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UNIVERSAL ALCORN CHARTER SCHOOL

UNIVERSAL ALCORN CHARTER SCHOOL (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $37,879 to it, the largest being Elevate 215 ($37,879). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$9.5M
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$38k
Net assets
$2.3M
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 0%
01What it does

What Universal Alcorn Charter School does

Mission

Our mission is to provide our scholars with a safe environment that promotes respect and motivates students to learn and to act responsibly. Our primary goal is to educate, empower and enable all scholars to become caring, contributing citizens who can succeed in our ever-changing world. We are committed to focusing on high student achievement, individual academic success, to each scholar for the rigor of high school, college and career readiness.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Program

  1. The educational program utilizes community resources within the universal alcorn's immediate neighborhood through a variety of before, during, and after school partnerships with families, businesses, social agencies, civic groups and community organizations to enhance the academic program and to support students and their families.

    $6,626,779 spent$8,246,328 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $6,626,779.

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 ($6.7M) Expenses 100 ($8.3M) Net assets -279 ($-4067239)2018 Revenue 111 ($7.5M) Expenses 97 ($8.0M) Net assets -333 ($-4856408)2019 Revenue 117 ($7.9M) Expenses 97 ($8.0M) Net assets -343 ($-4995577)2020 Revenue 117 ($7.9M) Expenses 85 ($7.0M) Net assets -283 ($-4125501)2021 Revenue 133 ($8.9M) Expenses 78 ($6.4M) Net assets -112 ($-1631456)2022 Revenue 139 ($9.4M) Expenses 98 ($8.1M) Net assets -26 ($-374272)2023 Revenue 146 ($9.9M) Expenses 120 ($9.9M) Net assets -30 ($-431557)2024 Revenue 160 ($11M) Expenses 108 ($8.9M) Net assets 100 ($1.5M)2025 Revenue 140 ($9.5M) Expenses 104 ($8.6M) Net assets 160 ($2.3M)
'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25
Revenue (140)Expenses (104)Net assets (160)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 2023 to 2024, from $5.1M to $8.4M (+65%).

$4.2M
$2.8M
$2.0M
$2.2M
$4.1M
$5.1M
$5.1M
$8.4M
$8.7M
'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25
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 12% · 2018 14% · 2019 13% · 2020 12% · 2021 18% · 2022 24% · 2023 33% · 2024 33% · 2025 12%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

12% of UNIVERSAL ALCORN CHARTER SCHOOL’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 12,352 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

−$1.5M
’17
−$548k
’18
−$139k
’19
$870k
’20
$2.5M
’21
$1.3M
’22
−$57k
’23
$1.9M
’24
$879k
’25
8.6
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.

'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25
Listed6668567109
Joined·+0+1+2+0+1+2+4+1
No longer listed·01030112
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2019 → 2020: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $8k → $30k.

Funder
'19
'20
total
Elevate 215unclassified
$38k
funders
1
1

From the IRS filings of UNIVERSAL ALCORN 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.

Where its funders are

100% of UNIVERSAL ALCORN CHARTER SCHOOL's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.

PA

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

’19
’20
Pennsylvania out of state home

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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

UNIVERSAL ALCORN CHARTER SCHOOL holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 9,398 education nonprofits its size.

Operating margin9% · above the median
Months of reserve8.6mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)4% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,398 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025

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In Pennsylvania

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

77% of spending goes to programs.

Program 77%Management 23%Fundraising 0%

Governance

5
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

PA

Part of a family of 6 related entities

  • Universal Community Homes · exempt
  • Universal Education Companies · exempt
  • Universal Audenried Charter School · exempt
  • Universal Vare Charter School · exempt
  • Universal Institute Charter School · exempt

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Questions and answers

Who funds UNIVERSAL ALCORN CHARTER SCHOOL?
UNIVERSAL ALCORN CHARTER SCHOOL (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $37,879 to it, the largest being Elevate 215 ($37,879). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does UNIVERSAL ALCORN CHARTER SCHOOL have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $37,879 in grants to UNIVERSAL ALCORN CHARTER SCHOOL, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of UNIVERSAL ALCORN CHARTER SCHOOL?
Elevate 215 is the largest funder on record, with $37,879 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like UNIVERSAL ALCORN CHARTER SCHOOL 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 1 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