Ohio · Nonprofit
ERASE THE SPACE
ERASE THE SPACE (Ohio) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $76,700 to it, the largest being MARTHA HOLDEN JENNINGS FOUNDATION ($41,950). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $287k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $77k
- Net assets
- $111k
What Erase the Space does
Mission
Erase the Space facilitates year-long exchanges between students from racially, economically, and geographically divided school districts, building cross-community relationships and advancing educational equity across central ohio. Through structured exchanges - beginning with written correspondence and culminating in collaborative in-person learning at neutral sites - students develop authentic cross-community relationships while engaging deeply with questions of justice, equity, and civic life.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Classroom exchange program: Erase the Space's flagship program facilitates year-long exchanges between students from racially, economically, and geographically divided school districts across central ohio. In 2025-26, the program served over 1,500 students across 30 exchanges in 14 districts. Each exchange follows a structured arc beginning with written correspondence between students, progressing through facilitated virtual sessions, and culminating in in-person collaborative learning at neutral sites. Exchanges are grounded in contact theory and critical pedagogy, guiding students through collective inquiry around social issues rather than surface-level interaction. The program is supported by a team of seven trained facilitators and operates as a signature outreach program in partnership with ohio state university's college of arts & sciences.
$149,807 spent95% of program spendingStudent-led advocacy program- streem (striving for transformation, respect, education, empowerment, and mobilization) is a civic engagement program created by and for exchange alumni. Developed by a student, streem deepens the impact of the exchange experience by connecting alumni across districts for continued organizing, leadership development, and civic action. Program activities have included participation in regional and national convenings, including the los angeles student power summit, where ohio students joined peers from across the country to develop advocacy skills and build a broader movement for educational equity. None of these funds were spent in 2025; they are currently being spent to run the program in 2026.
Teacher learning networks-n through next hub, supported by the martha holden jennings foundation, Erase the Space facilitates professional development networks serving educators across ohio. Programming includes teacher healing circles, legislative updates, and other collaborative learning opportunities designed to support educators working toward equity and justice in their schools and communities. In year 5 of the grant, the next hub reached over 500 educators statewide, building the capacity of teachers to sustain and expand cross-district, equity-centered work in their own contexts.
$8,120 spent$8,120 earned by the program5% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $157,927.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 $56k to $111k (+98%).
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: 2025 97%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
97% of ERASE THE SPACE’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $250 → $23k.
1 of 4 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 ERASE THE SPACE’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
ERASE THE SPACE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 55% 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
45% 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 ERASE THE SPACE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 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
82% of ERASE THE SPACE's grant income comes from Ohio funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $26k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
ERASE THE SPACE has grown faster than three-quarters of the 16,849 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like ERASE THE SPACE
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
68% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
78%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ERASE THE SPACE: 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 ERASE THE SPACE?
- ERASE THE SPACE (Ohio) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $76,700 to it, the largest being MARTHA HOLDEN JENNINGS FOUNDATION ($41,950). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ERASE THE SPACE have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $76,700 in grants to ERASE THE SPACE, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ERASE THE SPACE?
- MARTHA HOLDEN JENNINGS FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $41,950 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ERASE THE SPACE 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 2021–2025), 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