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ASSOCIATED ALUMNI OF CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL OF PHILADELPHIA

ASSOCIATED ALUMNI OF CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL OF PHILADELPHIA (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 25 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,173,122 to it, the largest being VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM ($1,856,274). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 88% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2025
$1.4M
Funders on record
25
Grants received
$3.2M
Net assets
$17M
14/25 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 57%
01What it does

What Associated Alumni of Central High School of Philadelphia does

Mission

The mission of the associated alumni of central high school is to encourage and support the school's high standards of scholarship, integrity and democratic values, to facilitate and maintain pride in central high school and, as well, to encourage an impact upon community growth through financial and personal involvement, while broadening social and professional relationships among its alumni.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Awards and scholarships

    $175,237 spent
    39% of program spending
  2. School capital projects

    $184,416 spent
    41% of program spending
  3. Supporting services

    $92,618 spent
    20% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $452,271.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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.

100 = 20182018 Revenue 100 ($1.5M) Expenses 100 ($1.2M) Net assets 100 ($5.6M)2019 Revenue 49 ($754k) Expenses 48 ($599k) Net assets 166 ($9.3M)2020 Revenue 88 ($1.4M) Expenses 40 ($495k) Net assets 183 ($10M)2021 Revenue 243 ($3.7M) Expenses 182 ($2.3M) Net assets 243 ($14M)2022 Revenue 83 ($1.3M) Expenses 53 ($656k) Net assets 218 ($12M)2023 Revenue 75 ($1.2M) Expenses 63 ($779k) Net assets 240 ($13M)2024 Revenue 73 ($1.1M) Expenses 68 ($850k) Net assets 266 ($15M)2025 Revenue 90 ($1.4M) Expenses 67 ($836k) Net assets 298 ($17M)
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Revenue (90)Expenses (67)Net assets (298)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $11M to $15M (+39%).

$9.2M
$9.6M
$11M
$15M
$13M
$14M
$16M
$18M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

66% of ASSOCIATED ALUMNI OF CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL OF PHILADELPHIA’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 12,352 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$289k
’18
$155k
’19
$857k
’20
$1.4M
’21
$613k
’22
$377k
’23
$275k
’24
$551k
’25
18
months of
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

Cynthia Lech

Executive director

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

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Listed77788878
Joined·+4+1+3+1+0+0+2
No longer listed·4121011
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 10 funders, grant income rose $22k → $164k.

12 of 25 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 88% 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 ASSOCIATED ALUMNI OF CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL OF PHILADELPHIA’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

ASSOCIATED ALUMNI OF CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL OF PHILADELPHIA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 58% of grant income and the top three 78%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

90% 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 ASSOCIATED ALUMNI OF CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL OF PHILADELPHIA.

58%
largest funder
78%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 34% · 2018 64% · 2019 66% · 2020 53% · 2021 79% · 2022 84% · 2023 61% — growing more concentrated.

“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

40% of ASSOCIATED ALUMNI OF CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL OF PHILADELPHIA's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 56% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

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

88% of ASSOCIATED ALUMNI OF CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL OF PHILADELPHIA'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 $371k that is directly attributable, 86% of it comes from Pennsylvania funders.

NH
WA
NY
PA
NJ
CA
VA

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’23
Pennsylvania out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.8M arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

ASSOCIATED ALUMNI OF CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL OF PHILADELPHIA runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 9,398 education nonprofits its size.

Operating margin40% · top quartile
Months of reserve18.2mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)−1% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,398 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

54% of spending goes to programs.

Program 54%Management 46%Fundraising 0%

Governance

53
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

PA

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Questions and answers

Who funds ASSOCIATED ALUMNI OF CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL OF PHILADELPHIA?
ASSOCIATED ALUMNI OF CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL OF PHILADELPHIA (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 25 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,173,122 to it, the largest being VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM ($1,856,274). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 88% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does ASSOCIATED ALUMNI OF CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL OF PHILADELPHIA have?
IRS filings report 25 organizations giving $3,173,122 in grants to ASSOCIATED ALUMNI OF CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL OF PHILADELPHIA, 14 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of ASSOCIATED ALUMNI OF CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL OF PHILADELPHIA?
VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM is the largest funder on record, with $1,856,274 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like ASSOCIATED ALUMNI OF CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL OF PHILADELPHIA 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 2018–2025), and the filings of 25 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