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ACHIEVEMENT FIRST BRIDGEPORT ACADEMY INC

EIN 37-1543858 NEW HAVEN, CT

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Revenue 2023
$18,270,434
Expenses 2023
$17,635,172

Program services were 86.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B29
Classification
2000
Street
470 JAMES STREET STE 007

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Other organizations at this address

6 other organizations in the IRS Business Master File list the same street address. matched by us

This address is a suite or unit (STE 007). Organizations that share one are often clients of the same office-services firm, accountant or registered agent rather than related to each other.

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE MISSION OF ACHIEVEMENT FIRST BRIDGEPORT ACADEMY, INC. IS TO STRENGTHEN THE ACADEMIC AND CHARACTER SKILLS NEEDED FOR ALL STUDENTS TO EXCEL IN TOP-TIER COLLEGES, TO ACHIEVE SUCCESS IN A COMPETITIVE WORLD AND TO SERVE AS THE NEXT GENERATION OF LEADERS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. THE SCHOOL SERVES STUDENTS FROM LOW-INCOME HOUSEHOLDS IN BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT. THE SCHOOL OPERATED CLASSES FOR STUDENTS KINDERGARTEN THROUGH TWELFTH GRADE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE MISSION OF ACHIEVEMENT FIRST BRIDGEPORT ACADEMY, INC. IS TO STRENGTHEN THE ACADEMIC AND CHARACTER SKILLS NEEDED FOR ALL STUDENTS TO EXCEL IN TOP-TIER COLLEGES, TO ACHIEVE SUCCESS IN A COMPETITIVE WORLD AND TO SERVE AS THE NEXT GENERATION OF LEADERS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. THE SCHOOL SERVES STUDENTS FROM LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS IN BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT. THE SCHOOL OPERATED CLASSES FOR STUDENTS IN KINDERGARTEN THROUGH TWELFTH GRADE.

  • ACADEMIC PROGRAMS FOR STUDENTS IN KINDERGARTEN THROUGH TWELFTH GRADE.

    Expenses $15,320,965 · Grants $1,100 · Revenue $14,112,166

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Dewey Loselle

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ebrima Jobe

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kelia Lanham

    PARENT REP

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Marlene Macauda

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael Strambler

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rajeev Lakra

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Richard Kalt

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ro-Anne Thomas

    TEACHER REP

    Total calculated
    $82,229
    From this org
    $68,289
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,940
    Hours/week
    40
  • Ruben Felipe

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Laura Fisher

    DIRECTOR OF SCHOOL OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $119,191
    From this org
    $116,691
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $2,500
    Hours/week
    40
  • Sean N Reynolds

    DEAN OF STUDENTS

    Total calculated
    $121,388
    From this org
    $108,329
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,059
    Hours/week
    40
  • Shalia Garnett

    PRINCIPAL

    Total calculated
    $159,425
    From this org
    $145,614
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,811
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $138,652
    Bonus
    $6,854
    Other
    $108
    Deferred
    $600
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,211
    Filer's total
    $159,425
  • Stephanie Fox Tunis

    PRINCIPAL

    Total calculated
    $171,239
    From this org
    $155,528
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,711
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $145,746
    Bonus
    $9,678
    Other
    $104
    Deferred
    $2,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,211
    Filer's total
    $171,239
  • Teresa Dulany Van Vlierden

    TEACHER

    Total calculated
    $108,941
    From this org
    $108,654
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $287
    Hours/week
    40

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $18,270,434
    Expenses
    $17,635,172
    Contributions
    $3,869,620
    Grants paid
    $1,100
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $17,481,213
    Expenses
    $16,962,114
    Contributions
    $2,101,147
    Grants paid
    $900

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $17,439,227
    Expenses
    $17,486,076
    Assets (EOY)
    $15,318,439
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $16,509,487
    Expenses
    $15,402,194
    Assets (EOY)
    $13,758,067
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $14,188,898
    Expenses
    $15,392,159
    Assets (EOY)
    $11,507,027
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $16,551,003
    Expenses
    $15,776,135
    Assets (EOY)
    $10,404,105
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $15,837,304
    Expenses
    $15,255,667
    Assets (EOY)
    $10,814,955
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $16,127,786
    Expenses
    $15,041,927
    Assets (EOY)
    $11,096,277
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $12,994,504
    Expenses
    $14,454,174
    Assets (EOY)
    $11,356,941
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $15,404,110
    Expenses
    $14,252,225
    Assets (EOY)
    $12,404,428
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $12,431,890
    Expenses
    $12,435,718
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,542,399
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $10,565,638
    Assets (EOY)
    $9,988,435

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.