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Fund for Our Economic Future of Northeast Ohio

The fund for our economic future is a creative space for philanthropic funders and civic leaders to explore what matters and implement what works to achieve equitable economic growth, emphasizing systemic, long-term change.

$4.6M
Granted FY2024still arriving
6
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$150k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
0185% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant clustered by its grantee’s IRS cause code (NTEE), by year — across FY2017–2024.

Community Improvement$6.5MEmployment$1.3MHousing & Shelter$1.2MArts & Culture$701kEducation$367kHuman Services$190kEnvironment$140kScience & Tech$135kPhilanthropy$55kOther$2.0M
02FY2024 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 6 grants below total $320,500 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $4,570,927 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $4,250,427 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–50k4 grants · $101k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $220k
$30,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$6.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TEAM NEO$150,000
MAGNET$70,000
STARTING POINT$30,000
CONXUS NEO$28,000
MCGREGOR FOUNDATION$25,000
GREATER AKRON CHAMBER$17,500
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.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY19–22, $190k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 34% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%FUNDERS TOGETHER TO END HOMELESSNESS: $40k → 16%COMMUNITY ACTION WAYNEMEDINA: $100k → 10%COMMUNITY ACTION WAYNEMEDIA: $25k → 10%THE CENTERS FOR FAMILY AND CHILDREN: $25k → 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 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.

82%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$10M · 21 repeat orgs$2.2M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +35% since the first grant, against +14% for the ones you funded once.

21 repeat relationships — 5 still active in FY2024, 16 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
19

Total granted

$10M
$2.2M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+35%
+14%

Still filing today

86%
95%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $18k 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
Community ImprovementEmploymentHuman ServicesHousing & ShelterEducationSocial ScienceOther

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

  • MA
    MANUFACTURING ADVOCACY & GROWTH NETWORK INC
    6× · 2017–2024 · $2.9M · revenue +147%
  • TN
    Team NEO Foundation
    7× · 2018–2024 · $1.5M · revenue +26%
  • GC
    Greater Cleveland Partnership
    3× · 2020–2022 · $1.0M · revenue +12%

Funded once

  • YO
    YOUTH OPPORTUNITIES UNLIMITED
    one grant, 2022 · $1.0M · revenue +7%
  • BC
    BIOENTERPRISE CORPORATION
    one grant, 2017 · $400k · revenue -100%
  • UL
    URBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER CLEVELANDgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $120k · revenue +45%

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
Ohio Business Roundtable

To harness the collective expertise of ohio's ceos to advocate for policies that improve ohio's economic competitiveness.

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2
Ohio Business Leadership Network
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3
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
4
Greater Columbus Chamber of Commerce

Advancing a thriving central ohio commmunity by serving as a catalyst for all businesses to grow and flourish. our mission pillars are connections, government relations, strategic business solutions and talent/workforce.

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5
Cleveland Development Foundation

Developing and improving Cleveland Ohio's civic visions.

Community Improvement
6
Columbus Compact Corporation

Columbus compact is a catalyst for positive development of central city columbus' neighborhoods and business districts.

Community Improvement
7
Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce

The chamber is a member association designed to be the leading advocate for the business community of the greater dayton region. its mission is to work shoulder to shoulder with businesses to help them succeed.

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8
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement
9
European-American Chamber of Commerce

To stimulate business and networking relations between europe and the cincinnati tri-state region through education, exchanges, trade missions, increasing awareness, enhancing the region and europe's image, providing information &…

Community Improvement
10
Cincinnati Usa Regional Chamber Foundation

To develop and promote economic development, talent initiatives and the unique offerings in the cincinnati region.

Community Improvement
11
One Columbus

One columbus is a regional private-public sector partnership that will leverage central ohio's research and academic institutions, diverse industries to position the state capital to become the fastest growing economy in the country and…

Community Improvement
12
Ohio Chamber of Commerce

As the state's leading business advocate and resource, the ohio chamber of commerce aggressively champions free enterprise, economic competitiveness and growth for the benefit of all ohioans.

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Conxusneo and the most unlike its peers is Deaconess Foundation. 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 37 years old; the field is 21. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number19%3%<5yr13%3%5–10yr17%11%10–20yr15%24%20–35yr18%38%35–55yr18%22%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value19%0%<5yr13%1%5–10yr17%7%10–20yr15%27%20–35yr18%52%35–55yr18%12%55yr+

The field is 19% startups (under 5 years old) — 3% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 2% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
2%1/43
the rest of the field
13%
1,999/15,861

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

39 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. 39 of the 43 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.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
39/39
Grantees still filing
26/39
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

MANUFACTURING ADVOCACY & GROWTH NETWORK INC — $2,901,711 · Community ImprovementMANUFACTURING ADVOCACY & GROWTH NETWORK INCTeam NEO Foundation — $1,530,000 · Community ImprovementTeam NEO FoundationGreater Cleveland Partnership — $1,021,957 · Community ImprovementGreater Cleveland PartnershipBIOENTERPRISE CORPORATION — $400,000 · Community ImprovementBIOENTERPRISE CORPORATION+10 more — $616,294 · Community Improvement+10 moreYOUTH OPPORTUNITIES UNLIMITED — $1,000,000 · OtherYOUTH OPPORTUNITIES U…SUMMIT WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS — $224,000 · OtherSUMMIT WORKFORCE SOLU…MANUFACTURING WORKS — $175,000 · OtherMANUFACTURING WORKSURBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER CLEVELAND — $120,000 · OtherAKRON METRO REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITY — $100,000 · OtherLAKETRAN — $100,000 · OtherNortheast Ohio Alliance for Hope — $88,040 · OtherCENTER FOR NEIGHBORHOOD TECHNOLOGY — $140,000 · OtherCENTER FOR NEIGHBORHO…OHIO AEROSPACE INSTITUTE — $135,000 · OtherOHIO AEROSPACE INSTIT…+8 more — $245,500 · Other+8 moreCONXUSNEO — $788,000 · EmploymentCONXUSNEOEconomic Growth Foundation — $343,209 · EmploymentEconomic Gr…TOWARDS EMPLOYMENT INC — $87,000 · EmploymentTOWARDS EMP…W E UPJOHN UNEMPLOYMENT TRUSTEE CORPORATION — $71,000 · EmploymentW E UPJOHN …BURTEN BELL CARR DEVELOPMENT INC — $1,150,000 · Housing & ShelterBURTEN BEL…DEACONESS FOUNDATION — $39,900 · Housing & ShelterCLEVELAND CENTER FOR ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY — $700,960 · Arts & CultureCUYAHOGA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION — $306,984 · EducationCHILD CARE RESOURCE CENTER OF CUYAHOGA COUNTY — $60,000 · EducationCOMMUNITY ACTION WAYNEMEDINA — $125,000 · Human ServicesFUNDERS TOGETHER TO END HOMELESSNES — $40,000 · Human ServicesThe Centers for Families and Children — $25,000 · Human Services
Community Improvement$6,469,962Other$2,327,540Employment$1,289,209Housing & Shelter$1,189,900Arts & Culture$700,960Education$366,984Human Services$190,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetMANUFACTURING ADVOCACY & GROWTH NETWORK INC — $2,901,711 over 6y, 8.1% of budgetTeam NEO Foundation — $1,530,000 over 7y, 3.5% of budgetBURTEN BELL CARR DEVELOPMENT INC — $1,150,000 over 3y, 29% of budgetGreater Cleveland Partnership — $1,021,957 over 3y, 4.9% of budgetYOUTH OPPORTUNITIES UNLIMITED — $1,000,000 over 1y, 7.7% of budgetCONXUSNEO — $788,000 over 5y, 35% of budgetCLEVELAND CENTER FOR ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY — $700,960 over 2y, 13% of budgetBIOENTERPRISE CORPORATION — $400,000 over 1y, 9.4% of budgetEconomic Growth Foundation — $343,209 over 2y, 4.5% of budgetCUYAHOGA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION — $306,984 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetMANUFACTURING WORKS — $175,000 over 2y, 4.8% of budgetCLEVELAND CULINARY LAUNCH INC — $170,000 over 3y, 32% of budgetCENTER FOR NEIGHBORHOOD TECHNOLOGY — $140,000 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetOHIO AEROSPACE INSTITUTE — $135,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetSTARK ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD INC — $135,000 over 2y, 5.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY ACTION WAYNEMEDINA — $125,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetURBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER CLEVELAND — $120,000 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetCLEVELAND CITYWIDE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION — $100,000 over 1y, 4.6% of budgetNortheast Ohio Alliance for Hope — $88,040 over 1y, 16% of budgetTOWARDS EMPLOYMENT INC — $87,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetW E UPJOHN UNEMPLOYMENT TRUSTEE CORPORATION — $71,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCHILD CARE RESOURCE CENTER OF CUYAHOGA COUNTY — $60,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE MCGREGOR FOUNDATION — $58,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE YOUNGSTOWN EDISON BUSINESS INCUBATOR — $50,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetPOLICY MATTERS OHIO — $50,000 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetFUNDERS TOGETHER TO END HOMELESSNES — $40,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetDEACONESS FOUNDATION — $39,900 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetTHE CLEVELAND FOUNDATION — $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE MAHONING VALLEY — $25,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetThe Centers for Families and Children — $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE METROHEALTH FOUNDATION INC — $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPOLICYBRIDGE INC — $24,000 over 1y, 6.5% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD PROGRESS INC — $24,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetGREATER AKRON CHAMBER — $17,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetJUMPSTART INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDOWNTOWN AKRON PARTNERSHIP — $9,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetBRITE ENERGY INNOVATORS — $7,500 over 1y, 0.3% 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 George Gund Found…Deaconess FoundationThe Swagelok Foundati…Treu Mart FundUnited Way of Greater…Higley Fund of the Cl…Sisters of Charity Fo…The Cleveland Clinic …The Cleveland Clinic …The Char and Chuck Fo…The Reinberger Founda…
The Cleveland FoundationOH34× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Cleveland Foundation · The George Gund Foundation · Deaconess Foundation · The Swagelok Foundation · Treu Mart Fund · United Way of Greater Cleveland · Higley Fund of the Cleveland Foundation · Sisters of Charity Foundation of Cleveland · The Cleveland Clinic Foundation · The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Group Return · The Char and Chuck Fowler Family Foundation · The Reinberger 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 Fund for Our Economic Future of Northeast Ohio 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
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%3%10%23%40%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    14report 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, 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 43 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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