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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 34-6572279

The Bascom Little Fund

A private foundation in Cleveland Heights, OH. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 7 grants and $56,500 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

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

  • Tax year 2024

    $56,500

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $917,370

  • Tax year 2023

    $50,100

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $873,867

  • Tax year 2022

    $67,000

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $848,223

  • Tax year 2021

    $53,600

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $903,534

  • Tax year 2020

    $50,588

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $673,913

  • Tax year 2019

    $45,112

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $644,693

  • Tax year 2018

    $41,400

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $674,401

Grants paid in 2024

7 grants, largest first

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

  1. Individual

    General

    $15,600
  2. Cleveland Composers GuildShaker HTS, OH

    General

    $15,100
  3. Cleveland Chamber SymphonyLakewood, OH

    General

    $10,000
  4. Akron Symphonic WindsCleveland, OH

    General

    $5,000
  5. Lithuanian American Community IncLemont, IL

    General

    $5,000
  6. Individual

    General

    $4,300
  7. Cleveland Chamber CollectiveSouth Euclid, OH

    General

    $1,500

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 $21,60081% of the total
  2. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $5,00019% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Ohio4 grants $31,600
  2. Illinois1 grant $5,000

Officers, directors and trustees

6 people as filed

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

  • Richard H BoleTrustee Hours 2Pay $0
  • Andrew L Fabens IIITrustee Hours 2Pay $0
  • Gerald Paul CoxTrustee Hours 2Pay $0
  • Dixon Morgan JrTrustee Hours 2Pay $0
  • David A VincentTrustee Hours 2Pay $0
  • Wynne MorganTrustee Hours 2Pay $0

The return

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