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BUSINESS PROFESSIONALS OF AMERICA-GROUP

BUSINESS PROFESSIONALS OF AMERICA-GROUP (Ohio) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $82,399 to it, the largest being ASSOCIATION OF INTERNATIONAL CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL ACCOUNTANTS ($70,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2021
$1.1M
Funders on record
3
Grants received
$82k
Net assets
$1.5M
1/3 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 3%
01What it does

What Business Professionals of America-Group does

Mission

To contribute to the preparation of a world class workforce through the advancement of leadership, citizenship, academic, and technological skills.

As stated on its FY2021 Form 990.

Program

Business professionals of america inc. Provides a personal and leadership development program to students and alumni members enrolled in business information technology, and/or office occupation related education programs.

The first program described on its most recent Form 990, which lists programs largest first by expense.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20182018 Revenue 100 ($2.3M) Expenses 100 ($2.2M) Net assets 100 ($1.3M)2019 Revenue 100 ($2.3M) Expenses 103 ($2.3M) Net assets 100 ($1.3M)2020 Revenue 68 ($1.6M) Expenses 65 ($1.5M) Net assets 99 ($1.2M)2021 Revenue 48 ($1.1M) Expenses 42 ($932k) Net assets 123 ($1.5M)
2018201920202021
Revenue (48)Expenses (42)Net assets (123)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $1.2M to $1.5M (+24%).

$1.3M
$1.3M
$1.2M
$1.5M
2018201920202021
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2018
2019
2020
2021
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2018 12% · 2019 11% · 2020 17% · 2021 27%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

29% of BUSINESS PROFESSIONALS OF AMERICA-GROUP’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (61% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 4,434 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.

$55k
’18
$4k
’19
$103k
’20
$169k
’21
20
months of
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.

2018201920202021
Listed118107100108
Joined·+42+48+41
No longer listed·535533
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2020: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $12k → $43k.

From the IRS filings of BUSINESS PROFESSIONALS OF AMERICA-GROUP’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

BUSINESS PROFESSIONALS OF AMERICA-GROUP leans on a few funders — its largest provides 85% 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 BUSINESS PROFESSIONALS OF AMERICA-GROUP.

85%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 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

BUSINESS PROFESSIONALS OF AMERICA-GROUP draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Ohio, across 2 states in all.

NY
NC

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’17
’19
’20
Ohio out of state home

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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

BUSINESS PROFESSIONALS OF AMERICA-GROUP holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 3,268 community improvement nonprofits its size.

Operating margin15% · above the median
Months of reserve19.9mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)−22% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,268 community improvement nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2021

Organizations like BUSINESS PROFESSIONALS OF AMERICA-GROUP

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

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

98% of spending goes to programs.

Program 98%Management 2%Fundraising 0%

Governance

101
board members
96%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

98%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

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Questions and answers

Who funds BUSINESS PROFESSIONALS OF AMERICA-GROUP?
BUSINESS PROFESSIONALS OF AMERICA-GROUP (Ohio) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $82,399 to it, the largest being ASSOCIATION OF INTERNATIONAL CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL ACCOUNTANTS ($70,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does BUSINESS PROFESSIONALS OF AMERICA-GROUP have?
IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $82,399 in grants to BUSINESS PROFESSIONALS OF AMERICA-GROUP, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of BUSINESS PROFESSIONALS OF AMERICA-GROUP?
ASSOCIATION OF INTERNATIONAL CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL ACCOUNTANTS is the largest funder on record, with $70,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like BUSINESS PROFESSIONALS OF AMERICA-GROUP 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 FY2021 (financials across 2018–2021), and the filings of 3 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