New York · Nonprofit
PER SCHOLAS INC
PER SCHOLAS INC (New York) receives grants from 269 organizations whose IRS filings report $242,019,510 to it, the largest being BLUE MERIDIAN PARTNERS INC ($26,052,000). 152 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $70M
- Funders on record
- 269
- Grants received
- $242M
- Net assets
- $43M
What Per Scholas Inc does
Mission
Per scholas is a national organization that has been advancing economic mobility for 30 years through rigorous training, professional development, and robust employer connections. We are building a future where successful careers in tech are accessible to everyone across urban, suburban, and rural communities, empowering individuals to unlock their potential and drive transformative economic change nationwide.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Vocational training - since 1995, we've offered no-cost tech training to more than 30,000 technologists in the most sought-after tech skills, generating over $2 billion in increased personal earnings. On average, our learners earn 3x their pre-training wage in their first role after per scholas. With 20+ campuses and remote programs, we partner with employers --from fortune 500 companies to startups --to create inclusive talent pipelines in fields like cloud, cybersecurity, data engineering, it support, and software engineering. More than half of our learners hold a high school diploma as their highest educational credential.
$54,811,305 spentof which $173,919 as grants$14,340,819 earned by the program100% of program spendingSocial ventures - per scholas' asset recovery operations, acts as a recycling business, offering a complete it asset disposition solution. Finally, as a nonprofit social venture, we collect used equipment donated by corporations, government, and individuals, properly recycling the end-of-life equipment and reconditioning equipment with continued use. This activity creates valuable jobs while diverting thousands of tons of electronic waste from landfill disposal.
$49,857 spent$300,467 earned by the program0% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $54,861,162.
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 $46M to $64M (+40%).
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 0% · 2018 0% · 2021 6%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
76% of PER SCHOLAS INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (13% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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
Plinio Ayala
President and CEO
Board chair
Lewis E Miller
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 25 funders to 110 funders, grant income rose $3.3M → $54M.
44 of 269 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 31% 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 PER SCHOLAS INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 269 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
PER SCHOLAS INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 11% 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
63% 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 PER SCHOLAS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 20% · 2018 32% · 2019 20% · 2020 17% · 2021 17% · 2022 10% · 2023 37% — 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
46% of PER SCHOLAS INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 57% 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
PER SCHOLAS INC draws 65% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 31 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $75M arriving through sponsors registered in 18 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
PER SCHOLAS INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 441 employment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 441 employment nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Government funding PER SCHOLAS INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $6.3M on record — $1.9M federal, $4.4M state.
- Department of Homeland Security$1.5M
- Department of Labor$350k
- MD$4.4M
- NJ$11k
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 PER SCHOLAS INC
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
80% 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 18 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for PER SCHOLAS INC: 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 PER SCHOLAS INC?
- PER SCHOLAS INC (New York) receives grants from 269 organizations whose IRS filings report $242,019,510 to it, the largest being BLUE MERIDIAN PARTNERS INC ($26,052,000). 152 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does PER SCHOLAS INC have?
- IRS filings report 269 organizations giving $242,019,510 in grants to PER SCHOLAS INC, 152 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of PER SCHOLAS INC?
- BLUE MERIDIAN PARTNERS INC is the largest funder on record, with $26,052,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PER SCHOLAS INC 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.
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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 269 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing