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SISTERS OF CHARITY FOUNDATION OF CLEVELAND
SISTERS OF CHARITY FOUNDATION OF CLEVELAND (Ohio) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,344,249 to it, the largest being CONRAD N HILTON FOUNDATION ($1,210,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $3.0M
- Funders on record
- 13
- Grants received
- $2.3M
- Net assets
- $55M
What Sisters of Charity Foundation of Cleveland does
Mission
A ministry of the Sisters of Charity of St Augustine, the Sisters of Charity Foundation of Cleveland (SCFC) works to improve the lives of those most in need with special attention to families and children living in poverty. We strive to reduce homelessness, support the ministries of Catholic Sisters and resolve health and educational disparities for individuals and families in Cleveland's Central Neighborhood.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Through grantmaking, collaboration, advocacy and more, the Sisters of Charity Foundation of Cleveland works to improve the lives of those most in need with special attention to families, women and children living in poverty. The Foundation works to end health disparities and improve educational opportunities in Cuyahoga County. As a Catholic organization, the Foundation extends the values of Jesus Christ through the mission of its founders - the Sisters of Charity of St. Augustine - and also works to sustain the ministries of women religious.
$3,736,510 spentof which $2,196,367 as grants90% of program spendingThe SCFC works to improve educational opportunities in Cleveland's Central Neighborhood. SCFC is the lead convener of the Cleveland Central Promise Neighborhood which is a collective impact initiative that works to transform the educational and developmental outcomes of children and families in the Central Neighborhood. Promise develops an environment and culture where families feel supported so their children can achieve academic, and ultimately, career success. Promise operates with Central residents at the forefront, believing they are the ones who have the biggest impact in leading their neighborhood. Promise engages residents by providing leadership training, resource information, and tools to support them in connecting and sharing with their neighbors those opportunities that provide quality learning for their children. Promise also partners with the nonprofits, early childhood care providers, schools, public housing, libraries, and businesses that provide direct resources to families to ensure their effectiveness through communication and collaboration. It also seeks to identify gaps that can be filled by these partners or others.
$435,451 spentof which $32,000 as grants10% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,171,961.
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 $104M to $70M (−33%).
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 0% · 2018 0% · 2019 0% · 2020 0% · 2021 0% · 2022 7% · 2023 0% · 2024 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
11% of SISTERS OF CHARITY FOUNDATION OF CLEVELAND’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (90% 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income rose $10k → $506k.
2 of 13 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 4% 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 SISTERS OF CHARITY FOUNDATION OF CLEVELAND’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
SISTERS OF CHARITY FOUNDATION OF CLEVELAND leans on a few funders — its largest provides 52% of grant income and the top three 89%; 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 50% · 2018 62% · 2019 70% · 2020 56% · 2021 55% · 2022 67% · 2023 99% — growing more concentrated.
“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
25% of SISTERS OF CHARITY FOUNDATION OF CLEVELAND's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 31% 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
SISTERS OF CHARITY FOUNDATION OF CLEVELAND draws 57% 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. $99k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
SISTERS OF CHARITY FOUNDATION OF CLEVELAND's funding has concentrated — grant income rose while the number of funders held roughly flat.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,394 religion nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like SISTERS OF CHARITY FOUNDATION OF CLEVELAND
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
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 16 related entities
- Sisters of Charity Foundation of SC (SCFSC) · exempt
- Sisters of Charity Foundation of Canton (CAF) · exempt
- SOC of St Augustine Health System (SCHS) · exempt
- Sisters of Charity of St Augustine · exempt
- Healthy Learners · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds SISTERS OF CHARITY FOUNDATION OF CLEVELAND?
- SISTERS OF CHARITY FOUNDATION OF CLEVELAND (Ohio) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,344,249 to it, the largest being CONRAD N HILTON FOUNDATION ($1,210,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SISTERS OF CHARITY FOUNDATION OF CLEVELAND have?
- IRS filings report 13 organizations giving $2,344,249 in grants to SISTERS OF CHARITY FOUNDATION OF CLEVELAND, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SISTERS OF CHARITY FOUNDATION OF CLEVELAND?
- CONRAD N HILTON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,210,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SISTERS OF CHARITY FOUNDATION OF CLEVELAND 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 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