The Veale Foundation
At a glance
This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.
Key takeaways
- The Veale Foundation gives chiefly as general-fund support rather than to named programmes, with recipients spanning schools and universities, hospitals, arts and cultural bodies, museums, social-service and community groups, and environmental organisations, plus some religious institutions and educational initiatives; frame any approach around general support rather than a detailed project.
- Most grants to organisations fall between $1,500 and $50,000, with the median grant $10,000, so a modest request in that range is realistic, though the foundation has made a grant as large as $5,000,000.
- It does not accept unsolicited requests and makes grants by invitation only, so an approach needs to come through an existing relationship or invitation rather than a cold application.
- Giving is heavily repeat-based, with 98% of its grant dollars going to organisations it had already funded in the two prior filings, suggesting a relationship-led funder that favours continuing support to known recipients.
- No geographic focus is stated, though its recorded grants are mainly to organisations in Ohio, so treat that as where the funding has gone rather than a stated restriction.
Overview
The Veale Foundation is a US private foundation based in Pepper Pike, OH.
What they fund
Profile based on the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2024, TY2023, TY2022) only: no website or other web source for the foundation was found. Every statement is checked against the filings. Sources read on 7 October 2026.
Priority Areas
The filings show grants made chiefly for general funds rather than a named set of programme themes. Recipients include schools and universities, hospitals and health organisations, arts and cultural institutions, museums, social-service and community organisations, and environmental organisations. The record also includes grants to religious institutions and educational initiatives. Most of the documented giving is to Ohio organisations, and grants are often repeated to earlier recipients. The stated purposes usually identify general-fund support rather than a detailed project. No wider application eligibility or selection criteria are established by the sources available. These observations describe the recorded recipients and purposes, rather than a published set of funding priorities.
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in Ohio.
How to apply
The foundation states that it does not accept unsolicited requests.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 98% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2022 or TY2023 filing.
- Grant size: Across its TY2022, TY2023 and TY2024 filings, half of its 160 grants to organisations were $10,000 or less.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.
Grant dollars by state
- The largest single recipient received 58% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2024, 98% of grant dollars went to organisations The Veale Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
- No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
- 10% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 57 grants in tax year 2024 by size
Median $10,000 (tax year 2024)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- University Hospitals · General fund$5,000,0002024 tax year
- Case Western Reserve University · Veale institute & engineering school& veale natatorium & snyder entrepreneurial fellowship & general fund$573,0002024 tax year
- American Foreign Policy Council · General fund$400,0002024 tax year
- Junior Achievement Greater Cleveland · General fund$120,5002024 tax year
- John Carroll University · General fund$60,6002024 tax year
- Elder High School · general fund$50,0002024 tax year
- University School · General fund$45,0002024 tax year
- Playhouse Square · General fund$35,0002024 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Thomas Dicarro — Trustee
- Thomas Harrington — Trustee
- William Brancovsky — Trustee
- William James Culbertson — Trustee
- Daniel Harrington — Chairman
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 tax year | $8,413,753 | $6,424,585 | $149,737,882 | Filing for 2022 tax year |
| 2023 tax year | $8,944,440 | $7,342,850 | $168,002,489 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $8,370,689 | $6,850,100 | $176,572,031 | Filing for 2024 tax year |
Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.
Sources
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- Pepper Pike, OH
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Hinchilla drafts your answers around this funder's priorities, using your organisation's own documents.
No credit card required
Contact
- Pepper Pike, OH