Jackson Local Schools Foundation Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
453769170
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2018–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2017
Location
Canton, OH, USA
Phone
3308308075
Rating
92
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Fund Raising and/or Fund Distribution

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$42,246
Expenses
$53,341
Assets
$391,136
Liabilities
$1,225

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Kody Gonzalez (Past President)
  • Rob Molnar (President)
  • Jill Kaempf (1st Vice President)
  • Holly Davies (2nd Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Kody Gonzalez (Past President)
  • Rob Molnar (President)
  • Jill Kaempf (1st Vice President)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The Jackson Local Schools Foundation is an independent organization of local volunteers that works to promote educational achievement, encourage instructional innovation and create excitement about learning. Our objective is to further the excellence of Jackson Local Schools.

What it reported doing in 2025

The Jackson Local Schools Foundation is an independent organization of local volunteers that works to promote educational achievement, encourage instructional innovation and create excitement about learning. Our objective is to further the excellence on Jackson Local Schools. In 2025, JLSF awarded 8 grants totaling $29,349.76 to the Jackson Local Schools as well as 5 individual $1,500 Scholarships to 2025 Jackson High School graduates totaling $7,500. Some of the grants provided in 2025 include a small group experience with local author and illustrator, strength and conditioning program, an in-class mini library for spanish students, 3D modeling and manufacturing equipment, interactive board games to help students understand complex government concepts, social-emotional enrichment, expanding book club program, and to introduce a student-directed learning model focused on the research on topics of personal interest.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 89% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 94
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 45
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 84.5%; rating input score 84

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -26.3%; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 7.33; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -5.4% per year; rating input score 0; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 7.7% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 15.2% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 84.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $45K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2018 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 19/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 28/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.