Funding search · EIN 341787952 · Milford, OH

Sauerland Foundation

Name: Sauerland 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.

170
grants reported: $6.8M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $25,000
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.

Cleveland Museum of Art4 grants · $810,000
Friends of Breakthrough4 grants · $790,000
Cleveland Foodbank4 grants · $410,000
Friends of Intergenerational School4 grants · $395,000
Greater Cleve Habitat for Humanity4 grants · $275,000
The Homeless Charity3 grants · $167,000
Cleveland Museum of Natural History3 grants · $155,000
University Hospitals Hhi3 grants · $150,000
Cleveland Clinic Foundation H&V3 grants · $150,000
Shaker Schools Foundation4 grants · $142,000

Giving over time

$660,000

2022

$1.4M

2023

$2.3M

2024

$2.4M

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 170 grants.

$260,000
Friends of Breakthrough · Cleveland, OH · 2025
Donation
$250,000
Cleveland Foodbank · Cleveland, OH · 2025
Donation
$250,000
Cleveland Museum of Art · Cleveland, OH · 2025
Donation
$250,000
Cleveland Museum of Art · Cleveland, OH · 2024
Donation
$250,000
Friends of Breakthrough · Cleveland, OH · 2024
Donation
$250,000
Cleveland Museum of Art · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Donation
$220,000
Friends of Breakthrough · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Donation
$120,000
Friends of Intergenerational School · Cleveland, OH · 2025
Donation
$115,000
Friends of Intergenerational School · Cleveland, OH · 2024
Donation
$110,000
Friends of Intergenerational School · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Donation
$110,000
Community Life Collaborative · Chagrin Falls, OH · 2022
Donation
$100,000
Greater Cleve Habitat for Humanity · Cleveland, OH · 2025
Donation
$100,000
Greater Cleve Habitat for Humanity · Cleveland, OH · 2024
Donation
$100,000
Rid-All Foundation · Cleveland, OH · 2024
Donation
$90,000
The Homeless Charity · Fairlawn, OH · 2025
Donation
$80,000
Shaker Schools Foundation · Shaker Heights, OH · 2024
Donation
$75,000
Cleveland Clinic Foundation H&V · Cleveland, OH · 2025
Donation
$75,000
Cleveland Museum of Natural History · Cleveland, OH · 2025
Donation
$75,000
University Hospitals Hhi · Cleveland, OH · 2025
Donations
$75,000
Cleveland Foodbank · Cleveland, OH · 2024
Donation
$70,000
Cleveland Museum of Natural History · Cleveland, OH · 2024
Donation
$70,000
Grid Alternatives · Oakland, CA · 2024
Donation
$60,000
Aclu of Ohio Foundation · Cleveland, OH · 2025
Donation
$60,000
American Constitution Society · Washington, DC · 2025
Donation
$60,000
Common Cause Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2025
Donation
$60,000
Cincinnati Works · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
Donation
$60,000
People Working Cooperatively · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
Donation
$60,000
Trees for the Future · Silver Springs, MD · 2023
Donation
$60,000
Cleveland Museum of Art · Cleveland, OH · 2022
Donation
$60,000
Friends of Breakthrough · Cleveland, OH · 2022
Donation
$55,000
The Homeless Charity · Fairlawn, OH · 2024
Donation
$50,000
Open Doors Academy · Cleveland, OH · 2025
Donation
$50,000
The Haven Home Llc · Cleveland, OH · 2025
Donation
$50,000
Aclu of Ohio Foundation · Cleveland, OH · 2024
Donation
$50,000
Cleveland Clinic Foundation H&V · Cleveland, OH · 2024
Donation
$50,000
Edwins Foundation · Cleveland, OH · 2024
Donation
$50,000
Legal Aid Society of Greater Cin · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
Donation
$50,000
The Haven Home Llc · Cleveland, OH · 2024
Donation
$50,000
University Hospitals Hhi · Cleveland, OH · 2024
Donations
$50,000
Cleveland Foodbank · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Donation
$50,000
Greater Cleve Habitat for Humanity · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Donation
$50,000
Friends of Intergenerational School · Cleveland, OH · 2022
Donation
$40,000
American Humanist Association · Washington, DC · 2025
Donation
$40,000
Cincinnati Works · Cincinnati, OH · 2025
Donation
$40,000
Legal Aid Society of Greater Cin · Cincinnati, OH · 2025
Donation
$40,000
Mountain Comprehensive Care Center · Prestonsburg, KY · 2025
Donation
$40,000
People Working Cooperatively · Cincinnati, OH · 2025
Donation
$40,000
Wikimedia Foundation · Washington, DC · 2025
Donation
$40,000
American Humanist Association · Washington, DC · 2024
Donation
$40,000
Cardinal Land Conservancy · Milford, OH · 2024
Donation
$40,000
Fundamaya · San Diego, CA · 2024
Donation
$40,000
Sonlight Power · Milford, OH · 2024
Donation
$40,000
Wikimedia Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
Donation
$40,000
Clermont Co Senior Services · Batavia, OH · 2023
Donation
$40,000
First Step Home · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
Donation
$40,000
Prospect House · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
Donation
$40,000
Shelter House · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
Donation
$40,000
One Tree Planted · Shelburne, VT · 2022
Donation
$40,000
Trees for the Future · Silver Springs, MD · 2022
Donation
$35,000
Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary · Naples, FL · 2025
Donation
$35,000
Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary · Naples, FL · 2024
Donation
$35,000
Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary · Naples, FL · 2023
Donation
$35,000
Cleveland Foodbank · Cleveland, OH · 2022
Donation
$30,000
Baker Hunt Art Center · Covington, KY · 2025
Donation
$30,000
Cardinal Land Conservancy · Loveland, OH · 2025
Donation
$30,000
Clermont Co Senior Services · Batavia, OH · 2025
Donation
$30,000
Freestore Foodbank · Cincinnati, OH · 2025
Donation
$30,000
Grace House · Akron, OH · 2025
Donation
$30,000
Jewish Federation of Cleveland · Beachwood, OH · 2025
Donation
$30,000
Seeds of Literacy · Cleveland, OH · 2025
Donation
$30,000
Southern Poverty Law Center · Montgomery, AL · 2025
Donation
$30,000
Sustainable Villages Honduras · Washington, DC · 2025
Donation
$30,000
Weta · Arlington, VA · 2025
Donation
$30,000
Women Helping Women · Cincinnati, OH · 2025
Donation
$30,000
Jewish Federation of Cleveland · Beachwood, OH · 2024
Donation
$30,000
Mountain Comprehensive Care Center · Prestonsburg, KY · 2024
Donation
$30,000
One Tree Planted · Shelburn, VT · 2024
Donation
$30,000
Plant With Purpose · San Diego, CA · 2022
Donation
$30,000
Sonlight Power · Milford, OH · 2022
Donation
$25,000
Leelanau Conservancy · Leland, MI · 2025
Donation
$25,000
Shaker Schools Foundation · Shaker Heights, OH · 2025
Donation
$25,000
Western Reserve Land Conservancy · Moreland Hills, OH · 2025
Donation
$25,000
Leelanau Conservancy · Leland, MI · 2024
Donation
$25,000
Open Doors Academy · Cleveland, OH · 2024
Donation
$25,000
Western Reserve Land Conservancy · Moreland Hills, OH · 2024
Donation
$25,000
Cise · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
Donation
$25,000
Cleveland Clinic Foundation H&V · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Donation
$25,000
Edwins Foundation · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Donation
$25,000
University Hospitals Hhi · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Donations
$25,000
Western Reserve Land Conservancy · Moreland Hills, OH · 2023
Donation
$25,000
Greater Cleve Habitat for Humanity · Cleveland, OH · 2022
Donation
$23,000
Leelanau Conservancy · Leland, MI · 2023
Donation
$22,000
Shaker Schools Foundation · Shaker Heights, OH · 2023
Donation
$22,000
The Homeless Charity · Fairlawn, OH · 2023
Donation
$20,000
Cleveland Animal Protective League · Cleveland, OH · 2025
Donation
$20,000
Greater Milford Area Historical · Milford, OH · 2025
Donation
$20,000
New Bremen Historical Assoc · New Bremen, OH · 2025
Donation
$20,000
Zelie'S Home · Garfield Heights, OH · 2025
Donation
$20,000
Aclu Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
Donation
$20,000
Action Alliance International · Euless, TX · 2024
Donation

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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.