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FOOTPATH FOUNDATION

FOOTPATH FOUNDATION (Ohio) receives grants from 35 organizations whose IRS filings report $726,523 to it, the largest being THE STOCKER FOUNDATION ($174,203). 18 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$526k
Funders on record
35
Grants received
$727k
Net assets
$960k
18/35 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 32%
01What it does

What Footpath Foundation does

Mission

Connecting kids with nature to develop personal growth and improve access to the natural world.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. School based programs: footpath engages with local school urban districts where more than 50% of students receive free or reduced lunch. Footpath provides educational curriculum resources and enrichment for 5th and 6th grade students. The enrichment includes printed lessons, student workbooks, teacher guides, hands-on materials for the teacher and students to use in outdoor lessons. Additionally, 6th graders will go on a fall outdoor discovery day field trip with footpath and a camp experience, and 5th graders will go to a day of camp. For sleepover camp, footpath provides transportation and all necessary supplies including duffle bag, sleeping bag, toiletries etc.

    $117,091 spent$28,300 earned by the program
    36% of program spending
  2. Out of school / summer programs: youth from under-served communities are provided outdoor adventures or summer nature-based experiences. This could include fishing events, equestrian therapy events, summer day camp, outdoor hiking events. Footpath provides any needed equipment, materials, and may include transportation.

    $33,127 spent$13,375 earned by the program
    10% of program spending
  3. Outdoor connection kits: kits containing nature related activities, crafts and games are crafted, assembled and delivered to children in underserved communities. Kits specialize in social emotional learning through nature.

    $11,782 spent$1,200 earned by the program
    4% of program spending
  4. Connecting kids with nature to develop personal growth and improve access to the natural world.

    $164,609 spent
    50% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $326,609.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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.

100 = 20182018 Revenue 100 ($109k) Expenses 100 ($49k) Net assets 100 ($117k)2019 Revenue 143 ($156k) Expenses 204 ($101k) Net assets 148 ($172k)2020 Revenue 105 ($115k) Expenses 133 ($66k) Net assets 190 ($222k)2021 Revenue 290 ($316k) Expenses 289 ($143k) Net assets 339 ($395k)2022 Revenue 336 ($367k) Expenses 485 ($240k) Net assets 447 ($521k)2023 Revenue 461 ($504k) Expenses 528 ($261k) Net assets 657 ($766k)2024 Revenue 493 ($538k) Expenses 871 ($430k) Net assets 752 ($877k)2025 Revenue 482 ($526k) Expenses 902 ($445k) Net assets 823 ($960k)
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Revenue (482)Expenses (902)Net assets (823)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $524k to $770k (+47%).

$117k
$172k
$229k
$395k
$524k
$770k
$890k
$971k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2021 4% · 2023 2% · 2024 5% · 2025 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

79% of FOOTPATH FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (83% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 6,418 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$60k
’18
$56k
’19
$49k
’20
$173k
’21
$127k
’22
$243k
’23
$108k
’24
$81k
’25
23
months of
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

Mary Macias

CEO

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

20212022202320242025
Listed101010910
Joined·+3+0+0+2
No longer listed·3011
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 19 funders, grant income rose $16k → $140k.

11 of 35 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 24% 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 FOOTPATH FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 35 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

FOOTPATH FOUNDATION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 24% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left

32% 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 FOOTPATH FOUNDATION.

24%
largest funder
45%
top three
~10
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 88% · 2019 66% · 2020 59% · 2021 36% · 2022 21% · 2023 18% — 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

50% of FOOTPATH FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 51% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y

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

96% of FOOTPATH FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Ohio funders.

MA
OH
NJ
MO
VA
MD
GA

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Ohio out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $177k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

FOOTPATH FOUNDATION holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 3,734 youth development nonprofits its size.

Operating margin15% · above the median
Months of reserve22.8mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)25% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,734 youth development nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

73% of spending goes to programs.

Program 73%Management 10%Fundraising 17%

Governance

8
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

99%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

OH

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Questions and answers

Who funds FOOTPATH FOUNDATION?
FOOTPATH FOUNDATION (Ohio) receives grants from 35 organizations whose IRS filings report $726,523 to it, the largest being THE STOCKER FOUNDATION ($174,203). 18 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does FOOTPATH FOUNDATION have?
IRS filings report 35 organizations giving $726,523 in grants to FOOTPATH FOUNDATION, 18 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of FOOTPATH FOUNDATION?
THE STOCKER FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $174,203 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like FOOTPATH FOUNDATION find more funders?
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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 2018–2025), and the filings of 35 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