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The Highlander Charter School

Using innovative education practices as a catalyst for social change, highlander charter school ensures that all children have the opportunity and support necessary to meet their full potential.

$366k
Granted FY2025still arriving
6
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$125k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2025.

Education$408kHealth$334kHuman Services$97kYouth Development$20kOther$0
02FY2025 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $6k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $82k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $277k
$65,100
Median grant
2
States reached
$12M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SARGENT REHABILITATION CENTER CORP$125,309
MEETING STREET$86,317
THRIVE BEHAVORIAL HEALTH INC$65,100
OCEAN STATE ACADEMY CRANSTON LLC$49,248
LIFESPAN SCHOOL SOLUTIONS ICN$32,482
LEARNWELL$6,174
02The need
03

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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Its human-services grants (FY24–24, $68k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%ACCESS POINT RI: $68k → 14%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 grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

62%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$536k · 5 repeat orgs$331k to everyone else

5 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 1 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

5
7

Total granted

$536k
$250k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+22%
+62%

Still filing today

80%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $82k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’24’25
EducationHealthHuman 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.

Backed again, and grew

  • Meeting Street
    4× · 2022–2025 · $234k · revenue +22%
  • SR
    SARGENT REHABILITATION CENTER INC
    2× · 2024–2025 · $173k · revenue +16%
  • THRIVE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH INC
    3× · 2022–2025 · $87k · revenue +30%

Funded once

  • AR
    ACCESSPOINT RI
    one grant, 2024 · $68k · revenue +6%
  • SE
    SPECIALIZED EDUCATION OF RI INC
    2× · 2022–2023 · $52k
  • CS
    CRANSTON SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
    one grant, 2024 · $38k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its 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
Tides Family Services Inc

Tides family services, inc. is a not-for-profit social services agency focusing on addressing the needs of children at risk. since its incorporation in 1983, tides has promoted family preservation and maintenance of youth within their…

Human Services
2
United Cerebral Palsy of Rhode Island Inc

The mission of United Cerebral Palsy of Rhode Island is to "advance the independence, productivity and full citizenship of individuals with cerebral palsy and other disabilities." This mission is accomplished in part through the provision…

Health
3
New Hampshire Children's Health Foundation
Health
4
The Providence Center Inc

The providence center helps adults, adolescents and children affected by psychiatric illnesses, emotional problems and addictions by providing treatment and supportive services within a community setting. since 1969, the providence center…

Health
5
Solutions Behavioral Healthcare Professionals Pc

Our mission is to provide high quality, accessible mental health and human services which are:-Rooted in the belief that change is possible-Person-centered and designed to empower independence-Technically sound and informed by…

Health
6
Care Transformation Collaborative of Ri

The mission of ctc-ri is to support the continuing transformation of primary care in rhode island as the foundation of an ever-improving integrated, accessible, affordable, and equitable health care system. ctc-ri brings together critical…

Health
7
Maine Behavioral Health Organization

The mission of maine behavioral health organization is to provide evidence based services leading to increased quality of life; through research, advocacy, education, operated services, and participation in public mental health policy…

Health
8
Center for Developmental Disabilities

The center's mission is to help children and adults with differing abilities achieve their dreams by overcoming barriers to living, working, learning & enjoying recreational opportunities in the community of their choice.

Human Services
9
The Brien Center for Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services

The brien center provides a continuum of care for children, adolescents, adults and families living with significant and persistent mental health and substance use disorders. we are guided by the belief that everyone in berkshire county…

Health
10
New York Institute for Special Education

The mission of the new york institute for special education is to provide quality educational programs and support to students and families in a safe caring environment to awaken and inspire student curiosity, lifelong learning and…

Education
11
Melmark New England Inc

Melmark new england, is a multi state human services provider with premier private special education schools, professional development, training, and research centers. melmark new england is committed to enhancing the lives of individuals…

Education
12
Elwyn of Pennsylvania and Delaware

Elwyn makes life better for people with developmental and behavioral health challenges.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Accesspoint Ri; the most unlike its peers is Northern Rhode Island Collaborative. 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

9 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. 9 of the 14 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
9/9
Grantees still filing
6/9
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Meeting Street: $234,431 · HealthMeeting StreetTHRIVE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH INC: $86,672 · HealthTHRIVE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH INCSARGENT REHABILITATION CENTER INC: $172,635 · EducationSARGENT REHABILITATION CENTER INCEAST BAY EDUCATION COLLABORATIVE: $34,000 · EducationEAST BAY EDUCATION COLLABORATIVELifespan School Solutions Inc dba The Bradley School: $32,482 · EducationLifespan School Solutions Inc dba The…Northern Rhode Island Collaborative: $29,438 · EducationNorthern Rhode Island CollaborativeYOUTHBUILD PREPARATORY ACADEMY: $20,000 · EducationYOUTHBUILD PREPARATORY ACADEMYSPECIALIZED EDUCATION OF RI INC: $52,198 · OtherSPECIALIZED EDUCATION…OCEAN STATE ACADEMY CRANSTON LLC: $49,248 · OtherOCEAN STATE ACADEMY C…CRANSTON SCHOOL DEPARTMENT: $37,752 · OtherCRANSTON SCHOOL DEPAR…LEARNWELL: $12,611 · OtherLEARNWELLCOMMUNITY COLLEGE OF RHODE ISLAND: $9,034 · OtherCOMMUNITY COLLEGE OF …ACCESSPOINT RI: $68,146 · Human ServicesACCESSPOINT …FAMILY SERVICE OF RHODE ISLAND INC: $28,466 · Human ServicesFAMILY SERVI…
Health$321,103Education$288,555Other$160,843Human Services$96,612

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 budgetMeeting Street: $234,431 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetSARGENT REHABILITATION CENTER INC: $172,635 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetTHRIVE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH INC: $86,672 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetACCESSPOINT RI: $68,146 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetEAST BAY EDUCATION COLLABORATIVE: $34,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetLifespan School Solutions Inc dba The Bradley School: $32,482 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNorthern Rhode Island Collaborative: $29,438 over 3y, 13% of budgetFAMILY SERVICE OF RHODE ISLAND INC: $28,466 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

United Way of Rhode I…The Rhode Island Comm…The Champlin Foundati…Harborone Foundation …The Beacon FoundationRalph R Papitto & Bar…Amica Companies Found…Local Initiatives Sup…The Bank of America C…Amazonsmile Foundation
United Way of Rhode Island IncRI21.8× affinity8 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: United Way of Rhode Island Inc · The Rhode Island Community Foundation · The Champlin Foundation · Harborone Foundation Rhode Island · The Beacon Foundation · Ralph R Papitto & Barbara a Papitto Private Family Foundation · Amica Companies Foundation · Local Initiatives Support Corporation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · 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 The Highlander Charter School funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Highlander Charter School. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    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 14 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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