Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
PHILADELPHIA ACADEMIES INC
PHILADELPHIA ACADEMIES INC (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 34 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,275,262 to it, the largest being PHILADELPHIA WORKS INC ($829,506). 18 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $3.5M
- Funders on record
- 34
- Grants received
- $5.3M
- Net assets
- $1.7M
What Philadelphia Academies Inc does
Mission
Our mission is to be an innovative non-profit organization that works with students, educators, and partners to improve outcomes for philadelphia's young people.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Career connected learning philadelphia academies, inc. (pai) has a number of initiatives housed under our career-connected and workforce development programs. Pai supports schools in career pathway development, providing assistance to schools in program design, implementation and evaluation, as well as industry organizing and relationship management. Work-based learning programs, including pai's middle school and hospitality initiative, provide students with sets of scaffolded real-world experiences to foster career exposure, awareness, preparation and training. Bridge and registered pre- apprenticeship programs create a clear pathway from school to work by preparing students with the skills needed to successfully enter the workforce, continue their education or join an apprenticeship program after graduation. Data supports and freshman success initiatives focus on increasing the effectiveness of teachers' use of data to support students, as well as building a strong 9th grade foundation to ensure high school success.
$1,830,243 spentof which $51,857 as grants60% of program spendingThe philadelphia academies, inc. Has four memorial funds and one additional fund (five in total) from which it awards scholarships for post-secondary education to graduating seniors. The memorial funds are: the richard h. Delone memorial fund, the peter j. Merlino achievement award, the clinton gibson memorial scholarship, the justin w. Griffiths memorial scholarship. In addition, the benjamin franklin scholarship fund, a fund administered by the philadelphia foundation, is awarded to pai for distribution to eligible students/schools, the goal of which is to provide scholarships and classroom resources to: -(60% minimum) for pai students seeking post-secondary education in the trades, crafts and applied science fields. The scholarships will assist students who need financial aid to obtain post-secondary education. The award amounts vary per student. -(40% maximum): for pai programs to augment their teaching resources by the purchase of equipment, teaching materials, special supplies, etc. That would enhance the quality of education that they already provide in the trades, crafts and applied sciences.
$40,116 spent1% of program spendingTeacher and school leadership support and capacity building building the capacity of teachers and administrators is key to improving student outcomes. Our middle school success network (mssn) and 9th grade success network (9gsn) strengthen schools through technical assistance and professional development focused on fostering student success in critical transitionary grade levels.
$1,201,547 spent39% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,071,906.
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 $1.6M to $2.7M (+70%).
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: 2022 36% · 2023 50% · 2024 69% · 2025 78%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
99% of PHILADELPHIA ACADEMIES INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 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.
Board chair
Ian Sladen
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 14 funders, grant income rose $240k → $1.1M.
8 of 34 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 15% 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 PHILADELPHIA ACADEMIES INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 34 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
PHILADELPHIA ACADEMIES INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 16% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 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 PHILADELPHIA ACADEMIES INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 79% · 2018 100% · 2019 47% · 2020 43% · 2021 42% · 2022 22% · 2023 40% — 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
62% of PHILADELPHIA ACADEMIES INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 53% 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
80% of PHILADELPHIA ACADEMIES INC's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $807k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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
PHILADELPHIA ACADEMIES INC has grown faster than half of the 9,398 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,398 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like PHILADELPHIA ACADEMIES 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 Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
86% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
88%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds PHILADELPHIA ACADEMIES INC?
- PHILADELPHIA ACADEMIES INC (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 34 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,275,262 to it, the largest being PHILADELPHIA WORKS INC ($829,506). 18 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does PHILADELPHIA ACADEMIES INC have?
- IRS filings report 34 organizations giving $5,275,262 in grants to PHILADELPHIA ACADEMIES INC, 18 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of PHILADELPHIA ACADEMIES INC?
- PHILADELPHIA WORKS INC is the largest funder on record, with $829,506 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PHILADELPHIA ACADEMIES INC 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 34 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