Ohio · Nonprofit
ALCHEMY INC
ALCHEMY INC (Ohio) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $917,733 to it, the largest being RSF SOCIAL FINANCE INC ($250,000). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 55% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2026
- $309k
- Funders on record
- 18
- Grants received
- $918k
- Net assets
- $55k
What Alchemy Inc does
Mission
To assist urban adolescents to develop a sense of purpose in life and to thrive as members of a family, school and community.
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.
Programs
Aps in school male program is an alchemy mentoring group which meets during the school day throughout each academic year, for 22-25 weeks, in akron public school (aps) school buildings. Through the telling, discussion, and interpretation of assigned ancient mythological tales told to the beat of a djembe drum and with students seated in a safe circle to cultivate a sense of community. Trained facilitators teach participants to navigate life's challenges through exploration into ethics, humankind, critical decision making, and much more. Writing skills are also developed through required journaling during each session. The highly experienced guidance from classroom facilitators helps them envision and develop clear goals, for both their academic and life journeys.
$111,183 spent73% of program spendingNyc silberman project these workshops were focused on the principles, techniques, and applications of the alchemy method. Through the telling of myths and the discussions that follow, participants gained a deeper understanding of self and experience how the use of age-old narratives can lead to profound personal growth and healing.
$28,778 spent19% of program spendingGja alchemy provided monthly in-school sessions from october 2025 to may 2026 for 8th grade male youth at george jackson academy in the east village which is located at 104 st. Marks place. The groups were conducted using the alchemy method which is centered around the telling, discussion, and interpretation of mythological stories told to the beat of an african drum. Through discussion and journaling students begin and continue to explore their personal challenges as they envision and adopt the character traits of the stories' heroes (e.g., patience, humility, self-sacrifice, etc.). A key focus was on social-emotional-learning (sel) growth with a focus on long-term benefits that promote generational changes.
$12,481 spent8% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $152,442.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2017 to 2018, from $10k to $86k (+777%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 20% · 2018 35% · 2019 33% · 2020 2% · 2021 30%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of ALCHEMY INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (91% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 10 reported years ran a deficit.
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.
Board chair
Carla Chapman
Chairperson
As listed on its FY2026 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income fell $52k → $13k.
6 of 18 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 55% 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 ALCHEMY 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
ALCHEMY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 27% of grant income and the top three 64%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
61% 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 ALCHEMY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 87% · 2018 50% · 2019 45% · 2020 45% · 2021 57% · 2022 86% · 2023 80% — 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
57% of ALCHEMY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% give in more than one year at all.
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
55% of ALCHEMY INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $410k that is directly attributable, 68% of it comes from funders outside Ohio, across 4 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $508k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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.
Against its field
ALCHEMY INC receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $918k to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 520 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2026
Organizations like ALCHEMY 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 Ohio
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
51% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ALCHEMY INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ALCHEMY INC?
- ALCHEMY INC (Ohio) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $917,733 to it, the largest being RSF SOCIAL FINANCE INC ($250,000). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 55% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does ALCHEMY INC have?
- IRS filings report 18 organizations giving $917,733 in grants to ALCHEMY INC, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ALCHEMY INC?
- RSF SOCIAL FINANCE INC is the largest funder on record, with $250,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ALCHEMY INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ohio. 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 FY2026 (financials across 2017–2026), and the filings of 18 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing