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AMERICAN PARADIGM SCHOOLS

EIN 45-2581672 PHILADELPHIA, PA

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Revenue 2024
$6,090,289
Expenses 2024
$4,836,790

Program services were 56.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B29
Classification
1000
Street
8101 CASTOR AVE

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).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE MISSION OF AMERICAN PARADIGM SCHOOLS IS TO DEVELOP, MANAGE, AND SUPPORT DIVERSE SCHOOL COMMUNITIES, WHO ARE GROUNDED IN LITERACY TO PRODUCE ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AND EXPAND OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL STUDENTS. OUR VISION IS WORLD CLASS SCHOOLS IN DIVERSE COMMUNITIES.

  • THE MISSION OF AMERICAN PARADIGM SCHOOLS IS TO DEVELOP, MANAGE, AND SUPPORT DIVERSE SCHOOL COMMUNITIES, WHO ARE GROUNDED IN LITERACY TO PRODUCE ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AND EXPAND OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL STUDENTS. OUR VISION IS WORLD CLASS SCHOOLS IN DIVERSE COMMUNITIES.

    Expenses $2,725,632 · Revenue $5,858,877

As filed on the 2024 return.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Rev Dr Peter Kountz

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Richard Ellis III

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Lisabeth Henry

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Barbara Saunders

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Sandra Farmer

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Reginald Howard

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Anita Vega-Kaiser

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Nikola Lonchar

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Ashley Redfearn

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $275,341
    From this org
    $267,519
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,822
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $266,379
    Bonus
    $1,140
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,822
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $275,341
  • Scott Kramer

    CHIEF TALENT OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $159,413
    From this org
    $154,807
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,606
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $153,501
    Bonus
    $1,306
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,606
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $159,413
  • Kristine Magargee

    CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $220,176
    From this org
    $213,796
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,380
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $212,660
    Bonus
    $1,136
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,380
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $220,176

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

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $6,090,289
    Expenses
    $4,836,790
    Contributions
    $300
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $5,542,361
    Expenses
    $4,444,340
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $3,600
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $4,351,471
    Expenses
    $4,093,358
    Contributions
    $260
    Grants paid
    $652

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
    $4,624,778
    Expenses
    $3,742,485
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,158,939
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,747,014
    Expenses
    $3,974,259
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,425,515
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,385,331
    Expenses
    $3,435,040
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,819,969
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,106,737
    Expenses
    $4,070,047
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,683,474
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,878,034
    Expenses
    $3,237,725
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,675,292
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,989,371
    Expenses
    $3,399,538
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,107,411
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,201,618
    Expenses
    $3,110,905
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,454,359
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,121,907
    Expenses
    $2,452,628
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,006,166
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,548,596
    Expenses
    $2,424,445
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,128,125
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $1,784,521
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,023,894

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

No itemized grant names this organization as a recipient. Only grants over $5,000 are itemized, and only by filers of the full Form 990.

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2024 return

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 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.