Woodruff Foundation
Cleveland, OH · EIN 23-7425631. Reported 91 grants totalling $2,070,059 to 57 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. Woodruff 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 $20,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $15,000 and $25,000; the smallest was $7,500 and the largest $75,000. 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 Christian Home | Cleveland, OH | $112,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Positive Education Program | Cleveland, OH | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Metrohealth Foundation | Cleveland, OH | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Alcohol Drug Additionmental Hlth Svc | Cleveland, OH | $86,460 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Mental Health & Addiction Advocacy Coal | Cleveland, OH | $85,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Salvation Army | Cleveland, OH | $80,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry | Cleveland, OH | $78,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Cleveland Rape Crisis Center | Cleveland, OH | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Lgbt Community Center of Greater Clevela | Cleveland, OH | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Village of Healing | Euclid, OH | $74,424 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| NAMI Greater Cleveland | Cleveland, OH | $70,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| May Dugan Center | Cleveland, OH | $65,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Journey Center for Safety and Healing | Cleveland, OH | $55,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Cleveland Foundation | Cleveland, OH | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Centers for Families and Children | Cleveland, OH | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Educational Service Center of Northeast Ohio | Independence, OH | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Achievement Centers for Children | Highland Hills, OH | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Womens Recovery Center | Cleveland, OH | $42,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Centers for Family and Children | Cleveland, OH | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Neighborhood Health Care Inc | Cleveland, OH | $30,785 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Community Assessment & Treatment Service | Cleveland, OH | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cornerstone of Hope | Independence, OH | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Ideastream Public Media | Cleveland, OH | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Signature Health Inc | Mentor, OH | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Birthing Beautiful Commmunities | Cleveland, OH | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Clev Cuyahoga Cty Child Advocacy Center | Cleveland, OH | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Life Act | Chagrin Falls, OH | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Mental Health & Addiction Advocacy Coalition | Cleveland, OH | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Pregnant With Possibilities Resource Center | Maple Heights, OH | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Stella Maris | Cleveland, OH | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Thrive for Change | Cleveland, OH | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Recovery Resources | Cleveland, OH | $24,390 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Black Lives Matter Cleveland Inc | Cleveland, OH | $23,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Far West Center | Westlake, OH | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Frontline Service | Cleveland, OH | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Frontline Services | Cleveland, OH | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Greater Cleveland Congregation | Cleveland, OH | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hispanic Umadao Program | Cleveland, OH | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| St Vincent Charity Medical Center | Cleveland, OH | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| University Hospitals Health System | Cleveland, OH | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Urban Community School | Cleveland, OH | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| YWCA Greater Cleveland | Cleveland, OH | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Naaleh Cleveland | Lyndhurst, OH | $17,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Beech Brook | Cleveland, OH | $17,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| US Together Inc | Cleveland, OH | $17,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Canopy | Cleveland, OH | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Josephs Home | Cleveland, OH | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Northeast Ohio Coalition for the Homeless | Cleveland, OH | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgende R Community of Greater Cleveland | Cleveland, OH | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Birthing Beautiful Communities | Cleveland, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Building Hope in the City | Cleveland, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Improbable Players | Boston, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Joseph's and Mary's Home | Cleveland, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Music Settlement | Cleveland, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University Settlement | Cleveland, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cleveland Hearing and Speech Center | Cleveland, OH | $9,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Education Service Center of Cyg Cty | Independence, OH | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
22 of 57 (39%) 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 31%, 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.
- The Metrohealth Foundation
FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH HOSPITAL - Cleveland Christian Home
FOR BUILDING REPAIR AND RENOVATION - Mental Health & Addiction Advocacy Coal
FOR RESEARCH AND ADVOCACY TO INCREASE ACCESS TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES - Lgbt Community Center of Greater Clevela
TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO AFFIRMING AND CULTURALLY SENSITIVE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES TO LGBTQ+ YOUTH - The Salvation Army
FOR THE SUBSTANCE ABUSE RECOVERY PROGRAM - Village of Healing
FOR THE MOTHER TO MOTHER PEER MENTORSHIP PROGRAM
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 53 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 | 26 | $610,314 | $22,195 |
| 2022 | 15 | $352,000 | $20,000 |
| 2023 | 28 | $636,960 | $20,000 |
| 2024 | 22 | $470,785 | $22,892 |
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.
Already committed for future years
Form 990-PF has a separate schedule for grants approved but not yet paid. Woodruff Foundation has 1 of them, worth $35,000. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back.
| Organization | Location | Approved |
|---|---|---|
| The Centers for Family and Children | Cleveland, OH | $35,000 |
Where its money goes
100% 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 $20,000. 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.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Woodruff Foundation'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: 1422 Euclid Avenue 966, 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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