Ohio · Nonprofit
THE TEACHING CLEVELAND FOUNDATION
THE TEACHING CLEVELAND FOUNDATION (Ohio) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $484,850 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($150,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 57% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $421k
- Funders on record
- 16
- Grants received
- $485k
- Net assets
- $268k
What The Teaching Cleveland Foundation does
Mission
The Teaching Cleveland Foundation (tc) is a professional development resource that engages people in transformative place-based education and experiences. Tc's unique approach fosters a deeper understanding of place and, ultimately, inspires people to contribute to their place in positive ways. Tc cultivates powerful connections between people and their place, inspiring them to contribute in ways that drive civic, economic, environmental, and social impact.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Throughout 2024, teaching cleveland (tc) was busy working with high school students, education professionals, and other community members to help them make connections between the current state of northeast ohio and the historical context which produced it. In 2024, tc provided programming to various groups. Tc served approximately: - 200 area educators with various professional development programs and workshops, grades k through 12. - 200 area students ranging from high school students in the teaching cleveland student challenge and the fresh water institute fellowship program to postsecondary students in various programs and tours. - 175 community members in various presentations connecting cleveland history through documentaries, community conversations, and organizational workshops.
$199,988 spent$189,213 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $199,988.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 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 2023 to 2024, from $87k to $268k (+208%).
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.
55% of THE TEACHING CLEVELAND FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 2 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
2022 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $23k → $133k.
2 of 16 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 57% 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 THE TEACHING CLEVELAND FOUNDATION’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
THE TEACHING CLEVELAND FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 31% of grant income and the top three 64%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
70% 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 TEACHING CLEVELAND FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 87% · 2023 38% — 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
57% of THE TEACHING CLEVELAND FOUNDATION'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 $210k that is directly attributable, 85% of it comes from Ohio funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $275k 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
THE TEACHING CLEVELAND FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 22,838 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 22,838 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like THE TEACHING CLEVELAND FOUNDATION
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
72% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
62%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE TEACHING CLEVELAND FOUNDATION: 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 TEACHING CLEVELAND FOUNDATION?
- THE TEACHING CLEVELAND FOUNDATION (Ohio) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $484,850 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($150,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 57% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE TEACHING CLEVELAND FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 16 organizations giving $484,850 in grants to THE TEACHING CLEVELAND FOUNDATION, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE TEACHING CLEVELAND FOUNDATION?
- DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC is the largest funder on record, with $150,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE TEACHING CLEVELAND FOUNDATION 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 2023–2024), and the filings of 16 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