Ohio · Nonprofit
PRESCHOOL PROMISE INC
PRESCHOOL PROMISE INC (Ohio) receives grants from 23 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,832,053 to it, the largest being FRANK M TAIT FOUNDATION ($469,000). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $11M
- Funders on record
- 23
- Grants received
- $1.8M
- Net assets
- $1.8M
What Preschool Promise Inc does
Mission
Preschool promise's vision is that every child in montgomery county, ohio is ready for success in kindergarten and beyond. We are doing that by improving the early childhood system so that every child can access high-quality programs and services - such as child care and preschool, home visiting, healthcare and parenting support.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Partner with families: preschool promise works in the community through its outreach team and partners to promote the importance of high-quality early learning and connect parents with resources. Families receive free resources to promote learning at home - such as play kits and books-of-the-month.
$916,006 spentof which $500 as grants9% of program spendingImprove quality: preschool promise provides intensive, year-long professional development to teachers and administrators to continuously improve the learning in classrooms; teachers receive stipends for their participation. Child care and preschool sites, and teachers receive grants to help them improve the early learning classroom environment. Preschool promise offers the scholars program to help teachers earn degrees and credentials in early childhood education.
$3,059,934 spentof which $1,456,371 as grants$13,021 earned by the program31% of program spendingAssist families: preschool promise is helping families find and afford high quality early childhood education by leveraging available federal, state, and local funding and offering tuition assistance to fill in the gap. Providers are offered grants to expand preschool seats to serve more children. Preschool promise also works to improve regular attendance.
$3,537,940 spentof which $2,654,391 as grants36% of program spendingNorthwest dayton, hope zone, eir, and birth to 5 initiatives.
$2,360,937 spentof which $161,256 as grants$95,091 earned by the program24% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $9,874,817.
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 2020 to 2021, from $2.2M to $4.3M (+97%).
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 93% · 2018 98% · 2019 97% · 2020 94% · 2021 83% · 2022 86% · 2023 84% · 2024 88% · 2025 92%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
99% of PRESCHOOL PROMISE INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (23% 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.
Chief executive
Robyn Lightcap
Executive director
Board chair
Deborah Feldman
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 9 funders, grant income rose $55k → $384k.
3 of 23 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 12% 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 PRESCHOOL PROMISE 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
PRESCHOOL PROMISE INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 26% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
34% 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 PRESCHOOL PROMISE INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 73% · 2020 61% · 2021 53% · 2022 49% · 2023 33% — 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
17% of PRESCHOOL PROMISE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 43% 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
52% of PRESCHOOL PROMISE INC's grant income comes from Ohio funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $219k 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
PRESCHOOL PROMISE INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 3,794 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,794 education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like PRESCHOOL PROMISE 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 Ohio
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
90% 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 PRESCHOOL PROMISE 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 PRESCHOOL PROMISE INC?
- PRESCHOOL PROMISE INC (Ohio) receives grants from 23 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,832,053 to it, the largest being FRANK M TAIT FOUNDATION ($469,000). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does PRESCHOOL PROMISE INC have?
- IRS filings report 23 organizations giving $1,832,053 in grants to PRESCHOOL PROMISE INC, 10 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of PRESCHOOL PROMISE INC?
- FRANK M TAIT FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $469,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PRESCHOOL PROMISE INC 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.
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 23 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