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ACE MENTOR PROGRAM OF CLEVELAND

ACE MENTOR PROGRAM OF CLEVELAND (Ohio) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $662,389 to it, the largest being THE CLEVELAND FOUNDATION ($329,165). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$325k
Funders on record
11
Grants received
$662k
Net assets
$590k
3/11 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 75%
01What it does

What Ace Mentor Program of Cleveland does

Mission

Engage, enlighten and motivate students to pursue careers in architecture, construction and engineering through mentoring and, in so doing, support their continued advancement in the industry.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Raised funds through donations and fundraising events to provide university scholarships for 38 students interested in pursuing degrees in architecture, construction and engineering.

    $96,609 spentof which $52,019 as grants$44,590 earned by the program
    85% of program spending
  2. High school seniors participated in the summer experience. This program provides the participants with six weeks of research, brainstorming and community engagement with architecture, construction and engineering professionals to create and develop concepts for community projects. The projects, which were shared with various cleveland organizations, focused on utilizing vacant lots, existing buildings, and land in ways that would enhance the immediate area and provide uses like recreation, general leisure and public gathering.

    $16,902 spent$61,492 earned by the program
    15% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $113,511.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($150k) Expenses 100 ($113k) Net assets 100 ($307k)2019 Revenue 114 ($170k) Expenses 124 ($140k) Net assets 130 ($399k)2020 Revenue 135 ($203k) Expenses 129 ($146k) Net assets 148 ($456k)2021 Revenue 76 ($115k) Expenses 117 ($131k) Net assets 152 ($467k)2022 Revenue 171 ($256k) Expenses 146 ($164k) Net assets 182 ($559k)2023 Revenue 169 ($253k) Expenses 220 ($248k) Net assets 180 ($553k)2024 Revenue 217 ($325k) Expenses 256 ($289k) Net assets 192 ($590k)
2017201920202021202220232024
Revenue (217)Expenses (256)Net assets (192)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $467k to $559k (+20%).

$307k
$399k
$456k
$467k
$559k
$553k
$590k
2017201920202021202220232024
Total assetsTotal liabilities

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

2017
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

103% of ACE MENTOR PROGRAM OF CLEVELAND’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (57% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 24,946 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.

$37k
’17
$30k
’19
$57k
’20
−$17k
’21
$91k
’22
$6k
’23
$37k
’24
20
months of
reserve

Leadership and staff

The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.

Board chair

Cynthia Leitson

Chair

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

201920202021202220232024
Listed665545
Joined·+0+1+0+0+2
No longer listed·02011
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $50k → $85k.

1 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 50% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.

From the IRS filings of ACE MENTOR PROGRAM OF CLEVELAND’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

How concentrated its funding is

ACE MENTOR PROGRAM OF CLEVELAND leans on a few funders — its largest provides 50% of grant income and the top three 89%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

92% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund ACE MENTOR PROGRAM OF CLEVELAND.

50%
largest funder
89%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 62% · 2019 61% · 2020 70% · 2021 93% · 2022 94% · 2023 62% — diversifying over time.

“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

How long its funders stay

75% of ACE MENTOR PROGRAM OF CLEVELAND's funders are still giving 1 year after their first grant; 27% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y

Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.

Where its funders are

90% of ACE MENTOR PROGRAM OF CLEVELAND's grant income comes from Ohio funders.

NY
OH
PA
NE
SC

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Ohio out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $329k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

ACE MENTOR PROGRAM OF CLEVELAND holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 22,812 education nonprofits its size.

Operating margin11% · above the median
Months of reserve20.2mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)12% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 22,812 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

Organizations like ACE MENTOR PROGRAM OF CLEVELAND

Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.

In Ohio

Nationally

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

39% of spending goes to programs.

Program 39%Management 61%Fundraising 0%

Governance

25
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

85%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

OH

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Questions and answers

Who funds ACE MENTOR PROGRAM OF CLEVELAND?
ACE MENTOR PROGRAM OF CLEVELAND (Ohio) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $662,389 to it, the largest being THE CLEVELAND FOUNDATION ($329,165). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does ACE MENTOR PROGRAM OF CLEVELAND have?
IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $662,389 in grants to ACE MENTOR PROGRAM OF CLEVELAND, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of ACE MENTOR PROGRAM OF CLEVELAND?
THE CLEVELAND FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $329,165 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like ACE MENTOR PROGRAM OF CLEVELAND find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ohio. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 11 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing