Ohio · Nonprofit
CRAYONS AND BEYOND INC
CRAYONS AND BEYOND INC (Ohio) receives grants from 133 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,188,721 to it, the largest being THE GREATER CINCINNATI FOUNDATION ($955,004). 92 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $14M
- Funders on record
- 133
- Grants received
- $6.2M
- Net assets
- $19M
What Crayons and Beyond Inc does
Mission
Crayons and beyond exists to level the playing field in the classroom by ensuring that teachers can provide their students in need the tools to succeed in school.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Program: teacher resource center provides free school supplies, incentive items, and educational enhancements to teachers for use in their classrooms. Distribution of products occurs through an on-site "store," online ordering for pick-up and delivery to schools, where possible. Overall, crayons and beyond has the potential to reach 150,872 students during the 2024-2025 school year. Teacher shopping visits across these channels were 14,341 with $7,640,173 of product distributed.
$8,338,474 spentof which $6,889,096 as grants$121,661 earned by the program87% of program spendingProgram: crafts with conviction is a collaborative project between crayons and beyond, the ohio department of rehabilitation and correction, and the ohio department of youth services. Volunteer inmates at 16 juvenile and adult facilities statewide produce educational and incentive items by using donated and recyclable materials. Finished items are distributed, for free, through our teacher resource center and online for pickup. The objective is to provide crayons and beyond with a reliable supply of products to meet teacher needs for regular and seasonal merchandise and develop creative products to respond to newly identified needs, donated material opportunities and expanded production capabilities. Outcomes: 77 unique products distributed and 149,595 crafts with conviction items distributed totaling $718,551 (included in store and online ordering product value).
$869,725 spentof which $718,551 as grants$12,690 earned by the program9% of program spendingIn partnership with the sam hubbard foundation, the hubbard's cupboard program was established in 2022 to provide underserved students access to supplies and healthy snacks they need "just in time" on-site at their school. The program grew from 13 schools to 21 schools in fy25.number of teacher shops: 2,498 number of schools participating: 21 value of product distributed: $295,002
$357,067 spentof which $295,002 as grants$5,210 earned by the program4% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $9,565,266.
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 2024 to 2025, from $16M to $19M (+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: 2021 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
90% of CRAYONS AND BEYOND INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (80% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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
Amy Cheney
President & CEO
Board chair
William Harrod
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 30 funders to 64 funders, grant income rose $320k → $937k.
19 of 133 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 33% 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 CRAYONS AND BEYOND INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 133 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
CRAYONS AND BEYOND INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 15% of grant income, and it takes 8 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 8 funders to its left
38% 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 CRAYONS AND BEYOND INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 23% · 2018 34% · 2019 38% · 2020 17% · 2021 12% · 2022 17% · 2023 13% — 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
56% of CRAYONS AND BEYOND INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 69% 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
71% of CRAYONS AND BEYOND INC's grant income comes from Ohio funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.0M arriving through sponsors registered in 12 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
CRAYONS AND BEYOND INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 452 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 452 philanthropy nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like CRAYONS AND BEYOND INC
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
93% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
96%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CRAYONS AND BEYOND INC: 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 CRAYONS AND BEYOND INC?
- CRAYONS AND BEYOND INC (Ohio) receives grants from 133 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,188,721 to it, the largest being THE GREATER CINCINNATI FOUNDATION ($955,004). 92 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CRAYONS AND BEYOND INC have?
- IRS filings report 133 organizations giving $6,188,721 in grants to CRAYONS AND BEYOND INC, 92 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CRAYONS AND BEYOND INC?
- THE GREATER CINCINNATI FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $955,004 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CRAYONS AND BEYOND INC 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 133 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