Missouri · Nonprofit
SCHOOL SMART KC INC
SCHOOL SMART KC INC (Missouri) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $44,018,030 to it, the largest being Greater Kansas City Community Foundation ($19,159,492). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $10M
- Funders on record
- 17
- Grants received
- $44M
- Net assets
- $11M
What School Smart Kc Inc does
Mission
From our inception our mission has been to eliminate the achievement gap for students in kansas city. (continued on schedule o)we recognize the existing obstacles and challenges that affect school performance in our city - and we are fueled in our work by the passion of our families, the commitment of our school leaders and educators, the growth in quality and performance in many of our schools, and the overwhelming potential that we see in every child in our classrooms. We know that together we are stronger, and we work with the entire education community to make a difference for our students.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Schoolsmartkc formally launched in march of 2017 with the goal of closing the achievement gap for students in kansas city. When we launched, 30% of public schools within the boundaries of the kansas city public school district were performing in the bottom five percent of schools in the state of missouri. Despite this challenge, sskc saw the potential of our community to work together in support of our schools through coordinated strategies to boost school performance and increase student success.(continued on schedule o)since our work started, working closely with community partners and our schools, schoolsmartkc has invested over $30 million into schools and education partners in kansas city. These investments, which include direct support to 100% of school districts and leas in the city, have seen tangible improvements to schools in the form of new offerings, expanded programming, and improved technology in the hands of our students. They have also allowed for the development and expansion of deeper collective efforts to address issues surrounding family engagement, recruitment and retention of educators, and the critical need for pre-k solutions in our city.now, eight (8)…
$7,404,350 spentof which $4,385,014 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $7,404,350.
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 2019 to 2020, from $2.3M to $9.3M (+294%).
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.
95% of SCHOOL SMART KC 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. 4 of the last 8 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
Angelique Nedved
President & CEO
Board chair
Mark Larrabee
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 7 funders, grant income rose $2.1M → $8.0M.
4 of 17 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 44% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $200k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Kc Action Fund). These are real filings, and they are not money SCHOOL SMART KC INC raised.
From the IRS filings of SCHOOL SMART KC 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
SCHOOL SMART KC INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 44% of grant income and the top three 90%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
45% 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 SMART KC INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 99% · 2019 100% · 2020 54% · 2021 36% · 2022 50% · 2023 66% — 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
25% of SCHOOL SMART KC INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 35% 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
65% of SCHOOL SMART KC INC's grant income comes from Missouri funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $19M 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
SCHOOL SMART KC INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 4,065 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,065 education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Organizations like SCHOOL SMART KC 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 Missouri
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
92% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
61%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Sskc Educational Support Inc · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds SCHOOL SMART KC INC?
- SCHOOL SMART KC INC (Missouri) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $44,018,030 to it, the largest being Greater Kansas City Community Foundation ($19,159,492). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SCHOOL SMART KC INC have?
- IRS filings report 17 organizations giving $44,018,030 in grants to SCHOOL SMART KC INC, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SCHOOL SMART KC INC?
- Greater Kansas City Community Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $19,159,492 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SCHOOL SMART KC INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Missouri. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 17 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