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Cleveland Avenue Fund

Accepts applications Houston, Texas · EIN 832871250

Cleveland Avenue Fund is a private foundation in Houston, Texas. In tax year 2024 it gave $2.0 million in 1 grant; the typical grant was $2.0 million and the largest $2.0 million. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2024.

Giving in 2024 was down from $2.1 million the year before.

0% of its 2024 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, so most of its money goes to organizations it already funds.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2020$00$44.7 million
2023$2.1 million1$42.0 million
2024$2.0 million1$46.1 million

How to apply

ContactAdministrator The Cleveland Avenue
1321 Upland Drive 8275, Houston, TX 77043-4718
Phone or email(325) 670-9011, admin@tcafund.org
What to submitApplicants will be provided an application form upon request. The information requested from applicants will include: verification of public charity status, program/project details and grantee organization financial information.
DeadlinesSeptember 30

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2024. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

Where it gives

All of its grants went to recipients in New Jersey.

StateGrantsAmount
New Jersey1$2.0 million

Grants paid in 2024

All 1 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
The Bessemer Giving Fund
Woodbridge, NJ
General support$2.0 million

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Cleveland Avenue Fund accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: September 30.

How much does Cleveland Avenue Fund give?

$2.0 million in tax year 2024, across 1 grant, with a typical grant of $2.0 million.

Who runs Cleveland Avenue Fund?

Its 2024 filing lists Jane Varner Beard (President), Russell C Beard (Secretary, Treasurer), Sterling C Beard (Vice President) and Hudson Beard MD (Vice President).

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