Funding search · EIN 341787366 · Russell Twp, OH

William M Weiss Foundation

Name: William M Weiss 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.

172
grants reported: $1.2M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $5,000
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.

Eleanor Rainey Memorial Institute2 grants · $75,000
Eleanor Rainey Memoeial Institute2 grants · $73,500
Cuyahoga Community College Foundati4 grants · $70,000
Cleveland City Club4 grants · $56,600
Cleveland Public Theatre4 grants · $51,000
Greater Cleveland Food Bank2 grants · $45,000
Hfla of Northeast Ohio4 grants · $41,700
Cleveland Kids Bood Bank3 grants · $40,000
Greater Cleveland Congregation4 grants · $39,700
Literacy Cooperative4 grants · $38,500

Giving over time

$300,000

2022

$313,700

2023

$275,000

2024

$333,550

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 172 grants.

$40,000
Eleanor Rainey Memorial Institute · Cleveland, OH · 2025
Charitable
$38,500
Eleanor Rainey Memoeial Institute · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Charitable
$35,000
Cleveland Kids Book Bank · Cleveland, OH · 2025
Charitable
$35,000
Eleanor Rainey Memorial Institute · Cleveland, OH · 2024
Charitable
$35,000
Eleanor Rainey Memoeial Institute · Cleveland, OH · 2022
Charitable
$25,000
Cuyahoga Community College Foundati · Highland Hills, OH · 2025
Charitable
$25,000
Cleveland Kids Bood Bank · Cleveland, OH · 2024
Charitable
$25,000
Greater Cleveland Food Bank · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Charitable
$24,000
College Now Grater Cleveland · Cleveland, OH · 2022
Charitable
$23,000
Greater Cleveland Congregation · Cleveland, OH · 2025
Charitable
$20,800
Cleveland City Club · Cleveland, OH · 2022
Charitable
$20,000
Greater Cleveland Food Bank · Cleveland, OH · 2022
Charitable
$16,000
Cleveland Public Theatre · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Charitable
$15,000
Literacy Cooperative · Cleveland, OH · 2025
Charitable
$15,000
Lookingglass Theatr · Chicago, IL · 2025
Charity
$15,000
Cuyahoga Community College Foundati · Highland Hills, OH · 2024
Charitable
$15,000
Lookingglass Theatr · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charity
$15,000
Cleveland City Club · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Charitable
$15,000
Cuyahoga Community College Foundati · Highland Hills, OH · 2023
Charitable
$15,000
Goodman Theatre Comp · Chicago, IL · 2023
Charitable
$15,000
Cleveland Public Theatre · Cleveland, OH · 2022
Charitable
$15,000
Cuyahoga Community College Foundati · Highland Hills, OH · 2022
Charitable
$15,000
Lookingglass Theatre Comp · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charitable
$14,500
Ideastream (Wvizwcpn) · Beachwood, OH · 2023
Charitable
$12,000
Inspiration Corporation · Chicago, IL · 2025
Charitable
$12,000
Inspiration Corporation · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charitable
$11,000
Hfla of Northeast Ohio · Beachwood, OH · 2022
Charitable
$10,800
Cleveland City Club · Cleveland, OH · 2025
Charitable
$10,700
Hfla of Northeast Ohio · Beachwood, OH · 2023
Charitable
$10,000
Cleveland Public Theatre · Cleveland, OH · 2025
Charitable
$10,000
Cleveland Zoological Society · Cleveland, OH · 2025
Charitable
$10,000
College Now Greater Cleveland · Cleveland, OH · 2025
Charitable
$10,000
Habitat for Humanity · Cleveland, OH · 2025
Charitable
$10,000
Hfla of Northeast Ohio · Beachwood, OH · 2025
Charitable
$10,000
Cleveland City Club · Cleveland, OH · 2024
Charitable
$10,000
Cleveland Public Theatre · Cleveland, OH · 2024
Charitable
$10,000
College Now Greater Cleveland · Cleveland, OH · 2024
Charitable
$10,000
Greater Cleveland Congregation · Cleveland, OH · 2024
Charitable
$10,000
Hfla of Northeast Ohio · Beachwood, OH · 2024
Charitable
$10,000
Literacy Cooperative · Cleveland, OH · 2024
Charitable
$10,000
Center for Arts Inspired Learning · Chicago, IL · 2023
Charitable
$10,000
Cleveland Kids Bood Bank · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Charitable
$10,000
College Now Grater Cleveland · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Charitable
$10,000
Habitat for Humanity · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Charitable
$10,000
Insparation Corporation · Chicago, IL · 2023
Charitable
$10,000
Lake Erie · Cleveland Hts, OH · 2023
Charitable
$10,000
New Avenues To Independen · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Charitable
$10,000
Two Foundation · Chagrin Falls, OH · 2023
Charitable
$10,000
Center for Arts Inspired Learning · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charitable
$10,000
Insparation Corporation · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charitable
$10,000
New Avenues To Independen · Cleveland, OH · 2022
Charitable
$9,000
Playhouse Square Foundati · Cleveland, OH · 2022
Charitable
$8,000
Playhouse Square Foundati · Cleveland, OH · 2024
Charitable
$7,500
Chn Housing Partners · Cleveland, OH · 2025
Charitable
$7,500
Fairmount Center for the Arts · Cleveland, OH · 2025
Charitable
$7,500
Habitat for Humanity · Cleveland, OH · 2024
Charitable
$7,500
Kroka Expedition · Marlow, NH · 2024
Charity
$7,500
Literacy Cooperative · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Charitable
$7,500
Habitat for Humanity · Cleveland, OH · 2022
Charitable
$7,000
Holden Arboretum · Kirtland, OH · 2025
Charitable
$7,000
Playhouse Square Foundati · Cleveland, OH · 2025
Charitable
$6,000
Conservancy for Cuyahoga Valley · Peninsula, OH · 2025
Charitable
$6,000
Lake Erie Ink · Cleveland Hts, OH · 2025
Charitable
$6,000
Universal Unitarian Congregation · Shaker Hts, OH · 2025
Charitable
$6,000
Youth Opportunities Unlimited · Cleveland, OH · 2025
Charitable
$6,000
Youth Opportunities Unlimited · Cleveland, OH · 2024
Charitable
$6,000
Fairmount Center for the Arts · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Charitable
$6,000
Youth Opportunities Unlimited · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Charitable
$6,000
Fairmount Center for the Arts · Cleveland, OH · 2022
Charitable
$6,000
Lake Erie · Cleveland Hts, OH · 2022
Charitable
$6,000
Literacy Cooperative · Cleveland, OH · 2022
Charitable
$6,000
Towards Employment · Cleveland, OH · 2022
Charitable
$6,000
Youth Opportunities Unlimited · Cleveland, OH · 2022
Charitable
$5,000
Center for Arts Inspired Learning · Chicago, IL · 2025
Charitable
$5,000
Great Lakes Science Center · Cleveland, OH · 2025
Charitable
$5,000
Open Doors Academy · Cleveland, OH · 2025
Charitable
$5,000
Teach for America · Cleveland, OH · 2025
Charitable
$5,000
Towards Employment · Cleveland, OH · 2025
Charitable
$5,000
Values in Action Foundation · Mayfield, OH · 2025
Charitable
$5,000
Center for Arts Inspired Learning · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charitable
$5,000
Chn Housing Partners · Cleveland, OH · 2024
Charitable
$5,000
Cleveland Leadership Center · Cleveland, OH · 2024
Charitable
$5,000
Fairmount Center for the Arts · Cleveland, OH · 2024
Charitable
$5,000
Holden Arboretum · Kirtland, OH · 2024
Charitable
$5,000
Lake Erie Ink · Cleveland Hts, OH · 2024
Charitable
$5,000
New Avenues To Independen · Cleveland, OH · 2024
Charitable
$5,000
Open Doors Academy · Cleveland, OH · 2024
Charitable
$5,000
Towards Employment · Cleveland, OH · 2024
Charitable
$5,000
Universal Unitarian Congregation · Shaker Hts, OH · 2024
Charitable
$5,000
Values in Action Foundation · Mayfield, OH · 2024
Charitable
$5,000
Cleveland Ledership Center · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Charitable
$5,000
Greater Cleveland Congregation · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Charitable
$5,000
Holden Arboretum · Kirtland, OH · 2023
Charitable
$5,000
Open Doors Academy · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Charitable
$5,000
Playhouse Square Foundati · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Charitable
$5,000
Towards Employment · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Charitable
$5,000
Universal Unitarian Congregation · Shaker Hts, OH · 2023
Charitable
$5,000
Values in Action Foundation · Mayfield, OH · 2023
Charitable
$5,000
Cleveland Kids Bood Bank · Cleveland, OH · 2022
Charitable
$5,000
Doors of Hope · Newbury, OH · 2022
Charitable

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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.