Pennsylvania · Public charity
Elevate 215
Elevate 215 is a catalyst for preparing students for the world of tomorrow by modernizing the learning experience in philadelphia schools today. We do this by: supporting schools and talent, collaborating with our partners, expanding access and resources for families, and advocating to create the conditions for success.
- $2.9M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 18
- Grants FY2025
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $622,204
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 97
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $6.2M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 33% of the organizations Elevate 215 funded were first-time grantees, receiving 19% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $257k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 18 | $2.9M | 17% |
| FY2024 | 9 | $1.4M | 33% |
| FY2023 | 20 | $3.6M | 10% |
| FY2022 | 19 | $4.1M | 16% |
| FY2021 | 23 | $5.5M | 13% |
| FY2020 | 97 | $7.7M | 75% |
| FY2019 | 26 | $4.8M | 23% |
| FY2018 | 28 | $6.4M | 43% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kipp Philadelphia Charter School | $4,203,846 | 7 | 5% |
| Mastery Charter Schools Foundation | $2,961,894 | 4 | 11% |
| Independence Mission Schools | $2,570,556 | 7 | 2% |
| Tntp Inc | $2,454,218 | 5 | 2% |
| Mast Community Charter School II | $2,386,401 | 7 | 8% |
| School District of Philadelphia | $2,121,121 | 6 | n/a |
| Mast Community Charter School III | $1,575,000 | 3 | 6% |
| Deep Roots Charter School | $1,535,550 | 4 | 2% |
| Inquiry Schools | $1,505,989 | 6 | 88% |
| Esperanza Academy Charter School | $1,503,799 | 4 | 2% |
Show all 125 grantees
Where it is load-bearing
Elevate 215 supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 99 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Business Leadership Organized for Catholic Schools · The Neubauer Family Foundation · The Philadelphia Foundation · The William Penn Foundation · United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey · Connelly Foundation · The Patricia Kind Family Foundation · Hamilton Family Charitable Trust · Future Standard Foundation · Hamilton Family Foundation · The Saramar Charitable Fund · The Barra Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About Elevate 215
- How much does Elevate 215 give?
- Elevate 215 reported 18 grants totaling $2,892,606 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 97 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Elevate 215 fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (97%), Community Improvement (1%), Employment (1%).
- Who are Elevate 215's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Kipp Philadelphia Charter School ($4.2M), Mastery Charter Schools Foundation ($3.0M), Independence Mission Schools ($2.6M).
- Does Elevate 215 fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Elevate 215?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Business Leadership Organized for Catholic Schools, The Neubauer Family Foundation, The Philadelphia Foundation.
- Where is Elevate 215 based?
- Elevate 215 is based in PA.
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