Connecticut · Nonprofit
ADAM J LEWIS ACADEMY INC
ADAM J LEWIS ACADEMY INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 95 organizations whose IRS filings report $13,923,748 to it, the largest being THE AYCO CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($1,663,750). 65 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 53% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $6.6M
- Funders on record
- 95
- Grants received
- $14M
- Net assets
- $7.0M
What Adam J Lewis Academy Inc does
Mission
Adam j. Lewis academy transforms the life trajectories of underserved children in bridgeport, ct. Our mission is to provide an enriching, nurturing, high-quality elementary experience, which will set the children on a path of success in school and in life.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
The organization operates an independent co-educational day school located in downtown bridgeport, connecticut - a community faced with deep-seated challenges and limited educational opportunities. The school originally opened as a preschool inspiring hope in young learners and their families. The school provides an enriched experience during the critically important early years to transform the life trajectories of underserved children.the academy currently provides preschool, kindergarten, and first through fifth grade classes with plans to expand through eighth grade by 2027.
$5,497,339 spentof which $2,519,887 as grants$2,877,220 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2023 Form 990. Program spending in total: $5,497,339.
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 2022 to 2023, from $5.2M to $7.7M (+47%).
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 7% · 2022 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
51% of ADAM J LEWIS ACADEMY INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 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.
Board chair
David Mcgrath
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 7 funders to 59 funders, grant income rose $43k → $2.9M.
17 of 95 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 53% 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 ADAM J LEWIS ACADEMY INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 95 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
ADAM J LEWIS ACADEMY INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 12% of grant income, and it takes 6 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 6 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 ADAM J LEWIS ACADEMY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 52% · 2018 32% · 2019 39% · 2020 30% · 2021 21% · 2022 17% · 2023 22% — 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
61% of ADAM J LEWIS ACADEMY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 68% 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
53% of ADAM J LEWIS ACADEMY INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $6.6M that is directly attributable, 59% of it comes from funders outside Connecticut, across 16 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $7.3M 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
ADAM J LEWIS ACADEMY INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 9,615 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,615 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like ADAM J LEWIS ACADEMY INC
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 Connecticut
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
89% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ADAM J LEWIS ACADEMY INC?
- ADAM J LEWIS ACADEMY INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 95 organizations whose IRS filings report $13,923,748 to it, the largest being THE AYCO CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($1,663,750). 65 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 53% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does ADAM J LEWIS ACADEMY INC have?
- IRS filings report 95 organizations giving $13,923,748 in grants to ADAM J LEWIS ACADEMY INC, 65 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ADAM J LEWIS ACADEMY INC?
- THE AYCO CHARITABLE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,663,750 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ADAM J LEWIS ACADEMY INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Connecticut. 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 95 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