Indiana · Nonprofit
ALIANZA COMMUNITY SCHOOLS INC
ALIANZA COMMUNITY SCHOOLS INC (Indiana) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,344,250 to it, the largest being LILLY ENDOWMENT INC ($2,250,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.9M
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $2.3M
- Net assets
- $1.2M
What Alianza Community Schools Inc does
Mission
Monarca academy eliminates barriers to success for all students. Inspired by the latin@ and immigrant experience we develop leaders through high academic standards (ganas), cultural responsiveness (orgullo), and community building (comunidad).
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Monarca academy's enrollment efforts this year resulted in the school exceeding its enrollment goal of 210 students, serving 216 students across grades 6-8. The school enrolled 71 sixth graders, 71 seventh graders, and 74 eighth graders, surpassing projected targets in all grade levels. Demand for monarca academy's model led to waitlists in both sixth and seventh grade, with the incoming sixth grade class reaching full capacity months before summer. Although monarca academy continued to participate in community events throughout the international market district, the primary driver of enrollment this year was family word-of-mouth, reflecting strong satisfaction with the school's academic program and safe, culturally affirming environment. Staff still provided individual school tours upon request, serving dozens of prospective families, but unlike prior years, large-scale outreach was not required to meet or exceed enrollment goals. As a result, monarca academy has already filled its capacity for the upcoming school year and anticipates maintaining waitlists as long as space remains limited.
$1,371,479 spent$12,234 earned by the program100% of program spendingMonarca academy expanded its visual & performing arts program this year to serve 100% of its 216 students through a broadened set of arts courses and community-based performance opportunities. In addition to continuing partnerships in dance, music, and cultural arts, the school launched a new media arts course, providing students with hands-on experience in digital storytelling, video production, and creative design. This addition strengthened monarca's arts pathway and increased the number of weekly arts instructional hours available to students.throughout the year, students participated in multiple community-facing arts events. Monarca academy was invited to perform at la plaza's night of the americas, a major cultural celebration that will showcase student talent to hundreds of attendees across central indiana. Students also performed in a dia de muertos choir presentation in partnership with christ church cathedral, an event that brought together families, community members, and local artists to honor cultural traditions through music.
Monarca academy made significant progress this year toward launching its first 9th grade cohort for the 2026-2027 school year, completing all major planning milestones and securing full enrollment well in advance. The inaugural class will serve 80 students, including 64 of monarca academy's current 8th grade students and additional students enrolling from other indianapolis schools. The objective of this expansion is to establish a rigorous, college preparatory high school pathway that extends monarca academy's mission and provides continuity for families in the international market district.to support the development of the high school and strengthen student services, monarca academy secured a $2 million grant from the lilly endowment to implement a full service community school model, including the adoption of city connects. This model will provide coordinated academic, social-emotional, and family support services to hundreds of students each year, ensuring that the high school opens with a comprehensive system of care.monarca academy also received a $300,000 capacity award from the mind trust to support leadership development, staffing, program design, and operational…
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,371,479.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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 2024 to 2025, from $643k to $1.3M (+98%).
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: 2022 19% · 2023 99% · 2024 93% · 2025 90%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of ALIANZA COMMUNITY SCHOOLS INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 4 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
Francisco Valdiosera
Executive director
Board chair
Emma Mahern
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of ALIANZA COMMUNITY SCHOOLS INC’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.
How concentrated its funding is
ALIANZA COMMUNITY SCHOOLS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 96% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
“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.
Where its funders are
100% of ALIANZA COMMUNITY SCHOOLS INC's grant income comes from Indiana funders.
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
ALIANZA COMMUNITY SCHOOLS INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 9,398 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,398 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
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In Indiana
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
63% 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 ALIANZA COMMUNITY SCHOOLS INC?
- ALIANZA COMMUNITY SCHOOLS INC (Indiana) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,344,250 to it, the largest being LILLY ENDOWMENT INC ($2,250,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ALIANZA COMMUNITY SCHOOLS INC have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $2,344,250 in grants to ALIANZA COMMUNITY SCHOOLS INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ALIANZA COMMUNITY SCHOOLS INC?
- LILLY ENDOWMENT INC is the largest funder on record, with $2,250,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ALIANZA COMMUNITY SCHOOLS INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Indiana. 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 2022–2025), and the filings of 4 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