ELEVATE 215

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

B12

Classification

1000

Street

123 S BROAD ST STE 1170

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

• School and Talent Grants Elevate 215 makes grants to school operators to support the start-up, expansion, or the capacity building of public, public charter, and catholic schools located in Philadelphia. Grant funding supports the expenses of startup, growth and/or improvement activities over the course of single or multiple years. The Organization screens prospective applications by conducting extensive due diligence on the applicants before approving grants, including examination of school models, quantitative data on academic outcomes, analysis of student attendance, attrition, graduation and matriculation data, financial analysis, review of strategic growth plans, assessment of organizational leadership capacity, interviews with school leaders, and school site visits. The Organization invests in talent development initiatives, which are focused on strengthening the recruitment, retention and skill development of school leaders and teachers. During the year ended June 30, 2025, Elevate 215 supported 22 organizations. Community Resources The Organization develops and maintains two technology-based resources to support families in learning about and selecting a school that is a good fit for their children. GreatPhillySchools.org is a web-based information resource that helps parents and guardians learn about school options in Philadelphia by sharing information on school services and performance ratings for more than 2,000 pre-kindergarten and K-12 schools; it also features advice and answers to frequently asked questions on various topics including school application processes specific by sector, scholarships, how to apply to high schools, interacting with a student's teacher, and other relevant information. Policy and Advocacy To ensure that the conditions exist in Philadelphia and Pennsylvania to support the growth and improvement of quality schools, the Organization educates and advocates for evolved education-related policies and makes grants to support such advocacy. The Organization's advocacy is always nonpartisan; it does not support or advocate on behalf of candidates for elected office or education legislation. SCHOOLS, THE ORGANIZATION EDUCATES AND ADVOCATES FOR EVOLVED EDUCATION-RELATED POLICIES AND MAKES GRANTS TO SUPPORT SUCH ADVOCACY. THE ORGANIZATION'S ADVOCACY IS ALWAYS NONPARTISAN; IT DOES NOT SUPPORT OR ADVOCATE ON BEHALF OF CANDIDATES FOR ELECTED OFFICE OR EDUCATION LEGISLATION.

  Expenses $3,895,707 · Grants $2,892,606

• Apply Philly Charter Elevate 215 operates the Apply Philly Charter For the period ended June 30, 2025, over 150,000 families utilized the website to gather information on over 400 school options in Philadelphia. In addition, Elevate 215 supports the Apply Philly Charter (applyphillycharter.org) technology platform, which is an online enrollment system that facilitates the application and acceptance process for a majority of the public charter schools in Philadelphia. In 2025, over 29,000 families utilized Apply Philly Charter to select a school and submit over 130,000 applications.

  Expenses $1,096,310 · Revenue $117,750

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

  $4,527,958

  Expenses

  $6,392,565

  Contributions

  $4,213,294

  Grants paid

  $2,892,606

• 2023

  Revenue

  $926,596

  Expenses

  $2,843,273

  Contributions

  $696,035

  Grants paid

  $1,374,424

• 2023

  Revenue

  $4,476,161

  Expenses

  $6,886,326

  Contributions

  $4,167,697

  Grants paid

  $3,704,713

• 2022

  Revenue

  $9,811,422

  Expenses

  $7,134,707

  Contributions

  $9,663,008

  Grants paid

  $4,121,077

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

  $10,518,985

  Expenses

  $8,959,663

  Assets (EOY)

  $9,991,857

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $15,459,691

  Expenses

  $10,883,409

  Assets (EOY)

  $8,965,776

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $8,643,304

  Expenses

  $8,700,021

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,497,626

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $7,818,336

  Expenses

  $10,464,667

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,739,383

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $13,256,148

  Expenses

  $12,157,747

  Assets (EOY)

  $8,080,618

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $10,740,387

  Expenses

  $18,042,083

  Assets (EOY)

  $7,358,306

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $16,443,833

  Expenses

  $14,581,623

  Assets (EOY)

  $13,834,982

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $7,282,390

  Expenses

  $16,917,577

  Assets (EOY)

  $12,864,091

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $20,529,026

  Expenses

  $14,084,856

  Assets (EOY)

  $21,539,258

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $6,034,161

  Assets (EOY)

  $13,861,748

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

• KIPP Administrative Services Corp

  $1,000,000

  2022 · School Growth

• Esperanza Academy Charter School

  $622,204

  2024 · School Growth

• Esperanza Academy Charter School

  $559,296

  2022 · School Growth

• Center for Black Educator Development

  $468,178

  2022 · School Growth

• MaST II Community Charter School

  $416,667

  2022 · School Growth

• Teach for America Inc

  $400,000

  2022 · Talent

• The Fund for the School District of PA

  $398,586

  2023 · School Growth

• The Fund for the School District of PA

  $398,585

  2024 · School Growth

• Philadelphia Charters for Excellence

  $383,800

  2024 · Policy Advocacy

• Independence Mission Schools

  $328,000

  2022 · School Growth

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

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

• CITY FUND

  $500,000

  2022 · TO SUPPORT THE EXPANSION OF HIGH-QUALITY EDUCATIONAL OPTIONS FOR STUDENTS IN PHILADELPHIA

• PEW CHARITABLE TRUSTS

  $250,000

  2023 · Civic Life

• NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR

  $230,000

  2023 · EDUCATION

• NEW SCHOOLS FUND

  $200,000

  2023 · DIVERSE LEADERS & RACIAL EQUITY

• PHILADELPHIA FOUNDATION

  $175,000

  2022 · OPERATING SUPPORT

• PHILADELPHIA FOUNDATION

  $130,000

  2024 · GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $104,000

  2024 · EDUCATION

• NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR

  $100,000

  2022 · EDUCATION

• NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR

  $100,000

  2024 · EDUCATION

• GREENWICH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL INC

  $100,000

  2023 · GENERAL PURPOSE GRANT FOR USE IN RUNNING THE ORGANIZATION.

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

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