Connecticut · Public charity
Achievement First Inc
Achievement first, inc. Is a non-profit charter schools management organization that operates a network of k-12 public charter schools in connecticut, rhode island, and new york. The network of schools focuses on providing students with the academic and character skills they need to graduate from top colleges, to succeed in a competitive…
- $3.1M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 5
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $2.8M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $525,245
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,125,603
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 6
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $99M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Achievement First Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 5 | $2.8M | 0% |
| FY2024 | 5 | $2.5M | 0% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $4.3M | 0% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $5.7M | 0% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $4.3M | 0% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $2.9M | 0% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $7.0M | 0% |
| FY2018 | 6 | $9.8M | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elm City College Preparatory Inc | $17,279,496 | 9 | 33% |
| Achievement First Hartford Academy | $8,597,809 | 9 | 17% |
| Achievement First Rhode Island Inc | $7,991,674 | 9 | 7% |
| Achievement First Bridgeport Academy Inc | $7,752,238 | 9 | 10% |
| Amistad Academy Inc | $7,019,521 | 9 | 13% |
| Achievement First Brooklyn Charter Schools C/O Achievement First Inc | $3,757,309 | 6 | 1% |
About Achievement First Inc
- How much does Achievement First Inc give?
- Achievement First Inc reported 5 itemized grants totaling $2,813,127, out of $3,076,582 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 6 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Achievement First Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (100%).
- Who are Achievement First Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Elm City College Preparatory Inc ($17M), Achievement First Hartford Academy ($8.6M), Achievement First Rhode Island Inc ($8.0M).
- Does Achievement First Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Where is Achievement First Inc based?
- Achievement First Inc is based in CT.
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