Ohio · Nonprofit
METRO WEST COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION
METRO WEST COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION (Ohio) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,240,661 to it, the largest being THE CLEVELAND FOUNDATION ($904,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.9M
- Funders on record
- 11
- Grants received
- $2.2M
- Net assets
- $124k
What Metro West Community Development Organization does
Mission
The mission of Metro West Community Development Organization is to revitalize our neighborhoods, celebrate our history, and strengthen collaboration, diversity, and redevelopment.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Community involvement: support community/resident groups and initiatives, connecting residents, stakeholders, youth and community institutions, and improving neighborhood safety. - neighborhood marketing of local programs: we connect residents to information, programs and events that improve their quality of life. We supported more than 30 events, coordinated the delivery of over 25,000 pieces of literature directly to homes, and made over 6000 robo-calls to market upcoming events and programs - resident group support: we work with neighborhood block clubs to address the quality of life issues within their part of the community. This year we maintain active block clubs and worked with neighborhood groups to raise funding to support their efforts in the neighborhood. - greenspace: improve the condition of vacant lots and green spaces. Removed over 400,000 pounds of garbage and 2000 tires dumped in the neighborhood - key partners: art house, cleveland municipal school district, julia deburgos, one hope neo, cleveland police
$1,793,686 spent100% of program spendingHousing: improve the conditions and appearance of commercial and residential properties in our neighborhoods through property code enforcement, housing redevelopment, neighborhood stabilization & strategic demolition. - work with public sector and nonprofit partners to acquire and rehabilitate vacant properties. - maintain a database of housing to track ownership records, tax, title, liens, transfers, foreclosures, environmental issues, zoning and other encumbrances. - field resident complaints and coordinate code issues and problem properties with councilpersons. - provide technical assistance to developers in preparation for new construction proposals. - convene stakeholders and residents in public meetings pertaining to new development proposals. - represent the mwcdo service area in landmarks commission, design review and planning commission hearings by providing input and technical assistance. - attend board of building standards and building review hearings to testify in opposition to request. - provide lead clearance exams for residential rental properties and offer full service lead risk assessment services. - provide sideyard application assistance for homeowners to…
Economic development: we continue to support local businesses by providing technical assistance, connecting to resources, assisting neighborhood infrastructure projects, and through commercial code enforcement - exterior improvement program (lisc): registered businesses can participate in this program. In which we can refund them up to 2,500.00 for exterior building improvements. Through this initative, we distributed grants to 3 businesses to enhance the appearance and curb appeal of their properties. - marketing essentials for business growth(lisc): a four-session marketing workshop was held to guide 12 small businesses in developing effective marketing strategies and defining their brand identity. Businesses that attended at least three out of four sessions received 1,000 grant to implement their marketing strategies - financial smart for small business (score): in collaboration with score, we hosted a two-session workshop to help small busineess owners better understand their financial statements, build financial forecasts, and explore funding oppurtunities. A total of 8 businesses benefited from this program. - security system micro-grant program (cnp): businesses could…
The mission of Metro West Community Development Organization is to revitalize our neighborhoods, strengthen collaboration, diversity, and redevelopment.
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,793,686.
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 2021 to 2022, from $413k to $1.1M (+161%).
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 41% · 2022 97% · 2023 95% · 2024 93% · 2025 81%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
83% of METRO WEST COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (61% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 5 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
Nick Mays
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income rose $60k → $212k.
1 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 40% 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 METRO WEST COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION’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
METRO WEST COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 40% of grant income and the top three 83%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 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 METRO WEST COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 84% · 2019 89% · 2020 59% · 2021 59% · 2022 36% · 2023 47% — 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 METRO WEST COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 55% 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
61% of METRO WEST COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION's grant income comes from Ohio funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $904k 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
METRO WEST COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION's funding base is broadening — from 2 funders to 3 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,127 community improvement nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like METRO WEST COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION
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
87% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Mwcdo Nobm LLC · disregarded
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Questions and answers
- Who funds METRO WEST COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION?
- METRO WEST COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION (Ohio) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,240,661 to it, the largest being THE CLEVELAND FOUNDATION ($904,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does METRO WEST COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION have?
- IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $2,240,661 in grants to METRO WEST COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of METRO WEST COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION?
- THE CLEVELAND FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $904,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like METRO WEST COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION 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 2021–2025), 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