Missouri · Nonprofit
Applied Scholastics Spanish Lake
Applied Scholastics Spanish Lake (Missouri) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $424,964 to it, the largest being Applied Scholastics International ($330,873). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $333k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $425k
- Net assets
- $-114618
What Applied Scholastics Spanish Lake does
Mission
To improve and revitalize the field of education by instructing students and teachers in the proper method of studying using Study Technology developed by educator and humanitarian L. Ron Hubbard.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Publishing - Applied Scholastics Spanish Lake advances education by training educators and others how to learn effectively through the application of simple but effective techniques called Study Technology. It publishes and sells an extensive library in multi-languages of educational books, training course manuals, educational posters, etc. These educational publications are sold to teachers, workforce development trainers, students, affiliate schools and the general public.
$62,399 spent$35,010 earned by the program24% of program spendingEducation & Literacy - Applied Scholastics Spanish Lake trains adult educators and students in its Applied Scholastics Educator Institute, a post-secondary, proprietary school certified with the Missouri Department of Higher Education and Workforce Development. While most training is conducted at the Institutes St Louis campus, some was delivered in countries such as Ghana and Liberia. Students learn how to: recognize and overcome learning barriers; work within classrooms with diverse levels of student competency; close the gaps in student academic achievement; tutor using specialized techniques for phonics, sight word repertoire, subject vocabulary and comprehension strategies.
$148,366 spent$44,253 earned by the program56% of program spendingPublic Awareness and Information Campaigns - One of Applied Scholastics Spanish Lakes principal programs is showing the public how they can overcome learning problems commonly encountered, through free workshops and seminars, educational pamphlets and booklets, newsletters and blogs.
$52,100 spent20% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $262,865.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $66k to $46k (−31%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 4 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income rose $115k → $127k.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 22% 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 Applied Scholastics Spanish Lake’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
Applied Scholastics Spanish Lake leans on a few funders — its largest provides 78% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% 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 Applied Scholastics Spanish Lake.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 89% · 2023 69% — 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.
Where its funders are
100% of Applied Scholastics Spanish Lake's grant income comes from Missouri funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $94k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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.
Organizations like Applied Scholastics Spanish Lake
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 Missouri
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
89% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
73%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Applied Scholastics Spanish Lake: 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 Applied Scholastics Spanish Lake?
- Applied Scholastics Spanish Lake (Missouri) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $424,964 to it, the largest being Applied Scholastics International ($330,873). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Applied Scholastics Spanish Lake have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $424,964 in grants to Applied Scholastics Spanish Lake, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Applied Scholastics Spanish Lake?
- Applied Scholastics International is the largest funder on record, with $330,873 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Applied Scholastics Spanish Lake find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Missouri. 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 2 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