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DRESS FOR SUCCESS CLEVELAND

EIN 34-1872331 CLEVELAND, OH

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Revenue 2024
$417,983
Expenses 2024
$471,025

Program services were 74.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
J20
Classification
1000
Street
2239 E 55TH ST

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Other organizations at this address

3 other organizations in the IRS Business Master File list the same street address. matched by us

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE MISSION OF DRESS FOR SUCCESS CLEVELAND IS TO EMPOWER WOMEN AND TO ACHIEVE ECONOMIC INDEPENDENCE BY PROVIDING A NETWORK OF SUPPORT, PROFESSIONAL ATTIRE, AND DEVELOPMENT TOOLS TO HELP WOMEN THRIVE IN WORK AND IN LIFE.

  • In 2024, DFSC increased its service outreach by 2.52% over the 63% growth achieved in 2023, reaching a total of 977 women served. This continued growth builds on the increase from 585 women served in 2022 to 953 in 2023. Our progress reflects the ongoing success of our meeting women where they are service delivery modelboth in physical outreach and in tailoring support to each womans developmental and individual needs.

As filed on the 2024 return.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Melony Butler

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $75,417
    From this org
    $75,417
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Mattie Jones-Hollowell

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Laura Passerallo

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sev De Wagheneire

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sarah Fanger

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dan Roberson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sarah Pervo

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kathy Rothenberg - James

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dawn Minotas

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Alison Tomsho

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Melissa Eisenberg

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Lachelle Drakeford

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael Platt

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Elaine McMichael

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Anita Jones

    AUXILIARY MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Traci Stahl

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mary Reynolds

    AUXILIARY MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Meghan Wilson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kimberley Spates

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Carrie Morse

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Diamond Adams

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Valerie Kovacs

    ASSISTANT SECRETARY

    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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $417,983
    Expenses
    $471,025
    Contributions
    $384,475
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $229,568
    Expenses
    $268,155
    Contributions
    $216,343
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $372,502
    Expenses
    $373,371
    Contributions
    $369,679
    Grants paid
    $155,868

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $459,328
    Expenses
    $345,200
    Assets (EOY)
    $195,805

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $204,448
    Expenses
    $248,220
    Assets (EOY)
    $113,912

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $478,383
    Expenses
    $467,092
    Assets (EOY)
    $125,984

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $529,734
    Expenses
    $504,594
    Assets (EOY)
    $106,332

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $263,703
    Expenses
    $273,587
    Assets (EOY)
    $99,162

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $284,156
    Expenses
    $314,195
    Assets (EOY)
    $99,296

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $309,051
    Expenses
    $331,341
    Assets (EOY)
    $131,972

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $337,295
    Expenses
    $337,862
    Assets (EOY)
    $137,277

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $340,293
    Expenses
    $347,872
    Assets (EOY)
    $133,209

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $390,998
    Assets (EOY)
    $144,252

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.