West Virginia · Nonprofit
THE HIGH ROCKS EDUCATIONAL CORPORATION
THE HIGH ROCKS EDUCATIONAL CORPORATION (West Virginia) receives grants from 28 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,568,473 to it, the largest being VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM ($2,500,000). 18 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 71% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $3.7M
- Funders on record
- 28
- Grants received
- $4.6M
- Net assets
- $6.0M
What The High Rocks Educational Corporation does
Mission
The mission of high rocks is to educate, empower, and inspire young people in west virginia.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
First2 network is a statewide network. The aim is to double the rate of science, technology, engineering, and math graduates in the state. The focus is on first-generation and other underrepresented stem students in their first two years of college.
$694,896 spentof which $139,405 as grants20% of program spendingWv jobs network connects great applicants with good jobs, provides valuable professional development for existing staff, and builds successful careers and businesses.
$359,523 spent10% of program spendingHigh rocks americorps partner sites, the mission of our partnerships program is to support work that helps us move together toward a just, peaceful, prosperous and innovative world. We partner with wv non-profits to increase learning and leadership, improve health through nutrition education and local foods access, and promote community involvement and volunteerism to build stronger communities, spreading the amazing resources and opportunities available through americorps to wv communities.
$873,852 spent25% of program spendingOther program services include high rocks academy, teaching and training, local foods, community programs and trips, wv jobs network, partnerships and community outreach, hub cafe, and tech express. High rocks academy provides transformational summer camps, and during the school year, opportunities for powerful youth engagement and service learning, a holistic college preparation program, college tours, tutoring and mentoring for motivated young people growing into strong leaders in wv. $332,792 of these expenses were for high rocks academy.
$1,516,530 spentof which $12,000 as grants44% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,444,801.
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 2022 to 2023, from $3.2M to $6.7M (+108%).
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 50% · 2018 43% · 2019 46% · 2020 54% · 2021 54% · 2022 43% · 2023 36% · 2024 74% · 2025 77%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
94% of THE HIGH ROCKS EDUCATIONAL CORPORATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (16% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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
Sarah Riley
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 11 funders, grant income rose $111k → $287k.
9 of 28 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 71% 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 HIGH ROCKS EDUCATIONAL CORPORATION’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 HIGH ROCKS EDUCATIONAL CORPORATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 55% of grant income and the top three 71%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
89% 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 HIGH ROCKS EDUCATIONAL CORPORATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 60% · 2018 71% · 2019 47% · 2020 27% · 2021 33% · 2022 24% · 2023 44% — diversifying over time.
“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
50% of THE HIGH ROCKS EDUCATIONAL CORPORATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 64% 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
71% of THE HIGH ROCKS EDUCATIONAL CORPORATION'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 $1.3M that is directly attributable, 57% of it comes from West Virginia funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $3.2M arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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 HIGH ROCKS EDUCATIONAL CORPORATION has grown faster than three-quarters of the 1,012 employment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,012 employment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding THE HIGH ROCKS EDUCATIONAL CORPORATION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $3.3M on record.
- National Science Foundation$2.7M
- Department of Agriculture$500k
- Appalachian Regional Commission$25k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like THE HIGH ROCKS EDUCATIONAL CORPORATION
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 West Virginia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
90% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE HIGH ROCKS EDUCATIONAL CORPORATION: 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 HIGH ROCKS EDUCATIONAL CORPORATION?
- THE HIGH ROCKS EDUCATIONAL CORPORATION (West Virginia) receives grants from 28 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,568,473 to it, the largest being VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM ($2,500,000). 18 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 71% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE HIGH ROCKS EDUCATIONAL CORPORATION have?
- IRS filings report 28 organizations giving $4,568,473 in grants to THE HIGH ROCKS EDUCATIONAL CORPORATION, 18 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE HIGH ROCKS EDUCATIONAL CORPORATION?
- VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM is the largest funder on record, with $2,500,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE HIGH ROCKS EDUCATIONAL CORPORATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in West Virginia. 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 28 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