Arizona · Nonprofit
Austin Crepelle & Ernest Sickeys Sch for Wards and Domestic Dep Nat
Austin Crepelle & Ernest Sickeys Sch for Wards and Domestic Dep Nat (Arizona) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $424,662 to it, the largest being LOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO ($224,662). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $200k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $425k
- Net assets
- $143k
What Austin Crepelle & Ernest Sickeys Sch for Wards and Domestic Dep Nat does
Mission
The ACES School is organized exclusively for charitable and educational purposes under section 501c3 of the Internal Revenue Code or any future corresponding section of the federal tax code. All earnings of the Corporation shall be used for the Corporations purposes which are: a To provide educational opportunities geared toward educating government officials businessmen academics Native Nations and others in the areas of law policy history economic development nation building leadership and code reform to name a few; b To organize and facilitate the All Roads Lead to Chaco Canyon Conference which is a conference that focuses specifically on educating government officials businessmen academics Native Nations and others on international trade and economic development; and c To organize facilitate and host any other educational events workshops conferences camps lectures symposiums and or presentations that may fall within the educational purposes.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
In November of 2024 we hosted an event called "Mastering the Legal Aspects of Your Business." The event was funded by grant funding from the WK Kellogg Foundation. It was hosted on the Yavapai Apache Reservation. The workshops were taught by legal professionals and educated participants on legal principles laws and policies related to running a business.
$41,351 spentof which $50,000 as grants64% of program spendingWe hosted a conference called "All Roads Lead to Chaco Canyon" in November of 2024. We received grant funding from Loyola University of Chicago to assist with conference costs. The conference is one of our premier events that we hold every year. It is geared toward educating participants on issues affecting Native Nations and economic development.
$23,000 spentof which $23,000 as grants36% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $64,351.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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 2022 to 2023, from $61k to $0 (−100%).
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.
99% of Austin Crepelle & Ernest Sickeys Sch for Wards and Domestic Dep Nat’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Joseph Austin
CEO & Director
Board chair
Chad Johnson
Chairman of the Board
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $50k → $75k.
From the IRS filings of Austin Crepelle & Ernest Sickeys Sch for Wards and Domestic Dep Nat’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
Austin Crepelle & Ernest Sickeys Sch for Wards and Domestic Dep Nat leans on a few funders — its largest provides 53% 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
53% 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 Austin Crepelle & Ernest Sickeys Sch for Wards and Domestic Dep Nat.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
Austin Crepelle & Ernest Sickeys Sch for Wards and Domestic Dep Nat draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Arizona, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
Austin Crepelle & Ernest Sickeys Sch for Wards and Domestic Dep Nat runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 22,812 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 22,812 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like Austin Crepelle & Ernest Sickeys Sch for Wards and Domestic Dep Nat
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 Arizona
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
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
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Austin Crepelle & Ernest Sickeys Sch for Wards and Domestic Dep Nat?
- Austin Crepelle & Ernest Sickeys Sch for Wards and Domestic Dep Nat (Arizona) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $424,662 to it, the largest being LOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO ($224,662). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Austin Crepelle & Ernest Sickeys Sch for Wards and Domestic Dep Nat have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $424,662 in grants to Austin Crepelle & Ernest Sickeys Sch for Wards and Domestic Dep Nat, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Austin Crepelle & Ernest Sickeys Sch for Wards and Domestic Dep Nat?
- LOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO is the largest funder on record, with $224,662 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Austin Crepelle & Ernest Sickeys Sch for Wards and Domestic Dep Nat find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Arizona. 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 2022–2024), 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