Gries Family Foundation

Shaker Hts, OH
Tax-exempt since April 1987
EIN: 34-1536795

Receive an email when new data is available for this organization.

Type of Nonprofit

Designated as a 501(c)(3) Organizations for any of the following purposes: religious, educational, charitable, scientific, literary, testing for public safety, fostering national or international amateur sports competition (as long as it doesn't provide athletic facilities or equipment), or the prevention of cruelty to children or animals.

Donations to this organization are tax deductible.

Revenue

$237k (2024)

Expenses

$376k (2024)

Total Assets

$2M (2024)

Total Liabilities

$0 (2024)

Source: Form 990 tax filings from 2011 to 2024

Tax Filings by Year

Form 990 is an information return that most organizations claiming federal tax-exempt status must file yearly with the IRS. Nonprofit Explorer has IRS digitized Form 990 data for filings processed in 2012 and later. If this organization filed an amended return, it may not be reflected below. Duplicate download links may indicate a resubmission or amendment to this organization's original return. Form 990 data is from the IRS.

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2024

Revenue

$237,182

Expenses

$376,167

Net Income

-$138,985

Net Assets

$1,997,048

Notable Sources of Revenue		Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions Received	$151,180	63.7%
Interest Revenue	$1,010	0.4%
Dividends	$33,337	14.1%
Sales of Assets	$50,689	21.4%
Other Income	$966	0.4%

Notable Expenses		Percent of Total Expenses
Charitable Disbursements	$338,521	90.0%
Compensation of Officers*	$0
* Officer compensation may be included in charitable disbursements, so Percent of Total Expenses may add up to greater than 100%.

Assets/Debt
Total Assets	$1,997,048
Total Liabilities	$0
Net Assets	$1,997,048

Compensation

Key Employees and Officers	Compensation	Other
Sarah L Gries (President Trustee)	$0	$0

990-PF

Filed on Sept. 11, 2025

Primary tax return for a private foundation's activities, finances, and governance

View Filing

Schedules ▼

XML

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2023

Revenue

$595,621

Expenses

$1,323,885

Net Income

-$728,264

Net Assets

$2,241,060

Notable Sources of Revenue		Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions Received	$354,040	59.4%
Interest Revenue	$306	0.1%
Dividends	$48,627	8.2%
Sales of Assets	$191,955	32.2%
Other Income	$693	0.1%

Notable Expenses		Percent of Total Expenses
Charitable Disbursements	$1,278,052	96.5%
Compensation of Officers*	$0
* Officer compensation may be included in charitable disbursements, so Percent of Total Expenses may add up to greater than 100%.

Assets/Debt
Total Assets	$2,241,060
Total Liabilities	$0
Net Assets	$2,241,060

Compensation

Key Employees and Officers	Compensation	Other
Sarah P Gries (President Trustee)	$0	$0

990-PF

Filed on Sept. 20, 2024

Primary tax return for a private foundation's activities, finances, and governance

View Filing

Schedules ▼

XML

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2022

Revenue

$1,938,146

Expenses

$439,391

Net Income

$1,498,755

Net Assets

$3,793,062

Notable Sources of Revenue		Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions Received	$874,892	45.1%
Interest Revenue	$14,040	0.7%
Dividends	$40,583	2.1%
Sales of Assets	$1,002,997	51.8%
Other Income	$5,634	0.3%

Notable Expenses		Percent of Total Expenses
Charitable Disbursements	$382,500	87.1%
Compensation of Officers*	$0
* Officer compensation may be included in charitable disbursements, so Percent of Total Expenses may add up to greater than 100%.

Assets/Debt
Total Assets	$3,793,062
Total Liabilities	$0
Net Assets	$3,793,062

Compensation

Key Employees and Officers	Compensation	Other
Robert D Gries (President Trustee)	$0	$0
Sarah P Gries (Sec/Tres Trustee)	$0	$0

990-PF

Filed on Sept. 27, 2023

Primary tax return for a private foundation's activities, finances, and governance

View Filing

Schedules ▼

PDF XML

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2021

Revenue

$340,387

Expenses

$1,426,366

Net Income

-$1,085,979

Net Assets

$2,433,857

Notable Sources of Revenue		Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions Received	$50,000	14.7%
Interest Revenue	$21,077	6.2%
Dividends	$11,846	3.5%
Sales of Assets	$257,454	75.6%
Other Income	$10	0.0%

Notable Expenses		Percent of Total Expenses
Charitable Disbursements	$1,365,250	95.7%
Compensation of Officers*	$0
* Officer compensation may be included in charitable disbursements, so Percent of Total Expenses may add up to greater than 100%.

Assets/Debt
Total Assets	$2,433,857
Total Liabilities	$0
Net Assets	$2,433,857

Compensation

Key Employees and Officers	Compensation	Other
Robert D Gries (President Trustee)	$0	$0
Sarah P Gries (Sec/Tres Trustee)	$0	$0

990-PF

Filed on July 3, 2022

Primary tax return for a private foundation's activities, finances, and governance

View Filing

Schedules ▼

PDF XML

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2020

Revenue

$87,375

Expenses

$335,170

Net Income

-$247,795

Net Assets

$3,910,157

Notable Sources of Revenue		Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions Received	$17	0.0%
Interest Revenue	$7,637	8.7%
Dividends	$92,636	> 100%
Sales of Assets	$0
Other Income	$0

Notable Expenses		Percent of Total Expenses
Charitable Disbursements	$248,750	74.2%
Compensation of Officers*	$0
* Officer compensation may be included in charitable disbursements, so Percent of Total Expenses may add up to greater than 100%.

Assets/Debt
Total Assets	$3,910,158
Total Liabilities	$1
Net Assets	$3,910,157

Compensation

Key Employees and Officers	Compensation	Other
Robert D Gries (President Trustee)	$0	$0
David Cole (Vice President Trustee)	$0	$0
Sarah P Gries (Sec/Tres Trustee)	$0	$0

990-PF

Filed on June 15, 2021

Primary tax return for a private foundation's activities, finances, and governance

View Filing

Schedules ▼

XML

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2019

Revenue

$486,221

Expenses

$321,670

Net Income

$164,551

Net Assets

$3,825,030

Notable Sources of Revenue		Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions Received	$2,000	0.4%
Interest Revenue	$23,545	4.8%
Dividends	$87,815	18.1%
Sales of Assets	$372,063	76.5%
Other Income	$798	0.2%

Notable Expenses		Percent of Total Expenses
Charitable Disbursements	$241,349	75.0%
Compensation of Officers*	$0
* Officer compensation may be included in charitable disbursements, so Percent of Total Expenses may add up to greater than 100%.

Assets/Debt
Total Assets	$3,825,031
Total Liabilities	$1
Net Assets	$3,825,030

Compensation

Key Employees and Officers	Compensation	Other
Robert D Gries (President Trustee)	$0	$0
David Cole (Vice President Trustee)	$0	$0
Sarah P Gries (Sec/Tres Trustee)	$0	$0

990-PF

Filed on July 11, 2020

Primary tax return for a private foundation's activities, finances, and governance

View Filing

Schedules ▼

PDF XML

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2018

Revenue

$181,983

Expenses

$342,013

Net Income

-$160,030

Net Assets

$3,570,541

Notable Sources of Revenue		Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions Received	$0
Interest Revenue	$18,445	10.1%
Dividends	$113,402	62.3%
Sales of Assets	$42,430	23.3%
Other Income	$7,706	4.2%

Notable Expenses		Percent of Total Expenses
Charitable Disbursements	$266,389	77.9%
Compensation of Officers*	$0
* Officer compensation may be included in charitable disbursements, so Percent of Total Expenses may add up to greater than 100%.

Assets/Debt
Total Assets	$3,570,541
Total Liabilities	$0
Net Assets	$3,570,541

Compensation

Key Employees and Officers	Compensation	Other
Robert D Gries (President Trustee)	$0	$0
David Cole (Vice President Trustee)	$0	$0
Sarah P Gries (Sec/Tres Trustee)	$0	$0

990-PF

Filed on June 7, 2019

Primary tax return for a private foundation's activities, finances, and governance

View Filing

Schedules ▼

PDF XML

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2017

Revenue

$239,262

Expenses

$332,508

Net Income

-$93,246

Net Assets

$3,734,577

Notable Sources of Revenue		Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions Received	$0
Interest Revenue	$2,841	1.2%
Dividends	$94,113	39.3%
Sales of Assets	$141,457	59.1%
Other Income	$851	0.4%

Notable Expenses		Percent of Total Expenses
Charitable Disbursements	$267,675	80.5%
Compensation of Officers*	$0
* Officer compensation may be included in charitable disbursements, so Percent of Total Expenses may add up to greater than 100%.

Assets/Debt
Total Assets	$3,734,577
Total Liabilities	$0
Net Assets	$3,734,577

Compensation

Key Employees and Officers	Compensation	Other
Robert D Gries (President Trustee)	$0	$0
David Cole (Vice President Trustee)	$0	$0
Sarah P Gries (Sec/Tres Trustee)	$0	$0

990-PF

Filed on May 29, 2018

Primary tax return for a private foundation's activities, finances, and governance

View Filing

Schedules ▼

XML

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2016

Revenue

$249,235

Expenses

$252,623

Net Income

-$3,388

Net Assets

$3,843,864

Notable Sources of Revenue		Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions Received	$25,000	10.0%
Interest Revenue	$8,566	3.4%
Dividends	$82,803	33.2%
Sales of Assets	$50,012	20.1%
Other Income	$82,854	33.2%

Notable Expenses		Percent of Total Expenses
Charitable Disbursements	$199,025	78.8%
Compensation of Officers*	$0
* Officer compensation may be included in charitable disbursements, so Percent of Total Expenses may add up to greater than 100%.

Assets/Debt
Total Assets	$3,843,864
Total Liabilities	$0
Net Assets	$3,843,864

Compensation

Key Employees and Officers	Compensation	Other
Robert D Gries (President Trustee)	$0	$0
David Cole (Vice President Trustee)	$0	$0
Sarah P Gries (Sec/Tres Trustee)	$0	$0

990-PF

Filed on June 2, 2017

Primary tax return for a private foundation's activities, finances, and governance

View Filing

Schedules ▼

PDF XML

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2015

Revenue

$221,485

Expenses

$289,660

Net Income

-$68,175

Net Assets

$3,538,713

Notable Sources of Revenue		Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions Received	$0
Interest Revenue	$12,367	5.6%
Dividends	$44,134	19.9%
Sales of Assets	$58,895	26.6%
Other Income	$106,089	47.9%

Notable Expenses		Percent of Total Expenses
Charitable Disbursements	$240,991	83.2%
Compensation of Officers*	$0
* Officer compensation may be included in charitable disbursements, so Percent of Total Expenses may add up to greater than 100%.

Assets/Debt
Total Assets	$3,538,713
Total Liabilities	$0
Net Assets	$3,538,713

Compensation

Key Employees and Officers	Compensation	Other
Robert D Gries (President Trustee)	$0	$0
David Cole (Vice President Trustee)	$0	$0
Sarah P Gries (Sec/Tres Trustee)	$0	$0

990-PF

Filed on May 28, 2016

Primary tax return for a private foundation's activities, finances, and governance

View Filing

Schedules ▼

PDF XML

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2014

Revenue

$521,705

Expenses

$296,646

Net Income

$225,059

Net Assets

$3,613,448

Notable Sources of Revenue		Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions Received	$0
Interest Revenue	$20,450	3.9%
Dividends	$46,298	8.9%
Sales of Assets	$385,071	73.8%
Other Income	$69,886	13.4%

Notable Expenses		Percent of Total Expenses
Charitable Disbursements	$239,977	80.9%
Compensation of Officers*	$0
* Officer compensation may be included in charitable disbursements, so Percent of Total Expenses may add up to greater than 100%.

Assets/Debt
Total Assets	$3,613,448
Total Liabilities	$0
Net Assets	$3,613,448

Compensation

Key Employees and Officers	Compensation	Other
Robert D Gries (President Trustee)	$0	$0
David Cole (Vice President Trustee)	$0	$0
Sarah P Gries (Sec/Tres Trustee)	$0	$0

990-PF

Filed on June 14, 2015

Primary tax return for a private foundation's activities, finances, and governance

View Filing

Schedules ▼

PDF XML

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2013

Revenue

$22,644

Expenses

$305,471

Net Income

-$282,827

Net Assets

$3,452,887

Notable Sources of Revenue		Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions Received	$0
Interest Revenue	$14,969	66.1%
Dividends	$52,536	> 100%
Sales of Assets	-$117,618
Other Income	$72,757	> 100%

Notable Expenses		Percent of Total Expenses
Charitable Disbursements	$252,896	82.8%
Compensation of Officers*	$0
* Officer compensation may be included in charitable disbursements, so Percent of Total Expenses may add up to greater than 100%.

Assets/Debt
Total Assets	$3,452,887
Total Liabilities	$0
Net Assets	$3,452,887

Compensation

Key Employees and Officers	Compensation	Other
Robert D Gries (President Trustee)	$0	$0
David Cole (Vice President Trustee)	$0	$0
Sarah P Gries (Sec/Tres Trustee)	$0	$0

990-PF

Filed on June 6, 2014

Primary tax return for a private foundation's activities, finances, and governance

View Filing

Schedules ▼

PDF XML

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2012

Revenue

$1,349,171

Expenses

$252,885

Net Income

$1,096,286

Net Assets

$3,458,904

Notable Sources of Revenue		Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions Received	$350,000	25.9%
Interest Revenue	$26,233	1.9%
Dividends	$46,137	3.4%
Sales of Assets	$358,311	26.6%
Other Income	$568,490	42.1%

Notable Expenses		Percent of Total Expenses
Charitable Disbursements	$207,273	82.0%
Compensation of Officers*	$0
* Officer compensation may be included in charitable disbursements, so Percent of Total Expenses may add up to greater than 100%.

Assets/Debt
Total Assets	$3,458,905
Total Liabilities	$1
Net Assets	$3,458,904

990-PF

Primary tax return for a private foundation's activities, finances, and governance

PDF

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2011

Revenue

$257,972

Expenses

$246,898

Net Income

$11,074

Net Assets

$2,728,268

Notable Sources of Revenue		Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions Received	$50,000	19.4%
Interest Revenue	$29,963	11.6%
Dividends	$29,497	11.4%
Sales of Assets	$0
Other Income	$185,428	71.9%

Notable Expenses		Percent of Total Expenses
Charitable Disbursements	$204,281	82.7%
Compensation of Officers*	$0
* Officer compensation may be included in charitable disbursements, so Percent of Total Expenses may add up to greater than 100%.

Assets/Debt
Total Assets	$2,728,269
Total Liabilities	$1
Net Assets	$2,728,268

990-PF

Primary tax return for a private foundation's activities, finances, and governance

Primary tax return for a private foundation's activities, finances, and governance

PDF

About This Data

What Is This Data?

Nonprofit Explorer includes summary data for nonprofit tax returns and full Form 990 documents, in both PDF and digital formats.

The summary data contains information processed by the IRS during the 2012-2019 calendar years; this generally consists of filings for the 2011-2018 fiscal years, but may include older records. This data release includes only a subset of what can be found in the full Form 990s.

In addition to the raw summary data, we link to PDFs and digital copies of full Form 990 documents wherever possible. This consists of separate releases by the IRS of Form 990 documents processed by the agency, which we update regularly.

We also link to copies of audits nonprofit organizations that spent $750,000 or more in Federal grant money in a single fiscal year since 2016. These audits are copied from the Federal Audit Clearinghouse.

Which Organizations Are Here?

Every organization that has been recognized as tax exempt by the IRS has to file Form 990 every year, unless they make less than $200,000 in revenue and have less than $500,000 in assets, in which case they have to file form 990-EZ. Organizations making less than $50,000 don’t have to file either form but do have to let the IRS they’re still in business via a Form 990N "e-Postcard."

Nonprofit Explorer has organizations claiming tax exemption in each of the 27 subsections of the 501(c) section of the tax code, and which have filed a Form 990, Form 990EZ or Form 990PF. Taxable trusts and private foundations that are required to file a form 990PF are also included. Small organizations filing a Form 990N "e-Postcard" are not included in this data.

Types of Nonprofits

There are 27 nonprofit designations based on the numbered subsections of section 501(c) of the tax code. See the list »

Get the Data

For those interested in acquiring the original data from the source, here’s where our data comes from:

Raw filing data. Includes EINs and summary financials as structured data.
Exempt Organization profiles. Includes organization names, addresses, etc. You can merge this with the raw filing data using EIN numbers.
Form 990 documents. Prior to 2017, these documents were obtained and processed by Public.Resource.org and ProPublica. Bulk PDF downloads since 2017 are available from the IRS.
Form 990 documents as XML files. Includes complete filing data (financial details, names of officers, tax schedules, etc.) in machine-readable format. Only available for electronically filed documents. Electronic data released prior to October 2021 is also available through Amazon Web Services.
Audits. PDFs of single or program-specific audits for nonprofit organizations that spent $750,000 or more in Federal grant money in a single fiscal year. Available for fiscal year 2015 and later.

API

The data powering this website is available programmatically, via an API. Read the API documentation »

See an issue with the data?

Nonprofit Explorer

Browse millions of annual returns filed by tax-exempt organizations with ProPublica’s Nonprofit Explorer. See details like executive compensation, revenue, expenses and more. Search for an organization or a person, or search the full text of filings.

By Andrea Suozzo, Alec Glassford, Ash Ngu and Brandon Roberts.

Design by Jeff Frankl. Additional development by Ken Schwencke, Mike Tigas, and Sisi Wei.

E-file viewer adapted from IRS e-File Viewer by Ben Getson. Code for scraping audit documents adapated from Govwiki.

Updated January 26, 2026

Gries Family Foundation

Organization summary

Type of Nonprofit

Summary charts: organization finances over time

Revenue $237k (2024)

Expenses $376k (2024)

Total Assets $2M (2024)

Total Liabilities $0 (2024)

Tax Filings by Year

Fiscal Year Ending Dec. 2024

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990-PF

Compensation

Document Links

990-PF

Fiscal Year Ending Dec. 2023

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990-PF

Compensation

Document Links

990-PF

Fiscal Year Ending Dec. 2022

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990-PF

Compensation

Document Links

990-PF

Fiscal Year Ending Dec. 2021

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990-PF

Compensation

Document Links

990-PF

Fiscal Year Ending Dec. 2020

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990-PF

Compensation

Document Links

990-PF

Fiscal Year Ending Dec. 2019

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990-PF

Compensation

Document Links

990-PF

Fiscal Year Ending Dec. 2018

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990-PF

Compensation

Document Links

990-PF

Fiscal Year Ending Dec. 2017

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990-PF

Compensation

Document Links

990-PF

Fiscal Year Ending Dec. 2016

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990-PF

Compensation

Document Links

990-PF

Fiscal Year Ending Dec. 2015

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990-PF

Compensation

Document Links

990-PF

Fiscal Year Ending Dec. 2014

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990-PF

Compensation

Document Links

990-PF

Fiscal Year Ending Dec. 2013

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990-PF

Compensation

Document Links

Revenue

$237k (2024)

Expenses

$376k (2024)

Total Assets

$2M (2024)

Total Liabilities

$0 (2024)

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2024

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2023

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2022

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2021

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2020

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2019

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2018

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2017

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2016

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2015

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2014

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2013

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2012

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2011

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2010

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2009

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2008

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2007

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2006

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2005

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2004

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2003

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2002

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2001