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Mri Software Foundation Formerly Known

Solon, OH · EIN 85-2436710. Reported 69 grants totalling $500,409 to 58 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$5,000median grant
$500,409granted, 2021-2024
58organizations funded
15%of grantees funded again the next year
$194,935assets, latest filing

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. Mri Software Foundation Formerly Known did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $5,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $3,500 and $10,000; the smallest was $500 and the largest $43,466. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
2 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
19 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
23 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
23 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
2 grants

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.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Grace at the Green LightNe Orleans, LA$43,466112022
Mri Software Foundation UkLondon, England$30,446112022
Boys & Girls Club of Northeast OhioLorain, OH$22,500442024
Envisionexcelllence in STEM Education IncCleveland Heights, OH$20,000112022
Ohio Invention LeagueBay Village, OH$20,000222022
Sunshine on a Ranney DayRoswell, GA$20,000222023
Undies for EveryoneHouston, TX$20,000222023
Northeast Ohio Coalition for the HomelessCleveland, OH$18,508332024
Girls Who Code IncNew York, NY$15,000222022
Ukranian ActionDaniel Island, SC$12,700112023
Mri Software Foundation LimitedSydney$10,767112022
Educate for Change (uganda)Denver, CO$10,360112022
Back on My FeetPhiladelphia, PA$10,000112023
Care (india) Module No 411 4TH FloorNew Delhi$10,000112021
Cumberland Youth and Family ServicesDenton, TX$10,000112023
Lotus CampaignCharlotte, NC$10,000222024
Lucky Duck FoundationSan Diego, CA$10,000112024
Maui Food BankWailuku, HI$10,000112023
Meals of HopeNaples, FL$10,000112023
Move for HungerNeptune, NJ$10,000112023
National Public Housing MuseumChicago, IL$10,000112023
The Malala FundWashington DC, DC$10,000112021
The Midas CollaborativeBoston, MA$10,000112023
YWCA Greater ClevelandCleveland, OH$10,000112023
Tas Foundation Incorporated (SHOES4EVERYONE)Smyrna, GA$8,000112024
Raise Foundation (australia)Sydney$7,542112021
True Colors UnitedNew York, NY$6,000112021
CasagalSeattle, WA$5,000112023
DonorschooseNew York, NY$5,000112023
Eagle Elementary of AkronAkron, OH$5,000112022
Feeding AmericaChicago, IL$5,000112024
Fostering Hope OhioSolon, OH$5,000112023
Hope Thru SoapAtlanta, GA$5,000112022
Hot Bread KitchenNew York, NY$5,000112023
Humble Design ClevelandSolon, OH$5,000112024
Odyssey Group FoundationStamford, CT$5,000112022
Pi Sigma Epsilon Gamma Nu Cancer FundraiserOxford, OH$5,000112024
Shaker Schools FoundationShaker Heights, OH$5,000112024
The Refugee ResponseCleveland, OH$5,000112022
Woodgreen FoundationToronto, Ontario$5,000112023
Mustard Seed Project KenyaPeterborough$4,730112022
Steel City CodesSewickley, PA$4,000112021
True North AidKitchener, Ontario$3,699112022
Kidscan Charitable TrustAlbany, Auckland$3,606222024
Community Foundation Serving Boulder CountyBoulder, CO$3,500112022
North Fork Texas Food BankPlano, TX$3,500112021
Team Western Kentucky Tornado Relief FundFrankfort, KY$3,500112021
Africentric Alternative SchoolNorth York, Ontario$3,040112024
Bernie's Book BankLake Bluff, IL$3,000112024
Boys & Girls Club of the Capital AreaAlbany, NY$2,500112021
Chair-Ity IncCleveland, OH$2,500112022
Fm Pipeline Team IncMcfarland, WI$2,500112022
Greenlining Institute (nmrrs)Oakland, CA$2,500112021
StacksjoulesNew York, NY$2,500112023
Dmi Community CentreDenholme$2,080112021
Broadview Heights Lions Club American Legion #196Brecksville, OH$1,000112022
Thrive By HopeAtlanta, GA$1,000112022
Ronald Mcdonald House CharitiesChicago, IL$965112024

8 of 58 (14%) 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 15%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. 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.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 37 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Human Services
10 grants
Youth Development
5 grants
Food & Nutrition
4 grants
Philanthropy & Grantmaking
4 grants
Education
4 grants
Housing & Shelter
2 grants
Diseases & Disorders
2 grants
International Affairs
1 grant

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202114$76,622$3,750
202222$192,074$5,000
202320$160,200$10,000
202413$71,513$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. 27% 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.

Ohio
$125K
Louisiana
$43K
New York
$36K
Georgia
$34K
Texas
$34K
England
$30K
Illinois
$19K
Pennsylvania
$14K

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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.

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund26 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc20 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc20 shared recipientsCharities Aid Foundation America15 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program14 shared recipientsThe Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc14 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. 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.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Ohio.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.

Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from Mri Software Foundation Formerly Known'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: 28925 Fountain Parkway, Solon, OH, 44139. 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.

EIN 85-2436710 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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