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Ace Project Inc

Ace Project Inc (Kentucky) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $478,777 to it, the largest being ACCESS VENTURES INC ($278,951). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$209k
Funders on record
10
Grants received
$479k
Net assets
$109k
6/10 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 76%
01What it does

What Ace Project Inc does

Mission

We provide youth with resources and experiences that allow them to discover their talents and ultimate potential to assist them in becoming productive citizens

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Academy of child entrepreneurship : our ultimate goal is to ignite economic principles built for prosperity. We inspire students to overcome and seize opportunities for good. We want to prepare them for success in the workplace, life, and the community.

    $95,226 spentof which $4,500 as grants
    49% of program spending
  2. Men in the making: men in the making provides guidance, structure, opportunity, and a positive environment for young men ages 12 to 18 to grow and thrive. Through hands-on experiences in woodworking, basic handyman skills, mentorship, and life skills development, participants gain confidence, discipline, and practical knowledge they can apply in everyday life.our goal is to equip young men with the tools they need to become responsible, well-rounded leaders and positive role models within their families and communities.

    $36,333 spent
    19% of program spending
  3. Ace healing project: the healing project is an initiative focused on supporting families and youth impacted by gun violence through intentional healing. The program provides access to mental health services, grief coaching, and trauma-informed resources to help individuals and families navigate loss and recovery.voices of pain serves as the advocacy component, providing education about the impact of gun violence through lived experiences and community conversations.tical thinking, positive self-talk, team work, and social skills.

    $62,935 spent$13,976 earned by the program
    32% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $194,494.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20212021 Revenue 100 ($71k) Expenses 100 ($46k) Net assets 100 ($58k)2022 Revenue 247 ($175k) Expenses 199 ($91k) Net assets 255 ($147k)2023 Revenue 267 ($190k) Expenses 440 ($201k) Net assets 236 ($136k)2024 Revenue 294 ($209k) Expenses 516 ($235k) Net assets 189 ($109k)
2021202220232024
Revenue (294)Expenses (516)Net assets (189)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $58k to $147k (+155%).

$58k
$147k
$136k
$109k
2021202220232024
Total assetsTotal liabilities

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

100% of Ace Project Inc’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (83% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 6,387 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.

$25k
’21
$85k
’22
−$11k
’23
−$27k
’24
5.6
months of
reserve

Leadership and staff

The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.

Chief executive

Rose Smith

Executive director

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $5k → $144k.

3 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 12% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.

From the IRS filings of Ace Project Inc’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

How concentrated its funding is

Ace Project Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 58% of grant income and the top three 88%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

36% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund Ace Project Inc.

58%
largest funder
88%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 43% · 2022 61% · 2023 73% — diversifying over time.

“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

How long its funders stay

40% of Ace Project Inc's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 60% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y

Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.

Where its funders are

94% of Ace Project Inc's grant income comes from Kentucky funders.

NY
KY
FL

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’21
’22
’23
Kentucky out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $57k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

Ace Project Inc has grown faster than three-quarters of the 5,688 youth development nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−13% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve5.6mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)43% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,688 youth development nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

Organizations like Ace Project Inc

Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.

In Kentucky

Nationally

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

0% of spending goes to programs.

Program 0%Management 99%Fundraising 1%

Governance

0
board members
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

82%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

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Questions and answers

Who funds Ace Project Inc?
Ace Project Inc (Kentucky) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $478,777 to it, the largest being ACCESS VENTURES INC ($278,951). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Ace Project Inc have?
IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $478,777 in grants to Ace Project Inc, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Ace Project Inc?
ACCESS VENTURES INC is the largest funder on record, with $278,951 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Ace Project Inc find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Kentucky. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2021–2024), and the filings of 10 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing