African American Charter School Coalition
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 863123541
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2021–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Phone
- 2155253593
- Rating
- 84
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Alliance/Advocacy Organizations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $163,095
- Expenses
- $138,068
- Assets
- $29,689
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
People named in this filing
- LARRY JONES (CHAIR)
- NAOMI JOHNSON-BOOKER (VICE CHAIR)
- ANDREA COLEMAN-HILL (SECRETARY)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The african american charter school coalition's (aacsc's) mission is centered in addressing and reversing the discrimination and many inequities that exist between white and black led schools in philadelphia when it comes to renewal, expansions, philanthropic funding, resources, and support. Aacsc's education reform focus is anchored in the belief that black-led and founded charter schools in philadelphia are foundational to the permanent fabric of our public education society. Our black schools matter mission embodies our forceful and unrelenting commitment to advance the need for equitable educational choices and funding opportunities in the african american communities we serve. We achieve this by vigorously promoting and addressing matters of diversity, equity and inclusiveness in educational funding, policies and practices. We further aim to dismantle pervasive systemic racism, racial inequities and disparate treatment. This is an urgent imperative in order to protect black founde
What it reported doing in 2024
Advocacy and raising awareness about inequalities and disparities within the education system.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 87
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 45
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 80.9%; rating input score 81
- Program expense ratio: 95.5%; rating input score 96
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 15.3%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.22; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 35.5% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 34.5% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 18% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 80.9% of revenue deployed · 95.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $132K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2021 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 20/100.