Virginia · Nonprofit
ON THE ROAD COLLABORATIVE
ON THE ROAD COLLABORATIVE (Virginia) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $708,242 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($239,221). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.1M
- Funders on record
- 14
- Grants received
- $708k
- Net assets
- $378k
What On the Road Collaborative does
Mission
To empower youth by providing equal access to educational opportunities and hands-on career experiences.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Career enrichment courses every semester, we offer more than 30 10-week long career enrichment courses that expose youth to hands-on learning experiences taught by our community teachers. Career enrichment courses are led by local professionals and are designed to be interactive and hands-on so that youth are engaged and able to apply their learning. Youth also have many opportunities to practice critical workforce skills that will help them succeed in the future. Every class includes a field trip and culminates with a learning showcase where youth have an opportunity to teach back what they have learned through an authentic product, performance, or presentation. Youth have done everything from hosting a mock veterinarian clinic to arguing a mock trial in the circuit courthouse
$334,349 spent40% of program spendingAcademic coaching while we encourage our youth to think about their futures, we know how important academics are to their growth and understand that school is the first place to practice their emerging skills. So each of our programs includes designated homework and tutoring hours to support our youth's academic goals, in addition to well-rounded growth. During this time, youth have the opportunity to get help from school-day teachers and academic coaches so that they can receive one-on-one guidance and continue to advance in their academics.
$207,742 spent25% of program spendingReal-world skills development we also work with our youth to develop real-world skills, including discovering their individual voices, investigating their interests, building healthy team dynamics, and planning for their unique path toward success. Additionally, our 11th-12th grade youth participate in a variety of workshops, such as financial literacy and interview skills, specifically designed to help prepare them for life after high school. This focus on personal and professional development helps ensure that our youth leave us at the end of their high school able to make wise decisions about their future and excited to go confidently after their biggest goals.
$124,646 spent15% of program spending4th program - high school readiness our 8th and 9th grade academies provide increased opportunities for our youth as they transition to high school and move through the more rigorous and independent high school experience. These academies follow a set curriculum (personal development, community building, success skills, future planning) that is based on extensive research as to what youth need during these pivotal years, as well as our own observations during the first years of on the road. 8th and 9th grade academies meet twice per week, with one day devoted to career enrichment courses and the other day focused on this curriculum. Academic coaching and college trips are also included. 5th program - college exploration to help our youth learn more about post-secondary options and the college application process, we take between 4-6 college trips every year, including both in- and out-of-state schools. This gives our youth the opportunity to learn more about a variety of colleges and universities and begin planning how to reach their professional goals. We want our youth to experience a college campus, learn more about majors and on-campus opportunities, and be inspired to start…
$166,193 spent20% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $832,930.
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 $281k to $358k (+27%).
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 25% · 2018 54% · 2019 76% · 2020 70% · 2021 68% · 2022 76% · 2023 62% · 2024 63% · 2025 61%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
95% of ON THE ROAD COLLABORATIVE’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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.
Board chair
Brent Holsinger
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 7 funders, grant income rose $20k → $156k.
4 of 14 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 38% 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 ON THE ROAD COLLABORATIVE’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
ON THE ROAD COLLABORATIVE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 34% of grant income and the top three 70%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
89% 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 ON THE ROAD COLLABORATIVE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 78% · 2019 57% · 2020 51% · 2021 61% · 2022 58% · 2023 43% — 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.
How long its funders stay
67% of ON THE ROAD COLLABORATIVE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 64% 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 ON THE ROAD COLLABORATIVE's grant income comes from Virginia funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $268k 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
ON THE ROAD COLLABORATIVE has grown faster than three-quarters of the 9,615 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,615 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like ON THE ROAD COLLABORATIVE
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 Virginia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
81% 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 ON THE ROAD COLLABORATIVE: 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 ON THE ROAD COLLABORATIVE?
- ON THE ROAD COLLABORATIVE (Virginia) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $708,242 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($239,221). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ON THE ROAD COLLABORATIVE have?
- IRS filings report 14 organizations giving $708,242 in grants to ON THE ROAD COLLABORATIVE, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ON THE ROAD COLLABORATIVE?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $239,221 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ON THE ROAD COLLABORATIVE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Virginia. 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 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing