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CLEVELAND BROWNS FOUNDATION

EIN 34-1885593 BEREA, OH

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Revenue 2024
$2,426,617
Expenses 2024
$2,661,292

Program services were 98.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
T30
Classification
1000
Street
76 LOU GROZA BLVD

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).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE CLEVELAND BROWNS FOUNDATION IS DEDICATED TO TAKING A SOLUTION-BASED, HOLISTIC APPROACH TO ENSURE YOUTH IN OHIO AND BEYOND RECEIVE THE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION THEY NEED AS A FOUNDATION FOR INDEPENDENCE AND SUCCESS.

  • STAY IN THE GAME! ATTENDANCE NETWORK WORKS TOGETHER TO CAMPAIGN, CONNECT AND CONVENE WITH EXPERTS AND SUPPORTERS TO DRAMATICALLY IMPROVE ATTENDANCE FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS THROUGHOUT OHIO.

    Expenses $1,163,829 · Grants $1,163,829

  • THE GREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK WORKS TO ENSURE EVERYONE IN OUR COMMUNITIES HAS THE NUTRITIOUS FOOD THEY NEED EVERY DAY.

    Expenses $100,000 · Grants $100,000

  • THE BROWNS FIELD PROJECT CREATES SAFE PLACES FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO ENJOY AS THE FIELDS ARE LINED FOR MULTIPLE SPORTS AND THE SYNTHETIC FIELDS CAN BE USED FOR RECREATIONAL CAN COMMUNITY PURPOSES. ANNUALLY, THE BROWNS INSTALL A SYNTHETIC TURF FIELD IN COMMUNITIES TO PROVIDE EQUITY AND ACCESS FOR PLAY.

    Expenses $1,008,181 · Grants $1,008,181

  • CHANGEMAKERS - THE BROWNS HONORED THREE INDIVIDUALS AS THE BROWNS CHANGE MAKER AWARD RECIPIENTS, FOR THEIR WORK THROUGH THE BUILD THE BRIDGE INITIATIVE. BUILD THE BRIDGE REACHES MULTIPLE SCHOOLS IN OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY TO BRING TOGETHER ATHLETES FROM DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS TO ENGAGE WITH EACH OTHER TO UNDERSTAND THEIR DIFFERENCES. CLUB MATCHING GRANT - FUNDS SUPPORT THE CLEVELAND MUNY FOOTBALL LEAGUE WHICH SERVES OVER 2000 ATHLETES WHO PLAY THE GAME THROUGH THE FOOTBALL DEVELOPMENT, INCLUDING FLAG FOOTBALL, ROOKIE TACKLE AND 11-MAN. SERVING MULTIPLE NEIGHBORHOODS, ATHLETES WHO MAY NOT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY, CAN DO SO, AS THE FUNDING HELPS OFFSET COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH LEAGUE PLAY.CLUB MATCHING ATHLETIC TRAINER - KNOWING NOT ALL SCHOOLS HAVE ATHLETIC TRAINERS, THE BROWNS HAVE PARTNERED WITH UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS TO PROVIDE FUNDING THAT ALLOWS A TRAINER TO PROVIDE SERVICES IN TWO SCHOOLS IN THE CLEVELAND METROPOLTAN SCHOOL DISTRICT.NIKE GRANT - FUNDING THROUGH THIS GRANT SUPPORTED UNIFORM AND EQUIPMENT NEEDS FOR THE BROWNS HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS FLAG FOOTBALL PROGRAM AS WELL AS THE HS COMBINE DESIGNED BY BUILD THE BRIDGE. SALUTE TO SERVICE - ANNUALLY THE BROWNS HAVE DONE A VOLUNTEER PROJECT TO ASSEMBLE CARE PACKAGES THAT GO TO THE MEN AND WOMEN SERVING OUR COUNTRY. TO ENSURE THE CARE PACKAGES GO TO THE APPROPRIATE RECIPIENTS, WE WORKED WITH THE USO OF NORTHERN OHIO.VOLUNTEERISM - THROUGH THE BROWNS FIRST AND TEN VOLUNTEER PLATFORM, WE CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR STAFF TO GIVE BACK IN MEANINGFUL WAYS. THROUGH OUR SUMMER BLITZ PROJECT, STAFF HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO VOLUNTEER AND TAKE PART IN PROJECTS THAT REACH THE CORE INITIATIVES THE BROWNS ARE FOCUSED ON THROUGH EDUCATION, YOUTH FOOTBALL, AND SOCIAL JUSTICE. THE PROJECTS RANGE FROM FLAG FOOTBALL KITS TO TEACHER APPRECIATION PACKAGES. FUNDING HELPS WITH THESE ITEMS, WHICH ARE DISTRIBUTED TO A WIDE RANGES OF ORGANIZATIONS AND SCHOOLS. SC4K'24 SEASON GRANT - SHOES AND CLOTHES FOR KIDS' MISSION IS TO IMPROVE K-8 SCHOOL ATTENDANCE BY ELIMINATING LACK OF APPROPRIATE CLOTHING, SHOES AND SCHOOL SUPPLIES AS BARRIERS.MARION MOTLEY SCHOLARSHIP - IN PARTNERSHIP WITH COLLEGE NOW GREATER CLEVELAND, THE CLEVELAND BROWNS FOUNDATION ANNUALLY SURPRISE TWO RECIPIENTS WITH A $10,000 SCHOLARSHIP TO FURTHER THE EDUCATION OF PROMISING YOUNG STUDENTS, MANY OF WHOM ARE FIRST-GENERATION COLLEGE ATTENDEES.HS COACH OF THE WEEK - THE WINNING TEAM FROM THE SELECTED GAME OF THE WEEK WEEKS 1-10 OF THE HIGH SCHOOL REGULAR SEASON RECEIVES $3,000 FOR THEIR HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PROGRAM. AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE SEASON, THE BROWNS ANNOUNCE THE HIGH SCHOOL COACH OF THE YEAR, WHO WILL EARN AN ADDITIONAL $6,000 FOR THEIR PROGRAM.CRUCIAL CATCH - THE NFL AND THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY ARE CONTINUING TO EXPAND THEIR EFFORTS TO SUPPORT THE FIGHT AGAINST CANCER THROUGH THE "CRUCIAL CATCH: INTERCEPT CANCER" CAMPAIGN. AFTER NEARLY A DECADE OF SUPPORTING BREAST CANCER, THE NFL AND ACS HAVE EVOLVED THE CAMPAIGN TO ADDRESS EARLY DETECTION AND RISK REDUCTION EFFORTS FOR ALL CANCERS TO INCREASE THEIR IMPACT.NFL PLAY 60 - FOR MORE THAN 18 SEASONS, THE NFL PLAY 60 INITIATIVE HAS BEEN THE LEAGUE'S NATIONAL YOUTH HEALTH AND WELLNESS PLATFORM TO EMPOWER YOUTH TO GET PHYSICALLY ACTIVE FOR AT LEAST 60 MINUTES A DAY AND ENCOURAGE A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE. THE PLAY 60 MOVEMENT WILL CONTINUE TO SERVE AND MOTIVATE THE NEXT GENERATION OF YOUTH ALONGSIDE THE 32 NFL CLUBS AND OUR PLAY 60 PARTNERS TO GET MOVING AND PLAY 60.MEIJER GYM TAKEOVER - HELPS KIDS LIVE HAPPIER AND HEALTHIER LIVES BY SUPPORTING SCHOOL ATTENDANCE.HUDDLE LEGACY - THE CLEVELAND HUDDLE PROGRAM WAS CREATED IN 2021 TO ASSIST LOCAL BLACK-OWNED RESTAURANTS WHILE ALSO PROVIDING FOOD RELIEF TO LOCAL INDIVIDUALS IN NEED.CPR EDUCATION - AIMS TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO CPR AND AED EDUCATION TRAINING AND AWARENESS FOR THOSE IN THE COMMUNITY OF NORTHEAST OHIO WHO MAY OTHERWISE NOT HAVE ACCESS TO THOSE OPPORTUNITIES.MY CAUSE MY CLEATS - THE MY CAUSE MY CLEATS CAMPAIGN, LAUNCHED IN 2016, IS A CONNECTION BETWEEN THE NFL AND PLAYERS ALLOWING THEM TO CREATE THEIR ART AND REPRESENT THEIR RESPECTIVE PHILANTHROPIC ORGANIZATIONS, PASSIONS, AND MOVEMENTS THROUGH UNIQUE DESIGNS IN STADIUMS ACROSS THE LEAGUE.

    Expenses $348,481 · Grants $348,481

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

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.

  • Susan Bagwell Haslam

    PRESIDENT & CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • David A Jenkins

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Anne Haslam Colquitt

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • James W Johnson III

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ann Haslam Bailey

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Cynthia Haslam Arnholt

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jimmy Haslam

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Peter John-Baptiste

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ted Tywang

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Whitney Haslam Johnson

    BOARD MEMBER

    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
    $2,426,617
    Expenses
    $2,661,292
    Contributions
    $1,878,004
    Grants paid
    $2,620,491
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $2,589,865
    Expenses
    $2,146,907
    Contributions
    $2,055,522
    Grants paid
    $2,112,994
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,946,638
    Expenses
    $2,501,343
    Contributions
    $1,687,812
    Grants paid
    $2,478,728

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
    $2,278,578
    Expenses
    $1,175,157
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,478,011

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $968,451
    Expenses
    $1,292,067
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,189,542

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,729,519
    Expenses
    $997,724
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,557,863

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $988,632
    Expenses
    $1,033,773
    Assets (EOY)
    $875,302

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,010,957
    Expenses
    $1,113,675
    Assets (EOY)
    $860,948

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $675,506
    Expenses
    $1,060,782
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,286,551

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $930,348
    Expenses
    $701,012
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,361,577

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $819,025
    Expenses
    $938,937
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,245,748

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.

Grants made

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

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

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

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

Related partnerships on its 2024 return

  • JHAC LLC

    NONE · OH

  • CLEVELAND BROWNS FOOTBALL COMPANY LLC

    EMPLOYEES · DE

  • CLEVELAND BROWNS STADIUM COMPANY LLC

    NONE · DE

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 11 November 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 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.