Ohio · Nonprofit
FIRST GLANCE STUDENT CENTER INC
FIRST GLANCE STUDENT CENTER INC (Ohio) receives grants from 27 organizations whose IRS filings report $838,440 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($262,000). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 66% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $605k
- Funders on record
- 27
- Grants received
- $838k
- Net assets
- $999k
What First Glance Student Center Inc does
Mission
First Glance Student Center Inc is a non-profit organization created to connect students and their communities to christ and the church, through real, loving, non-threatening avenues. The major source of revenue includes local grants, foundation revenue, and contributions.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
First glance's recreational programs include rec night and skate night. These programs give students a safe environment where they can participate in recreational activities and hang out with both their friends and adult mentors. Averaging 100 students each week ages 12-19, rec night gives students the opportunity to connect with friends and mentors through activities such as basketball, dodgeball, dancing, video games, and more. Skate night gives students the chance to skate and hang out with friends and mentors. Being the only indoor skate park in the area, skate night has the unique opportunity to invest in skaters specifically, and gives them the opportunity to practice new tricks, repair skate equipment, and build ramps alongside volunteer mentors. The program averages 20 students each week and is open seasonally october through april.
$121,149 spent25% of program spendingThe connect is a program of first glance which instructs young mothers in basic life and parenting skills such as finances, cooking, and physical and emotional care of their children. Though beginning specifically for teen mothers, the program also ministers to young adult mothers and their children. Tiny glancers, a subsection of the program, is offered to the children of the moms. Through the program, the children learn about the alphabet, basic math, social skills, and art. Both the connect and tiny glancers programs average 10 students each week.
$80,928 spent17% of program spendingMentoring is a primary focus of each of first glance's programs. The student leader program (averaging 10 students) is a co-ed program that specifically deals with students who are seeking to be leaders and role models among their peers or who have been identified as those with that potential. Ladies' night out (averaging 25 students weekly) provides an opportunity for middle and high school girls to deal with the very real relationship struggles that accompany their age. Man up (averaging 20 students weekly) focuses on encouraging middle and high school boys to become men of character. Young adults (averaging 15 students) is for those students who exceed the age limit of other programs. Almost leaders is a program designed to transition former students into the role of volunteer mentor, allowing them the opportunity to give back to the community. This program focuses on leadership training and pairs seasoned leaders with each participant. Hip hop night (averaging 5 students) pairs adult mentors with youth who share an interest in creating music beats and writing lyrics to songs. Launch kenmore (averaging 30 students each day) is an after-school program that meets in a local…
$282,520 spent$15,572 earned by the program58% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $484,597.
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 $812k to $1.0M (+27%).
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.
95% of FIRST GLANCE STUDENT CENTER INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (83% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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
Jessica Swiger
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2020 and FY2021 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 7 funders to 8 funders, grant income fell $93k → $71k.
9 of 27 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 66% 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 FIRST GLANCE STUDENT CENTER INC’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
FIRST GLANCE STUDENT CENTER INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 31% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
70% 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 FIRST GLANCE STUDENT CENTER INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 38% · 2018 37% · 2019 33% · 2020 37% · 2021 38% · 2022 33% · 2023 40% — 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.
How long its funders stay
45% of FIRST GLANCE STUDENT CENTER INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 63% 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
66% of FIRST GLANCE STUDENT CENTER INC'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 $283k that is directly attributable, 79% of it comes from Ohio funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $556k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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
FIRST GLANCE STUDENT CENTER INC 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
Organizations like FIRST GLANCE STUDENT CENTER 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
91%
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 FIRST GLANCE STUDENT CENTER INC?
- FIRST GLANCE STUDENT CENTER INC (Ohio) receives grants from 27 organizations whose IRS filings report $838,440 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($262,000). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 66% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does FIRST GLANCE STUDENT CENTER INC have?
- IRS filings report 27 organizations giving $838,440 in grants to FIRST GLANCE STUDENT CENTER INC, 17 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FIRST GLANCE STUDENT CENTER INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $262,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FIRST GLANCE STUDENT CENTER 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 27 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