The Brews Douglas and Janet Foundation concentrates support on health and human services in the Greater Cleveland area, making repeated mid-size grants to local hospitals, senior care providers, and disability-focused organizations. Their funding pattern emphasizes operating and program support for a small set of familiar nonprofits that serve children, seniors, and people with visual impairments, with occasional support for broad emergency/human services.
Brews Douglas and Janet Fdn Ta has built a repeated pattern of mid-size support for a small circle of health and human services nonprofits, with grants in the mid-$30,000 range and one larger award of $71,740 to Rainbow Babies Childrens Corp in 2024 for care for sick children. The foundation’s recent giving centers on organizations serving children, seniors, people with visual impairments, and emergency human needs, using mostly unrestricted or general operating support. That approach shows up across multiple years and across the same recipient organizations, including University Hospitals, Cleveland Society for the Blind, Eliza Jennings Senior Care Netwk, and The Salvation Army. The grants suggest a funder that favors flexible operating support for established service providers rather than project-specific awards. In the recent record, the foundation also backed pediatric hospital care through Rainbow Babies Childrens Corp and broader community assistance through The Salvation Army. The overall pattern is consistent with direct-service funding for organizations meeting basic health and human-service needs in the Greater Cleveland area and nearby communities.
Pediatric care is one of the clearest themes in the recent grants. In 2024, Brews Douglas and Janet Fdn Ta gave $71,740 to Rainbow Babies Childrens Corp for care for sick children, then followed with $41,563 in 2023 and $34,600 in 2025 for the same organization. Support for visual impairment services is another recurring area: Cleveland Society for the Blind received $41,563 in 2023, $35,870 in 2024, and $34,600 in 2025, each marked unrestricted or general operating. The foundation also funded senior services through Eliza Jennings Senior Care Netwk, including $41,563 in 2023 and $35,870 in 2024 for providing for needs of older adults. Health system support appears in grants to University Hospitals, including unrestricted support in 2023 and general operating support in 2025.
Grant sizes cluster tightly around the mid-$30,000 range: the 25th percentile is $34,600, the median is $35,870, and the 75th percentile is $41,563. The recent record also includes a larger outlier at $71,740. The same organizations appear across multiple years, which points to recurring support rather than one-time awards. The foundation’s filings show a private foundation structure with no grants to individuals and no program-related investments. The recent grants are framed mainly as unrestricted or general operating support, with only one purpose-specific note in the dataset.
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Most grants fall between $35K and $42K, with a median of $36K.
25th Percentile
$35K
Median
$36K
75th Percentile
$42K
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Concentrated, repeat support: a small number of mid-to-large grants repeatedly awarded to a handful of local grantees, focused on operating and program support rather than many one-off small gifts.
Notable grantees: Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital (Rainbow Babies Children's Corp), Cleveland Society for the Blind, Eliza Jennings Senior Care Network, The Salvation Army (local chapter), University Hospitals (Cleveland area)
Grantmaking is regional and heavily concentrated in Ohio, with 79% of grants going to recipients in the foundation’s HQ state. The recipient country distribution is entirely U.S.-based. Within the recent list, Cleveland appears repeatedly through Cleveland Society for the Blind and University Hospitals, while Shaker Heights is tied to Rainbow Babies Childrens Corp and Olmsted Township to Eliza Jennings Senior Care Netwk. New York appears through The Salvation Army in West Nyack, showing that the giving area extends beyond Ohio.
The recent record shows support for pediatric hospitals, organizations serving people who are blind or visually impaired, senior care networks, hospitals and health systems, and emergency or human services groups. The foundation’s grants are mostly unrestricted or general operating support for established service providers.
Typical grant sizes are tightly grouped: the 25th percentile is $34,600, the median is $35,870, and the 75th percentile is $41,563. A larger award of $71,740 also appears in the recent grants list.
Yes. Several recipients appear in multiple years, including Rainbow Babies Childrens Corp, Cleveland Society for the Blind, Eliza Jennings Senior Care Netwk, University Hospitals, and The Salvation Army. The repeated awards suggest an ongoing funding relationship.
The foundation gives regionally, and 79% of grants go to recipients in Ohio. The recent grants also include recipients in New York, but the recipient-country distribution is entirely U.S.-based.
2026
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2026.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RAINBOW BABIES CHILDRENS CORP | CLEVELAND, OH | $77,415 | 2026 | GENERAL OPERATING |
| CLEVELAND SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND | CLEVELAND, OH | $38,707 | 2026 | GENERAL OPERATING |
| ELIZA JENNINGS SENIOR CARE NETWK | OLMSTED TOWNSHIP, OH | $38,707 | 2026 | GENERAL OPERATING |
| THE SALVATION ARMY | WEST NYACK, NY | $38,707 | 2026 | GENERAL OPERATING |
| ELIZA JENNINGS SENIOR CARE NETWK | OLMSTED TOWNSHIP, OH | $34,600 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATING |
| CLEVELAND SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND | CLEVELAND, OH | $34,600 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATING |
| RAINBOW BABIES CHILDRENS CORP | SHAKER HTS, OH | $34,600 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATING |
| UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS | CLEVELAND, OH | $34,600 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATING |
| THE SALVATION ARMY | WEST NYACK, NY | $34,600 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATING |
| RAINBOW BABIES CHILDRENS CORP | SHAKER HTS, OH | $71,740 | 2024 | CARE SICK CHILDREN |
| THE SALVATION ARMY | WEST NYACK, NY | $35,870 | 2024 | UNRESTRICTED |
| CLEVELAND SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND | CLEVELAND, OH | $35,870 | 2024 | UNRESTRICTED |
| ELIZA JENNINGS SENIOR CARE NETWK | OLMSTED TOWNSHIP, OH | $35,870 | 2024 | PROVIDE FOR NEEDS OF |
| THE SALVATION ARMY | WEST NYACK, NY | $41,563 | 2023 | UNRESTRICTED |
| ELIZA JENNINGS SENIOR CARE NETWK | OLMSTED TOWNSHIP, OH | $41,563 | 2023 | PROVIDE FOR NEEDS OF |
| CLEVELAND SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND | CLEVELAND, OH | $41,563 | 2023 | UNRESTRICTED |
| UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS | CLEVELAND, OH | $41,563 | 2023 | UNRESTRICTED |
| RAINBOW BABIES CHILDRENS CORP | SHAKER HTS, OH | $41,563 | 2023 | CARE SICK CHILDREN |
RAINBOW BABIES CHILDRENS CORP
$77,415GENERAL OPERATING
ELIZA JENNINGS SENIOR CARE NETWK
$38,707GENERAL OPERATING
THE SALVATION ARMY
$38,707GENERAL OPERATING
GENERAL OPERATING
RAINBOW BABIES CHILDRENS CORP
$34,600GENERAL OPERATING
UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS
$34,600GENERAL OPERATING
THE SALVATION ARMY
$34,600GENERAL OPERATING
RAINBOW BABIES CHILDRENS CORP
$71,740CARE SICK CHILDREN
THE SALVATION ARMY
$35,870UNRESTRICTED
THE SALVATION ARMY
$41,563UNRESTRICTED
UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS
$41,563UNRESTRICTED
RAINBOW BABIES CHILDRENS CORP
$41,563CARE SICK CHILDREN