Ohio · Nonprofit
THE ACCLAIM FOUNDATION
THE ACCLAIM FOUNDATION (Ohio) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,067 to it, the largest being GE AEROSPACE FOUNDATION ($2,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $143k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $3k
- Net assets
- $417k
What The Acclaim Foundation does
Mission
The purpose of this foundation shall be to ensure the future of three rivers fine & performing arts programs and assist the directors and student members with any worthwhile undertaking or venture that would promote, support, and benefit the fine & performing arts programs of taylor high school, taylor middleschool, and three rivers elementary school,including but not limited to affiliated groups: instrumental music, vocal music, theater arts, general music, and visual arts and all of their affiliate groups.such assistance shall be done without attempting to direct the functions or policies of the board of education, the administration, or its teachers.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
The taylor band has over 150 students in grades 6-12 that participate in multiple ensembles. The 6th, 7th and 8th grade bands have 100 students enrolled. The high school symphonic band has 63 students and the jazz ensemble has 18 students. The marching yellowjackets have 46 members. The marching band had a winning season, earning several first place trophies at competitions throughout the season, and placing 2nd at midstates.
$39,256 spent38% of program spendingThe three rivers theatre department involves over 200 students through the year, putting on three productions. In the fall, kindergarten through 12th grade performed seussical jr. The high school production put on pippin in the winter, and middle school produced newsies jr. In the spring. The high school students take part in the cappies organization, with student critics attending and writing articles about local productions. Our students won three categories including male dancer, female dancer and male vocalist at the cappies gala in may.
$51,689 spent50% of program spendingThe 5-12 choir program has over 300 students singing in at least one choir. The high school program alone consists of approximately 15% of the high school population. Sixteen select 7th and 8th graders performed in the local, district 14 junior high honor choir in march, along with 120 other top singers in the cincinnati area. Taylor high school choirs performed around the community, supporting local groups with their voices.
$5,964 spent6% of program spendingArt classes are offered k-12th grade. After school clubs and enrichment classes are also offered. Art shows occur throughout the year for each grade level and are showcased at the fine arts day in sping. Visual art activities include those connected with conducting art shows and educational/enrichment camps, purchasing art supplies, paying art conference dues, contest entry fees, and camp scholarships. At taylor about 45% of high school students are involved in the visual arts. The high school visual arts program offers college prep as well as honors level art courses. There are three different ap art & design classes offered: drawing, 2d, and 3d. Ap art & design students have a 92% passing rate for these college level classes.
$6,796 spentof which $3,148 as grants7% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $103,705.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $292k to $367k (+26%).
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.
13% of THE ACCLAIM FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $3k → $139.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 18% 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 ACCLAIM 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
THE ACCLAIM FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 82% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 95% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — 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.
Where its funders are
THE ACCLAIM FOUNDATION draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Ohio, across 1 state in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $567 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.
Against its field
THE ACCLAIM FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 16,849 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like THE ACCLAIM 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.
Public support
80%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE ACCLAIM 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 THE ACCLAIM FOUNDATION?
- THE ACCLAIM FOUNDATION (Ohio) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,067 to it, the largest being GE AEROSPACE FOUNDATION ($2,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE ACCLAIM FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $3,067 in grants to THE ACCLAIM FOUNDATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE ACCLAIM FOUNDATION?
- GE AEROSPACE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $2,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE ACCLAIM 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 FY2025 (financials across 2018–2025), and the filings of 2 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