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ACCELERATE INSTITUTE

EIN 36-3764476 CHICAGO, IL

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Revenue 2024
$1,555,896
Expenses 2024
$1,640,272

Program services were 82.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B110
Classification
1000
Street
150 N MICHIGAN AVE STE 2100

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

6 other organizations in the IRS Business Master File list the same street address. matched by us

This address is a suite or unit (STE 2100). Organizations that share one are often clients of the same office-services firm, accountant or registered agent rather than related to each other.

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

Accelerate Institute is an organization focused on closing the achievement gap by creating high impact school leaders that accelerate student achievement.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Accelerate Institute is an organization devoted to the betterment of urban children through education.

  • Accelerate Institute is an organization whose mission is to enable every child to reach their full potential by partnering with high-performing schools to dramatically accelerate student achievement. The Institute is anchored by the following programs: the Accelerate Institute Membership which equips school systems with the tools to proactively build staff capacity across all levels; the Leadership Academy provides practical day-to-day strategies to improve leadership practice in schools for vice principals, assistant principals, and other leadership team members in order to improve teachers' instructional practice and positively impact academic outcomes; Systems-Level Support which helps school and district teams build the systems and culture that drive improvement; Customized, Real-Time Support which provides one-on-one coaching, school data analysis, and tailored improvement plans, meeting schools where they are and moving them forward; and Alain Locke Charter School, the Institute's wholly owned subsidiary.

    Expenses $1,359,201 · Revenue $97,803

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.

  • Patrick G Ryan Jr

    Chairman

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 5 related
  • Lydia Ryan

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Robert J W Ryan

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Catherine Burns

    President and Chief Academic Officer

    Total calculated
    $253,878
    From this org
    $234,328
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,550
    Hours/week
    40 + 10 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $233,828
    Bonus
    $500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,030
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,520
    Filer's total
    $253,878
  • Claire Hartfield

    Vice President and Secretary

    Total calculated
    $48,625
    From this org
    $48,625
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 15 related
  • Dawn Moore

    Assistant Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Judy McGarvey

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10 + 30 related
  • Erin Brooks

    Sr. Dir. of Curriculum & Assessment

    Total calculated
    $165,485
    From this org
    $148,510
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,975
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $148,010
    Bonus
    $500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,455
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,520
    Filer's total
    $165,485
  • Erin Gilmore

    Sr. Dir. of Curriculum and Instruction

    Total calculated
    $147,532
    From this org
    $131,430
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,102
    Hours/week
    38 + 2 related
  • Katherine Pillai

    Dir. of Finance & Operations

    Total calculated
    $134,708
    From this org
    $125,189
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,519
    Hours/week
    40
  • Keelin Philippe

    Sr. Dir. of Professional Learning

    Total calculated
    $174,242
    From this org
    $157,012
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,230
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $156,512
    Bonus
    $500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,710
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,520
    Filer's total
    $174,242
  • Velia Soto

    Sr. Dir. of Curriculum and Assessment

    Total calculated
    $154,827
    From this org
    $138,175
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,652
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $137,675
    Bonus
    $500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,132
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,520
    Filer's total
    $154,827

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
    $1,555,896
    Expenses
    $1,640,272
    Contributions
    $1,433,668
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,800,794
    Expenses
    $1,642,145
    Contributions
    $1,744,204
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $2,250,299
    Expenses
    $2,543,744
    Contributions
    $2,082,415
    Grants paid
    $2,500

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
    $1,660,310
    Expenses
    $2,150,515
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,350,409
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,168,134
    Expenses
    $1,841,268
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,797,948
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,329,881
    Expenses
    $2,200,058
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,067,106
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,335,181
    Expenses
    $2,383,217
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,436,829
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,027,036
    Expenses
    $2,771,083
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,086,270
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,729,341
    Expenses
    $2,678,173
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,837,375
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,783,093
    Expenses
    $2,694,384
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,103,440
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,192,726
    Expenses
    $2,846,786
    Assets (EOY)
    $948,241
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,216,239
    Expenses
    $3,636,915
    Assets (EOY)
    $761,098
  • 2011 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $4,210,296
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,395,636

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

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 11 November 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.