Florida · Nonprofit
INNOVATIONS EDUCATIONAL SERVICES
INNOVATIONS EDUCATIONAL SERVICES (Florida) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $35,620 to it, the largest being ACCELERATION EDUCATIONAL SERVICES INC ($35,620). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.9M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $36k
- Net assets
- $1.8M
What Innovations Educational Services does
Mission
To foster a community of student learners who are focused on developing the necessary inner resources, responsibilty & personal commitment for academic, social & personal change.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The exempt purpose of the organization is to operate a non-profit charter school with a unique education plan. The educational program is designed for students who have been unsuccessful, in danger of failing, have failed, been retained or are over-aged in school. All students take baseline reading, math and writing tests designed to determine basic subject area academic skills. These tests assist with customizing the students' learning plans with respect to grade level expectations and academic levels.
$1,019,821 spent$1,075,402 earned by the program74% of program spendingAccomplishments of the youth food program: the national school lunch program (nslp) is a federally assisted meal program for public schools and non profit entities. The community eligibility provision (cep) is a provision from the healthy, hunger-free kids act of 2010 that allows schools and local educational agencies (leas) with high poverty rates to provide free breakfast and lunch to all students. Innovations Educational Services, inc. Youth food program is a community eligible provision (cep) program that provides free breakfast and free lunch to all students enrolled at the schools. In addition, the food program participates in the summer feed program to support hungry children in surrounding neighborhoods during the summer months. The food program has the operational duties of securing meals that are nutritionally balanced and qualify for federal reimbursement, and managing the quality and management of the food delivered to the students, and the cleanliness of the food service area by participating in regulated health inspections, administrative quality reviews and on site audits by the nslp office. It ensures all students enrolled at the schools are fed a free breakfast…
$112,589 spent$109,040 earned by the program8% of program spendingYouth action project-wellness policy initiative intended to support youth- related projects, fitness and overall wellness activities for local at-risk youth. This initiative includes a plan for increasing sports activity, exercise, nutritional awareness and availability to these and other healthy programs/resources to the students and local community, namely fort myers and orlando. To influence a generation of healthy, strong, educated and determined future leaders. To provide direction and resources for meaningful youth group activities. To enhance exposure to the arts, recreation and creativity. To reward students for a job well done. To create a network of resources for at-risk youth and their family in times of need. To provide transportation to and from activities when appropriate. To make sure that food baskets are available for families in need in our identified areas during holiday times. To supply hygiene products and services as needs are identified.
$254,675 spent$130,000 earned by the program18% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,387,085.
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 $1.7M to $2.9M (+73%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 8% · 2018 14% · 2019 10% · 2020 11% · 2021 18% · 2022 8% · 2023 11% · 2024 31% · 2025 31%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
31% of INNOVATIONS EDUCATIONAL SERVICES’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of INNOVATIONS EDUCATIONAL SERVICES’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 INNOVATIONS EDUCATIONAL SERVICES's grant income comes from Florida 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
INNOVATIONS EDUCATIONAL SERVICES holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 9,398 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,398 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like INNOVATIONS EDUCATIONAL SERVICES
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 Florida
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
80% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for INNOVATIONS EDUCATIONAL SERVICES: 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 INNOVATIONS EDUCATIONAL SERVICES?
- INNOVATIONS EDUCATIONAL SERVICES (Florida) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $35,620 to it, the largest being ACCELERATION EDUCATIONAL SERVICES INC ($35,620). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does INNOVATIONS EDUCATIONAL SERVICES have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $35,620 in grants to INNOVATIONS EDUCATIONAL SERVICES.
- Who is the largest funder of INNOVATIONS EDUCATIONAL SERVICES?
- ACCELERATION EDUCATIONAL SERVICES INC is the largest funder on record, with $35,620 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like INNOVATIONS EDUCATIONAL SERVICES find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Florida. 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 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