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Women'S Philanthropic Union Grants

Private foundation · EIN 34-0782268 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2025

Total grants paid
$1.5M
Grants reported
6
Typical grant
$345K
Future commitments

Reported commitments not yet paid.

Not reported

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Original filing text

Reported organization name: WOMEN'S PHILANTHROPIC UNION

Giving by tax year

Year-level totals across every reported grant in this profile — a summary, not a filter. The awards further down are the largest individual grants across all years, not each year's complete list.

Tax yearGrants paidAmount
20252$745K
20244$763.3K

Where Women'S Philanthropic Union gives

States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.

Ohio$1.5M

Largest reported grants

Historical awards reported to the IRS. These are examples of past giving, not open opportunities.

Ywca of Greater Cleveland

CLEVELAND, OH

$390KTax year 2025

Grant purpose

Funding of general operations of cogswell hall facility to enable organization to make safe living quarters available to women of all ages. This organization is independent of women's philanthropic union (wpu), however, the president of ywca of greater cleveland is entitled to ex-officio membership on the wpu board.

Ywca of Greater Cleveland

CLEVELAND, OH

$375KTax year 2024

Grant purpose

Funding of general operations of cogswell hall facility to enable organization to make safe living quarters available to women of all ages. This organization is independent of women's philanthropic union (wpu), however, the president of ywca of greater cleveland is entitled to ex-officio membership on the wpu board.

Friendly Inn Settlement House Inc

CLEVELAND, OH

$355KTax year 2025

Grant purpose

Funding of general operations to enable organization to further its neighborhood settlement work largely centered in the carver housing project. This organization is independent of women's philanthropic union (wpu), however, the president of friendly inn is entitled to ex-officio membership on the wpu board. Several wpu board members have served past or present board memberships of friendly inn.

Friendly Inn Settlement House Inc

CLEVELAND, OH

$335KTax year 2024

Grant purpose

Funding of general operations to enable organization to further its neighborhood settlement work largely centered in the carver housing project. This organization is independent of women's philanthropic union (wpu), however, the president of friendly inn is entitled to ex-officio membership on the wpu board. Several wpu board members have served past or present board memberships of friendly inn.

Cleveland Foundation

CLEVELAND, OH

$48.3KTax year 2024

Grant purpose

Gift to donor advised fund to provide financial assistance to various social service organizations

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About this data

Figures are aggregated from Women'S Philanthropic Union's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (2 filings on file, most recent tax year 2025). 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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