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YOUNG SCHOLARS CHARTER SCHOOL INC

EIN 23-2976339 PHILADELPHIA, PA

Revenue 2024
$7,321,994
Expenses 2024
$7,323,659

Program services were 72.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B20
Classification
2000
Street
900 N MARSHALL ST

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

1 other organization in the IRS Business Master File lists the same street address. matched by us

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 · 2024

Mission

THE MISSION OF YOUNG SCHOLARS IS TO PROVIDE A PERSONALIZED MIDDLE SCHOOL EDUCATION THAT CHALLENGES, ENGAGES AND PREPARES ALL STUDENTS TO PASSIONATELY PURSUE THEIR DREAMS AND LEAD A LIFE OF ACTIVE CITIZENSHIP.

  • YOUNG SCHOLARS IS A MIDDLE SCHOOL, GRADES 5-8, WHICH USES A FOCUSED, PROGRESSIVE EDUCATIONAL APPROACH DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY TO CLOSE THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP FOR LOW-INCOME STUDENTS WHO ARE SEVERLY UNDER-PREPARED.

    Expenses $5,291,922 · Revenue $6,315,682

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.

  • Winston Churchill

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Wayne B Weisman

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Robin Halpbern

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • James Brown

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Laura Umbrecht Gulick

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Steve Pitch

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Gail Singer

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Aubrey Wang

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Bonnie Young

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • John Amenda

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $274,401
    From this org
    $239,154
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $35,247
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $239,154
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $35,247
    Filer's total
    $274,401
  • Shakira Smith

    COO

    Total calculated
    $162,664
    From this org
    $142,904
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,760
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $142,904
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,760
    Filer's total
    $162,664
  • Beth Birnkrant

    PRINCIPAL

    Total calculated
    $166,464
    From this org
    $122,080
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $44,384
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $122,080
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $44,384
    Filer's total
    $166,464
  • Kristen Tini

    ANALYTICS/REPORTING DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $151,768
    From this org
    $104,418
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $47,350
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $104,418
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $47,350
    Filer's total
    $151,768
  • Carlzel Bostic

    DIRECTOR OF CURRICULUM

    Total calculated
    $132,110
    From this org
    $114,233
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,877
    Hours/week
    40
  • Habibah Haqq

    DIRECTOR OF STUDENT LIFE

    Total calculated
    $119,286
    From this org
    $106,363
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,923
    Hours/week
    40
  • Alexandra Less

    DIRECTOR OF STUDENT LIFE

    Total calculated
    $148,417
    From this org
    $104,937
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $43,480
    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

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $7,321,994
    Expenses
    $7,323,659
    Contributions
    $1,006,311
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $7,383,171
    Expenses
    $6,862,705
    Contributions
    $1,831,488
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $7,358,309
    Expenses
    $6,523,761
    Contributions
    $2,241,683
    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
    $6,474,731
    Expenses
    $4,855,045
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,995,373
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,727,556
    Expenses
    $5,047,744
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,987,056
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,251,883
    Expenses
    $4,371,876
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,844,824
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,138,789
    Expenses
    $4,268,621
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,571,395
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,176,118
    Expenses
    $3,579,574
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,347,225
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,838,587
    Expenses
    $3,603,747
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,381,103
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,952,594
    Expenses
    $3,035,785
    Assets (EOY)
    $795,783
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,283,241
    Expenses
    $3,265,925
    Assets (EOY)
    $719,262
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,261,797
    Expenses
    $3,288,720
    Assets (EOY)
    $451,671
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $3,124,850
    Assets (EOY)
    $623,884

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

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

  • FRIENDS OF YOUNG SCHOLARS

    501(C)(3) · PROVIDES SUPPORT FOR THE YOUNG SCHOLARS CHARTER SCHOOL · PA

  • PAUL ROBESON CHARTER SCHOOL

    501(C)(3) · CHARTER SCHOOL · NJ

Declared as related by

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 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.