Ohio · Nonprofit
CLEVELAND LEADERSHIP CENTER
CLEVELAND LEADERSHIP CENTER (Ohio) receives grants from 38 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,313,869 to it, the largest being THE GEORGE GUND FOUNDATION ($811,000). 29 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.1M
- Funders on record
- 38
- Grants received
- $2.3M
- Net assets
- $3.2M
What Cleveland Leadership Center does
Mission
The mission of Cleveland Leadership Center (the organization) is to build a continuum of civic leaders committed to our community's excellence by serving as a catalyst for civic engagement. The organization achieves its mission by developing cleveland's leadership through transformative experiences that connect, inspire and challenge individuals to make a positive community impact.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Leadership cleveland (senior-career leaders): leadership cleveland empowers senior-level leaders to advance their community involvement and impact. They gain collaborative leadership skills, broaden their networks, and gain a deeper understanding of the complexities of cleveland's civic system.
$478,844 spent$492,585 earned by the program24% of program spendingCleveland bridge builders (mid-career professionals): cleveland bridge builders prepares mid-career professionals for meaningful, fulfilling, and impactful civic sector engagement through relationship building, leadership workshops, and a leadership action project that provides hands-on experiential collaboration.
$243,545 spent$240,082 earned by the program12% of program spendingCivic leadership institute (leaders of all levels): a civic education series that raises civic awareness and engagement for individuals new to the area or those seeking a better understanding of cleveland. Participants learn about the latest developments across northeast ohio.
$81,403 spent$46,755 earned by the program4% of program spendingLook up to cleveland (high school students): a civic education and leadership development program, look up connects high school students to the people, places, and projects moving cleveland forward. They develop leadership and collaboration skills they can use across their lives and hear about cleveland's issues and assets from community experts and organizations advancing our region.
$213,615 spent$4,725 earned by the program11% of program spendingCampus cleveland (college students): a summer program providing college students with an expansive view of the region's resources and immersing them in the local professional and civic arenas to develop, attract, and retain the next generation of civic leaders.
$155,784 spent$55,275 earned by the program8% of program spendingOnboard cleveland (early-career professionals): onboard cleveland is a leadership and civic development experience that enhances young professionals' communication skills, develops leadership skills, strengthens workplace presence, and creates an awareness of the civic realm. It equips participants to make a difference in their workplace and the community.
$122,147 spent$65,950 earned by the program6% of program spendingAdvanced leadership institute (exceptional leaders): an immersive experience for experienced leaders to dive into advanced leadership skills and real-world case studies. Ali is for those who are ready to challenge themselves to break free from conventional leadership boundaries.
$287,849 spent$51,130 earned by the program14% of program spendingLegacy leaders (those in and approaching retirement): legacy leaders connects retirees and near-retirees with meaningful opportunities to leverage their leadership skills and experience in service to the community. They address local challenges and address the needs of those who need it most.
Cleveland champions (rising leaders of color & women leaders): cleveland champions aims to create a new leadership ecosystem that increases the visibility and influence of emerging leaders by connecting them with c-suite executives. Through structured small-group and individual meetings, they foster relationships with diverse leaders across sectors.
Clc alumni association (all alumni): clc hosts experiences and events that bring together alumni of all programs and years to highlight ongoing civic education and engagement opportunities. Alumni programming facilitates the building of strong, intergenerational, dynamic networks.
$450,315 spent$61,676 earned by the program22% of program spending
The 10 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,033,502.
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 and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $2.8M to $4.4M (+57%).
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: 2021 9% · 2022 13%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
44% of CLEVELAND LEADERSHIP CENTER’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 9 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
William Caster
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 10 funders to 17 funders, grant income fell $314k → $192k.
8 of 38 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 16% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $1.3M from 6 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest The Cleveland Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money CLEVELAND LEADERSHIP CENTER raised.
From the IRS filings of CLEVELAND LEADERSHIP CENTER’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 38 funders by total. 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
CLEVELAND LEADERSHIP CENTER has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 35% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
28% 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 CLEVELAND LEADERSHIP CENTER.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 61% · 2018 41% · 2019 53% · 2020 23% · 2021 27% · 2022 71% · 2023 23% — 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
56% of CLEVELAND LEADERSHIP CENTER's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 76% give in more than one year at all.
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
96% of CLEVELAND LEADERSHIP CENTER's grant income comes from Ohio funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $360k arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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
CLEVELAND LEADERSHIP CENTER's revenue grew 17% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,615 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding CLEVELAND LEADERSHIP CENTER receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $9k on record.
- Department of Veterans Affairs$9k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like CLEVELAND LEADERSHIP CENTER
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
87% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
82%
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 CLEVELAND LEADERSHIP CENTER: 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 CLEVELAND LEADERSHIP CENTER?
- CLEVELAND LEADERSHIP CENTER (Ohio) receives grants from 38 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,313,869 to it, the largest being THE GEORGE GUND FOUNDATION ($811,000). 29 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CLEVELAND LEADERSHIP CENTER have?
- IRS filings report 38 organizations giving $2,313,869 in grants to CLEVELAND LEADERSHIP CENTER, 29 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CLEVELAND LEADERSHIP CENTER?
- THE GEORGE GUND FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $811,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CLEVELAND LEADERSHIP CENTER 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 38 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing