Ohio · Public charity
Downtown Cleveland Alliance
DOWNTOWN CLEVELAND ALLIANCE is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to building a dynamic downtown. It is committed to making downtown cleveland the most compelling place to live, work, play, and visit in the region.dca, working hand in hand with downtown property owners, creates forums for communication and involvement by a diverse…
- $122k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 3
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $106k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $48,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 59
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $4.3M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations Downtown Cleveland Alliance funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
RenewedFirst-time
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
PhilanthropyCommunity ImprovementRecreation & SportsOther
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 year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 3 | $106k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $183k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $890k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $806k | 17% |
| FY2020 | 59 | $1.2M | 95% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $297k | 25% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $426k | 71% |
| FY2017 | 4 | $218k | n/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.
Community Improvement$4.1M
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Group Plan Commission | $1,414,210 | 5 | 31% |
| Historic Warehouse District Development Corporation of Cleveland | $443,941 | 5 | 30% |
| Historic Gateway Neighborhood Corporation | $432,691 | 5 | 28% |
| Playhouse Square Foundation | $388,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Flats Forward | $297,225 | 4 | 60% |
| Whistle & Keg II LLC | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Men's Designer Outlet Inc | $32,800 | 1 | n/a |
| Yours Truly of Playhouse Square Inc | $31,876 | 1 | n/a |
| Luca LLC | $28,126 | 1 | n/a |
| Pizza 216 | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 63 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Group Plan Commission | $1,414,210 | 5 | 31% |
| Historic Warehouse District Development Corporation of Cleveland | $443,941 | 5 | 30% |
| Historic Gateway Neighborhood Corporation | $432,691 | 5 | 28% |
| Playhouse Square Foundation | $388,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Flats Forward | $297,225 | 4 | 60% |
| Whistle & Keg II LLC | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Men's Designer Outlet Inc | $32,800 | 1 | n/a |
| Yours Truly of Playhouse Square Inc | $31,876 | 1 | n/a |
| Luca LLC | $28,126 | 1 | n/a |
| Pizza 216 | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hh Cleveland Huntington LP | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cleveland Brewing Company | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cumberland Arcades LLC | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Heinen's Inc | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Colossal Cupcakes LLC | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Wonder Bar Cleveland LLC | $21,624 | 1 | n/a |
| Dewitt's Diamond and Gold Exchange Inc | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Vincenza's Pizza | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ylt Red Cleveland LLC | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ph Corp | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Seedna Inc | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Colonial Coin & Stamp Co | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Johnny's Downtown Johnnys Little Bar | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Nosotros Rock Climbing Gym | $20,000 | 1 | 10% |
| Winking Lizard of Gateway Inc | $19,500 | 1 | n/a |
| 1214 West 6th Street LLC | $18,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Let's Balloon It LLC | $18,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Dos Amigos | $17,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Schofield Hotel LLC | $15,750 | 1 | n/a |
| Flourish Inc | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Dvp Inc | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Rise Nation - Cle LLC | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| 629 Euclid Hotel LLC | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Jsj Klub LLC | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ceaders Inc | $14,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Chocolate Bar | $14,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Bonfoey Gallery | $12,900 | 1 | n/a |
| Stp Restaurant Inc | $12,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Tilak Enterprises LLC | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Divya Jivan Inc | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Playhouse Square Development Corp | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Union Club Company | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Levant LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Rockwell Land Management Co LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Balance Beacon LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Property Operations V LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sterling Linder Holdings | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| D&A Restaurants Inc | $9,570 | 1 | n/a |
| Ds Architecture LLC | $8,745 | 1 | n/a |
| Ohm Advisors | $8,250 | 1 | n/a |
| Victory Properties | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sub 9 Enterprises Inc | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hammana Inc | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The W Gallery | $6,500 | 1 | n/a |
| The Studio Inc | $6,300 | 1 | n/a |
| Sookki LLC | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Truman Master Tenant LLC | $5,125 | 1 | n/a |
| Cle Clothing Company LLC | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Siberian Tiger LLC | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Fairview Hospitality Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mgg Hospitality | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lgce Holding Group LLC | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Great Lakes Financial Group LP | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($255k), not named here.
About Downtown Cleveland Alliance
- How much does Downtown Cleveland Alliance give?
- Downtown Cleveland Alliance reported 3 itemized grants totaling $106,250, out of $121,635 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 59 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Downtown Cleveland Alliance fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Community Improvement (100%).
- Who are Downtown Cleveland Alliance's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Group Plan Commission ($1.4M), Historic Warehouse District Development Corporation of Cleveland ($444k), Historic Gateway Neighborhood Corporation ($433k).
- Does Downtown Cleveland Alliance fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Where is Downtown Cleveland Alliance based?
- Downtown Cleveland Alliance is based in OH.
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