Florida · Nonprofit
St Johns County Education Foundation Inc Doing business as Ink
St Johns County Education Foundation Inc Doing business as Ink (Florida) receives grants from 29 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,396,016 to it, the largest being RSM US FOUNDATION ($1,377,686). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.4M
- Funders on record
- 29
- Grants received
- $3.4M
- Net assets
- $2.4M
What St Johns County Education Foundation Inc Doing business as Ink does
Mission
The St. Johns County Education Foundation leads efforts to provide innovative programs and classroom resources to promote the academic success of St. Johns County public School students.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Five Learning Years (FLY)goal is to ensure all children arrive at kindergarten ready to learn and grow, regardless of circumstances. Beginning in pre-kindergarten, students are assessed for school readiness. Those in need of intervention are placed in small groups with an experienced tutor, using Numerous BrightStart early literacy curriculum.-Take Stock in Children (TSIC)is a statewide non-profit organization that was established in 1995 to offer low-income at-risk students a unique opportunity to escape the cycle of poverty through education. THis program offers students a college tuition scholarship, mentor, and hope of a better life. Since 1998 INK! has been the exclusive umbrella agency for this program in St. Johns County.Tools 4 Schools- on, average teachers spend $800 of their own money on school suppliers for their students and classroom. The goal of Tools 4 Schools is to minimize this expense for our educators. Tools 4 Schools is an annual county wide school supply drive held in the summer. Individuals, organizations, and businesses are encouraged to become a part of this event by becoming drop-off points, donating supplies and/or volunteering time to help sort and…
$1,262,643 spentof which $77,650 as grants$129,665 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,262,643.
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 2018 to 2019, from $685k to $1.7M (+150%).
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 6% · 2018 7% · 2023 6%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
79% of St Johns County Education Foundation Inc Doing business as Ink’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (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.
Chief executive
Cathy Newman
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 7 funders, grant income fell $295k → $264k.
8 of 29 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 4% 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 St Johns County Education Foundation Inc Doing business as Ink’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 28 of 29 funders by total. 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
St Johns County Education Foundation Inc Doing business as Ink leans on a few funders — its largest provides 41% of grant income and the top three 86%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
98% 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 St Johns County Education Foundation Inc Doing business as Ink.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 48% · 2018 50% · 2019 30% · 2020 57% · 2021 64% · 2022 60% · 2023 60% — growing more concentrated.
“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
57% of St Johns County Education Foundation Inc Doing business as Ink's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 41% 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
57% of St Johns County Education Foundation Inc Doing business as Ink's grant income comes from Florida funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $152k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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
St Johns County Education Foundation Inc Doing business as Ink holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 9,398 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,398 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like St Johns County Education Foundation Inc Doing business as Ink
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 Florida
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for St Johns County Education Foundation Inc Doing business as Ink: 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 St Johns County Education Foundation Inc Doing business as Ink?
- St Johns County Education Foundation Inc Doing business as Ink (Florida) receives grants from 29 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,396,016 to it, the largest being RSM US FOUNDATION ($1,377,686). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does St Johns County Education Foundation Inc Doing business as Ink have?
- IRS filings report 29 organizations giving $3,396,016 in grants to St Johns County Education Foundation Inc Doing business as Ink, 12 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of St Johns County Education Foundation Inc Doing business as Ink?
- RSM US FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,377,686 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like St Johns County Education Foundation Inc Doing business as Ink find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Florida. 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 29 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