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THE ENVIRONMENTAL CHARTER SCHOOL AT FRICK PARK

THE ENVIRONMENTAL CHARTER SCHOOL AT FRICK PARK (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $267,719 to it, the largest being RICHARD KING MELLON FOUNDATION ($236,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$30M
Funders on record
5
Grants received
$268k
Net assets
$15M
3/5 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 1%
01What it does

What The Environmental Charter School at Frick Park does

Mission

To educate each student to high academic learning standards using a themed curriculum that will foster knowledge, love of, and respect for the environment and the will to preserve it for future generations.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Program

  1. To educate elementary and high school aged children in allegheny county using a themed curriculum.

    $23,608,231 spent$27,753,641 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $23,608,231.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($11M) Expenses 100 ($11M) Net assets 100 ($3.9M)2018 Revenue 103 ($12M) Expenses 109 ($12M) Net assets 97 ($3.8M)2019 Revenue 119 ($14M) Expenses 109 ($12M) Net assets 141 ($5.5M)2020 Revenue 165 ($19M) Expenses 151 ($16M) Net assets 197 ($7.6M)2021 Revenue 202 ($23M) Expenses 174 ($19M) Net assets 309 ($12M)2022 Revenue 219 ($25M) Expenses 224 ($24M) Net assets 333 ($13M)2023 Revenue 245 ($28M) Expenses 249 ($27M) Net assets 360 ($14M)2024 Revenue 244 ($28M) Expenses 257 ($28M) Net assets 359 ($14M)2025 Revenue 260 ($30M) Expenses 260 ($28M) Net assets 396 ($15M)
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Revenue (260)Expenses (260)Net assets (396)Peer revenue range

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 $18M to $30M (+65%).

$9.1M
$8.7M
$10M
$15M
$17M
$18M
$30M
$28M
$30M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 5% · 2018 4% · 2019 4% · 2020 4% · 2021 13% · 2022 12% · 2023 10% · 2024 9% · 2025 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

6% of THE ENVIRONMENTAL CHARTER SCHOOL AT FRICK PARK’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (23% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 4,251 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$571k
’17
−$96k
’18
$1.7M
’19
$2.4M
’20
$4.2M
’21
$670k
’22
$962k
’23
−$3k
’24
$1.5M
’25
4.0
months of
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.

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Listed131414131522212321
Joined·+2+0+6+5+11+4+9+5
No longer listed·10734577
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $500 → $249k.

2 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 11% 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 THE ENVIRONMENTAL CHARTER SCHOOL AT FRICK PARK’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

THE ENVIRONMENTAL CHARTER SCHOOL AT FRICK PARK leans on a few funders — its largest provides 88% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

88%
largest funder
99%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 94% · 2022 84% · 2023 95% — 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.

Where its funders are

99% of THE ENVIRONMENTAL CHARTER SCHOOL AT FRICK PARK's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.

NY
PA

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’19
’21
’22
’23
Pennsylvania out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $29k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

THE ENVIRONMENTAL CHARTER SCHOOL AT FRICK PARK runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 3,758 education nonprofits its size.

Operating margin5% · above the median
Months of reserve4.0mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)13% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,758 education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025

Organizations like THE ENVIRONMENTAL CHARTER SCHOOL AT FRICK PARK

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

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

83% of spending goes to programs.

Program 83%Management 17%Fundraising 0%

Governance

14
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Part of a family of 1 related entity

  • Environmental Charter School Foundation · exempt

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Questions and answers

Who funds THE ENVIRONMENTAL CHARTER SCHOOL AT FRICK PARK?
THE ENVIRONMENTAL CHARTER SCHOOL AT FRICK PARK (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $267,719 to it, the largest being RICHARD KING MELLON FOUNDATION ($236,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does THE ENVIRONMENTAL CHARTER SCHOOL AT FRICK PARK have?
IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $267,719 in grants to THE ENVIRONMENTAL CHARTER SCHOOL AT FRICK PARK, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of THE ENVIRONMENTAL CHARTER SCHOOL AT FRICK PARK?
RICHARD KING MELLON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $236,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THE ENVIRONMENTAL CHARTER SCHOOL AT FRICK PARK 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.

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 5 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