Ohio · Nonprofit
KCS FORWARD FOUNDATION
KCS FORWARD FOUNDATION (Ohio) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $48,850 to it, the largest being THE SCHIEWETZ FOUNDATION INC ($48,850). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $113k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $49k
- Net assets
- $151k
What Kcs Forward Foundation does
Mission
our purpose is charitable and educational
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Building & Equipment Grants directly served over 1000 students, 50+ staff members, and countless families with the completion of an outdoor classroom at Oakview and the installation of a concrete pad and picnic tables for the KMS Gathering Space. Hundreds of student athletes and thousands of community members have enjoyed an elevated experience at Trent Arena thanks to the updated scoreboard and video board project which has created industry standard learning experiences for 10+ interactive media students.
$40,253 spent53% of program spendingCommunity Outreach Projects directly served 50+ students and 10+ staff members per month through Supper Club; 175 students directly through Hope Squad and the entire middle school and high school student populations indirectly through Hope Squad; due to the community "adoption" of the Community Cupboards, it's impossible to count the number of students, staff and families served this way (but we do know that the cupboards were restocked at least twice a month, so the items were being used).
$8,946 spent12% of program spendingAlumni Engagement served over 20,000 alumni and friends through communications, 125 alumni through events, and 300+ students had workforce experiences (career speakers, job shadows, lunch-and-learn visits) thanks to alumni partners.
$8,028 spent11% of program spendingThis year, we began partnering with a student-led community fundraiser, Spirit Chain, which is a competition between Kettering students and students from a neighboring community, Centerville. The KCS Forward Foundation accepted contributions on behalf of the student Spirit Chain competition. Funds were then redirected to the student chosen charities.
$19,071 spent25% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $76,298.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2024, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2024, 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 2024 to 2025, from $132k to $152k (+15%).
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.
100% of KCS FORWARD FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 2 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.
Chief executive
Jessica Stickel
Executive Director
Board chair
Jim Berlon
Board President
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
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 KCS FORWARD FOUNDATION’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 KCS FORWARD FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Ohio 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
KCS FORWARD FOUNDATION holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 16,849 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like KCS FORWARD FOUNDATION
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
82% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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 KCS FORWARD FOUNDATION: 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 KCS FORWARD FOUNDATION?
- KCS FORWARD FOUNDATION (Ohio) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $48,850 to it, the largest being THE SCHIEWETZ FOUNDATION INC ($48,850). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does KCS FORWARD FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $48,850 in grants to KCS FORWARD FOUNDATION.
- Who is the largest funder of KCS FORWARD FOUNDATION?
- THE SCHIEWETZ FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $48,850 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like KCS FORWARD FOUNDATION 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 2024–2025), 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