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Ohio Council of Community Schools

OHIO COUNCIL OF COMMUNITY SCHOOLS's mission is to be a student-centered organization that advocates the excellence in education by advancing educational choice, achieving excellence through leadership and innovation, and ensuring community schools are legally, financially and academically sound.

$591k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
7
Itemized grants FY2025
3
Organizations funded FY2024
0%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Itemized, FY2025
$524k
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025
$24,164
Largest grant, FY2025
$265,000
Organizations funded a year
3 to 40
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
1
Total assets, FY2025
$10M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Ohio Council of Community Schools funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving7$524k14%
FY20243$441k0%
FY20233$471k0%
FY202211$370k0%
FY202140$1.9M25%
FY202010$210k20%
FY20198$529k13%
FY20188$533k0%
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$5.7MYouth Development$59k

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Ohio Virtual Academy$1,542,13670%
Ohio Connections Academy Inc$1,050,00071%
Arts and College Preparatory Academy$237,41781%
Ilead Spring Meadows$120,60847%
Global Language Ambassadors Academy$118,76843%
Valor Academy Inc$116,554123%
Sunbridge Schools$113,05923%
Cleveland Arts and Social Science Academy$112,59531%
Steam Academy of Cleveland$108,79251%
Columbus Preparatory Academy$101,67031%
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All grantees of Ohio Council of Community Schools by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Ohio Virtual Academy$1,542,13670%
Ohio Connections Academy Inc$1,050,00071%
Arts and College Preparatory Academy$237,41781%
Ilead Spring Meadows$120,60847%
Global Language Ambassadors Academy$118,76843%
Valor Academy Inc$116,554123%
Sunbridge Schools$113,05923%
Cleveland Arts and Social Science Academy$112,59531%
Steam Academy of Cleveland$108,79251%
Columbus Preparatory Academy$101,67031%
Northeast Ohio College Preparatory School$101,07231%
Western Toledo Preparatory Academy$100,0001n/a
Trotwood Preparatory and Fitness Academy$96,8453n/a
Whitehall Preparatory and Fitness Academy$96,8453n/a
Performance Academy Eastland$96,8453n/a
Middletown Preparatory and Fitness Academy$86,8453n/a
Toledo Preparatory and Fitness Academy$86,8453n/a
Mt Healthy Preparatory and Fitness Academy$81,8453n/a
Northland Preparatory and Fitness Academy$81,8453n/a
South Scioto Performance Academy$81,8453n/a
Clay Avenue Community School$77,3182n/a
Springfield Preparatory and Fitness Academy$76,8453n/a
Wildwood Environmental Academy$72,60831%
Central Academy of Ohio$71,34132%
Foundation Academy Incorporated$70,24741%
Columbus Arts and Technology Academy$62,01831%
Montgomery Preparatory Academy$60,91221%
Ohio Construction Academy$59,77215%
South Side Academy Inc$56,84522%
Canton Harbor High School$56,84524%
Nexus Academy of Cleveland$49,92213%
Stark High School Inc$49,58614%
Columbus Performance Academy$46,8452n/a
Skyway Career Prep High School$42,26121%
Cascade Carrer Prep High School$41,87322%
Akron Preparatory School$39,25820%
Riverside Community School Inc$38,42112%
Hope Academy Northwest Campus$35,69621%
Ohio Collegiate Academy$33,87121%
Ohio Digital Learning School$32,40011%
University of Cleveland Preparatory School$27,48820%
Dayton SMART Bilingual Academy$25,34821%
Northpointe Academy$25,00011%
Great River Connections Academy$23,6731n/a
Canton College Preparatory School$21,49510%
Cleveland College Preparatory School$17,09520%
Columbus Humanities Arts and Technology Academy$9,90420%
Stepstone Academy$6,84510%
Columbus Preparatory and Fitness Academy$6,8451n/a
Lake Erie College Prep School$6,84510%
Nexus Academy of Columbus$5,0321n/a

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Ohio Council of Community Schools supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetOhio Virtual Academy: $1,542,136 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetOhio Connections Academy Inc: $1,050,000 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetArts and College Preparatory Academy: $237,417 over 8y, 1.3% of budgetIlead Spring Meadows: $120,608 over 4y, 7.2% of budgetGlobal Language Ambassadors Academy: $118,768 over 4y, 2.5% of budgetValor Academy Inc: $116,554 over 1y, 23% of budgetSunbridge Schools: $113,059 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetCleveland Arts and Social Science Academy: $112,595 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetSteam Academy of Cleveland: $108,792 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetColumbus Preparatory Academy: $101,670 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetNortheast Ohio College Preparatory School: $101,072 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetWildwood Environmental Academy: $72,608 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetCentral Academy of Ohio: $71,341 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetFoundation Academy Incorporated: $70,247 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetColumbus Arts and Technology Academy: $62,018 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetMontgomery Preparatory Academy: $60,912 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetOhio Construction Academy: $59,772 over 1y, 4.9% of budgetSouth Side Academy Inc: $56,845 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetCanton Harbor High School: $56,845 over 2y, 3.5% of budgetNexus Academy of Cleveland: $49,922 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetStark High School Inc: $49,586 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetSkyway Career Prep High School: $42,261 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetCascade Carrer Prep High School: $41,873 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetAkron Preparatory School: $39,258 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetRiverside Community School Inc: $38,421 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetHope Academy Northwest Campus: $35,696 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetOhio Collegiate Academy: $33,871 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetOhio Digital Learning School: $32,400 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetUniversity of Cleveland Preparatory School: $27,488 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetDayton SMART Bilingual Academy: $25,348 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetNorthpointe Academy: $25,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCanton College Preparatory School: $21,495 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCleveland College Preparatory School: $17,095 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetColumbus Humanities Arts and Technology Academy: $9,904 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetStepstone Academy: $6,845 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLake Erie College Prep School: $6,845 over 1y, 0.2% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 36.

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Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.

Amazonsmile Foundation
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How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Ohio Council of Community Schools

How much does Ohio Council of Community Schools give?
Ohio Council of Community Schools reported 7 itemized grants totaling $524,471, out of $590,985 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 40 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Ohio Council of Community Schools fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (99%), Youth Development (1%).
Who are Ohio Council of Community Schools's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Ohio Virtual Academy ($1.5M), Ohio Connections Academy Inc ($1.1M), Arts and College Preparatory Academy ($237k).
Does Ohio Council of Community Schools fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Ohio Council of Community Schools?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Amazonsmile Foundation.
Where is Ohio Council of Community Schools based?
Ohio Council of Community Schools is based in OH.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 51 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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