Gradison Foundation
Cincinnati, OH · EIN 31-6032172. Reported 332 grants totalling $551,735 to 137 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. Gradison 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 $1,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $500 and $1,500; the smallest was $50 and the largest $20,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mountain Projects | Waynesville, NC | $57,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Leaf | Black Mountain, NC | $50,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Opera Lafayette | Washington, DC | $33,460 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Partnership for Applachian Girls Education | Marshall, NC | $29,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Page One of Page County | Luray, VA | $20,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Parkmont School | Washington, DC | $20,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Planned Parenthood of the South Atlantic | Chapel Hill, NC | $16,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Marbles Kids Museum | Raleigh, NC | $15,550 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Smoky Mountain Housing Partnership | Waynesville, NC | $11,250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hart | Waynesville, NC | $10,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Capstone Community Action | Barre, VT | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Greater DC Diaper Bank | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Juilliard School | New York, NY | $10,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Jewish Federation of Cinc | Cincinnati, OH | $9,800 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Jewish Federation of Gr Washington | Washington, DC | $9,800 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Prs Inc | Mclean, VA | $9,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Vina Moses Center | Corvallis, OR | $9,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Heather Abbott Foundation | Newport, RI | $6,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Page Madison County Education Foundation | Marshall, NC | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Fiore Montessori School | Vienna, VA | $6,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Xerces Society for Invertibrate Conservation | Portland, OR | $6,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Stone Soup Covallis | Covallis, OR | $5,750 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Brandels University | Waltham, MA | $5,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Brandeis University | Waltham, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Jlep Inc | Arlington, VA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| United Way of Haywood County | Waynesville, NC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Western Connecticut Charles Ives Mu | Ridgefield, CT | $4,750 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Haywood Spray & Neuter | Waynesville, NC | $4,700 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Healthcare Connection | Cincinnati, OH | $4,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Senior Dog Rescue of Oregon | Corvallis, OR | $4,250 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Pathways to Housing DC | Washington, DC | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Ralph Lowell Society WGBH | Boston, MA | $4,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Slifka Center for Jewish Life | New Haven, CT | $4,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Hearing Speech Deaf Center | Cincinnati, OH | $3,600 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Corvallis Daytime Drop-in Center | Corvallis, OR | $3,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Downtown Waynesville Association (arch) | Waynesville, NC | $3,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Friends of Harriet Beecher Stowe House | Cincinnati, OH | $3,500 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Kids Gardening | Burlington, VT | $3,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Lionheart Foundation | Boston, MA | $3,200 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Arlington Food Assistance Center | Arlington, VA | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget | Washington, DC | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Hopelink | Mclean, VA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Hopelink (prs) | Mclean, VA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| St Josephs Indian School | Chamberlin, SD | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Vermont Music & Arts Center | New Tripoli, PA | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Walnut Hills Hs Alumni Ass'n | Cincinnati, OH | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Walnut Hills Hs Alumni Assn | Cincinnati, OH | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Kid's Gardening | Burlington, VT | $2,800 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Settlement Music School | Philadelphia, PA | $2,750 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Bridges to Independence | Arlington, VA | $2,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Friends of the Smokies | Kodak, TN | $2,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Haywood Arts Council Hcac | Waynesville, NC | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Kelly Carol Foundation for Children With Cancer | Cincinnati, OH | $2,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Metropolitan Club Preservation Foundation | Washington, DC | $2,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| St Joseph's Indian School | Chamberlin, SD | $2,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Nature Conservancy | Greenville, SC | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| 55 North | Cincinnati, OH | $2,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| George Washington Univ Law School | Washington, DC | $2,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Georgetown Day School | Washington, DC | $2,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Mclean Project for the Arts | Mclean, VA | $2,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Musical Mentors Collaborative | New York, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Reach of Haywood County | Waynesville, NC | $2,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Sierra Club Foundation | Oakland, CA | $2,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Together Women Rise | Greenville, SC | $2,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Tulane University | New Orleans, LA | $2,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| US Ukraine Foundation | Falls Church, VA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Fairfax County Park Foundation | Fairfax, VA | $1,750 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Williams College | Wiliamstown, MA | $1,750 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Nat'l Academy of Social Insurance | Washington, DC | $1,550 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| ACLU Foundation | New York, NY | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Appalachian Mountain Club | Boston, MA | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Appalachian Trail Conservancy | Ashville, NC | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Chamber Music Society of the Carolinas | Ashville, NC | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Senior Pharmassist | Durham, NC | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Wolf Trap | Vienna, VA | $1,350 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Natl Academy of Social Insurance | Washington, DC | $1,325 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Jewish Council for the Aging | Rockville, MD | $1,250 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Settlement Music School of Philadelphia | Philadelphia, PA | $1,250 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Center for Reproductive Rights | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Colel Chabad | Brooklyn, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Committee for a Responsible Federal | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Doctors Without Borders | Hagerstown, MD | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Friends of the Smokies | Asheville, NC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Haywood Pathways Center | Waynesville, NC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hope for Horses | Newport, RI | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Linn Benton Food Share | Corvallis, OR | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lone Survivors Foundation | Huntsville, TX | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Manna Food Banks | Asheville, NC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Meals on Wheels Southeast Ohio & Northern Kentucky | Cincinnati, OH | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Nwjp | Portland, OR | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Pflag | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Rainbow Families DC | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Rosemarys Babies | Cincinnati, OH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| St Vincent De Paul | Cincinnati, OH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ucsf | San Francisco, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| US Assoc of Former Members Congress | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Vermont Community Foundation Flood Response & Recovery Fund | Middlebury, VT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts | Vienna, VA | $650 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Friends of Haywood County Animal Shelter | Waynesville, NC | $600 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Aurelian Honor Society Inc | Savanna, GA | $520 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Ashville Chamber Music Series | Asheville, NC | $500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Brandaeis University | Waltham, MA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cincinnati Museum Center | Cincinnati, OH | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Concerts Artists Guild | New York, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Fairfax Library Foundation | Fairfax, VA | $500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Haywood County Resue Squad | Canton, NC | $500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| National Parks Conservation Assoc | Washington, DC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Playhouse in the Park | Cincinnati, OH | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Sec Historical Society | Washington, DC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Shriners Hospital for Children | Tampa, FL | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The 19TH News | Austin, TX | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Vassar Alumni Fund | Poughkeepsie, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Yale Record | Salem, MA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Primavera Fund | Philadelphia, PA | $490 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| American Heart Association | Phoenix, AZ | $400 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Cornell Lab of Ornithology | Ithica, NY | $300 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Northern Virginia Mental Health Foundation | Falls Church, VA | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The 74TH Media | New York, NY | $300 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Active Minds | Washington, DC | $250 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Campbell Memorial Presbyterian Chur | Vinton, VA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Food & Friends | Washington, DC | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Former Members of Congress | Washington, DC | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Hosea House | Manteo, NC | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ronald Mcdonald House of Durham and Wake | Durham, NC | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Yale Record Corp | New Haven, CT | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| International Student Conference in | Washington, DC | $240 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bread for the City | Washington, DC | $200 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Eric Monday Foundation | Vienna, VA | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Some | Goldenrod, FL | $200 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Bomb Techs Without Borders | Seattle, WA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Congressional Cemetery | Washington, DC | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| First Presbyterian Church of Waynesville Nc | Waynesville, NC | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Montgomery & Prince Georges Hospice | Rockville, MD | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Peachtree United Methodist Church | Maggie Valley, NC | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| US Capitol Historical Society | Washington, DC | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Consumers Checkbook Center for the Study of Services | Washington, DC | $50 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Humane Society of Fairfax County | Fairfax, VA | $50 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
76 of 137 (55%) 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 70%, 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.
- Parkmont School
EDUCATIONAL - GENERAL OPERATIONS - Jewish Federation of Cinc
RELIGIOUS - GENERAL OPERATIONS - Cornell Lab of Ornithology
WILDLIFE EDUCATION AND PROTECTION
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 131 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 | 61 | $88,825 | $750 |
| 2022 | 70 | $99,125 | $575 |
| 2023 | 78 | $119,875 | $1,000 |
| 2024 | 72 | $130,685 | $1,000 |
| 2025 | 51 | $113,225 | $1,000 |
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
41% of its giving went to organizations in North Carolina. 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 $1,000. 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 North Carolina.
- 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 Gradison 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: 301 E Fourth Street Rm/Ste 3500, Cincinnati, OH, 45202. 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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