Ohio · Nonprofit
GROUP PLAN COMMISSION
GROUP PLAN COMMISSION (Ohio) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,075,250 to it, the largest being JOHN P MURPHY FOUNDATION ($605,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.6M
- Funders on record
- 11
- Grants received
- $1.1M
- Net assets
- $2.4M
What Group Plan Commission does
Mission
Building upon the iconic vision of the group plan of 1903, we will renew the heart of downtown cleveland for today's citizens and future generations by transforming and connecting the city's signature public spaces.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Group Plan Commission was an organization designed with programming and maintenance of public square in the city of cleveland as its objective. Public square in downtown cleveland is a six acre urban park utilized regularly with more than 200 events per year to create a sense of neighborhood, impact downtown development and create a safer community. Events include concerts, festivals, ice skating, yoga, public art and programming for kids. Group Plan Commission worked to ensure that the space was readily usable through maintenance and operations. The organization ceased operations during 2025 and legally dissolved on september 11, 2025.
$2,457,406 spentof which $102,465 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $2,457,406.
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 2021 to 2022, from $1.4M to $3.4M (+140%).
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 2% · 2024 41%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
45% of GROUP PLAN COMMISSION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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.
Chief executive
Michael Deemer
Interim CEO
Board chair
Matt Carroll
Chairperson
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2023 and FY2024 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 3 funders, grant income fell $275k → $13k.
Left out of every figure on this page: $2.1M from 6 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Downtown Cleveland Alliance). These are real filings, and they are not money GROUP PLAN COMMISSION raised.
From the IRS filings of GROUP PLAN COMMISSION’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
GROUP PLAN COMMISSION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 56% of grant income and the top three 80%; 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 73% · 2018 66% · 2019 80% · 2020 99% · 2021 50% · 2022 82% · 2023 38% — 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
17% of GROUP PLAN COMMISSION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 45% 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
99% of GROUP PLAN COMMISSION'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
GROUP PLAN COMMISSION has grown faster than half of the 2,910 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,910 philanthropy nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like GROUP PLAN COMMISSION
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
95% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
87%
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 GROUP PLAN COMMISSION: 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 GROUP PLAN COMMISSION?
- GROUP PLAN COMMISSION (Ohio) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,075,250 to it, the largest being JOHN P MURPHY FOUNDATION ($605,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does GROUP PLAN COMMISSION have?
- IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $1,075,250 in grants to GROUP PLAN COMMISSION, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GROUP PLAN COMMISSION?
- JOHN P MURPHY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $605,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GROUP PLAN COMMISSION 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 11 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