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GAINESVILLE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL INC AKA LAKEVIEW ACADEMY
GAINESVILLE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL INC AKA LAKEVIEW ACADEMY (Georgia) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,765,862 to it, the largest being The Davenport Family Foundation ($1,000,000). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $14M
- Funders on record
- 17
- Grants received
- $1.8M
- Net assets
- $23M
What Gainesville Independent School Inc Aka Lakeview Academy does
Mission
Gainesville independent school, inc. A.k.a. Lakeview academy is a college-preparatory school committed to excellence in the personal growth and academic development of today's student through a partnership of school, family, and community.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Lakeview academy is an accredited college preparatory educational institution covering grades k3 through twelve. Lakeview is committed to providing the highest college preparatory education possible to the students of the school. Lakeview maintains a student body of approximately 520 students. Lakeview is located in gainesville, ga.
$9,687,502 spentof which $2,149,416 as grants$12,172,925 earned by the program94% of program spendingAthletics - lakeview academy competes in the georgia independent athletic association (giaa) and offers baseball, basketball, cheerleading, cross country, football, golf, soccer, swimming, tennis, and volleyball as team sports for grades 7-12. Over 75% of lakeview's middle and upper school students participate in at least one school-sponsored sport, as well as a fine arts activity, and sporting clays.
$532,628 spent$391,012 earned by the program5% of program spendingStudent activities and services - lakeview academy is commiteed to providing opportunities for fine arts, technology, and community service. All students have a variety of after-school opportunities from which to choose, including the school's award-winning drama and arts programs. Lakeview students have opportunities to become involved in technology-related activities and students in grades 4-12 can also join the school's award-winning robotics team, which has been recognized as one of the top teams in georgia. A central tenet of lakeview academy is the school's commitment to community service. Through active involvement with others in the community, students learn the value of service and the need to take responsibility for the community in which they live.
$94,316 spent$204,942 earned by the program1% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $10,314,446.
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 2023 to 2024, from $26M to $31M (+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.
9% of GAINESVILLE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL INC AKA LAKEVIEW ACADEMY’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (23% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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.
Board chair
Trey Wood
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 3 funders to 2 funders, grant income fell $45k → $26k.
4 of 17 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 3% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $2.1M from 3 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Silicon Valley Community Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money GAINESVILLE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL INC AKA LAKEVIEW ACADEMY raised.
From the IRS filings of GAINESVILLE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL INC AKA LAKEVIEW 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.
How concentrated its funding is
GAINESVILLE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL INC AKA LAKEVIEW ACADEMY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 57% of grant income and the top three 76%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 67% · 2018 48% · 2019 82% · 2020 40% · 2021 37% · 2022 95% · 2023 97% — growing more concentrated.
“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
31% of GAINESVILLE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL INC AKA LAKEVIEW ACADEMY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 82% 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
GAINESVILLE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL INC AKA LAKEVIEW ACADEMY draws 74% of its grant income from funders outside Georgia, across 7 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $45k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
GAINESVILLE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL INC AKA LAKEVIEW ACADEMY holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 3,758 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,758 education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like GAINESVILLE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL INC AKA LAKEVIEW 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 Georgia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
73% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds GAINESVILLE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL INC AKA LAKEVIEW ACADEMY?
- GAINESVILLE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL INC AKA LAKEVIEW ACADEMY (Georgia) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,765,862 to it, the largest being The Davenport Family Foundation ($1,000,000). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does GAINESVILLE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL INC AKA LAKEVIEW ACADEMY have?
- IRS filings report 17 organizations giving $1,765,862 in grants to GAINESVILLE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL INC AKA LAKEVIEW ACADEMY, 14 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GAINESVILLE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL INC AKA LAKEVIEW ACADEMY?
- The Davenport Family Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $1,000,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GAINESVILLE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL INC AKA LAKEVIEW ACADEMY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Georgia. 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 17 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