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ACCELERATE GREAT SCHOOLS

EIN 47-4220951 CINCINNATI, OH

Revenue 2024
$1,431,199
Expenses 2024
$11,175,924

Program services were 96.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
Classification
1200
Street
720 E PETE ROSE WAY STE 408

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO ENSURE EVERY STUDENT IN EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD OF CINCINNATI HAS ACCESS TO A GREAT SCHOOL.

  • THE ORGANIZATION INVESTS IN HIGH-PERFORMING K-12 SCHOOLS. IT WILL STRIVE TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS WITH ACCESS TO EXCELLENT EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES IN THE CINCINNATI AREA. ADDITIONALLY, THE ORGANIZATION INVESTS IN PROGRAMS THAT RECRUIT, TRAIN, AND SUPPORT TEACHERS AND PRINCIPALS IN THE CINCINNATI AREA AND WORKS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES TO IMPROVE EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES FOR ALL STUDENTS. THE ORGANIZATION IDENTIFIES FINANCIAL RESOURCES TO BE UTILIZED TOWARDS THESE ENDS.

    Expenses $10,762,612 · Grants $9,334,702

As filed on the 2024 return.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • SCOTT FARMER

    CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • GEORGE JOSEPH

    CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARY BETH MARTIN

    SECRETARY & TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DOROTHY BATTLE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JEB HEAD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LAURA MUELLER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • TOM WILLIAMS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOE ALLEN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BRIAN NEAL

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $306,009
    From this org
    $297,096
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,913
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $281,888
    Bonus
    $14,657
    Other
    $551
    Deferred
    $8,913
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $306,009

  • PAIGE LINDY

    CHIEF OF STAFF & OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $228,367
    From this org
    $200,901
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,466
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $190,502
    Bonus
    $10,032
    Other
    $367
    Deferred
    $6,165
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,301
    Filer's total
    $228,367

  • DEBORAH HOWARD

    SVP OF PROGRAMS

    Total calculated
    $152,852
    From this org
    $145,744
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,108
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $137,952
    Bonus
    $7,030
    Other
    $762
    Deferred
    $4,452
    Nontaxable benefits
    $2,656
    Filer's total
    $152,852

  • LATRICIA JONES

    VP OF GRANTS MGMT

    Total calculated
    $152,540
    From this org
    $128,804
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,736
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $122,447
    Bonus
    $6,297
    Other
    $60
    Deferred
    $3,969
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,767
    Filer's total
    $152,540

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $1,431,199
    Expenses
    $11,175,924
    Contributions
    $550,114
    Grants paid
    $9,334,702
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $4,751,369
    Expenses
    $11,996,149
    Contributions
    $3,029,152
    Grants paid
    $10,182,320
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $468,323
    Expenses
    $10,306,924
    Contributions
    $323,612
    Grants paid
    $8,678,303

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,700,984
    Expenses
    $13,017,451
    Assets (EOY)
    $48,959,993

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $44,793,143
    Expenses
    $8,071,130
    Assets (EOY)
    $57,748,705

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $11,122,832
    Expenses
    $5,996,145
    Assets (EOY)
    $20,822,562

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $190,459
    Expenses
    $2,675,649
    Assets (EOY)
    $15,538,763

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,136,765
    Expenses
    $1,863,383
    Assets (EOY)
    $17,899,147

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $14,055,920
    Expenses
    $2,322,759
    Assets (EOY)
    $15,621,906

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,048,564
    Expenses
    $188,778
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,879,210

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Grants made

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.