Ohio · Nonprofit
SPIRIT OF CLEVELAND INC
SPIRIT OF CLEVELAND INC (Ohio) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $36,500 to it, the largest being THE GEORGE GUND FOUNDATION ($10,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $251k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $37k
- Net assets
- $177k
What Spirit of Cleveland Inc does
Mission
The Spirit of Cleveland's primary exempt purpose is to provide training programs to enhance the Cleveland visitor experience and destination development projects to strengthen Cleveland as a visitor destination.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported starting a significant new program and a significant change in how it conducts a program.
The initiative described in Part III, 4a started in 2024 with contributions from other organizations.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Three programs conducted in 2023 (major event fund grantmaking, public spaces study, hospitality business educational series) were ceased after funding specific for these projects was fully spent.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 3).
Spirit of Cleveland received donations from KeyBank, Kohrman Jackson Krantz and TurnDev in support of an experiential illumination experience in downtown Cleveland. The experience is anticipated to increase foot traffic in the center of the city in the evening hours and brings additional lighting to the space - increasing perceptions of safety.
$550,126 spent100% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $550,126.
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 2020 to 2021, from $625k to $164k (−74%).
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: 2018 0% · 2019 0% · 2020 91% · 2021 0% · 2022 0% · 2023 0% · 2024 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of SPIRIT OF CLEVELAND INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (91% 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.
Board chair
Jon Pinney
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2020: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $10k → $17k.
1 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 27% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $1.4M from 4 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest The Cleveland Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money SPIRIT OF CLEVELAND INC raised.
From the IRS filings of SPIRIT OF CLEVELAND INC’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
SPIRIT OF CLEVELAND INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 27% of grant income and the top three 82%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
27% 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 SPIRIT OF CLEVELAND INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 61% — 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.
Where its funders are
100% of SPIRIT OF CLEVELAND INC's grant income comes from Ohio funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $10k 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
SPIRIT OF CLEVELAND INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 21,616 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 21,616 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like SPIRIT OF CLEVELAND INC
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
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
94%
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
- Convention and Visitors Bureau of Greater · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for SPIRIT OF CLEVELAND INC: 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 SPIRIT OF CLEVELAND INC?
- SPIRIT OF CLEVELAND INC (Ohio) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $36,500 to it, the largest being THE GEORGE GUND FOUNDATION ($10,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SPIRIT OF CLEVELAND INC have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $36,500 in grants to SPIRIT OF CLEVELAND INC.
- Who is the largest funder of SPIRIT OF CLEVELAND INC?
- THE GEORGE GUND FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $10,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SPIRIT OF CLEVELAND INC 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 4 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