Funding search · EIN 341372066 · Cleveland, OH

Deaconess Foundation

Name: Deaconess Foundation grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

179
grants reported: $8.6M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $22,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

outreach workforce connections community development high pilot presidents

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

1 grant matching “cmsd” · $180,000

$180,000
College Now Greater Cleveland · Cleveland, OH · 2022
To train school and community personnel to integrate career planning within the cmsd and beyond systematic change from c4ci program;systematic change from c4ci program

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Youth Opportunities Unlimited4 grants · $975,750
Towards Employment4 grants · $933,500
Fund for Our Economic Future4 grants · $745,000
College Now Greater Cleveland4 grants · $515,000
Cleveland Center for Arts & Technology (Dba Newbridge)4 grants · $477,339
Legal Aid Society of Cleveland4 grants · $460,000
Open Doors Academy4 grants · $397,250
Local Initiatives Support Corp4 grants · $380,000
The Salvation Army4 grants · $305,000
The Centers for Families & Children4 grants · $290,000

Giving over time

$2.4M

2022

$2.3M

2023

$2.0M

2024

$2.0M

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 179 grants.

$300,000
Fund for Our Economic Future · Cleveland, OH · 2023
For membership, 2022-2024; for the workforce funders group (ffef as fiscal sponsor)
$293,250
Youth Opportunities Unlimited · Cleveland, OH · 2022
For staff leadership of the greater cleveland career consortium; for general operating support;incentive program to engage youth to participate in and complete programming;participation in mini assessment
$275,500
Towards Employment · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Career pathway support to overcome systemic injustice and provide tools to find work, navigate life's obstacles, and secure long-term careers.; capacity building chief program officer (cpo); meeting stipend
$245,000
Towards Employment · Cleveland, OH · 2025
Workforce programs, deb vesy systems change champion award
$230,500
Youth Opportunities Unlimited · Cleveland, OH · 2023
General operating support; youth opportunities unlimited summer youth programming grant; meeting stipend
$230,000
Youth Opportunities Unlimited · Cleveland, OH · 2024
Grants
$222,000
Youth Opportunities Unlimited · Cleveland, OH · 2025
Workforce programs
$220,000
Fund for Our Economic Future · Cleveland, OH · 2025
Workforce programs
$218,000
Towards Employment · Cleveland, OH · 2022
General operations; pilot with neighborhood connections
$195,000
Towards Employment · Cleveland, OH · 2024
Grants
$180,000
College Now Greater Cleveland · Cleveland, OH · 2022
To train school and community personnel to integrate career planning within the cmsd and beyond systematic change from c4ci program;systematic change from c4ci program
$176,248
Cleveland Center for Arts & Technology (Dba Newbridge) · Cleveland, OH · 2023
2023 public service fellow support; adult healthcare workforce development programming; continuous improvement coaching to develop high performing teams and academic success
$175,000
Fund for Our Economic Future · Cleveland, OH · 2022
For the workforce funders group (ffef as fiscal sponsor)
$130,000
College Now Greater Cleveland · Cleveland, OH · 2024
Grants
$130,000
College Now Greater Cleveland · Cleveland, OH · 2023
College now center on education to career advising
$130,000
Legal Aid Society of Cleveland · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Support for the acer project year 3 of 4
$130,000
Legal Aid Society of Cleveland · Cleveland, OH · 2022
Support for the acer project - year 2
$130,000
Local Initiatives Support Corp · New York, NY · 2022
Financial opportunity centers
$115,000
Cleveland Center for Arts & Technology (Dba Newbridge) · Cleveland, OH · 2024
Grants
$115,000
The Centers for Families & Children · Cleveland, OH · 2024
Grants
$110,000
Open Doors Academy · Cleveland, OH · 2023
High school plus program
$107,250
Open Doors Academy · Cleveland, OH · 2022
Participant in mini assessment; for the high school plus program
$100,000
Cleveland Center for Arts & Technology (Dba Newbridge) · Cleveland, OH · 2025
Healthcare training programs and healthcare sector partnership
$100,000
Legal Aid Society of Cleveland · Cleveland, OH · 2025
Workforce programs
$100,000
Cleveland Neighborhood Progress · Cleveland, OH · 2024
Grants
$100,000
Legal Aid Society of Cleveland · Cleveland, OH · 2024
Grants
$98,912
Ohioguidestone · Berea, OH · 2022
General operating support for workforce 360 program; pilot initiatives to increase recruiting outreach thru student stipends, incentives, ads
$90,000
Open Doors Academy · Cleveland, OH · 2025
Workforce programs
$90,000
Local Initiatives Support Corp · New York, NY · 2024
Grants
$90,000
Open Doors Academy · Cleveland, OH · 2024
Grants
$90,000
Local Initiatives Support Corp · New York, NY · 2023
Foc/bridges expansion strategy
$90,000
Neighborhood Progress · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Strengthening the workforce development ecosystem
$86,091
Cleveland Center for Arts & Technology (Dba Newbridge) · Cleveland, OH · 2022
New bridge abhes credentialing; adult healthcare workforce development programming
$84,000
Cuyahoga Community College Foundation · Cleveland, OH · 2022
For a pilot to provide retention & advancement support to tri-c graduates in health care occupations
$80,000
Greater Cleveland Works · Cleveland, OH · 2025
Workforce programs
$80,000
Ohio Guidestone · Berea, OH · 2025
Operating support for workforce 360
$80,000
The Centers for Families & Children · Cleveland, OH · 2025
Workforce programs
$80,000
Ohioguidestone · Berea, OH · 2024
Grants
$80,000
Ohioguidestone · Berea, OH · 2023
General operational support for workforce 360
$80,000
The Salvation Army · Cleveland, OH · 2022
Pace employment program
$75,000
College Now Greater Cleveland · Cleveland, OH · 2025
Workforce programs
$75,000
Resource Cleveland · Cleveland, OH · 2025
Workforce programs
$75,000
The Salvation Army · Cleveland, OH · 2025
Workforce programs
$75,000
The Salvation Army · Cleveland, OH · 2024
Grants
$75,000
The Centers for Families & Children · Cleveland, OH · 2023
El barrio workforce program
$75,000
The Salvation Army · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Pace employment program coordination for community corrections re-entry clients
$75,000
Neighborhood Progress · Cleveland, OH · 2022
To support cdcs in connecting neighborhood residents with workforce development services
$70,000
Local Initiatives Support Corp · New York, NY · 2025
Workforce programs
$70,000
Cuyahoga County Public Library · Parma, OH · 2022
Expansion of citizenship training at the library; to prepare women outside the workforce for office and administrative jobs
$65,000
The Spanish American Committee · Cleveland, OH · 2022
For the latino construction project & workforce program under families first; organizational and programmatic assessment and evaluation and succession planning
$50,000
Center for Employment Opportunities · New York, NY · 2025
Workforce programs
$50,000
Edwins Leadership & Restaurant Institute · Cleveland, OH · 2025
Management fellowship at edwins
$50,000
Magnet · Cleveland, OH · 2025
Manufacturing sector partnership
$50,000
Argonaut · Cleveland, OH · 2024
Grants
$50,000
Center for Employment Opportunities · New York, NY · 2024
Grants
$50,000
Collaborate Cleveland · Cleveland, OH · 2024
Grants
$50,000
Edwins Leadership & Restaurant Institute · Cleveland, OH · 2024
Grants
$50,000
Fund for Our Economic Future · Cleveland, OH · 2024
Grants
$50,000
Resource Cleveland · Cleveland, OH · 2024
Grants
$50,000
Center for Employment Opportunities · New York, NY · 2023
Comprehensive reentry employment services for clevelands justice-impacted returning citizens
$50,000
Edwins Leadership & Restaurant Institute · Cleveland, OH · 2022
Expansion & continuation of elri and management fellowship program
$50,000
Urban City Codes Technology and Community Resources · Cleveland, OH · 2022
For program support to deliver training in digital literacy and it occupational skills
$45,750
The Spanish American Committee · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Latino construction program
$45,000
Saint Martin De Porres High School · Cleveland, OH · 2025
Workforce programs
$45,000
The Spanish American Committee · Cleveland, OH · 2025
Workforce programs
$45,000
The Spanish American Committee · Cleveland, OH · 2024
Grants
$45,000
Literacy Cooperative of Greater Cleveland · Cleveland, OH · 2022
Aspen institute workforce leadership academy;contextualized reading and math high school pilot
$42,500
Saint Martin De Porres High School · Cleveland, OH · 2024
Grants
$40,000
Greater Cleveland Works · Cleveland, OH · 2024
Grants
$40,000
One Fair Wage · Cambridge, MA · 2023
One fair wage high road kitchens program
$40,000
Junior Achievement of Greater Cleveland · Cleveland, OH · 2022
Expansion of workforce preparation programming
$40,000
Smart Development · Cleveland, OH · 2022
Program and organizational audit, evaluation and recommendations; support staffing and program model to provide wraparound supportive services to job seeking clients
$40,000
Thea Bowman Center · Cleveland, OH · 2022
Connecting mt. Pleasant residents to evidence based programs; strategic planning
$35,000
Beat the Streets Cleveland · Cleveland, OH · 2025
Workforce programs
$35,000
Argonaut · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Aerospace and maritime career pathways for high school students
$35,000
Envision Excellence in STEM Education · Cleveland Heights, OH · 2022
To support the neostem wir'ed program
$33,000
The McGregor Foundation · East Cleveland, OH · 2022
Stna and medication aide training
$31,300
Burten Bell Carr Development · Cleveland, OH · 2023
To support the universal basic employment pilot
$31,000
The McGregor Foundation · East Cleveland, OH · 2025
Workforce programs
$30,000
Tri-C Foundation · Cleveland, OH · 2025
Workforce programs
$26,000
The Cleveland Foundation · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Public service fellows; continued support for greater cleveland funders collaborative (gcfc)
$25,100
Center for Employment Opportunities · New York, NY · 2022
To support workforce program operations; meeting stipend
$25,000
Metro West Cdo · Cleveland, OH · 2024
2024 connections
$25,000
Cleveland Owns · Cleveland, OH · 2023
The worker- and community-owned cooperative development program at cleveland owns
$25,000
Fairfax Renaissance Development Corporation · Cleveland, OH · 2023
2023 connections
$25,000
Near West Side Multi Service Corporation (Dba May Dugan Center) · Cleveland, OH · 2023
May dugan center strategic planning
$25,000
The McGregor Foundation · East Cleveland, OH · 2023
Arena analytics pilot
$25,000
Fairfax Renaissance Development Corporation · Cleveland, OH · 2022
Staff salaries to continue connections
$22,000
Smart Development · Cleveland, OH · 2024
2024 connections
$22,000
The City Mission · Cleveland, OH · 2024
2024 connections
$20,000
Collaborate Cleveland · Cleveland, OH · 2025
Presidents fund
$20,000
Center for Community Solutions · Cleveland, OH · 2024
Grants
$20,000
Cuyahoga Community College Foundation · Cleveland, OH · 2024
2024 pres discretionary grant
$20,000
Fairfax Renaissance Development Corporation · Cleveland, OH · 2024
2024 connections
$20,000
Young Women'S Christian Association of Cleveland Ohio · Cleveland, OH · 2024
2024 connections
$20,000
Smart Development · Cleveland, OH · 2023
2023 connections
$20,000
Social Venture Partners Cleveland · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Community insights & research for svp's next chapter
$20,000
Funders Together To End Homelessness · Boston, MA · 2022
For the fund for workforce equity
$20,000
The Centers for Families & Children · Cleveland, OH · 2022
Development and implementation of marketing strategy to recruit
$18,000
Metro West Cdo · Cleveland, OH · 2023
2023 connections

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