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Cavaliers Youth Foundation

To support programs for children, families, and young adults designed to positively impact the community in the areas of education, health, recreation, employment, entrepreneurship, and life skills.

$957k
Granted FY2024still arriving
41
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$50k
Largest
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 FY20172024.

Housing & Shelter$970kHealth$522kYouth Development$448kHuman Services$342kEducation$320kFood & Nutrition$243kRecreation & Sports$195kPublic Benefit$122kOther$0
02FY2024 · 41 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 41 grants below total $725,000 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $957,405 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $232,405 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.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k39 grants · $625k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $100k
$10,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$1.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF NORTHEAST OHIO$50,000
VETDOGS & AMERICAS VETDOGS$50,000
BIRTHING BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITIES$30,000
A SPECIAL WISH FOUNDATION$30,000
CLEVELAND PEACEMAKERS$30,000
FAMILY PROMISE$30,000
WOMENSAFE$30,000
LIFEACT$30,000
1000 TIES$30,000
THE LGBT COMMUNITY CENTER OF GREATER CLEVELAND$30,000
THE CENTERS$30,000
YOUTH OPPORTUNITIES UNLIMITED$30,000
NEW BRIDGE CLEVELAND CENTER FOR ARTS & TECHNOLOGY$30,000
VISION TO LEARN$25,000
HIRAM HOUSE CAMP$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 (FY20–24, $223k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%BATTERED WOMEN SHELTER: $10k → 13%SEEDS OF LITERACY: $20k → 17%EMPOWER SPORTS CORPORATION: $10k → 17%FRIENDLY INN SETTLEMENT INC: $10k → 17%KOINONIA HOMES INC: $10k → 17%ZENWORKS YOGA: $10k → 17%SHOES AND CLOTHES FOR KIDS: $15k → 17%MERRICK HOUSE: $10k → 17%SHOES AND CLOTHES FOR KIDS: $10k → 17%THE CENTERS: $30k → 17%CLEVELAND PEACEMAKERS: $30k → 17%CATHOLIC CHARITIEESFATIMA FAMILY CENTER: $10k → 17%CHAIR-ITY INC: $10k → 17%CARE ALLIANCE HEALTH CENTER: $10k → 17%GATHERING PLACE: $13k → 17%CORNERSTONE OF HOPE INC: $10k → 17%CORNERSTONE OF HOPE INC: $5k → 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.

Which US states your grants reach

ME
MI
NY
MA
OH
PA
CA
UT
MD
NC
DC
GA

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.

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Where the work is directed

The same grants, placed two ways — where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose earmarks the money.

About 96% of Cavaliers Youth Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked, by their stated purpose, for a different county than the recipient’s own address — money that lands at a nonprofit in one place but is meant to do its work in another. Read by recipient address, 92% of the giving stays in OH; read by stated purpose it is 4% — less of the work is directed home than the recipients' locations suggest.

Cavaliers Youth Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address

Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the foundation’s own 990 grant descriptions.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

60%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$2.2M · 26 repeat orgs$1.5M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +27% since the first grant, against +7% for the ones you funded once.

26 repeat relationships — 10 still active in FY2024, 16 since wound down; 31 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

26
71

Total granted

$2.2M
$953k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+27%
+7%

Still filing today

92%
86%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 30% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $505k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthHuman ServicesEducationYouth DevelopmentArts & CultureRecreation & SportsOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as “new.” Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • GC
    GREATER CLEVELAND HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC
    2× · 2017–2024 · $885k · revenue +153%
  • BA
    BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF NORTHEAST OHIO
    4× · 2019–2024 · $175k · revenue +357%
  • GC
    GREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK INC
    4× · 2019–2022 · $138k · revenue +27%

Funded once

  • TN
    THE NORTHEAST OHIO HISPANIC CENTER FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $50k · revenue +47%
  • JA
    JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF GREATER CLEVELANDgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $50k · revenue +142%
  • AS
    A SPECIAL WISH FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2022 · $35k · revenue -87%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your 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
Hope for Cleveland's Children
2
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
3
Child & Adolescent Behavioral Health

We are the premier childrens mental health agency that reduces the suffering experienced by children who have emotional problems related to depression, anxiety, and behavior like adhd. untreated, these problems can lead to failure in…

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
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
6
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
7
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
8
Digitalc

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

Community Improvement
9
Diabetes Partnership of Cleveland

Diabetes partnership of cleveland works to provide relevant and sustainable programming, education, resources and supplies to the community in northeast ohio affected by diabetes.

10
Greater Cleveland Sports Commission

The mission of the greater cleveland sports commission is to measurably improve the economy of greater cleveland and enrich the community by attracting, creating, managing and enhancing significant sporting and competitive events.

Unclassified
11
Cleveland Municipal School District Transformation

The cleveland transformation alliance (cta) is a trusted community partner working to ensure every student is engaged in a high-quality, equitable education. the cta gives families and students the information they need to commit to their…

Education
12
Cleveland Rape Crisis Center

The cleveland rape crisis center is a non-profit organization which supports survivors of sexual violence, promotes healing and prevention, and advocates for social change.

Health

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Family Promise of Greater Cleveland and the most unlike its peers is Bessies Angels. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 29 years old; the field is 21. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number19%3%<5yr13%9%5–10yr18%28%10–20yr15%17%20–35yr18%22%35–55yr18%22%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value19%3%<5yr13%7%5–10yr18%16%10–20yr15%13%20–35yr18%46%35–55yr18%16%55yr+

The field is 19% 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%0/129
the rest of the field
13%
1,761/14,021

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.

05the grantee network

117 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 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 117 of the 129 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
19
Early backer (in before they grew)
114/117
Grantees still filing
67/117
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

GREATER CLEVELAND HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC — $885,260 · Housing & ShelterGREATER CLEVELAND HABITAT FO…+1 more — $20,000 · Housing & ShelterACHIEVEMENT CENTERS FOR CHILDREN — $80,000 · OtherACHIEVEMENT CENTERS FOR CHILDRENCITY YEAR INC — $71,899 · OtherCITY YEAR INCFAMILY PROMISE OF GREATER CLEVELAND — $45,000 · OtherYOUTH OPPORTUNITIES UNLIMITED — $44,805 · OtherADAPTIVE SPORTS PROGRAM OF OHIO — $60,000 · OtherTHE NORTHEAST OHIO HISPANIC CENTER FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT — $50,000 · OtherAMERICA'S VETDOGS THE VETERANS K-9 CORPS INC — $50,000 · Other+61 more — $851,919 · Other+61 moreTHE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION — $118,768 · HealthTHE CLEVELAN…A SPECIAL WISH FOUNDATION CLEVELAND CHAPTER — $30,000 · HealthA SPECIAL WI…THE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION GROUP RETURN — $30,000 · HealthTHE CLEVELAN…LIFEACT — $30,000 · HealthLIFEACTVISION TO LEARN — $25,000 · HealthVISION TO LE…PRAYERS FROM MARIA CHILDREN'S GLIOMA CANCER FOUNDATION — $24,000 · HealthPRAYERS FROM…AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC — $21,276 · HealthBeech Brook — $20,000 · HealthJessie Rees Foundation — $16,852 · HealthAmerican Heart Association Inc — $16,497 · Health+7 more — $73,130 · Health+7 moreBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF NORTHEAST OHIO — $175,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS AND …1000 TIES — $30,000 · Youth Development1000 TIESOPEN DOORS INC — $25,000 · Youth DevelopmentOPEN DOOR…BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF GREATER CLEVELAND — $20,000 · Youth DevelopmentBIG BROTH…Girls on the Run of Greater Summit Girls on the Run of Northeast Ohio — $15,000 · Youth Development+5 more — $50,000 · Youth Development+5 moreSAY YES CLEVELAND SCHOLARSHIP INC — $100,000 · EducationSAY YES C…JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF GREATER CLEVELAND — $50,000 · EducationJUNIOR AC…BIRTHING BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITIES — $30,000 · EducationBIRTHING …THE TEACHING CLEVELAND FOUNDATION — $20,000 · EducationTHE TEACH…THRIVE SCHOLARS — $15,000 · EducationCLEVELAND KIDS' BOOK BANK — $15,000 · EducationACE MENTOR PROGRAM OF CLEVELAND — $10,000 · EducationTHE POSSE FOUNDATION INC — $10,000 · EducationTHE TURN — $10,000 · EducationEDWINS LEADERSHIP & RESTAURANT INSTITUTE — $10,000 · EducationCOLLEGE NOW GREATER CLEVELAND INC — $10,000 · EducationJOHN C HANEY FOUNDATION INC — $10,000 · Education+1 more — $5,000 · EducationGREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK INC — $137,585 · Food & NutritionCHILDREN'S HUNGER ALLIANCE — $70,000 · Food & NutritionHUNGER NETWORK OF GREATER CLEVELAND — $20,000 · Food & NutritionStark County Hunger Task Force Inc — $15,000 · Food & NutritionThe Centers for Families and Children — $30,000 · Human ServicesCLEVELAND PEACEMAKERS INC — $30,000 · Human ServicesSHOES AND CLOTHES FOR KIDS — $25,000 · Human ServicesSEEDS OF LITERACY — $20,000 · Human ServicesCORNERSTONE OF HOPE INC — $15,000 · Human ServicesTHE GATHERING PLACE — $13,384 · Human ServicesMERRICK HOUSE — $10,000 · Human ServicesCARE ALLIANCE — $10,000 · Human ServicesCATHOLIC CHARITIES CORPORATION — $10,000 · Human ServicesKOINONIA HOMES INC — $10,000 · Human ServicesZENWORKS YOGA — $10,000 · Human ServicesHOPE AND HEALING SURVIVOR RESOURCE CENTER — $10,000 · Human ServicesEMPOWER SPORTS CORPORATION — $10,000 · Human ServicesCHAIR-ITY — $10,000 · Human ServicesFRIENDLY INN SETTLEMENT INC — $10,000 · Human Services
Housing & Shelter$905,260Other$1,253,623Health$405,523Youth Development$315,000Education$295,000Food & Nutrition$242,585Human Services$223,384

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetGREATER CLEVELAND HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC — $885,260 over 2y, 15% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF NORTHEAST OHIO — $175,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetGREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK INC — $137,585 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION — $118,768 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSAY YES CLEVELAND SCHOLARSHIP INC — $100,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetACHIEVEMENT CENTERS FOR CHILDREN — $80,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetCITY YEAR INC — $71,899 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S HUNGER ALLIANCE — $70,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetADAPTIVE SPORTS PROGRAM OF OHIO — $60,000 over 2y, 4.8% of budgetTHE NORTHEAST OHIO HISPANIC CENTER FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT — $50,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF GREATER CLEVELAND — $50,000 over 1y, 6.1% of budgetAMERICA'S VETDOGS THE VETERANS K-9 CORPS INC — $50,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetFAMILY PROMISE OF GREATER CLEVELAND — $45,000 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetYOUTH OPPORTUNITIES UNLIMITED — $44,805 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetLESBIAN GAY BISEXUAL TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY CENTER — $40,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetWOMENSAFE INC — $40,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetA SPECIAL WISH FOUNDATION INC — $35,394 over 1y, 13% of budget1000 TIES — $30,000 over 1y, 27% of budgetA SPECIAL WISH FOUNDATION CLEVELAND CHAPTER — $30,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetThe Centers for Families and Children — $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCLEVELAND CENTER FOR ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY — $30,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetBIRTHING BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITIES — $30,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCLEVELAND PEACEMAKERS INC — $30,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetTHE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION GROUP RETURN — $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLIFEACT — $30,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetCleveland Christian Home Inc — $28,957 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetSHOES AND CLOTHES FOR KIDS — $25,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetVISION TO LEARN — $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOPEN DOORS INC — $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNAACP EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMS INC — $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetURBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER CLEVELAND — $25,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetEARTHJUSTICE — $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPRAYERS FROM MARIA CHILDREN'S GLIOMA CANCER FOUNDATION — $24,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF CLEVELAND — $22,655 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC — $21,276 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS INC — $21,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF GREATER CLEVELAND — $20,000 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetJOURNEY CENTER FOR SAFETY AND HEALING — $20,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTHE CLEVELAND FOUNDATION — $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TEACHING CLEVELAND FOUNDATION — $20,000 over 2y, 4.7% of budgetSEEDS OF LITERACY — $20,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetCHN HOUSING PARTNERS — $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBeech Brook — $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHUNGER NETWORK OF GREATER CLEVELAND — $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJessie Rees Foundation — $16,852 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc — $16,497 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHRIVE SCHOLARS — $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCLEVELAND KIDS' BOOK BANK — $15,000 over 1y, 2.4% 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 FoundationOH114.7× affinity70 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 Swagelok Foundation · The George Gund Foundation · The Reinberger Foundation · Higley Fund of the Cleveland Foundation · The Abington Foundation · Community West Foundation · The Sk Wellman Foundation · United Way of Greater Cleveland · Jewish Federation of Cleveland · The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Group Return

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 Cavaliers Youth Foundation 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
202122232425
no gov · 20%2%8%17%30%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from governmentmedian 11%
  • City Year Inc11% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
53report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY2025

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 129 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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