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Private foundation (trust)EIN 346519769Est. 1953-06

The George Gund Foundation

Cleveland, OH 44115

Accepts unsolicited proposals

Total Assets

$534.8M

FY 2023

Annual Giving

$29.6M

FY 2023

Grants Made

327

FY 2023

Avg Grant

$91K

FY 2023

Grant Range

$2K–$2M

Typical

Deadlines

3/15 (for summer meeting); 7/15 (for f…

Applications

Financial Snapshot

2023 filing

Total Revenue

$51.5M

Total Expenses

$39.7M

Qualifying Distributions

$33.1M

Distributable Amount

$24.6M

Min. Investment Return

$25.1M

Payout rate 100%Arc chart showing what share of IRS distributable amount was paid out as qualifying distributions in the latest filing.100%

Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

327 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $2K through median $50K to maximum $2M, shown on a logarithmic scale.

Logarithmic scale — typical grant portfolios span orders of magnitude, so distances are proportional to multiplicative change, not dollar gaps.

Giving Over Time

2 years

Giving over time from 2022 to 2023. Peak $36.0M in 2022. Hover bars for details.

Total dollars recorded per filing year. Scale adjusts to the foundation's range.

Top Recipients

500 grants

Cleveland Foundation
$5.2M
14 grants
Foundation Fighting Blindness Inc
$4.0M
3 grants
College Now Greater Cleveland Inc
$2.9M
10 grants
Cleveland Neighborhood Progress
$2.5M
2 grants
Amalgamated Charitable Foundation
$1.5M
1 grant
Cleveland Metropolitan School
$1.5M
6 grants
Ohio Environmental Council
$1.3M
6 grants
Energy Foundation
$1.3M
3 grants

Grant Size Distribution

500 grants

<$10K
43
grants
$10–50K
144
grants
$50–250K
267
grants
$250K–1M
39
grants
$1–5M
7
grants
$5M+

Geographic Focus

17 states

Ohio
$53.0M
81% of total
Maryland
$4.4M
7% of total
District of Columbia
$3.4M
5% of total
California
$1.8M
3% of total
New York
$720K
1% of total
Massachusetts
$680K
1% of total
Illinois
$450K
1% of total
Pennsylvania
$358K
1% of total
Kentucky
$182K
0% of total
Virginia
$150K
0% of total

+7 more states

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