Louisiana · Nonprofit
ADVOCATES FOR INNOVATIVE SCHOOLSINC
ADVOCATES FOR INNOVATIVE SCHOOLSINC (Louisiana) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $94,000 to it, the largest being NEW SCHOOLS FOR NEW ORLEANS INC ($94,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2023
- $5.1M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $94k
- Net assets
- $1.0M
What Advocates for Innovative Schoolsinc does
Mission
The educational program is designed to facilitate learning and develop scholarship in a safe and non-stigmatizing environment. Our focus is the development of the whole child academically, socially, physically, and emotionally.
As stated on its FY2023 Form 990.
Programs
Advocates for innovative schools, inc. Opened a charter school to improve the quality of education for children in orleans parish. 1. The special education department at robert mussa moton charter school has consistently maintained compliance in identifying and providing services to our scholars. With over 70% of the scholars demonstrating academic and social progress, it is clear that our robust and rigorous program is making a significant impact. Our dedicated staff ensures that all scholars' needs are met daily contributing to their overall success. 2. Through our war on literacy initiatives, we have engaged all stakeholders within the owl community by hosting various events throughout the years. As a result of active family engagement activities, such as family literacy night. Officer nipple's reading program, scholastic book fair, after-school tutoring, lsu institute of reading, and our quarterly book giveaway, we have see an improvement in our scholars' overall performance in reading on our standardized assessments. 3. We have continued to find innovative ways to ensure that the whole child is being addressed. This academic year, we added three additional staff members as…
$3,380,171 spent$4,000,460 earned by the program100% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2022 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,380,171.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 $3.8M to $1.7M (−55%).
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 35% · 2022 35% · 2023 21%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
21% of ADVOCATES FOR INNOVATIVE SCHOOLSINC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as 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 3 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.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2021 and FY2022 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2021: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $30k → $5k.
From the IRS filings of ADVOCATES FOR INNOVATIVE SCHOOLSINC’s funders (the co-funder graph). 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.
Where its funders are
100% of ADVOCATES FOR INNOVATIVE SCHOOLSINC's grant income comes from Louisiana funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
ADVOCATES FOR INNOVATIVE SCHOOLSINC's revenue fell 18% between 2021 and 2023.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,412 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2023
Organizations like ADVOCATES FOR INNOVATIVE SCHOOLSINC
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 Louisiana
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
50% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ADVOCATES FOR INNOVATIVE SCHOOLSINC: 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 ADVOCATES FOR INNOVATIVE SCHOOLSINC?
- ADVOCATES FOR INNOVATIVE SCHOOLSINC (Louisiana) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $94,000 to it, the largest being NEW SCHOOLS FOR NEW ORLEANS INC ($94,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ADVOCATES FOR INNOVATIVE SCHOOLSINC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $94,000 in grants to ADVOCATES FOR INNOVATIVE SCHOOLSINC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ADVOCATES FOR INNOVATIVE SCHOOLSINC?
- NEW SCHOOLS FOR NEW ORLEANS INC is the largest funder on record, with $94,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ADVOCATES FOR INNOVATIVE SCHOOLSINC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Louisiana. 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 FY2023 (financials across 2021–2023), and the filings of 1 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing