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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by CLEVELAND AVENUE FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION GROUP.

Totals

Total revenue
$19,646,175
Total expenses
$2,882,933
Contributions and grants received
$19,188,840
Grants paid
$85,623
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$324,458
Other revenue
$132,877
Total assets, end of year
$28,664,750
Total liabilities, end of year
$2,364,753
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$26,299,997
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,452,860
Management and general expenses
$1,058,128
Fundraising expenses
$371,945
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,452,860

Program services were 50.4% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $19,188,840

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $324,458 · excluded $324,458

  • 11a · Other revenue: PROF SERVICE FEES

    total $129,534 · unrelated business $129,534

  • 11b · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $3,343 · excluded $3,343

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $132,877

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $85,623 · program services $85,623

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $617,436 · program services $210,262 · management and general $407,174

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $692,129 · program services $560,819 · management and general $131,310

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $59,227 · program services $7,264 · management and general $51,963

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $91,959 · program services $59,009 · management and general $32,950

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $12,774 · program services $8,176 · management and general $4,598

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $53,231 · management and general $53,231

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $28,067 · management and general $28,067

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $592,726 · program services $252,100 · management and general $16,900 · fundraising $323,726

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $514 · program services $178 · management and general $336

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $60,264 · program services $19,608 · management and general $37,606 · fundraising $3,050

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $141,837 · program services $20,841 · management and general $120,946 · fundraising $50

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $3,254 · program services $1,571 · management and general $1,683

  • 17 · Travel

    total $359,058 · program services $167,424 · management and general $147,965 · fundraising $43,669

  • 24a · Other expenses: TRAINING AND PROFESSION

    total $78,338 · program services $59,739 · management and general $17,149 · fundraising $1,450

  • 24b · Other expenses: SPONSORSHIPS

    total $6,496 · program services $246 · management and general $6,250

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $6,721,356 · end of year $9,624,121

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,169,340 · end of year $11,673,628

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $221 · end of year $108,705

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $644 · end of year $1,319

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $6,892,983 · end of year $7,256,977

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $33,104 · end of year $214,753

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $5,181,044 · end of year $2,150,000

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,516,700 · end of year $1,839,861

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $8,053,696 · end of year $24,460,136

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE CAFE GROUP REMAINS STEADFAST IN ITS MISSION TO TRANSFORM PHILANTHROPY AND ADVANCE EDUCATIONAL EQUITY THROUGH LOVE-CENTERED, SYSTEMIC CHANGE. THROUGH SIGNATURE INITIATIVES LIKE THE 1954 PROJECT AND THE LEAD INTERNSHIP PROGRAM, WE CULTIVATE TRANSFORMATIVE LEADERS, UNLOCK NEW RESOURCES FOR COMMUNITY-DRIVEN SOLUTIONS, AND CHAMPION EQUITY-CENTERED PRACTICES THAT CREATE LASTING IMPACT.

  • THROUGH CATALYTIC FUNDING, DEEP LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT, AND CROSS-SECTOR CONNECTION, WE SUPPORT PEOPLE AND ORGANIZATIONS TRANSFORMING EDUCATION AND PHILANTHROPY FROM THE INSIDE OUT.THE 1954 PROJECT - WE PROVIDE CATALYTIC CAPITAL AND DEEP SUPPORT TO LEADERS REIMAGINING EDUCATION, FROM CLASSROOMS TO COMMUNITIES. THE 1954 PROJECT SHIFTS WHO GETS FUNDED AND HOW.LEAD INTERNSHIP PROGRAM - THROUGH LEAD, WE CONNECT COLLEGE STUDENTS WITH PAID INTERNSHIPS AND A DYNAMIC SUMMER CURRICULUM, OFFERING TRANSFORMATIVE EXPERIENCES IN PHILANTHROPY AND SOCIAL IMPACT.

    Expenses $1,452,860 · Grants $85,623

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Tiffany Thompson

    CHIEF IMPACT OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $220,107
    From this org
    $214,274
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,833
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $204,274
    Bonus
    $10,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $5,833
    Filer's total
    $220,107

  • Jennifer Wander

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $219,059
    From this org
    $204,429
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,630
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $179,929
    Bonus
    $24,500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,491
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,139
    Filer's total
    $219,059

  • Lindsay Booker

    CHIEF COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $188,115
    From this org
    $181,790
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,325
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $176,790
    Bonus
    $5,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $978
    Nontaxable benefits
    $5,347
    Filer's total
    $188,115

  • Rebecca Quincey

    DIRECTOR OF STRATEGY

    Total calculated
    $127,012
    From this org
    $117,617
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,395
    Hours/week
    40

  • Elizabeth Thompson

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    25

  • Leslie Anderson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Daniel Anello

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Shayne Evans

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Joseph McCoy

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mara Botman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
29 October 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202523039349302402

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