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OPTIMIST CLUB OF STRONGSVILLE OHIO

OPTIMIST CLUB OF STRONGSVILLE OHIO (Ohio) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $11,300 to it, the largest being CATANZARITE FAMILY FOUNDATION - II ($11,300). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$21k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$11k
Net assets
$21k
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 32%
01What it does

What Optimist Club of Strongsville Ohio does

Mission

By providing hope and positive vision, optimists bring out the best in youth, our communities and ourselves.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.

Programs

  1. Six college scholarships awarded 9,000

    $9,000 spentof which $9,000 as grants
    49% of program spending
  2. Various community and charitable organization sponsorships 6,197 state and international affiliate fees 3,131

    $9,538 spent
    51% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $18,538.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20212021 Revenue 100 ($16k) Expenses 100 ($24k) Net assets 100 ($25k)2022 Revenue 111 ($17k) Expenses 51 ($12k) Net assets 120 ($30k)2023 Revenue 117 ($18k) Expenses 100 ($24k) Net assets 99 ($25k)2024 Revenue 133 ($21k) Expenses 103 ($25k) Net assets 84 ($21k)
2021202220232024
Revenue (133)Expenses (103)Net assets (84)

Balance sheet

Total assets at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $30k to $25k (−18%).

$25k
$30k
$25k
$21k
2021202220232024
Total assets

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.

2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.

−$8k
’21
$5k
’22
−$5k
’23
−$4k
’24
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2019 → 2021: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $1k → $5k.

Funder
'19
'20
'21
'25*
total
funders
1
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of OPTIMIST CLUB OF STRONGSVILLE OHIO’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.

Where its funders are

100% of OPTIMIST CLUB OF STRONGSVILLE OHIO's grant income comes from Ohio funders.

OH

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’19
’20
’21
Ohio out of state home

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.

04Its place in the field

Organizations like OPTIMIST CLUB OF STRONGSVILLE OHIO

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In Ohio

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

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Questions and answers

Who funds OPTIMIST CLUB OF STRONGSVILLE OHIO?
OPTIMIST CLUB OF STRONGSVILLE OHIO (Ohio) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $11,300 to it, the largest being CATANZARITE FAMILY FOUNDATION - II ($11,300). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does OPTIMIST CLUB OF STRONGSVILLE OHIO have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $11,300 in grants to OPTIMIST CLUB OF STRONGSVILLE OHIO, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of OPTIMIST CLUB OF STRONGSVILLE OHIO?
CATANZARITE FAMILY FOUNDATION - II is the largest funder on record, with $11,300 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like OPTIMIST CLUB OF STRONGSVILLE 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 FY2024 (financials across 2021–2024), and the filings of 1 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