Michael Talty and Helen Talty
Livonia, MI · EIN 22-6946772. Reported 185 grants totalling $1,285,000 to 62 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. 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. Michael Talty and Helen Talty 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 $4,700. Half of everything it gave fell between $3,300 and $8,200; the smallest was $900 and the largest $113,600. 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. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Zoological Society | Cleveland, OH | $165,700 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Holy Redeemer Parish | Cleveland, OH | $104,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Ohio Guidestone | Berea, OH | $63,900 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Saints Robert & William Parish | Euclid, OH | $61,300 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Merrick House | Cleveland, OH | $55,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Holy Name High School | Parma Heights, OH | $48,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Notre Dame-Cathedral | Chardon, OH | $44,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Front Steps Housing and Services | Cleveland, OH | $38,100 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Wickliffe Scholarship Foundations | Wickliffe, OH | $35,400 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Malachi House Inc | Cleveland, OH | $34,800 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Sisters of the Most Holy Trinity | Euclid, OH | $34,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Medwish International | Cleveland, OH | $28,400 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Hiram Farm Living & Learning | Hiram, OH | $28,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Benedictine High School | Cleveland, OH | $27,600 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| St Therese of the Child Jesus Acade | Parma, OH | $26,600 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Natnl Alliance Mental Ill | Cleveland, OH | $25,900 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Saints Robert & William Catholic Sc | Euclid, OH | $25,700 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Irish American Archives Assoc | Cleveland, OH | $25,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| University of Dayton | Dayton, OH | $24,200 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Empowering Epilepsy | Solon, OH | $22,600 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Open Heart Magic | Chicago, IL | $21,400 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Regina Health Center | Richfield, OH | $19,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Holmes Center for the Arts Ltd | Winesburg, OH | $17,800 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| May Dugan Center | Cleveland, OH | $16,100 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Greater Cleveland Food Bank | Cleveland, OH | $15,800 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Blossom Hill | Westlake, OH | $15,600 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Cleveland Public Theater | Cleveland, OH | $15,300 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Fieldstone Farm | Chagrin Falls, OH | $15,100 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Fibromascular Dysplasia Society | North Olmsted, OH | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Children's Museum Cleveland | Cleveland, OH | $13,300 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Chargrin Falls Park Com Center | Chargrin Falls, OH | $12,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Esperanza | Cleveland, OH | $12,100 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Hopewell | Middlefield, OH | $11,800 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| United Cerebral Palsy of Greater Cl | Cleveland, OH | $11,800 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Boys and Girls Club | Cleveland, OH | $11,200 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Hiram Farm Living & Learning Center | Hiram, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Shoes and Cloths for Kids | Cleveland, OH | $9,600 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| The Felician Sisters Child Care | Livonia, MI | $8,800 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Our Lady of the Lake School | Euclid, OH | $8,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Chagrin Falls Park Community Center | Chagrin Falls, OH | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Treatment Works Inc | Cleveland, OH | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Hunger Network of Greater Cleveland | Cleveland, OH | $7,900 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Seeds of Literacy | Cleveland, OH | $7,900 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Notre Dame College | South Euclid, OH | $7,400 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Catholic Charities Diocese of Cleve | Cleveland, OH | $5,600 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Students of Promise | Cleveland, OH | $5,300 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| United Irish Societies of Cleveland | Rcky River, OH | $5,200 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Koinonia | Independence, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Saint Patrick's Day Committee | Euclid, OH | $4,800 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Rainey Institute | Cleveland, OH | $4,400 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry | Cleveland, OH | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| St Jerome Chuch | Cleveland, OH | $3,700 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Ohio Dyslexia Center | Frenso, OH | $3,600 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Foundation Fighting Blindness | Vernon Hills, IL | $3,100 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Achievement Center for Children | Highland Hls, OH | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lifeact | Chagrin Falls, OH | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Womankind | Garfield Heights, OH | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| St Mary School - Chardon | Chardon, OH | $2,700 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Thea Bowman Center | Cleveland, OH | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Our Lady of the Wayside | Avon, OH | $2,400 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Womankind Maternal and Prenatal Car | Garfield Heights, OH | $2,400 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Camp Sue Osborn | Mentor, OH | $1,700 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
44 of 62 (71%) received money in more than one year over the 5 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 84%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
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.
- Cleveland Zoological Society
ZOO EDUCATION & WORKFORCE DEVELOPMEN - Holy Redeemer Parish
FUND TUITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM - Saints Robert & William Parish
PAYMENT FOR RAMP AND BIBLE SCHOOL - Ohio Guidestone
HELP CHILDREN WITH CRITICAL SERVICES - Hiram Farm Living & Learning
ADULTS WITH AUTISM TRANSPORTATION - Sisters of the Most Holy Trinity
RENOVATION OF THE CHAPEL AT SHRINE
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 66 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 33 | $250,000 | $5,000 |
| 2022 | 29 | $200,000 | $5,200 |
| 2023 | 40 | $210,000 | $4,150 |
| 2024 | 40 | $250,000 | $4,750 |
| 2025 | 43 | $375,000 | $4,600 |
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
97% of its giving went to organizations in Ohio. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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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 a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $4,700. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Ohio.
- 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.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Michael Talty and Helen Talty's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: 17199 N Laurel Park Dr Ste 301, Livonia, MI, 48152. 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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