Georgia · Nonprofit
THE JACOB'S LADDER GROUP
THE JACOB'S LADDER GROUP (Georgia) receives grants from 28 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,088,546 to it, the largest being J BULOW CAMPBELL FOUNDATION ($1,255,081). 15 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $11M
- Funders on record
- 28
- Grants received
- $3.1M
- Net assets
- $22M
What The Jacob's Ladder Group does
Mission
The jacob's ladder interpersonal whole brain model of care is a strategic person centered approach that considers the most critical aspects of the whole person, synthesizes this information , then develops an individualized educative rehabilitative program that addresses the person as the unique individual that they are. We steadfastly believe in the union of science and love. We offer the best and most innovative interventions in the field of neuroscience we collect copious degrees of data; but our days are also full of great joy, connection, love, compassion great care. These aspects are justly rooted in science. The brain needs safety, security, a sense of acceptance and bond with another in order for learning, growth and change to occur. A body, mind and soul senses the care and connection of other people who unabashedly believe in them and their potential. There is great power in that bond, and we are here to faithfully deliver on both aspects of the science and the love.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Provides a daily school environment for children with autism, add, adhd, aspergers, downs, learning disorders and other developmental delay disorders which require individual therapies and curriculum programs which are then implemented on a one-on-one basis. Also provided are art and music therapies, as well as traditional educational curriculum areas (math, spelling, science, etc.). All are provided to students in addition to the specialized therapy programs which are unique to each individual student. Average of 100 to 150 daily or part time students per week.
$3,476,519 spent$4,496,096 earned by the program80% of program spendingProvides biannual or annual reviews of educational, therapeutic programs for parents to work with their own children at their own home or at other public/private schools, or to use and implement as part of the jacobs ladder curriculum. Plans and develops itemized curriculum programs which specify the individual therapies and curriculum outlines for parents to work one on one with their own children at home, other school, or to implement at jacobs ladder. Averages 125 to 150 biannual or annual evaluations of children per year.
$378,946 spent$450,686 earned by the program9% of program spendingProvides individualized therapies and intensive training for various groups of students in the pods of care program with specific behavioral programs and treatment therapies.
$119,976 spent$162,734 earned by the program3% of program spendingProvides biofeedback therapies to assist in the day-to-day activities of the students and to assist in monitoring the various response to stimuli which may affect the day-to-day learning activities of each student. Additionally provide specific individualized listening and auditory processing programs for specific students.
$364,973 spent$485,306 earned by the program8% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,340,414.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 $20M to $24M (+17%).
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: 2021 22%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
31% of THE JACOB'S LADDER GROUP’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (23% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 5 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.
Board chair
Mark Pope
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 11 funders, grant income rose $95k → $214k.
13 of 28 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 36% 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 JACOB'S LADDER GROUP’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 27 of 28 funders by total. 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 JACOB'S LADDER GROUP leans on a few funders — its largest provides 41% of grant income and the top three 61%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
39% 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 JACOB'S LADDER GROUP.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 60% · 2018 36% · 2019 75% · 2020 44% · 2021 32% · 2022 34% · 2023 21% — 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
60% of THE JACOB'S LADDER GROUP's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 54% 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
100% of THE JACOB'S LADDER GROUP's grant income comes from Georgia funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.1M 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 JACOB'S LADDER GROUP runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 4,065 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,065 education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Organizations like THE JACOB'S LADDER GROUP
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In Georgia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
68% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE JACOB'S LADDER GROUP?
- THE JACOB'S LADDER GROUP (Georgia) receives grants from 28 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,088,546 to it, the largest being J BULOW CAMPBELL FOUNDATION ($1,255,081). 15 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE JACOB'S LADDER GROUP have?
- IRS filings report 28 organizations giving $3,088,546 in grants to THE JACOB'S LADDER GROUP, 15 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE JACOB'S LADDER GROUP?
- J BULOW CAMPBELL FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,255,081 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE JACOB'S LADDER GROUP find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Georgia. 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 2020–2024), 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing