Ohio · Nonprofit
CATHOLIC LITURGICAL ENSEMBLE FORMATION
CATHOLIC LITURGICAL ENSEMBLE FORMATION (Ohio) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $5,536 to it, the largest being AMERICA'S CHARITIES ($5,536). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $82k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $6k
- Net assets
- $53k
What Catholic Liturgical Ensemble Formation does
Mission
A desire to facilitate full, active participation in the catholic liturgy through supportive training, education, and an active network of musicians and liturgists.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
The clef summer program, held annually at the jesuit spiritual center in milford, ohio, is the organization's flagship offering. Ensemble musicians from across the country gather for an immersive week of music, prayer, liturgical study, and community. It's an opportunity for attendees to expand and enhance their musical skills and liturgical knowledge while also renewing their spirit. Clef also partners with parishes and dioceses to offer regional ensemble workshops and provides free online resources through clef life. These initiatives extend clef's mission by offering practical and spiritual support to ensemble musicians in a variety of settings
$75,983 spent$65,447 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $75,983.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $28k to $53k (+93%).
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.
34% of CATHOLIC LITURGICAL ENSEMBLE FORMATION’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.
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
Mary Lou Cantrell
Chair of the board
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of CATHOLIC LITURGICAL ENSEMBLE FORMATION’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.
Where its funders are
CATHOLIC LITURGICAL ENSEMBLE FORMATION draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Ohio, across 1 state in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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.
Against its field
CATHOLIC LITURGICAL ENSEMBLE FORMATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 10,142 religion nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 10,142 religion nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
Organizations like CATHOLIC LITURGICAL ENSEMBLE FORMATION
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
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
94% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CATHOLIC LITURGICAL ENSEMBLE FORMATION: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CATHOLIC LITURGICAL ENSEMBLE FORMATION?
- CATHOLIC LITURGICAL ENSEMBLE FORMATION (Ohio) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $5,536 to it, the largest being AMERICA'S CHARITIES ($5,536). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CATHOLIC LITURGICAL ENSEMBLE FORMATION have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $5,536 in grants to CATHOLIC LITURGICAL ENSEMBLE FORMATION.
- Who is the largest funder of CATHOLIC LITURGICAL ENSEMBLE FORMATION?
- AMERICA'S CHARITIES is the largest funder on record, with $5,536 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CATHOLIC LITURGICAL ENSEMBLE FORMATION 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2022–2024), and the filings of 1 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