Cleveland Foundation

The nation's first community foundation, working with donors to build community endowment, address needs through grantmaking, and provide civic leadership for all residents of Greater Cleveland.

3named by peers

Financial profile

Cleveland Foundation · EIN 34-0714588 · 501(c)(3)

Fiscal yearTotal revenueContributionsProgram servicesTotal expensesNet assetsYear end
FY2023$370,353,894$300,352,110$344,515$185,847,869$2,578,819,894Dec 2023
FY2022$234,720,202$158,222,967$403,370$160,647,426$2,159,199,041Dec 2022
FY2021$179,374,020$92,318,821$294,404$144,962,005$2,478,853,907Dec 2021
FY2020$116,704,950$86,280,565$378,921$147,398,382$2,202,063,379Dec 2020
FY2019$120,009,767$78,163,615$267,933$176,182,289$2,049,649,541Dec 2019
FY2018$142,432,596$81,996,657$335,860$120,523,232$1,874,943,484Dec 2018

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Peer societies

Five societies Cleveland Foundation is read alongside.

Who backs CF

No public supporter list found as of September 2026.

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Who backs Cleveland Foundation's peers, but not Cleveland Foundation

Companies named publicly by at least one of Cleveland Foundation's five peer societies, and not found in Cleveland Foundation's reviewed public records.

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The outside view

The nation's first community foundation, working with donors to build community endowment, address needs through grantmaking, and provide civic leadership for all residents of Greater Cleveland.

  • Consensus
  • Build
  • Outward
  • Operational

Their shape

The Republic

Run by its members, built to outlast them.

The Republic runs like a well-built institution, professional and stable, under the guidance of its members. Its gift is scale and continuity, its challenge is staying close to the grassroots as it grows.

Also reads toward The Legacy and The Citadel.

Strengths

→Member voice and public mission stay in healthy balance.
→Open to reform without losing its footing.
→Speaks credibly on behalf of a whole field.

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