GREATER CLEVELAND SPORTS COMMISSION

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

Z99Z

Classification

1000

Street

334 EUCLID AVE STE 100

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

• SEE SCHEDULE OGREATER CLEVELAND SPORTS COMMISSION (GCSC)'S MISSION IS TO MEASURABLY IMPROVE THE ECONOMY OF GREATER CLEVELAND AND ENRICH THE COMMUNITY BY ATTRACTING, CREATING, MANAGING, AND ENHANCING SIGNIFICANT SPORTING AND COMPETITIVE EVENTS. GCSC TAKES THE UNIQUE APPROACH OF BECOMING A MANAGEMENT AND FINANCIAL PARTNER IN EACH EVENT WITH THE GOAL OF PRODUCING EVENTS THAT ARE MORE SUCCESSFUL IN CLEVELAND THAN OTHER CITIES IN WHICH THEY HAVE BEEN HELD. GCSC IS A SECTION 501(C)(3) NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATION GOVERNED BY A COMMITTED GROUP OF TRUSTEES REPRESENTING SOME OF THE REGION'S MOST ESTEEMED PRIVATE, PUBLIC AND NOT-FOR-PROFIT INSTITUTIONS. THE ORGANIZATION'S FULL-TIME STAFF OVERSEES SPORTS DEVELOPMENT, MARKETING, COMMUNICATIONS, FUNDRAISING AND EVENTS MANAGEMENT. WE HAVE EXPERIENCED TREMENDOUS GROWTH AND THE ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT ABOUNDS WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION. GCSC IS FUNDED BY CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, AN ANNUAL BENEFIT, THE GREATER CLEVELAND SPORTS AWARDS, FEES FROM A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE OHIO BUREAU OF MOTOR VEHICLES, REVENUE EARNED FROM EVENTS, FOUNDATIONS AND PUBLIC SUPPORT FROM CUYAHOGA COUNTY AND THE CITY OF CLEVELAND. GCSC BOARD MEMBERS ENTHUSIASTICALLY SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATION'S OPERATING BUDGET WITH 100% OF THE BOARD PARTICIPATING IN THE CORPORATE MEMBERSHIP PROGRAM OR PROVIDING BUDGET-REDUCING VALUE IN KIND ANNUALLY. ORIGINALLY FORMED IN 1993, GCSC WAS RE-FOUNDED IN 2000. SINCE THAT TIME, GCSC HAS BEEN DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR ATTRACTING AND CREATING OVER 260 SPORTING EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES TO THE GREATER CLEVELAND AREA, GENERATING MORE THAN $960 MILLION IN ECONOMIC IMPACT. GCSC HAS ESTABLISHED ITSELF AS A REVENUE-GENERATING ENTITY THAT HAS BECOME AN INTEGRAL PART OF CLEVELAND'S ECONOMIC FUTURE. SPORTS COMMISSION EVENTS HAVE RAPIDLY BECOME VALUED COMMUNITY ASSETS. WHILE SPORTS COMMISSION EVENTS MEAN TENS OF MILLIONS OF ANNUAL DOLLARS TO THE LOCAL ECONOMY, THEY ALSO ADD MUCH MORE. CLEVELAND HAS BEEN FEATURED ON DOZENS OF HOURS OF NATIONAL TELEVISION PROGRAMS AND MORE THAN 1,000,000 FANS HAVE SEEN THE EXCITEMENT OF A VARIETY OF SPORTS COMPETITIONS. YOUTH AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAMS ARE ROUTINELY PLANNED TO ENHANCE COMMUNITY IMPACT. AS AN ECONOMIC IMPACT STUDY CONDUCTED BY THE CSU LEVIN COLLEGE OF URBAN AFFAIRS FOR THE INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN'S GAMES (2004) CONCLUDED, "THE GAMES PRODUCED SUBSTANTIAL NON-PECUNIARY GAINS THAT COULD PROVE MORE IMPORTANT FOR THE CITY AND REGION IN THE LONG RUN. THEY PROVIDED AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE WHO HAD NEVER BEEN TO THE REGION AND WOULD NOT HAVE VISITED OTHERWISE TO EXPERIENCE AN EXCITING, DIVERSE, AND FRIENDLY CITY. LIKEWISE, LOCAL VISITORS AND VOLUNTEERS TO THE EVENTS REPORTED THAT THEIR OWN IMPRESSIONS OF THE CITY AND REGION HAD IMPROVED BECAUSE OF THEIR POSITIVE EXPERIENCE. THEIR PRIDE IN THE REGION INCREASED AND THEY ARE MORE APPRECIATIVE OF THE REGION'S ASSETS." GCSC ALSO SPONSORS YOUTH EDUCATION THROUGH SPORTS (YES) PROGRAMS, WHICH HAVE THREE GOALS: TO PROVIDE CHILDREN WITH AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; TO ALLOW ACCESS TO UNIQUE EXPERIENCES; AND TO OFFER HEALTH AND WELLNESS EDUCATION. THERE ARE GENERALLY 5-7 YES PROGRAMS HELD ANNUALLY, DEPENDING ON THE SLATE OF EVENTS IN THAT YEAR. DURING 2024, 1,948 VOLUNTEERS PROVIDED 18,860 HOURS AND 3,838 COMPLETED SHIFTS FOR 8 EVENTS: 24TH ANNUAL SPORTS AWARDS, NCAA DIVISION II SWIMMING AND DIVING CHAMPIONSHIP, NCAA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL FINAL FOUR, PAN AMERICAN MASTERS GAMES, WORLD YOYO CONTEST, TENNIS IN THE LAND, NCAA DIVISION I XC REGIONAL, AND PICKLE IN THE LAND.

  Expenses $9,520,045 · Grants $1,305,000 · Revenue $2,067,240

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.

The first 25 listed. 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

  $7,316,802

  Expenses

  $10,333,613

  Contributions

  $5,101,025

  Grants paid

  $1,305,000

• 2023

  Revenue

  $3,718,186

  Expenses

  $4,519,858

  Contributions

  $1,698,626

  Grants paid

  $337,000

• 2022

  Revenue

  $6,262,412

  Expenses

  $9,049,340

  Contributions

  $4,363,084

  Grants paid

  $958,750

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

  $6,945,850

  Expenses

  $5,674,546

  Assets (EOY)

  $9,405,346

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,725,752

  Expenses

  $2,614,567

  Assets (EOY)

  $8,068,404

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $10,328,352

  Expenses

  $4,981,574

  Assets (EOY)

  $8,424,983

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,839,957

  Expenses

  $3,678,912

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,187,133

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,989,795

  Expenses

  $2,745,242

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,110,525

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,998,602

  Expenses

  $2,715,527

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,709,693

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,178,966

  Expenses

  $2,853,207

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,909,064

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,932,444

  Expenses

  $2,794,389

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,811,820

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $5,547,468

  Expenses

  $5,542,946

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,891,287

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $2,975,336

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,786,443

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

• SPORTS EVENT DEVELOPMENT FUND

  $1,305,000

  2024 · GENERAL

• SPORTS EVENT DEVELOPMENT FUND

  $958,750

  2022 · GENERAL

• SPORTS EVENT DEVELOPMENT FUND

  $337,000

  2023 · GENERAL

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Grants received

• SPORTS EVENT DEVELOPMENT FUND

  $651,795

  2024 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• THE CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU OF GREATER CLEVELAND INC

  $600,000

  2024 · Operating support to organization with similar mission

• SPORTS EVENT DEVELOPMENT FUND

  $524,950

  2022 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• THE CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU OF GREATER CLEVELAND INC

  $300,000

  2022 · Operating support to organization with similar mission.

• THE CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU OF GREATER CLEVELAND INC

  $300,000

  2023 · Operating support to organization with similar mission.

• CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION

  $163,200

  2023 · COMMUNITY SUPPORT

• THE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION

  $163,200

  2023 · COMMUNITY SUPPORT

• THE CLEVELAND FOUNDATION

  $161,750

  2022 · SUPPORT FOR GREATER CLEVELAND SPORTS COMMISSION AND IT'S VELOCITY SPORTS INITIATIVE

• THE CLEVELAND FOUNDATION

  $151,000

  2024 · 2023-2025 PAID INTERNSHIP PROGRAM

• THE CLEVELAND FOUNDATION

  $65,000

  2023 · DIGERONIMO COMPANIES ARE PROUD TO SUPPORT THE PAN-AMERICAN MASTERS GAMES 2024 IN CLEVELAND, OHIO.

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

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

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