Elizabeth Ring Mather
Cleveland, OH · EIN 34-6519863. Reported 372 grants totalling $3,902,300 to 131 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Elizabeth Ring Mather did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $5,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $10,000; the smallest was $500 and the largest $385,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tall Timbers Research Station | Tallahassee, FL | $555,000 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Kenyon College | Gambier, OH | $390,000 | 13 | 4 | 2024 |
| University Circle Inc | Cleveland, OH | $219,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum | Boston, MA | $85,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Williams College | Williamstown, MA | $85,000 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Art Garage Denver | Denver, CO | $84,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Scenic Ohio | Columbus, OH | $80,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Lawrence & Memorial Hospital | New London, CT | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Astoria Park Conservancy | Jackson, WY | $70,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Museum of Fine Arts Boston | Boston, MA | $65,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Magnolia Clubhouse | Cleveland, OH | $57,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Mcclean Hospital | Belmont, MA | $55,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Musical Arts Association | Cleveland, OH | $52,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Foreign Policy C | Washington DC, DC | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Sisters of Charity Health Systems | Cleveland, OH | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Western Reserve Land Conservancy | Novelty, OH | $49,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Phillips Academy | Andover, MA | $45,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Foreign Policy Council | Washington, DC | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, PA | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Case Western Reserve University | Cleveland, OH | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Cleveland Animal Protective League | Cleveland, OH | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| CO2 Coalition | Arlington, VA | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Denver Art Museum | Denver, CO | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Givewellorg | San Francisco, CA | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Lakeview Cemetery Foundation | Cleveland, OH | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Mercy Corps | Portland, OR | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Nature Center at Shaker Lakes | Cleveland, OH | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Planned Parenthood | Cleveland, OH | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Bail Project Inc | Venice, CA | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| University School | Hunting Valley, OH | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Walsh Park Benevolent Corp | Fishers Island, NY | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Yale University | New Haven, CT | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Head Start of Knox County | Mount Vernon, OH | $35,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Interchurch Social Serv of Knox Co | Mount Vernon, OH | $35,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Peninsula College | Port Angeles, WA | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Preterm Cleveland Inc | Cleveland, OH | $35,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Cleveland Museum of Natural History | Cleveland, OH | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Habitat for Humanity | Mt Vernon, OH | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Society of Economic Geologists Inc | Littleton, CO | $30,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Winter Sanctuary | Mt Vernon, OH | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Bok Tower Gardens | Lake Wales, FL | $27,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Salvation Army | Cleveland, OH | $27,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Esplanade Association | Boston, MA | $25,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Friends of the Public Garden | Boston, MA | $25,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Thompson Island Outward Bound | Boston, MA | $25,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Holden Forest & Gardens | Kirtland, OH | $22,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Wharton Graduate School of Business | Philadelphia, PA | $22,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Brigham and Women's Hospi | Boston, MA | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Conservancy for Cuyahoga Valley National Park | Peninsula, OH | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Fishers Island Conservancy Inc | Fishers Island, NY | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Henry L Ferguson Museum | Fishers Island, NY | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Housing Nantucket | Nantucket, MA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Island Health Project | Fishers Island, NY | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, MD | $20,000 | 6 | 3 | 2024 |
| L a N D Studio | Cleveland, OH | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Land Studio | Cleveland, OH | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| May Dugan Center | Cleveland, OH | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| NAMI Cleveland | Cleveland, OH | $20,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| New Directions-Domestic Abuse Shelt | Mount Vernon, OH | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Refugee Response | Cleveland, OH | $20,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Society for Preservation of New England Antiquities | Haverhill, MA | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Brown University | Providence, RI | $17,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| California Academy of Sciences | San Francisco, CA | $17,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Caf America | Alexandria, VA | $15,700 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Competitive Enterprise Institute | Washington, DC | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Decorative Arts Trust | Media, PA | $15,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Fishers Island Community Center Inc | Fishers Island, NY | $15,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Regis High School | New York, NY | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Samaanta Foundation | New York, NY | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Starting Point | Cleveland, OH | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| San Francisco Marin Food Bank | San Fracisco, CA | $12,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| St John Church | Fishers Island, NY | $12,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| St Paul's School | Concord, NH | $12,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Americans for Oxford Inc Exeter College | New York, NY | $10,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Astoria Park Conservatory | Jackson, WY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Charity Water | Franklin, TN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cuyahoga Community College Foundation | Cleveland, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Handel & Haydn Society | Boston, MA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Knox County Foundation | Mt Vernon, OH | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Metrohealth Foundation | Cleveland, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Owl Creek Conservancy | Mount Vernon, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Proprietors of the Boston Athenaeum | Boston, MA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| San Francisco Museum of Modern Art | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| San Francisco Opera | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| San Francisco Opera Association | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Buckley Institute - Yale Univ | New Haven, CT | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Trinity Church Boston | Boston, MA | $10,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Western Reserve Historical Society | Cleveland, OH | $10,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| San Francisco Jazz Organization | San Francisco, CA | $9,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Smith College | Northampton, MA | $7,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Green Mountain Academy for Lifelong Learning | Dorset, VT | $7,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Southern Vermont Arts Center | Manchester, VT | $7,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| V & a Americas Foundation | Berkeley Heights, NJ | $7,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Beacon Hill Village Inc | Boston, MA | $6,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Ohio Wesleyan University | Delaware, OH | $6,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Philanthropy Ohio | Columbus, OH | $5,100 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Art Association of Jackson Hole | Jackson, WY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Boston Althenaeum | Boston, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Building Healthy Communities | Cleveland, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Cleveland Zoological Society | Cleveland, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Denver Botanical Gardens | Denver, CO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Denver Nature and Science Museum | Denver, CO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Domestic Violence Agency | Cleveland, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Domestic Violence and Child Advoc | Cleveland, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Grace Cathedral San Francisco | San Francisco, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Graland Country Day School | Denver, CO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Journey Center | Cleveland, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Long Now Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Massachusetts General Hospital | Boston, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ohio Wesleyan Universit | Delaware, OH | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Peace Players | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Proprietors of the Boston Anthenaeu | Boston, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| San Francisco Food Bank | San Fracisco, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Singing Angels | Cleveland, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Trinity Boston Connects | Boston, MA | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Yellowstone Park Foundation | Bozeman, MT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Wildlife Conservation Network | San Francisco, CA | $4,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Serpentine Americas Foundation | New York, NY | $3,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Southern Poverty Law Center | Montgomery, AL | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hope Now Inc | Mt Vernon, OH | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Trust for Public Land | San Francisco, CA | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Act for Lebanon | Edgewater, NJ | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| De Young Museum San Francisco | San Francisco, CA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lighthouse Works Inc | Fishers Island, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Outward Bound Inc | Lagrangeville, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Urban Farm | Denver, CO | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Urban Fund | Denver, CO | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Wildelifenow | Malibu, CA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Royal Albert Hall America Inc | New York, NY | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Alcohol & Drug Freedom Center of Knox County | Mount Vernon, OH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Quire Cleveland | Cleveland Heights, OH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
94 of 131 (72%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 84%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Tall Timbers Research Station
CONSERVATION EDUCATION CENTER - University Circle Inc
UNRESTRICTED OPERATING SUPPORT - American Foreign Policy Council
UNRESTRICTED OPERATING EXPENSES - Sisters of Charity Health Systems
20K NEW VAN, 20K GEN OP EXP - American Foreign Policy C
ISLAM PROJECT; CENTRAL ASIA-CAUCASUS - Musical Arts Association
ENDOWMENT FUND; GEN OPERT. SUPPORT
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 194 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 78 | $701,700 | $5,000 |
| 2022 | 96 | $1,228,400 | $5,000 |
| 2023 | 93 | $879,200 | $5,000 |
| 2024 | 105 | $1,093,000 | $5,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 42% of this one's giving went to organizations in Ohio. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $5,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Ohio.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Elizabeth Ring Mather's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 1375 E Ninth St Suite 900, Cleveland, OH, 44114. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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