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· Public charity

United Black Fund of Greater Cleveland Inc

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

$240k
Granted FY2020
18
Grants FY2020
1
States reached
$15k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% 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
02FY2020 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 18 grants below total $125,900, the rows itemized in this filing. The $240,000 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $114,100 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2020

  • Under $10k16 grants · $101k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $25k
$6,100
Median grant
1
States reached
$6.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Eliza Bryant Village$15,000
Pregnant with Possibilities$10,000
Western Reserve Historical$8,500
Phoebe Foundation$7,000
Cleveland Baptist Association$6,500
David's Challenge$6,100
Renounce Denounce$6,100
University Settlement$6,100
Cleveland Treatment Center$6,100
Greater Cleveland Veterans Resource$6,100
John Carroll University$6,100
Friends of Breakthrough School$6,100
Mumford$6,100
Leading Ladies$6,100
By Leaps and Bounds$6,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–20, $74k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 14%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 14%Henry Johnson Center: $6k → 17%Henry Johnson Center: $6k → 17%Eliza Bryant Village: $15k → 17%Eliza Bryant: $6k → 17%Eliza Bryant: $6k → 17%Pregnant with Possibilities: $10k → 17%Pregnant with Possibilities: $6k → 17%Phoebe Foundation: $7k → 17%University Settlement: $6k → 17%The Jarvis Gibson Foundation: $6k → 17%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

68%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$328k · 18 repeat orgs$154k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +16% since the first grant, against +2% for those funded once.

18 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2020, 7 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2020 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
17

Total granted

$328k
$110k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+16%
+2%

Still filing today

61%
59%

New vs renewed · share of each year

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

50%100%’17’18’19’20
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20
Human ServicesEducationYouth DevelopmentPublic BenefitHealthEnvironmentOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • WR
    WESTERN RESERVE LAND CONSERVANCY
    4× · 2017–2020 · $39k · revenue +73%
  • I
    IDEASTREAM
    3× · 2017–2019 · $26k · revenue +14%
  • PROJECT HOPE - THE PEOPLE-TO-PEOPLE HEALTH FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2019–2020 · $21k · revenue +123%

Funded once

  • GC
    GOLDEN CIPHERS
    one grant, 2018 · $10k · revenue -46%
  • JC
    Jordan Community Residential Centergraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $10k · revenue ×11
  • DC
    DIVERSITY CENTER OF NORTHEAST OHIO
    one grant, 2018 · $8k · revenue -21%
How this is measured

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

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Youth Enrichment Services Inc

Youth enrichment services, inc. was founded in 1994 for the purpose of providing at-risk teens and low-income families residing in allegheny county a comprehensive in-home peer mentoring program, juvenile alternative to detention,…

Human Services
2
Community College Preparatory Academy Public Charter School

The mission of the community college preparatory academy public charter school is to provide the education and skills development to empower and prepare under-credited adults for postsecondary educational success, viable employment and…

Education
3
Youthbuild Dc Public Charter School Inc

Youthbuild pcs seeks to transform the lives of disconnected youth by offering a program, in english and spanish, that combines rigorous academic instruction with vocational training, life and employability skills- building, and community…

Education
4
Achieveability

Strives to permanently break the cycle of poverty for philadelphia families

Housing & Shelter
5
Jobsfirstnyc

Jobsfirstnyc's mission is to create and advance solutions that break down barriers and transform the systems supporting young adults and their communities in the pursuit of economic opportunities.

Youth Development
6
Matrix Human Services

Inspired by its heritage since 1906, matrix human services advocates for and services the most vulnerable in the metropolitan detroit community and empowers individiuals and families to enhance the quality of their lives and achieve self…

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7
Harlem Children's Zone Inc

We enhance the life for children and families in some of nyc's most devastated neighborhoods.

Human Services
8
Heights Philadelphia

Heights is a new kind of organization, an economic mobility catalyst. we believe that creating pathways to educational and workforce success for low-income, black and brown, and first-generation-to-college students is the keystone of a…

Education
9
Brooklyn Bureau of Community Service

Bcs partners with people to overcome obstacles on their pathway toward self-determination (see schedule o).

Human Services
10
Jefferson-Puritas West Park Cdc

Jefferson-puritas is committed to maintaining and enhancing the full diversity of its residental, commercial and industrial communities and providing the planning necessary to ensure the vitality of the neighborhood into the future.

Community Improvement
11
Gesher Human Services

Gesher human services is a bridge to hope and opportunity for people at work, at home, and in the community. gesher's workforce development, behavioral health, and inclusion programming serves all metro detroiters while meeting the needs…

Employment
12
Open Doors Inc

Open doors academy (oda) provides year-round out-of-school time academic and enrichment programs to youth living in underserved communities. oda is based in cleveland, ohio and operates programs in northeast and northwest ohio. oda…

Youth Development
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Scranton Road Ministries Cdc; the most unlike its peers is Jarvis Gibson Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

30 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 30 of the 42 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
26/30
Grantees still filing
17/30
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

LEADING LADIES: $24,550 · OtherLEADING LADIESStand Tall Academies: $21,100 · OtherStand Tall AcademiesGREATER CLEVELAND VETERANS BUSINESS RESOURCE COUNCIL INC: $18,300 · OtherGREATER CLEVELAND VETERANS BUSINESS RESOURCE COUNCIL I…CLEVELAND BAPTIST ASSOCIATION: $12,600 · OtherCLEVELAND BAPTIST ASSOCIATIONFaith Community Supportive Service: $12,200 · OtherMUM FORD INC: $12,200 · OtherFRONT STEPS HOUSING AND SERVICES INC: $12,200 · OtherSHAKER SHARKS SWIMMING TEAM: $11,650 · OtherBPA CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $14,000 · OtherBPA CHARITABLE FOUNDATION+16 more: $94,675 · Other+16 moreELIZA BRYANT VILLAGE: $26,650 · Human ServicesELIZA BRYANT VILL…PREGNANT WITH POSSIBILITIES RESOURCE CENTER: $16,100 · Human ServicesPREGNANT WITH POS…Henry Johnson Center Inc: $12,200 · Human ServicesHenry Johnson Cen…THE PHEBE FOUNDATION: $7,000 · Human ServicesTHE PHEBE FOUNDAT…UNIVERSITY SETTLEMENT INC: $6,100 · Human ServicesUNIVERSITY SETTLE…JARVIS GIBSON FOUNDATION: $6,100 · Human ServicesJARVIS GIBSON FOU…SCRANTON ROAD MINISTRIES CDC: $18,050 · EducationSCRANTON RO…GOLDEN CIPHERS: $10,000 · EducationGOLDEN CIPH…DIVERSITY CENTER OF NORTHEAST OHIO: $7,625 · EducationDIVERSITY C…John Carroll University: $6,100 · EducationJohn Carrol…FRIENDS OF BREAKTHROUGH SCHOOLS: $6,100 · EducationFRIENDS OF …IDEASTREAM: $25,750 · Youth DevelopmentIDEASTREAMDAVIDS CHALLENGE INCORPORATED YOUND ACHIEVERS PROGRAM: $17,700 · Youth DevelopmentDAVIDS CHA…WESTERN RESERVE LAND CONSERVANCY: $39,050 · EnvironmentWESTERN R…BUREAU OF DRUG ABUSE CLEVELAND TREATMENT CENTER INC: $12,200 · HealthJordan Community Residential Center: $10,000 · HealthPROJECT HOPE - THE PEOPLE-TO-PEOPLE HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $21,000 · International
Other$233,475Human Services$74,150Education$47,875Youth Development$43,450Environment$39,050Health$22,200International$21,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

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
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization United Black Fund of Greater Cleveland Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from United Black Fund of Greater Cleveland Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2023
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    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 a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than 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 to 24 months.

    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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