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PARTNERSHIP FOR INNER CITY EDUCATION DBA PARTNERSHIP SCHOOLS
PARTNERSHIP FOR INNER CITY EDUCATION DBA PARTNERSHIP SCHOOLS (New York) receives grants from 140 organizations whose IRS filings report $53,316,416 to it, the largest being SHERMAN FAIRCHILD FOUNDATION INC ($7,375,000). 85 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $11M
- Funders on record
- 140
- Grants received
- $53M
- Net assets
- $34M
What Partnership for Inner City Education Dba Partnership Schools does
Mission
The mission of Partnership Schools is to develop outstanding Catholic elementary schools that provide low-income students with the academic preparation, values and skills they need to break the cycle of poverty and lead fulfilling, productive lives. The Partnership provided tuition scholarships to those in need and assists schools in their quest to achieve academic excellence, financial stability and administrative efficiency, by awarding grants for academic and programmatic initiatives, professional development and operational support to a set of seven inner-city elementary schools (through June 30, 2024)in New York and four schools in Cleveland. The Partnership also seeks to ensure safe and enriched school facilities by providing grants to these elementary schools for necessary capital improvements.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported a significant change in how it conducts a program.
During the year ended august 31, 2025, the partnership completed a significant transition related to its historical operations in new york. As of june 30, 2024, the partnership ceased providing administrative and operational services to schools within the archdiocese of new york. As a result, the partnership's activities during fiscal year 2025 primarily reflect: - ongoing support and management of the cleveland school network. - continued development and expansion of its national education model. - organizational infrastructure necessary to support growth into additional regions. In connection with this transition, certain programmatic and supporting cost structures reflect a period of reorganization and investment, including the development of the partnership's national platform. Accordingly, expenses presented in "national program and "other programs" include costs associated with central program design, leadership, and expansion efforts that are not directly tied to a single school network in the current period.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 3).
The partnership provided administrative, educational and operational services to seven prek - 8th grade schools governed by the archdiocese of new york, which serve a high percentage of families who cannot afford the rigorous, faith-based school options they seek. The partnership provides both human and financial resources to deliver that rigorous education, grounded in content, character, and faith, to its students. Additionally, scholarships were provided to approximately 1,600 students attending these schools. The partnership also funds capital improvements made to the school buildings.
$3,235,540 spentof which $1,444,133 as grants70% of program spendingGrants made to elementary and high schools outside the seven ny school network for scholarships, academic and enrichment programs and general operating support.
$210,067 spent5% of program spendingThe partnership provides administrative, educational and operational services to four prek - 8th grade schools governed by the diocese of cleveland, which serve a high percentage of families who cannot afford the rigorous, faith-based school options they seek. The partnership provides both human and financial resources to deliver that rigorous education, grounded in content, character, and faith, to its students. The partnership also funds capital improvements made to the school buildings.
$1,156,771 spent$137,577 earned by the program25% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,602,378.
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 2023 to 2024, from $55M to $35M (−36%).
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 2% · 2024 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
81% of PARTNERSHIP FOR INNER CITY EDUCATION DBA PARTNERSHIP SCHOOLS’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (80% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 7 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
Kristen Gengaro
Executive Director
Board chair
Russell L Carson
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2023 and FY2024 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 13 funders to 67 funders, grant income rose $1.0M → $17M.
15 of 140 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 24% 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 PARTNERSHIP FOR INNER CITY EDUCATION DBA PARTNERSHIP SCHOOLS’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 140 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
PARTNERSHIP FOR INNER CITY EDUCATION DBA PARTNERSHIP SCHOOLS has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 14% of grant income, and it takes 7 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 7 funders to its left
31% 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 PARTNERSHIP FOR INNER CITY EDUCATION DBA PARTNERSHIP SCHOOLS.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 52% · 2018 50% · 2019 11% · 2020 25% · 2021 16% · 2022 15% · 2023 32% — 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.
How long its funders stay
45% of PARTNERSHIP FOR INNER CITY EDUCATION DBA PARTNERSHIP SCHOOLS's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 61% 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
PARTNERSHIP FOR INNER CITY EDUCATION DBA PARTNERSHIP SCHOOLS draws 52% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 19 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $13M arriving through sponsors registered in 9 states 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
PARTNERSHIP FOR INNER CITY EDUCATION DBA PARTNERSHIP SCHOOLS's funding base is broadening — from 13 funders to 67 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 828 philanthropy nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Organizations like PARTNERSHIP FOR INNER CITY EDUCATION DBA PARTNERSHIP SCHOOLS
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 York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
84% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
81%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
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Questions and answers
- Who funds PARTNERSHIP FOR INNER CITY EDUCATION DBA PARTNERSHIP SCHOOLS?
- PARTNERSHIP FOR INNER CITY EDUCATION DBA PARTNERSHIP SCHOOLS (New York) receives grants from 140 organizations whose IRS filings report $53,316,416 to it, the largest being SHERMAN FAIRCHILD FOUNDATION INC ($7,375,000). 85 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does PARTNERSHIP FOR INNER CITY EDUCATION DBA PARTNERSHIP SCHOOLS have?
- IRS filings report 140 organizations giving $53,316,416 in grants to PARTNERSHIP FOR INNER CITY EDUCATION DBA PARTNERSHIP SCHOOLS, 85 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of PARTNERSHIP FOR INNER CITY EDUCATION DBA PARTNERSHIP SCHOOLS?
- SHERMAN FAIRCHILD FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $7,375,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PARTNERSHIP FOR INNER CITY EDUCATION DBA PARTNERSHIP SCHOOLS find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 140 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