Community West Foundation

Tax-deductible

Westlake, OH501(c)(3)Since 1997Health CareEIN 34-1456398Revenue $23.3M in FY2025

On file with the IRScommunitywestfoundation.org821 Westpoint Pkwy Ste 900, 44145-1560 · Westlake, OHTax-exempt since Feb 2003Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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The mission of the Community West Foundation is to advance the health and well being of our Community

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
89¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 120 volunteers.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
6 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $5.4M a year · 39% of revenue · last 6 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 6 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
89%
of spending
Looks good: 89% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$537K
to officers and key staff · 4% of spending
Top officer’s pay higher than 52% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 4% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
4 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 3.5 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $100
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$36.5M
20% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 20% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
22
of 23 voting members
Looks good: 22 of 23 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$23.3M
+63% vs prior year
Spent
$12.1M
To programs
89%
Net assets
$147.6M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$23.3M
FY2025▲ +63%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$9.9M
FY2021$16.6M
FY2022$9.5M
FY2023$10.3M
FY2024$14.3M
FY2025$23.3M
Expenses
$12.1M
FY2025▲ +40%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$6.7M
FY2021$6.9M
FY2022$8.8M
FY2023$8.1M
FY2024$8.6M
FY2025$12.1M
Net assets
$147.6M
FY2025▲ +9%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$119.6M
FY2021$134.2M
FY2022$105.6M
FY2023$123.5M
FY2024$134.9M
FY2025$147.6M

From the FY2025 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Feb 2003.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

89 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 89% · $10.7M Management & general 6% · $775K Fundraising 5% · $600K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

24 people listed on the 990; $537K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
President and CEO
$328,018Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President and CFO
$208,533Pt VII · Sec A
Board Vice Chair/Audit Comm. Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Sec./Treasurer/Grants Committee
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Grants Committee
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Community Engagement Committee
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Grants Committee
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Finance Committee Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Uhle Martin J’s $328K as President and CEO is at the 52nd percentile of top reported officer pay among 2901 $10–100M health care nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 4 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Uhle Martin J$328,018$311,487$273,650$256,056——
Martin J Uhle————$222,278$197,797
Roth Daniel J$208,533$198,096$183,538$170,860——
Daniel J Roth————$155,033$156,553

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Provides grants to nonprofit organizations and community agencies to advance health and well-being, primarily serving western Greater Cleveland and supporting national initiatives.

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1 program · $10.7M · in their own filed words · FY2025
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The foundation is organized to advance the health and well being of the people of western greater cleveland and to assist area agencies and organizations that contribute to those efforts. In connection therewith, the foundation has made various grants to both section 501(c)(3) related organizations, and various tax exempt community…

$10.7Mprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$100
Grants paid · 733 grants · $33.0M · 2020–2025
Purple Heart Homes INCNC · FY2025$1,200,000
Building Hope in the CityOH · FY2025$1,133,600
Cleveland MetroparksFY2025$279,870
St Edward High SchoolOH · FY2025$251,000
Catholic Charities CorporationFY2025$225,300
Community Service AllianceOH · FY2025$152,800
Lutheran Metropolitan MinistryOH · FY2025$135,500
City MissionOH · FY2025$110,300
Neighborhood AllianceOH · FY2025$109,100
May Dugan CenterOH · FY2025$90,600
Providence House INCOH · FY2025$85,000
Resource ClevelandOH · FY2025$84,550
Seeds of LiteracyOH · FY2025$83,500
The Salvation ArmyNY · FY2025$81,800
See all 733 grants →

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$23.3M
Ln 12
Investment incomeLn 3$19.0M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$4.2M
Other incomeLn 4–11$115K
Money outPt IX
$12.1M
Ln 25
Programscol B$10.7M
Managementcol C$775K
Fundraisingcol D$600K
Owns and owesPt X
$147.6M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$3.5M
Total assetsLn 16$184.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$36.5M
PeoplePt VI, VII
24
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
Voting boardVI 1a23
IndependentVI 1b22
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$4.2M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$2.2M
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$40K
Investment incomeLn 3$19.0M
Other incomeLn 4–11$115K
Gains on assetsLn 7$11.7M
Total revenueLn 12$23.3M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$453K
SavingsLn 2$3.0M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$3.5M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$178.8M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$272K
Other assetsLn 15$727K
Total assetsLn 16$184.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$36.5M
Net assetsLn 32$147.6M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 50
VolunteersI 6120
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$2.4M$3.5M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$167.2M$178.8M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$239K$272K
Total assetsLn 16$170.9M$184.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$35.9M$36.5M
Net assetsLn 32$134.9M$147.6M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$9.9M$9.9M
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$4K$4K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$626K$314K$187K$125K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$696K$262K$196K$238K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$39K$14K$12K$12K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$105K$32K$33K$40K
Payroll taxesLn 10$81K$33K$25K$23K
Legal feesLn 11b$405$101$203$101
Accounting feesLn 11c$30K$8K$15K$8K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$69K$17K$35K$17K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$276K$69K$138K$69K
Office expensesLn 13$16K$16K
Information technologyLn 14$11K$3K$5K$3K
OccupancyLn 16$113K$28K$57K$28K
TravelLn 17$36K$12K$12K$12K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$23K$8K$8K$8K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$21K$21K
InsuranceLn 23$11K$11K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$22K$2K$5K$16K
Total functional expensesLn 25$12.1M$10.7M$775K$600K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $23.3M$12.1M$11.3M$147.6M 990 PDF
FY2024 $14.3M$8.6M$5.7M$134.9M 990 PDF
FY2023 $10.3M$8.1M$2.1M$123.5M 990 PDF
FY2022 $9.5M$8.8M$775K$105.6M 990 PDF
FY2021 $16.6M$6.9M$9.6M$134.2M 990 PDF
FY2020 $9.9M$6.7M$3.2M$119.6M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $23,328,179 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $3,422,105$4,186,067
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $10,858,784$19,027,105
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $30,599$115,007
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $14,311,488$23,328,179
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $6,473,661$9,891,089
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $1,445,726$1,547,836
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $671,938$629,594
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $8,591,325$12,068,519
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $5,720,163$11,259,660
Part VI · Governance 22 of 23 board members independent, 2 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body23
VI-1b Independent voting members22
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $23,328,179 across 8 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $194,826 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1c Fundraising events$39,937
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$4,146,130
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$2,246,077
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$4,186,067
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $7,310,273$7,310,273
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $11,716,832$11,716,832
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax −$79,819−$79,819
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $19,142,112$23,328,179
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $12,068,519 across 19 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $9,886,664$9,886,664
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $4,425$4,425
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $314,012 · Management $186,600 · Fundraising $125,153$625,765
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $262,236 · Management $196,029 · Fundraising $238,065$696,330
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $14,331 · Management $12,119 · Fundraising $12,381$38,831
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $32,030 · Management $33,246 · Fundraising $40,216$105,492
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $33,432 · Management $24,564 · Fundraising $23,422$81,418
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $101 · Management $203 · Fundraising $101$405
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $7,500 · Management $15,000 · Fundraising $7,500$30,000
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $17,347 · Management $34,692 · Fundraising $17,347$69,386
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $68,947 · Management $137,895 · Fundraising $68,948$275,790
IX-13 Office expensesManagement $16,000$16,000
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $2,711 · Management $5,422 · Fundraising $2,711$10,844
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $28,354 · Management $56,708 · Fundraising $28,354$113,416
IX-17 TravelPrograms $12,048 · Management $12,048 · Fundraising $12,048$36,144
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $7,752 · Management $7,752 · Fundraising $7,752$23,256
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationManagement $21,336$21,336
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $10,576$10,576
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $1,807 · Management $5,091 · Fundraising $15,543$22,441
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $10,693,697 · Management $775,281 · Fundraising $599,541$12,068,519
Part X · Balance sheet $184,068,162 assets, 14 lines filed
Asset lines not itemized here account for $743,592; see the IRS return.
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $347,997$453,198
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $2,062,868$3,049,192
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $58,471$69,383
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $238,696$272,360
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $167,233,004$178,753,358
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $789,121$727,079
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $170,880,412$184,068,162
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $295,013$307,610
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $35,637,503$36,143,471
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $35,932,516$36,451,081
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $121,998,966$133,756,269
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $12,948,930$13,860,812
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $134,947,896$147,617,081
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $170,880,412$184,068,162
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $147,617,081 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$23,328,179
XI-2 Total expenses$12,068,519
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$11,259,660
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$134,947,896
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$762,633
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$646,892
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$147,617,081

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