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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 26-3374585

Greenleaf Avenue Foundation

A private foundation in Shaker Heights, OH. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 5 grants and $72,788 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2025 (period ending Dec 31, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

8 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2025

    $72,788

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $227,058

  • Tax year 2024

    $286,250

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $292,590

  • Tax year 2023

    $281,050

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $500,993

  • Tax year 2022

    $299,750

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $735,297

  • Tax year 2021

    $792,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $891,576

  • Tax year 2020

    $1,043,450

    Grants listed
    63
    Assets, end of year
    $1,570,882

  • Tax year 2019

    $2,186,400

    Grants listed
    77
    Assets, end of year
    $2,595,049

  • Tax year 2018

    $983,250

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $4,844,368

Grants paid in 2025

5 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Open Books LTDChicago, IL

    Annual fund

    $50,000
  2. Jewish Federation of ClevelandCleveland, OH

    Humanitarian relief in gaza

    $20,938
  3. Doctors Without Borders USA IncNew York, NY

    Annual fund

    $1,000
  4. Save the Children Federation IncFairfield, CT

    Annual fund

    $500
  5. Oxfam AmericaBoston, MA

    Annual fund

    $350

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Education1 grant $50,00069% of the total
  2. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $20,93829% of the total
  3. International aid3 grants $1,8503% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Illinois1 grant $50,000
  2. Ohio1 grant $20,938
  3. New York1 grant $1,000
  4. Connecticut1 grant $500
  5. Massachusetts1 grant $350

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Daniel E RatnerSECRETARY Hours 1Pay $0
  • Stacy RatnerVICE PRESIDENT Hours 1Pay $0
  • Nancy RatnerPRESIDENT Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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