Georgia · Nonprofit
INROADS INC
INROADS INC (Georgia) receives grants from 67 organizations whose IRS filings report $14,977,870 to it, the largest being SOUTHERN COMPANY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC ($7,000,000). 32 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $7.3M
- Funders on record
- 67
- Grants received
- $15M
- Net assets
- $2.9M
What Inroads Inc does
Mission
To deliver innovative leadership development programs and creative solutions that identify, accelerate, and elevate underrepresented talent throughout their careers.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The inroads internship program prepares college students for career entry and long-term professional success through career readiness training, paid internships, and ongoing academic and career support. The program serves students pursuing high-demand, high-wage fields, including science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (stem), business, and entrepreneurship. Using a blended learning model, participants receive structured pre-employment training focused on professional communication, workplace effectiveness, leadership development, and job search strategies. Continued on schedule ostudents are matched with paid internship opportunities that provide practical experience aligned with their academic and career goals, increasing their competitiveness for full-time employment upon graduation. During the reporting year, 7,798 students completed pre-employment training, 332 students secured paid internships, and 61 students received competitive academic scholarships recognizing leadership and academic achievement. The program strengthens workforce readiness and supports students in securing meaningful employment in growth-oriented industries.
$2,825,740 spentof which $216,000 as grants$3,706,896 earned by the program65% of program spendingThe hbcu sustainable communities initiative (hbcu sci) fosters thriving communities by preparing hbcu talent for careers in sustainability. Each year, the program serves approximately 150 hbcu students through academic success webinars, a mentorship program, scholarships, and paid internships. Students learn first-hand about sustainability issues through a series of workshops and sustainability-related internships.
$240,980 spent6% of program spendingCollege links prepares high school students from under-resourced schools and low-to-moderate income households for college and career success, with emphasis on stem and business pathways. The program provides structured career exploration, leadership development, college readiness training, mentoring, and professional skill-building to students who may face economic or first-generation college-going barriers. Through year-round programming and individualized support, college links strengthens academic persistence, promotes high school graduation, and increases postsecondary enrollment and readiness. Continued on schedule oparticipants gain exposure to workplace expectations and higher education environments, while developing critical thinking, communication, and professional competencies aligned with high-demand career fields. During the reporting year, the program served 2,300 students in 18 cities nationwide, contributing to a stronger pipeline of well-prepared students entering college and pursuing high-growth, high-wage careers.
$1,252,040 spent29% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,318,760.
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 2021 to 2022, from $6.1M to $18M (+195%).
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: 2020 10% · 2021 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
48% of INROADS INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 7 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
Reba Simmons
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 10 funders to 28 funders, grant income rose $250k → $5.4M.
17 of 67 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 22% 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 INROADS INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 67 funders by total. 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
INROADS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 47% of grant income and the top three 63%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
38% 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 INROADS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 41% · 2018 33% · 2019 71% · 2020 45% · 2021 78% · 2022 30% · 2023 56% — 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
20% of INROADS INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 48% 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
63% of INROADS INC's grant income comes from Georgia funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $3.3M arriving through sponsors registered in 13 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
INROADS INC is better cushioned than half of the 9,615 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,615 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding INROADS INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $663k on record.
- CT$663k
- FL$28
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like INROADS 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 Georgia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
48% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
66%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 33 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for INROADS INC: 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 INROADS INC?
- INROADS INC (Georgia) receives grants from 67 organizations whose IRS filings report $14,977,870 to it, the largest being SOUTHERN COMPANY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC ($7,000,000). 32 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does INROADS INC have?
- IRS filings report 67 organizations giving $14,977,870 in grants to INROADS INC, 32 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of INROADS INC?
- SOUTHERN COMPANY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $7,000,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like INROADS INC 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.
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 67 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing