Ne & JZ Berman Family Foundation

Faye Kaplan Charitable Foundation

Cleveland, OH

The Gries Family Foundation

Shaker Heights, OH

The Gries Family Foundation supports education, health, and the arts, generally in the greater Cleveland area, though it has also funded organizations elsewhere. In 2024, grants ranged from $500 to $151,000, with a median of $2,500. It says it does not limit giving to preselected organizations and reviews grants periodically throughout the year.

John P Murphy Foundation

Cleveland, OH

The John P. Murphy Foundation funds charitable, educational, arts and cultural, health, social-service, and religious organizations, with emphasis on programs and select capital campaigns in Cuyahoga County and, to a lesser extent, nearby counties in Northeast Ohio. In 2024, grants ranged from $1,000 to $355,000, with a median of $15,000. It accepts requests, but takes a very limited number of new applicants each year; organizations are advised to contact the foundation for eligibility and application instructions.

Jewish Federation of Cleveland

Cleveland, OH

The Jewish Federation of Cleveland funds social-welfare, religious, educational, security, and community programs, with a focus on Cleveland and Ohio as well as Jewish needs in Israel and around the world. Its 2025 grants had a median of $22,250, though amounts varied widely; the available information does not specify whether it accepts unsolicited institutional requests.

Giant Eagle Foundation

Pittsburgh, PA

The Giant Eagle Foundation supports charitable, educational, arts, and community organizations, with most of its giving in Pennsylvania and some in Ohio. Its 2025 grants ranged from $1,000 to $1.52 million, with a median of $5,000. The 2024 filing requests a letter of request from an exempt organization; no deadline is listed.

The Swagelok Foundation

Solon, OH

The Swagelok Foundation supports a broad range of charitable, community, education, and public organizations in places where Swagelok associates live and work, primarily in Ohio. In 2025 it made 222 grants totaling about $1.37 million, ranging from $20 to $201,000, with a median grant of $1,905. It funds only preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Emma R Fox Char Trust MUT FDS

Pittsburgh, PA

The foundation supports preselected organizations in areas including Jewish community life, arts and culture, accessibility, public broadcasting, neighborhood development, and hunger relief, primarily in Ohio. Its 2025 grants ranged from $2,000 to $99,000, with a median of $5,000. It does not accept unsolicited funding requests.

The Leonard and Joan Horvitz Foundation

Orange Village, OH

In its final reported year, 2022, the foundation supported medical research and care, community organizations, education, arts, and Jewish organizations, with 58% of grant dollars going to Ohio and 25% to New York. It made 84 grants totaling $832,670, ranging from $500 to $150,000, with a median of $2,500. It accepted no unsolicited requests and funded only preselected organizations; its 2022 filing was marked as its final return.

Silicon Valley Community Foundation

Mountain View, CA

Silicon Valley Community Foundation funds work in areas such as housing, economic security, education, health, the environment, arts and culture, and civic engagement, with Community Action Grants supporting local, community-led organizations in San Mateo and Santa Clara counties. Its 2024 grants had a median of $51,716, though amounts varied widely; applications depend on the program, and SVCF states that it does not accept unsolicited proposals for advised funds.

California Community Foundation

Los Angeles, CA

The California Community Foundation funds work in education, health, housing, immigration, and other community needs, primarily in Los Angeles County. Its 2025 grants had a median of $50,000, though amounts varied widely; it does not accept unsolicited funding requests.

The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation

Menlo Park, CA

The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation funds education, climate and conservation, the arts, democracy, gender equity, racial justice, and efforts to strengthen nonprofits and philanthropy, with work spanning the San Francisco Bay Area, the U.S. West, and locations including East and West Africa and Mexico. Its 2024 grants had a median award of $150,000, though amounts varied widely. It generally does not accept unsolicited requests, but sometimes invites proposals through open processes.

Marin Community Foundation

Novato, CA

Marin Community Foundation funds social services, education, the arts, environmental work, and initiatives addressing housing, homelessness, community resilience, and community power, with a strong focus on Marin County as well as grants elsewhere in the U.S. and internationally. Its 2025 itemized grants had a median of $25,000, though awards ranged from $5,050 to $10 million. The profile does not state whether it accepts unsolicited requests; its nonprofit profile form is not a grant application.