Ohio · Nonprofit
POSITIVITY SPECTRUM
POSITIVITY SPECTRUM (Ohio) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $5,000 to it, the largest being THE SAM J FRANKINO FOUNDATION ($5,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $56k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $5k
- Net assets
- $45k
What Positivity Spectrum does
Mission
The Positivity Spectrum is organized and operated exclusively for charitable and educational purposes within the meaning of Section 501c3 of the Internal Revenue Code Its primary exempt purpose is to support and empower underserved autistic children and their families by providing advocacy education and access to inclusive programs that promote social emotional and academic development The organization fulfills this purpose by offering individualized IEP advocacy to ensure access to a Free and Appropriate Public Education FAPE operating a free legal clinic to assist families in navigating special education rights and providing community-based sensory-friendly programs that foster social connection and skill-building Through initiatives such as Camp for Kids and accessible weekend programming The Positivity Spectrum works to remove financial and systemic barriers so that all children regardless of income can thrive in school and in their communities
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Program
0
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $0.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Sarah Kovit Hanna
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of POSITIVITY SPECTRUM’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.
Where its funders are
100% of POSITIVITY SPECTRUM's grant income comes from Ohio funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
POSITIVITY SPECTRUM runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 6,752 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,752 health nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like POSITIVITY SPECTRUM
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 Ohio
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
0%
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 POSITIVITY SPECTRUM: 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 POSITIVITY SPECTRUM?
- POSITIVITY SPECTRUM (Ohio) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $5,000 to it, the largest being THE SAM J FRANKINO FOUNDATION ($5,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does POSITIVITY SPECTRUM have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $5,000 in grants to POSITIVITY SPECTRUM.
- Who is the largest funder of POSITIVITY SPECTRUM?
- THE SAM J FRANKINO FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $5,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like POSITIVITY SPECTRUM find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ohio. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2025–2025), and the filings of 1 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