Ohio · Nonprofit
SYLVANIA SCHOOLS FOUNDATION
SYLVANIA SCHOOLS FOUNDATION (Ohio) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,150,501 to it, the largest being PROMEDICA HEALTH SYSTEM INC ($1,000,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $89k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $1.2M
- Net assets
- $1.1M
What Sylvania Schools Foundation does
Mission
The foundation's mission is to raise funds for the improvement of athletic facilities used by sylvania youth especially those enrolled in sylvania schools. With the merger with the sylvania education foundation the foundation now also supports educators and students of the school district via funding for various classroom and academic projects.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Provide academic grants for classroom supplies and materials to teachers within the sylvania school district as well as grants for athletic equipment.
$23,022 spentof which $23,022 as grants36% of program spendingProvide renewable four year scholarships to selected graduating seniors.
$25,000 spentof which $25,000 as grants39% of program spendingContinued annual administration of the sylvania schools hall of fame.
$11,783 spent$16,042 earned by the program19% of program spendingContinued support of athletic facility improvements.
$3,869 spent6% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $63,674.
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 2021 to 2022, from $1.1M to $846k (−21%).
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.
63% of SYLVANIA SCHOOLS FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (65% 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income fell $1.0M → $12k.
3 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 7% 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 SYLVANIA SCHOOLS FOUNDATION’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
SYLVANIA SCHOOLS FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 87% of grant income and the top three 98%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
94% 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 SYLVANIA SCHOOLS FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 53% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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.
Where its funders are
100% of SYLVANIA SCHOOLS FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Ohio funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $81k 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
SYLVANIA SCHOOLS FOUNDATION has grown faster than three-quarters of the 21,892 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 21,892 education nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
Organizations like SYLVANIA SCHOOLS FOUNDATION
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
85%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for SYLVANIA SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: 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 SYLVANIA SCHOOLS FOUNDATION?
- SYLVANIA SCHOOLS FOUNDATION (Ohio) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,150,501 to it, the largest being PROMEDICA HEALTH SYSTEM INC ($1,000,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SYLVANIA SCHOOLS FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $1,150,501 in grants to SYLVANIA SCHOOLS FOUNDATION, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SYLVANIA SCHOOLS FOUNDATION?
- PROMEDICA HEALTH SYSTEM INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,000,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SYLVANIA SCHOOLS FOUNDATION 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 6 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