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Private foundations don’t post open calls, so nobody can search them. We read IRS filings instead — 9.6 million grants from 174,053 foundations and grantmaking charities, searchable by what the money was actually for.
12 funders with a record of paying for “ratner”
Where the money went
Largest: $150,000 to UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND — ronald & deborah ratner fund in diabetes research
James and Susan Ratner Family FoundationShaker Heights, OH
9 matching grants · $828,667 · through 2025Largest: $250,000 to UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND — james & susan ratner scholars in alzheimer's discovery
Largest: $2,000 to CLEVELAND MARSHALL COLLEGE OF LAW — max ratner endowed scholarship
Largest: $150,000 to THE RATNER SCHOOL — humanitarian/educational/community
Greater Cedar Rapids CommunityCedar Rapids, IACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $200,553 · through 2024Largest: $67,403 to UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO — annual designated distribution: 43.5% to college fund, 43.5% graduate business school, 13% to maintenance of the gerald ratner athletic center
Largest: $25,000 to The Lillian and Betty Ratner Montessori School — general operating expenses.
Abr Family Foundation No 1Shaker Heights, OH
2 matching grants · $490,493 · through 2024Largest: $250,000 to CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION — the ratner family hypertrophic cardiomyopathy fund
Akron Community FoundationAkron, OHCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $36,200 · through 2023Largest: $36,200 to AMERICAN RED CROSS NORTHERN OHIO REGION — for the harrington discovery institute james and susan ratner scholars in alzheimer's discovery fund
Largest: $25,000 to ELANA RATNER RESEARCH — contribute to the research for targeted drugs for ovarian cancer and reversing chemo resistance in ovarian and uterine cancer
Largest: $255,142 to MARK AND LISA RATNER AMILY FOUNDATION — liquidation of foundation's assets in qualifying distribution pursuant to irc sec. 4942(g).
Jewish Federation of MetropolitanChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $23,750 · through 2021Largest: $23,750 to Ratner Schools — grants from donor advised funds - operating support
The Albert B & Audrey G RatnerShaker Heights, OH
1 matching grant · $23,600 · through 2023Largest: $23,600 to THE LILLIAN & BETTY RATNER SCHOOL — 2023 ratner school gala
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 2019–2025. These are grants already paid, a record of what an organization funds rather than an open call. Private foundations rarely accept unsolicited applications and the route in is usually a program officer; grantmaking charities and associations more often run real application cycles, so check their website. How this data is built, and its limits →