Church of the Saviour Foundation

Public charity · Grantmaker Cleveland, OH EIN: 34-6521549

Church of the Saviour Foundation provides permanent support to church of the saviour by underwriting major maintenance of the church's grand facilities, providing start-up funds for new ministry initiatives and church programs, and supporting local and worldwide mission work. Property of the Church of the Saviour Foundation shall be used solely and exclusively for the benefit of church of the saviour, united methodist, or its successor, and the conduct, maintenance, promotion, development of support of any exclusively public religious, charitable or educational works or activities in which said church now is, or may hereafter be engaged, either directly or indirectly, alone or in conjuction with one or more other institutions organized and operated exclusively for public religious, charitable or eductional purposes, provided no part of the net earnings of such other instituions inure to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual.

Church of the Saviour Foundation at a glance

In short: Church of the Saviour Foundation gave $627K across 1 grant in 2025 (avg $627K), mostly in Ohio. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.

Annual giving (2025)
$627,013
+26.9% vs 2024
Grants made (2025)
1
+0.0% vs 2024
Average grant
$627,013
+26.9% vs 2024
Median grant
$627,013
Total assets
$17,230,537
+10.0% vs 2024
Primary geography
Ohio (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.

Who Church of the Saviour Foundation funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top recipient in 2025

Church of the Saviour Um: $627KChurch of the Saviour Um$627K

The largest 2025 recipient was Church of the Saviour Um ($627K).

Grant Size Distribution

5 grants across all recorded years

<$50K$50–100K$100–250K3$250–500K2$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was in the $250–500K range: 3 grants of 5 (60%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

Share of the 2025 grant dollars on its one itemized grant.

States

Cities

Cleveland

How Church of the Saviour Foundation gives

  • Giving grew 54% from 2022 to 2025. Method

From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$200K$400K$600K$800K1 grant2019 1 grant2020 1 grant2021 1 grant2022 1 grant2023 1 grant2024 1 grant2025

From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $392K (2019) to $627K (2025). In 2025 it made 1 grant totaling $627K.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Church of the Saviour Um Cleveland, OHBldg Repair/Operat./$627,013
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsNet Investment Income
2025$17,230,537$1,367,612$783,337$627,0131$1,244,867
2024$15,663,164$915,228$577,766$494,0681$785,910
2023$14,326,906$841,672$587,183$504,4891$526,537
2022$12,610,545$632,141$477,585$407,1031$581,119
2021$15,200,260$607,949$535,475$441,4541$524,685
2020$13,738,709$462,792$507,984$430,9611$419,473
2019$12,325,232$346,986$496,366$391,9951$315,786

About Church of the Saviour Foundation

Based on IRS filings

Church of the Saviour Foundation is a public charity, based in Cleveland, OH. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $17.2M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 1 grant totaling $627K. Net investment income was $1.2M.

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Church of the Saviour Foundation is led by Cathy Belk, Chair since 2023 (on filings since 2022); none of the 8 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Cathy Belk

    Chair

    Trustee → Chair, 2023

    On filings since 2022

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Andy Call

    Trustee

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Timothy Persons

    Trustee

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Valenta Ward-Gravely

    Trustee

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Mark Duffy

    Trustee

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Marty Kolb

    Trustee

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Matt Graban

    Trustee

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Sandra Kiely Kolb

    Secretary

    On filings since 2019

    2 hrs/week

    $750 (2019) → $0 (2025)

Former officers (8)
  • Former: Mark Graban (2023) — Trustee
  • Former: Adrienne Mundorf (2019–2022) — Chair
  • Former: Gregory Taylor (2020–2022) — Trustee
  • Former: Chris Welker (2019–2021) — Trustee
  • Former: Joy Banish (2019–2021) — Trustee
  • Former: Martin Kolb (2021) — Trustee
  • Former: Joe Hicks (2019–2020) — Trustee
  • Former: Terry Angle (2019–2020) — Trustee

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Compensation Overview

No officer or director reported compensation in the available filings.

Frequently asked questions about Church of the Saviour Foundation

How much does Church of the Saviour Foundation give each year?

Church of the Saviour Foundation gave $627K across 1 grant in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $494K across 1 grant.

How large is Church of the Saviour Foundation?

Church of the Saviour Foundation reported $17.2M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $1.4M.

Where does Church of the Saviour Foundation operate?

Church of the Saviour Foundation has awarded grants in Ohio.

What is Church of the Saviour Foundation's EIN?

Church of the Saviour Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 34-6521549. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.

Data update history

(7)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS November 7, 2025)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS June 10, 2026)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS May 4, 2020)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS August 27, 2021)
  5. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS July 25, 2022)
  6. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS April 8, 2023)
  7. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS September 20, 2024)

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