New York · Nonprofit
ROCHESTER ACADEMY OF SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL
ROCHESTER ACADEMY OF SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL (New York) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $22,571 to it, the largest being ROCHESTER EDUCATION ASSOCIATION FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE YOUTH ($15,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $6.3M
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $23k
- Net assets
- $1.3M
What Rochester Academy of Science Charter School does
Mission
Rochester Academy of Science Charter School (the school) is a not-for-profit education corporation that operates kindergarten through 12th grades and is dedicated to providing quality education to a diverse body of students in the rochester region of new york state. The school continually provides a rigorous, innovative and enhanced curriculum - highlighting science, technology, engineering and math (stem) - in order to prepare students for successful futures in the global environment.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Regular education: the school's curriculum is focused on science, technology, engineering, and math. The school maintains high expectations for students and provides varied opportunities for students to gain skills necessary to be competitive in the 21st century marketplace.
$3,922,399 spent$5,289,765 earned by the program82% of program spendingSpecial education: the school is open to all children and does not discriminate based on ethnicity, national origin, gender, disability or any other grounds that would be unlawful or deny the civil rights of any individual in accordance with the individuals with disabilities education act, the rehabilitation act section 504, and the americans with disabilities act, the school provides a free and appropriate education in the least restrictive environment to students with disabilities. The primary service delivery for students with special needs is inclusion. Services for students requiring supplemental services are provided by the rochester city school district.
$488,006 spent$311,425 earned by the program10% of program spendingOther educational services.
$362,437 spent8% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,772,842.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 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 $6.5M to $7.0M (+7%).
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: 2023 42% · 2024 11% · 2025 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
11% of ROCHESTER ACADEMY OF SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 3 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
Dr Joseph Polat
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of ROCHESTER ACADEMY OF SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL’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
ROCHESTER ACADEMY OF SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL leans on a few funders — its largest provides 66% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
66% 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 ROCHESTER ACADEMY OF SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL.
“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.
Where its funders are
100% of ROCHESTER ACADEMY OF SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL's grant income comes from New York funders.
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.
Against its field
ROCHESTER ACADEMY OF SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL has grown faster than three-quarters 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 ROCHESTER ACADEMY OF SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL
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
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Buffalo Academy of Science Charter School · exempt
- Brass Foundation Incorporated · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ROCHESTER ACADEMY OF SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL: 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 ROCHESTER ACADEMY OF SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL?
- ROCHESTER ACADEMY OF SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL (New York) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $22,571 to it, the largest being ROCHESTER EDUCATION ASSOCIATION FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE YOUTH ($15,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ROCHESTER ACADEMY OF SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $22,571 in grants to ROCHESTER ACADEMY OF SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL.
- Who is the largest funder of ROCHESTER ACADEMY OF SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL?
- ROCHESTER EDUCATION ASSOCIATION FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE YOUTH is the largest funder on record, with $15,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ROCHESTER ACADEMY OF SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL 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 FY2025 (financials across 2023–2025), and the filings of 2 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