Ohio · Nonprofit
CINCINNATI PRESCHOOL PROMISE LLC
CINCINNATI PRESCHOOL PROMISE LLC (Ohio) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $215,372 to it, the largest being THE GREATER CINCINNATI FOUNDATION ($131,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 61% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $9.7M
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $215k
- Net assets
- $299k
What Cincinnati Preschool Promise LLC does
Mission
The organization's mission is to expand access to quality community provider preschools located within the geographic boundaries of the cincinnati city school district in hamilton county, ohio (the "school district"). It focuses on access to quality preschools because attending a quality preschool is considered a key step to preparing children for future educational achievement.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Tuition assistance:the goal of the tuition assistance program is to give preschool-age children living in impoverished circumstances the opportunity to attend a high quality rated preschool.with this preschool preparation the children are projected to reach higher levels of educational achievement in kindergarten and beyond. The increased educational achievement is seen as a key step in improving the children's long-term social and economic opportunities.the program is focused on first helping those children living in families with incomes at or below 200% of the federal poverty level and then progressively increasing the number of children helped by(program narrative continues in schedule o) increasing that threshold. The program funds attendance at high quality rated preschools, which are those preschools that have achieved a gold or silver (formerly 3, 4, or 5 star) rating in the ohio step up to quality (sutq) rating system.the program is restricted to helping children between the ages of 3 and 5 years of age who are not yet eligible for kindergarten, but who are residents of the geographic areas encompassed by the cincinnati public school district (cps) and who are entitled to…
$7,024,978 spentof which $6,247,922 as grants84% of program spendingQuality improvements:the goal of the quality improvement program is to increase the number of high quality rated preschool seats available within the cps geographic boundaries.high quality rated preschools are those that have achieved a gold or silver (formerly 3, 4, or 5 star) rating in the ohio step up to quality (sutq) rating system. The need for an increase in the number of available high quality rated preschool programs in cincinnati was chronicled by a rand corporation study titled options for investing in access to high quality preschool in cincinnati and published in 2016.to meet its goals the program provides services, training, materials, (program narrative continues in schedule o)and advice needed for preschools to achieve a gold or silver sutq rating. As with tuition assistance, the program is restricted to providing assistance within the geographic areas encompassed by the cincinnati public school district.
$990,490 spentof which $671,092 as grants12% of program spendingCost of quality:the cost of quality program is focused on improving the quality of preschool education at community providers by improving lead teacher retention and training, both of which have been shown to improve outcomes for preschool students.the program has two grants meant to benefit teachers working at community providers who are eligible for tuition assistance (teacher promise grants, tpg, and teacher advancement stipends, tas) and one grant for those working at community providers eligible for quality improvement (staff support funds, ssf). Tpg, pays a monthly stipend directly to qualifying lead preschool teachers who stay in that role at(program narrative continues in schedule o)their current provider. Tas, focuses on one-time payments to lead preschool teachers who achieve certain educational milestones. Ssf provides restricted grants to community providers, the funds of which may only be used to increase wages, benefits, or training for their preschool teachers.
$338,360 spentof which $286,510 as grants4% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $8,353,828.
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 2017 to 2018, from $1.4M to $3.5M (+156%).
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 96% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 99% · 2021 99% · 2022 99% · 2023 100% · 2024 100% · 2025 100%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of CINCINNATI PRESCHOOL PROMISE LLC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations 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. 3 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.
Chief executive
Chara Fisher Jackson
Executive director & CEO
Board chair
Micah Kamrass
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income fell $63k → $53k.
2 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 61% 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 CINCINNATI PRESCHOOL PROMISE LLC’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
CINCINNATI PRESCHOOL PROMISE LLC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 61% 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 CINCINNATI PRESCHOOL PROMISE LLC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2020 100% · 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
61% of CINCINNATI PRESCHOOL PROMISE LLC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $84k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Ohio funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $131k 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
CINCINNATI PRESCHOOL PROMISE LLC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 9,398 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,398 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like CINCINNATI PRESCHOOL PROMISE LLC
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
86% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
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 CINCINNATI PRESCHOOL PROMISE LLC: 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 CINCINNATI PRESCHOOL PROMISE LLC?
- CINCINNATI PRESCHOOL PROMISE LLC (Ohio) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $215,372 to it, the largest being THE GREATER CINCINNATI FOUNDATION ($131,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 61% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does CINCINNATI PRESCHOOL PROMISE LLC have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $215,372 in grants to CINCINNATI PRESCHOOL PROMISE LLC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CINCINNATI PRESCHOOL PROMISE LLC?
- THE GREATER CINCINNATI FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $131,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CINCINNATI PRESCHOOL PROMISE LLC 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 4 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