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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 34-7129352

The Reading 1 Foundation

A private foundation in Hunting Valley, OH. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 22 grants and $198,500 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Nov 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

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

  • Tax year 2024

    $198,500

    Grants listed
    22
    Assets, end of year
    $3,610,658

  • Tax year 2023

    $235,000

    Grants listed
    22
    Assets, end of year
    $3,590,436

  • Tax year 2022

    $60,000

    Grants listed
    22
    Assets, end of year
    $2,794,641

  • Tax year 2021

    $135,000

    Grants listed
    22
    Assets, end of year
    $2,773,278

  • Tax year 2020

    $217,500

    Grants listed
    22
    Assets, end of year
    $3,254,818

  • Tax year 2019

    $110,500

    Grants listed
    20
    Assets, end of year
    $2,909,386

Grants paid in 2024

22 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Laurel SchoolShaker HTS, OH

    General tax-exempt purposes

    $80,000
  2. Cleveland Institute of ArtCleveland, OH

    General tax-exempt purposes

    $51,000
  3. HopewellMiddlefield, OH

    General tax-exempt purposes

    $20,000
  4. Cleveland Zoological SocietyCleveland, OH

    General tax-exempt purposes

    $20,000
  5. The Willows Community SchoolCulver City, CA

    General tax-exepmt purposes

    $10,000
  6. Uchicago Space ProgramChicago, IL

    General tax-exempt purposes

    $10,000
  7. Fairmount Presbyterian ChurchCleveland HTS, OH

    General tax-exempt purposes

    $7,500
  8. Heights Youth ClubCleveland Heights, OH

    General tax-exempt purposes

    $0
  9. Young Audiences of Northeast OhioCleveland, OH

    General tax-exempt purposes

    $0
  10. University SchoolChagrin Falls, OH

    General tax-exempt purposes

    $0
  11. Rose Center for Aging WellCleveland, OH

    General tax exempt purposes

    $0
  12. Nature Center at Shaker LakesCleveland, OH

    General tax-exempt purposes

    $0
  13. Cleveland Museum of ArtCleveland, OH

    General tax-exempt purposes

    $0
  14. United Way of ClevelandCleveland, OH

    General tax-exempt purposes

    $0
  15. Cleveland Institute of MusicCleveland, OH

    General tax-exempt purposes

    $0
  16. North Union Farmers MarketCleveland, OH

    General tax-exempt purposes

    $0
  17. University Circle IncCleveland, OH

    General tax-exempt purposes

    $0
  18. Lake View Cemetery FDNCleveland, OH

    General tax-exempt purposes

    $0
  19. Playhouse Square FoundationCleveland, OH

    General tax-exempt purposes

    $0
  20. Case Western Reserve UniversityCleveland, OH

    General tax-exempt purposes

    $0
  21. Friends of Breakthrough SchoolsCleveland, OH

    General tax-exempt purposes

    $0
  22. Shady Side AcademyPittsburgh, PA

    General tax-exempt purposes

    $0

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education6 grants $131,00077% of the total
  2. Animals1 grant $20,00012% of the total
  3. Health1 grant $20,00012% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Ohio19 grants $178,500
  2. California1 grant $10,000
  3. Illinois1 grant $10,000
  4. Pennsylvania1 grant $0

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

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

  • Sally Reddig SchulzeTRUSTEE Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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