Ohio · Nonprofit
NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE
NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE (Ohio) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,582,003 to it, the largest being THE CLEVELAND FOUNDATION ($5,410,552). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 82% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.6M
- Funders on record
- 13
- Grants received
- $6.6M
- Net assets
- $1.1M
What Neighborhood Leadership Institute does
Mission
Neighborhood Leadership Institute exists to develop grassroots leaders who help rebuild the bonds of community and improve the quality of life for neighborhood residents throughout Greater Cleveland.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Neighborhood Leadership Institute exists to develop grassroots leaders who help rebuild the bonds of community and improve the quality of life for neighborhood residents throughout Greater Cleveland.
$765,885 spent61% of program spendingTrue2U - True2U is a volunteer mentoring program that helps Cleveland eighth graders explore their true selves, identify their strengths and passions, and connect them to their future. True2U mentors deliver the tools and perspectives that help youth make the most of high school and be successful in college and/or their career path. True2U started in 2015 with just 22 schools, True2U will serve 2500 students this school year in the 8th grade in Cleveland Metropolitan School District, with the support of about 300 volunteer mentors.
$199,575 spent16% of program spendingSchools As Neighborhood Resources (SNR) - SNR is the largest and most comprehensive school-community initiative in Cuyahoga County. It s a model of school, family and community collaboration that turns schools into community gathering places designed to improve the educational environment and social development opportunities for students and families. We partner with Cleveland Metropolitan Schools and the City of Cleveland to open six school buildings for out-of-school time three nights a week, November through March. Programs inlude recreation and enrichment programs for all ages. All SNR sites are open Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday nights and all activities are free and open to the public. Participants range in age from elementary school children to senior citizens. Sites include: Collinwood High School; James Ford Rhodes High School; John Adams High School; John Marshall High School and Lincoln West High School.
$182,396 spent15% of program spendingOther NLI Programs - Neighborhood Leadership Cleveland (NLC) is our flagship program for grassroots leadership development. NLC is a 19-week course held January through May. Classes are held on Thursday evenings from 6-9 p.m., with dinner served at 5:30 p.m., and include a leadership retreat, group projects, coaching, and neighborhood tours. Key components of the class include Finding your strengths, values and leadership style Cultural & political history of Cleveland Discovering tools and resources Understanding systems of power Managing conflict and change Power and privilege Participants will come away from the class with a deeper sense of their own purpose as leaders, a greater appreciation for the assets of their neighborhood, and a lifetime connection to the Institute s network of more than 1,500 other grassroots leaders.
$100,362 spent8% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,248,218.
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 2018 to 2019, from $1.5M to $851k (−44%).
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 22% · 2018 14% · 2019 50% · 2020 57% · 2021 48% · 2022 57% · 2023 58% · 2024 42%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
96% of NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (61% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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
Trevelle Harp
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 3 funders, grant income rose $78k → $350k.
2 of 13 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 82% 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 NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 11 of 13 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
NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 82% of grant income and the top three 94%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder 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 NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 99% · 2018 95% · 2019 88% · 2020 89% · 2021 78% · 2022 69% · 2023 43% — 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
44% of NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 77% 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
82% of NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $1.2M that is directly attributable, 99% of it comes from Ohio funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $5.4M 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
NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 4,203 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,203 community improvement nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE
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
84% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
54%
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 NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE?
- NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE (Ohio) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,582,003 to it, the largest being THE CLEVELAND FOUNDATION ($5,410,552). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 82% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE have?
- IRS filings report 13 organizations giving $6,582,003 in grants to NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE, 10 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE?
- THE CLEVELAND FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $5,410,552 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 13 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