ONWARD WE LEARN

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

B110

Classification

1000

Street

134 THURBERS AVE STE 111

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

• ONWARD WE LEARN ADVISORY:EACH YEAR, THE ORGANIZATION RECRUITS A NEW CLASS OF STUDENTS ACROSS THE MIDDLE SCHOOL GRADES (6-8) AND PROVIDES THEM WITH ONGOING SERVICES THROUGH THEIR FIRST YEAR OF COLLEGE. SERVICES INCLUDE COACHING AND MENTORING SERVICES, WHICH ARE DELIVERED BY 30 ADVISORS WHO OPERATE IN 40 MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND HIGH SCHOOLS AND AT THE STATE'S THREE PUBLIC COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES. WE ALSO PROVIDE DOZENS OUT-OF-SCHOOL PROGRAMS TO STUDENTS THAT FOCUS ON ACADEMIC ENRICHMENT, SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT, CAREER EDUCATION, AND POSTSECONDARY PREPARATION. ONWARD WE LEARN ADVISORS WORK CLOSELY WITH STUDENTS TO HELP IDENTIFY AND CONSIDER THE POSTSECONDARY PATHWAY THAT IS THE BEST FIT FOR THEM AND WORKS WITH YOUNG PEOPLE TO IDENTIFY SCHOLARSHIPS AND OTHER RESOURCES TO MAKE POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION AFFORDABLE.

  Expenses $1,456,433

• SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM:IN FY 2025, WE PROVIDED $814,417 FOR SCHOLARSHIPS TO 604 STUDENTS TO SUPPORT POSTSECONDARY SUCCESS. THESE RESOURCES WERE CRITICAL TO SUPPORTING COLLEGE PERSISTENCE AND COLLEGE COMPLETION EFFORTS. IN CONJUNCTION WITH THESE SCHOLARSHIP RESOURCES, INDEPENDENT RESEARCHERS STUDYING ONWARD WE LEARN DISCOVERED THAT ONWARD WE LEARN GEAR UP PARTICIPANTS IN RHODE ISLAND WERE 48% MORE LIKELY THAN THEIR CLOSELY MATCHED PEERS TO EARN A COLLEGE CREDENTIAL WITHIN SIX YEARS OF EXPECTED HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION. ACROSS EVERY MAJOR MILESTONE ON-TIME GRADE PROGRESSION, HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION, COLLEGE ENROLLMENT, AND COLLEGE COMPLETION ONWARD WE LEARN GEAR UP PARTICIPANTS SIGNIFICANTLY OUTPERFORMED COMPARISON STUDENTS. ONWARD PROGRAM OUTCOME REVEALED PARTICULARLY STRONG IMPACTS FOR LOW-INCOME, BLACK, AND HISPANIC STUDENTS, AND FOR STUDENTS WITH LOWER ACADEMIC PROFICIENCY OR BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTORS. ONWARD WE LEARN'S LARGEST CUMULATIVE GAINS OCCURRED BECAUSE FEWER STUDENTS "FELL OFF" AT KEY TRANSITION POINTS FROM 6TH GRADE THROUGH POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION.

  Expenses $814,417 · Grants $814,417

• ONWARD WE LEARN FAFSA STUDENT SUPPORT: ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT MILESTONES IN THE ONWARD WE LEARN PROGRAM IS A STUDENT'S SUBMISSION OF THE FAFSA FORM (FREE APPLICATION FOR FEDERAL STUDENT AID). FAFSA COMPLETION IS PREDOMINANTLY A 12TH GRADE ACTIVITY, BUT IT IS OFTEN DISCUSSED AND HIGHLIGHTED THROUGHOUT THE HIGH SCHOOL EXPERIENCE. IN FY 2025, ONWARD SUPPORTED THE COMPLETION NEARLY 400 FAFSA FORMS. THIS INCLUDED AN 84% FAFSA COMPLETION RATE. ONWARD WE LEARN CONTINUED TO BE A STATEWIDE LEADER IN FAFSA SUPPORT AND SUPPORTING ALL TYPES OF FAMILIES WHO HAVE CHALLENGES IN NAVIGATING THE FINANCIAL AID SYSTEM.

  Expenses $133,561

• THE SUCCESS OF THE ORGANIZATION'S PROGRAM PRIMARILY LIES IN OUR SEAMLESS SYSTEM OF STEADY ADULT SUPPORT FOR STUDENTS FROM GRADE 6 TO HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION. WE PLACE A TEAM OF 25 FULL-TIME MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL ADVISORS IN 35 SCHOOLS IN OUR TARGET DISTRICTS THROUGHOUT THE ACADEMIC YEAR TO PERSONALIZE THE COLLEGE-BOUND EXPERIENCE FOR THE STUDENTS IN OUR PROGRAMS. THESE ADVISORS FORGE RELATIONSHIPS WITH STUDENTS, ENCOURAGE THEM TO PURSUE HIGH ACADEMIC GOALS AND RUN VARIOUS AFTER-SCHOOL, WEEKEND, AND SCHOOL VACATION AND SUMMER PROGRAMS TO MEET STUDENTS' ACADEMIC, PERSONAL AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, COLLEGE READINESS AND CAREER EXPLORATION NEEDS. ADVISORS ARE A DIVERSE GROUP OF YOUNG PROFESSIONALS WHO UNDERSTAND THE CHALLENGES THAT YOUNG PEOPLE AND DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES FACE, SINCE MANY OF THEM ARE ALUMNI OR COME FROM RHODE ISLAND'S URBAN COMMUNITIES.

  Expenses $2,836,146

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

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.

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

  $6,693,094

  Expenses

  $6,519,764

  Contributions

  $6,079,556

  Grants paid

  $814,417

• 2023

  Revenue

  $6,540,009

  Expenses

  $5,992,807

  Contributions

  $5,689,101

  Grants paid

  $816,139

• 2022

  Revenue

  $6,271,183

  Expenses

  $5,558,753

  Contributions

  $6,044,319

  Grants paid

  $711,469

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

  $5,470,693

  Expenses

  $5,341,364

  Assets (EOY)

  $7,332,600

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $5,775,024

  Expenses

  $4,673,298

  Assets (EOY)

  $8,924,989

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,811,946

  Expenses

  $5,015,914

  Assets (EOY)

  $7,111,499

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $5,844,993

  Expenses

  $5,340,577

  Assets (EOY)

  $7,012,185

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,942,475

  Expenses

  $5,150,660

  Assets (EOY)

  $6,330,596

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,666,331

  Expenses

  $5,119,803

  Assets (EOY)

  $6,306,553

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,571,255

  Expenses

  $4,941,381

  Assets (EOY)

  $6,783,362

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,748,048

  Expenses

  $5,641,173

  Assets (EOY)

  $7,774,089

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,620,980

  Expenses

  $4,809,341

  Assets (EOY)

  $8,790,952

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $4,331,329

  Assets (EOY)

  $8,033,133

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

• THE RHODE ISLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $166,200

  2023 · EDUCATIONAL SUCCESS

• THE RHODE ISLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $163,200

  2024 · EDU - EDUCATIONAL SUCCESS (PRIMARY)

• THE RHODE ISLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $150,000

  2022 · INVESTING IN FIRST-GENERATION COLLEGE PERSISTENCE AND COMPLETION

• EDUCATIONAL CREDIT MANAGEMENT CORPORATION

  $80,000

  2024 · FAFSA STUDENT SUPPORT

• UNITED WAY OF RHODE ISLAND INC

  $53,826

  2023 · DONOR DESIGNATION/GRANT

• THE RHODE ISLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $49,200

  2022 · GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT

• NATIONAL COLLEGE ATTAINMENT NETWORK

  $37,397

  2023 · CATALYZING POSTSECONDARY PATHWAYS SUPPORT AT SCALE & STRENGTHENING POSTSECONDARY TRANSITIONS FOR STUDENTS WITH LEARNING DIFFERENCES

• NATIONAL COLLEGE ATTAINMENT NETWORK

  $31,000

  2022 · OAK GRANT - STRENGTHENING POSTSECONDARY TRANSITIONS FOR STUDENT WITH LEARNING DIFFERENCES & CATALYZING POSTSECONDARY PATHWAYS SUPPORT AT SCALE $15K/BETTER FAFSA

• NATIONAL COLLEGE ATTAINMENT NETWORK

  $10,000

  2024 · CATALYZING POSTSECONDARY PATHWAYS SUPPORT AT SCALE & STRENGTHENING POSTSECONDARY TRANSITIONS FOR STUDENTS WITH LEARNING DIFFERENCES

• ECMC FOUNDATION

  $10,000

  2022 · GENERAL SUPPORT

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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