NonprofitsAchievement First Inc

Education

Achievement First Inc

NEW HAVEN, CT

Total revenue

$56.5M

Total expenses

$51.1M

Net assets

$33.3M

Grants received

$59.1M

230 grants

EIN

651203744

Tax year

2023

Mission

Achievement first, inc. Is a non-profit charter schools management organization that operates a network of k-12 public charter schools in connecticut, rhode island, and new york. The network of schools focuses on providing students with the academic and character skills they need to graduate from top colleges, to succeed in a competitive world, and to serve as the next generation of leaders of their communities.

Programs

2 programs

School grants: to provide assistance to a network of k-12 public charter schools in connecticut, rhode island, and new york. The network of schools focuses on providing students with the academic and character skills they need to graduate from top colleges, to succeed in a competitive world, and to serve as the next generation of leaders of their communities. Contributions, gifts, and grants were received by the organization which were used to cover the expenses of these programs.

Expenses: $2.5MGrants: $2.5M

Improvement of educational experiences related to preparation and success in college, innovation in elementary school design, parent and community engagement and, sharing educational practices with traditional public and other charter schools.

Financials

FY 2023

Revenue

Contributions & grants$14.6M
Program service revenue$35.3M
Investment income$12K
Other revenue$6.5M
Total revenue$56.5M

Expenses

Grants paid$2.9M
Salaries & benefits$31.9M
Fundraising$922K
Other expenses$16.3M
Total expenses$51.1M
Total assets$91.7M
Net assets$33.3M

People

19 listed

NameRoleCompensation

LISA MARGOSIAN

CEO

Board

$476K

40 hrs/wk

JOHN MOTLEY

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

K PERCY BALLAH

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

KATIE BALLAH

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

ANDREW BOAS

CHAIR/ACTING TREASURER

Board

1 hrs/wk

WILLIAM BUCK

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

NEIL SHAH

OUTGOING OUTSOURCED CFO

Board

40 hrs/wk

OMAR MAYYASI

OUTSOURCED CFO

Board

1 hrs/wk

VALERIE ROCKEFELLER

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

ARIELA ROZMAN

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

CARRIE SCHINDELE

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

ELIZABETH ROSE

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

GRISELDA RODRIGUEZ-SOLOMON

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

JENNIFER MULHERN

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

KAROLYN BELCHER

SUPERINTENDENT

Staff

$289K

40 hrs/wk

BLAKELY SIMONEAU

GENERAL COUNSEL

Staff

$271K

40 hrs/wk

XANTHE JORY

CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

Staff

$250K

40 hrs/wk

JOHN SHARKEY

CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICER

Staff

$226K

40 hrs/wk

CHARMAYNE JOSEPH

EXECUTIVE-TEAM REGIONAL SUPERINTENDENT

Staff

$222K

40 hrs/wk

Independent contractors

PSQUARED CONSULTANTS LLC

CONSULTING SERVICES

$290K

ATTUNED EDUCATION PARTNERS LLC

CONSULTING SERVICES

$204K

COHNREZNICK LLP

AUDIT & TAX SERVICES

$197K

STACY GILINSON

CONSULTING SERVICES

$149K

MANGO STRATEGIES LLC

CONSULTING SERVICES

$144K

Grants received

Showing 200 of 230

FromAmountPurposeYear
$1.7M
POVERTY RELIEF
2024
$205K
To support educational programs
2024
$100K
CHARTER SCHOOL GROWTH
2024
$75K
OPERATING EXPENSES OF ACHIEVEMENT FIRST HARTFORD HIGH SCHOOL
2024
$15K
General & Unrestricted
2024
$15K
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$13K
TO SUPPORT ACHIEVEMENT FIRST'S NEW HAVEN SCHOOLS (ELM CITY COLLEGE PREP, AMISTAD ACADEMY) VIA A RENEWED GENERAL OPERATING GRANT FROM NEWALLIANCE FOUNDATION TO SUSTAIN OPERATIONS OF ACHIEVEMENT-GAP-CLOSING, COLLEGE-PREPARATORY, K-12 EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM.
2024
$8K
THE BEDFORD FAMILY SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY FUND SUPPORTS ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROVIDE DIRECT OR SUPPLEMENTAL EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES.
2024
$1K
General & Unrestricted
2024
$3.5M
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$1.9M
POVERTY RELIEF
2023
$1.0M
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2023
$350K
SCIENCE OF READING
2023
$350K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$250K
GENERAL OPERATING AND CAPITAL FUND
2023
$110K
CHARTER SCHOOL CAPACITY-BUILDING
2023
$100K
CHARTER SCHOOL GROWTH
2023
$100K
CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT
2023
$100K
HUMANITARIAN/EDUCATIONAL/COMMUNITY
2023
$75K
OPERATING EXPENSES OF ACHIEVEMENT FIRST HARTFORD HIGH SCHOOL
2023
$68K
TO DELIVER ON THE PROMISE OF EQUAL EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL OF AMERICA'S CHILDREN.
2023
$50K
PLEDGE TO SUPPORT AT-RISK STUDENTS %150,000 3-YEAR PLEDGE (2021-2023)
2023
$26K
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2023
$25K
EDUCATION ASSISTANCE
2023
$15K
General & Unrestricted
2023
$10K
THE BEDFORD FAMILY SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY FUND SUPPORTS ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROVIDE DIRECT OR SUPPLEMENTAL EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES.
2023
$8K
SUPPORT MISSION
2023
$5K
GENERAL FUNDS
2023
$5K
PCLB Foundation Challenge Match
2023
$5K
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$5K
PROVIDE EDUCATION AND OPPORTUNITY TO MINORITY CHILDREN FROM LOW-INCOME FAMILIES
2023
$1K
Charitable Event
2023
$1K
General & Unrestricted
2023
$1K
IMPACT AND INNOVATION
2023
$500
MATCHING GIFTS
2023
$5.0M
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2022
$2.1M
POVERTY RELIEF
2022
$1.1M
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2022
$1.0M
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2022
$750K
CHARITABLE GIFT
2022
$700K
CHARTER SCHOOL GROWTH
2022
$528K
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2022
$500K
SCIENCE OF READING
2022
$400K
SUPPORT OF CONNECTICUT CHARTER SCHOOLS
2022
$350K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT FOR NYC OPERATIONS
2022
$250K
GENERAL OPERATING AND CAPITAL FUND
2022
$200K
in fulfillment of non-legally binding promise
2022
$150K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2022
$150K
CHARTER SCHOOL CAPACITY-BUILDING
2022
$100K
HUMANITARIAN/EDUCATIONAL/COMMUNITY
2022
$100K
CHARTER SCHOOL GROWTH
2022
$100K
CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT
2022
$75K
IN FURTHERANCE OF GRANTEE'S TAX-EXEMPT PURPOSE
2022
$75K
OPERATING EXPENSES OF ACHIEVEMENT FIRST HARTFORD HIGH SCHOOL
2022
$68K
TO DELIVER ON THE PROMISE OF EQUAL EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL OF AMERICA'S CHILDREN.
2022
$50K
EDUCATION
2022
$50K
EDUCATION FOR AT-RISK STUDENTS
2022
$25K
General & Unrestricted
2022
$25K
EDUCATION ASSISTANCE
2022
$20K
General & Unrestricted
2022
$10K
THE BEDFORD FAMILY SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY FUND SUPPORTS ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROVIDE DIRECT OR SUPPLEMENTAL EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES.
2022
$10K
General Operating Support
2022
$7K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2022
$5K
GENERAL FUNDS
2022
$3K
to send AF scholars to Summer Camp
2022
$3K
OPERATING EXPENSES
2022
$3K
General & Unrestricted
2022
$2K
Charitable Event
2022
$770
TO PROMOTE EDUCATIONAL GOALS
2022
$1.0M
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2021
$1.0M
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2021
$865K
OPERATING SUPPORT
2021
$505K
LEARNING SOLUTIONS
2021
$400K
SUPPORT OF CONNECTICUT CHARTER SCHOOLS
2021
$350K
NYC Operations and Expansion
2021
$250K
CHARTER SCHOOL IMPACT
2021
$215K
GENERAL CHARITABLE SUPPORT
2021
$200K
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
2021
$150K
GENERAL OPERATING AND CAPITAL FUND
2021
$100K
CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT
2021
$75K
OPERATING EXPENSES OF ACHIEVEMENT FIRST HARTFORD HIGH SCHOOL
2021
$54K
For recipient's exempt purpose
2021
$50K
CHARTER SCHOOL GROWTH
2021
$50K
GENERAL OPERATIONAL SUPPORT
2021
$50K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2021
$25K
EDUCATION ASSISTANCE
2021
$20K
General & Unrestricted
2021
$15K
SUPPORT MISSION
2021
$10K
HARD COSTS RELATED TO FACILITY RENOVATIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS FOR AF APOLLO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN BROOKLYN, NY.
2021
$10K
General operating support
2021
$10K
General operating support
2021
$5K
GENERAL FUNDS
2021
$5K
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM SUPPORT
2021
$3K
Scholarship fund for 20 students of ECCP to attend the AF summer program in Rhode Island
2021
$3K
UNRESTRICTED
2021
$4.5M
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2020
$2.0M
GENERAL
2020
$1.3M
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2020
$563K
K-12 EDUCATION
2020
$535K
SUPPORT OF CONNECTICUT CHARTER SCHOOLS
2020
$505K
INNOVATIVE SCHOOLS- REDESIGN
2020
$500K
CHARTER SCHOOL IMPACT
2020
$368K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2020
$350K
general operating expenses
2020
$300K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2020
$300K
GENERAL SUPPORT FOR NYC SCHOOLS
2020
$250K
EDUCATION
2020
$250K
OPERATING SUPPORT
2020
$215K
GENERAL CHARITABLE SUPPORT
2020
$200K
General support
2020
$200K
for general operations
2020
$155K
GENERAL OPERATIONAL SUPPORT
2020
$150K
GENERAL OPERATING AND CAPITAL FUND
2020
$145K
Support for Fellows Training
2020
$125K
GENERAL OPERATING
2020
$100K
General Unrestricted
2020
$100K
CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT
2020
$100K
EDUCATION FOR AT-RISK STUDENTS
2020
$100K
Covid Emergency Cash Relief
2020
$75K
OPERATING EXPENSES OF ACHEIVEMENT FIRST HARTFORD HIGH SCHOOL
2020
$75K
PROGRAM SUPPORT
2020
$65K
COLLEGE AND ALUMNI SUCCESS
2020
$59K
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2020
$54K
FUNDING FOR HIGH LEVEL MANAGERIAL SUPPORT FOR K-12 SCHOOL SYSTEMS
2020
$50K
CHARTER SCHOOL IMPACT
2020
$30K
PANDEMIC RELIEF - REMOTE LEARNING
2020
$25K
General & Unrestricted
2020
$25K
SCHOOL INVESTMENTS
2020
$25K
SUPPORT FOR THE ACHIEVEMENT FIRST MEMPHIS PARTNERSHIP FOR SY20-21
2020
$25K
DESIGNATED DONATION
2020
$25K
SUPPORT ONE AF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL'S PARTICIPATION IN NATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL INSTITUTE
2020
$20K
Elm City College Prep Charter School
2020
$20K
PANDEMIC RELIEF - REMOTE LEARNING
2020
$17K
K-12 ACADEMICS-COMPUTER SCIENCE
2020
$12K
HARD COSTS RELATED TO RENOVATIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS
2020
$10K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2020
$7K
TO SUPPORT BLACK, LATINX, AND CHILDREN FROM LOW-INCOME FAMILIES WHO WILL BE THE FIRST IN THEIR FAMILIES TO GRADUATE FROM COLLEGE
2020
$5K
General & Unrestricted
2020
$5K
GENERAL FUNDS
2020
$2K
UNRESTRICTED
2020
EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT
2020
$1.4M
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2019
$332K
General & Unrestricted
2019
$225K
General support
2019
$195K
GENERAL OPERATING
2019
$126K
CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT
2019
$125K
NAVIGATOR MATH PROGRAM
2019
$120K
GENERAL OPERATIONAL SUPPORT
2019
$75K
OPERATING EXPENSES OF ACHIEVEMENT FIRST HARTFORD HIGH SCHOOL
2019
$20K
general operating support Hartford schools
2019
$5K
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM SUPPORT
2019
EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT
2019
$420K
CHARTER SCHOOL GROWTH
2018
$415K
CHARTER SCHOOL GROWTH
2018
$400K
SUPPORT OF CONNECTICUT CHARTER SCHOOLS
2018
$300K
PROGRAM SUPPORT
2018
$280K
INNOVATIVE SCHOOLS- INVENT
2018
$250K
K-12 Education Reform
2018
$230K
EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT
2018

Funded by

$59.1M from 75 funders · 230 grants · 2017–2024

The Peter And Carmen Lucia Buck

$13.0M · 3 grants · 2020–2023

Robin Hood Foundation

$7.8M · 4 grants · 2020–2024

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

$7.2M · 8 grants · 2017–2023

National Philanthropic Trust

$4M · 5 grants · 2017–2023

Charter Fund Inc

$3.3M · 18 grants · 2018–2024

Fjc

$1.9M · 5 grants · 2018–2022

Sea Cove Foundation Inc

$1.7M · 4 grants · 2018–2022

Gates Foundation

$1.6M · 3 grants · 2017–2020

Details

EIN651203744
NTEE codeB29
Subsection03
Ruling date2004-05
Formed2003
Employees325
Volunteers12
ACHIEVEMENT FIRST INC — Mission, Financials & Grants Received | Grantivo