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Philadelphia Academy of School Leaders Inc

We develop, engage, and retain principals and system leaders who transform schools, dramatically improve student outcomes, and drive systemic change to prepare all philadelphia students for college, career, and life.

$111k
Granted FY2025still arriving
1
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.

Education$92kYouth Development$18k
02FY2025 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 1 grants below total $10,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $110,554 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $100,554 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.
$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$2.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TEAMSTERS LOCAL 502 CASA$10,000
02The need
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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 (FY21–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 22%, against an area that typically sits at 20%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 20%FRIENDS OF ST MALACHY: $10k → 22%FOLK ARTS-CULTURAL TREASURES CHARTER SCHOOL: $10k → 22%INDEPENDENCE MISSION SCHOOLS: $6k → 22%MERCY CAREER & TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL: $11k → 22%TEAMSTERS LOCAL 502 CASA: $10k → 22%FRIENDS OF CARVER: $9k → 22%SCHOOL DISTRICT OF PHILADELPHIA - FRANKFORD HS: $10k → 22%MASTERY CHARTER SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $10k → 22%GLOBAL LEADERSHIP ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL: $6k → 22%SCHOOL DISTRICT OF PHILADELPHIA - LINCOLN HS: $8k → 22%ASSOCIATED ALUMNI OF CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL: $10k → 22%SCHOOL DISTRICT OF PHILADELPHIA - GREENBERG: $10k → 22%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.

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Multicultural Academy Charter School

It is the mission of the multicultural academy charter school to educate the whole child by providing a safe environment where students can learn and teachers can instruct while emphasizing the importance of parental involvement in the…

Education
2
Catholic Scholars of De
Unclassified
3
Chaffey High School Alumni Association

Scholarships are provided to students who are college bound and who meet certain academic criteria. qualifications include candidates submit an application, writing sample and school counselor referral. these applications are followed by…

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4
The Christian Academy

The christian academy provides christian education to 300 students from kindergarten to 12th grade. the christian academy is a college-preparatory school.

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5
Friends & Alumni of Castelar Elementary School

Support curriculum abd elementary school activities

Education
6
Manchester Academic Charter School
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
Philips Academy Charter School of Paterson

We will provide a moral and rigorous education, accomplished in a hands-on, technology infused educational environment that will allow our students to attend college, while developing a commitment to global citizenship, environmental…

Education
9
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
10
Magellan Charter School

The mission of the magellan charter school is to provide a challenging intellectual journey for highly motivated students in grades 3-8.

Education
11
Americas Finest Charter School

We are committed to academic excellence by vigorously engaging students in a rigorous, student-centered learning environment that will foster the development of global citizens.

Education
12
Cresthaven Academy Charter Schoolinc

Cresthaven academy charter school exists to provide a comprehensive education to our scholars that develops the whole child through academic excellence, physical wellness, emotional health and character enrichment.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Global Leadership Academy Charter School; the most unlike its peers is Friends of Gw Carver Hses. 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

8 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. 8 of the 10 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

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

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
6/8
Grantees still filing
4/8
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MASTERY CHARTER SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $10,000 · EducationMASTERY CHARTER SCHOOLS FOUNDATIONFOLK ARTS CULTURAL TREASURES CHARTER SCHOOL: $10,000 · EducationFOLK ARTS CULTURAL TREASURES CHARTER SCHOOLTEAMSTERS LOCAL 502 COMMONWEALTH ASSOCI ADMINISTRATORS SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $10,000 · EducationTEAMSTERS LOCAL 502 COMMONWEALTH ASSOCI ADMINISTRATOR…ASSOCIATED ALUMNI OF CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL OF PHILADELPHIA: $10,000 · EducationASSOCIATED ALUMNI OF CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL OF PHILADELP…GLOBAL LEADERSHIP ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL: $5,650 · EducationGLOBAL LEADERSHIP ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOLINDEPENDENCE MISSION SCHOOLS: $5,500 · EducationINDEPENDENCE MISSION SCHOOLSSCHOOL DISTRICT OF PHILADELPHIA: $27,500 · OtherSCHOOL DISTRICT OF PHILADELPHIAMERCY VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL SISTERS OF MERCY: $11,000 · OtherMERCY VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL SISTERS OF MERCYFRIENDS OF GW CARVER HSES: $9,460 · OtherFRIENDS OF GW CARVER HSESFRIENDS OF ST MALACHY: $10,000 · PhilanthropyFRIENDS OF…
Education$51,150Other$47,960Philanthropy$10,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMASTERY CHARTER SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFOLK ARTS CULTURAL TREASURES CHARTER SCHOOL: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF ST MALACHY: $10,000 over 1y, 8.8% of budgetASSOCIATED ALUMNI OF CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL OF PHILADELPHIA: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFRIENDS OF GW CARVER HSES: $9,460 over 1y, 14% of budgetGLOBAL LEADERSHIP ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL: $5,650 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetINDEPENDENCE MISSION SCHOOLS: $5,500 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

The Neubauer Family F…Elevate 215The Philadelphia Foun…United Way of Greater…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Neubauer Family FoundationPA17.8× affinity6 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Neubauer Family Foundation · Elevate 215 · The Philadelphia Foundation · United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey · 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 Philadelphia Academy of School Leaders Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Philadelphia Academy of School Leaders Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2025
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%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
    1report 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.

    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 10 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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