Kentucky · Nonprofit
Northern Kentucky Cooperative for Educational Services Inc
Northern Kentucky Cooperative for Educational Services Inc (Kentucky) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $77,189 to it, the largest being INTERACT FOR HEALTH ($56,065). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $19M
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $77k
- Net assets
- $8.3M
What Northern Kentucky Cooperative for Educational Services Inc does
Mission
The mission of the Northern Kentucky Cooperative for Educational Services, is to strategically leverage the united voice of the superintendents and public schools; and operationally is to connect, grow and serve the region with vital services as we:1. leverage our collective resources to provide targeted support services for education professionals2. enhance quality learning for students3. model and support innovative instructional practices
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2023 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
For the 2023-24 fiscal year, NKCES received the Intervention for Student Health grant for $9500.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Arts in Education- Federal grant from U.S. Department of Education that provides access, opportunity, and support for the arts to our districts.
$2,756,609 spent$315,842 earned by the program17% of program spendingSchool-Based Mental Health- Federal grant from U.S. Department of Education with the purpose of increasing the number of mental health service providers in areas with demonstrated need and increasing the number of credentialed school-based mental health service providers (who are from diverse backgrounds or communities) in areas with demonstrated need.
$1,829,430 spent$221,296 earned by the program11% of program spendingDeeper Learning- Federal grant through Kentucky Department of Education allowing NKCES to coordinate the delivery of Deeper Learning professional learning opportunities to Kentucky local school districts. NKCES implants a tiered system of co-op and teaching learning, teacher piloting, and school/district scaling.
$1,393,255 spent$112,453 earned by the program9% of program spendingThe Phoenix Program - Program serving school age students who have emotional and behavioral deficits. The intent is to assist school districts by providing self-contained classrooms within an alternative school setting.NKY Learning Academy - Program serving students in grades 4-12 who have problems in the traditional school program and are at risk for academic failure and dropping out of school.Challenge Program - Services school age students who have functional mental disabilities and behavior issues. Vocational Assessment - The Cooperative provides vocational assessments to school-aged clients who are eligible for Vocational Rehabilitation Services.English Language Acquisition (ESL) & Title III Programs - Aid school districts in Northern Kentucky with the identification, assessment, planning, and instruction of students whose first and home language is a language other than English.WHAS Crusade for Children Grant- Technology support for districts NKY Education Council - Organization committed to aligning the education initiatives in Northern KY. Strategic Prevention Framework - Program providing strategies and resources for substance misuse and prevention. CRRSA- Created to…
$10,069,445 spent$4,033,194 earned by the program63% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $16,048,739.
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 2024 to 2025, from $6.7M to $8.8M (+30%).
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 61% · 2018 63% · 2019 66% · 2020 67% · 2021 58% · 2022 64% · 2023 66% · 2024 71% · 2025 71%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
72% of Northern Kentucky Cooperative for Educational Services Inc’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (23% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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.
Chief executive
Amy Razor
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $3k → $62k.
Left out of every figure on this page: $7k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money Northern Kentucky Cooperative for Educational Services Inc raised.
From the IRS filings of Northern Kentucky Cooperative for Educational Services 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
Northern Kentucky Cooperative for Educational Services Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 73% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder 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 Northern Kentucky Cooperative for Educational Services Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2023 91% — 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
Northern Kentucky Cooperative for Educational Services Inc draws 73% of its grant income from funders outside Kentucky, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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
Northern Kentucky Cooperative for Educational Services Inc has grown faster than three-quarters of the 3,758 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,758 education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding Northern Kentucky Cooperative for Educational Services Inc receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $26.2M on record.
- Department of Education$19.7M
- Department of Health and Human Services$5.8M
- Department of Justice$750k
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.
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In Kentucky
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
89% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
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 Northern Kentucky Cooperative for Educational Services 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 Northern Kentucky Cooperative for Educational Services Inc?
- Northern Kentucky Cooperative for Educational Services Inc (Kentucky) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $77,189 to it, the largest being INTERACT FOR HEALTH ($56,065). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Northern Kentucky Cooperative for Educational Services Inc have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $77,189 in grants to Northern Kentucky Cooperative for Educational Services Inc, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Northern Kentucky Cooperative for Educational Services Inc?
- INTERACT FOR HEALTH is the largest funder on record, with $56,065 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Northern Kentucky Cooperative for Educational Services Inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Kentucky. 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 2 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