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NEW JERSEY PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION A NJ NON PROFIT CORPORATION
NEW JERSEY PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION A NJ NON PROFIT CORPORATION (New Jersey) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,063,487 to it, the largest being NEW JERSEY CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION ($1,078,042). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $12M
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $2.1M
- Net assets
- $1.9M
What New Jersey Public Charter Schools Association a Nj Non Profit Corporation does
Mission
To advance educational choice for new jersey's children through quality public charter schools.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Csp grant:in september 2020 the new jersey public charter school association (njpcsa) was awarded a $63.2 million charter school program (csp) grant from the us department of education to catalyze the growth of high-quality public charter school options across the state. Njpcsa will act as a pass-through entity, using federal funds to administer a competitive subgrant program for which the operators of new, expanding, and replicating schools will be eligible.
$9,942,974 spentof which $8,966,271 as grants87% of program spendingAdvocacy:njpcsa's work to educate the governor's office, state legislators, and the media about the positve contributions and impact of new jersey public charter schools. Njpcsa advocates for students and their families through support of policies that strengthen the quality of education in new jersey for all children. In doing so, njpcsa helps high-quality charter schools flourish and open doors to new possibilities and life opportunities for more students. We depend on membership dues and foundation support to support our advocacy efforts.
$1,122,442 spentof which $78,000 as grants10% of program spendingCommunications & membership:njpcsa has a vast library of best practice resources and conducts regular workshops, meetings, and webinars. Njpcsa publishes a variety of reports and communications to schools as well. We also raise awareness and support for charter schools through proactive storytelling and targeted campaigns.
$317,981 spent$1,580,087 earned by the program3% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $11,383,397.
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 $1.2M to $3.6M (+191%).
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: 2021 35% · 2022 84% · 2023 87% · 2024 81% · 2025 83%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
86% of NEW JERSEY PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION A NJ NON PROFIT CORPORATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than 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 8 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
Harold S Lee
President/CEO/ex officio
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income rose $280k → $353k.
1 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 7% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $175k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Nj Public Charter Schools Action Fund Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money NEW JERSEY PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION A NJ NON PROFIT CORPORATION raised.
From the IRS filings of NEW JERSEY PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION A NJ NON PROFIT CORPORATION’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
NEW JERSEY PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION A NJ NON PROFIT CORPORATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 52% of grant income and the top three 74%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
97% 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 NEW JERSEY PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION A NJ NON PROFIT CORPORATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 77% · 2019 100% · 2020 85% · 2021 85% · 2022 55% · 2023 89% — 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
25% of NEW JERSEY PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION A NJ NON PROFIT CORPORATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 56% give in more than one year at all.
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
78% of NEW JERSEY PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION A NJ NON PROFIT CORPORATION'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. $150k 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
NEW JERSEY PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION A NJ NON PROFIT CORPORATION 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
Government funding NEW JERSEY PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION A NJ NON PROFIT CORPORATION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $63.2M on record.
- Department of Education$63.2M
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 NEW JERSEY PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION A NJ NON PROFIT CORPORATION
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
98% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds NEW JERSEY PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION A NJ NON PROFIT CORPORATION?
- NEW JERSEY PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION A NJ NON PROFIT CORPORATION (New Jersey) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,063,487 to it, the largest being NEW JERSEY CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION ($1,078,042). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NEW JERSEY PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION A NJ NON PROFIT CORPORATION have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $2,063,487 in grants to NEW JERSEY PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION A NJ NON PROFIT CORPORATION, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NEW JERSEY PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION A NJ NON PROFIT CORPORATION?
- NEW JERSEY CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,078,042 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NEW JERSEY PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION A NJ NON PROFIT CORPORATION 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 9 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