About Connor Foundation
The Connor Foundation concentrates substantial, local philanthropy in the Cleveland/Hunting Valley area, privileging large, targeted investments in healthcare, disability workforce services, faith-based ministry, and hunger relief. Their grants are few but sizable and often paid repeatedly to the same institutions, indicating a preference for deep, relationship-based support for established nonprofits addressing health, employment for people with disabilities, spiritual community, and food security.
Focus Areas
Hospital systems and regional clinical care (Major support to University Hospitals)Workforce development and employment services for people with intellectual/developmental disabilities (Two Foundation)Mainline Protestant congregation support and local church ministry (Church of the Resurrection)Food bank operations and regional hunger relief (Greater Cleveland Food Bank)
Who They Fund
low-income, college‑bound studentschildren at risk / foster-care populationspeople with disabilities (children and adults)
About Connor Foundation
Connor Foundation’s giving is marked by repeated large awards to the same Northeast Ohio institutions, especially University Hospitals Health Systems, which received $1,036,500 in 2023, $992,744 in 2024, and $500,000 in 2025. That pattern points to a funder that supports established local nonprofits over time rather than spreading gifts broadly. Across its recent grants, the foundation backs hospital and clinical care, disability workforce support, church ministry, food access, youth development, and community-serving civic organizations. The foundation’s recent history also shows sustained support for Two Foundation in Chagrin Falls, with $300,000 in 2024 and $200,000 in 2025 for workforce support for exceptional people. Other recurring relationships include Church of the Resurrection in Solon and Greater Cleveland Food Bank in Cleveland, each funded in consecutive years. Smaller awards extend to organizations working in child protection, mentoring, public libraries, arts access, conservation, and emergency relief. The overall picture is of a local grantmaker using sizable, often repeated commitments to help a cluster of nonprofits serve health, faith, disability, and basic-needs needs in the Cleveland area.
What Connor Foundation Funds
Healthcare is a central theme in the foundation’s recent grantmaking. University Hospitals Health Systems in Cleveland received three large awards across 2023, 2024, and 2025 for hospitals and health services, including a $1,036,500 grant in 2023. The foundation also supported emergency response work with $100,000 grants to the American Red Cross in both 2024 and 2025. Disability services are another clear priority. Two Foundation in Chagrin Falls received $300,000 in 2024 and $200,000 in 2025 to provide workforce support for exceptional people. In youth and family services, Providence House in Cleveland received $50,000 in both 2023 and 2024 for its crisis nursery to prevent child abuse, while Open Doors Academy got $22,500 in 2023 for youth development to break the cycle of poverty. The foundation also supports education and civic enrichment. Minds Matter Cleveland received $25,000 in 2024 and again in 2025 for college access support, and Cleveland Public Library Fd received $25,000 in 2023 for library support.
How Connor Foundation Gives
Connor Foundation’s typical grant size is $5,000 at the 25th percentile, $10,000 at the median, and $23,125 at the 75th percentile. The recent record shows a mix of smaller community grants and much larger institutional awards, with several recipients funded in multiple years. That repeated support suggests relationship-based giving rather than one-time project funding. The foundation accepts unsolicited requests, and its general grants program says applicants may submit requests in any format via email. It awards grants twice a year.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$1.2M
Total Assets
$41.1M
Total Revenue
$20.2M
Total Expenses
$1.3M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $5K and $23K, with a median of $10K.
25th Percentile
$5K
Median
$10K
75th Percentile
$23K
Geographic Reach
Local5 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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