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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 47-2903759

The Good Community Foundation

A private foundation in Shaker Heights, OH. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 2 grants and $5,500 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

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 2025

    $5,500

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $77,522
  • Tax year 2024

    $57,800

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $15,428
  • Tax year 2023

    $31,279

    Grants listed
    15
    Assets, end of year
    $58,763
  • Tax year 2022

    $61,108

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $65,588
  • Tax year 2021

    $143,737

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $54,771
  • Tax year 2020

    $137,953

    Grants listed
    17
    Assets, end of year
    $298,581
  • Tax year 2019

    $236,423

    Grants listed
    33
    Assets, end of year
    $395,427
  • Tax year 2018

    $331,030

    Grants listed
    56
    Assets, end of year
    $579,480

Grants paid in 2025

2 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. The Crew FoundationCleveland, OH

    Annual fund

    $5,000
  2. Harvard Community Services CenterCleveland, OH

    Toys for tots event

    $500

Where the money goes

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

  1. Community development1 grant $5,00091% of the total
  2. Human services1 grant $5009% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Ohio2 grants $5,500

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Albert RatnerDIRECTOR Hours 5Pay $0
  • Sheila WrightPRESIDENT AND CEO Hours 40Pay $131,087

The return

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