Ohio · Nonprofit
BABY UNIVERSITY
BABY UNIVERSITY (Ohio) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,761,114 to it, the largest being HOSPITAL COUNCIL OF NORTHWEST OHIO ($1,935,046). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.0M
- Funders on record
- 19
- Grants received
- $2.8M
- Net assets
- $163k
What Baby University does
Mission
To equip parents for the vital role they play in their child's development and education, empowering their journey to self-sufficiency from cradle to purpose.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2023 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
Baby University opened an early learning center for children 0-5
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Mosaic early learning center provides high quality preschool for children ages 0-5 in toledo's old south end. It's aim is for every child to be kindergarten ready and for every child in the old south end to have access to a high quality preschool or childcare program. We do this by raising money for scholarships for children whose parents do not qualify for state childcare subsidies. In 2023, 8 children received scholarships to attend preschool and 90% of 5 year olds tested ready for kindergarten vs. The neighborhood average of just 16%.the mosaic early learning center provides high quality early learning experiences for children whose parents qualify for state childcare subsidies and raises private funds for scholarships for children whose parents do not qualify.
$449,554 spent46% of program spendingBaby University's primary objective is to educate low income parents on best parenting practices. The baby u class uses the evidence based nurturing parent curriculum to educate low income parents in parenting best practices while connecting them to much needed community resources. The graduate class offers baby u graduates the opportunity to return for further education in financial literacy, parenting skill and building resources to get out of poverty. They increase their parenting skills by 40% in pre and post testing. Baby University connects families to important and necessary social services. 100% of baby u graduates have been connected to some kind of social service with at least 3 one on one home visits.
$187,055 spentof which $59,352 as grants19% of program spendingBaby University increases family literacy via reading workshops and providing books for home library. 90% of participants report never reading to their children prior to attending, and after attending 89% are reading to their children more than 6 times per week.
$187,054 spent19% of program spendingBaby University connects families to important and necessary social services. 100% of baby u graduates have been connected to some kind of social service with at least 3 one on one home visits.
$160,332 spent16% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $983,995.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 2023 to 2024, from $506k to $219k (−57%).
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: 2020 9% · 2022 13% · 2023 9% · 2024 22%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
80% of BABY UNIVERSITY’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 7 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.
Chief executive
Kelly Kaiser
Executive director
Board chair
Frank Echelmyer
Board president
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 9 funders, grant income rose $66k → $449k.
7 of 19 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 17% 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 BABY UNIVERSITY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 18 of 19 funders by total. 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
BABY UNIVERSITY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 70% of grant income and the top three 83%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
91% 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 BABY UNIVERSITY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 91% · 2018 86% · 2019 62% · 2020 68% · 2021 61% · 2022 74% · 2023 68% — 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
44% of BABY UNIVERSITY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 63% 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
100% of BABY UNIVERSITY's grant income comes from Ohio funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $479k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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
BABY UNIVERSITY has grown faster than three-quarters of the 11,263 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,263 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding BABY UNIVERSITY receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $49k on record.
- GRANT IN AID$49k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like BABY UNIVERSITY
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
94% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
95%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Mosaic Early Learning Center of South Toledo · disregarded
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for BABY UNIVERSITY: 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 BABY UNIVERSITY?
- BABY UNIVERSITY (Ohio) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,761,114 to it, the largest being HOSPITAL COUNCIL OF NORTHWEST OHIO ($1,935,046). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BABY UNIVERSITY have?
- IRS filings report 19 organizations giving $2,761,114 in grants to BABY UNIVERSITY, 12 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BABY UNIVERSITY?
- HOSPITAL COUNCIL OF NORTHWEST OHIO is the largest funder on record, with $1,935,046 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BABY UNIVERSITY 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2018–2024), and the filings of 19 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