Maryland · Nonprofit
THE ODYSSEY SCHOOL INC
THE ODYSSEY SCHOOL INC (Maryland) receives grants from 53 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,851,203 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION ($1,054,800). 31 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 70% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $11M
- Funders on record
- 53
- Grants received
- $3.9M
- Net assets
- $35M
What The Odyssey School Inc does
Mission
The odyssey school is dedicated to providing an exceptional education to children five years old through middle school who have been diagnosed with dyslexia and other language learning differences. Through evidence-based methods, small group instruction, and daily tutoring, we cultivate independent and confident learners who excel academically, socially, and emotionally. Anchored by our four pillars of kindness, honesty, respect, and hard work, the odyssey school challenges students intellectually and fosters self-advocacy skills. Our supportive environment empowers our students to reach their full potential in high school and beyond.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
General operations and instructional costs of school for dyslexic children in grades k through 8. Odyssey school helps students build self-esteem and confidence in spite of a learning difference, empowering them to understand their special minds and to find and use their strengths to a greater advantage. Teaching self-advocacy is a part of the daily program. The school provides early intervention that promotes success through its comprehensive program that includes research driven teaching approaches that are reinforced in daily tutoring sessions.
$6,539,242 spentof which $1,159,032 as grants$6,708,816 earned by the program98% of program spendingSummer camp is five weeks long running from late june through july. The morning program focuses on academics while the afternoon program consists of recreational activites outsourced to coppermine. The morning academic session covers a number of disciplines and includes a 1:1 tutoring ratio similar to the normal school-year program.the after-school-care program is available to all students beginning at the end of the school day at 3:10 p.m. And ending at 5:45 p.m. Various activities during that time period include homework completion, arts and crafts, snack time, and recreation time outside on the fields and/or inside the gymnasium.
$142,395 spent$199,612 earned by the program2% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $6,681,637.
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 2023 to 2024, from $28M to $34M (+19%).
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: 2024 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
26% of THE ODYSSEY SCHOOL INC’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. 2 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.
Board chair
Suzanne R Riedel
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 25 funders, grant income rose $56k → $871k.
11 of 53 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 70% 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 ODYSSEY SCHOOL INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 53 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 ODYSSEY SCHOOL INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 27% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
75% 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 ODYSSEY SCHOOL INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 27% · 2018 34% · 2019 20% · 2020 33% · 2021 24% · 2022 24% · 2023 62% — 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.
How long its funders stay
48% of THE ODYSSEY SCHOOL INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 58% 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
70% of THE ODYSSEY SCHOOL 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 $1.1M that is directly attributable, 64% of it comes from Maryland funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.7M arriving through sponsors registered in 9 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 ODYSSEY SCHOOL INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 3,794 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,794 education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like THE ODYSSEY SCHOOL INC
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 Maryland
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
74% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
45%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Greenspring Parcel Incorporated · corp_trust
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE ODYSSEY SCHOOL INC?
- THE ODYSSEY SCHOOL INC (Maryland) receives grants from 53 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,851,203 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION ($1,054,800). 31 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 70% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE ODYSSEY SCHOOL INC have?
- IRS filings report 53 organizations giving $3,851,203 in grants to THE ODYSSEY SCHOOL INC, 31 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE ODYSSEY SCHOOL INC?
- AMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,054,800 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE ODYSSEY SCHOOL INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maryland. 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 53 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