Funding search · EIN 341536795 · Shaker Heights, OH

Gries Family Foundation

Name: Gries Family 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.

120
grants reported: $2.0M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $2,760
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

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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.

University Hospitals3 grants · $1.1M
The Cleveland Foundation2 grants · $200,000
Case Western Reserve University3 grants · $95,000
American Jewish Committee3 grants · $85,000
Suburban Temple3 grants · $70,500
Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage3 grants · $48,500
Jewish Federation of Cleveland3 grants · $47,500
Cleveland City Club2 grants · $46,745
Cleveland Botanical Gardenholden Arb3 grants · $42,500
Cleveland Museum of Art3 grants · $30,000

Giving over time

$382,500

2022

$1.3M

2023

$338,521

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 120 grants.

$912,750
University Hospitals · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Operating support
$151,000
University Hospitals · Cleveland, OH · 2024
Operating support
$100,000
The Cleveland Foundation · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Operating support
$100,000
The Cleveland Foundation · Cleveland, OH · 2022
Operating support
$53,000
Suburban Temple · Beachwood, OH · 2024
Operating support
$45,000
Case Western Reserve University · Cleveland, OH · 2022
Operating support
$40,000
Case Western Reserve University · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Operating support
$30,000
American Jewish Committee · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Operating support
$27,500
American Jewish Committee · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Operating support
$27,500
American Jewish Committee · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Operating support
$25,000
Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage · Beachwood, OH · 2023
Operating support
$25,000
Cleveland City Club · Cleveland, OH · 2022
Operating support
$25,000
Jewish Federation of Cleveland · Beachwood, OH · 2022
Operating support
$21,745
Cleveland City Club · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Operating support
$20,000
Jewish Federation of Cleveland · Beachwood, OH · 2023
Operating support
$17,500
Cleveland Botanical Gardenholden Arb · Cleveland, OH · 2022
Operating support
$15,000
Cleveland Botanical Gardenholden Arb · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Operating support
$12,500
Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage · Beachwood, OH · 2022
Operating support
$11,000
Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage · Beachwood, OH · 2024
Operating support
$10,000
Case Western Reserve University · Cleveland, OH · 2024
Operating support
$10,000
Cleveland Botanical Gardenholden Arb · Cleveland, OH · 2024
Operating support
$10,000
Cleveland Museum of Art · Cleveland, OH · 2024
Operating support
$10,000
Cleveland Museum of Art · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Operating support
$10,000
Vocational Guidance Services · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Operating support
$10,000
Borderlight International Theatre · Cleveland, OH · 2022
Operating support
$10,000
Cleveland Museum of Art · Cleveland, OH · 2022
Operating support
$10,000
Vocational Guidance Services · Cleveland, OH · 2022
Operating support
$9,000
Suburban Temple · Beachwood, OH · 2023
Operating support
$8,500
Suburban Temple · Beachwood, OH · 2022
Operating support
$8,000
Smith College · Northhampton, MA · 2023
Operating support
$8,000
Smith College · Northhampton, MA · 2022
Operating support
$7,500
Playhouse Square · Cleveland, OH · 2024
Operating support
$7,500
Playhouse Square · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Operating support
$7,500
Playhouse Square · Cleveland, OH · 2022
Operating support
$6,000
Vocational Guidance Services · Cleveland, OH · 2024
Operating support
$5,500
Hawken School · Gates Mills, OH · 2023
Operating support
$5,000
Hawken School · Gates Mills, OH · 2024
Operating support
$5,000
Joseph Slifka Center for Jewish Life · New Haven, CT · 2024
Operating support
$5,000
Smith College · Northhampton, MA · 2024
Operating support
$5,000
The Diversity Center · Cleveland, OH · 2024
Lead contribution
$5,000
Cleveland Food Bank · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Operating support
$5,000
Cleveland Playhouse · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Operating support
$5,000
Downtown Cleveland Alliance · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Operating support
$5,000
Joseph Slifka Center for Jewish Life · New Haven, CT · 2023
Operating support
$5,000
The Diversity Center · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Lead contribution
$5,000
Cleveland Playhouse · Cleveland, OH · 2022
Operating support
$5,000
Downtown Cleveland Alliance · Cleveland, OH · 2022
Operating support
$5,000
Front International · Cleveland, OH · 2022
Operating support
$5,000
Hawken School · Gates Mills, OH · 2022
Operating support
$5,000
The Diversity Center · Cleveland, OH · 2022
Lead contribution
$4,000
Cleveland State University · Cleveland, OH · 2024
Operating support
$4,000
Boy Scouts of America · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Operating support
$4,000
Land Studio · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Operating support
$4,000
Boy Scouts of America · Cleveland, OH · 2022
Operating support
$4,000
Land Studio · Cleveland, OH · 2022
Operating support
$3,500
University Hospitals · Cleveland, OH · 2022
Operating support
$3,000
Ideastream · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Operating support
$3,000
Greater Cleveland Food Bank · Cleveland, OH · 2022
Operating support
$3,000
Ideastream · Cleveland, OH · 2022
Operating support
$3,000
Temple Tifereth Israel · Beachwood, OH · 2022
Operating support
$2,521
Philanthropy Ohio · Cleveland, OH · 2024
Operating support
$2,500
Cleveland Clinic Foundation · Cleveland, OH · 2024
Operating support
$2,500
Cleveland Food Bank · Cleveland, OH · 2024
Operating support
$2,500
Cleveland Playhouse · Cleveland, OH · 2024
Operating support
$2,500
Congregation Mishkan Or · Beachwood, OH · 2024
Operating support
$2,500
Jewish Federation of Cleveland · Beachwood, OH · 2024
Operating support
$2,500
Cleveland Music Settlement · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Operating support
$2,500
Cleveland State University · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Operating support
$2,500
John Carroll University · University Heights, OH · 2023
Operating support
$2,500
Temple Tifereth Israel · Beachwood, OH · 2023
Operating support
$2,500
University of Colorado Foundation · Denver, CO · 2023
Operating support
$2,500
Cleveland Council On World Affaires · Cleveland, OH · 2022
Operating support
$2,500
Cleveland Music Settlement · Cleveland, OH · 2022
Operating support
$2,500
Cleveland State University · Cleveland, OH · 2022
Operating support
$2,500
John Carroll University · University Heights, OH · 2022
Operating support
$2,000
Shaker Height Youth · Shaker Heights, OH · 2024
Operating support
$2,000
Cleveland Institute of Music · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Operating support
$2,000
Shaker Height Youth · Shaker Heights, OH · 2023
Operating support
$2,000
Cleveland Clinic Foundation · Cleveland, OH · 2022
Operating support
$2,000
Cleveland Institute of Music · Cleveland, OH · 2022
Operating support
$2,000
Shaker Height Youth · Shaker Heights, OH · 2022
Operating support
$1,960
Entertainmnet Revue Hits Foundation · Tampa, FL · 2023
Operating support
$1,597
Philanthropy Ohio · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Operating support
$1,500
Chagrin Documnetary Film Festival · Chagrin Falls, OH · 2022
Operating support
$1,500
Philanthropy Ohio · Cleveland, OH · 2022
Operating support
$1,500
University of Colorado Foundation · Denver, CO · 2022
Operating support
$1,000
Cleveland Institute of Music · Cleveland, OH · 2024
Operating support
$1,000
Cleveland Speech and Hearing · Cleveland, OH · 2024
Operating support
$1,000
Downtown Cleveland Alliance · Cleveland, OH · 2024
Operating support
$1,000
Great Lakes Theatre Festival · Cleveland, OH · 2024
Operating support
$1,000
Land Studio · Cleveland, OH · 2024
Operating support
$1,000
University of Colorado Foundation · Denver, CO · 2024
Operating support
$1,000
Catch Meaning Fund · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Operating support
$1,000
Cleveland Museum of Natural History · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Operating support
$1,000
Cleveland Speech and Hearing · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Operating support
$1,000
Great Lakes Science Center · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Operating support
$1,000
Great Lakes Theatre Festival · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Operating support
$1,000
Taft School · Watertown, CT · 2023
Operating support
$1,000
The Entrepreneurs Edge · Independence, OH · 2023
Operating support
$1,000
Western Reserve Historical Society · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Operating support

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