Michael Talty and Helen Talty
Livonia, MI · EIN 22-6946772. Reported 142 grants totalling $910,000 to 56 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. 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 $4,750. Half of everything it gave fell between $3,100 and $8,100; the smallest was $900 and the largest $30,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holy Redeemer Parish | Cleveland, OH | $79,400 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Saints Robert & William Parish | Euclid, OH | $61,300 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Merrick House | Cleveland, OH | $55,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Cleveland Zoological Society | Cleveland, OH | $52,100 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Ohio Guidestone | Berea, OH | $50,700 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Holy Name High School | Parma Heights, OH | $38,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Malachi House Inc | Cleveland, OH | $34,800 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Notre Dame-Cathedral | Chardon, OH | $33,700 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Front Steps Housing and Services | Cleveland, OH | $30,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Wickliffe Scholarship Foundations | Wickliffe, OH | $26,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| University of Dayton | Dayton, OH | $24,200 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Sisters of the Most Holy Trinity | Euclid, OH | $23,200 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Benedictine High School | Cleveland, OH | $20,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Natnl Alliance Mental Ill | Cleveland, OH | $20,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Medwish International | Cleveland, OH | $20,100 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Irish American Archives Assoc | Cleveland, OH | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Empowering Epilepsy | Solon, OH | $19,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Open Heart Magic | Chicago, IL | $17,100 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| May Dugan Center | Cleveland, OH | $16,100 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Regina Health Center | Richfield, OH | $15,900 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| St Therese of the Child Jesus Acade | Parma, OH | $15,900 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Holmes Center for the Arts Ltd | Winesburg, OH | $14,300 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Hiram Farm Living & Learning | Hiram, OH | $13,600 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cleveland Public Theater | Cleveland, OH | $12,700 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Fieldstone Farm | Chagrin Falls, OH | $12,400 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Saints Robert & William Catholic Sc | Euclid, OH | $11,800 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Blossom Hill | Westlake, OH | $11,400 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Greater Cleveland Food Bank | Cleveland, OH | $11,300 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Hiram Farm Living & Learning Center | Hiram, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Esperanza | Cleveland, OH | $8,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Chargrin Falls Park Com Center | Chargrin Falls, OH | $8,400 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Children's Museum Cleveland | Cleveland, OH | $8,400 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Chagrin Falls Park Community Center | Chagrin Falls, OH | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Fibromascular Dysplasia Society | North Olmsted, OH | $7,700 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Notre Dame College | South Euclid, OH | $7,400 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Our Lady of the Lake School | Euclid, OH | $7,300 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Hopewell | Middlefield, OH | $7,200 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| United Cerebral Palsy of Greater Cl | Cleveland, OH | $7,200 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Boys and Girls Club | Cleveland, OH | $6,300 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Seeds of Literacy | Cleveland, OH | $5,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| 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 |
| Shoes and Cloths for Kids | Cleveland, OH | $4,400 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Catholic Charities Diocese of Cleve | Cleveland, OH | $3,700 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Treatment Works Inc | Cleveland, OH | $3,700 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ohio Dyslexia Center | Frenso, OH | $3,600 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hunger Network of Greater Cleveland | Cleveland, OH | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| St Mary School - Chardon | Chardon, OH | $1,800 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
37 of 56 (66%) 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 80%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. 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.
- Holy Redeemer Parish
FUND TUITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM - Saints Robert & William Parish
PAYMENT FOR RAMP AND BIBLE SCHOOL - Cleveland Zoological Society
ZOO EDUCATION & WORKFORCE DEVELOPMEN - 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 recipient's own IRS classification, for the 54 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
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 |
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. 98% of this one's giving went to organizations in Ohio. 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 $4,750. 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 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.
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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 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
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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