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SPONSOR 4 SUCCESS INC

SPONSOR 4 SUCCESS INC (Kentucky) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,211,958 to it, the largest being THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF LOUISVILLE DEPOSITORY INC ($438,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 60% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2024
$388k
Funders on record
8
Grants received
$1.2M
Net assets
$655k
4/8 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 81%
01What it does

What Sponsor 4 Success Inc does

Mission

Our vision is to develop a giving network of professional business and civic leaders committed to lessening the social and economic disparities affecting poor and under-served communities.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Beecher terrace redevelopment - this program is to assist in sponsoring the development of a retail center that will bring a grocery store and pharmacy to the russell neighborhood, an underserved community.

    $10,000 spent
    3% of program spending
  2. Affordable rental program - this program is to purchase abandoned houses, rehab them, and place them on the market at affordable rates below market value.

    $192,347 spent
    49% of program spending
  3. The joe hammond project - this program preserves the legacies of neighborhood hereos by telling their stories through documentaries which uncover the rich history of african american culture.

    $143,718 spent
    37% of program spending
  4. Scholarships

    $45,922 spentof which $45,922 as grants
    12% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $391,987.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20202020 Revenue 100 ($337k) Expenses 100 ($81k) Net assets 100 ($267k)2021 Revenue 185 ($625k) Expenses 268 ($216k) Net assets 253 ($676k)2022 Revenue 117 ($393k) Expenses 444 ($359k) Net assets 266 ($709k)2023 Revenue 175 ($590k) Expenses 562 ($454k) Net assets 317 ($845k)2024 Revenue 115 ($388k) Expenses 532 ($430k) Net assets 246 ($655k)
20202021202220232024
Revenue (115)Expenses (532)Net assets (246)Peer revenue range

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 $267k to $676k (+153%).

$267k
$676k
$709k
$867k
$677k
20202021202220232024
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

90% of SPONSOR 4 SUCCESS INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (91% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 23,870 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.

$256k
’20
$408k
’21
$34k
’22
$136k
’23
−$42k
’24
1.0
months of
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

Vreeland William Mosby

President, chairman

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

20202021202220232024
Listed66111010
Joined·+0+5+0+0
No longer listed·0010
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 5 funders, grant income rose $250 → $481k.

2 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 60% 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 SPONSOR 4 SUCCESS 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

SPONSOR 4 SUCCESS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 36% of grant income and the top three 88%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

63% 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 SPONSOR 4 SUCCESS INC.

36%
largest funder
88%
top three
~4
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 63% · 2022 68% · 2023 50% — 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

60% of SPONSOR 4 SUCCESS INC's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 50% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y

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

60% of SPONSOR 4 SUCCESS INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $482k that is directly attributable, 98% of it comes from Kentucky funders.

KY
NC
FL

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’17
’20
’21
’23
Kentucky out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $730k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

SPONSOR 4 SUCCESS INC's revenue grew 15% between 2020 and 2024.

Operating margin−11% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve1.0mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)4% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 21,616 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

Organizations like SPONSOR 4 SUCCESS INC

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In Kentucky

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

91% of spending goes to programs.

Program 91%Management 9%Fundraising 0%

Governance

10
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

95%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

KY

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Questions and answers

Who funds SPONSOR 4 SUCCESS INC?
SPONSOR 4 SUCCESS INC (Kentucky) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,211,958 to it, the largest being THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF LOUISVILLE DEPOSITORY INC ($438,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 60% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does SPONSOR 4 SUCCESS INC have?
IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $1,211,958 in grants to SPONSOR 4 SUCCESS INC, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of SPONSOR 4 SUCCESS INC?
THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF LOUISVILLE DEPOSITORY INC is the largest funder on record, with $438,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like SPONSOR 4 SUCCESS 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 FY2024 (financials across 2020–2024), and the filings of 8 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