Funding search · EIN 346555349 · Cleveland, OH

The Kelvin & Eleanor Smith Foundation

Name: The Kelvin & Eleanor Smith Foundation grants, 2022–2024
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.

243
grants reported: $25.4M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $30,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

campaign capital center arts believe challenge curator decorative

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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 “ncaa” · $50,000

$50,000
Greater Cleveland Sports Commission · Cleveland, OH · 2024
Ncaa women's final four

Top recipients

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

The Cleveland Museum of Art7 grants · $6.4M
Musical Arts Association3 grants · $2.6M
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame4 grants · $2.6M
Greater Cleveland Food Bank4 grants · $2.1M
Cleveland Museum of Natural History2 grants · $2.0M
University Hospitals2 grants · $2.0M
Hospice of the Western Reserve3 grants · $590,000
Magnet1 grant · $500,000
Cleveland Institute of Music3 grants · $320,000
Lake View Cemetery Foundation3 grants · $195,000

Giving over time

$6.3M

2022

$9.7M

2023

$9.3M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 243 grants.

$3.0M
The Cleveland Museum of Art · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Decorative arts curator, special exhibits, gen'l support
$2.0M
The Cleveland Museum of Art · Cleveland, OH · 2024
Chair's challenge
$2.0M
Greater Cleveland Food Bank · Cleveland, OH · 2022
New community kitchen-coit rd.
$1.3M
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Museum 2.0 expansion project
$1.3M
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame · Cleveland, OH · 2022
Rock hall expansion project
$1.2M
Musical Arts Association · Cleveland, OH · 2024
"we believe" campaign&gen'l op.supp.
$1.2M
Musical Arts Association · Cleveland, OH · 2023
"we believe" campaign-music director
$1.0M
Cleveland Museum of Natural History · Cleveland, OH · 2024
Capital support
$1.0M
The Cleveland Museum of Art · Cleveland, OH · 2024
Decorative arts curator, special exhibits, gen'l support
$1.0M
University Hospitals · Shaker Hts, OH · 2024
Uh expressive therapy program
$1.0M
Cleveland Museum of Natural History · Cleveland, OH · 2023
General operating support
$1.0M
University Hospitals · Shaker Hts, OH · 2023
Uh expressive therapy program
$530,000
Hospice of the Western Reserve · Cleveland, OH · 2024
General operating support
$500,000
Magnet · Cleveland, OH · 2022
Capital for mfg.innov.,tech.&job center
$275,000
Cleveland Institute of Music · Cleveland, OH · 2024
General op.support & kulas hall renov.
$205,000
The Cleveland Museum of Art · Cleveland, OH · 2024
General operating support
$200,000
Musical Arts Association · Cleveland, OH · 2022
General operating support
$165,000
Lake View Cemetery Foundation · Cleveland, OH · 2023
James a. Garfield restoration
$150,000
The Cleveland Museum of Art · Cleveland, OH · 2022
General operating support
$110,000
City Club of Cleveland · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Guardians of free speech campaign
$100,000
Hiram House · Moreland Hills, OH · 2022
Aquatic center capital campaign
$70,000
Downtown Cleveland Alliance · Cleveland, OH · 2024
General operating support
$67,500
Lake Erie Nature & Science Center · Bay Village, OH · 2023
Wildlife gardens renovation project
$63,500
Playhouse Square Foundation · Cleveland, OH · 2024
General operating support
$62,500
Playhouse Square Foundation · Cleveland, OH · 2023
General operating support
$60,000
Fieldstone Farm Therapeutic Riding Center · Chagrin Falls, OH · 2024
General operating support
$60,000
Planned Parenthood of Greater Ohio · Bedford Hts, OH · 2024
General operating support
$60,000
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame · Cleveland, OH · 2024
2024 induction educ.prog.& gen'l op.supp.
$60,000
Saint Martin De Porres High School · Cleveland, OH · 2024
General operating support
$60,000
Downtown Cleveland Alliance · Cleveland, OH · 2023
General operating support
$60,000
Planned Parenthood of Greater Ohio · Bedford Hts, OH · 2023
General operating support
$60,000
Saint Martin De Porres High School · Cleveland, OH · 2023
General operating support
$60,000
Downtown Cleveland Alliance · Cleveland, OH · 2022
General operating support
$60,000
Planned Parenthood of Greater Ohio · Bedford Hts, OH · 2022
General operating support
$59,000
Cleveland Leadership Center · Cleveland, OH · 2024
General op.support & cleve.thrives prog.
$57,500
Fieldstone Farm Therapeutic Riding Center · Chagrin Falls, OH · 2023
General operating support
$57,500
Fieldstone Farm Therapeutic Riding Center · Chagrin Falls, OH · 2022
General operating support
$55,000
Greater Cleveland Food Bank · Cleveland, OH · 2024
General operating support
$54,000
College Now Greater Cleveland · Cleveland, OH · 2024
General op.support & energency fund
$50,000
Friends of Breakthrough Schools · Cleveland, OH · 2024
General operating support
$50,000
Great Lakes Theater · Cleveland, OH · 2024
General operating support
$50,000
Greater Cleveland Sports Commission · Cleveland, OH · 2024
Ncaa women's final four
$50,000
Holden Forests & Gardens · Kirtland, OH · 2024
General operating support
$50,000
Land Studio · Cleveland, OH · 2024
General operating support
$50,000
Lawrence School · Sagamore Hills, OH · 2024
General operating support
$50,000
Music Settlement · Cleveland, OH · 2024
General operating support
$50,000
The Nature Conservancy - Ohio · Dublin, OH · 2024
General operating support
$50,000
Western Reserve Land Conservancy · Novelty, OH · 2024
General operating support
$50,000
Friends of Breakthrough Schools · Cleveland, OH · 2023
General operating support
$50,000
Great Lakes Theater · Cleveland, OH · 2023
General operating support
$50,000
Holden Forests & Gardens · Kirtland, OH · 2023
General operating support
$50,000
Land Studio · Cleveland, OH · 2023
General operating support
$50,000
Lawrence School · Sagamore Hills, OH · 2023
General operating support
$50,000
Music Settlement · Cleveland, OH · 2023
General operating support
$50,000
The Nature Conservancy - Ohio · Dublin, OH · 2023
General operating support
$50,000
Western Reserve Land Conservancy · Novelty, OH · 2023
General operating support
$50,000
Friends of Breakthrough Schools · Cleveland, OH · 2022
General operating support
$50,000
Great Lakes Theater · Cleveland, OH · 2022
General operating support
$50,000
Greater Cleveland Sports Commission · Cleveland, OH · 2022
Velocity campaign
$50,000
Holden Forests & Gardens · Kirtland, OH · 2022
General operating support
$50,000
Land Studio · Cleveland, OH · 2022
General operating support
$50,000
Lawrence School · Sagamore Hills, OH · 2022
General operating support
$50,000
Music Settlement · Cleveland, OH · 2022
General operating support
$50,000
Playhouse Square Foundation · Cleveland, OH · 2022
General operating support
$50,000
Rainey Institute · Cleveland, OH · 2022
Challenge grant for pivot center campaign
$50,000
Saint Martin De Porres High School · Cleveland, OH · 2022
General operating support
$50,000
The Nature Conservancy - Ohio · Dublin, OH · 2022
General operating support
$50,000
Western Reserve Land Conservancy · Novelty, OH · 2022
General operating support
$45,000
Bvu the Center for Nonprofit Excellence · Cleveland, OH · 2023
General operating support
$45,000
Cleveland Leadership Center · Cleveland, OH · 2023
General operating support
$42,500
Ideastream Public Media · Cleveland, OH · 2024
General operating support
$42,500
Ideastream Public Media · Cleveland, OH · 2023
General operating support
$42,500
Ideastream Public Media · Cleveland, OH · 2022
General operating support
$41,000
Greater Cleveland Habitat for Humanity · Cleveland, OH · 2022
General operating support
$40,000
Center for Arts-Inspired Learning · Cleveland, OH · 2024
General operating support
$40,000
Cleveland Sight Center · Cleveland, OH · 2024
General operating support
$40,000
Lake Erie Nature & Science Center · Bay Village, OH · 2024
General operating support
$40,000
Center for Arts-Inspired Learning · Cleveland, OH · 2023
General operating support
$40,000
Cleveland Sight Center · Cleveland, OH · 2023
General operating support
$40,000
College Now Greater Cleveland · Cleveland, OH · 2023
General operating support
$40,000
Teach for America · New York, NY · 2023
General operating support
$40,000
Center for Arts-Inspired Learning · Cleveland, OH · 2022
General operating support
$40,000
Cleveland Leadership Center · Cleveland, OH · 2022
General operating support
$40,000
Cleveland Sight Center · Cleveland, OH · 2022
General operating support
$40,000
College Now Greater Cleveland · Cleveland, OH · 2022
General operating support
$40,000
Lake Erie Nature & Science Center · Bay Village, OH · 2022
General operating support
$35,000
Boys & Girls Clubs of Northeast Ohio · Cleveland, OH · 2024
General operating support
$35,000
Family Promise of Greater Cleveland · Cleveland, OH · 2024
General operating support
$35,000
Hopewell · Middlefield, OH · 2024
General operating support
$35,000
Open Doors Academy · Cleveland, OH · 2024
General operating support
$35,000
Boys & Girls Clubs of Cleveland · Cleveland, OH · 2023
General operating support
$35,000
Family Promise of Greater Cleveland · Cleveland, OH · 2023
General operating support
$35,000
Hopewell · Middlefield, OH · 2023
General operating support
$35,000
Open Doors Academy · Cleveland, OH · 2023
General operating support
$35,000
Family Promise of Greater Cleveland · Cleveland, OH · 2022
General operating support
$35,000
Hopewell · Middlefield, OH · 2022
General operating support
$32,500
Boys & Girls Clubs of Cleveland · Cleveland, OH · 2022
General operating support
$30,000
Beech Brook · Pepper Pike, OH · 2024
General operating support
$30,000
Cleveland Hearing & Speech Center · Cleveland, OH · 2024
General operating support
$30,000
Cleveland School of the Arts · Cleveland, OH · 2024
General operating support

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.