Funding search · EIN 346616858 · Akron, OH

The Michelson Foundation Charitable

Name: The Michelson Foundation Charitable grants, 2022–2025
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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.

68
grants reported: $97,900
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $500
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

educational

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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.

United Way of Summit County Ohio4 grants · $40,000
Cuyahoga Valley Christian Academy4 grants · $20,000
Akron Art Museum4 grants · $4,000
Akron Community Foundation4 grants · $4,000
Ducks Unlimited4 grants · $4,000
The Ohio Foundation of Independent Colleges4 grants · $4,000
International Institute of Akron4 grants · $2,000
Akron Zoological Park4 grants · $2,000
Bluecoats Incorporated4 grants · $2,000
Childrens Concert Society4 grants · $2,000

Giving over time

$25,700

2022

$24,200

2023

$24,000

2024

$24,000

2025

Grant history

All 68 reported grants, largest first.

$10,000
United Way of Summit County Ohio · Akron, OH · 2025
Charitable
$10,000
United Way of Summit County Ohio · Akron, OH · 2024
Charitable
$10,000
United Way of Summit County Ohio · Akron, OH · 2023
Charitable
$10,000
United Way of Summit County Ohio · Akron, OH · 2022
Charitable
$5,000
Cuyahoga Valley Christian Academy · Cuyahoga Falls, OH · 2025
Educational
$5,000
Cuyahoga Valley Christian Academy · Cuyahoga Falls, OH · 2024
Educational
$5,000
Cuyahoga Valley Christian Academy · Cuyahoga Falls, OH · 2023
Educational
$5,000
Cuyahoga Valley Christian Academy · Cuyahoga Falls, OH · 2022
Educational
$2,000
United Way of Collier County Florida · Naples, FL · 2022
Charitable
$1,000
Akron Art Museum · Akron, OH · 2025
Charitable
$1,000
Akron Community Foundation · Akron, OH · 2025
Charitable
$1,000
Ducks Unlimited · Memphis, TN · 2025
Charitable
$1,000
The Ohio Foundation of Independent Colleges · Columbus, OH · 2025
Educational
$1,000
Akron Art Museum · Akron, OH · 2024
Charitable
$1,000
Akron Community Foundation · Akron, OH · 2024
Charitable
$1,000
Ducks Unlimited · Memphis, TN · 2024
Charitable
$1,000
The Ohio Foundation of Independent Colleges · Columbus, OH · 2024
Educational
$1,000
Akron Art Museum · Akron, OH · 2023
Charitable
$1,000
Akron Community Foundation · Akron, OH · 2023
Charitable
$1,000
Ducks Unlimited · Memphis, TN · 2023
Charitable
$1,000
The Ohio Foundation of Independent Colleges · Columbus, OH · 2023
Educational
$1,000
Akron Art Museum · Akron, OH · 2022
Charitable
$1,000
Akron Community Foundation · Akron, OH · 2022
Charitable
$1,000
Ducks Unlimited · Memphis, TN · 2022
Charitable
$1,000
The Ohio Foundation of Independent Colleges · Columbus, OH · 2022
Educational
$500
Akron Zoological Park · Akron, OH · 2025
Charitable
$500
Bluecoats Incorporated · Clinton, OH · 2025
Charitable
$500
Boy Scouts of America · Irving, TX · 2025
Charitable
$500
Childrens Concert Society · Akron, OH · 2025
Charitable
$500
Denny Shute Scholarship Foundation · Akron, OH · 2025
Educational
$500
Girl Scouts of Northeast Ohio · Macedonia, OH · 2025
Charitable
$500
International Institute of Akron · Akron, OH · 2025
Charitable
$500
Keep Akron Beautiful · Akron, OH · 2025
Charitable
$500
Ronald McDonald House of Akron · Akron, OH · 2025
Charitable
$500
Walsh Jesuit High School · Cuyahoga Falls, OH · 2025
Educational
$500
Akron Zoological Park · Akron, OH · 2024
Charitable
$500
Bluecoats Incorporated · Clinton, OH · 2024
Charitable
$500
Boy Scouts of America · Irving, TX · 2024
Charitable
$500
Childrens Concert Society · Akron, OH · 2024
Charitable
$500
Girl Scouts of Northeast Ohio · Macedonia, OH · 2024
Charitable
$500
International Institute of Akron · Akron, OH · 2024
Charitable
$500
Keep Akron Beautiful · Akron, OH · 2024
Charitable
$500
Ronald McDonald House of Akron · Akron, OH · 2024
Charitable
$500
The Denny Shute Scholarship Foundation · Akron, OH · 2024
Charitable
$500
Walsh Jesuit High School · Cuyahoga Falls, OH · 2024
Educational
$500
Akron Zoological Park · Akron, OH · 2023
Charitable
$500
Bluecoats Incorporated · Clinton, OH · 2023
Charitable
$500
Boy Scouts of America · Irving, TX · 2023
Charitable
$500
Childrens Concert Society · Akron, OH · 2023
Charitable
$500
Childrens Family Care · Akron, OH · 2023
Charitable
$500
Denny Shute Scholarship Foundation · Akron, OH · 2023
Educational
$500
International Institute of Akron · Akron, OH · 2023
Charitable
$500
Keep Akron Beautiful · Akron, OH · 2023
Charitable
$500
Ronald McDonald House of Akron · Akron, OH · 2023
Charitable
$500
Walsh Jesuit High School · Cuyahoga Falls, OH · 2023
Educational
$500
Akron Zoological Park · Akron, OH · 2022
Charitable
$500
Bluecoats Incorporated · Clinton, OH · 2022
Charitable
$500
Childrens Concert Society · Akron, OH · 2022
Charitable
$500
Great Trail Council Boy Scouts of America · Akron, OH · 2022
Charitable
$500
International Institute of Akron · Akron, OH · 2022
Charitable
$500
Keep Akron Beautiful · Akron, OH · 2022
Charitable
$500
The Denny Shute Scholarship Foundation · Akron, OH · 2022
Charitable
$500
Walsh Jesuit High School · Cuyahoga Falls, OH · 2022
Educational
$500
Western Reserve Girl Scout · Macedonia, OH · 2022
Charitable
$100
Conservancy of Southwest Florida · Naples, FL · 2023
Charitable
$100
Hospice of Naples · Naples, FL · 2023
Charitable
$100
Conservancy of Southwest Florida · Naples, FL · 2022
Charitable
$100
Hospice of Naples · Naples, FL · 2022
Charitable

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Similar purposes

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Similar grant size

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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.