Ohio · Nonprofit
EMBRACING FUTURES INC
EMBRACING FUTURES INC (Ohio) receives grants from 37 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,623,235 to it, the largest being THE BABCOX FAMILY FOUNDATION INC ($239,752). 34 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $510k
- Funders on record
- 37
- Grants received
- $1.6M
- Net assets
- $2.5M
What Embracing Futures Inc does
Mission
To make a difference in the lives of needy and underprivileged children in summit, stark, portage, medina and wayne counties by providing financial assistance for orthodontic and other dental care and offering oral health education for elementary school students.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The orthodontic care program is our core program. This unique program is a reactive process that provides orthodontic care for children growing up in impoverished households who are suffering from severe orthodontic problems and have been turned down by medicaid or other government funded programs. Working with community partners, we first identify a child, meet with the family to verify the financial need, provide two orthodontic exams to validate the medical need, and bring our findings to our board of trustees for a final decision. With board approval, we finance the costs directly with an orthodontist until treatment is successfully completed. The process concludes through an exit interview with the family. In the past ten years we have helped over 400 children. We recognize a child who is self-conscious about his or her teeth may shy away from participating in class or other social activities. Children who receive orthodontic treatment will certainly be healthier individuals. They may also experience improved self esteem and confidence. This will contribute to their becoming more productive individuals as they move from school into their adult life. Donna skoda, summit county…
$327,397 spentof which $155,506 as grants$1,987 earned by the program100% of program spendingThe dr. Milton rubin oral health education program is our secondary program. It was established in 2000 and named in dr. Rubin's honor to commemorate his sincere dedication to providing good dental care to children. The original program, created by dr. Rubin himself, was intended to enhance existing health classes in the akron public school system. His goal was to help students develop favorable attitudes toward personal oral health habits through awareness, education and demonstration. Following much success, the program has grown and today including school districts (public, private, parochial) in summit , portage, stark and medina counties. The program is free to schools and is a great way to help young people develop healthy habits that will affect them for a lifetime. In 2024, we presented to 212 classes, which resulted in 4,526 students being taught through the program.
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $327,397.
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 2021 to 2022, from $2.4M to $2.0M (−16%).
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.
54% of EMBRACING FUTURES INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (83% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 8 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
Mark Fairhurst
Exec. Dir.,
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 13 funders to 26 funders, grant income rose $118k → $244k.
6 of 37 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 16% 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 EMBRACING FUTURES INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 37 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
EMBRACING FUTURES INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 15% of grant income, and it takes 6 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 6 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 25% · 2018 21% · 2019 27% · 2020 19% · 2021 15% · 2022 14% · 2023 16% — 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
64% of EMBRACING FUTURES INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 92% 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
84% of EMBRACING FUTURES 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. $259k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
EMBRACING FUTURES INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 13,769 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,769 health nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like EMBRACING FUTURES 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
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
72%
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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Questions and answers
- Who funds EMBRACING FUTURES INC?
- EMBRACING FUTURES INC (Ohio) receives grants from 37 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,623,235 to it, the largest being THE BABCOX FAMILY FOUNDATION INC ($239,752). 34 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does EMBRACING FUTURES INC have?
- IRS filings report 37 organizations giving $1,623,235 in grants to EMBRACING FUTURES INC, 34 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of EMBRACING FUTURES INC?
- THE BABCOX FAMILY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $239,752 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like EMBRACING FUTURES 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 37 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing