveland, OH · 2024

    Oglebay fellowship program in the school of medicine

  • $8.5M

    Clefdnmidtown Collaboration Center Project · Cleveland, OH · 2024

    Construct & hold property for cleveland foundation (supported organization)

  • $6.3M

    University Hospitals Health System · Cleveland, OH · 2024

    Cardiac surgery fund

  • $4.6M

    Say Yes Cleveland Scholarship · Cleveland, OH · 2024

    Financial model; summer tuition implementation and for fall 2023, spring 2024 and summer 2024 scholarships

  • $4.6M

    Jumpstart · Cleveland, OH · 2024

    General support

  • $4.1M

    College Now Greater Cleveland · Cleveland, OH · 2024

    Scholarship fund

  • $3.7M

    Angels for Animals · Canfield, OH · 2024

    General support

  • $2.7M

    Cleveland Clinic Foundation · Cleveland, OH · 2024

    Taussig cancer research

  • $2.6M

    Lake Erie College · Painesville, OH · 2024

    Provide scholarships for students in the painesville community to attend lake erie college

  • $2.6M

    University Impact · Provo, UT · 2024

    General support

  • $2.6M

    Famicos Foundation · Cleveland, OH · 2024

    Mycom community development, youth engagement, systems and partner integration project

  • $2.5M

    The Centers for Families and Children · Cleveland, OH · 2024

    General support of the capital campaign for the centers

  • $2.3M

    United Way of Greater Cleveland · Cleveland, OH · 2024

    General support

  • $2.2M

    Greater Cleveland Food Bank · Cleveland, OH · 2024

    General support

  • $1.9M

    Neighborhood Progress Inc Dba Cleveland Neighborhood Progress · Cleveland, OH · 2024

    Fy25 neighborhood land investment model strategy

  • $1.6M

    Lake Humane Society · Mentor, OH · 2024

    General support

  • $1.5M

    Pm Foundation Inc Dba Urban Community School · Cleveland, OH · 2024

    General support

  • $1.5M

    Youth Opportunities Unlimited · Cleveland, OH · 2024

    Mycom lead agency for summer jobs and internships 2024

  • $1.5M

    Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    Jcef/sf philanthropic fund #31311

  • $1.5M

    Western Reserve Historical Society · Cleveland, OH · 2024

    To restore, protect & preserve properties in the bedford area; specifically, to operate the residence as a museum & a center for mtgs

  • $1.4M

    Musical Arts Association - the Cleveland Orchestra · Cleveland, OH · 2024

    General support of the cleveland orchestra

  • $1.3M

    East 66th Street Services · Cleveland, OH · 2024

    Neighborhood connections - neighbor up 2023-2025

  • $1.3M

    Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum · Cleveland, OH · 2024

    General support

  • $1.3M

    Center for Community Solutions · Cleveland, OH · 2024

    General support

  • $1.2M

    Cuyahoga County Office of Early Childhood · Cleveland, OH · 2024

    Upk program

  • $1.2M

    Cleveland State University Foundation · Cleveland, OH · 2024

    Support of the csu viking fund

  • $1.2M

    Ideastream Public Media · Cleveland, OH · 2024

    General support

  • $1.2M

    Child Care Resource Center of Cuyahoga County Dba Starting Point · Cleveland, OH · 2024

    Advancing out-of- school programs and healthy youth development in cleveland

  • $1.2M

    Rainbow Babies & Children'S Hospital of University Hospitals · Cleveland, OH · 2024

    General support of the rainbow babies and children's foundation

  • $1.1M

    Cleveland Institute of Art · Cleveland, OH · 2024

    General support

  • $1.1M

    Andrews Osborne Academy · Willoughby, OH · 2024

    Organization disbursement

  • $1.1M

    Ohio Local Information Initiative Inc Dba Signal Ohio · Columbus, OH · 2024

    Local news for cleveland

  • $1.1M

    Cuyahoga Community College Foundation · Cleveland, OH · 2024

    Roles of higher education institutions in supporting cities and regions to achieve the sustainable development goals: cleveland case study

  • $1.0M

    Metrohealth Foundation · Cleveland, OH · 2024

    Akran boutros hope in action endowment

  • $1.0M

    Local Initiatives Support Corporation (Lisc) · New York, NY · 2024

    Reestablishing the local initiatives support corporation cleveland office

  • $963,389

    Cleveland Society for the Blind Dba Cleveland Sight Center · Cleveland, OH · 2024

    General support

  • $953,261

    Cleveland Museum of Natural History · Cleveland, OH · 2024

    General support

  • $887,402

    Educational Service Center of Northeast Ohio · Independence, OH · 2024

    Pre4cle: expanding access to high-quality preschool in cleveland general operating support

  • $842,000

    Economic Growth Foundation · Cleveland, OH · 2024

    Gcp's early career exploration

  • $835,921

    John Carroll University · University Hts, OH · 2024

    General support

  • $808,627

    Rainey Institute · Cleveland, OH · 2024

    Organizational disbursement

  • $770,000

    Assembly for the Arts · Cleveland, OH · 2024

    Mcc tenant improvements

  • $739,166

    Healthnetwork Foundation · Pepper Pike, OH · 2024

    General support/ annual appeal.

  • $737,419

    Cleveland Museum of Art · Cleveland, OH · 2024

    General support

  • $727,371

    Urban League of Cleveland · Cleveland, OH · 2024

    Third year of operational support

  • $712,864

    Downtown Cleveland Alliance · Cleveland, OH · 2024

    Organization distribution

  • $683,000

    The Refugee Response Dba Resource Cleveland · Cleveland, OH · 2024

    Support for the teen response and post secondary bridges programs

  • $635,000

    Cleveland Public Theatre · Cleveland, OH · 2024

    General support

  • $631,850

    Cleveland International Film Festival · Cleveland, OH · 2024

    Cleveland international film festival 2024

  • $612,330

    Greater Cleveland Neighborhood Centers Association · Cleveland, OH · 2024

    General support

  • $596,500

    North Coast Community Homes · Cleveland, OH · 2024

    Organization fund distribution

  • $582,456

    American Heart Association · Cleveland, OH · 2024

    Heart ball/beyond the table scholarship

  • $541,770

    Lake County Council On Aging · Mentor, OH · 2024

    Organization distribution

  • $538,744

    Schwab Charitable Fund · Orlando, FL · 2024

    General support

  • $533,147

    Catholic Charities Corporation · Cleveland, OH · 2024

    Fatima family center strategic plan year 2

  • $528,053

    Friends of Breakthrough Schools · Cleveland, OH · 2024

    General support

  • $508,000

    Cleveland Center for Arts and Technology Dba Newbridge · Cleveland, OH · 2024

    Bridges to empowerment: nurturing youth and strengthening adults

  • $503,000

    Birthing Beautiful Communities · Cleveland, OH · 2024

    Supporting the development and launch of northeast ohio's birthing center

  • $501,908

    American Cancer Society · Cleveland, OH · 2024

    General support for the greater cleveland area

  • $500,000

    Wfl Collective · Washington, DC · 2024

    9410 hough.

  • $500,000

    Emory Beacon of Light · Washington, DC · 2024

    9410 hough affordable housing development

  • $495,250

    Legal Aid Society of Cleveland · Cleveland, OH · 2024

    Continue & sustain right to counsel in cleveland housing court

  • $494,626

    Cleveland Public Library · Cleveland, OH · 2024

    Purchase of art books/works of visual contemporary artists, travel expenses to business mtgs.

  • $467,701

    Cleveland Zoological Society · Cleveland, OH · 2024

    General support

  • $459,400

    Esperanza · Cleveland, OH · 2024

    Esperanza: continuation of funds

  • $457,500

    Building Hope in the City · Cleveland, OH · 2024

    The hope center

  • $453,300

    Rails To Trails Conservancy · Washington, DC · 2024

    General support

  • $451,440

    Jewish Federation of Cleveland · Cleveland, OH · 2024

    General support

  • $450,000

    Evergreen Cooperative Corporation · Cleveland, OH · 2024

    Evergreen cooperative 2024 support scale down strategy

  • $441,785

    Laurel School · Shaker Hts, OH · 2024

    General support

  • $440,780

    Siegel & Shuster Society · Cleveland, OH · 2024

    Endowment distribution

  • $437,500

    Midtown Cleveland · Cleveland, OH · 2024

    Midtown cleveland and health-tech corridor project support, 2023-24

  • $421,403

    Hawken School · Gates Mills, OH · 2024

    Scholarship fund

  • $416,011

    Planned Parenthood of Greater Ohio · Columbus, OH · 2024

    General support

  • $409,305

    Circle Health Services · Cleveland, OH · 2024

    General support

  • $409,000

    Manufacturing Works · Cleveland, OH · 2024

    2024 summer internship host site

  • $406,850

    Greater Cleveland Volunteers · Cleveland, OH · 2024

    Managing encore cleveland communications

  • $402,000

    Policybridge · Cleveland, OH · 2024

    Annual fund

  • $380,576

    City of Cleveland · Cleveland, OH · 2024

    Senior strategist, arts, culture and creative economy - city of cleveland

  • $377,916

    Cleveland Hearing and Speech Center · Cleveland, OH · 2024

    General support

  • $375,500

    Economic and Community Development Institute (Ecdi) · Columbus, OH · 2024

    Ecdi cleveland operations and programming

  • $374,949

    Saint Martin De Porres High School · Cleveland, OH · 2024

    General support

  • $369,500

    Ohio City Incorporated · Cleveland, OH · 2024

    Organization distribution

  • $366,184

    First Church of Christ Scientist · Boston, MA · 2024

    Build endowment in fund

  • $361,032

    Recovery Resources · Cleveland, OH · 2024

    General support

  • $360,000

    Neighborhood Leadership Institute · Cleveland, OH · 2024

    Year 3 implementation of planning and career exploration (pace) for students in cleveland metropolitan school district (cmsd)

  • $353,893

    Baldwin Wallace University · Berea, OH · 2024

    General support of the biology department of baldwin-wallace college

  • $350,930

    Ywca of Cleveland Ohio · Cleveland, OH · 2024

    One-time emergency support for the early learning center

  • $349,359

    Fieldstone Farm Therapeutic Riding Center · Chagrin Falls, OH · 2024

    General support

  • $348,810

    Trustees of the Smith College · Northampton, MA · 2024

    Need based scholarship for summer science and engineering

  • $343,605

    Hospice of the Western Reserve · Cleveland, OH · 2024

    General support - unrestricted

  • $329,000

    Spaces · Cleveland, OH · 2024

    Organization distribution

  • $320,911

    Cuyahoga County · Cleveland, OH · 2024

    Cuyahoga county department of children and family services - special client needs

  • $319,995

    University School · Hunting Valley, OH · 2024

    Annual fund 2023-24

  • $313,210

    College of Wooster · Wooster, OH · 2024

    General support

  • $311,212

    Catholic Community Foundation · Cleveland, OH · 2024

    Good shepherd foundation

  • $307,191

    Cleveland Metroparks Dba Cleveland Metropolitan Park District · Cleveland, OH · 2024

    Cleveland community sailing center

  • $306,162

    Paralyzed Veterans of America Buckeye Chapter · Willoughby Hills, OH · 2024

    General support

  • $304,827

    Business Volunteers Unlimited · Cleveland, OH · 2024

    General support

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Unlike private foundations, grantmaking charities and associations often run formal grant programs with real application cycles — check their website for current opportunities. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.