New York · Public charity
Uncommon Schools Inc
Uncommon schools starts and operates outstanding urban public schools that close the college completion gap and prepare students from low-income communities to graduate from college. Uncommon schools serves over 20,000 students in 52 schools in newark and camden, new jersey, new york city and rochester, new york, and boston,…
- $12M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,392,626
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $3,478,803
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 11
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $294M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Uncommon Schools Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 9 | $12M | 0% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $8.8M | 0% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $8.2M | 11% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $17M | 9% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $11M | 22% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $8.4M | 0% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $10M | 0% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $7.7M | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Star Academy Charter School | $17,713,239 | 9 | n/a |
| Camden Prep Foundation Inc | $16,441,234 | 5 | 72% |
| Uncommon New York City Charter Schools | $15,525,644 | 9 | 2% |
| Camden Prep Inc | $11,130,266 | 9 | 14% |
| Rochester Prep Foundation Inc | $7,779,996 | 7 | 83% |
| North Star Academy Foundation Inc | $6,797,617 | 5 | 15% |
| Rochester Prep Charter Schools | $6,748,901 | 9 | 5% |
| Roxbury Preparatory Charter School Foundation Inc | $4,892,256 | 9 | n/a |
| Uncommon Lender Inc | $1,500,000 | 2 | 8% |
| Roxbury Prep Foundation Inc | $1,111,458 | 2 | 53% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Star Academy Charter School | $17,713,239 | 9 | n/a |
| Camden Prep Foundation Inc | $16,441,234 | 5 | 72% |
| Uncommon New York City Charter Schools | $15,525,644 | 9 | 2% |
| Camden Prep Inc | $11,130,266 | 9 | 14% |
| Rochester Prep Foundation Inc | $7,779,996 | 7 | 83% |
| North Star Academy Foundation Inc | $6,797,617 | 5 | 15% |
| Rochester Prep Charter Schools | $6,748,901 | 9 | 5% |
| Roxbury Preparatory Charter School Foundation Inc | $4,892,256 | 9 | n/a |
| Uncommon Lender Inc | $1,500,000 | 2 | 8% |
| Roxbury Prep Foundation Inc | $1,111,458 | 2 | 53% |
| True North Troy Preparatory Charter Scho | $1,037,870 | 6 | 2% |
| Nj Students Succeed Inc | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
Uncommon Schools Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 9 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
About Uncommon Schools Inc
- How much does Uncommon Schools Inc give?
- Uncommon Schools Inc reported 9 grants totaling $12,393,751 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 11 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Uncommon Schools Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (100%).
- Who are Uncommon Schools Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: North Star Academy Charter School ($18M), Camden Prep Foundation Inc ($16M), Uncommon New York City Charter Schools ($16M).
- Does Uncommon Schools Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Where is Uncommon Schools Inc based?
- Uncommon Schools Inc is based in NY.
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