Totals
- Total revenue
- $250,860
- Total expenses
- $550,126
- Contributions and grants received
- $250,000
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $860
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $177,741
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $600
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $177,141
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $550,126
- Management and general expenses
- $0
- Fundraising expenses
- $0
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $550,126
Program services were 100.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
Line items
Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.
Revenue
Part VIII, the statement of revenue.
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1a · Federated campaigns
$0
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1b · Membership dues
$0
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1c · Fundraising events
$0
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1d · Related organizations
$0
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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$0
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$250,000
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1g · Noncash contributions included above
$0
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3 · Investment income
total $860 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $860
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4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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5 · Royalties
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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6c · Rental income or loss
real property $0 · personal property $0
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7c · Gain or loss
securities $0 · other assets $0
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8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c
$0
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11e · Other revenue, total
$0
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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11a · Fees: management
total $500 · program services $500
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13 · Office expenses
total $460 · program services $460
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24a · Other expenses: Destination Development
total $549,166 · program services $549,166 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $106,456 · end of year $6,907
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $370,000 · end of year $170,834
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $49 · end of year $600
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $6,407 · end of year $6,307
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $470,000 · end of year $170,834
Mission and programs · 2024
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.
Activities or mission (Part I)
Programs and infrastructure developed to improve overall visitor experience and provide education and training for Greater Cleveland's hospitality industry.
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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.
Expenses $550,126
As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
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David Gilbert
President and Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 40 related
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Brenda Kirk
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5 + 1 related
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Ann Zoller
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5 + 1 related
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Jon Pinney
Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5 + 1 related
Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.
Grants on this return
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Related organizations on this return
Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.
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Convention and Visitors Bureau of Greater Cleveland Inc DBA Destination Cleveland
6 · Promote leisure, convention, and business tourism in greater Cleveland · OH
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 11 November 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.0
- Source object
- 202543199349302869
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