Mission
OUR MISSION IS TO PERFORM FUNDRAISING AND ADVOCACY ACTIVITIES THAT EXCLUSIVELY SUPPORT THE OPERTIONS AND GROWTH OF THE BREAKTHROUGH PUBLIC SCHOOLS MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATION AND ALL ITS MEMBER SCHOOLS.
Public Charity
FRIENDS OF BREAKTHROUGH SCHOOLS
FRIENDS OF BREAKTHROUGH SCHOOLS, of CLEVELAND, OH, is a Public Charity tracked in Imperigo's IRS 990 database. The 2025 filing shows $6.7M in revenue, $7.1M in expenses, $107.0M in total assets. 120 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $12.4M, appear in IRS filings.
EIN: 204948838
CLEVELAND, OH
Single Organization Support
NTEE: B11
Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$6.7M
Total Expenses$7.1M
Total Assets$107.0M
Grant Records120
Funding Total$12.4M
Filing Years2021–2025
Where $100 goes at Friends of Breakthrough Schools
How Friends of Breakthrough Schools divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 9 years.
$81
Programs
the work itself
$18
Management
running the organization
$1
Fundraising
raising the next dollar
Inside the $81 for programs
$81
Friends of Breakthrough Schools, and prior to that, friends of e prep, has a long history of raising funds to fill the gap between the inequitable funding the…
Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.
Sample Grants Received
GENERAL SUPPORT
$15,750
GENERAL SUPPORT
$528,053
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
$146,500
CHARTER SCHOOL CAPACITY-BUILDING
$122,000
EDUCATION
$66,250
Showing up to 5 of 120 total records — full history available with membership.
Officers & Directors
TRUSTEE
Adebanjo Solaru
TRUSTEE
Amanda Brady
TRUSTEE
Andrew Bennett
TRUSTEE
Andrew Gehrlein
TRUSTEE
Andrew Mcrae
TRUSTEE
Aysegul Keskin Zeren
Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.
Top Grant Purposes
Financial Trends
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $6.7M | $7.1M | $107.0M |
| 2024 | $17.7M | $9.3M | $126.1M |
| 2023 | $14.9M | $9.8M | $121.1M |
| 2022 | $16.8M | $8.7M | $75.2M |
| 2021 | $14.3M | $13.7M | $75.6M |
Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue declined from $14.3M to $6.7M (-53%), with total assets most recently reported at $107.0M.
Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.