Iowa · Nonprofit
THE ACADEMY FOR SCHOLASTIC AND PERSONAL SUCCESS
THE ACADEMY FOR SCHOLASTIC AND PERSONAL SUCCESS (Iowa) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $118,884 to it, the largest being GREATER CEDAR RAPIDS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($79,619). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 95% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $622k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $119k
- Net assets
- $489k
What The Academy for Scholastic and Personal Success does
Mission
The organization known as "The Academy for Scholastic and Personal Success" seeks to educate, teach, mentor and support children of color in educational formats for the development of youth cultural and educational activties supported by charitable efforts within surrounding communities.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Summer program: six weeks dedicated focus summer program for 30 high school students with included instruction in core curricular areas of scholastic, cultural and personal issues designed to help youth have tools to understand.
$46,021 spent$2,787 earned by the program37% of program spendingAfrican american awareness program (aap) and expansion program: october to may annual programs for third through eigth graders to encourage academic and leadership skills. Participation varies annually by program seeks to impact up to 50 students.
$51,389 spent42% of program spendingCritical conversations: community outreach virtual program conducted bimonthly that provided a safe space to learn and discuss black history, black culture, and social justice.
$26,389 spent21% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $123,799.
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 2023 to 2024, from $60k to $490k (+715%).
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: 2024 87%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
99% of THE ACADEMY FOR SCHOLASTIC AND PERSONAL SUCCESS’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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
White Dr Ruth
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $13k → $36.
4 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 95% 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 THE ACADEMY FOR SCHOLASTIC AND PERSONAL SUCCESS’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
THE ACADEMY FOR SCHOLASTIC AND PERSONAL SUCCESS leans on a few funders — its largest provides 67% of grant income and the top three 95%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
95% 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 THE ACADEMY FOR SCHOLASTIC AND PERSONAL SUCCESS.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 68% · 2021 54% · 2022 88% · 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
95% of THE ACADEMY FOR SCHOLASTIC AND PERSONAL SUCCESS'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 $6k that is directly attributable, 82% of it comes from Iowa funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $113k 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
THE ACADEMY FOR SCHOLASTIC AND PERSONAL SUCCESS runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 22,812 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 22,812 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like THE ACADEMY FOR SCHOLASTIC AND PERSONAL SUCCESS
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 Iowa
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
65% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
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 THE ACADEMY FOR SCHOLASTIC AND PERSONAL SUCCESS: 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 THE ACADEMY FOR SCHOLASTIC AND PERSONAL SUCCESS?
- THE ACADEMY FOR SCHOLASTIC AND PERSONAL SUCCESS (Iowa) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $118,884 to it, the largest being GREATER CEDAR RAPIDS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($79,619). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 95% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE ACADEMY FOR SCHOLASTIC AND PERSONAL SUCCESS have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $118,884 in grants to THE ACADEMY FOR SCHOLASTIC AND PERSONAL SUCCESS, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE ACADEMY FOR SCHOLASTIC AND PERSONAL SUCCESS?
- GREATER CEDAR RAPIDS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $79,619 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE ACADEMY FOR SCHOLASTIC AND PERSONAL SUCCESS find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Iowa. 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing