Ohio · Nonprofit
USS CLEVELAND LEGACY FOUNDATION
USS CLEVELAND LEGACY FOUNDATION (Ohio) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,147,615 to it, the largest being The Cleveland-Cliffs Foundation ($300,000). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $421k
- Funders on record
- 19
- Grants received
- $1.1M
- Net assets
- $1.8M
What Uss Cleveland Legacy Foundation does
Mission
To send uss cleveland to the fleet with the greatest start possible, to support the ship and crew throughout her service life, and to welcome her hom to cleveland at the completion of her naval service.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
1.lone sailor park: the monument was formally placed at the lakefront and introduced to the community in october. This was the most significant event of the year, fully funded through donations-to and efforts-of the board and select volunteers. It is intended to memorialize the sea services, and in fact all military branches, while enhancing the city of cleveland, cuyahoga county and really all ohio as well as our nation at large. Our lone sailor park would go on to be recognized as an award- winning design. 2.navy ball - october, we organized and "sponsored" the 300 seat event and fund raiser at aviator event center. 3.fund raising - ongoing development efforts continue 365. See our general ledger and financials for details. The community outreach brings our mission to the attention of the business and general public communities. Stewardship of donations is a paramount task which we administer with conscience and determination. 4.the beginning of a reorganization that manifested itself in 2025. This in preparation for a busy year and improving the overall administration of the foundation. 5.various smaller events that recognized the crew of lcs-31. This is our mission, so any and…
$122,293 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $122,293.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 $861k to $1.6M (+90%).
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.
108% of USS CLEVELAND LEGACY FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 6 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
James Folk
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2021 and FY2022 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 11 funders, grant income rose $250k → $280k.
6 of 19 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 38% 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 USS CLEVELAND LEGACY FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 18 of 19 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
USS CLEVELAND LEGACY FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 26% of grant income and the top three 63%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 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 USS CLEVELAND LEGACY FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 80% · 2021 42% · 2022 31% · 2023 54% — 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.
How long its funders stay
75% of USS CLEVELAND LEGACY FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 63% 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
100% of USS CLEVELAND LEGACY FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Ohio funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $437k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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
USS CLEVELAND LEGACY FOUNDATION holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like USS CLEVELAND LEGACY FOUNDATION
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In Ohio
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
19% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds USS CLEVELAND LEGACY FOUNDATION?
- USS CLEVELAND LEGACY FOUNDATION (Ohio) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,147,615 to it, the largest being The Cleveland-Cliffs Foundation ($300,000). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does USS CLEVELAND LEGACY FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 19 organizations giving $1,147,615 in grants to USS CLEVELAND LEGACY FOUNDATION, 12 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of USS CLEVELAND LEGACY FOUNDATION?
- The Cleveland-Cliffs Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $300,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like USS CLEVELAND LEGACY 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 2019–2024), and the filings of 19 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