Cohen & Company Community Foundation
Cleveland, OH · EIN 34-1896053. Reported 96 grants totalling $540,954 to 80 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. Cohen & Company Community 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 $5,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $2,500 and $5,000; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $50,000. 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. 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 | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Cleveland Guardians Charities Inc | Cleveland, OH | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| The City Club of Cleveland | Cleveland, OH | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Blackbaud Giving Fund | Charleston, SC | $15,454 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Jewish Federation of Cleveland | Cleveland, OH | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry | Cleveland, OH | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum Inc | Cleveland, OH | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | Memphis, TN | $11,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Covenant House International | Topeka, KS | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Grosse Pointe United Methodist Church | Gross Pointe Farms, MI | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Team Neo Foundation | Cleveland, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| 1871 Foundation Inc | Chicago, IL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Achievement Center for Children | Highland Hills, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| American Cancer Society Inc | Cleveland, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| American Heart Association Inc | Cleveland, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Autism Speaks Inc | Boone, IA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Baltimore Area Council Boy Scouts of America | Baltimore, MD | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Northeast Ohio | Akron, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Boys Hope Girls Hope of Northeastern Ohio | Garfield Hts, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Cleveland State University Foundation | Cleveland, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Connecting for Kids of Westlake Ohio | Westlake, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Detroit Rescue Mission Ministries Genesis House I II III & Oasis | Detroit, MI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Grace House Akron Inc | Akron, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Greater Cleveland Sports Commission | Cleveland, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Hope for the Day | Chicago, IL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| I Love You More - the Michael Trella Foundation | Moon Township, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Inspiring Minds of Youngstown Inc | Youngstown, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Lake County Crisis Center Dba a Safe Place | Zion, IL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Lake Hospital Foundation Inc | Painesville, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Leader Dogs for the Blind | Rochester Hills, MI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Lorain County Community College Foundation | Elyria, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage | Beachwood, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| NAMI Lake County Oh | Painesville, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| North Hills Affordable Housing Inc Dba Hearth | Grenshaw, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Ohio & Erie Canalway Coalition | Akron, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Oviatt House Inc | Richfield, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Philabundance | Philadelphia, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Piarist Fathers Province of USA and Puerto Rico Inc | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Pinky Swear Foundation | Edina, MN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Providence Farm Collective | Orchard Park, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| The Against Malaria Foundation | Philadelphia, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| The Bison Children's Scholarship Fund Inc | Buffalo, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| The Ohio Foundation of Independent Colleges | Westerville, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Teachers Desk | Buffalo, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Welcome House Inc | Westlake, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Youth Challenge | Westlake, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Oh Wow the Roger & Gloria Jones Children's Center for Science & Tech | Youngstown, OH | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Rebuilding Together Nyc | Brooklyn, NY | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Akron Civic Theatre | Akron, OH | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Bellefaire Jewish Childrens Bureau | Cleveland, OH | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Hitchcock Center for Women Inc | Cleveland, OH | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Foundation | Durham, NC | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Arthritis Foundation Inc | Atlanta, GA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Breakthrough Public Schools | Cleveland, OH | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Chicagoland Habitat for Humanity | Chicago, IL | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Cleveland Kids Book Bank | Cleveland, OH | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Crosswicks Library Co | Crosswicks, NJ | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Family Promise of Greater Cleveland | Cleveland, OH | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Humane Society of Summit County | Akron, OH | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Open Doors Inc | Cleveland, OH | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Securefutures Foundation Inc | Milwaukee, WI | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Special Olympics Inc | Washington, DC | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Steak Club Foundation | Shaker Heights, OH | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| The United Way of Youngstown and the Mahoning Valley | Youngstown, OH | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Transplant House of Cleveland | Cleveland, OH | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Victim Assistance Program Inc | Akron, OH | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Youngstown Warren Regional Chamber of Commerce Foundation | Youngstown, OH | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Advocates for Children CASA | Parker, CO | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Pope Francis Center | Detroit, MI | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Childrens Center of Wayne County Inc | Detroit, MI | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Fuchs Mizrachi Schools | Beachwood, OH | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Alleycats & Aristocrats Inc | Medina, OH | $1,200 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Cleveland Roots Inc | Cleveland, OH | $1,200 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Grosse Pointe Animal Adoption Society | Harper Woods, MI | $1,200 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| One of a Kind Pet Rescue Inc | Akron, OH | $1,200 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Small Miracles Cat & Dog Rescue Inc | Ellicott City, MD | $1,200 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Alzheimer's Association | Independence, OH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Girls Inc of Greater Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh, PA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Marie Sklodowska-Curie Professional Women's Association Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Union Home Foundation | Strongsville, OH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
8 of 80 (10%) 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 67%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. 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.
- Blackbaud Giving Fund
GRANT FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 73 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 | 4 | $12,000 | $3,000 |
| 2022 | 6 | $47,000 | $5,000 |
| 2023 | 19 | $97,000 | $5,000 |
| 2024 | 6 | $60,000 | $7,500 |
| 2025 | 61 | $324,954 | $5,000 |
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
71% 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 $5,000. 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.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Cohen & Company Community Foundation'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: 1350 Euclid Avenue 800, Cleveland, OH, 44115. 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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