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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 FY2024(still arriving)
41
Itemized grants FY2024
41
Organizations funded FY2023
80%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Itemized, FY2024
$725k
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$50,000
Organizations funded a year
5 to 41
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
5
Total assets, FY2024
$1.0M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 80% of the organizations Cavaliers Youth Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 76% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 24% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $481k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
Human ServicesEducationHealthYouth DevelopmentArts & CultureFood & NutritionOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving41$725k76%
FY202341$631k80%
FY202232$398k78%
FY20215$115k40%
FY202025$444k72%
FY20199$319k78%
FY20187$55k57%
FY20178$934kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

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

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
MI
NY
MA
OH
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CA
UT
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NC
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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 128 grantees
All grantees of Cavaliers Youth Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Greater Cleveland Habitat for Humanity Inc$885,260215%
Boys and Girls Clubs of Northeast Ohio$175,00040%
Greater Cleveland Food Bank Inc$137,58540%
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation$118,76830%
Say Yes Cleveland Scholarship Inc$100,00020%
Achievement Centers for Children$80,00040%
City Year Inc$71,89930%
Children's Hunger Alliance$70,00030%
Adaptive Sports Program of Ohio$60,00025%
America's Vetdogs the Veterans K-9 Corps Inc$50,00010%
The Northeast Ohio Hispanic Center for Economic Development$50,00012%
Junior Achievement of Greater Cleveland$50,00016%
Family Promise of Greater Cleveland$45,00032%
Youth Opportunities Unlimited$44,80530%
Womensafe Inc$40,00021%
Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Community Center$40,00021%
A Special Wish Foundation Inc$35,394113%
Cleveland Hockey Booster Club$35,0003n/a
1000 Ties$30,000127%
A Special Wish Foundation Cleveland Chapter$30,00012%
Cleveland Center for Arts and Technology$30,00011%
Lifeact$30,00013%
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Group Return$30,00020%
Birthing Beautiful Communities$30,00010%
The Centers for Families and Children$30,00010%
Cleveland Peacemakers Inc$30,00013%
Cleveland Christian Home Inc$28,95730%
Vision to Learn$25,00010%
Shoes and Clothes for Kids$25,00020%
Earthjustice$25,00010%
NAACP Empowerment Programs Inc$25,00010%
Open Doors Inc$25,00010%
Urban League of Greater Cleveland$25,00011%
Prayers From Maria Children's Glioma Cancer Foundation$24,00021%
University Hospitals Health System Inc$23,0001n/a
Boys & Girls Clubs of Cleveland$22,65520%
American Cancer Society Inc$21,27630%
Special Olympics Inc$21,00020%
Hunger Network of Greater Cleveland$20,00010%
Seeds of Literacy$20,00011%
Vineyard Christian Fellowship$20,0001n/a
The Teaching Cleveland Foundation$20,00025%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Cleveland$20,00022%
Beech Brook$20,00010%
Journey Center for Safety and Healing$20,00011%
Chn Housing Partners$20,00010%
Jessie Rees Foundation$16,85210%
American Heart Association Inc$16,49720%
Stark County Hunger Task Force Inc$15,00021%
Cornerstone of Hope Inc$15,00020%
Girls on the Run of Greater Summit Girls on the Run of Northeast Ohio$15,00013%
Cleveland Kids' Book Bank$15,00012%
Thrive Scholars$15,00010%
The Gathering Place$13,38410%
The Foundation Fighting Blindness Inc$12,50010%
OhioGuidestone$10,63010%
Pathway Caring for Children$10,00010%
The Children's Museum of Cleveland$10,00010%
John C Haney Foundation Inc$10,0001n/a
Transformations by Cleveland Angels$10,00013%
Catholic Charities Corporation$10,00010%
Julia de Burgos Cultural Arts Center$10,00012%
Voices for Children$10,0001n/a
Cleveland Classical Guitar Society$10,00012%
Chair-Ity$10,00012%
St Malachi Center Incorporated$10,0001n/a
America Scores Cleveland$10,00011%
Edwins Leadership & Restaurant Institute$10,00010%
Ace Mentor Program of Cleveland$10,00013%
Empower Sports Corporation$10,00012%
Refresh Collective$10,00011%
College Now Greater Cleveland Inc$10,00010%
Esperanza Inc$10,00010%
Beat the Streets Cleveland$10,00012%
Advantage Cleveland Tennis and Education Inc$10,00012%
Kids Play International Inc$10,00013%
City Mission$10,0001n/a
The Turn$10,00011%
Michael D Symon Foundation$10,0001n/a
Hope and Healing Survivor Resource Center$10,00010%
Cleveland Botanical Garden$10,00010%
Cleveland Ballet$10,00010%
The Hiram House$10,00011%
Replay for Kids$10,00013%
Music Through the Streets$10,0001n/a
Nfx$10,00010%
Believe in Dreams$10,00012%
Anti-Defamation League$10,00010%
Queen Iam$10,0001n/a
Alexs Lemonade Stand Foundation$10,00010%
Talespinner Childrens Theatre Inc$10,00014%
Humane Society of Summit County$10,00010%
Columbus Blue Jackets Foundation$10,00011%
Footpath Foundation$10,00012%
Good Knights Inc$10,00012%
Youth Challenge$10,00011%
Koinonia Homes Inc$10,00010%
Merrick House$10,00011%
Save Our Children of Elyria$10,00011%
4alec Foundation$10,0001n/a
Minds Matter of Cleveland Ohio Inc$10,00012%
Gigi's Playhouse Inc$10,00010%
Gamers Outreach Foundation Inc$10,00010%
Hope Meadows Foundation$10,00011%
Forever Amber Acres Animal Sanctuary$10,00014%
Friendly Inn Settlement Inc$10,00010%
Zenworks Yoga$10,00018%
The Posse Foundation Inc$10,00010%
Effective Leadership Academy$10,00011%
Aluminum Cans for Burned Children$10,00018%
United Cerebral Palsy Association of Greater Cleveland Inc$10,00010%
Coats for Kids-Cleveland$10,00011%
Care Alliance$10,00010%
Bessies Angels$10,00014%
Jefferson-Puritas West Park CDC$10,00011%
Elyria Ice Hockey Booster Club Inc$10,00016%
Groundworks Dance Theater$10,00011%
After-School All-Stars$10,00010%
Village of Healing$10,00011%
National Inventors Hall of Fame Inc$10,00010%
A Second Home for You$10,0001n/a
Adaptive Sports USA Inc$8,53012%
United Way of Greater Cleveland$8,35210%
Association for African American Cultural Gar$7,1481n/a
The Salvation Army$6,8801n/a
Flashes of Hope$5,00310%
Cleveland Zoological Society$5,00010%
Values-In-Action Foundation$5,00011%

Where it is load-bearing

Cavaliers Youth Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 114 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's 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 budgetAmerica's Vetdogs the Veterans K-9 Corps Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.5% 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 budgetFamily Promise of Greater Cleveland: $45,000 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetYouth Opportunities Unlimited: $44,805 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetWomensafe Inc: $40,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetLesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Community Center: $40,000 over 2y, 0.7% 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 budgetCleveland Center for Arts and Technology: $30,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetLifeact: $30,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetThe Cleveland Clinic Foundation Group Return: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBirthing Beautiful Communities: $30,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetThe Centers for Families and Children: $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCleveland Peacemakers Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetCleveland Christian Home Inc: $28,957 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetVision to Learn: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetShoes and Clothes for Kids: $25,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetEarthjustice: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNAACP Empowerment Programs Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOpen Doors Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetUrban League of Greater Cleveland: $25,000 over 1y, 0.8% 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 budgetHunger Network of Greater Cleveland: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSeeds of Literacy: $20,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetThe Teaching Cleveland Foundation: $20,000 over 2y, 4.7% of budgetBig Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Cleveland: $20,000 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetBeech Brook: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetJourney Center for Safety and Healing: $20,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetChn Housing Partners: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJessie Rees Foundation: $16,852 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $16,497 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetStark County Hunger Task Force Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetCornerstone of Hope Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetGirls on the Run of Greater Summit Girls on the Run of Northeast Ohio: $15,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 114.

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Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: 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

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Cavaliers Youth Foundation

How much does Cavaliers Youth Foundation give?
Cavaliers Youth Foundation reported 41 itemized grants totaling $725,000, out of $957,405 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 41 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Cavaliers Youth Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Housing & Shelter (27%), Health (14%), Youth Development (12%).
Who are Cavaliers Youth Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Greater Cleveland Habitat for Humanity Inc ($885k), Boys and Girls Clubs of Northeast Ohio ($175k), Greater Cleveland Food Bank Inc ($138k).
Does Cavaliers Youth Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 80% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Cavaliers Youth Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Cleveland Foundation, The Char and Chuck Fowler Family Foundation, The Swagelok Foundation.
Where is Cavaliers Youth Foundation based?
Cavaliers Youth Foundation is based in OH.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 129 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its 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.

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

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