Funding search · EIN 346572280 · Cleveland, OH

Freeman Foundation

Name: Freeman 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.

102
grants reported: $1.6M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $10,000
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

expenses

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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.

Top recipients

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

Rock It Out4 grants · $150,000
Cleveland Metroparks Zoo3 grants · $90,000
Cleveland Food Bank2 grants · $75,000
Community Catalyst Partners3 grants · $70,000
Magnolia Clubhouse4 grants · $60,000
Animal Protection League4 grants · $50,000
Cleveland Clinic - Hni Inovations1 grant · $50,000
Case Western Reserve University1 grant · $50,000
Edwins Foundation4 grants · $50,000
Cleveland Metroparks2 grants · $50,000

Giving over time

$245,000

2022

$400,000

2023

$450,000

2024

$465,000

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 102 grants.

$50,000
Case Western Reserve University · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Operating expenses
$50,000
Cleveland Clinic - Hni Inovations · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Operating expenses
$50,000
Cleveland Food Bank · Cleveland, OH · 2022
Operating expenses
$50,000
Rock It Out · Lakewood, OH · 2022
Operating expenses
$40,000
Rock It Out · Lakewood, OH · 2025
General support
$40,000
Cleveland Metroparks Zoo · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Operating expenses
$30,000
Community Catalyst Partners · Woodstock, CT · 2024
General support
$30,000
Rock It Out · Lakewood, OH · 2024
General support
$30,000
Community Catalyst Partners · Woodstock, CT · 2023
Operating expenses
$30,000
Rock It Out · Lakewood, OH · 2023
Operating expenses
$25,000
Cleveland Metroparks · Cleveland, OH · 2025
General support
$25,000
Cleveland Metroparks Zoo · Cleveland, OH · 2025
General support
$25,000
Ideastream · Clevealand, OH · 2025
General support
$25,000
Cleveland Metroparks · Cleveland, OH · 2024
General support
$25,000
Cleveland Metroparks Zoo · Cleveland, OH · 2024
General support
$25,000
Ohio University · Athens, OH · 2024
General support
$25,000
Cleveland Food Bank · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Operating expenses
$20,000
Edwins Foundation · Cleveland, OH · 2025
General support
$20,000
Legal Aid of Cleveland · Cleveland, OH · 2025
General support
$20,000
Newbridge Cleveland Center for Arts and Technology · Cleveland, OH · 2025
General support
$20,000
The Music Settlement · Cleveland, OH · 2025
General support
$20,000
Legal Aid of Cleveland · Cleveland, OH · 2024
General support
$20,000
Newbridge Cleveland Center for Arts and Technology · Cleveland, OH · 2024
General support
$20,000
The Music Settlement · Cleveland, OH · 2024
General support
$20,000
Colors Plus · Fairview Park, OH · 2023
Operating expenses
$20,000
Carolyn I Farrell Foundation · Westlake, OH · 2022
Operating expenses
$15,000
Animal Protection League · Cleveland, OH · 2025
General support
$15,000
Ccf Lgptq Care · Cleveland, OH · 2025
General support
$15,000
Cleveland Rape Crisis Center (Crcc) · Cleveland, OH · 2025
General support
$15,000
First Tee · Newburgh Heights, OH · 2025
General support
$15,000
First Year Cleveland · Cleveland, OH · 2025
General support
$15,000
Journey Center · Cleveland, OH · 2025
General support
$15,000
Magnolia Clubhouse · Cleveland, OH · 2025
General support
$15,000
Ohio City Bicycle Co-Op (Ocbc) · Cleveland, OH · 2025
General support
$15,000
Pals for Healing · Independence, OH · 2025
General support
$15,000
Seeds of Literacy · Cleveland, OH · 2025
General support
$15,000
The Gathering Place · Beachwood, OH · 2025
General support
$15,000
Animal Protection League · Cleveland, OH · 2024
General support
$15,000
First Year Cleveland · Cleveland, OH · 2024
General support
$15,000
Journey Center · Cleveland, OH · 2024
General support
$15,000
Magnolia Clubhouse · Cleveland, OH · 2024
General support
$15,000
Seeds of Literacy · Cleveland, OH · 2024
General support
$15,000
The Gathering Place · Beachwood, OH · 2024
General support
$15,000
Magnolia Clubhouse · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Operating expenses
$15,000
Magnolia Clubhouse · Cleveland, OH · 2022
Operating expenses
$15,000
Refugee Response · Cleveland, OH · 2022
Operating expenses
$10,000
Canines Helping Independent People · Canton, OH · 2025
General support
$10,000
Carolina Poodle · Pacolet, SC · 2025
General support
$10,000
Cleveland Public Theatre · Cleveland, OH · 2025
General support
$10,000
Fire Foundation · Kansas City, MO · 2025
General support
$10,000
Marilyn'S Voice · Mentor, OH · 2025
General support
$10,000
Mary Dugan Center Supporting Organization · Cleveland, OH · 2025
General support
$10,000
The Marshal Project · New York, NY · 2025
General support
$10,000
Towards Employement · Cleveland, OH · 2025
General support
$10,000
University of Michigan Scholarship · Ann Arbor, MI · 2025
General support
$10,000
Youth Opportunities Unlimited (You) · Cleveland, OH · 2025
General support
$10,000
Carolina Poodle · Pacolet, SC · 2024
General support
$10,000
Carolyn I Farrell Foundation · Westlake, OH · 2024
General support
$10,000
Cleveland Public Theatre · Cleveland, OH · 2024
General support
$10,000
Cleveland Rape Crisis Center (Crcc) · Cleveland, OH · 2024
General support
$10,000
Edwins Foundation · Cleveland, OH · 2024
General support
$10,000
First Tee · Newburgh Heights, OH · 2024
General support
$10,000
Ideastream · Clevealand, OH · 2024
General support
$10,000
Karamu House · Cleveland, OH · 2024
General support
$10,000
Lakewood High School Scholarship Program · Lakewood, OH · 2024
General support
$10,000
Ohio City Bicycle Co-Op (Ocbc) · Cleveland, OH · 2024
General support
$10,000
Pals for Healing · Independence, OH · 2024
General support
$10,000
Playhouse Square Foundation · Cleveland, OH · 2024
General support
$10,000
The Marshal Project · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$10,000
Towards Employement · Cleveland, OH · 2024
General support
$10,000
University of Michigan Scholarship · Ann Arbor, MI · 2024
General support
$10,000
Youth Opportunities Unlimited (You) · Cleveland, OH · 2024
General support
$10,000
Animal Protection League · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Operating expenses
$10,000
Canopy Child · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Operating expenses
$10,000
Carolina Poodle · Pacolet, SC · 2023
Operating expenses
$10,000
Edwins Foundation · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Operating expenses
$10,000
Environment Health · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Operating expenses
$10,000
First Tee · Newburgh Heights, OH · 2023
Operating expenses
$10,000
Ideastream · Clevealand, OH · 2023
Operating expenses
$10,000
Legal Aid of Cleveland · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Operating expenses
$10,000
Pals for Healing · Independence, OH · 2023
Operating expenses
$10,000
Starting Point · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Operating expenses
$10,000
The Marshal Project · New York, NY · 2023
Operating expenses
$10,000
University of Michigan Scholarship · Ann Arbor, MI · 2023
Operating expenses
$10,000
Animal Protection League · Cleveland, OH · 2022
Operating expenses
$10,000
Carolina Poodle · Pacolet, SC · 2022
Operating expenses
$10,000
Ccf Lgptq Care · Cleveland, OH · 2022
Operating expenses
$10,000
Colors Plus · Fairview Park, OH · 2022
Operating expenses
$10,000
Community Catalyst Partners · Woodstock, CT · 2022
Operating expenses
$10,000
Edwins Foundation · Cleveland, OH · 2022
Operating expenses
$10,000
First Tee · Newburgh Heights, OH · 2022
Operating expenses
$10,000
Preterm Cleveland · Cleveland, OH · 2022
Operating expenses
$5,000
Rise Up Northeast Ohio · Cleveland, OH · 2025
General support
$5,000
Marilyn'S Voice · Mentor, OH · 2024
General support
$5,000
Cleveland Public Theatre · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Operating expenses
$5,000
Franklin Circle Christian Church · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Operating expenses
$5,000
Marilyn'S Voice · Mentor, OH · 2023
Operating expenses
$5,000
Cleveland Public Theatre · Cleveland, OH · 2022
Operating expenses
$5,000
Marilyn'S Voice · Mentor, OH · 2022
Operating expenses
$5,000
University of Michigan Scholarship · Ann Arbor, MI · 2022
Operating expenses

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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.