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National Alliance for Public Charter Schools

The NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS is the leading national nonprofit organization committed for advancing the charter school movement. Our mission is to lead public education to unprecedented levels of academic achievement for all students by fostering a strong charter sector.

$690k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
13
Itemized grants FY2024
7
Organizations funded FY2023
57%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Itemized, FY2024
$496k
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024
$24,307
Largest grant, FY2024
$119,304
Organizations funded a year
4 to 27
FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
12
Total assets, FY2024
$29M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 57% of the organizations National Alliance for Public Charter Schools funded were first-time grantees, receiving 68% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 32% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $101k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

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EducationHuman ServicesOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving13$496k69%
FY20237$147k57%
FY202227$997k100%
FY20214$149k50%
FY20205$105kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Education$1.2MCrime & Legal$341kHuman Services$119kPublic Benefit$115kCivil Rights$63kRecreation & Sports$24kCommunity Improvement$10kPhilanthropy$8k

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Texas Charter Schools Association$132,93212%
Steptoe & Johnson$119,3041n/a
Landmark Law Pllc$117,0052n/a
Rocketship Education$115,91610%
Kipp Foundation$107,50010%
Democracy Prep Public Schools$104,15120%
Great Public Schools for Iowa$100,000187%
Congressional Black Caucus Political Edu Cation and Leadership Institute$75,00031%
50can Inc$70,79410%
Illinois Network of Charter Schools$68,55112%
Show all 47 grantees
All grantees of National Alliance for Public Charter Schools by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Texas Charter Schools Association$132,93212%
Steptoe & Johnson$119,3041n/a
Landmark Law Pllc$117,0052n/a
Rocketship Education$115,91610%
Kipp Foundation$107,50010%
Democracy Prep Public Schools$104,15120%
Great Public Schools for Iowa$100,000187%
Congressional Black Caucus Political Edu Cation and Leadership Institute$75,00031%
50can Inc$70,79410%
Illinois Network of Charter Schools$68,55112%
La Coalition for Excellent Public School$55,000111%
Lighthouse Community Public Schools$51,50010%
California Charter Schools Association$50,52510%
Crowe & Dunlevy$50,0682n/a
Wyoming Public Charter Schools Association$50,0001n/a
Higher Ground Academy$48,11810%
The Arnold Law Firm$46,3043n/a
Massachusetts Charter Public School Association Inc$42,50011%
Colorado League of Charter Schools$38,68211%
Education Writers Association$37,75031%
Memphis Lift Parent Institute$32,50012%
Charter Schools Action Fund$30,000133%
National Governors Association Center for Best Practices$30,00010%
Gray Ice Higdon$24,3071n/a
MAPSA Foundation$23,55012%
Couch White LLP$23,5001n/a
National Parents Union Inc$23,00011%
Bluum Inc$20,51910%
Washington State Charter Schools Association$17,99510%
Utah Association of Public Charter Schools$17,38412%
Northeast Charter Schools Network Inc$17,30010%
Noble Network of Charter Schools$16,80010%
Georgia Charter School Association Inc$13,78910%
Parents for School Options$11,42510%
Equal Justice Initiative$10,30010%
Pride and Prejudice Inc$10,0501n/a
American Federation for Children Inc$10,00010%
Massachusetts Parents United Inc$10,00011%
Edvillage Group Inc$10,0001n/a
EdChoice Inc$10,00010%
Newdeal$10,00011%
First Strategic$9,2311n/a
IOTA Community Schools$8,25010%
Patterson Harkavy$7,5001n/a
West Oak Lane Charter School$5,44710%
New Jersey Public Charter Schools Association a Nj Non Profit Corporation$5,44510%
Freedom Coalition for Charter Schools Inc$5,3171n/a

Where it is load-bearing

National Alliance for Public Charter Schools supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 35 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTexas Charter Schools Association: $132,932 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetRocketship Education: $115,916 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKipp Foundation: $107,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDemocracy Prep Public Schools: $104,151 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetGreat Public Schools for Iowa: $100,000 over 1y, 87% of budgetCongressional Black Caucus Political Edu Cation and Leadership Institute: $75,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budget50can Inc: $70,794 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetIllinois Network of Charter Schools: $68,551 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetLa Coalition for Excellent Public School: $55,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetLighthouse Community Public Schools: $51,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCalifornia Charter Schools Association: $50,525 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHigher Ground Academy: $48,118 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMassachusetts Charter Public School Association Inc: $42,500 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetColorado League of Charter Schools: $38,682 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetEducation Writers Association: $37,750 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetMemphis Lift Parent Institute: $32,500 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetCharter Schools Action Fund: $30,000 over 1y, 33% of budgetNational Governors Association Center for Best Practices: $30,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMAPSA Foundation: $23,550 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetNational Parents Union Inc: $23,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetBluum Inc: $20,519 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWashington State Charter Schools Association: $17,995 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUtah Association of Public Charter Schools: $17,384 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetNortheast Charter Schools Network Inc: $17,300 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNoble Network of Charter Schools: $16,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGeorgia Charter School Association Inc: $13,789 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetParents for School Options: $11,425 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetEqual Justice Initiative: $10,300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Federation for Children Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMassachusetts Parents United Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetEdChoice Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNewdeal: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetIOTA Community Schools: $8,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWest Oak Lane Charter School: $5,447 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNew Jersey Public Charter Schools Association a Nj Non Profit Corporation: $5,445 over 1y, 0.1% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 35.

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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.

Walton Family Foundation IncAR31.6× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Walton Family Foundation Inc · Charter Fund Inc D/B/A Charter School Growth Fund · City Fund · Gates Foundation · Campaign for Great Public Schools · Carnegie Corporation of New York · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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.

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About National Alliance for Public Charter Schools

How much does National Alliance for Public Charter Schools give?
National Alliance for Public Charter Schools reported 13 itemized grants totaling $496,008, out of $690,360 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 27 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does National Alliance for Public Charter Schools fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (64%), Crime & Legal (18%), Human Services (6%).
Who are National Alliance for Public Charter Schools's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Texas Charter Schools Association ($133k), Steptoe & Johnson ($119k), Landmark Law Pllc ($117k).
Does National Alliance for Public Charter Schools fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 57% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as National Alliance for Public Charter Schools?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Walton Family Foundation Inc, Charter Fund Inc D/B/A Charter School Growth Fund, City Fund.
Where is National Alliance for Public Charter Schools based?
National Alliance for Public Charter Schools is based in DC.

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 47 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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