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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 it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01FY2020 · 33 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

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
BROOKLYN EXCELSIOR CHARTER SCHOOL$30,000
MOTT HAVEN ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL$30,000
NEW YORK CENTER FOR AUTISM CHARTER SCHOOL$30,000
EMBLAZE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL$30,000
RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL$30,000
URBAN ASSEMBLY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL FOR COMPUTER SCIENCE$30,000
EMBER CHARTER SCHOOL FOR MINDFUL EDUCATION INNOVATION & TRANSFORMATION$30,000
HARLEM HEBREW LANGUAGE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL$30,000
CARDINAL MCCLOSKEY COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL$30,000
NEW VISIONS AIM CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL 1$30,000
BROOKLYN SCHOLARS CHARTER SCHOOLS$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

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 (FY20–20) land where the poverty rate runs at 21%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 97% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its 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%BROOKLYN EXCELSIOR CHARTER SCHOOL: $30k → 20%URBAN ASSEMBLY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL FOR COMPUTER SCIENCE: $30k → 28%NEW YORK CENTER FOR AUTISM CHARTER SCHOOL: $30k → 17%EMBER CHARTER SCHOOL FOR MINDFUL EDUCATION INNOVATION & TRANSFORMATION: $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
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
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is New York City Charter School of the Arts; 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.
03the grantee network

33 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
32/33
Grantees still filing
26/33
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

EXPLORE SCHOOLS INC: $32,000 · EducationCARDINAL MCCLOSKEY COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL: $30,000 · EducationBROOKLYN EXCELSIOR CHARTER SCHOOL: $30,000 · EducationURBAN DOVE TEAM CHARTER SCHOOL IV: $30,000 · EducationEMBLAZE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL: $30,000 · EducationMOTT HAVEN ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL: $30,000 · EducationURBAN ASSEMBLY CHARTER SCHOOL FOR COMPUTER SCIENCE: $30,000 · EducationRENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL: $30,000 · EducationBROOKLYN SCHOLARS CHARTER SCHOOL: $30,000 · EducationHARLEM HEBREW LANGUAGE ACADEMY 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 moreEMBER CHARTER SCHOOL FOR MINDFUL EDUCATIONINNOVATION & TRANSFORMATION: $30,000 · OtherEMBER CHAR…NEW YORK CENTER FOR AUTISM CHARTER SCHOOL: $30,000 · OtherNEW YORK C…BRILLA COLLEGE PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOLS: $15,000 · OtherBRILLA COL…
Education$704,920Other$75,000

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 budgetEXPLORE SCHOOLS INC: $32,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetEMBER CHARTER SCHOOL FOR MINDFUL EDUCATIONINNOVATION & TRANSFORMATION: $30,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCARDINAL MCCLOSKEY COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL: $30,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetBROOKLYN EXCELSIOR CHARTER SCHOOL: $30,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetURBAN DOVE TEAM CHARTER SCHOOL IV: $30,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetEMBLAZE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL: $30,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetMOTT HAVEN ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL: $30,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetURBAN ASSEMBLY CHARTER SCHOOL FOR COMPUTER SCIENCE: $30,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetRENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL: $30,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBROOKLYN SCHOLARS CHARTER SCHOOL: $30,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHARLEM HEBREW LANGUAGE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL: $30,000 over 1y, 0.2% 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 budgetBROOKLYN CHARTER SCHOOL: $20,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCultural Arts Academy Charter School at Spring Creek: $20,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBOLD CHARTER SCHOOL: $20,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetHARBOR SCIENCE AND ARTS CHARTER SCHOOL: $20,000 over 1y, 0.4% 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 budgetKEY COLLEGIATE CHARTER SCHOOL: $16,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCOMPASS CHARTER SCHOOL: $16,000 over 1y, 0.3% 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
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 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

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 New York City Center for Charter School Excellence funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from New York City Center for Charter School Excellence. Bigger dots raise more.

2025
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's 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
    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.

    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 33 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 2020, released 2020. Filings run roughly 12 to 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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