Form 990 for tax year 2022

Totals

Total revenue

$40,920

Total expenses

$109,244

Contributions and grants received

$40,850

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$70

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$32,680

Total liabilities, end of year

$0

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$32,680

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$107,264

Management and general expenses

$1,980

Fundraising expenses

$0

Program service expenses (Part III)

$107,264

Program services were 98.2% 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.

Mission and programs · 2022

• The Spirit of Cleveland sponsored a study to evaluate the management and programming of downtown Cleveland's public spaces, with the goals of determining how to efficiently and effectively manage day-to-day programming, maintenance, marketing, and operations of Downtown Cleveland's core public spaces and developing a simple, transparent, and seamless process for events to be hosted in Downtown Cleveland. The study supported the community's focus on building an inclusive, thriving Downtown neighborhood for residents, building a more welcoming community, improving perceptions, and attracting talent, business, visitors, and investment.

  Expenses $60,656 · Revenue $7,750

• The Spirit of Cleveland served as fiscal agent for the CLE Rising initiative. In addition, employees from the Convention and Visitors Bureau (a related organization), donated time and resources serving in roles managing strategy, projects, and communications. CLE Rising was a community-wide effort to build trust and align on an inclusive vision for Greater Cleveland's economic future. In 2022, the project was sunsetted following the issuance of a capstone report.

  Expenses $33,618

• The Spirit of Cleveland received support from Eaton Corporation and Team NEO to enhance the destination experience for college students attending the WiCys conference in March 2022. The long-term goal of the enhanced experience was to help change perceptions of Cleveland so that the event attendees will consider Cleveland as a place to live and work after graduating.

  Expenses $8,000 · Revenue $8,000

• The Spirit of Cleveland received a grant from the KeyBank Foundation in 2021 for the design and implementation of an educational series about marketing and communications for small and medium-sized hospitality businesses, with a focus on minority-owned organizations.

  Expenses $4,990

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

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.

• 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

2022

Filed

2 November 2023

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

202333179349304683

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