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United Black Fund of Greater Cleveland Inc

Provide funding and technical assistance to small and minority disadvantage businesses.

$240k
Granted FY2020
18
Itemized grants FY2020
18
Organizations funded FY2020
39%
First-time grantees FY2020
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Itemized, FY2020
$126k
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2020
$6,100
Largest grant, FY2020
$15,000
Organizations funded a year
10 to 22
FY2017 to FY2020
States reached, FY2020
1
Total assets, FY2020
$6.5M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2020, 39% of the organizations United Black Fund of Greater Cleveland Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 34% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2020, 66% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $43k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20
Human ServicesEducationHealthPublic BenefitInternationalPhilanthropyOther
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
FY202018$126k39%
FY201922$157k59%
FY201819$136k63%
FY201710$62kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2020.

Human Services$121kYouth Development$60kEducation$57kHealth$41kEnvironment$39kArts & Culture$37kInternational$27kCommunity Improvement$24kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2020, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Western Reserve Land Conservancy$39,05040%
Eliza Bryant Village$26,65030%
Ideastream$25,75030%
Leading Ladies$24,5504n/a
Stand Tall Academies$21,1002n/a
Project Hope - the People-To-People Health Foundation Inc$21,00020%
Greater Cleveland Veterans Business Resource Council Inc$18,3003n/a
Scranton Road Ministries CDC$18,05031%
Davids Challenge Incorporated Yound Achievers Program$17,7003n/a
Pregnant With Possibilities Resource Center$16,100232%
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All grantees of United Black Fund of Greater Cleveland Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Western Reserve Land Conservancy$39,05040%
Eliza Bryant Village$26,65030%
Ideastream$25,75030%
Leading Ladies$24,5504n/a
Stand Tall Academies$21,1002n/a
Project Hope - the People-To-People Health Foundation Inc$21,00020%
Greater Cleveland Veterans Business Resource Council Inc$18,3003n/a
Scranton Road Ministries CDC$18,05031%
Davids Challenge Incorporated Yound Achievers Program$17,7003n/a
Pregnant With Possibilities Resource Center$16,100232%
Bpa Charitable Foundation$14,00023%
Cleveland Baptist Association$12,6002n/a
Faith Community Supportive Service$12,2002n/a
Bureau of Drug Abuse Cleveland Treatment Center Inc$12,20020%
Henry Johnson Center Inc$12,2002n/a
Mum Ford Inc$12,200222%
Front Steps Housing and Services Inc$12,20020%
Shaker Sharks Swimming Team$11,65023%
Golden Ciphers$10,00015%
Jordan Community Residential Center$10,00013%
Diversity Center of Northeast Ohio$7,62511%
The Phebe Foundation$7,0001n/a
John Carroll University$6,10010%
Friends of Breakthrough Schools$6,10010%
Renounce Denounce Gang Intervention Program Corporation$6,1001n/a
Minor and Associates$6,1001n/a
Verge Inc$6,10011%
Harvard Square Center$6,1001n/a
Our Family Home Center$6,1001n/a
University Settlement Inc$6,10010%
Duffy Liturgical Dance Ensemble$6,1001n/a
McCall Consulting & Associates Inc$6,10014%
Jarvis Gibson Foundation$6,1001n/a
Citizenship Health Advancing and Nurturing Global Education$6,0001n/a
By Leaps and Bounds$6,0001n/a
I & a Automotive Technician and Leadership Academy$6,0001n/a
Mount Pleasant Now Development Corporation$6,00011%
Consortium of African American Organizations$6,0001n/a
Community Housing Solutions$5,55010%
America Scores Cleveland$5,55011%
Cleveland Center for Arts and Technology$5,55010%
Seal My Record$5,3251n/a

Where it is load-bearing

United Black Fund of Greater Cleveland Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 23 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWestern Reserve Land Conservancy: $39,050 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetEliza Bryant Village: $26,650 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetIdeastream: $25,750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetProject Hope - the People-To-People Health Foundation Inc: $21,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetScranton Road Ministries CDC: $18,050 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetPregnant With Possibilities Resource Center: $16,100 over 2y, 32% of budgetBpa Charitable Foundation: $14,000 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetBureau of Drug Abuse Cleveland Treatment Center Inc: $12,200 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetMum Ford Inc: $12,200 over 2y, 22% of budgetFront Steps Housing and Services Inc: $12,200 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetShaker Sharks Swimming Team: $11,650 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetGolden Ciphers: $10,000 over 1y, 4.6% of budgetJordan Community Residential Center: $10,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetDiversity Center of Northeast Ohio: $7,625 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetJohn Carroll University: $6,100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of Breakthrough Schools: $6,100 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVerge Inc: $6,100 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetUniversity Settlement Inc: $6,100 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMcCall Consulting & Associates Inc: $6,100 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetMount Pleasant Now Development Corporation: $6,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCommunity Housing Solutions: $5,550 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetAmerica Scores Cleveland: $5,550 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetCleveland Center for Arts and Technology: $5,550 over 1y, 0.4% 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 23.

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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 Foundat…Saint Lukes Foundatio…Higley Fund of the Cl…Dominion Energy Chari…United Way of Greater…The Char and Chuck Fo…The George Gund Found…The Reinberger Founda…Edwin D Northrup II F…East 66th Street Serv…The Abington Foundati…Murphy Family Foundat…
The Cleveland FoundationOH46× affinity22 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Cleveland Foundation · Saint Lukes Foundation of Cleveland Ohio · Higley Fund of the Cleveland Foundation · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · United Way of Greater Cleveland · The Char and Chuck Fowler Family Foundation · The George Gund Foundation · The Reinberger Foundation · Edwin D Northrup II Fund · East 66th Street Services Inc · The Abington Foundation · Murphy Family Foundation

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 United Black Fund of Greater Cleveland Inc

How much does United Black Fund of Greater Cleveland Inc give?
United Black Fund of Greater Cleveland Inc reported 18 itemized grants totaling $125,900, out of $240,000 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2020 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 22 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2020.
What does United Black Fund of Greater Cleveland Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2020, its largest causes are Human Services (25%), Youth Development (12%), Education (12%).
Who are United Black Fund of Greater Cleveland Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2020: Western Reserve Land Conservancy ($39k), Eliza Bryant Village ($27k), Ideastream ($26k).
Does United Black Fund of Greater Cleveland Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2020, 39% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as United Black Fund of Greater Cleveland Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Cleveland Foundation, Saint Lukes Foundation of Cleveland Ohio, Higley Fund of the Cleveland Foundation.
Where is United Black Fund of Greater Cleveland Inc based?
United Black Fund of Greater Cleveland Inc 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 42 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 2020, released 2020. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2023) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2020, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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