Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
Esperanza Academy Charter School
Esperanza Academy Charter School (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,251,663 to it, the largest being Elevate 215 ($1,503,799). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $36M
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $2.3M
- Net assets
- $-17477208
What Esperanza Academy Charter School does
Mission
In 1987 the hispanic clergy of philadelphia founded and incorporated the non-profit organization nueva esperanza, inc. (nei), dba esperanza, to provide support to hispanic communities. For more than 30 years neis efforts have focused on creating opportunities for hispanic children and families living in philadelphias hunting park community. Neis intentional focus on creating quality education delivery systems and facilities include founding Esperanza Academy Charter School as a continued effort to raise the economic and social levels of the hispanic community through quality education. Esperanza Academy Charter School is a charter school located in philadelphia, pennsylvania. The school serves grades one and six through twelve. The school was established and operates under the provisions enacted by the general assembly of the commonwealth of pennsylvania in 1997. In september 2000 nei received a charter for the opening of Esperanza Academy Charter School and is currently operating unde
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
In 1987 the Hispanic Clergy of Philadelphia founded and incorporated the non-profit organization Nueva Esperanza, Inc. (NEI), dba Esperanza, to provide support to Hispanic communities. For more than 30 years NEI's efforts have focused on creating opportunities for Hispanic children and families living in Philadelphia's Hunting Park community. NEI's intentional focus on creating quality education delivery systems and facilities include founding Esperanza Academy Charter School as a continued effort to raise the economic and social levels of the Hispanic community through quality education. Esperanza Academy Charter School is a charter school located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The School serves grades one and six through twelve. The School was established and operates under the provisions enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in 1997. In September 2000 NEI received a charter for the opening of Esperanza Academy Charter School and is currently operating under a charter school contract ending on June 30, 2019. Esperanza Academy Charter School has financial accountability and control over all activities related to the students' education. The School…
$34,463,516 spentof which $5,981 as grants$30,083,586 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $34,463,516.
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 $8.2M to $131M (+1490%).
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: 2017 16% · 2018 16% · 2019 16% · 2020 14% · 2021 24% · 2022 22% · 2023 34% · 2024 29% · 2025 13%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
15% of Esperanza Academy Charter School’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (23% 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
Evelyn Nunez
CEO
Board chair
Angel Ortiz
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2024 and FY2025 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $154k → $398k.
1 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 Esperanza Academy Charter 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
Esperanza Academy Charter School leans on a few funders — its largest provides 67% of grant income and the top three 97%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
98% 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 Esperanza Academy Charter School.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 95% · 2023 70% — 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
96% of Esperanza Academy Charter School's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $39 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
Esperanza Academy Charter School has grown faster than half 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 Esperanza Academy Charter 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 Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
84% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 11 related entities
- Nueva Esperanza Inc · exempt
- Esperanza Immigration Legal Services · exempt
- Nueva Esperanza Housing & Economic Dev · exempt
- 199 Hunting Park Corporation · exempt
- 4530 Corporation · exempt
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Esperanza Academy Charter 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 Esperanza Academy Charter School?
- Esperanza Academy Charter School (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,251,663 to it, the largest being Elevate 215 ($1,503,799). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Esperanza Academy Charter School have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $2,251,663 in grants to Esperanza Academy Charter School, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Esperanza Academy Charter School?
- Elevate 215 is the largest funder on record, with $1,503,799 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Esperanza Academy Charter School 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 2017–2025), 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