New Jersey · Nonprofit
COLLEGE ACHIEVE PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS INC
COLLEGE ACHIEVE PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS INC (New Jersey) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,248,097 to it, the largest being NEW JERSEY PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION A NJ NON PROFIT CORPORATION ($3,048,097). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $19M
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $3.2M
- Net assets
- $4.3M
What College Achieve Public Charter Schools Inc does
Mission
College achieve public charter schools will prepare students from underserved communities in new jersey to excel and graduate from the most competitive colleges and universities in the nation. It is our hope that many of our students will return home after graduation from college and build a stronger, safer, and more prosperous community.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
College achieve public charter schools, inc. Starts, develops, supports, and manages public charter schools in the state of new jersey - including developing facilities and real estate, hiring all leadership, providing the curriculum and the training. College achieve's mission is to prepare all of its students to excel in and graduate from the best colleges and universities in the nation. College achieve public charter schools, inc. Has developed nine charter school facilities at market or below market rents for our k-12 public charter schools in three regions of the state of new jersey: paterson; plainfield and north plainfield; and asbury park and neptune township. This property development includes in most instances significant renovations, financing costs, and consulting and legal costs are funded by college achieve public charter schools, inc. Out of the proceeds of the rents, management fees and fundraising.
$15,265,536 spentof which $60,000 as grants$17,088,065 earned by the program95% of program spendingTo provide the academic model (training and the actual curriculum) to the charter schools in our network.
$837,741 spent5% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $16,103,277.
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 2021 to 2022, from $2.9M to $39M (+1240%).
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.
0% of COLLEGE ACHIEVE PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (23% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 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
Michael Piscal
CEO
Board chair
Thomas Cimochowski
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $0 → $1.3M.
From the IRS filings of COLLEGE ACHIEVE PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 2 of 3 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
COLLEGE ACHIEVE PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 94% 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
100% 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 COLLEGE ACHIEVE PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 85% — 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.
Where its funders are
94% of COLLEGE ACHIEVE PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS INC's grant income comes from New Jersey 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
COLLEGE ACHIEVE PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 3,758 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,758 education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like COLLEGE ACHIEVE PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS 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 New Jersey
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
92% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
68%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 3 related entities
- Caps 21 Market LLC · disregarded
- Edvillage 107 Westervelt LLC · disregarded
- Caps 110-112 Jackson Avenue LLC · disregarded
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Questions and answers
- Who funds COLLEGE ACHIEVE PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS INC?
- COLLEGE ACHIEVE PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS INC (New Jersey) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,248,097 to it, the largest being NEW JERSEY PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION A NJ NON PROFIT CORPORATION ($3,048,097). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does COLLEGE ACHIEVE PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS INC have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $3,248,097 in grants to COLLEGE ACHIEVE PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of COLLEGE ACHIEVE PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS INC?
- NEW JERSEY PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION A NJ NON PROFIT CORPORATION is the largest funder on record, with $3,048,097 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like COLLEGE ACHIEVE PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New Jersey. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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 3 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