Ohio · Nonprofit
CLEVELAND MUNICIPAL SCHOOL DISTRICT TRANSFORMATION
CLEVELAND MUNICIPAL SCHOOL DISTRICT TRANSFORMATION (Ohio) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,595,571 to it, the largest being THE GEORGE GUND FOUNDATION ($1,317,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $240k
- Funders on record
- 10
- Grants received
- $1.6M
- Net assets
- $304k
What Cleveland Municipal School District Transformation does
Mission
The cleveland transformation alliance (cta) is a trusted community partner working to ensure every student is engaged in a high-quality, equitable education. The cta gives families and students the information they need to commit to their best-fit public school.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Communicate to parents about quality school choices: transformation alliance empowers families to make informed school choices with marketing and outreach about school quality. The resources we offer include our annual school quality guide and interactive website, which provide information about every public school in cleveland. Transformation alliance also works to help parents and caregivers become stronger advocates for their children's education. Transformation alliance extends their reach in the community through deep partnerships with organizations such as libraries, cdcs, housing,and health providers, at the citywide and neighborhood level.
$118,922 spent36% of program spendingEnsure fidelity to the citywide education plan (the cleveland plan): in the transformationalliance's annual report to the community on the implementation and impact of the cleveland plan, the transformation alliance monitors the progress of the plan. Transformation alliancefacilitates collaboration among alliance members and other stakeholders.
$84,601 spent26% of program spendingAssess the quality of all district and charter schools in cleveland: the transformation alliance assesses each district and charter school in the city relying state ratings, which are used to calculate a citywide ranking of schools by test results and academic growth, as well as community reviews and metrics like graduation rate and college-going rate.
$84,601 spent26% of program spendingMonitor charter sector quality and growth transformation alliance works to ensure new and existing charter schools in cleveland reflect quality education standards. Transformation alliance conducts reviews of charter school sponsors and charter schools as authorized by state law making recommendations to the ohio department of education on whether sponsors should be permitted to open new schools in the city of cleveland and whether the department should directly authorize certain charter schools.
$39,515 spent12% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $327,639.
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 2019 to 2020, from $544k to $783k (+44%).
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: 2020 3% · 2021 8%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of CLEVELAND MUNICIPAL SCHOOL DISTRICT TRANSFORMATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 8 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
Justin M Bibb
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $210k → $238k.
Left out of every figure on this page: $1.5M from 5 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest The Cleveland Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money CLEVELAND MUNICIPAL SCHOOL DISTRICT TRANSFORMATION raised.
From the IRS filings of CLEVELAND MUNICIPAL SCHOOL DISTRICT TRANSFORMATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 9 of 10 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 MUNICIPAL SCHOOL DISTRICT TRANSFORMATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 83% of grant income and the top three 92%; 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: 2017 84% · 2018 86% · 2019 100% · 2020 74% · 2021 74% · 2022 95% · 2023 76% — 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
67% of CLEVELAND MUNICIPAL SCHOOL DISTRICT TRANSFORMATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% 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
100% of CLEVELAND MUNICIPAL SCHOOL DISTRICT TRANSFORMATION's grant income comes from Ohio funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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
CLEVELAND MUNICIPAL SCHOOL DISTRICT TRANSFORMATION is better cushioned than half of the 22,812 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 22,812 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
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In Ohio
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
73% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
65%
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 MUNICIPAL SCHOOL DISTRICT TRANSFORMATION: 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 MUNICIPAL SCHOOL DISTRICT TRANSFORMATION?
- CLEVELAND MUNICIPAL SCHOOL DISTRICT TRANSFORMATION (Ohio) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,595,571 to it, the largest being THE GEORGE GUND FOUNDATION ($1,317,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CLEVELAND MUNICIPAL SCHOOL DISTRICT TRANSFORMATION have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $1,595,571 in grants to CLEVELAND MUNICIPAL SCHOOL DISTRICT TRANSFORMATION, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CLEVELAND MUNICIPAL SCHOOL DISTRICT TRANSFORMATION?
- THE GEORGE GUND FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,317,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CLEVELAND MUNICIPAL SCHOOL DISTRICT TRANSFORMATION 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 10 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