This small family foundation focuses its entire recorded funding on public library–based education in the Cleveland area, directing all documented support to the Cleveland Public Library. Grants appear aimed at general educational programming and library services rather than a broad portfolio of causes. The foundation’s giving is highly concentrated and place-based, with repeat support to a single institutional grantee.
Highly concentrated: all recorded dollars go to one recurring grantee (Cleveland Public Library), indicating targeted, repeat support rather than dispersed small grants.
Young Winifred Beech Tw’s recorded giving is dominated by support for Cleveland Public Library, with two large education grants totaling more than $112,000 across 2023 and 2024. That pattern points to a small, highly concentrated foundation that uses a handful of awards to back library-based education rather than a broad mix of causes. The largest recent grant in the file was $60,161 in 2023 to Cleveland Public Library, followed by $51,951 in 2024 to the same institution. Beyond that core relationship, the foundation’s recent grants include smaller education awards to local school systems in Ohio. The most visible of those were $1,000 grants to Wadsworth City Schools and Lakewood Board of Education in both 2023 and 2024, suggesting repeat support for education institutions in its local orbit. The overall pattern is place-based and institutional, with Cleveland serving as the center of its documented grantmaking.
Library-centered education is the clearest theme in the foundation’s grantmaking. Cleveland Public Library received $60,161 in 2023 for education and another $51,951 in 2024 for education, showing sustained support for a public library as an education provider. Smaller awards extend that education focus beyond the library. Wadsworth City Schools received $1,000 in 2023 and $1,000 in 2024 for education, indicating repeat support to a school district. Lakewood Board of Education also received $1,000 in both 2023 and 2024 for education. The grants point to a set of public institutions rather than a wide spread of nonprofit types. In the recorded data, education is the only stated purpose, and the funded organizations are all public-serving bodies in Ohio.
The typical grant size is small, with a p25 of $1,000, a median of $1,000, and a p75 of $26,476. That spread reflects a pattern of frequent modest awards alongside one much larger library grant. The documented grants also show recurrence: Cleveland Public Library appears in both 2023 and 2024, and the same is true for Wadsworth City Schools and Lakewood Board of Education. The foundation is a family foundation, and it does not fund individuals or make program-related investments. No application process is described in the data.
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$91K
Most grants fall between $1K and $26K, with a median of $1K.
25th Percentile
$1K
Median
$1K
75th Percentile
$26K
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Notable grantees: Cleveland Public Library
Grantmaking is overwhelmingly Ohio-based: 86% of grants went to recipients in the foundation’s headquarters state. Cleveland, Wadsworth, and Lakewood are all named Ohio recipient cities in the recent grants list, showing a tight local pattern. The only non-Ohio recipient in the sample is Tamassee D a R School Inc in South Carolina, and the grant amount was $200. The broader distribution is fully U.S.-based, with no non-U.S. grants in the recent file.
It funds public library-based education most prominently. Cleveland Public Library received the two largest recent grants, $60,161 in 2023 and $51,951 in 2024, both labeled education. The remaining recent grants are smaller education awards to public school systems in Ohio.
Yes. Cleveland Public Library appears in both 2023 and 2024. Wadsworth City Schools and Lakewood Board of Education also each received $1,000 in both years, showing recurring support rather than one-time awards.
The grant-size distribution is small at the center: p25 is $1,000, the median is $1,000, and p75 is $26,476. That indicates many awards are at the $1,000 level, with one larger outlier in the recent file.
The recent grants list includes Cleveland Public Library, Wadsworth City Schools, Lakewood Board of Education, and Tamassee D a R School Inc. The first three are in Ohio; Tamassee D a R School Inc is in South Carolina.
2026
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2026.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLEVELAND PUBLIC LIBRARY | CLEVELAND, OH | $55,820 | 2026 | EDUCATION |
| LAKEWOOD BOARD OF EDUCATION | LAKEWOOD, OH | $1,000 | 2026 | EDUCATION |
| WADSWORTH CITY SCHOOLS | WADSWORTH, OH | $1,000 | 2026 | EDUCATION |
| TAMASSEE D A R SCHOOL INC | TAMASSEE, SC | $200 | 2026 | EDUCATION |
| CLEVELAND PUBLIC LIBRARY | CLEVELAND, OH | $50,030 | 2025 | EDUCATION |
| WADSWORTH CITY SCHOOLS | WADSWORTH, OH | $1,000 | 2025 | EDUCATION |
| LAKEWOOD BOARD OF EDUCATION | LAKEWOOD, OH | $1,000 | 2025 | EDUCATION |
| TAMASSEE D A R SCHOOL INC | TAMASSEE, SC | $200 | 2025 | EDUCATION |
| CLEVELAND PUBLIC LIBRARY | CLEVELAND, OH | $51,951 | 2024 | EDUCATION |
| WADSWORTH CITY SCHOOLS | WADSWORTH, OH | $1,000 | 2024 | EDUCATION |
| LAKEWOOD BOARD OF EDUCATION | LAKEWOOD, OH | $1,000 | 2024 | EDUCATION |
| TAMASSEE D A R SCHOOL INC | TAMASSEE, SC | $200 | 2024 | EDUCATION |
| CLEVELAND PUBLIC LIBRARY | CLEVELAND, OH | $60,161 | 2023 | EDUCATION |
| WADSWORTH CITY SCHOOLS | WADSWORTH, OH | $1,000 | 2023 | EDUCATION |
| LAKEWOOD BOARD OF EDUCATION | LAKEWOOD, OH | $1,000 | 2023 | EDUCATION |
CLEVELAND PUBLIC LIBRARY
$55,820EDUCATION
LAKEWOOD BOARD OF EDUCATION
$1,000EDUCATION
WADSWORTH CITY SCHOOLS
$1,000EDUCATION
TAMASSEE D A R SCHOOL INC
$200EDUCATION
WADSWORTH CITY SCHOOLS
$1,000EDUCATION
LAKEWOOD BOARD OF EDUCATION
$1,000EDUCATION
WADSWORTH CITY SCHOOLS
$1,000EDUCATION
LAKEWOOD BOARD OF EDUCATION
$1,000EDUCATION
TAMASSEE D A R SCHOOL INC
$200EDUCATION
WADSWORTH CITY SCHOOLS
$1,000EDUCATION
LAKEWOOD BOARD OF EDUCATION
$1,000EDUCATION