Maryland · Nonprofit
Launching Educational Assistance Programs Forward Inc
Launching Educational Assistance Programs Forward Inc (Maryland) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $108,910 to it, the largest being For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) ($33,989). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 50% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $133k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $109k
- Net assets
- $179k
What Launching Educational Assistance Programs Forward Inc does
Mission
To serve youth from disadvantaged ethnic backgrounds by providing them with social and cultural enrichment that include seminars that foster self-esteem and academic excellence, college tours and educational support and exposure to science, technology, engineering, and math careers.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Scholarship - Held scholarship program at local high school and focused on a chat and chew format with all of the 30+ scholarship donors and their respective recipients. Huge success as the fellowship allowed both to learn new and exciting facts about each other. This was a free event and we were blessed with an abundance of desserts sponsored by Sams Club. Nearly 200 donors, awardees, and special guests were in attendance. Fifty-six scholarships were presented for a total of $94,000. To date, we have awarded over 500 scholarships. We continued to invest funding in our scholarship website and on-line applications tool. (www.leapforwardscholarships.org). Our major upgrade continued to be implemented with software bugs being addressed and corrected. Again over 100 scholarships were submitted through this platform. In 2025, we increased scholarship awards. All recipients received a minimum of $1,500. Thirty are pursuing STEM majors, including nursing. We were entrusted with the Calvert County Branch of the NAACP scholarship and the Menchan Memorial scholarship both awarded for the first time in 2025. We now manage thirty-seven scholarships. Throughout the year, students were informed…
$100,903 spentof which $93,784 as grants53% of program spendingC.A.S.H. NSBE Program - Continued facilitation of the Pre-College Initiative membership (Creative and Striving Hard to Succeed (CASH)) program in collaboration with the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) for 80+ underrepresented ethnic youth, exposing them to careers in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). The youth were provided: (1) In-person STEM monthly sessions; (2) Exposure to the Southern Maryland Autonomous Research and Technology facility and laboratories (3D printing, electrical and mechanical engineering); (3) Engagement opportunities in experiential learning; (4) Exposure to guest speakers representing diverse STEM fields; (5) Participated in STEM competition teams including FIRST LEGO robotics, KidWind (wind energy), coding, aerial drones, Ten80 race car and math competitions, and the Electric Vehicle Drag Racing program. Competition teams performed very well. Our high school FIRST Robotics team competed for the first time and earned two awards including the Gracious Professionalism Award and the Rookie Award. The aerial drone team completed two Maryland competitions and one team was selected to go to the Dragonfly District…
$76,533 spent41% of program spendingLEAP Forward, MHHA Historical Exhibits, & Destined4Success Program - Continued offering educational services for disadvantaged and underrepresented ethnic youth that included the following objectives: (a) Promoted the awareness of career opportunities in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics; (b) Provided access to college planning assistance; (c) Provided mentoring and tutoring services; and (d) Supported several new schools and community events with our Black History and Art exhibit in February, providing exposure to our rich African American history. Objectives were implemented by the following activities: (1) Provided cultural awareness to thousands. We displayed at Calvert High, Thomas Stone High, St. Marys Ryken, and Patuxent High School. Additionally, we exhibited at the NAACP Juneteenth celebration and Calvert Health Hospital. An extra addition included the rich history of local Calvert County residents in our Local History Makers and Local Living Legends exhibit. We conducted the essay contest at one school in 2025 and awarded cash awards. (2) Recipient of the Maryland Shine operational grant for the fourth year in a row to continue overall…
$11,244 spent6% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $188,680.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 2019 to 2020, from $114k to $156k (+37%).
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: 2019 4% · 2020 23% · 2021 17% · 2022 13% · 2023 6% · 2024 11%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
94% of Launching Educational Assistance Programs Forward Inc’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 6 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
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $8k → $19k.
4 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 50% 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 Launching Educational Assistance Programs Forward Inc’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
Launching Educational Assistance Programs Forward Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 31% of grant income and the top three 77%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
100% 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 Launching Educational Assistance Programs Forward Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 99% · 2021 57% · 2022 99% · 2023 53% — diversifying over time.
“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
50% of Launching Educational Assistance Programs Forward Inc'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 $54k that is directly attributable, 63% of it comes from funders outside Maryland, across 2 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $55k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
Launching Educational Assistance Programs Forward Inc holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 22,812 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 22,812 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like Launching Educational Assistance Programs Forward 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 Maryland
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
93% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
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 Launching Educational Assistance Programs Forward 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 Launching Educational Assistance Programs Forward Inc?
- Launching Educational Assistance Programs Forward Inc (Maryland) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $108,910 to it, the largest being For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) ($33,989). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 50% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Launching Educational Assistance Programs Forward Inc have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $108,910 in grants to Launching Educational Assistance Programs Forward Inc, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Launching Educational Assistance Programs Forward Inc?
- For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) is the largest funder on record, with $33,989 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Launching Educational Assistance Programs Forward Inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maryland. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2019–2024), and the filings of 6 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