United Way of Greater Cleveland
Cleveland, OH · EIN 34-6516654. Reported 120 grants totalling $19.6M to 76 organizations across tax years 2020-2023, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For United Way of Greater Cleveland, the IRS classifies it as a federated giving programme -- a United Way, Jewish federation, Community Chest or similar (NTEE T70).
- How spread out its giving is. 76 distinct organizations, with 26% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
- How much its list changes. 64% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 year-to-year transitions. That is about the 57% median for grantmaking charities -- noticeably lower than the 67% private foundations manage. Organizations like this one rotate more of their list each year, which is where an opening for a newcomer tends to be.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $84,085. Half of what it reported fell between $35,841 and $170,000; the smallest was $10,000 and the largest $1,266,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jewish Federation of Cleveland | Cleveland, OH | $5,064,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Catholic Charities Corporation | Cleveland, OH | $3,152,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| United Black Fund of Greater Cleveland Inc | Cleveland, OH | $1,840,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Near West Side Multi Service Corporation | Cleveland, OH | $633,830 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Spanish American Committee for a Better Community | Cleveland, OH | $606,565 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Young Womens Christian Association of Cleveland Ohio | Cleveland, OH | $584,875 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Towards Employment Incorporated | Cleveland, OH | $581,356 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| United States Catholic Conference | Cleveland, OH | $511,158 | 4 | 3 | 2022 |
| Lexington-Bell Center | Cleveland, OH | $492,750 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Child Care Resource Center of Cuyahoga County | Cleveland, OH | $492,500 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Asian Services in Action Inc | Akron, OH | $442,375 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Journey Center for Safety and Healing | Cleveland, OH | $434,396 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Youth Opportunities Unlimited the Hale Building | Cleveland, OH | $431,195 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Thea Bowman Center | Cleveland, OH | $400,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Mental Health Services for Homeless Persons Inc | Cleveland, OH | $305,266 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry | Cleveland, OH | $279,078 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Enterprise Community Partners Inc | Columbia, MD | $258,200 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Cleveland Rape Crisis Center | Cleveland, OH | $199,149 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Hunger Network of Greater Cleveland | Cleveland, OH | $181,375 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Passages Connecting Fathers and Sons Inc | Cleveland, OH | $154,087 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Center for Families and Children | Cleveland, OH | $145,137 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Cleveland Center for Arts and Technology | Cleveland, OH | $135,841 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Black Child Development Institute Ohio | Beachwood, OH | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Food Strong | Cleveland, OH | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Milestones Autism Resources | Warrensvl Hts, OH | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Positive Education Program | Cleveland, OH | $94,003 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Legal Aid Society of Cleveland | Cleveland, OH | $92,151 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Beech Brook | Garfield Hts, OH | $84,621 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Murtis Taylor Human Services System | Cleveland, OH | $83,550 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Chn Housing Partners | Cleveland, OH | $74,181 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Boys and Girls Club of Greater Cleveland | Cleveland, OH | $63,250 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| West Side Catholic Center | Cleveland, OH | $56,125 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Applewood Centers Inc | Shaker Hts, OH | $55,965 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Harvard Community Services Center | Cleveland, OH | $51,549 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Emerald Development and Economic | Cleveland, OH | $50,750 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Vocational Guidance Services | Cleveland, OH | $50,356 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Providence House Inc | Cleveland, OH | $49,750 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| East End Neighborhood House Association | Cleveland, OH | $48,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| City Year Inc | Boston, MA | $47,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Family Connections of Northeast Ohio | Cleveland, OH | $46,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Merrick House | Cleveland, OH | $46,113 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Open Doors Inc | Cleveland, OH | $46,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Far West Center | Westlake, OH | $45,644 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Stepforward | Cleveland, OH | $42,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| University Settlement Inc | Cleveland, OH | $40,750 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Achievement Center for Children | Westlake, OH | $40,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| United Cerebral Palsy Association of Greater Cleveland Inc | Cleveland, OH | $40,294 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Family Promise of Greater Cleveland | Cleveland, OH | $39,750 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Neighborhood Health Care Incorporated | Cleveland, OH | $37,561 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| College Now Greater Cleveland Inc | Cleveland, OH | $37,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| YMCA of Greater Cleveland | Cleveland, OH | $37,351 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Linking Employment Abilities & Potential | Cleveland, OH | $35,329 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Urban League of Cleveland | Cleveland, OH | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Seeds of Literacy | Cleveland, OH | $34,588 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Cuyahoga County Public Library | Parma, OH | $34,168 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| West Side Community House | Cleveland, OH | $34,125 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| New Directions Inc | Cleveland, OH | $34,099 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Signature Healthorca House Inc | Cleveland, OH | $33,250 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Cleveland Peacemakers Inc | Cleveland, OH | $31,964 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Benjamin Rose Institute | Cleveland, OH | $30,250 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Esperanza Inc | Cleveland, OH | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| America Scores Cleveland | Cleveland, OH | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Senior Citizen Resources Inc | Cleveland, OH | $22,875 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| U S Committee for Refugees and Immigrants Inc | Arlington, VA | $22,080 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Front Steps Housing and Services Front Steps Housing and Services | Cleveland, OH | $21,694 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| East Cleveland Neighborhood Center Inc | E Cleveland, OH | $20,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Rainey Institute | Cleveland, OH | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| United Labor Agency Inc | Cleveland, OH | $18,211 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Magnolia Clubhouse Inc | Cleveland, OH | $18,004 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Lakewood Community Services Center | Lakewood, OH | $16,625 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Nueva Luz Urban Resource Center | Cleveland, OH | $15,625 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Community Housing Solutions | Cleveland, OH | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| The Salvation Army | West Nyack, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Eliza Bryant Village | Cleveland, OH | $14,371 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Literacy Cooperative of Greater Cleveland | Cleveland, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Shaker Lakes Regional Nature Center | Cleveland, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
21 of 76 (28%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 53 of 76 recipients we could match to a registered organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 72 | $5,712,605 | $40,397 |
| 2021 | 15 | $4,754,000 | $210,000 |
| 2022 | 15 | $4,754,000 | $210,000 |
| 2023 | 18 | $4,404,000 | $132,500 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
98% of its giving went to organizations in Ohio. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
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How to approach this grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $84,085 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in Ohio.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from United Way of Greater Cleveland's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2020-2023). Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 18 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 0 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.
Address of record on the latest return: 1331 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH, 44115.
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