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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 34-1502219

Ralph and Lucille Schey Foundation

A private foundation in Highland Heights, OH. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 7 grants and $117,137 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Jun 30, 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 2024

    $117,137

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $2,630,463

  • Tax year 2023

    $128,500

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $2,593,772

  • Tax year 2022

    $158,038

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $2,640,055

  • Tax year 2021

    $162,310

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $2,716,800

  • Tax year 2020

    $212,500

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $2,785,236

  • Tax year 2019

    $427,950

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $2,796,149

  • Tax year 2018

    $256,050

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $3,147,054

  • Tax year 2017

    $267,200

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $3,208,023

Grants paid in 2024

7 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. The Cleveland OrchestraCleveland, OH

    General Fund

    $38,000
  2. Playhouse Square FoundationCleveland, OH

    General Fund

    $26,000
  3. American Red CrossBoone, IA

    General Fund

    $20,000
  4. The 249th Engineer Battalion AssociationBuffalo, NY

    General Fund

    $11,137
  5. St Christopher By-The-RiverGates Mills, OH

    General Fund

    $10,000
  6. American Cancer SocietyHagerstown, MD

    General Fund

    $10,000
  7. Serbian Cultural GardenCleveland, OH

    General Fund

    $2,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Arts and culture2 grants $64,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Ohio4 grants $76,000
  2. Iowa1 grant $20,000
  3. New York1 grant $11,137
  4. Maryland1 grant $10,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Lucille L ScheyPresident Hours 7Pay $0
  • William SpringVice President Hours 0Pay $0
  • Lawrence ScheySecretary Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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