Ohio · Nonprofit
City Ballet of Cleveland
City Ballet of Cleveland (Ohio) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $39,957 to it, the largest being THE CLEVELAND FOUNDATION ($30,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 98% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $128k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $40k
- Net assets
- $125k
What City Ballet of Cleveland does
Mission
City Ballet of Cleveland ("Company") was incorporated as a non-profit public benefit corporation in the State of Ohio on July 23, 2009. Company is organized and will be operated exclusively for charitable and educational purposes within the meaning of Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended ("Code"). In particular, Company intends to provide opportunities to (1) promote and develop education and performance of dance as one of the cultural arts, (2) encourage excellence in dance through the teaching of and performance of dance, and (3) present dance and dance-related performances for the general public. In order to promote and develop public awareness of dance.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Program
CCDC Shaker Square Cleveland - Preparations for Uniquely Cleveland Nutcracker begins with the engagement of professional dancers, choreographers and designer. Performance space and technical staff is determined and secured. All work under the leadership of Ms. Laves-Mearini over the course of the next 6 months to develop and complete all assignments. Through master classes, technique and skill building as well as initial introduction of choreography CCDC will begin preparation of it Company members for primary roles in Uniquely Cleveland Nutcracker. CCDC - Open Auditions for children's roles will be held for the community. October/November - CDDC - Rehearsals for Company members, professional dancers and children begin. November - Locations TBD - 4 community outreach performances will occur in area schools. December - Tri-C, East Campus, Cleveland - Dress rehearsal and two performances will be held on the 1st weekend of the month.
$119,970 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $119,970.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $39k to $64k (+63%).
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.
57% of City Ballet of Cleveland’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $250 → $20k.
3 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 98% 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 City Ballet 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
City Ballet of Cleveland leans on a few funders — its largest provides 75% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
98% 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 City Ballet of Cleveland.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 86% · 2021 71% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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.
Where its funders are
98% of City Ballet of Cleveland's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $725 that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Ohio funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $39k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states 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.
Against its field
City Ballet of Cleveland runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like City Ballet 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
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds City Ballet of Cleveland?
- City Ballet of Cleveland (Ohio) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $39,957 to it, the largest being THE CLEVELAND FOUNDATION ($30,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 98% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does City Ballet of Cleveland have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $39,957 in grants to City Ballet of Cleveland, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of City Ballet of Cleveland?
- THE CLEVELAND FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $30,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like City Ballet 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 6 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