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Black Latinx Asian Charter Collaborative at a glanceMostly funded, not a grantmaker: see who funds it →

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Black Latinx Asian Charter Collaborative

Black Latinx Asian Charter Collaborative (the Organization") is a nonprofit organization dedicated to elevating charter schools founded and led by people of color in New York City.

$300k
Granted FY2025still arriving
6
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2025.

Education$1.2MArts & Culture$100kHousing & Shelter$100k
02FY2025 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$50,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$281k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Summit Academy Charter School$50,000
Rochdale Early Advantage CS$50,000
Amani Public Charter School$50,000
Kwenda Collegiate Girls CS$50,000
Intl Leadership Charter Sch$50,000
Amber Charter School$50,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY23–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 19%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 86% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%Amani Public Charter School: $50k → 9%Forte Preparatory Academy: $100k → 13%Sisulu Childrens Charter Sch: $100k → 17%Coney Island Prep Builders In: $100k → 20%International Leadership Char: $100k → 28%Summit Academy Charter School: $50k → 8%Charter School of Educational: $100k → 9%Merrick Academy Charter Sch: $100k → 13%WHIN Music Comm Charter Sch: $100k → 17%Kwenda Collegiate Girls CS: $125k → 20%Intl Leadership Charter Sch: $50k → 28%Rochdale Early Advantage CS: $50k → 13%Amber Charter School: $50k → 17%Kwenda Collegiate Girls CS: $50k → 20%Family Life Acad Charter Sch: $100k → 28%Lamad Academy Charter Sch: $100k → 20%American Dream Charter School: $100k → 28%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Legacy College Preparatory Charter School

Through rigorous academic instruction, values-based character development, and the pursuit of ambitious goals, legacy college preparatory charter school ensures all students in grades six through twelve are prepared to graduate from…

Education
2
The New American Academy Charter School

The new american academy charter school empowers learners and inspires leaders to make this a better world. through our collaborative teacher teams, mastery-based career ladder, and looping cycles, we offer personalized rigorous…

Education
3
Brooklyn Charter School

Students are prepared to meet the needs of an ever changing technological and global society. we use the latest technology in our classrooms as an integral part of its curriculum approach. this approach is based on the latest research in…

Education
4
Independence Academy

The mission of independence charter school (iacs) is to educate students of diverse ages and backgrounds - helping them understand, thrive in, and enhance our community, our environment,and our world. iacs regards learning as a continuing…

Education
5
Bronx Charter School for Better Learning

Bronx charter school for better learning provides its students with a solid foundation for academic success, through achievements that exceeds citywide averages and meets or exceeds new york state standards and national norms in all…

Education
6
Compass Charter School

Compass charter school is a safe and nurturing educational environment that honors the individuality of each learner. by engaging in a process of inquiry, our graduates will be equipped with the necessary skills to lead fulfilling personal…

Education
7
Compass Academy Charter School

The mission of compass academy charter school is to increase each child's success in learning, and as a result, academic achievement. using the "let me learn process" as its innovative approach, the school leadership and teachers will help…

Education
8
Classical Charter Schools

Classical charter schools prepares k-8th grade students in the south bronx to excel in college-preparatory high schools. through a classical curriculum and highly structured setting, students become liberated scholars and citizens of…

Education
9
School in the Square Public Charter School

School in the square ("s2") engages, educates and empowers adolescents to respond mindfully and creatively to life's opportunities and challenges. s2 is a place where students, families and educators are seen, heard, and inspired and where…

Education
10
Chester Charter Scholars Academy

Chester charter scholars academy prepare children to employ their intellectual and creative powers to enrich their community.

Education
11
Mott Hall Charter School

The mission of mott hall charter school is to provide rigorous academics and strong supports to prepare students for success in top high schools in new york city and beyond.

Education
12
York Academy Regional Charter School

With an unrelenting focus on academic excellence, the york academy regional charter school's mission is to challenge students in a diverse learning environment that opens doors for growth, opportunity and global citizenship.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Summit Academy Charter School; the most unlike its peers is Family Life Academy Charter Schools. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

15 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/15
Grantees still filing
6/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

KWENDA COLLEGIATE GIRLS CHARTER SCHOOL: $175,000 · EducationKWENDA COLLEGIATE GIRLS CHARTER SCHOOLINTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL: $150,000 · EducationINTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP CHARTER HIGH SCHOOLFORTE PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL: $100,000 · EducationFORTE PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOLFAMILY LIFE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOLS: $100,000 · EducationFAMILY LIFE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOLSTHE AMERICAN DREAM CHARTER SCHOOL: $100,000 · EducationTHE AMERICAN DREAM CHARTER SCHOOLCHARTER SCHOOL OF EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE: $100,000 · EducationCHARTER SCHOOL OF EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCEMERRICK ACADEMY QUEENS PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL: $100,000 · EducationMERRICK ACADEMY QUEENS PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLSISULU-WALKER CHARTER SCHOOL OF HARLEM INC: $100,000 · EducationSISULU-WALKER CHARTER SCHOOL OF HARLEM INCLAMAD ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL: $100,000 · EducationLAMAD ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOLWHIN MUSIC COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL: $100,000 · EducationWHIN MUSIC COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOLCONEY ISLAND PREP BUILDERS INC: $100,000 · EducationCONEY ISLAND PREP BUILDERS INCAMANI PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL: $50,000 · EducationAMBER CHARTER SCHOOLS: $50,000 · EducationROCHDALE EARLY ADVANTAGE CHARTER SCHOOL: $50,000 · EducationSUMMIT ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL: $50,000 · Education
Education$1,425,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetKWENDA COLLEGIATE GIRLS CHARTER SCHOOL: $175,000 over 2y, 9.1% of budgetINTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL: $150,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetFORTE PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL: $100,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetFAMILY LIFE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOLS: $100,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE AMERICAN DREAM CHARTER SCHOOL: $100,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetCHARTER SCHOOL OF EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE: $100,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMERRICK ACADEMY QUEENS PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL: $100,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetSISULU-WALKER CHARTER SCHOOL OF HARLEM INC: $100,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetLAMAD ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL: $100,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetWHIN MUSIC COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL: $100,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetCONEY ISLAND PREP BUILDERS INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetAMANI PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL: $50,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetAMBER CHARTER SCHOOLS: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetROCHDALE EARLY ADVANTAGE CHARTER SCHOOL: $50,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSUMMIT ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL: $50,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

50can IncCharter Fund Inc D/B/…Robin Hood FoundationWalton Family Foundat…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
50can IncDC28.3× affinity11 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: 50can Inc · Charter Fund Inc D/B/A Charter School Growth Fund · Robin Hood Foundation · Walton Family Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Black Latinx Asian Charter Collaborative funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Black Latinx Asian Charter Collaborative. Bigger dots raise more.

2025
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    11report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
    04Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Black Latinx Asian Charter Collaborative?

    Find your warmest path to Black Latinx Asian Charter Collaborative through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 15 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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