DIGITAL PIONEERS ACADEMY CORPORATION

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

B29

Classification

2000

Street

709 12TH ST SE

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 · 2023

• EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2018, DIGITAL PIONEERS ACADEMY (DPA) ENTERED INTO A FIFTEEN-YEAR CHARTER SCHOOL AGREEMENT WITH THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL BOARD (PCSB). IN 2022-2023, DPA UNDERWENT ITS FIVE-YEAR CHARTER REVIEW WITH THE PCSB. IN 2023-24, DPA SERVED 599 6TH - 11TH GRADERS, DPA IS A COLLEGE PREPARATORY MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL THAT WILL ULTIMATELY SERVE 6TH - 12TH GRADE STUDENTS FROM WARD 7 AND 8 IN WASHINGTON, DC. WHILE ADDING ONE GRADE PER YEAR, DPA PROVIDES A UNIQUE, PERSONALIZED EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE THAT INTEGRATES BEST PRACTICES FROM SCHOOLS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, PREPARING STUDENTS TO BE INNOVATORS AND ACTIVE CITIZENS IN OUR TECHNOLOGY-DRIVEN WORLD. THE FIRST CLASS OF STUDENTS WILL GRADUATE IN JUNE 2025. DPA'S LEARNING MODEL LEVERAGES A CURRICULUM BUILT AROUND TRADITIONAL SUBJECTS WITH THE CRITICAL INCLUSION OF COMPUTER SCIENCE AS A CORE CONTENT AREA. THROUGH CORE CLASSES AND PERSONALIZED, PROJECT-BASED WORK, STUDENTS WILL DEVELOP COMPUTATIONAL THINKING SKILLS, A SET OF CAPABILITIES THAT CAN BE FLEXIBLY APPLIED TO SUCCEED IN A FOUR-YEAR COLLEGE AND IN A VARIETY OF FIELDS. IN ADDITION TO RIGOROUS ACADEMICS, DPA'S INNOVATIVE APPROACH FOCUSES ON CHARACTER BUILDING, DIVERSE ATHLETIC AND EXTRACURRICULAR EXPERIENCES, AND DEVELOPING THE SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL CAPACITIES OF STUDENTS. COMPUTER SCIENCE IS NOT JUST ABOUT TEACHING STUDENTS TO CODE. AS THE FOUNDATION FOR ALL COMPUTING, COMPUTER SCIENCE IS DEFINED AS "THE STUDY OF COMPUTERS AND ALGORITHMIC PROCESSES, INCLUDING THEIR PRINCIPLES, THEIR HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE DESIGNS, THEIR APPLICATIONS, AND THEIR IMPACT ON SOCIETY." THROUGH HELPING STUDENTS UNDERSTAND WHY AND HOW COMPUTERS WORK, COMPUTER SCIENCE PROVIDES THE BASIS FOR A DEEP UNDERSTANDING OF COMPUTER USE AND THE RELEVANT RIGHTS, RESPONSIBILITIES, AND APPLICATIONS. COMPUTER SCIENCE BUILDS ON COMPUTER LITERACY, EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY, DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP, AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY.

  Expenses $18,644,290 · Revenue $15,527,024

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.

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

  $19,175,043

  Expenses

  $20,240,597

  Contributions

  $3,565,455

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $17,522,705

  Expenses

  $16,499,962

  Contributions

  $4,929,793

  Grants paid

  $0

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

  $14,262,245

  Expenses

  $13,926,290

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,965,359

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $10,038,941

  Expenses

  $8,370,369

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,154,387

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $6,570,719

  Expenses

  $6,510,463

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,413,923

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,865,240

  Expenses

  $4,277,106

  Assets (EOY)

  $803,814

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,302,679

  Expenses

  $772,410

  Assets (EOY)

  $749,435

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.

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

• EDUCATION FORWARD DC

  $214,750

  2022 · GENERAL OPERATIONS

• EDUCATION FORWARD DC

  $200,000

  2023 · GENERAL OPERATIONS

• 50CAN INC

  $176,000

  2023 · TO SUPPORT SUMMER BOOST

• NEW SCHOOLS FUND

  $135,000

  2022 · INNOVATIVE SCHOOLS

• NEW SCHOOLS FUND

  $135,000

  2023 · INNOVATIVE SCHOOLS

• 50CAN INC

  $107,856

  2024 · TO SUPPORT SUMMER BOOST

• PC CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

  $100,000

  2023 · EDUCATION

• THE WASHINGTON COMMANDERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC

  $75,000

  2023

• PC CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

  $25,000

  2024 · EDUCATION

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $17,000

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

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

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