The Mckeever Foundation Inc
Cleveland Heights, OH · EIN 31-1367070. Reported 63 grants totalling $310,602 to 39 recipients 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. The Mckeever Foundation Inc 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 $2,500. Half of everything it gave fell between $500 and $5,500; the smallest was $100 and the largest $53,600. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church | Cleveland, OH | $67,350 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Communion of Saints Parish Communion of Saints Parish | Cleveland Hts, OH | $49,100 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Univnotre Dame Univ Notre Dame | Notre Dame, IN | $47,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Heart of a Shepherd Campaign Heart of a Shepherd Campaign | Cleveland, OH | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Univ of Notre Dame Univ of Notre Dame | Notre Dame, IN | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Cleveland Right to Life Cleveland Right to Life | Cleveland, OH | $14,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Legatus Cleveland Chapter Legatus Cleveland Chapter | Ann Arbor, MI | $14,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Zellies Home Zellies Home | Garfield Hts, OH | $9,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Catholic Community Foundation Catholic Community Foundation | Cleveland, OH | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Heart of a Shepherd Heart of a Shepherd | Cleveland, OH | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Lyceum Academy Lyceum Academy | South Euclid, OH | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Am 1260 the Rock Am 1260 the Rock | Broadview Hts, OH | $6,250 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Zelie's Home Zelie's Home | Garfield Hts, OH | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Catholic Charities Catholic Charities | Cleveland, OH | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Legatus Soc Univ Notre Dame Legatus Soc Univ Notre Dame | Ann Arbor, MI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Walsh Jesuit High School Walsh Jesuit High School | Cuyahoga Falls, OH | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Morgan Place Cemetery Morgan Place Cemetery | Sidney, OH | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Church of the Gesu Church of the Gesu | University Hts, OH | $2,100 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Advantage Cleveland Tennis & Educ Advantage Cleveland Tennis & Educ | Cleveland, OH | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Forest Hills Swim Club Forest Hills Swim Club | Cleveland Hts, OH | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Sorin Society Univ Notre Dame Sorin Society Univ Notre Dame | Notre Dame, IN | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| St Ignatius Antioch Church St Ignatius Antioch Church | Cleveland, OH | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| St Ignatius High School St Ignatius High School | Cleveland, OH | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Alliance for Working Together Fdn Alliance for Working Together Fdn | Mentor, OH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Dominican Sisters Dominican Sisters | Cleveland, OH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Grandvue Study Center Grandvue Study Center | Pittsburgh, PA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Grandvue Study Grandvue Study | Pittsburgh, PA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| St Peter the Rock St Peter the Rock | Broadview Hts, OH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ozanam Hunger Center Ozanam Hunger Center | East Cleveland, OH | $502 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Forest Hills Swim Aquatic Program Forest Hills Swim Aquatic Program | Cleveland Hts, OH | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ivy Women's Center Ivy Women's Center | Mentor, OH | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Metro Health Fdn Metro Health Fdn | Cleveland, OH | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Metro Catholic High School Metro Catholic High School | Cleveland, OH | $450 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| City Mission City Mission | Cleveland, OH | $350 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Salvation Army Salvation Army | Cleveland, OH | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Holy Cross Church Holy Cross Church | Cleveland, OH | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| St Stephen Catholic Church St Stephen Catholic Church | Cleveland, OH | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Catholics Come Home Catholic Charities | Cleveland, OH | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hillsdale College Hillsdale College | Hillsdale, MI | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
15 of 39 (38%) 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 44%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. 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.
- Heart of a Shepherd Heart of a Shepherd
PARISH & SEMINARY SUPPORT - Legatus Cleveland Chapter Legatus Cleveland Chapter
SUPPORT CATHOLIC CHURCHES
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 3 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 | 22 | $90,500 | $1,250 |
| 2022 | 16 | $59,952 | $1,375 |
| 2023 | 13 | $60,500 | $3,150 |
| 2024 | 12 | $99,650 | $3,500 |
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 $2,500. 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 The Mckeever Foundation Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). 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: 2289 Chatfield, Cleveland Heights, OH, 44106. 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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