Virginia · Nonprofit
Thomas B Fordham Foundation
Thomas B Fordham Foundation (Virginia) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $39,000 to it, the largest being ACCELERATE GREAT SCHOOLS ($39,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.9M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $39k
- Net assets
- $81M
What Thomas B Fordham Foundation does
Mission
The Thomas B. Fordham Foundation supports the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, the nation's leader in advancing educational excellence, by providing quality research, analysis and commentary, as well as on-the-ground action and advocacy in Ohio.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Supporting national education policy reform: supports the thomas b. Fordham institutes efforts to produce research studies and commentary on national education policy issues. Our national policy work in 2023 focused on promoting evidence-based practices in the wake of the covid pandemic; promoting high quality career and technical education; and expanding high quality charter schools and other schools of choice.
$733,975 spentof which $2,500 as grants42% of program spendingSupporting education policy reform in ohio: supports the thomas b. Fordham institutes efforts to produce and disseminate reports, commentary, and policy briefs identifying evidence-based solutions and best-practice recommendations for the current challenges faced by the leaders of ohios school systems. The foundation helps the institute advance policies such as those which provide parents additional choices and hold schools accountable in hopes of narrowing ohios achievement gap.
$21,000 spentof which $21,000 as grants1% of program spendingCharter school authorizing: the thomas b. Fordham foundation serves as the authorizer for thirteen ohio-based charter schools serving more than 6,400 students.our nationally recognized charter-authorization staff evaluates proposals for new charter schools, monitors the compliance and performance of our portfolio of schools, and lends them fiscal and technical assistance.
$987,007 spentof which $110,000 as grants$1,027,459 earned by the program57% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,741,982.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $79M to $68M (−14%).
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: 2020 28%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 6 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2022: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $8k → $13k.
From the IRS filings of Thomas B Fordham Foundation’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
Thomas B Fordham Foundation draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Virginia, across 1 state in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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.
Organizations like Thomas B Fordham Foundation
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 Virginia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
53% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Thomas B Fordham Institute · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Thomas B Fordham Foundation: 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 Thomas B Fordham Foundation?
- Thomas B Fordham Foundation (Virginia) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $39,000 to it, the largest being ACCELERATE GREAT SCHOOLS ($39,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Thomas B Fordham Foundation have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $39,000 in grants to Thomas B Fordham Foundation, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Thomas B Fordham Foundation?
- ACCELERATE GREAT SCHOOLS is the largest funder on record, with $39,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Thomas B Fordham Foundation find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Virginia. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2019–2024), 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing