Junior Achievement of Eastern Ohio

Name

Junior Achievement of Eastern Ohio

Legal name

Junior Achievement of Eastern Ohio, Inc.

Website

https://mahoningvalley.ja.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1952

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Youth Financial Literacy and Entrepreneurship Education

NAICS

Educational Support Services (611710), Educational Services (611)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Career Readiness & College Prep (In-School) (EDAJAFAM)

akta.pro secondary industry

Standards Alignment & Curriculum Mapping Resources (State/NAEYC/Head Start) (EDACAJAN)

Keywords

• Financial literacy education
• Youth entrepreneurship programs
• Career readiness education
• K-12 experiential learning
• Volunteer-led education

Headquarters

HQ city

Girard

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Donations and Charitable Contributions: The organization relies on donations from individuals and corporations to fund its educational programs. The 'Donate Now' option on the website enables direct charitable contributions from supporters.
2. Corporate Impact Partner Funding: Corporate partners fund programs that are delivered to local students. This is a mutual benefit arrangement where corporations provide financial support while gaining community engagement and youth development impact.
3. Event-Based Fundraising: The organization hosts events such as the Swing Fore JA Golf Classic to raise funds while engaging the business community.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Junior Achievement of Eastern Ohio delivers volunteer-led, experiential K-12 educational programs in financial literacy, entrepreneurship, and career readiness to students across Eastern Ohio. Core offerings include a one-semester JA Financial Literacy course for high schools (aligned to Ohio SB1 Requirements), a modular JA Design Thinking, Creative Entrepreneurship, and Innovation Ohio program, and the planned 16,000-square-foot JA Discovery Center at Eastwood Mall. Programs are provided at no cost to schools and students, funded through donations, corporate Impact Partners, and fundraising events.

Product overview

Junior Achievement of Eastern Ohio is a nonprofit educational organization offering experiential learning programs primarily for K-12 students. Its core portfolio includes JA Financial Literacy (a high school personal finance course meeting Ohio SB1 Requirements), JA Design Thinking, Creative Entrepreneurship, and Innovation Ohio (a modular entrepreneurship program), and the JA Discovery Center (a 16,000 sq. ft. experiential learning facility opening at the Eastwood Mall). Programs are delivered through classroom instruction, in-person and virtual volunteer engagement, and the upcoming Discovery Center, serving elementary, middle, and high school students across Eastern Ohio.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• JA Financial Literacy (for Ohio) A one-semester teacher-led personal finance course for high school students that equips them with foundational personal finance skills and fulfills Ohio SB1 Requirements. Delivered as a standalone curriculum product that schools can adopt at no cost.
• JA Design Thinking, Creative Entrepreneurship, and Innovation Ohio A modular learning experience for students that teaches the mindset and skills needed for success as aspiring entrepreneurs and innovators. Participants complete three modules covering the Design Thinking problem-solving approach and learn to transform ideas into concise, actionable one-page business plans.
• JA Discovery Center A planned 16,000-square-foot immersive experiential learning facility at the Eastwood Mall that will serve public, private, and homeschool students as well as traditional and non-traditional adult learners with financial literacy and entrepreneurship programming.

Quantifiable outcome

• 17,196 students reached (2024-2025)
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Volunteer Professionals (Community)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommunity volunteers (209 in 2024-2025) deliver JA programs in classrooms. These volunteers bring real-world business and financial experience to students, forming the backbone of program delivery.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Take Stock in Children: Florida-based nonprofit combining mentorship, scholarships, and college/career readiness for low-income K-12 students. Comparable youth-focused educational mission with state-aligned programming and corporate/foundation funding.
• EverFi (Vector Solutions): Ed-tech provider of digital financial literacy and life skills curricula used by K-12 schools and districts. Competes with JA Financial Literacy for school adoption decisions and corporate-funded deployments, particularly where in-person volunteer delivery is not feasible.

Direct peers

• Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE): National nonprofit delivering youth entrepreneurship education in K-12 schools, overlapping directly with JA's entrepreneurship and design thinking offerings while competing for the same school and corporate partner dollars.
• Junior Achievement of Greater Cleveland: Sibling JA area operating in Northeast Ohio with the same K-12 financial literacy, entrepreneurship, and career readiness programs and volunteer-driven delivery model, making it the closest operational and geographic peer.
• Junior Achievement of Central Ohio: Adjacent JA area serving the Columbus region with the same JA curriculum suite and Discovery Center-style facilities. Direct peer in mission, products, and partnership model.
• Junior Achievement of North Central Ohio: Regional JA chapter providing K-12 financial literacy and entrepreneurship education in northern Ohio under the same national JA framework, competing for school district partnerships in overlapping Ohio markets.
• Junior Achievement of Kentuckiana: JA chapter serving the Louisville/southern Indiana region with comparable K-12 financial literacy and career readiness programs and a similar volunteer and corporate partnership delivery model.

Broad incumbents

• Junior Achievement USA: National umbrella organization for the Junior Achievement network that provides shared curriculum, brand standards, and program frameworks used by JA of Eastern Ohio. It is the parent-like network that defines program quality and national partnerships.
• Boys & Girls Clubs of America: Large national youth-development nonprofit delivering financial literacy, career readiness, and entrepreneurship programming through local clubs. Overlaps with JA on target population and corporate funder base but with a broader after-school mission.

Regional players

• Junior Achievement of Western Pennsylvania: Operates just across the state line with the same JA programs, volunteer model, and Discovery Center approach. Comparable in scale and operational design, but serves a different geography with some donor overlap.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/JAMV

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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