Ohio · Nonprofit
SCHOOL BOARD SCHOOL
SCHOOL BOARD SCHOOL (Ohio) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $922,900 to it, the largest being CAROL ANN AND RALPH V HAILE JR FOUNDATION ($210,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2026
- $260k
- Funders on record
- 14
- Grants received
- $923k
- Net assets
- $217k
What School Board School does
Mission
At School Board School, we are activating a diverse coalition of education advocates and aspiring school board members to create significant and sustainable change in their school system. We prepare them with the skills, mindsets, networks, and experiences needed to be ready to serve in roles impacting students throughout our community. And, we support them over the long-term, as they work together to reach their individual goals and in collective actions that drive change at schools, in districts, and throughout our region.
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.
Programs
Building & supporting a coalition for change: School Board School recruits cohorts of aspiring school board members and education advocates that reflect the demographics of our community, and trains them in a 7-month learning program with a 22-session curriculum. Our learning program brings values-aligned community members together, grounds them in an understanding of how a school board works and why school boards are a critical component to building equitable school systems, and prepares them to effectively legislate and/or advocate for their children and community. After completing the learning program, we support our members over the long-term as they work together from seats across our community. Our members lead in classrooms, schools, districts, and nonprofits; run for office, including school board; organize & advocate at the local and state levels; and create equitable and inclusive policies and opportunities. We have been developing this coalition in greater cincinnati since 2018. In greater cincinnati, we have built one of the most diverse and informed networks of education leaders in the country. By investing in the development of future school board members and…
$213,648 spent83% of program spendingGrowing our network: we are the only organization that brings together both aspiring school board members and education advocates, and provides them with the knowledge and network to influence systems level change. We know our model works, and we are expanding across the country. Organizations can now license our intellectual property and receive our coaching, and launch School Board School coalitions in their communities. We are building a nationwide network of elected leaders and grassroots advocates working together to ensure every student succeeds.
$44,383 spent$110,125 earned by the program17% of program spendingPublic programming: to reach more people in more places, we also provide free virtual sessions open to anyone anywhere. Thousands of people have registered for these sessions, and evaluations show growth in their knowledge and skills, as well as in the actions they take on behalf of students. We also host a free day-long event called advocate for education day, a day of learning, building community, and taking action. Those evaluations also show that participants grow in their knowledge, network, and likelihood to take action on behalf of students.
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $258,031.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 $507k to $270k (−47%).
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.
56% of SCHOOL BOARD SCHOOL’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 7 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
Leslie Maloney
Chair
As listed on its FY2026 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2024 and FY2025 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 7 funders, grant income rose $94k → $293k.
3 of 14 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 17% 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 SCHOOL BOARD SCHOOL’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
SCHOOL BOARD SCHOOL has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 23% 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
40% 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 SCHOOL BOARD SCHOOL.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 53% · 2021 58% · 2022 33% · 2023 24% — 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
38% of SCHOOL BOARD SCHOOL's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 36% 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
78% of SCHOOL BOARD SCHOOL's grant income comes from Ohio funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $160k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
SCHOOL BOARD SCHOOL's funding base is broadening — from 2 funders to 7 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 625 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2026
Organizations like SCHOOL BOARD SCHOOL
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
84% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
51%
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 SCHOOL BOARD SCHOOL: 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 SCHOOL BOARD SCHOOL?
- SCHOOL BOARD SCHOOL (Ohio) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $922,900 to it, the largest being CAROL ANN AND RALPH V HAILE JR FOUNDATION ($210,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SCHOOL BOARD SCHOOL have?
- IRS filings report 14 organizations giving $922,900 in grants to SCHOOL BOARD SCHOOL, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SCHOOL BOARD SCHOOL?
- CAROL ANN AND RALPH V HAILE JR FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $210,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SCHOOL BOARD SCHOOL 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 FY2026 (financials across 2020–2026), 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing