Kipp Nyc
Legal name: Kipp Nyc Public Charter Schools
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 834247585
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2019–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2019
- Location
- New York, NY, United States
- Phone
- (212) 991-2610
- Rating
- 84
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Education
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $202,310,726
- Expenses
- $202,883,720
- Assets
- $340,754,193
- Liabilities
- $312,561,768
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
23 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- ALICIA JOHNSON (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)
Highest reported compensation
- ALICIA JOHNSON (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER): $511,088 total reported compensation
- NATALIE WEBB (DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT): $377,864 total reported compensation
- MONICA SAMUELS (PRINCIPAL): $278,520 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
KIPP NYC was designed as a K-12+ model, with a comprehensive 20-year support system that begins as early as kindergarten and continues for our alumni through college and career. Our Vision: Every child grows up free to create the future they want for themselves and their communities. For 30 years, KIPP NYC has partnered with families to prepare students for success in college, career, and beyond. Our free public charter schools in the Bronx, Brooklyn, and Manhattan combine rigorous academics, character development, and personalized support so every student has the opportunity to make an impact in their community and the world at large. arrow-icon-size3 Learn About Our Approach.
What it reported doing in 2024
Operation of the charter school for approximately 9,280 students attending kindergarten through grade 12.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 99% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
- 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.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 78
- Transparency & Controls: 87
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 37
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 87.9%; rating input score 88
- Program expense ratio: 87.6%; rating input score 88
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
- Compensation committee: Pass
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Pass
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -0.3%; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.68; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.92; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 1.6%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 15.7% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 14.9% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 51.8% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: Mission, programs, and operating context captured from the official website.
- Where the money goes: 87.9% of revenue deployed · 87.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 6 of 6 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $177.8M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $511K · 23 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 3 contractors listed · $23.5M reported
- Consistency: 33 of 33 current checks pass
- Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
- Filing history: 6 filing years from 2019 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 14 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 11 filed related-organization links
- 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: Operating margin scored 25/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 57/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 11/100.