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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 34-6000445

Brush Foundation Ta

A private foundation in Brooklyn, OH. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 17 grants and $367,000 paid in grants.

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

Accepts applications

The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.

Contact
The Brush Foundation
25350 Rockside Rd 3rd Floor
Bedford Heights, OH 44146
(216) 334-2209
Form and materials
Contact the foundation for formal guidelines
Deadlines
6/30 and 12/31
Restrictions
No grants to individuals. The foundation's vision of a "preferred future" is: a future in which family planning world-wide is available, affordable, acceptable, effective and safe. The

Assets and giving by year

7 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2025

    $367,000

    Grants listed
    17
    Assets, end of year
    $8,769,713
  • Tax year 2024

    $389,705

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $7,494,628
  • Tax year 2023

    $248,875

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $7,456,471
  • Tax year 2022

    $338,808

    Grants listed
    15
    Assets, end of year
    $7,406,655
  • Tax year 2021

    $303,600

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $7,244,067
  • Tax year 2020

    $306,370

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $6,734,427
  • Tax year 2019

    $337,500

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $6,524,797

Grants paid in 2025

17 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Preterm Cleveland IncCleveland, OH

    General operating

    $65,000
  2. Ohio Womens AllianceColumbus, OH

    General operating

    $32,000
  3. Abortion Forward AllianceColumbus, OH

    General operating

    $30,000
  4. Planned Parenthood Southwest Ohio RegionCincinnati, OH

    General operating

    $30,000
  5. Planned Parenthood of Greater OhioAkron, OH

    General operating

    $30,000
  6. Case Western Reserve UniversityCleveland, OH

    General operating

    $25,000
  7. Abortion Fund of OhioColumbus, OH

    General operating

    $25,000
  8. Just ChoiceWorthington, OH

    General operating

    $23,000
  9. Ohio VoiceColumbus, OH

    General operating

    $18,000
  10. Ohio Progressive Asian Womens LeadershipColumbus, OH

    General operating

    $16,500
  11. Cleveland ClinicCleveland, OH

    General operating

    $15,000
  12. Collective Power for Reproductive JusticeAmherst, MA

    General operating

    $10,000
  13. New Voices for Reproductive JusticeLancaster, PA

    General operating

    $10,000
  14. Unite for Reproductive & Gender EquityWashington, DC

    General operating

    $10,000
  15. Planned Parenthood Research Center-BloomBedford Heights, OH

    General operating

    $10,000
  16. Faith Choice OhioColumbus, OH

    General operating

    $10,000
  17. Catholics for ChoiceNew York, NY

    General operating

    $7,500

Where the money goes

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

  1. Health3 grants $125,00050% of the total
  2. Community development1 grant $32,00013% of the total
  3. Education1 grant $25,00010% of the total
  4. Mental health1 grant $25,00010% of the total
  5. Public affairs1 grant $18,0007% of the total
  6. Civil rights2 grants $17,5007% of the total
  7. 1 other causes1 grant $10,0004% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Ohio13 grants $329,500
  2. District of Columbia2 grants $17,500
  3. Massachusetts1 grant $10,000
  4. Pennsylvania1 grant $10,000

Officers, directors and trustees

19 people as filed

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

  • Elizabeth StitesEMERITUS MEMBER Hours 2Pay $0
  • Judith WrightEMERITUS MEMBER Hours 1Pay $0
  • Rev Henry C DollEMERITUS MEMBER Hours 1Pay $0
  • Abigail EnglishEMERITUS MEMBER Hours 1Pay $0
  • Michael BricknerBOARD PRESIDENT Hours 1Pay $0
  • Sarah KelleyBOARD MEMBER Hours 1Pay $0
  • Ellen LiuBOARD SECRETARY Hours 1Pay $0
  • Lourdes RiveraBOARD VICE PRESIDENT Hours 1Pay $0
  • Cindie Carroll-PankhurstEMERITUS MEMBER Hours 1Pay $0
  • Jacqueline DarrochEMERITUS MEMBER Hours 1Pay $0
  • Gita GidwaniEMERITUS MEMBER Hours 1Pay $0
  • Daniel PellegromEMERITUS MEMBER Hours 1Pay $0
  • KeyBank N ATRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $26,444
  • Nikki BaszynskiBOARD MEMBER Hours 1Pay $0
  • Ceron CardenasBOARD MEMBER Hours 1Pay $0
  • Emily LundgardBOARD MEMBER Hours 1Pay $0
  • Selina PaganBOARD MEMBER Hours 1Pay $0
  • Stacey EasterlingEMERITUS MEMBER Hours 1Pay $0
  • Ellen RomeEMERITUS MEMBER Hours 1Pay $0

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