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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by CORE SCHOLARS.

Totals

Total revenue
$237,942
Total expenses
$266,430
Contributions and grants received
$237,942
Grants paid
$77,500
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$6,191,074
Total liabilities, end of year
$260,351
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$5,930,723
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$223,067
Management and general expenses
$43,363
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$223,067

Program services were 83.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $237,942

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $77,500 · program services $77,500

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $123,622 · program services $105,079 · management and general $18,543

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $4,904 · program services $4,168 · management and general $736

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $6,349 · program services $5,397 · management and general $952

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $15,000 · management and general $15,000

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $10,309 · program services $8,762 · management and general $1,547

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,652 · program services $1,404 · management and general $248

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $7,136 · program services $6,065 · management and general $1,071

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $17,285 · program services $14,692 · management and general $2,593

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,673 · management and general $2,673

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $28,492 · end of year $121

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $3,994 · end of year $3,100

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $5,601,138 · end of year $6,173,853

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $14,000 · end of year $14,000

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $18,803 · end of year $18,920

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $241,431 · end of year $241,431

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,958,474 · end of year $2,501,807

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,428,916 · end of year $3,428,916

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

PHILADELPHIA COLLEGE OPPORTUNITY RESOURCES FOR EDUCATION ("CORE") IS A NONPROFIT CORPORATION FOUNDED IN PHILADELPHIA, PA IN 2003. CORE WAS ORGANIZED TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL SCHOLARSHIPS AND COLLEGE PREP ASSISTANCE TO HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. CORE SCHOLARSHIPS ARE ONLY APPLICABLE TO STUDENTS WHO RESIDE IN PHILADELPHIA. CORE IS A NONPROFIT INITIATIVE DESIGNED TO UNITE COMMUNITIES AROUND THE GOAL OF ENSURING THAT ALL CHILDREN HAVE ACCESS TO COLLEGE. CORE'S PREMIER PROGRAM, THE RISE FINANCIAL LITERACY SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM, IS A FIRST-OF-ITS-KIND PROGRAM THAT OFFERS ALL HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS - WHETHER FROM PUBLIC, PRIVATE CHARTER OR PAROCHIAL SYSTEMS - IN PHILADELPHIA A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND ACCREDITED COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. CORE ISSUES AWARDS BASED ON THE AMOUNT OF DOLLARS AVAILABLE FOR SCHOLARSHIPS. CORE IS PRIMARILY SUPPORTED BY A CHARITABLE TRUST AND GRANTS FROM FEDERAL ENTITIES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

COLLEGE OPPORTUNITY RESOURCES FOR EDUCATION (CORE) IS DEDICATED TO UNITING COMMUNITIES AROUND THE GOAL OF ENSURING THAT POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION IS AFFORDABLE AND ACCESSIBLE FOR ALL. CORE SCHOLARS IS THE FIRST SCHOLARSHIP OF ITS KIND TO FOCUS SPECIFICALLY ON HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS -WHETHER FROM THE PUBLIC, PRIVATE, CHARTER, OR PAROCHIAL SYSTEMS LIVING BELOW THE POVERTY LINE FOR AN INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT ACCOUNT (IDA) SAVINGS PROGRAM. OVER THE PAST NINE YEARS, CORE HAS AWARDED OVER 25,669 PHILADELPHIA STUDENTS A TOTAL OF MORE THAN 30 MILLION DOLLARS. OF OUR ORIGINAL GROUP OF CORE SCHOLARS, 58% ULTIMATELY GRADUATED FROM COLLEGE OVER SIX YEARS.

  • CORE PROVIDE COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS TO PHILADELPHIA HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO ARE ENROLLED FULL TIME AS A GRADUATING HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR, AND STUDENTS ATTENDING A PHILADELPHIA 2 OR 4-YEAR COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY, OR TRADE SCHOOL; ALSO PROVIDED A STEADY FLOW OF COLLEGE PREP RESOURCE INFORMATION AND IMPORTANT FINANCIAL AID/COLLEGE APPLICATION DEADLINE ANNOUNCEMENTS TARGETED TO GRADUATING HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS AND COLLEGE STUDENTS. THE RISE FINANCIAL SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM IS OPEN TO ALL PHILADELPHIA RESIDENT PUBLIC, PRIVATE, CHARTER, OR PAROCHIAL SCHOOL STUDENTS. THE SCHOLARSHIP RECEIPIENTS ARE AWARDED THE RISE FINANCIAL LITERACY SCHOLARSHIP'S AMOUNT AFTER THEIR RISE APPLICATION IS COMPLETE AND APPROVED BY CORE. VERIFICATION/CONFIRMATION OF FULL TIME ATTENDANCE AT AN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION IS PROVIDED BY THE EDUCATION INSTITUION'S FINANCIAL AID OFFICE. THE AWARD CHECK IS SENT DIRECTLY TO THE EDUCATION INSTITUTION ON THE STUDENT'S BEHALF. THE EDUCATION INSTITUTION THEN APPLIES THE SCHOLARSHIP TO THE STUDENT'S ACCOUNT BALANCE. NO SCHOLARSHIP AWARD CHECKS ARE GIVEN TO STUDENTS DIRECTLY. ALL CHECKS GO DIRECTLY TO THE INSTITUTIONS THEMSELVES.

    Expenses $77,500 · Grants $77,500

  • PROVIDED SCHOLARSHIPS FOR UNDER-SERVED YOUTH IN PHILADELPHIA AREA.

    Expenses $145,567

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Michael Tucker

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Donyale Reavis

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Naomi Nelson

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
14 May 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.0
Source object
202601359349302750

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