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THE DISCOVERY SCHOOL OF JACKSONVILLE INC

THE DISCOVERY SCHOOL OF JACKSONVILLE INC (Florida) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $758,979 to it, the largest being THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA INC ($659,900). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 93% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2025
$7.4M
Funders on record
10
Grants received
$759k
Net assets
$8.7M
3/10 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 3%
01What it does

What The Discovery School of Jacksonville Inc does

Mission

The discovery school's mission is to open our minds and hearts so we can discover the knowledge and ideals to build a better world.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Not described on the e-filed return.

    $4,140,963 spent
    100% of program spending
  2. The discovery school's mission is to open our minds and hearts so we can discover the knowledge and ideals to build a better world.

The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,140,963.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($2.7M) Expenses 100 ($2.7M) Net assets 100 ($1.5M)2018 Revenue 125 ($3.3M) Expenses 104 ($2.8M) Net assets 136 ($2.0M)2019 Revenue 197 ($5.2M) Expenses 136 ($3.7M) Net assets 239 ($3.6M)2020 Revenue 139 ($3.7M) Expenses 140 ($3.8M) Net assets 235 ($3.5M)2021 Revenue 170 ($4.5M) Expenses 140 ($3.8M) Net assets 286 ($4.3M)2022 Revenue 198 ($5.3M) Expenses 162 ($4.4M) Net assets 348 ($5.2M)2023 Revenue 238 ($6.4M) Expenses 202 ($5.4M) Net assets 409 ($6.1M)2024 Revenue 329 ($8.8M) Expenses 241 ($6.5M) Net assets 564 ($8.4M)2025 Revenue 277 ($7.4M) Expenses 264 ($7.1M) Net assets 583 ($8.7M)
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Revenue (277)Expenses (264)Net assets (583)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 2023 to 2024, from $10M to $16M (+53%).

$3.7M
$5.8M
$6.9M
$7.3M
$8.3M
$8.6M
$10M
$16M
$16M
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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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

10% of THE DISCOVERY SCHOOL OF JACKSONVILLE INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 12,352 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

−$24k
’17
$535k
’18
$1.6M
’19
−$64k
’20
$755k
’21
$927k
’22
$914k
’23
$2.3M
’24
$309k
’25
8.0
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

Helen Pajcic Nicholson

Chair

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

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Listed9811121112111110
Joined·+2+3+1+1+6+0+3+2
No longer listed·30025133
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $16k → $220k.

6 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 93% 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 DISCOVERY SCHOOL OF JACKSONVILLE 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

THE DISCOVERY SCHOOL OF JACKSONVILLE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 87% of grant income and the top three 94%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

100% 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 DISCOVERY SCHOOL OF JACKSONVILLE INC.

87%
largest funder
94%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2020 76% · 2021 86% · 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.

How long its funders stay

25% of THE DISCOVERY SCHOOL OF JACKSONVILLE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 30% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y

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

93% of THE DISCOVERY SCHOOL OF JACKSONVILLE 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 $52k that is directly attributable, 98% of it comes from Florida funders.

NY
FL

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

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’21
Florida out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $707k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

THE DISCOVERY SCHOOL OF JACKSONVILLE INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 9,398 education nonprofits its size.

Operating margin4% · above the median
Months of reserve8.0mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)14% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,398 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

58% of spending goes to programs.

Program 58%Management 40%Fundraising 1%

Governance

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

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Questions and answers

Who funds THE DISCOVERY SCHOOL OF JACKSONVILLE INC?
THE DISCOVERY SCHOOL OF JACKSONVILLE INC (Florida) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $758,979 to it, the largest being THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA INC ($659,900). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 93% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does THE DISCOVERY SCHOOL OF JACKSONVILLE INC have?
IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $758,979 in grants to THE DISCOVERY SCHOOL OF JACKSONVILLE INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of THE DISCOVERY SCHOOL OF JACKSONVILLE INC?
THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA INC is the largest funder on record, with $659,900 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THE DISCOVERY SCHOOL OF JACKSONVILLE INC find more funders?
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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 10 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