Ohio · Nonprofit
CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION
CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION (Ohio) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,381,842 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ACADEMY OF NEUROLOGY INSTITUTE ($450,000). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $5.2M
- Funders on record
- 17
- Grants received
- $2.4M
- Net assets
- $2.7M
What Cleveland Va Medical Research and Education Foundation does
Mission
The primary tax-exempt purpose of the Cleveland Va Medical Research and Education Foundation, a 501(c)(3) medical research foundation established in accordance with title 38, subchapter iv-research and education corporations, sections 7361-7368, is to support biomedical and clinical research as well as to provide health-related educational activities in conjunction with the louis stokes cleveland department of va medical center (vamc). Research sponsored by the Cleveland Va Medical Research and Education Foundation benefits veterans treated at the louis stocks cleveland vamc and the general public by advancing knowledge in the diagnosis and treatment of disease and disability. Education programs supported by the Cleveland Va Medical Research and Education Foundation help disseminate the results of research so they may be translated to clinical practice, provide hospital staff with training in the latest treatments, and help patients understand and manage their medical conditions.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Dr. Hamid charkhkar, phd- dod "neurally integrated lower limb prosthesis for home and community use" the objective of this study is to develop and deploy a fully implantable, self-contained lower limb sensory neuroprosthesis that is easy-to-use in the community and/or active-duty environments. Doing so could provide warfighters with lower limb loss the ability to potentially return to active duty or facilitate resumption of a healthy and socially engaged lifestyle. Conventional prostheses are not designed to effectively interface with compromised skeletal, muscular, and nervous systems following a lower limb amputation. Although numerous advanced prostheses have been developed, no commercially available device can provide a direct neural connection to the remaining nerves in the residual limb so that somatosensory feedback of prosthetic foot-floor interactions can be utilized. Sensory restoration approaches using a direct neural interface have reported positive effects, including an increase in walking speed, reduction in phantom pain, and lighter weight perception of the prosthesis. However, most tests with these systems have been performed in controlled laboratory environments,…
$4,581,675 spent100% of program spendingDr. Ronald triolo, phd-craig h. Neilsen foundation "the northeast ohio pararowing society" goal of this project is to establish a new pararowing program for individuals with sci in northeastern ohio. Pararowing programs exist in many parts of the us, but such opportunities are unavailable in cleveland or anywhere north of columbus from toledo to youngstown. This represents a significant barrier for individuals with sci to experience the exercise and camaraderie of a dynamic and expanding regional rowing community, and an obstacle to accessing our natural resources and enjoying opportunities for social engagement. The northeast ohio pararowing society (neops) will remove these impediments to participation in the local rowing community and create a new outlet to actively take advantage of an otherwise unavailable opportunity. Our objectives are to 1) establish the procedures necessary to introduce individuals with sci to sculling in adapted shells with proper technique, specialized coaching, and adequate safety precautions, 2) broaden the demonstration project into a larger and self-sustaining club for the local sci community, and 3) extend rowing performance and exercise intensity…
Dr. Peri davitkov, md-nci "forte (five- or ten-year colonoscopy for 1-2 non-advanced adenomatous polyps)" this study will help to determine if certain people can wait for a follow- up colonoscopy after a routine screening colonoscopy. It is a randomized clinical trial for people who have one or two small, noncancerous polyps (adenomas) removed during a routine screening colonoscopy. Such people usually get repeat colonoscopies 5 years and 10 years later (the current standard of care for people who have had one or two benign polyps removed). Forte will help determine if these people can wait 10 years before a follow-up test. A total of 9,500 people, at all sites, who have had one or two benign (noncancerous) polyps removed during a routine screening colonoscopy will be assigned by chance to one of two study groups. In one group, participants will have repeat colonoscopies at both 5 and 10 years. In the other group, participants will have their next colonoscopy exam at 10 years.
Other research and service activities.
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,581,675.
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 2017 to 2018, from $3.9M to $5.7M (+46%).
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: 2017 47% · 2018 36% · 2019 48% · 2020 30%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
0% of CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (51% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 3 funders to 2 funders, grant income fell $93k → $60k.
1 of 17 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 1% 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 VA MEDICAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION’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
CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 19% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
100% 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 VA MEDICAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 66% · 2018 63% · 2019 23% · 2020 38% · 2021 37% · 2022 72% · 2023 75% — growing more concentrated.
“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
40% of CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 59% 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
CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION draws 81% of its grant income from funders outside Ohio, across 9 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $25k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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 VA MEDICAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION's revenue grew 60% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,665 health nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $9.3M on record.
- Department of Defense$7.9M
- Department of Health and Human Services$1.4M
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 VA MEDICAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION
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In Ohio
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
82% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION?
- CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION (Ohio) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,381,842 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ACADEMY OF NEUROLOGY INSTITUTE ($450,000). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 17 organizations giving $2,381,842 in grants to CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION, 10 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION?
- AMERICAN ACADEMY OF NEUROLOGY INSTITUTE is the largest funder on record, with $450,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 17 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