Ohio · Nonprofit
FAMILY CONNECTIONS OF NORTHEAST OHIO
FAMILY CONNECTIONS OF NORTHEAST OHIO (Ohio) receives grants from 24 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,676,503 to it, the largest being THE CLEVELAND FOUNDATION ($669,000). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.6M
- Funders on record
- 24
- Grants received
- $2.7M
- Net assets
- $1.1M
What Family Connections of Northeast Ohio does
Mission
Family Connections of Northeast Ohio has been helping families grow stronger together for over 40 years by providing parenting support and educational opportunities for families with children from birth through age 6. We offer year-round, free programs and services for families and children to learn and play together.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported starting a significant new program and a significant change in how it conducts a program.
Family connections undertook a new community outreach program. See description on schedule o from page 2, part iii, line 4d.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Family connections is not seeking to continue providing the services of family school connections beyond the dollars curently being held as of 07/31/2025.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 3).
Spark (supporting partnerships to assure ready kids) is a family-focused, home visiting program that helps preschoolers ages 3 and 4 get ready for kindergarten. Spark empowers parents to become actively involved in their child's education. Our parent partners are currently working with families throughout cuyahoga county.
$858,252 spent$145,195 earned by the program54% of program spendingFamily Connections of Northeast Ohio provides three family playrooms, in partnership with 2 local libraries, shaker heights public library and cleveland heights-university heights public library and the greater cleveland foodbank's community resource center. Our family playrooms are free and open to the public from any community. They are designed to support parents and the development of young children ages birth through five. Parents/caregiver and children play together and with others to strengthen social skills, develop early literacy and school readiness skills. A weekly program called baby & me is for parents and caregivers with babies' birth to 12 months to offer the specialized support and information so needed for families during the first year. It is an opportunity for parents to break their isolation and discover they are not alone in their challenges and concerns. Parent support specialists are ready to provide important guidance and resources to reassure new parents. We also offer 2 virtual programs. A music program and a parent discussion group. Both are very popular, and the families find them fun and helpful.
$264,932 spent$42,953 earned by the program17% of program spendingAdditional parenting support includes offering the parent cafe program that encourages parents and caregivers of children of all ages to share and learn from each other in a welcoming and friendly atmosphere. Families discuss a variety of topics that include child development, positive discipline, selfcare, stress reduction and more. The parent cafe model is based on the five protective factors identified by the center for the study of social policy https://cssp.org/.
$264,932 spent$5,000 earned by the program17% of program spendingFamily Connections of Northeast Ohio also participates in community outreach events geared towards families of young children throughout cuyahoga county to build awareness about the importance of early learning and parenting/caregiver engagement in their child's learning and development.
$198,302 spent$67,542 earned by the program12% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,586,418.
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 2024 to 2025, from $1.6M to $1.3M (−17%).
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 9% · 2018 42% · 2022 13% · 2024 31% · 2025 39%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
82% of FAMILY CONNECTIONS OF NORTHEAST OHIO’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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
Alexis Kim
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $167k → $540k.
7 of 24 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 28% 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 FAMILY CONNECTIONS OF NORTHEAST OHIO’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 23 of 24 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
FAMILY CONNECTIONS OF NORTHEAST OHIO has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 25% 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
87% 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 FAMILY CONNECTIONS OF NORTHEAST OHIO.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 97% · 2018 53% · 2019 61% · 2020 29% · 2021 21% · 2022 56% · 2023 48% — 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
50% of FAMILY CONNECTIONS OF NORTHEAST OHIO's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 71% 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 FAMILY CONNECTIONS OF NORTHEAST OHIO's grant income comes from Ohio funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $762k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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
FAMILY CONNECTIONS OF NORTHEAST OHIO is better cushioned than half of the 7,349 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,349 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like FAMILY CONNECTIONS OF NORTHEAST OHIO
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
90% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
86%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FAMILY CONNECTIONS OF NORTHEAST OHIO?
- FAMILY CONNECTIONS OF NORTHEAST OHIO (Ohio) receives grants from 24 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,676,503 to it, the largest being THE CLEVELAND FOUNDATION ($669,000). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FAMILY CONNECTIONS OF NORTHEAST OHIO have?
- IRS filings report 24 organizations giving $2,676,503 in grants to FAMILY CONNECTIONS OF NORTHEAST OHIO, 17 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FAMILY CONNECTIONS OF NORTHEAST OHIO?
- THE CLEVELAND FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $669,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FAMILY CONNECTIONS OF NORTHEAST OHIO 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 24 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