Ohio · Nonprofit
CONNECTING KIDS INSIDE OUT
CONNECTING KIDS INSIDE OUT (Ohio) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $859,563 to it, the largest being OHIO FEDERATION OF SOIL & WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICTS ($849,563). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $491k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $860k
- Net assets
- $428k
What Connecting Kids Inside Out does
Mission
Connecting Kids Inside Out programs expands access to producers and communities to conservation assistance and promoting opportunities for students to pursue careers in agriculture, natural resources, and related sciences by (1) promoting and strengthening relationships between NRCS, farmers and producers; (2) provide training and technical assistance to promote conservation in small scale agriculture; (3) provide educational experiences that increase awareness of the interconnectedness of agriculture and natural resources.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Ag Connection: Building a New Paradigm provides outreach and technical assistance services and conservation to farmers, ranchers, producers and growers about USDA services and programs.
$46,385 spent9% of program spendingConnecting BIPOC Farmers to Ag Services by providing technical assistance and outreach and hands-on field experience to farmers, ranchers and producers in USDA programs and services.
$203,737 spent41% of program spendingConnecting Kids to the Colors of Ag programming consists of providing unique educational experiences designed to inspire creativity, curiosity and discovery in the world of Agriculture and Culinary Arts. Through project-based learning activities and experiences the Academy strives to develop the next generation of natural resource leaders by providing activities to help them discover firsthand how culinary science, agriculture, and natural resources and STEM relates to the world around them.
$241,204 spent49% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $491,326.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 2021 to 2022, from $182k to $288k (+58%).
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.
0% of CONNECTING KIDS INSIDE OUT’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (83% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 6 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
Tamala Solomon
President and CEO
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2022: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $101k → $10k.
From the IRS filings of CONNECTING KIDS INSIDE OUT’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
CONNECTING KIDS INSIDE OUT leans on a few funders — its largest provides 99% 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 CONNECTING KIDS INSIDE OUT.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 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
99% of CONNECTING KIDS INSIDE OUT's grant income comes from Ohio funders.
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
CONNECTING KIDS INSIDE OUT holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 5,688 youth development nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,688 youth development nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Government funding CONNECTING KIDS INSIDE OUT receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $13.3M on record.
- Department of Agriculture$13.3M
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 CONNECTING KIDS INSIDE OUT
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
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CONNECTING KIDS INSIDE OUT: 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 CONNECTING KIDS INSIDE OUT?
- CONNECTING KIDS INSIDE OUT (Ohio) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $859,563 to it, the largest being OHIO FEDERATION OF SOIL & WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICTS ($849,563). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CONNECTING KIDS INSIDE OUT have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $859,563 in grants to CONNECTING KIDS INSIDE OUT, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CONNECTING KIDS INSIDE OUT?
- OHIO FEDERATION OF SOIL & WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICTS is the largest funder on record, with $849,563 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CONNECTING KIDS INSIDE OUT 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 FY2024 (financials across 2019–2024), 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