Delaware · Nonprofit
DELAWARE CHARTER SCHOOLS NETWORK
DELAWARE CHARTER SCHOOLS NETWORK (Delaware) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $522,325 to it, the largest being LONGWOOD FOUNDATION INC ($514,325). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $472k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $522k
- Net assets
- $669k
What Delaware Charter Schools Network does
Mission
The mission of the Delaware Charter Schools Network is to promote excellence in public education by supporting and advocating for delaware charter schools.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Dcsn worked with schools to find resources for students as they continue to respond to the impacts of the covid 19 pandemic. Dcsn hosted the 11th annual idea awards to celebrate the incredibly innovative and successful work happening across 23 charter public schools serving over 17,000 students.
$231,563 spent$181,884 earned by the program85% of program spendingAdvocacy and support work for the charter school movement and delaware charter schools.
$42,460 spent15% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $274,023.
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 2022 to 2023, from $311k to $595k (+91%).
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 14%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
61% of DELAWARE CHARTER SCHOOLS NETWORK’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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
Kendall Massett
CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 3 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $272k → $250k.
From the IRS filings of DELAWARE CHARTER SCHOOLS NETWORK’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
DELAWARE CHARTER SCHOOLS NETWORK leans on a few funders — its largest provides 98% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 97% · 2023 100% — 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.
Where its funders are
100% of DELAWARE CHARTER SCHOOLS NETWORK's grant income comes from Delaware 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
DELAWARE CHARTER SCHOOLS NETWORK holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 16,849 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding DELAWARE CHARTER SCHOOLS NETWORK receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.9M on record.
- ASSOC DUES AND CONF FEES$1.1M
- CENTRAL ADMIN SERVICES$350k
- INSTR SUPPORT SERVICES$156k
- TRAINING$72k
- OTHER PROFESSIONAL SERVICE$68k
- STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES$68k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like DELAWARE CHARTER SCHOOLS NETWORK
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 Delaware
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
68% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for DELAWARE CHARTER SCHOOLS NETWORK: 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 DELAWARE CHARTER SCHOOLS NETWORK?
- DELAWARE CHARTER SCHOOLS NETWORK (Delaware) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $522,325 to it, the largest being LONGWOOD FOUNDATION INC ($514,325). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does DELAWARE CHARTER SCHOOLS NETWORK have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $522,325 in grants to DELAWARE CHARTER SCHOOLS NETWORK, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of DELAWARE CHARTER SCHOOLS NETWORK?
- LONGWOOD FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $514,325 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DELAWARE CHARTER SCHOOLS NETWORK find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Delaware. 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 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