Funding search · EIN 341615922 · Pepper Pike, OH
The Joseph H & Ellen B Thomas
A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.
- 172
- grants reported
- $648,460
- total given
- 2022–2024
- filing years
- $450
- 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.
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Funding pattern
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Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- University Circle2 grants · $105,000
- Cleveland Clinic3 grants · $99,810
- Denison University3 grants · $75,000
- Cleveland Institute of Music3 grants · $54,400
- United Way3 grants · $30,000
- Children'S Guild2 grants · $27,950
- Stpaul'S Church2 grants · $25,000
- University Circle1 grant · $25,000
- University Hospitals3 grants · $20,000
- Case Western Reserve2 grants · $20,000
Giving over time
Grant history
The 100 largest of 172 grants.
- $55,000
University Circle · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Community health
- $50,000
University Circle · Cleveland, OH · 2024
Community health
- $45,300
Cleveland Institute of Music · Cleveland, OH · 2022
For educational purposes
- $44,905
Cleveland Clinic · Cleveland, OH · 2024
Community health
- $44,905
Cleveland Clinic · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Community health
- $25,950
Children'S Guild · Chagrin Falls, OH · 2024
Community health
- $25,000
Denison University · Granville, OH · 2024
For educational purposes
- $25,000
Denison University · Granville, OH · 2023
For educational purposes
- $25,000
Denison University · Granville, OH · 2022
For educational purposes
- $25,000
University Circle · Cleveland, OH · 2022
Community health
- $20,000
Stpaul'S Church · Cleveland Heights, OH · 2023
Community health
- $15,000
Church of the Western Reserve · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Community health
- $10,000
Case Western Reserve · Cleveland, OH · 2024
For educational purposes
- $10,000
United Way · Cleveland, OH · 2024
Community health
- $10,000
Case Western Reserve · Cleveland, OH · 2023
For educational purposes
- $10,000
United Way · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Community health
- $10,000
Case Western Reserve University · Cleveland, OH · 2022
For educational purposes
- $10,000
Cleveland Clinic · Cleveland, OH · 2022
Community health
- $10,000
United Way · Cleveland, OH · 2022
Community health
- $10,000
University Hospitals · Cleveland, OH · 2022
Community health
- $7,500
Big Arts · Sanibel, FL · 2022
For educational purposes
- $7,100
Cleveland Institute of Music · Cleveland, OH · 2023
For educational purposes
- $6,500
Chagrin Documentary Film Festival · Chagrin Falls, OH · 2022
For educational purposes
- $6,000
Yellowill Fund · Columbus, OH · 2023
For educational purposes
- $5,100
St Paul'S Church · Cleveland Heights, OH · 2022
For educational purposes
- $5,000
Church of the Western Reserve · Cleveland, OH · 2024
Community health
- $5,000
Overland Summer Fund · Williamstown, MA · 2024
For educational purposes
- $5,000
Playhouse Square · Cleveland, OH · 2024
For educational purposes
- $5,000
Stpaul'S Church · Cleveland Heights, OH · 2024
Community health
- $5,000
University Hospitals · Cleveland, OH · 2024
Community health
- $5,000
Playhouse Square · Cleveland, OH · 2023
For educational purposes
- $5,000
University Hospitals · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Community health
- $5,000
Children'S Guild of Cleveland · Chagrin Falls, OH · 2022
Community health
- $5,000
Playhouse Square · Cleveland, OH · 2022
For educational purposes
- $3,700
Hiram House · Chagrin Falls, OH · 2024
Community health
- $3,500
Hiram House · Chagrin Falls, OH · 2023
Community health
- $3,000
Children'S Hospital · Silver Springs, MD · 2024
Community health
- $3,000
Nationwide Hospital · Columbus, OH · 2024
Community health
- $3,000
The Fund for American Students · Washington, DC · 2024
For education purposes
- $3,000
Yellowill Fund · Columbus, OH · 2024
For educational purposes
- $3,000
Children'S Hospital · Silver Springs, MD · 2023
Community health
- $3,000
Children'S Hospital Foundation · Silver Springs, MD · 2023
Community health
- $3,000
Overland Summer Fund · Williamstown, MA · 2023
For educational purposes
- $3,000
Food Allergy · McLean, VA · 2022
Community health
- $3,000
Hiram House Camp · Moreland Hills, OH · 2022
Community health
- $3,000
Osu University Fund · Columbus, OH · 2022
For educational purposes
- $3,000
Overland Summers Foundation · Williamstown, MA · 2022
For educational purposes
- $3,000
Twig 3 · Columbus, OH · 2022
For educational purposes
- $2,300
Pepper Pike Police & Fire · Pepper Pike, OH · 2024
Community health
- $2,000
Cleveland Institute of Music · Cleveland, OH · 2024
For educational purposes
- $2,000
Children'S Guild · Chagrin Falls, OH · 2023
Community health
- $1,500
Hathaway Brown · Shaker Heights, OH · 2024
Community health
- $1,500
Hathaway Brown · Shaker Heights, OH · 2023
Community health
- $1,500
Hathaway Brown School · Shaker Heights, OH · 2022
For educational purposes
- $1,300
Cleveland Orchestra · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Community health
- $1,250
Cleveland Orchestra · Cleveland, OH · 2024
Community health
- $1,100
Breakthrough School · Cleveland, OH · 2023
For educational purposes
- $1,000
Cleveland Museum of Art · Cleveland, OH · 2024
For educational purposes
- $1,000
Cwru Dental · Cleveland, OH · 2024
For educational purposes
- $1,000
Food Allergy · McLean, VA · 2024
Community health
- $1,000
Cleveland Museum of Art · Cleveland, OH · 2023
For educational purposes
- $1,000
Cwru Dental · Cleveland, OH · 2023
For educational purposes
- $1,000
Help Hope Live · Radnor, PA · 2023
Community health
- $1,000
Breakthrough School · Suite a Cleveland, OH · 2022
For educational purposes
- $1,000
Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine · Cleveland, OH · 2022
For educational purposes
- $1,000
Cleveland Museum of Art · Cleveland, OH · 2022
For educational purposes
- $1,000
Cleveland Orchestra · Cleveland, OH · 2022
Community health
- $600
Maltz Museum · Beachwood, OH · 2024
Community health
- $500
Breakthrough School · Cleveland, OH · 2024
For educational purposes
- $500
Chagrin Film Festival · Chagrin Falls, OH · 2024
Community health
- $500
Fish · Sanibel, FL · 2024
Community health
- $500
Greater Cle Food Bank · Cleveland, OH · 2024
Community health
- $500
Journey for Safety & Health · Cleveland, OH · 2024
Community health
- $500
Planned Parenthood · Columbus, OH · 2024
Community health
- $500
Two Foundation · Chagrin Falls, OH · 2024
Community health
- $500
Center for Domestic Violence · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Community health
- $500
Chagrin Film Festival · Chagrin Falls, OH · 2023
Community health
- $500
Fish · Sanibel, FL · 2023
Community health
- $500
Greater Cle Food Bank · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Community health
- $500
Planned Parenthood · Columbus, OH · 2023
Community health
- $500
Two Foundation · Chagrin Falls, OH · 2023
Community health
- $500
Domestic Violence and Child Advocacy Center · Cleveland, OH · 2022
Community health
- $500
Epilepsy Association of Ne Ohio · Cleveland, OH · 2022
Community health
- $500
Fish · Sanibel, FL · 2022
Community health
- $500
Greater Cleveland Food Bank · Cleveland, OH · 2022
Community health
- $500
Holden Arborteum · Kirtland, OH · 2022
Community health
- $400
Idea Stream · Cleveland, OH · 2024
For educational purposes
- $350
Idea Stream · Cleveland, OH · 2023
For educational purposes
- $350
Idea Stream · Cleveland, OH · 2022
For educational purposes
- $300
Great Lakes Science Center · Cleveland, OH · 2023
For educational purposes
- $250
Cleveland Zoological Society · Cleveland, OH · 2024
For educational purposes
- $250
Epilepsy of Ohio · Cleveland, OH · 2024
Community health
- $250
Friends of Cleveland Orchestra · Cleveland, OH · 2024
Community health
- $250
Great Lakes Science Center · Cleveland, OH · 2024
For educational purposes
- $250
Holden Arborteum · Kirtland Hills, OH · 2024
Community health
- $250
Taste of Pepper · Pepper Pike, OH · 2024
Community health
- $250
Vocational Guidance · Cleveland, OH · 2024
For educational purposes
- $250
Big Arts · Sanibel, FL · 2023
Community health
- $250
Cleveland Zoological Society · Cleveland, OH · 2023
For educational purposes
- $250
Holden Arborteum · Kirtland Hills, OH · 2023
Community health
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Similar grant size
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