New York · Nonprofit
ARS Holdings Inc DBA - Alexander Robertson School
ARS Holdings Inc DBA - Alexander Robertson School (New York) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $96,240 to it, the largest being THE BESSEMER GIVING FUND ($39,500). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 85% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.7M
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $96k
- Net assets
- $0
What ARS Holdings Inc DBA - Alexander Robertson School does
Mission
ARS combines a traditional daily structure of scheduled academics and enrichment classes presented within an innovative, creative, and fun teaching framework. We emphasize excellence in academics while placing equal emphasis on exposing children to the arts, ethics, and physical education. We teach children to think critically, explore their creativity, and reason logically, stressing the value of both individual learning and collaboration.Since its conception, part of ARSs mission has been to welcome and embrace families of every configuration and background. We have always been and will continue to be committed to diversity, teaching students to be inclusive and to respect themselves and
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
The full grade level education of our student body (grades Jrk through grade 5) in: ELA Writing, reading,spelling, grammar, punctuation, vocabulary, handwriting,poetry, public,speaking, debate, discussion. Math,Geography,Social Studies, Science, Wellness, Physical Education, Art, Music, French, Spanish, Mandarin, Coding, Library.
$1,541,141 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,541,141.
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 $1.0M to $0 (−100%).
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.
23% of ARS Holdings Inc DBA - Alexander Robertson School’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. 3 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.
Board chair
Eli Leaderman
Chairman
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.
4 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 85% 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 ARS Holdings Inc DBA - Alexander Robertson School’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
ARS Holdings Inc DBA - Alexander Robertson School leans on a few funders — its largest provides 41% of grant income and the top three 80%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
85% 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 ARS Holdings Inc DBA - Alexander Robertson School.
“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
85% of ARS Holdings Inc DBA - Alexander Robertson School'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 $14k that is directly attributable, 71% of it comes from funders outside New York, across 2 states.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $82k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
ARS Holdings Inc DBA - Alexander Robertson School has grown faster 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
Organizations like ARS Holdings Inc DBA - Alexander Robertson School
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 New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
68% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ARS Holdings Inc DBA - Alexander Robertson School: 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 ARS Holdings Inc DBA - Alexander Robertson School?
- ARS Holdings Inc DBA - Alexander Robertson School (New York) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $96,240 to it, the largest being THE BESSEMER GIVING FUND ($39,500). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 85% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does ARS Holdings Inc DBA - Alexander Robertson School have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $96,240 in grants to ARS Holdings Inc DBA - Alexander Robertson School, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ARS Holdings Inc DBA - Alexander Robertson School?
- THE BESSEMER GIVING FUND is the largest funder on record, with $39,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ARS Holdings Inc DBA - Alexander Robertson School find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 6 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