Funding search · EIN 237049780 · Chagrin Falls, OH

John F and Mary a Geisse Foundation

Name: John F and Mary a Geisse 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.

116
grants reported: $3.3M
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.

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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.

Stifel Charitable Fund4 grants · $944,312
Ide3 grants · $235,000
Healing Waters4 grants · $210,000
Assn for a More Just Society1 grant · $200,000
Association for a More Just Society3 grants · $175,660
Strategies for International Development3 grants · $150,000
Cooperative for Education3 grants · $135,000
Schwab Charitable Fund4 grants · $130,000
Congo Leadership Initiative4 grants · $130,000
El Porvenir3 grants · $110,000

Giving over time

$988,141

2022

$714,763

2023

$1.0M

2024

$581,480

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 116 grants.

$509,290
Stifel Charitable Fund · Scottsdale, AZ · 2024
General purpose
$242,000
Stifel Charitable Fund · Scottsdale, AZ · 2023
General purpose
$200,000
Assn for a More Just Society · Grand Rapids, MI · 2022
General purpose
$183,022
Stifel Charitable Fund · Scottsdale, AZ · 2022
General purpose
$100,000
Ide · Denver, CO · 2022
General purpose
$75,000
Ide · Denver, CO · 2024
General purpose
$65,000
Association for a More Just Society · Grand Rapids, MI · 2024
General purpose
$62,500
Building Hope in the City · Cleveland, OH · 2025
General purpose
$60,000
Association for a More Just Society · Grand Rapids, MI · 2025
General purpose
$60,000
Ide · Denver, CO · 2025
General purpose
$60,000
Water for Good · Bentonville, AR · 2025
General purpose
$60,000
Healing Waters · Golden, CO · 2022
General purpose
$55,000
Cooperative for Education · Cincinnati, OH · 2025
General purpose
$50,660
Association for a More Just Society · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023
General purpose
$50,000
Healing Waters · Golden, CO · 2025
General purpose
$50,000
Strategies for International Development · Washington, DC · 2025
General purpose
$50,000
Educate · Denver, CO · 2024
General purpose
$50,000
Healing Waters · Golden, CO · 2024
General purpose
$50,000
Strategies for International Development · Washington, DC · 2024
General purpose
$50,000
Healing Waters · Golden, CO · 2023
General purpose
$50,000
Lifewater International · Bentonville, AR · 2023
General purpose
$50,000
Strategies for International Development · Washington, DC · 2023
General purpose
$50,000
Educate · Denver, CO · 2022
General purpose
$50,000
El Provenir · Denver, CO · 2022
General purpose
$50,000
Strategies for Intl Development · Washington, DC · 2022
General purpose
$50,000
Water for People · Denver, CO · 2022
General purpose
$45,000
Cooperative for Education · Cincinnati, OH · 2022
General purpose
$40,000
El Porvenir · Denver, CO · 2025
General purpose
$40,000
El Porvenir · Denver, CO · 2024
General purpose
$40,000
Schwab Charitable Fund · Orlando, FL · 2022
General purpose
$35,000
Congo Leadership Initiative · Orchard Park, NY · 2025
General purpose
$35,000
Congo Leadership Initiative · Orchard Park, NY · 2024
General purpose
$35,000
Cova Agua · St Paul, MN · 2024
General purpose
$35,000
Cooperative for Education · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
General purpose
$30,103
Eos International · St Paul, MN · 2023
General purpose
$30,000
Schwab Charitable Fund · Orlando, FL · 2025
General purpose
$30,000
Schwab Charitable Fund · Orlando, FL · 2024
General purpose
$30,000
Congo Leadership Initiative · Orchard Park, NY · 2023
General purpose
$30,000
Desert Research Institute · Reno, NV · 2023
General purpose
$30,000
El Porvenir · Denver, CO · 2023
General purpose
$30,000
Schwab Charitable Fund · Orlando, FL · 2023
General purpose
$30,000
Congo Leadership Initiative · Orchard Park, NY · 2022
General purpose
$30,000
Eos International · Saint Paul, MN · 2022
General purpose
$25,000
Desert Research Institute · Reno, NV · 2024
General purpose
$21,995
Building Hope in the City · Cleveland, OH · 2022
General purpose
$20,000
Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund · Cincinnati, OH · 2025
General purpose
$20,000
Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
General purpose
$20,000
Building Hope in the City · Cleveland, OH · 2023
General purpose
$20,000
Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
General purpose
$20,000
Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund · Cincinnati, OH · 2022
General purpose
$11,000
Case Western Reserve University · Cleveland, OH · 2024
General purpose
$11,000
Mercy Ships · Garden Valley, TX · 2024
General purpose
$10,000
Mercy Ships · Garden Valley, TX · 2025
General purpose
$10,000
Stifel Charitable Fund · Scottsdale, AZ · 2025
General purpose
$10,000
Vanguard Charitable · Warwick, RI · 2025
General purpose
$10,000
Vanguard Charitable · Warwick, RI · 2024
General purpose
$10,000
Case Western Reserve University · Cleveland, OH · 2023
General purpose
$10,000
Sima Impact Fund · New York, NY · 2023
General purpose
$10,000
Vanguard Charitable · Warwick, RI · 2023
General purpose
$10,000
Case Western Reserve University · Cleveland, OH · 2022
General purpose
$10,000
Sima Impact Fund · New York, NY · 2022
General purpose
$10,000
Vanguard Charitable · Warwick, RI · 2022
General purpose
$8,000
Boys and Girls Club Sonoma-Marin · Santa Rosa, CA · 2022
General purpose
$7,880
The Andy Fund · San Francisco, CA · 2025
General purpose
$7,500
Dasc · Simi Valley, CA · 2025
General purpose
$6,000
Horse Nation · Huntington Beach, CA · 2024
General purpose
$3,500
Horse Nation · Huntington Beach, CA · 2023
General purpose
$3,500
Trc of Huntington Beach · Huntington Beach, CA · 2023
General purpose
$3,500
Horse Nation · Huntington Beach, CA · 2022
General purpose
$3,500
Trc of Huntington Beach · Huntington Beach, CA · 2022
General purpose
$3,000
Trc of Huntington Beach · Huntington Beach, CA · 2024
General purpose
$3,000
Huntington Beach Tree Society · Sunset Beach, CA · 2023
General purpose
$3,000
Mercy Ships · Garden Valley, TX · 2023
General purpose
$3,000
Huntington Beach Tree Society · Sunset Beach, CA · 2022
General purpose
$2,500
Horse Nation · Huntington Beach, CA · 2025
General purpose
$2,000
Case Western Reserve University · Cleveland, OH · 2025
General purpose
$2,000
Building Hope in the City · Cleveland, OH · 2024
General purpose
$2,000
Eagle Creek Park Foundation · Indianapolis, IN · 2022
General purpose
$1,600
True Freedom Ministries · Cleveland, OH · 2024
General purpose
$1,000
Cleveland Food Bank · Cleveland, OH · 2025
General purpose
$1,000
Dartmouth College · Hanover, NH · 2025
General purpose
$1,000
Filter of Hope · Tuscaloosa, AZ · 2025
General purpose
$1,000
Hiram College · Hiram, OH · 2025
General purpose
$1,000
Matsiko · Covington, WA · 2025
General purpose
$1,000
Prospera Reentry · Cleveland, OH · 2025
General purpose
$1,000
Salvation Army · Chicago, IL · 2025
General purpose
$1,000
Scranton Rd Cdc · Cleveland, OH · 2025
General purpose
$1,000
Urban Community School · Cleveland, OH · 2025
General purpose
$1,000
Advocates International · Fairfax, VA · 2024
General purpose
$1,000
Darthmouth College · Hanover, NH · 2024
General purpose
$1,000
Echo · N Ft Myers, FL · 2024
General purpose
$1,000
Hiram College · Hiram, OH · 2024
General purpose
$1,000
Huntington Beach Tree Society · Sunset Beach, CA · 2024
General purpose
$1,000
Lifesong for Orphans · Gridley, IL · 2024
General purpose
$1,000
Mobility Worldwide · Columbus, MO · 2024
General purpose
$1,000
Salvation Army · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purpose
$1,000
Encouragement · Rochester Hills, MI · 2023
General purpose
$1,000
Salvation Army · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purpose
$1,000
Urban Community School · Cleveland, OH · 2023
General purpose
$1,000
Water Mission International · Charlotte, NC · 2023
General purpose

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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.