Ohio · Nonprofit
FOREST HILLS FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION INC
FOREST HILLS FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION INC (Ohio) receives grants from 20 organizations whose IRS filings report $613,290 to it, the largest being JOSEPH P HAYDEN JR AND LOIS T HAYDEN FAMILY FOUNDATION ($125,000). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 50% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $398k
- Funders on record
- 20
- Grants received
- $613k
- Net assets
- $537k
What Forest Hills Foundation for Education Inc does
Mission
To solicit, manage and distribute funds for programs and activities that promote excellence within the forest hills school district now and in the future, but fall outside the scope of what can be covered by the district's budget
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Fhfe manages and distributes the funds for educational programs and activities based on input from the school district administration, staff and parents and fully supported by the fhfe board. There are several ways that the foundation supposrts the school district in achieving its goals. -it raises additional money to support education related programs -it helps existing groups manage funds -it is a qualified charitable organization which can receive education related gifts and memorials -it brings the community and the schools together to work toward the future of our community and its children -it provides another vehicle to help forest hills achieve "success for all students"
$289,538 spentof which $202,846 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2023 Form 990. Program spending in total: $289,538.
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 $452k to $537k (+19%).
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.
63% of FOREST HILLS FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 9 funders, grant income rose $12k → $66k.
8 of 20 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 50% 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 FOREST HILLS FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION 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
FOREST HILLS FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 20% 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
64% 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 FOREST HILLS FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 39% · 2020 34% · 2021 100% · 2022 30% · 2023 38% — 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
33% of FOREST HILLS FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 65% 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
50% of FOREST HILLS FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION 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 $304k that is directly attributable, 58% of it comes from Ohio funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $309k 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
FOREST HILLS FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION INC holds deeper cash reserves 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 FOREST HILLS FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION 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
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
57%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FOREST HILLS FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION INC?
- FOREST HILLS FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION INC (Ohio) receives grants from 20 organizations whose IRS filings report $613,290 to it, the largest being JOSEPH P HAYDEN JR AND LOIS T HAYDEN FAMILY FOUNDATION ($125,000). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 50% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does FOREST HILLS FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 20 organizations giving $613,290 in grants to FOREST HILLS FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION INC, 13 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FOREST HILLS FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION INC?
- JOSEPH P HAYDEN JR AND LOIS T HAYDEN FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $125,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FOREST HILLS FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION 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 20 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