Organization · EIN 34-0714338 · Cleveland, OH · Arts, culture & humanities

Who funds Cleveland Museum of Natural History?

81 private foundations reported paying Cleveland Museum of Natural History $4.98M on returns for tax year 2023.

81 funders · 8 foundations that fund peers · 6 closest peers

Funders 81

FoundationPaidPurpose as filedMatchSource
The Kelvin & Eleanor Smith Foundation
Cleveland, OH
$1,000,000 GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Brian & Gretchen Colleran Foundation
North Olmsted, OH · Preselected only
$1,000,000 General operating expenses. Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Jack Joseph & Morton Mandel Foundation
Cleveland, OH
$305,000
2 grant lines
Capital Campaign +1 more Same street 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
E S Prentiss Fb Clev Health Mus
Pittsburgh, PA · Preselected only
$301,736 GENERAL SUPPORT OF THE
Filed as “CLEVELAND MUSEUM NATURAL HISTORY”
Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 05/2024
The James and Angela Hambrick Foundation
Beachwood, OH · Preselected only
$300,000
2 grant lines
CAPITAL CAMPAIGN +1 more Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
B Charles and Jay G Ames Foundation
Mayfield Heights, OH · Preselected only
$260,000 $250,000 TRANSFORMING THE WORLD OF DISCOVERY CAMPAIGN$10,000 ANNUAL FUND Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Louise H & David S Ingalls Fdn
Shaker Heights, OH
$248,450 ARTS AND CULTURE Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Guerdon Stearns Holden Trust Fbo Cleveland
Boston, MA · Preselected only
$178,291 GENERAL OPERATING Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Julianna Foundation
Cleveland, OH · Preselected only
$151,934 ENVIRONMENTAL Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Smead Endowment Pfdn
Brooklyn, OH · Preselected only
$117,230 GENERAL OPERATING
Filed as “CLEVELAND MUSEUM NATURAL HISTORY”
Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Milton and Tamar Maltz Family Foundation
Beachwood, OH · Preselected only
$100,000 CAPITAL SUPPORT Same street 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Me & Fj Callahan Foundation
Chagrin Falls, OH
$75,000 GENERAL OPERATIONS Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Knorr-Bremse Global CARE North America
Avon, OH
$75,000 Science for Success Internship Year 3 Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
S Livingston Mather Charitable Trust
Cleveland, OH · Preselected only
$67,250 $30,000 - STEM MENTORSHIP$37,250 - CAPITAL CAMPAIGN Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Perkins Charitable Foundation
Gates Mills, OH
$63,500
3 grant lines
PHILANTHROPIC PURPOSES.
Filed as “CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY (RPII)”
Same street 0.82 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Firman Fund
Cleveland, OH · Preselected only
$52,500 ANNUAL FUND Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Helen C Cole Charitable Trust
Cleveland, OH · Preselected only
$37,127 GENERAL Same ZIP 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Sears Swetland Family Foundation
Bratenahl, OH
$30,000 HEALTH Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
John P Murphy Foundation
Cleveland, OH
$28,500 PROGRAMMATIC SUPPORT Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Veale Foundation
Pepper Pike, OH · Preselected only
$26,500 GENERAL FUND Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023

Amounts are as filed on each foundation's 990-PF for a tax year beginning in 2023. The match shows how the payee on the filing was linked to this EIN (what each match type means); hover or tap it for the score. Wrong? Report it.

Foundations that fund organizations like Cleveland Museum of Natural History

These foundations paid at least two of the 25 organizations that share the most funders with Cleveland Museum of Natural History, but don't appear on its own funder list for 2023. This is a factual overlap from filings, not a recommendation or an endorsement.

  1. James and Susan Ratner Family Foundation Shaker Heights, OH
    Paid 9 of the 25 closest peers · $147K to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only
  2. Abr Family Foundation No 1 Shaker Heights, OH
    Paid 9 of the 25 closest peers · $620K to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only
  3. The Swagelok Foundation Solon, OH
    Paid 10 of the 25 closest peers · $132K to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only
  4. The Reading 1 Foundation Hunting Valley, OH
    Paid 9 of the 25 closest peers · $10K to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only
  5. Joseph & Nancy Keithley Foundation Cleveland, OH
    Paid 7 of the 25 closest peers · $61.6K to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only
  6. The Westfield Insurance Foundation Westfield, OH
    Paid 8 of the 25 closest peers · $143K to them
  7. Sullivan Family Fund West Palm Beach, FL
    Paid 8 of the 25 closest peers · $96K to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only
  8. Kulas Foundation Cleveland, OH
    Paid 10 of the 25 closest peers · $881K to them

Organizations with the most funders in common

  1. Cleveland Museum of Art Cleveland, OH
    39 shared funders · 87 funders in all
  2. Greater Cleveland Food Bank Cleveland, OH
    36 shared funders · 172 funders in all
  3. The Musical Arts Association Cleveland, OH
    23 shared funders · 68 funders in all
  4. Western Reserve Historical Society Cleveland, OH
    21 shared funders · 51 funders in all
  5. Western Reserve Land Conservancy Moreland Hls, OH
    27 shared funders · 55 funders in all
  6. The Cleveland Play House Cleveland, OH
    18 shared funders · 29 funders in all

Where this comes from

Each row is a grant line from Part XV of a private foundation's Form 990-PF. The 990-PF has no field for the recipient's tax ID, so WHOFUNDS matched the payee's name and address to the IRS Business Master File. How matching works and where it fails.

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