Ohio · Nonprofit
Cleveland Development Foundation
Cleveland Development Foundation (Ohio) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $607,250 to it, the largest being THE CLEVELAND FOUNDATION ($557,250). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $35k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $607k
- Net assets
- $20k
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.
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2024 11%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
60% of Cleveland Development Foundation’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (77% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $10k → $307k.
2 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 94% 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 Cleveland Development Foundation’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation.
How concentrated its funding is
Cleveland Development Foundation leans on a few funders — its largest provides 92% of grant income and the top three 98%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2021 100% · 2023 92% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration.
Where its funders are
100% of Cleveland Development Foundation's grant income comes from Ohio funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing.
Against its field
Cleveland Development Foundation holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 9,351 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,351 community improvement nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
Organizations like Cleveland Development Foundation
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
93% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
61%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 3 related entities
- Greater Cleveland Partnership · exempt
- Economic Growth Foundation · exempt
- Group Services Inc · corp_trust
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Cleveland Development Foundation?
- Cleveland Development Foundation (Ohio) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $607,250 to it, the largest being THE CLEVELAND FOUNDATION ($557,250). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Cleveland Development Foundation have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $607,250 in grants to Cleveland Development Foundation, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Cleveland Development Foundation?
- THE CLEVELAND FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $557,250 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Cleveland Development Foundation 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 4 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. What this page cannot tell you · view filing