Spirit of America Foundation Inc

What it says it does

“Offering a unique, safe and comprehensive water-based educational and recreational program, the spirit of America foundation instills confidence and fosters the spirit of teamwork in our nations youth. Our underlying goals also include developing self-esteem while nurturing responsible behavior and positive, lifelong ambitions.”From the organization's Form 990 for the year ending Sep 2025, as written (including spelling); all-capital text shown in normal capitalization.

Spirit of America Foundation Inc finances

From the annual returns the group files with the IRS (Form 990, or the shorter Form 990-EZ for smaller groups), 2 filed years. Net assets are what it owns minus what it owes; management and general is office, admin and insurance cost. A dash means not reported (the short form does not ask for employees or volunteers). Each figure links to that year's return. A year is left out when no return is in the IRS e-file data; that does not mean the group was inactive.

Where the money goes, year ending Sep 2025

• Programs $334,040 (84%)
• Management and general $57,257 (14%)
• Fundraising $4,846 (1%)

Where the money comes from, year ending Sep 2025

• Gifts and grants $381,469 (98%)
• Program fees $7,180 (2%)
• Investment income $0 (0%)
• Other $0 (0%)

People: 6 employees and 15 volunteers reported for the year ending Sep 2025. Counts only; BackPR does not publish names of officers or staff.

Revenue trend: Growing. Revenue went from $258,355 (year ending Sep 2023) to $388,649 (Sep 2025), about +23% a year.

Growth label: we compare total revenue on the oldest and the newest return shown above. Growing means revenue rose by more than 10% a year on average, Shrinking means it fell by more than 10% a year, and Steady means a change between -10% and +10% a year. The rate is the compounded yearly average between the two returns, so it hides ups and downs in between (see the table). We only label groups with returns at least a year apart and at least $5,000 of revenue on the oldest one. This is our own calculation, not an IRS rating or a judgment of quality.

Source: IRS Form 990 Series Downloads (the returns open on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer, which republishes the IRS files). Figures are as the organization filed them. Ohio nonprofit.

How it compares

2 of 18 amateur sports nonprofits in Mentor when sorted from largest to smallest revenue. This shows size only, not quality. Groups with no reported revenue are listed last.

Size: revenue of $388,649 is higher than roughly 80 to 90% of the 768 amateur sports nonprofits in Ohio that report revenue to the IRS (the city count above also includes groups with none). The median is $109,270.

Our analysis of the IRS Business Master File (posted October 13, 2026), using each group's latest reported revenue. Groups are sorted by revenue and split into ten equal bands, using all Ohio groups of this type (Amateur sports, which covers several IRS activity codes). Size only, not a rating.

Around Mentor and its county

Licensed programs in Mentor

25 licensed child care centers, 1 school-age programs are in state licensing records and listed in the BackPR finder. The examples below are not related to this organization.

Ohio background check rules for youth programs · How BackPR works for amateur sports nonprofits

Free forms for amateur sports nonprofits

More amateur sports nonprofits in Mentor

All youth and community nonprofits in Mentor