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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 34-6520282

Wright Foundation

A private foundation in Pepper Pike, OH. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 10 grants and $34,300 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Dec 31, 2024), 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
Wright Foundation Deborah Dorsey WR
30700 Summit Lane
Pepper Pike, OH 44124
(216) 789-0258
Form and materials
Written requests only indicating amount desired, charitable purpose and history of organization.
Deadlines
November 1,
Restrictions
None

Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2024

    $34,300

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $828,380

  • Tax year 2023

    $37,700

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $867,258

  • Tax year 2022

    $40,700

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $925,943

  • Tax year 2021

    $37,500

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $937,375

  • Tax year 2020

    $43,600

    Grants listed
    17
    Assets, end of year
    $972,322

  • Tax year 2019

    $51,050

    Grants listed
    20
    Assets, end of year
    $1,028,409

  • Tax year 2018

    $46,500

    Grants listed
    18
    Assets, end of year
    $1,083,497

Grants paid in 2024

10 grants, largest first

As listed on the return. Grants to individuals show as “Individual”, with purpose and amount only.

  1. Cleveland Museum of ArtCleveland, OH

    General operating

    $10,000
  2. Playhouse Square FoundationCleveland, OH

    General operating

    $10,000
  3. The Church at Rancho BernardoSan Diego, CA

    General operating

    $3,000
  4. Individual

    General operating

    $3,000
  5. Fieldstone Farm Therapeutic CenterChagrin Falls, OH

    General operating

    $2,800
  6. Cleveland Museum of Natural HistoryCleveland, OH

    General operating

    $2,000
  7. Avenue ChurchSacramento, CA

    General operating

    $1,800
  8. Bluecoats IncBeachwood, OH

    General operating

    $700
  9. University SchoolHunting Valley, OH

    General operating

    $700
  10. Individual

    General operating

    $300

Where the money goes

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

  1. Arts and culture3 grants $22,00086% of the total
  2. Religion1 grant $3,00012% of the total
  3. Crime and legal aid1 grant $7003% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Ohio6 grants $26,200
  2. California2 grants $4,800

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Drew WrightVICE PRESIDENT Hours 2Pay $0
  • Deborah Wright DorseyPRESIDENT Hours 4Pay $13,200
  • J David Wright IIIVICE PRESIDENT Hours 2Pay $0

The return

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