Missouri · Nonprofit
FRIENDLY ACADEMY
FRIENDLY ACADEMY (Missouri) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $746,607 to it, the largest being THE OPPORTUNITY TRUST D/B/A ZEST EDUCATION ($746,607). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $747k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $747k
- Net assets
- $88k
What Friendly Academy does
Mission
To equip students with a quality and holistic education rooted in love.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Friendly Academy is a tuition-free public charter school in north city st. Louis, offering kindergarten, 1st grade, and 2nd grade. Designed to grow with the community, it will expand grade levels based on family needs, with plans to serve k-12. Friendly Academy offers a literacy lab grounded in the science of reading, alongside innovative programs that prepare students for lifelong success. Friendly Academy goes beyond traditional academics to connect families to vital resources like housing, food, and clothing, creating a strong foundation for student and family success.during the 2024 - 2025 fiscal year, students had not yet been admitted to the school. The first classes will begin in august 2025.
$513,953 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $513,953.
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
Tesha Robinson
CEO
Board chair
Alesha Morrison
Board president
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of FRIENDLY ACADEMY’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.
Where its funders are
100% of FRIENDLY ACADEMY's grant income comes from Missouri funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
FRIENDLY ACADEMY runs a healthier operating margin than half 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 FRIENDLY ACADEMY
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 Missouri
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
78% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FRIENDLY ACADEMY?
- FRIENDLY ACADEMY (Missouri) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $746,607 to it, the largest being THE OPPORTUNITY TRUST D/B/A ZEST EDUCATION ($746,607). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FRIENDLY ACADEMY have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $746,607 in grants to FRIENDLY ACADEMY.
- Who is the largest funder of FRIENDLY ACADEMY?
- THE OPPORTUNITY TRUST D/B/A ZEST EDUCATION is the largest funder on record, with $746,607 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FRIENDLY ACADEMY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Missouri. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2025–2025), and the filings of 1 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