Ohio · Nonprofit
INSPIRATION STUDIOS
INSPIRATION STUDIOS (Ohio) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $751,360 to it, the largest being HAMILTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($385,691). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 69% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.3M
- Funders on record
- 14
- Grants received
- $751k
- Net assets
- $1.2M
What Inspiration Studios does
Mission
Inspiration Studios inspires individuals with developmental and intellectual disabilities to lead purposeful, healthy, and self-directed lives through innovative programming and services.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2025 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
Inclusive wellness is a new program service in 2025.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Insideout studio is a vocational habilitation program that employs individuals with disabilities. This program provides the opportunity for artists with disabilities to produce, market, and receive an income from their art, while gaining confidence in their abilities.
$215,228 spent$459,303 earned by the program25% of program spendingInspired transportation is a non-medical transportation program. This program moves community forward with timely, dependable, and safe transportation for individuals with disabilities.
$267,176 spent$363,651 earned by the program32% of program spendingInspiration Studios is a 501(c)3 non-profit that oversees the programmative services of insideout studio, inspired transportation and inclusive wellness.
$66,503 spent$1,928 earned by the program8% of program spendingInclusive wellness is a day habilitation program that empowers adults with disabilities to achieve optimal wellness through accessible, personalized, and supportive programming that promotes holistic wellness.
$299,203 spent$120,301 earned by the program35% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $848,110.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 $667k to $980k (+47%).
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: 2021 42% · 2022 50% · 2023 66% · 2024 11% · 2025 10%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
26% of INSPIRATION STUDIOS’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (16% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 5 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
2021 → 2023: the base narrowed from 6 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $90k → $165k.
5 of 14 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 69% 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 INSPIRATION STUDIOS’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
INSPIRATION STUDIOS leans on a few funders — its largest provides 51% of grant income and the top three 74%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
70% 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 INSPIRATION STUDIOS.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 57% · 2022 81% · 2023 70% — 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.
Where its funders are
69% of INSPIRATION STUDIOS's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $233k that is directly attributable, 51% of it comes from Ohio funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $518k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
INSPIRATION STUDIOS runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,012 employment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,012 employment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like INSPIRATION STUDIOS
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.
Where the money goes
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
95%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Inspired Transport LLC · disregarded
- Inside Out LLC · disregarded
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for INSPIRATION STUDIOS: 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 INSPIRATION STUDIOS?
- INSPIRATION STUDIOS (Ohio) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $751,360 to it, the largest being HAMILTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($385,691). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 69% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does INSPIRATION STUDIOS have?
- IRS filings report 14 organizations giving $751,360 in grants to INSPIRATION STUDIOS, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of INSPIRATION STUDIOS?
- HAMILTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $385,691 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like INSPIRATION STUDIOS 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 2021–2025), and the filings of 14 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