South Carolina · Nonprofit
THE NEXT SCHOOL
THE NEXT SCHOOL (South Carolina) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $28,787 to it, the largest being ROBERT E DODS FAMILY FOUNDATION INC ($10,500). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2023
- $-83410
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $29k
- Net assets
- $0
What The Next School does
Mission
We're here to empower young people to lead impactful lives now and to create the untested future. This means that, while we are a school, our intent is to connect to real world skills and opportunities outside of school. After all - outside of school, adults are rarely segrated by age, are valued based on their work more than written test; and typically only pursue knowledge that interests them or advances their career. As our peers move toward graduation, they will be prepared for whatever life after school may look like for them - in college, tech school, start- up companies, nonprofits, or as part of the workforce. The world young people are inheriting is big, diverse, always-changing, and more challenging than ever. Students at (and graduates from) next high school will be prepared for the unknown future by working with that future now; building their communities now; and making an impact now.
As stated on its FY2023 Form 990.
Programs
The purpose for which the school is organized is to operate a charter school in south carolina and to engage in any other activity permissible; it is to ensure that high quality education is accessible to all children regardless of economic status or background.
$172,482 spent$592 earned by the program100% of program spendingThe school has two sites, one in greenville, sc and the other in salem, sc. Being a public charter school the school serves the local community and is representative of that area. The greenville campus has a mixed-race demographic of students who are energized by a curriculum whereby the student has to take co-ownership in order to succeed. The salem campus is comprised primarily of rural, economically challenged families who want thier children educated locally with the hope that their children will be able to become upwardly mobile.
The curriculum is based on a concept known as impact-based learning through the tennants of interest, inquiry and impact. Impact-based learning is similar to project-based learning in that students make a practical application of what they learn in class; however, with impact-based learning the student's core studies and electives are resources that help drive along an interest, through academic and pracitcal inquiry, into something that should have community impact, such as a business, nonprofit, or community project. In many cases students will have created their own employment before graduating from high school. Other students will continue refining their interest as they move into higher education.
Other school operational needs.
The 4 programs described on its FY2022 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $172,482.
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 $1.0M to $0 (−100%).
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 98% · 2021 10%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
-1% of THE NEXT SCHOOL’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (65% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 7 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
Dr Stephanie Brown
CEO
Board chair
Cate Tyson
Chairperson
As listed on its FY2023 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $500 → $53.
2 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 38% 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 NEXT SCHOOL’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 NEXT SCHOOL leans on a few funders — its largest provides 36% of grant income and the top three 97%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
38% 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 NEXT SCHOOL.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 68% · 2021 100% · 2022 95% · 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
THE NEXT SCHOOL draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside South Carolina, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $11k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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 NEXT SCHOOL has grown faster than half of the 21,386 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 21,386 education nonprofits under $100k, FY2023
Organizations like THE NEXT SCHOOL
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 South Carolina
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
67% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE NEXT SCHOOL: 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 NEXT SCHOOL?
- THE NEXT SCHOOL (South Carolina) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $28,787 to it, the largest being ROBERT E DODS FAMILY FOUNDATION INC ($10,500). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE NEXT SCHOOL have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $28,787 in grants to THE NEXT SCHOOL, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE NEXT SCHOOL?
- ROBERT E DODS FAMILY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $10,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE NEXT SCHOOL find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in South Carolina. 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 FY2023 (financials across 2017–2023), and the filings of 4 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