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Business Volunteers Unlimited

Bringing businesses and nonprofits together to provide board participation opportunities, volunteer referrals, and training to strengthen the overall performance of nonprofits primarily in northeast ohio.

$64k
Granted FY2024still arriving
6
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2017–2024.

Health$100kHuman Services$62kEducation$56kCommunity Improvement$33kYouth Development$24kEmployment$20kFood & Nutrition$12kPublic Safety & Disaster$10kOther$0
02FY2024 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 6 grants below total $60,000 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $64,000 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $4,000 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$2.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
URBAN SQUASH CLEVELAND$10,000
ZENWORKS YOGA$10,000
WATERLOO ARTS$10,000
NAMI GREATER CLEVELAND$10,000
KIDS' BOOK BANK$10,000
FIELDSTONE FARM THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER$10,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

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Your human-services grants (FY17–24, $84k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%Benjamin Rose Institute: $10k → 17%Adoption Network Cleveland: $10k → 17%CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF CLEVELAND: $12k → 17%Plexus: $10k → 17%ZENWORKS YOGA: $10k → 17%THE GATHERING PLACE: $12k → 17%BigHearted Blooms: $10k → 17%Welcome House Inc: $10k → 17%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Global Cleveland

Global cleveland is dedicated to growing northeast ohio's economy by welcoming and connecting international people to opportunities and fostering a more inviting community for those seeking a place to call home.

Human Services
2
Literary Cleveland

Literary Cleveland assists writers and readers at all stages of development, promotes new and existing literature of the highest quality, and advances Northeast Ohio as a vital center of diverse voices and visions.

Education
3
Cleveland Leadership Center

The mission of cleveland leadership center (the organization) is to build a continuum of civic leaders committed to our community's excellence by serving as a catalyst for civic engagement. the organization achieves its mission by…

Education
4
Greater Cleveland Volunteers

Greater cleveland volunteers enriches the community and indivuduals through volunteer service. volunteers age 18 and older are recruited and placed in the agency's programs or referred to local nonprofit or public organizations to help…

Philanthropy
5
Center for Arts-Inspired Learning

Cal champions creative learning, drives educational innovation, and transforms lives through collaborative efforts involving teaching artists, students, educators, and communities.

Education
6
Digitalc

Empower the people of greater cleveland to achieve success through technology, innovation and connected community.

Community Improvement
7
Community Learning Center Institute

Clci facilitates the ongoing engagement of the greater cincinnati community to promote the development of all schools as community learning centers, each with a set of financially self-sustaining, co-located community partners.

Education
8
United Cerebral Palsy Association of Greater Cleveland Inc

The mission of united cerebral palsy is to empower children and adults with disabilities to advance their independence, productivity and inclusion in the community.

Health
9
The Cleveland Music School Settlement

To welcome all to our music and arts community to learn, create, celebrate and heal.

Arts & Culture
10
Central Ohio Workers Center Inc

The Central Ohio Worker Center is a non-profit organization that educates, empowers, and advocates for and with low-wage and immigrant workers in Central Ohio.

Civil Rights
11
Greater Cincinnati Behavioral Health Services

To ensure people with mental illness, addiction, and related challenges lead healthy and productive lives.

Health
12
Neighborhood Progress Inc

Cleveland neighborhood progress is committed to advancing its mission of fostering communities of choice and opportunity. our vision is for all of cleveland's neighborhoods to be attractive, vibrant communities where people from all…

Community Improvement

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Esperanza Inc and the most unlike its peers is Bighearted Blooms. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyMember Recreation ClubsSupportive Housing ServicesSenior Care ServicesHealthcare System SupportProfessional Trade Associat…Youth & Family Support Serv…Arts & Culture OrganizationsPublic Charter SchoolsEducational Scholarship Fou…Behavioral Health & Recover…Cleveland Community Develop…
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 23 years old; the field is 22. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number18%3%<5yr13%10%5–10yr16%31%10–20yr16%15%20–35yr19%21%35–55yr19%21%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value18%3%<5yr13%9%5–10yr16%29%10–20yr16%15%20–35yr19%23%35–55yr19%21%55yr+

The field is 18% startups (under 5 years old) — 3% of your grantees by number, and just 3% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/41
the rest of the field
13%
1,299/9,777

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

40 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
13
Early backer (in before they grew)
39/40
Grantees still filing
27/40
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

CATHOLIC CHARITIES CORPORATION — $12,000 · Human ServicesCATHOLIC CHARITIES CORPORA…THE GATHERING PLACE — $12,000 · Human ServicesTHE GATHERING PLACEZENWORKS YOGA — $10,000 · Human ServicesZENWORKS YOGAADOPTION NETWORK CLEVELAND — $10,000 · Human ServicesADOPTION NETWORK CLEVELANDWELCOME HOUSE INC — $10,000 · Human ServicesWELCOME HOUSE INCBIGHEARTED BLOOMS — $10,000 · Human ServicesBIGHEARTED BLOOMSBENJAMIN ROSE INSTITUTE — $10,000 · Human ServicesBENJAMIN ROSE INSTITUTEPlexus Education Foundation Inc — $10,000 · Human ServicesPlexus Education Foundatio…ART THERAPY STUDIO — $12,500 · OtherART THERAPY STUDIOCLEVELAND HEARING AND SPEECH CENTER — $12,500 · OtherCLEVELAND HEARING AND SPEECH CENTERACHIEVEMENT CENTERS FOR CHILDREN — $10,000 · OtherACHIEVEMENT CENTERS FOR CHILDRENTHE CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU OF GREATER CLEVELAND INC — $10,000 · OtherTHE CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU OF GREATER …ESPERANZA INC — $10,000 · OtherESPERANZA INCFIELDSTONE FARM THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER — $10,000 · OtherFIELDSTONE FARM THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTERADAMHS BOARD OF CUYAHOGA COUNTY — $7,500 · OtherLUTHERAN METROPOLITAN MINISTRY — $10,000 · OtherLUTHERAN METROPOLITAN MINISTRYUNION MILES DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION — $10,000 · OtherUNION MILES DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONURBAN SQUASH CLEVELAND — $10,000 · OtherURBAN SQUASH CLEVELANDLINKING EMPLOYMENT ABILITIES AND POTENTIAL — $10,000 · OtherLINKING EMPLOYMENT ABILITIES AND POTENTIALARGONAUT — $10,000 · OtherARGONAUTWATERLOO ARTS — $10,000 · OtherWATERLOO ARTSCLEVELAND MEDIATION CENTER — $10,000 · OtherCLEVELAND MEDIATION CENTERCOUNCIL OF INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS USA — $6,000 · OtherCOMMUNITY ASSESSMENT & TREATMENT SERVICES INC — $12,500 · HealthCOMMUNITY ASS…NAMI-GREATER CLEVELAND — $10,000 · HealthNAMI-GREATER …CANOPY CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER — $10,000 · HealthCANOPY CHILD …RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF NORTHEAST OHIO INC — $10,000 · HealthRONALD MCDONA…CLEVELAND MUNICIPAL SCHOOL DISTRICT TRANSFORMATION — $12,500 · EducationCLEVELAND MU…Near West Intergenerational School — $10,000 · EducationNear West In…CLEVELAND KIDS' BOOK BANK — $10,000 · EducationCLEVELAND KI…FRIENDS OF MAX S HAYES VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL — $6,000 · EducationFRIENDS OF M…EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY — $12,000 · Youth DevelopmentOPEN DOORS INC — $12,000 · Youth DevelopmentGROUP PLAN COMMISSION — $12,500 · PhilanthropySPICE FIELD KITCHEN INC — $12,000 · Food & Nutrition
Human Services$84,000Other$148,500Health$42,500Education$38,500Youth Development$24,000Philanthropy$12,500Food & Nutrition$12,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetART THERAPY STUDIO — $12,500 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetCOMMUNITY ASSESSMENT & TREATMENT SERVICES INC — $12,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCLEVELAND HEARING AND SPEECH CENTER — $12,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGROUP PLAN COMMISSION — $12,500 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetCLEVELAND MUNICIPAL SCHOOL DISTRICT TRANSFORMATION — $12,500 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetEFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY — $12,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES CORPORATION — $12,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOPEN DOORS INC — $12,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE GATHERING PLACE — $12,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNear West Intergenerational School — $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLUTHERAN METROPOLITAN MINISTRY — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetZENWORKS YOGA — $10,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetACHIEVEMENT CENTERS FOR CHILDREN — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNION MILES DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION — $10,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetADOPTION NETWORK CLEVELAND — $10,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetURBAN SQUASH CLEVELAND — $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetWELCOME HOUSE INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLINKING EMPLOYMENT ABILITIES AND POTENTIAL — $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetNAMI-GREATER CLEVELAND — $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetCANOPY CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER — $10,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetARGONAUT — $10,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetCLEVELAND KIDS' BOOK BANK — $10,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetBIGHEARTED BLOOMS — $10,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetBENJAMIN ROSE INSTITUTE — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPlexus Education Foundation Inc — $10,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetTHE CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU OF GREATER CLEVELAND INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF NORTHEAST OHIO INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWATERLOO ARTS — $10,000 over 1y, 6.2% of budgetESPERANZA INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFIELDSTONE FARM THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER — $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCOUNCIL OF INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS USA — $6,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Cleveland Foundat…The Char and Chuck Fo…The George Gund Found…Higley Fund of the Cl…The Abington Foundati…The Swagelok Foundati…Treu Mart FundUnited Way of Greater…Dominion Energy Chari…Thomas H White Fdn TaMartha Holden Jenning…The Cleveland Clinic …
The Cleveland FoundationOH61.5× affinity30 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Cleveland Foundation · The Char and Chuck Fowler Family Foundation · The George Gund Foundation · Higley Fund of the Cleveland Foundation · The Abington Foundation · The Swagelok Foundation · Treu Mart Fund · United Way of Greater Cleveland · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · Thomas H White Fdn Ta · Martha Holden Jennings Foundation · The Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Business Volunteers Unlimited funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
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no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%your share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    18report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25

    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending — grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12–24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 35 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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