The George Gund Foundation Grants
Private foundation · Cleveland, OH · EIN 34-6519769 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2024
The George Gund Foundation is a private foundation based in Cleveland, OH (EIN 34-6519769). Its IRS Form 990-PF filings through tax year 2024 report $29.8M paid in 334 grants, with a median grant of $50K. The most recent filing reports total assets of $596M. Its latest 990-PF gives application information and does not say it gives only to preselected organizations.
Foundation website (as filed with the IRS) · gundfoundation.org
Research profile compiled by GrantCue from this foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings. It is not the foundation's own website, request for proposals or application page. Source: GrantCue Foundation Directory, grantcue.com/foundations/the-george-gund-foundation-346519769
Future commitments are grants the foundation has reported but not yet paid.
How to apply
Application information on file: its latest 990-PF does not say it gives only to preselected organizations, and it gives some information about applying. See more foundations with application information.
- Contact
- Online Application Only Via Website
- Phone
- (216) 241-3114
- INFO@GUNDFDN.ORG
- Deadlines
- 3/15 (for summer meeting); 7/15 (for fall meeting); and 11/15 (for winter/spring meeting).
- Application materials
- Proposals should include the following: organizational background, project description, project budget, and organizational budget. Required supporting documents include: list of current trustees, most recent audited financial statements. Arts organizations working with smu dataarts should submit the george gund foundation report available at smu dataarts. Applicants are asked to provide insight into their thoughts and actions around climate change, inequality and racial equity, and threats to democracy. Applicants with questions about grant application procedures should call the foundation at 216.241.3114. See statement 21 for more information.
- Restrictions
- Grant application guide available on the website at www.gundfoundation.org. See statement 21 for additional grant program information, including the foundation's funding priorities.
Original filing text
- Contact
- ONLINE APPLICATION ONLY VIA WEBSITE
- Address
- WWWGUNDFOUNDATIONORG CLEVELAND, OH, 44115
- Phone
- 2162413114
- INFO@GUNDFDN.ORG
- Deadlines
- 3/15 (FOR SUMMER MEETING); 7/15 (FOR FALL MEETING); AND 11/15 (FOR WINTER/SPRING MEETING).
- Application materials
- PROPOSALS SHOULD INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: ORGANIZATIONAL BACKGROUND, PROJECT DESCRIPTION, PROJECT BUDGET, AND ORGANIZATIONAL BUDGET. REQUIRED SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS INCLUDE: LIST OF CURRENT TRUSTEES, MOST RECENT AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. ARTS ORGANIZATIONS WORKING WITH SMU DATAARTS SHOULD SUBMIT THE GEORGE GUND FOUNDATION REPORT AVAILABLE AT SMU DATAARTS. APPLICANTS ARE ASKED TO PROVIDE INSIGHT INTO THEIR THOUGHTS AND ACTIONS AROUND CLIMATE CHANGE, INEQUALITY AND RACIAL EQUITY, AND THREATS TO DEMOCRACY. APPLICANTS WITH QUESTIONS ABOUT GRANT APPLICATION PROCEDURES SHOULD CALL THE FOUNDATION AT 216.241.3114. SEE STATEMENT 21 FOR MORE INFORMATION.
- Restrictions
- GRANT APPLICATION GUIDE AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSITE AT WWW.GUNDFOUNDATION.ORG. SEE STATEMENT 21 FOR ADDITIONAL GRANT PROGRAM INFORMATION, INCLUDING THE FOUNDATION'S FUNDING PRIORITIES.
Reported organization name: THE GEORGE GUND FOUNDATION
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Where The George Gund Foundation gives
States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.
Largest reported grants
Historical awards reported to the IRS. These are examples of past giving, not open opportunities.
Compiled by GrantCue from IRS Form 990-PF filings. Source: grantcue.com/foundations/the-george-gund-foundation-346519769
| Location | Purpose | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland State University Foundation | Cleveland, OH | Living learning community | Tax year 20242024 | $2.8M |
| Foundation Fighting Blindness Inc | Columbia, MD | Retinal degenerative disease research | Tax year 20242024 | $2M |
| Cleveland Neighborhood Progress | Cleveland, OH | Operating support | Tax year 20242024 | $1.2M |
| Ohio Progressive Collaborative Education Fund | Columbus, OH | Operating support | Tax year 20242024 | $1M |
| Energy Foundation | San Francisco, CA | Ohio key states program | Tax year 20242024 | $650K |
Showing 5 of the 25 largest grants (334 reported in all).
About this data
Figures are aggregated from The George Gund Foundation's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (1 filing on file, most recent tax year 2024). Totals reflect grants the foundation reported as paid, and can lag the current year because foundations file annually and often on extension. Source: IRS 990-PF filing on ProPublica. Raw e-file archive (ZIP) — a large IRS yearly archive download.
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