Ohio · Nonprofit
BATTELLE FOR KIDS
BATTELLE FOR KIDS (Ohio) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,264,297 to it, the largest being THE WILLIAM & FLORA HEWLETT FOUNDATION ($2,000,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $5.1M
- Funders on record
- 10
- Grants received
- $3.3M
- Net assets
- $1.3M
What Battelle for Kids does
Mission
Collaborating with school systems and communities to realize the power and promise of 21st century learning for every student.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Client solutions:Battelle for Kids supports educators in the design and implementation of 21st century learning and assessment experiences that equip every student for success as a lifelong learner and contributor. Our consulting approach consists of a blended model with both in-person and virtual professional learning experiences through our theory of action that includes vision, strategy and implementation.vision: bfk supports school system leaders in the development of their visionary portrait of a graduate outlining their commitment to rigorous academic content and the intentional integration of 21st century learning competencies. Strategy: bfk supports school system in strategic planing, human capital, and leadership capacity building, facilitation, professional learning and support services. Implementation: bfk supports school systems in the implementation of strategies to achieve the vision of 21st century learning through professional development with teachers (e.g., in curriculum, instruction and assessment), technology and data quality solutions to take programs to scale and with fidelity, engaging products and other professional services.
$2,430,858 spent$3,780,852 earned by the program54% of program spendingNetwork membership:Battelle for Kids operates multiple membership networks who share the common purpose of its mission of realizing the power and promise of 21st century learning for every student. These networks identify success and challenges and work to learn how to solve problems facilitated by bfk. Large problems of practice such as diversity, equity and inclusion are studied and shared with the network and bfk to share out solutions to other network members and to the educational ecosystem through our thought leadership activities.
$370,486 spent$958,798 earned by the program8% of program spendingThought leadership:Battelle for Kids engages in thought leadership around 21st century learning by publishing knowledge/research to the greater educational community through blogs, publications, and social media. Additionally, bfk organizes and hosts state and national events (e.g., webinars, conferences, podcasts) in support of our mission to advance 21st century education. Battelle for Kids' leadership team also provides thought leadership through speaking engagements at local, regional, state, and national events.
$816,539 spent$322,142 earned by the program18% of program spendingResearch & development:bfk invests in creating new and innovative products and services to achieve its non-profit mission including new consulting, events, professional learning and the production of our thought leadership articles and events.
$920,356 spent20% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,538,239.
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 2018 to 2019, from $18M to $14M (−22%).
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 7% · 2018 3% · 2019 1% · 2020 0% · 2021 19% · 2022 14% · 2023 32% · 2024 37%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
1% of BATTELLE FOR KIDS’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 9 of the last 9 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
Russell Austin
Chairman of the board
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2022: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income fell $434k → $187k.
2 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 1% 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 BATTELLE FOR KIDS’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
BATTELLE FOR KIDS leans on a few funders — its largest provides 61% of grant income and the top three 96%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 94% · 2019 53% · 2020 78% · 2021 100% · 2022 87% — 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
0% of BATTELLE FOR KIDS's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 30% 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 FY2022, 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
BATTELLE FOR KIDS draws 99% of its grant income from funders outside Ohio, across 6 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $30k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
BATTELLE FOR KIDS's revenue fell 46% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,398 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding BATTELLE FOR KIDS receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.4M on record.
- VT$1.4M
- OK$5k
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 BATTELLE FOR KIDS
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
50% 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 4 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for BATTELLE FOR KIDS: 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 BATTELLE FOR KIDS?
- BATTELLE FOR KIDS (Ohio) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,264,297 to it, the largest being THE WILLIAM & FLORA HEWLETT FOUNDATION ($2,000,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BATTELLE FOR KIDS have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $3,264,297 in grants to BATTELLE FOR KIDS, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BATTELLE FOR KIDS?
- THE WILLIAM & FLORA HEWLETT FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $2,000,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BATTELLE FOR KIDS 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), 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