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INTERNATIONAL CHARTER SCHOOL OF TRENTON

INTERNATIONAL CHARTER SCHOOL OF TRENTON (New Jersey) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $1,000 to it, the largest being CITIZENS PHILANTHROPIC FOUNDATION INC ($1,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$3.2M
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$1k
Net assets
$1.8M
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 0%
01What it does

What International Charter School of Trenton does

Mission

The International Charter School of Trenton has the following mission and goals:Maintain a positive ratio of students to teachers with a suggested maximum number of 18 students in each instructional classroom;Maintain an orderly educational environment through a cooperative system of discipline built on a foundation of rules and regulations, which promote self-discipline and social responsibility;Continue to offer a comprehensive, whole day Kindergarten program; Offer accelerated language skills development in English and Foreign Languages;Foster a knowledge and understanding of the heritage of the students and the city in which they live; Develop and implement specialized educational programs for students with special needs for assistance with basic skills; Develop and implement an innovative curriculum that allows students to receive appropriate instructional programs to meet their elementary education, and provide articulation between the elementary and middle school programs; Devel

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Program

  1. International Charter School of Trenton provides a full range of services appropriate to grade levels Kindergarten through Grade 5. These services include regular, as well as special education and basic skills instruction. The Charter School completed the 2024-2025 school year with an enrollment of 108 students. In addition, the Charter School has developed a comprehensive strategic plan to support its mission and vision and serves as a blueprint for the achievement of its goals. The plan includes objectives, such as pupil achievement as measured by standardized tests and teacher assessment instruments; formal professional development for the certified and non-certified staff; and the implementation of a technology plan in all classrooms.

    $2,112,800 spent
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $2,112,800.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($1.5M) Expenses 100 ($1.5M) Net assets -77 ($-402254)2018 Revenue 103 ($1.6M) Expenses 102 ($1.6M) Net assets -81 ($-418390)2019 Revenue 102 ($1.5M) Expenses 103 ($1.6M) Net assets -92 ($-477516)2020 Revenue 111 ($1.7M) Expenses 113 ($1.7M) Net assets -105 ($-545688)2021 Revenue 111 ($1.7M) Expenses 106 ($1.6M) Net assets -95 ($-492646)2022 Revenue 156 ($2.4M) Expenses 147 ($2.3M) Net assets -79 ($-410314)2023 Revenue 219 ($3.3M) Expenses 152 ($2.3M) Net assets 100 ($520k)2024 Revenue 206 ($3.1M) Expenses 163 ($2.5M) Net assets 217 ($1.1M)2025 Revenue 210 ($3.2M) Expenses 163 ($2.5M) Net assets 341 ($1.8M)
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Revenue (210)Expenses (163)Net assets (341)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 2022 to 2023, from $280k to $1.6M (+454%).

$494k
$346k
$320k
$281k
$307k
$280k
$1.6M
$2.0M
$2.5M
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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.

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2018
2019
2020
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2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 103% · 2018 102% · 2019 104% · 2020 103% · 2021 101% · 2022 102% · 2023 83% · 2024 96% · 2025 95%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

95% of INTERNATIONAL CHARTER SCHOOL OF TRENTON’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (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. 4 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

−$33k
’17
−$16k
’18
−$59k
’19
−$68k
’20
$53k
’21
$91k
’22
$958k
’23
$606k
’24
$648k
’25
10
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.

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Listed777766778
Joined·+0+0+0+0+0+1+0+1
No longer listed·00010000
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2020 → 2021: the base held at 1 funder, grant income held at $500.

Funder
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'21
total
funders
1
1

From the IRS filings of INTERNATIONAL CHARTER SCHOOL OF TRENTON’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.

Where its funders are

100% of INTERNATIONAL CHARTER SCHOOL OF TRENTON's grant income comes from New Jersey funders.

NJ

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

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’21
New Jersey out of state home

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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

INTERNATIONAL CHARTER SCHOOL OF TRENTON runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 9,398 education nonprofits its size.

Operating margin20% · top quartile
Months of reserve10.0mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)10% · above the median

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

Organizations like INTERNATIONAL CHARTER SCHOOL OF TRENTON

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

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

84% of spending goes to programs.

Program 84%Management 16%Fundraising 0%

Governance

5
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

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Questions and answers

Who funds INTERNATIONAL CHARTER SCHOOL OF TRENTON?
INTERNATIONAL CHARTER SCHOOL OF TRENTON (New Jersey) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $1,000 to it, the largest being CITIZENS PHILANTHROPIC FOUNDATION INC ($1,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does INTERNATIONAL CHARTER SCHOOL OF TRENTON have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $1,000 in grants to INTERNATIONAL CHARTER SCHOOL OF TRENTON, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of INTERNATIONAL CHARTER SCHOOL OF TRENTON?
CITIZENS PHILANTHROPIC FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like INTERNATIONAL CHARTER SCHOOL OF TRENTON find more funders?
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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 1 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