Ohio · Nonprofit
GREATER CLEVELAND SPORTS HALL OF FAME
GREATER CLEVELAND SPORTS HALL OF FAME (Ohio) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,061,100 to it, the largest being GORDON AND LLURA GUND FOUNDATION ($309,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $600k
- Funders on record
- 10
- Grants received
- $1.1M
- Net assets
- $1.3M
What Greater Cleveland Sports Hall of Fame does
Mission
Greater Cleveland Sports Hall of Fame recognizes men and women who have fashioned this area's remarkable athletic reputation
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Greater Cleveland Sports Hall of Fame takes pride in recognizing the men and women who have fashioned this area's remarkable athletic reputation.eligibility for election to the hall is restricted to those persons outstanding in their sport who are considered greater clevelanders, defined as the counties of ashtabula, cuyahoga, geauga, lake, lorain, medina, portage, and summit, and who (1) were raised in greater cleveland or (2) came from other areas to become residents of greater cleveland. All must have been retired from their sport for at least three years or, if still active, must have competed at a quality level in their sport for at least 12 years.the gcshof boasts more than 500 inductees across 30 sports on the amateur and professional levels, some of whom have been honored in more than one category.in 2024, the entity began a capital campaign to construct a permanent home and exhibit within the campus of urban community school on cleveland's west side.
$340,643 spentof which $30,000 as grants$88,486 earned by the program100% of program spendingThe accomplishments and stories of the Greater Cleveland Sports Hall of Fame inductees provide inspiration for young athletes to pursue their dreams in sport. The gcshof fosters those dreams by providing grant funding to qualified youth sports organizations in the greater cleveland area. We hope supporting youth sports in our region will result in future hall of famers.our financial commitment, through the jack herrick youth sports fund, is intended to fund specific, one-time capital or project-based needs of amateur, non-governmental youth sports organizations in our region that provide opportunity for youth of all backgrounds to participate safely in sports.
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $340,643.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 2023 to 2024, from $947k to $1.3M (+34%).
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.
111% of GREATER CLEVELAND SPORTS HALL OF FAME’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 4 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
John Herrick
Chairman of the board
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose $6k → $134k.
3 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 31% 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 GREATER CLEVELAND SPORTS HALL OF FAME’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
GREATER CLEVELAND SPORTS HALL OF FAME leans on a few funders — its largest provides 29% of grant income and the top three 68%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
31% 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 GREATER CLEVELAND SPORTS HALL OF FAME.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 79% · 2018 69% · 2019 67% · 2020 100% · 2021 70% · 2022 72% · 2023 74% — 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 GREATER CLEVELAND SPORTS HALL OF FAME's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 80% 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
GREATER CLEVELAND SPORTS HALL OF FAME draws 78% of its grant income from funders outside Ohio, across 4 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $331k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
GREATER CLEVELAND SPORTS HALL OF FAME runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like GREATER CLEVELAND SPORTS HALL OF FAME
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
86% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
33%
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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds GREATER CLEVELAND SPORTS HALL OF FAME?
- GREATER CLEVELAND SPORTS HALL OF FAME (Ohio) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,061,100 to it, the largest being GORDON AND LLURA GUND FOUNDATION ($309,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does GREATER CLEVELAND SPORTS HALL OF FAME have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $1,061,100 in grants to GREATER CLEVELAND SPORTS HALL OF FAME, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GREATER CLEVELAND SPORTS HALL OF FAME?
- GORDON AND LLURA GUND FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $309,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GREATER CLEVELAND SPORTS HALL OF FAME 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2021–2024), 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