Grants awarded
Who does The Payne Fund fund?
The Payne Fund has awarded $4.3 million across 198 grants to 43 grantees between 2020 and 2024. Its giving concentrates in arts & culture. Its typical grant is $12,500, with most between $5,000 and $25,000. Repeat grantees receive a median $15,000 versus $10,000 for first-time grantees.
Total awarded
$4.3M
Typical grant
$12K
Grantees
43
Grants
198
Years
2020–2024
Organizations this funder supports
Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.
| Grantee | Total received | Grants | Years | Latest | State | Support |
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Mount Vernon Ladies Association of the Union
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$675K | 10 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | VA | |
| F Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing | $655K | 11 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$575K | 15 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | OH | |
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$414K | 15 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | OH | |
Brevard Music Center Incorporated
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$250K | 11 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NC | |
| F Friends of Breakthrough Schools | $175K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Cleveland Institute of Music
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$166K | 17 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | OH | |
Cleveland Museum of Art
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$150K | 13 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | OH | |
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$139K | 7 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | OH | |
The Cleveland Foundation
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$100K | 2 | 2020 | 2020 | OH | |
Theatre Du Reve INC
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$90K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | GA | |
Hospice of the Western Reserve INC
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$80K | 3 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | OH | |
| C City Mission | $75K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $75K | 18 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| K King Baudouin Foundation United States | $55K | 2 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| B Boys and Girls Club of Ne Ohio | $50K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
The City Club of Cleveland
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$50K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | OH | |
| C Cleveland Council of World Affairs | $50K | 4 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| S San Francisco- Marin Food Bank | $40K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| G Georgia State University Foundation (ciber) | $40K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
Playhouse Square Foundation
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$38K | 3 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | OH | |
| C Community Land Trust Association (clam) | $35K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| M Marin Agricultural Land Trust (malt) | $25K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$25K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | OH | |
| E Episcopal Diocese of Ohio | $25K | 2 | 2021 | 2021 | OH | |
| I Individual recipient | $25K | 2 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| C Convent of the Sacred Heart | $20K | 2 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| D Dekalb Choral Guild INC | $20K | 2 | 2021 | 2021 | GA | |
The Carter Center INC
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$20K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | GA | |
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$15K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | CA | |
Squash Dreamers
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$15K | 2 | 2023 | 2023 | PA | |
Portland Museum of Art
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$15K | 2 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | ME | |
| T Trust for Conservation Innovation | $15K | 3 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| V Verner Center for Early Learning | $12K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| M Multiplier for Maven's Notebook | $10K | 2 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$10K | 2 | 2020 | 2020 | NY | |
Hospitality Homes INC
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$8K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | MA | |
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$5K | 2 | 2021 | 2021 | GA | |
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$5K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | VT | |
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$5K | 2 | 2020 | 2020 | MN | |
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$5K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| W West Marin Community Servives | $5K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| A American College of Greece | $5K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
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