Gradison Foundation
Cincinnati, OH · EIN 31-6032172. Reported 281 grants totalling $438,510 to 128 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Gradison Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $1,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $500 and $1,500; the smallest was $50 and the largest $15,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leaf | Black Mountain, NC | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Mountain Projects | Waynesville, NC | $37,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Partnership for Applachian Girls Education | Marshall, NC | $23,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Page One of Page County | Luray, VA | $16,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Planned Parenthood of the South Atlantic | Chapel Hill, NC | $16,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Opera Lafayette | Washington, DC | $13,460 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Marbles Kids Museum | Raleigh, NC | $12,550 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Parkmont School | Washington, DC | $12,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Smoky Mountain Housing Partnership | Waynesville, NC | $11,250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Capstone Community Action | Barre, VT | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Greater DC Diaper Bank | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Hart | Waynesville, NC | $10,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Prs Inc | Mclean, VA | $9,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Juilliard School | New York, NY | $8,750 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Jewish Federation of Cinc | Cincinnati, OH | $7,800 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Jewish Federation of Gr Washington | Washington, DC | $7,800 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Vina Moses Center | Corvallis, OR | $7,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Page Madison County Education Foundation | Marshall, NC | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Fiore Montessori School | Vienna, VA | $6,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Brandels University | Waltham, MA | $5,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Jlep Inc | Arlington, VA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| United Way of Haywood County | Waynesville, NC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Stone Soup Covallis | Covallis, OR | $4,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Xerces Society for Invertibrate Conservation | Portland, OR | $4,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Haywood Spray & Neuter | Waynesville, NC | $4,200 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Healthcare Connection | Cincinnati, OH | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Pathways to Housing DC | Washington, DC | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Ralph Lowell Society WGBH | Boston, MA | $4,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Western Connecticut Charles Ives Mu | Ridgefield, CT | $3,750 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Corvallis Daytime Drop-in Center | Corvallis, OR | $3,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Downtown Waynesville Association (arch) | Waynesville, NC | $3,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Heather Abbott Foundation | Newport, RI | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Kids Gardening | Burlington, VT | $3,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Lionheart Foundation | Boston, MA | $3,200 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Hearing Speech Deaf Center | Cincinnati, OH | $3,100 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Arlington Food Assistance Center | Arlington, VA | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Friends of Harriet Beecher Stowe House | Cincinnati, OH | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Hopelink (prs) | Mclean, VA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Senior Dog Rescue of Oregon | Corvallis, OR | $3,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Slifka Center for Jewish Life | New Haven, CT | $3,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| St Josephs Indian School | Chamberlin, SD | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Walnut Hills Hs Alumni Ass'n | Cincinnati, OH | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Kid's Gardening | Burlington, VT | $2,800 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Settlement Music School | Philadelphia, PA | $2,750 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Bridges to Independence | Arlington, VA | $2,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Friends of the Smokies | Kodak, TN | $2,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Haywood Arts Council Hcac | Waynesville, NC | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| St Joseph's Indian School | Chamberlin, SD | $2,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Nature Conservancy | Greenville, SC | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| 55 North | Cincinnati, OH | $2,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget | Washington, DC | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| George Washington Univ Law School | Washington, DC | $2,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Georgetown Day School | Washington, DC | $2,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Kelly Carol Foundation for Children With Cancer | Cincinnati, OH | $2,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Metropolitan Club Preservation Foundation | Washington, DC | $2,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Musical Mentors Collaborative | New York, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sierra Club Foundation | Oakland, CA | $2,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Tulane University | New Orleans, LA | $2,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| US Ukraine Foundation | Falls Church, VA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Vermont Music & Arts Center | New Tripoli, PA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Walnut Hills Hs Alumni Assn | Cincinnati, OH | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Nat'l Academy of Social Insurance | Washington, DC | $1,550 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Appalachian Mountain Club | Boston, MA | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Appalachian Trail Conservancy | Ashville, NC | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Fairfax County Park Foundation | Fairfax, VA | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Mclean Project for the Arts | Mclean, VA | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Reach of Haywood County | Waynesville, NC | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Senior Pharmassist | Durham, NC | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Williams College | Wiliamstown, MA | $1,450 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Together Women Rise | Greenville, SC | $1,400 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Natl Academy of Social Insurance | Washington, DC | $1,050 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Center for Reproductive Rights | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Colel Chabad | Brooklyn, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Committee for a Responsible Federal | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Doctors Without Borders | Hagerstown, MD | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Haywood Pathways Center | Waynesville, NC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hope for Horses | Newport, RI | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Jewish Council for the Aging | Rockville, MD | $1,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Linn Benton Food Share | Corvallis, OR | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lone Survivors Foundation | Huntsville, TX | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Manna Food Banks | Asheville, NC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Nwjp | Portland, OR | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Rosemarys Babies | Cincinnati, OH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| St Vincent De Paul | Cincinnati, OH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ucsf | San Francisco, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| US Assoc of Former Members Congress | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Vermont Community Foundation Flood Response & Recovery Fund | Middlebury, VT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Wolf Trap | Vienna, VA | $650 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts | Vienna, VA | $650 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Aurelian Honor Society Inc | Savanna, GA | $520 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Ashville Chamber Music Series | Asheville, NC | $500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Brandaeis University | Waltham, MA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Chamber Music Society of the Carolinas | Ashville, NC | $500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Cincinnati Museum Center | Cincinnati, OH | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Concerts Artists Guild | New York, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Meals on Wheels Southeast Ohio & Northern Kentucky | Cincinnati, OH | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Playhouse in the Park | Cincinnati, OH | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Sec Historical Society | Washington, DC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Shriners Hospital for Children | Tampa, FL | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The 19TH News | Austin, TX | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Vassar Alumni Fund | Poughkeepsie, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Yale Record | Salem, MA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Primavera Fund | Philadelphia, PA | $490 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Fairfax Library Foundation | Fairfax, VA | $400 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Friends of Haywood County Animal Shelter | Waynesville, NC | $400 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Haywood County Resue Squad | Canton, NC | $400 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Heart Association | Phoenix, AZ | $300 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Northern Virginia Mental Health Foundation | Falls Church, VA | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The 74TH Media | New York, NY | $300 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Active Minds | Washington, DC | $250 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Campbell Memorial Presbyterian Chur | Vinton, VA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Food & Friends | Washington, DC | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hosea House | Manteo, NC | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ronald Mcdonald House of Durham and Wake | Durham, NC | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Yale Record Corp | New Haven, CT | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| International Student Conference in | Washington, DC | $240 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bread for the City | Washington, DC | $200 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Cornell Lab of Ornithology | Ithica, NY | $200 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Eric Monday Foundation | Vienna, VA | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Some | Goldenrod, FL | $200 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Bomb Techs Without Borders | Seattle, WA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Congressional Cemetery | Washington, DC | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| First Presbyterian Church of Waynesville Nc | Waynesville, NC | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Montgomery & Prince Georges Hospice | Rockville, MD | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Peachtree United Methodist Church | Maggie Valley, NC | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| US Capitol Historical Society | Washington, DC | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Consumers Checkbook Center for the Study of Services | Washington, DC | $50 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Humane Society of Fairfax County | Fairfax, VA | $50 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
73 of 128 (57%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 71%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Parkmont School
EDUCATIONAL - GENERAL OPERATIONS - Jewish Federation of Cinc
RELIGIOUS - GENERAL OPERATIONS - Cornell Lab of Ornithology
WILDLIFE EDUCATION AND PROTECTION
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 109 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 61 | $88,825 | $750 |
| 2022 | 70 | $99,125 | $575 |
| 2023 | 78 | $119,875 | $1,000 |
| 2024 | 72 | $130,685 | $1,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 41% of this one's giving went to organizations in North Carolina. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $1,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in North Carolina.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Gradison Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 301 E Fourth Street Rm/Ste 3500, Cincinnati, OH, 45202. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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