Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
ACADEMY IN MANAYUNK
ACADEMY IN MANAYUNK (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 85 organizations whose IRS filings report $14,416,947 to it, the largest being IBIS GROUP ($3,000,000). 50 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $42M
- Funders on record
- 85
- Grants received
- $14M
- Net assets
- $81M
What Academy in Manayunk does
Mission
Aim academy (aim) provides extraordinary educational opportunities to children with language-based learning disabilities such as dyslexia, dysgraphia, and dyscalculia, utilizing research-based intervention strategies and an arts-based learning environment that is college preparatory in scope and sequence.aim developed a center for educational excellence and professional development to disseminate best practices to educators by providing access to the latest research-based curriculum, technology, and training.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Tuition, fees and related services:education programs at the aim academy are individualized, evidence-based, and innovative and are designed to spark student curiosity and enthusiasm. The humanities, steam (science, technology, engineering, art & design, and mathematics) and arts curriculum develop deep understanding and critical thinking skills needed for college and career success. There were 403 students served through aim academy during fy25.unlike many schools specializing in students with language-based learning disabilities, aim academy's staff includes in-house school psychologists, occupational therapists and speech and language pathologists to support students, teachers and families.
$16,519,707 spentof which $1,767,146 as grants$19,066,413 earned by the program64% of program spendingTeacher training workshops:the aim institute for learning & research was created as a center for educational excellence and professional development disseminating to educators the latest research, technology, and best practices in the fields of literacy and language-based learning disabilities including dyslexia. There were 8,765 educators participating in the aim institute during fy25.
$9,190,176 spent$10,040,037 earned by the program36% of program spendingTutoring:the aim academy's tutoring center provides diagnostic and prescriptive instruction that is tailored to meet each student's needs. The tutoring services cater to children in grades 1-12 and range from teaching reading readiness skills to providing remediation and support in various academic areas. Tutors also provide assistance with executive functioning, study skills, and organization of time and schoolwork so students can be successful in all academic areas. There were 77 students tutored during fy25.
$145,146 spent$170,493 earned by the program1% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $25,855,029.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $84M to $102M (+21%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 8% · 2022 2% · 2023 0% · 2024 4% · 2025 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
14% of ACADEMY IN MANAYUNK’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (23% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Albert Chiaradonna
Chief executive officer
Board chair
Stan Silverman
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 24 funders to 34 funders, grant income rose $1.0M → $1.5M.
16 of 85 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 16% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of ACADEMY IN MANAYUNK’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 85 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
ACADEMY IN MANAYUNK has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 21% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left
55% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund ACADEMY IN MANAYUNK.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 43% · 2018 38% · 2019 18% · 2020 20% · 2021 21% · 2022 22% · 2023 17% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
50% of ACADEMY IN MANAYUNK's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 59% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
ACADEMY IN MANAYUNK draws 55% of its grant income from funders outside Pennsylvania, across 12 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.4M arriving through sponsors registered in 13 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
ACADEMY IN MANAYUNK runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 3,794 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,794 education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding ACADEMY IN MANAYUNK receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $673k on record.
- DE$543k
- MA$130k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like ACADEMY IN MANAYUNK
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ACADEMY IN MANAYUNK: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ACADEMY IN MANAYUNK?
- ACADEMY IN MANAYUNK (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 85 organizations whose IRS filings report $14,416,947 to it, the largest being IBIS GROUP ($3,000,000). 50 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ACADEMY IN MANAYUNK have?
- IRS filings report 85 organizations giving $14,416,947 in grants to ACADEMY IN MANAYUNK, 50 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ACADEMY IN MANAYUNK?
- IBIS GROUP is the largest funder on record, with $3,000,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ACADEMY IN MANAYUNK find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 85 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing