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Scholarships for Kids Inc

Our mission is to support education and educational opportunities.

$21M
Granted FY2024still arriving
76
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$4.9M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Education$74MYouth Development$1.3M
02FY2024 · 76 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k8 grants · $57k
  • $10k–50k16 grants · $477k
  • $50k–250k32 grants · $4.1M
  • $250k+20 grants · $16M
$111,012
Median grant
1
States reached
$45M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CORNERSTONE SCHOOLS OF ALABAMA$4,933,139
RESTORATION ACADEMY$2,618,000
VALIANT CROSS ACADEMY$894,380
LINCOLN ACADEMY$785,000
BANKS ACADEMY$764,792
MONTGOMERY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL$618,253
DECATUR HERITAGE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY$541,137
HOLY FAMILY CRISTO REY CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL$533,380
ST JOHN PAUL II CATHOLIC SCHOOL$507,740
SHOAL'S CHRISTIAN SCHOOL$498,965
THE CAPITOL SCHOOL$421,956
SPRING VALLEY SCHOOL$416,250
BUILD UP ENSLEY$380,000
TRINITY PRESBYTERIAN SCHOOL$378,600
ELLWOOD CHRISTIAN ACADEMY$375,989
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY24–24, $6k) land where the poverty rate runs at 19%, against an area that typically sits at 14%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 14%SAFE HAVEN CHRISTIAN ACADEMY: $6k → 19%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$74M · 64 repeat orgs$1.2M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +35% since the first grant, against +9% for those funded once.

64 repeat relationships: 60 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

64
17

Total granted

$74M
$1.1M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+35%
+9%

Still filing today

50%
29%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $98k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
EducationReligionHousing & ShelterYouth DevelopmentPhilanthropyFood & NutritionOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • CS
    CORNERSTONE SCHOOLS OF ALABAMA INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $18M · revenue +56% · 48% of their budget
  • TR
    THE RESTORATION ACADEMY
    5× · 2020–2024 · $9.1M · revenue +118% · 43% of their budget
  • VC
    VALIANT CROSS ACADEMY
    5× · 2020–2024 · $4.1M · revenue +13% · 31% of their budget

Funded once

  • CS
    CATHOLIC SCHOOLS OFFICE DIOCESE OF BIRMINGHAM IN ALABAMA
    one grant, 2022 · $893k
  • TC
    THE COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL
    one grant, 2020 · $83k
  • CP
    CENTRAL PARK CHRISTIAN SCHOOL
    one grant, 2020 · $71k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Christian Schools Inc

Education - private christian school grades k-12

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2
Crowleys Ridge Academy

Christian education

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3
Christian Academy of the Cumberlands

Elementary and high school education

Education
4
Central Texas Christian School Inc

To educate students with the transforming truth of christ, inspiring academic excellence, godly character, and integrity in life pursuits.

—
5
Victory Christian Academy

The mission of victory christian academy, in partnership with christian parents, is to provide a loving, christ-centered environment of educational excellence so that the students may develop their gifts, knowledge, skills and energies to…

Education
6
Hampton Christian Academy

Hampton christian academy provides a private christian education for grades 4k through 12th grade.

Education
7
Kentucky Christian School Inc

Education of students from preschool to 12th grade

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8
Trinity Christian Academy Inc

Christian education, pre-k through 12th grade

Education
9
Maryville Christian School

The mission of maryville christian school is to partner with christian parents by providing an academically excellent, biblically-based education,producing students with distinctive christian character.

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10
The Christian Academy

The christian academy provides christian education to 300 students from kindergarten to 12th grade. the christian academy is a college-preparatory school.

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11
Chattahoochee Christian School Inc

Chattahoochee christian school is committed to be a school that partners with families to create a foundation of christian faith and character upon which to build academic excellence.

Education
12
Ankeny Christian Academy

Ankeny christian academy provides a biblical based education to over 500 children per school year.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Montgomery Christian School; the most unlike its peers is Mildred K Neff Tua Fbo St Lukes Catholic. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

42 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 42 of the 89 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

8
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
41/42
Grantees still filing
32/42
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CORNERSTONE SCHOOLS OF ALABAMA INC: $18,357,260 · OtherCORNERSTONE SCHOOLS OF ALABAMA INCDIOCESE OF BIRMINGHAM IN ALABAMA INC: $6,392,840 · OtherDIOCESE OF BIRMINGHAM IN ALABAMA INCBANKS ACADEMY: $2,420,084 · OtherHOLY FAMILY CRISTO REY CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL INC: $2,163,276 · OtherSHOALS CHRISTIAN SCHOOL: $2,024,067 · Other+55 more: $14,827,138 · Other+55 moreTHE RESTORATION ACADEMY: $9,144,662 · EducationTHE RESTORATION ACADEMYVALIANT CROSS ACADEMY: $4,055,514 · EducationVALIANT CROSS ACADEMYMONTGOMERY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL: $2,106,653 · EducationMONTGOMERY CHRISTIAN SCHOOLTHE CAPITOL SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC: $1,847,987 · EducationTHE CAPITOL SCHOOL FOUNDATION INCTRINITY PRESBYTERIAN SCHOOL INC: $1,483,001 · EducationTRINITY PRESBYTERIAN SCHOOL INCALABAMA ALLIANCE FOR CHRISTIAN EDUCATION INC: $1,464,467 · EducationALABAMA ALLIANCE FOR CHRISTIAN EDUC…PRICHARD PREPARATORY SCHOOL INC: $1,043,728 · EducationSPRING VALLEY SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $926,000 · Education+14 more: $1,103,456 · EducationLINCOLN VILLAGE PRESERVATION CORPORATION: $2,587,600 · Housing & ShelterBUILD UP: $1,287,500 · Youth DevelopmentMILDRED K NEFF TUA FBO ST LUKES CATHOLIC: $1,030,128 · PhilanthropyST JOHN'S ST VINCENT DE PAUL ST JOHN THE BAPTIST CONFERENCE: $283,804 · ReligionCullman Christian School: $193,718 · Religion+1 more: $2,106 · ReligionMIRACLE MULLEN DOWNS FOUNDATION: $75,710 · Health
Other$46,184,665Education$23,175,468Housing & Shelter$2,587,600Youth Development$1,287,500Philanthropy$1,030,128Religion$479,628Health$75,710

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCORNERSTONE SCHOOLS OF ALABAMA INC: $18,357,260 over 5y, 48% of budgetTHE RESTORATION ACADEMY: $9,144,662 over 5y, 43% of budgetVALIANT CROSS ACADEMY: $4,055,514 over 5y, 31% of budgetLINCOLN VILLAGE PRESERVATION CORPORATION: $2,587,600 over 5y, 16% of budgetHOLY FAMILY CRISTO REY CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL INC: $2,163,276 over 5y, 18% of budgetMONTGOMERY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL: $2,106,653 over 5y, 42% of budgetTRINITY PRESBYTERIAN SCHOOL INC: $1,483,001 over 5y, 3.8% of budgetALABAMA ALLIANCE FOR CHRISTIAN EDUCATION INC: $1,464,467 over 4y, 12% of budgetBUILD UP: $1,287,500 over 5y, 31% of budgetPRICHARD PREPARATORY SCHOOL INC: $1,043,728 over 5y, 26% of budgetSPRING VALLEY SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $926,000 over 5y, 6.8% of budgetSOUTHEAST EDUCATION INC: $576,710 over 5y, 1.9% of budgetALABAMA CHRISTIAN ACADEMY: $515,932 over 5y, 2.4% of budgetFAITH ACADEMY OF MOBILE INC: $361,339 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetCHATTAHOOCHEE VALLEY EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC: $290,931 over 5y, 3.4% of budgetST JOHN'S ST VINCENT DE PAUL ST JOHN THE BAPTIST CONFERENCE: $283,804 over 5y, 34% of budgetTHE SAINT JAMES SCHOOL: $210,850 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetCullman Christian School: $193,718 over 2y, 6.9% of budgetISLAMIC ACADEMY OF ALABAMA- INC: $191,221 over 5y, 6.8% of budgetMADISON ACADEMY INC: $169,845 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetCHAMBERS CO EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION CHAMBERS CO EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $150,698 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetTHE LAKESIDE SCHOOL: $102,560 over 2y, 3.5% of budgetFAITH BAPTIST BIBLE COLLEGE INC: $99,638 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetCONECUH SPRINGS CHRISTIAN SCHOOL: $89,864 over 3y, 6.2% of budgetMIRACLE MULLEN DOWNS FOUNDATION: $75,710 over 2y, 29% of budgetPRATTVILLE CHRISTIAN: $68,750 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetBRIGHT ACADEMY: $54,750 over 2y, 10% of budgetALABAMA EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION & INDIAN SPRINGS SCHOOL A CORP: $45,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetMARION ACADEMY INC: $31,103 over 1y, 12% of budgetRANDOLPH SCHOOL: $29,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE MONTGOMERY ACADEMY: $28,570 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ROCK ACADEMY INC: $18,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetTUSCALOOSA ACADEMY: $13,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetEAST WALKER EDUCATION & DEVELOPMENT: $11,237 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetPRESBYTERIAN HOME FOR CHILDREN: $10,028 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMOBILE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL: $8,525 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Jackson Academy Inc: $5,606 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetLINDSAY LANE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLIGHTHOUSE MINISTRIES FAMILY AND YOUTH CENTER: $2,106 over 1y, 2.7% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds CORNERSTONE SCHOOLS OF ALABAMA INC ↗
  • Who funds THE RESTORATION ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds VALIANT CROSS ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds LINCOLN VILLAGE PRESERVATION CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds HOLY FAMILY CRISTO REY CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds MONTGOMERY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds THE CAPITOL SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds TRINITY PRESBYTERIAN SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds ALABAMA ALLIANCE FOR CHRISTIAN EDUCATION INC ↗
  • Who funds BUILD UP ↗
  • Who funds PRICHARD PREPARATORY SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds MILDRED K NEFF TUA FBO ST LUKES CATHOLIC ↗
  • Who funds SPRING VALLEY SCHOOL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHEAST EDUCATION INC ↗
  • Who funds ALABAMA CHRISTIAN ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds FAITH ACADEMY OF MOBILE INC ↗
  • Who funds CHATTAHOOCHEE VALLEY EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds ST JOHN'S ST VINCENT DE PAUL ST JOHN THE BAPTIST CONFERENCE ↗
  • Who funds THE SAINT JAMES SCHOOL ↗

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 tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Education Freedom Ala…The Community Foundat…Folds of Honor Founda…Alabama Power Foundat…Tulsa Community Found…The Daniel Foundation…Orlean & Ralph W Bees…Community Foundation …Renaissance Scholarsh…Operation Round-Up of…The J K Lowder Family…The Robert and Lois L…
Education Freedom AlabamaAL82.3× affinity37 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Education Freedom Alabama · The Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham · Folds of Honor Foundation · Alabama Power Foundation Inc · Tulsa Community Foundation · The Daniel Foundation of Alabama · Orlean & Ralph W Beeson Fund · Community Foundation of Greater Huntsville · Renaissance Scholarships Inc · Operation Round-Up of Cullman & Winston Counties · The J K Lowder Family Foundation · The Robert and Lois Luckie Charitable Foundation

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Scholarships for Kids Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Scholarships for Kids Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    12report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Scholarships for Kids Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Scholarships for Kids Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 89 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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