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New York City Center for Charter School Excellence

The new york city charter school center is committed to ensuring all of nyc's children have equitable access to a high quality public school education.

$780k
Granted FY2020
33
Grants FY2020
1
States reached
$32k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01FY2020 · 33 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2020

  • Under $10k1 grant · $8k
  • $10k–50k32 grants · $772k
$24,226
Median grant
1
States reached
$21M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
EXPLORE SCHOOLS INC$32,000
HARLEM HEBREW LANGUAGE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL$30,000
URBAN ASSEMBLY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL FOR COMPUTER SCIENCE$30,000
BROOKLYN SCHOLARS CHARTER SCHOOLS$30,000
EMBER CHARTER SCHOOL FOR MINDFUL EDUCATION INNOVATION & TRANSFORMATION$30,000
RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL$30,000
MOTT HAVEN ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL$30,000
EMBLAZE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL$30,000
NEW YORK CENTER FOR AUTISM CHARTER SCHOOL$30,000
CARDINAL MCCLOSKEY COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL$30,000
NEW VISIONS AIM CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL 1$30,000
BROOKLYN EXCELSIOR CHARTER SCHOOL$30,000
GREAT OAKS CHARTER SCHOOL$28,500
NEW YORK CITY CHARTER SCHOOL OF THE ARTS$27,000
LEEP DUAL LANGUAGE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL$26,940
02The need
02

Do your dollars go where the need is?

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

show:

Dollar for dollar, your grants (FY20–20) land where the poverty rate runs at 21%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 97% of your dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%HELLENIC CLASSICAL CHARTER SCHOOL - STATEN ISLAND: $24k → 11%MERRICK ACADEMY QUEENS PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL: $15k → 13%GLOBAL COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL: $23k → 17%NEW VISIONS AIM CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL 1: $30k → 20%SOUTH BRONX COMMUNITY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL: $17k → 28%RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL: $30k → 13%HARLEM HEBREW LANGUAGE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL: $30k → 17%COMPASS CHARTER SCHOOL: $16k → 20%CREO COLLEGE PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL: $13k → 28%ELM COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL: $8k → 13%SISULU-WALKER CHARTER SCHOOL OF HARLEM: $22k → 17%LEEP DUAL LANGUAGE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL: $27k → 20%CARDINAL MCCLOSKEY COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL: $30k → 28%GREAT OAKS CHARTER SCHOOL: $29k → 17%EMBER CHARTER SCHOOL FOR MINDFUL EDUCATION INNOVATION & TRANSFORMATION: $30k → 20%URBAN ASSEMBLY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL FOR COMPUTER SCIENCE: $30k → 28%NEW YORK CENTER FOR AUTISM CHARTER SCHOOL: $30k → 17%BROOKLYN EXCELSIOR CHARTER SCHOOL: $30k → 20%BOLD CHARTER SCHOOL: $20k → 28%NEW YORK CITY CHARTER SCHOOL OF THE ARTS: $27k → 17%CULTURAL ARTS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL AT SPRING CREEK: $20k → 20%MOTT HAVEN ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL: $30k → 28%HARBOR SCIENCE AND ARTS CHARTER SCHOOL INC: $20k → 17%KEY COLLEGIATE CHARTER SCHOOL: $16k → 20%LEGACY COLLEGE PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL: $22k → 28%BROOKLYN CHARTER SCHOOL: $20k → 20%EMBLAZE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL: $30k → 28%IVY HILL PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL: $18k → 20%BRILLA COLLEGE PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOLS: $15k → 28%EXPLORE SCHOOLS INC: $32k → 20%NEW VISIONS AIM CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL II: $26k → 28%BROOKLYN SCHOLARS CHARTER SCHOOLS: $30k → 20%STOREFRONT ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL: $22k → 28%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Bronx Charter School for Excellence

Excellence community schools prepares young people in new york city and stamford to compete for admission to and succeed in top public, private and parochial high schools by cultivating their intellectual, artistic, social, emotional, and…

Education
2
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
3
Buffalo Commons Charter School

Establish and operate a charter school to prepare our diverse community of students to succeed academically and professionally regardless of background and circumstance.

Education
4
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
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
South Shore Charter School

The mission of south shore charter school is to cultivate students the tenacity, integrity, and curiosity needed to become innovative and socially responsible leaders, ready to face and solve the ever-changing challenges facing our…

Education
7
Chester Charter Scholars Academy

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

Education
8
Unity Charter School

The unity charter school (ucs) was chartered by the new jersey department of education in january 1997 as the only charter school that had included a planning year prior to its opening. the charter school opened its doors to the first 60…

Education
9
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
10
Mastery Charter High School

All students learn the academic and personal skills they need to be truly prepared for postsecondary success and able to pursue their dreams.

Education
11
Elysian Charter School of Hoboken

The elysian charter school offers an academic program to help children discover their talents.

Education
12
Hoboken Charter School

The board of trustees of hoboken charter school is committed to upholding and advancing the school's mission of fostering the academic, artistic, personal, and civic growth of its students through learner-centered practices grounded in a…

Education

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is New York City Charter School of the Arts and the most unlike its peers is Cultural Arts Academy Charter School at Spring Creek. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 12 years old; the field is 16. You back the younger end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number20%0%<5yr15%34%5–10yr21%47%10–20yr22%19%20–35yr13%0%35–55yr9%0%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value20%0%<5yr15%30%5–10yr21%52%10–20yr22%18%20–35yr13%0%35–55yr9%0%55yr+

The field is 20% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 11% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/33
the rest of the field
11%
4,574/40,202

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

03the grantee network

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

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
32/33
Grantees still filing
26/33
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

EXPLORE SCHOOLS INC — $32,000 · EducationHARLEM HEBREW LANGUAGE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL — $30,000 · EducationBROOKLYN SCHOLARS CHARTER SCHOOL — $30,000 · EducationCARDINAL MCCLOSKEY COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL — $30,000 · EducationEMBLAZE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL — $30,000 · EducationURBAN ASSEMBLY CHARTER SCHOOL FOR COMPUTER SCIENCE — $30,000 · EducationMOTT HAVEN ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL — $30,000 · EducationURBAN DOVE TEAM CHARTER SCHOOL IV — $30,000 · EducationBROOKLYN EXCELSIOR CHARTER SCHOOL — $30,000 · EducationRENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL — $30,000 · EducationGREAT OAKS KATHLEEN SHERRY CHARTER SCHOOL — $28,500 · EducationNEW YORK CITY CHARTER SCHOOL OF THE ARTS — $27,000 · EducationLEEP DUAL LANGUAGE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL — $26,940 · EducationURBAN DOVE TEAM CHARTER SCHOOL III — $26,000 · EducationHELLENIC CLASSICAL CHARTER SCHOOLS - STATEN ISLAND — $24,226 · Education+15 more — $270,254 · Education+15 moreNEW YORK CENTER FOR AUTISM CHARTER SCHOOL — $30,000 · OtherNEW YORK C…EMBER CHARTER SCHOOL FOR MINDFUL EDUCATIONINNOVATION & TRANSFORMATION — $30,000 · OtherEMBER CHAR…BRILLA COLLEGE PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOLS — $15,000 · OtherBRILLA COL…
Education$704,920Other$75,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetEXPLORE SCHOOLS INC — $32,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetHARLEM HEBREW LANGUAGE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL — $30,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBROOKLYN SCHOLARS CHARTER SCHOOL — $30,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCARDINAL MCCLOSKEY COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL — $30,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetEMBLAZE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL — $30,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetEMBER CHARTER SCHOOL FOR MINDFUL EDUCATIONINNOVATION & TRANSFORMATION — $30,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetURBAN ASSEMBLY CHARTER SCHOOL FOR COMPUTER SCIENCE — $30,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetMOTT HAVEN ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL — $30,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetURBAN DOVE TEAM CHARTER SCHOOL IV — $30,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetBROOKLYN EXCELSIOR CHARTER SCHOOL — $30,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetRENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL — $30,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetGREAT OAKS KATHLEEN SHERRY CHARTER SCHOOL — $28,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNEW YORK CITY CHARTER SCHOOL OF THE ARTS — $27,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetLEEP DUAL LANGUAGE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL — $26,940 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetURBAN DOVE TEAM CHARTER SCHOOL III — $26,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetHELLENIC CLASSICAL CHARTER SCHOOLS - STATEN ISLAND — $24,226 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetGLOBAL COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL — $22,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLEGACY COLLEGE PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL — $22,055 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSISULU-WALKER CHARTER SCHOOL OF HARLEM INC — $22,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetStorefront Academy Charter School — $21,900 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCultural Arts Academy Charter School at Spring Creek — $20,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBROOKLYN CHARTER SCHOOL — $20,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetHARBOR SCIENCE AND ARTS CHARTER SCHOOL — $20,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBOLD CHARTER SCHOOL — $20,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetIVY HILL PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL — $17,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetSOUTH BRONX COMMUNITY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL — $16,950 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCOMPASS CHARTER SCHOOL — $16,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetKEY COLLEGIATE CHARTER SCHOOL — $16,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBRILLA COLLEGE PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOLS — $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMERRICK ACADEMY QUEENS PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL — $14,554 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCREO COLLEGE PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL — $12,995 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetELM COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL — $7,800 over 1y, 0.2% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

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

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

50can IncWalton Family Foundat…The Heckscher Foundat…The Hyde and Watson F…Robin Hood FoundationPaypal Charitable Giv…National Philanthropi…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
50can IncDC57.2× affinity25 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: 50can Inc · Walton Family Foundation Inc · The Heckscher Foundation for Children · The Hyde and Watson Foundation · Robin Hood Foundation · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization New York City Center for Charter School Excellence funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2025
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no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    27report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 33 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2020, released 2020. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $2k of grant expense, but none of it to a named recipient. On a Form 990 that can mean grants abroad, filed by region only (Schedule F), grants under $5,000, which are not itemized, or a schedule referenced as an attachment the e-file does not carry. The figures above are therefore from FY2020, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

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