Ohio · Nonprofit
FRIENDS OF STERNWHEEL
FRIENDS OF STERNWHEEL (Ohio) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $100 to it, the largest being JPMORGAN CHASE FOUNDATION ($100). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $83k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $100
- Net assets
- $62k
What Friends of Sternwheel does
Mission
Scholarships/education regarding sternwheel, water and fireworks safety
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Educate the public about sternwheel history and operation as well as providing educational opportunities in washington county ohio regarding water and river safety. Also providing education and awareness related to safety of the fireworks display at the ohio river sternwheel festival in mareitta, ohio and raise awareness and safety regarding amatuer sternwheel races.
$19,050 spentof which $19,050 as grants81% of program spendingGrant scholarships in the marietta, ohio vicinity and provide children's activities at the ohio river sternwheel festival event in marietta ohio
$4,500 spentof which $4,500 as grants19% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $23,550.
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 FRIENDS OF STERNWHEEL’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
FRIENDS OF STERNWHEEL draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Ohio, across 1 state in all.
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
FRIENDS OF STERNWHEEL runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 17,277 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,277 education nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like FRIENDS OF STERNWHEEL
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.
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for FRIENDS OF STERNWHEEL: 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 FRIENDS OF STERNWHEEL?
- FRIENDS OF STERNWHEEL (Ohio) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $100 to it, the largest being JPMORGAN CHASE FOUNDATION ($100). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FRIENDS OF STERNWHEEL have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $100 in grants to FRIENDS OF STERNWHEEL.
- Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS OF STERNWHEEL?
- JPMORGAN CHASE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $100 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FRIENDS OF STERNWHEEL 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 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