Ohio · Nonprofit
The Centers for Families and Children
The Centers for Families and Children (Ohio) receives grants from 80 organizations whose IRS filings report $12,452,768 to it, the largest being WADE ELLEN GARRETSON OCHR ($1,894,868). 51 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $25M
- Funders on record
- 80
- Grants received
- $12M
- Net assets
- $29M
What The Centers for Families and Children does
Mission
The Centers fights for equity by healing, teaching, and inspiring individuals and families to reach their full potential.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Early LearningThe Centers provides early learning programs through the Early Head Start, Head Start, and Universal Pre-kindergarten programs. It provides early learning programming at centers across Greater Cleveland and through a comprehensive, home-based service team.The Centers' First 2,000 Days of Learning takes place at seven early learning centers across Northeast Ohio. Each offers:- Part- and full-day programs available at most locations- Well-rounded curriculum taught by highly qualified teachers and staff- Comprehensive support services that respond to the unique needs of each child- Clean, safe, and inviting indoor and outdoor space- Healthy meals (breakfast, lunch, and afternoon snack)The Centers understands that each child and family is different so we offer several program options to deliver the best results. For our families who cannot travel to our centers, we provide an in-home early learning program that includes home visits by qualified teachers and frequent opportunities for group socialization. We are recognized by the State of Ohio Step Up to Quality rating system. A child's experiences during the first 2,000 days, from birth to the start of kindergarten, have…
$19,179,847 spent$1,910,236 earned by the program86% of program spendingIntegrated Health CareThrough its integrated health model, The Centers provided behavioral health treatment and access to primary health care to low-income patients. The range of services includes psychiatry, pharmacy counseling, case management, and alcohol and other drug services. Extended support services include programming that emphasizes nutrition, fitness, and social recreation. The Centers and Circle Health Services provide services in locations across Cuyahoga County offering daytime, evening and same-day appointments for primary care and mental health services. Our staff also frequently provides services in community locations and in client homes. Our clients are active participants in their treatment and care coordination plans. Circle Health and The Centers have come together to have a more positive impact on the Northeast Ohio community. Together, we provide a broad scope of essential services, including:- Primary care- Dental care- Behavioral health- Pharmacy services and medication management- Addiction and substance abuse treatment- HIV/AIDs prevention and support services- Trauma recovery services- Comprehensive wellness including nutrition education and access to…
$3,152,911 spent$1,103,872 earned by the program14% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $22,332,758.
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 $50M to $42M (−16%).
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 29% · 2018 36% · 2019 48% · 2020 67% · 2021 73% · 2022 76% · 2023 72% · 2024 75%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
86% of The Centers for Families and Children’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (21% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 8 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
Eric Morse
Chief Executive Officer
Board chair
Brinton Lincoln
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 18 funders to 38 funders, grant income rose $585k → $2.3M.
8 of 80 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 9% 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: $8.3M from 14 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest The Cleveland Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money The Centers for Families and Children raised.
From the IRS filings of The Centers for Families and Children’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 80 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
The Centers for Families and Children has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 15% of grant income, and it takes 6 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 6 funders to its left
39% 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 The Centers for Families and Children.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 43% · 2018 29% · 2019 31% · 2020 39% · 2021 43% · 2022 35% · 2023 45% — broadly stable.
“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
55% of The Centers for Families and Children's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 64% 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
84% of The Centers for Families and Children's grant income comes from Ohio funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.1M arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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
The Centers for Families and Children's funding base is broadening — from 18 funders to 38 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,289 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Government funding The Centers for Families and Children receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $157.6M on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$157.6M
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like The Centers for Families and Children
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
96%
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 6 related entities
- El Barrio Incorporated · exempt
- Circle Health Services · exempt
- Cleveland Christian Home Inc · exempt
- George M Robinsteen House Inc · exempt
- 11401 Lorain Avenue Corporation · exempt
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for The Centers for Families and Children: 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 The Centers for Families and Children?
- The Centers for Families and Children (Ohio) receives grants from 80 organizations whose IRS filings report $12,452,768 to it, the largest being WADE ELLEN GARRETSON OCHR ($1,894,868). 51 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does The Centers for Families and Children have?
- IRS filings report 80 organizations giving $12,452,768 in grants to The Centers for Families and Children, 51 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of The Centers for Families and Children?
- WADE ELLEN GARRETSON OCHR is the largest funder on record, with $1,894,868 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like The Centers for Families and Children 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 80 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing