Jubilee School mission is to empower at risk children in low income neighborhoods in philadelphia. The goal is to provide an alternative to public School in which the curiosity, creativity, and enthusiasm children begin with would be kept alive throughout their School years.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
83¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$59K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2020 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
3 of 7
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $27K a year · 3% of revenue · last 7 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 7 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 7 filings
Spent on programs
83%
of spending
Looks good: 83% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$59K
to officers and key staff · 8% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 8% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
2 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 1.5 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $16K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$703K
259% of total assets
Concern: liabilities are 259% of assets; over 80%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
7
of 9 voting members
Looks good: 7 of 9 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$659K
-2% vs prior year
Spent
$727K
To programs
83%
Net assets
−$432K
By yearFY2019–FY2025
Revenue
$659K
FY2020▼ -2%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2019$675K
FY2020$659K
FY2021$780K
FY2022$857K
FY2023$1.0M
FY2024$799K
FY2025$755K
Expenses
$727K
FY2020▼ -6%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2019$777K
FY2020$727K
FY2021$650K
FY2022$882K
FY2023$822K
FY2024$708K
FY2025$803K
Net assets
−$432K
FY2020▼ -19%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2019−$365K
FY2020−$432K
FY2021−$302K
FY2022−$309K
FY2023−$99K
FY2024−$8K
FY2025−$56K

From the FY2020 Form 990 (year ending June 2020) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Sep 1997.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

83 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 83% · $604K Management & general 16% · $116K Fundraising 1% · $6K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

9 people listed on the 990; $59K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2019); the FY2020 filing did not itemize Part VII
Board Member
$36,801Pt VII · Sec A
Executive Director
$21,875Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Jamila Carter’s $45K as Ex Director/ is at the 35th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1612 $100K–1M education nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Jamila Carter$45,000$45,000$45,000$50,167$35,869$36,801
Karen Falcon——$25,000$30,000$23,958$21,875

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2Yes
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo
  • Loans to or from officersSch L · Pt II2 listed

Programs and updates

Empowers at-risk children in low-income Philadelphia neighborhoods with an alternative school.

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1 program · $604K · in their own filed words · FY2019
01

Operation of a primary school in inner-city philadelphia

$604Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2023
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$16K

By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$659K
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$366K
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$291K
Other incomeLn 4–11$2K
Money outPt IX
$727K
Ln 25
Programscol B$604K
Managementcol C$116K
Fundraisingcol D$6K
Owns and owesPt X
−$432K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$93K
Total assetsLn 16$271K
LiabilitiesLn 26$703K
PeoplePt VI, VII
9
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
Voting boardVI 1a9
IndependentVI 1b7
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$291K
Government grantsLn 1e$241K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$366K
Investment incomeLn 3$52
Other incomeLn 4–11$2K
Total revenueLn 12$659K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$93K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$93K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$2K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$115K
Total assetsLn 16$271K
LiabilitiesLn 26$703K
Net assetsLn 32−$432K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 524
VolunteersI 62
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aNo
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY20End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2−$4K$93K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$32K$2K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$125K$115K
Total assetsLn 16$231K$271K
LiabilitiesLn 26$595K$703K
Net assetsLn 32−$365K−$432K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$445K$395K$45K$5K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$68K$64K$4K$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$6K$5K$613$65
Payroll taxesLn 10$38K$35K$3K$417
Accounting feesLn 11c$17K$0$17K$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$1K$393$649$0
Office expensesLn 13$21K$5K$16K$57
Information technologyLn 14$2K$0$2K$0
OccupancyLn 16$45K$40K$4K$328
TravelLn 17$2K$0$2K$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$13K$12K$1K$144
InsuranceLn 23$12K$10K$2K$122
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$50K$38K$12K$541
All other expensesLn 24e$8K$0$8K$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$727K$604K$116K$6K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $755K$803K−$48K−$56K 990 PDF
FY2024 $799K$708K$91K−$8K 990 PDF
FY2023 $1.0M$822K$210K−$99K 990 PDF
FY2022 $857K$882K−$25K−$309K 990 PDF
FY2021 $780K$650K$130K−$302K 990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing $659K$727K−$68K−$432K 990 PDF
FY2019 $675K$777K−$101K−$365K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations
See the full FY2020 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $659,175 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $253,289$291,052
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $406,671$365,964
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $37$52
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $15,065$2,107
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $675,062$659,175
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $570,252$556,795
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $206,289$170,095
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $776,541$726,890
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$101,479−$67,715
Part VI · Governance 7 of 9 board members independent, 5 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body9
VI-1b Independent voting members7
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyNo
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $659,175 across 6 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $2,107 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1e Government grants$241,170
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$49,882
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$291,052
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$365,964
VIII-3 Investment incomeUnrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$52
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $368,123 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$659,175
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $726,890 across 14 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $395,276 · Management $45,055 · Fundraising $4,565$444,896
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $63,809 · Management $4,199 · Fundraising $0$68,008
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $5,328 · Management $613 · Fundraising $65$6,006
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $34,657 · Management $2,811 · Fundraising $417$37,885
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $0 · Management $16,646 · Fundraising $0$16,646
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $393 · Management $649 · Fundraising $0$1,042
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $4,937 · Management $15,546 · Fundraising $57$20,540
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $0 · Management $1,836 · Fundraising $0$1,836
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $40,355 · Management $3,897 · Fundraising $328$44,580
IX-17 TravelPrograms $0 · Management $1,972 · Fundraising $0$1,972
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $11,872 · Management $1,366 · Fundraising $144$13,382
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $9,968 · Management $1,785 · Fundraising $122$11,875
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $37,687 · Management $12,151 · Fundraising $541$50,379
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $0 · Management $7,843 · Fundraising $0$7,843
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $604,282 · Management $116,369 · Fundraising $6,239$726,890
Part X · Balance sheet $271,125 assets, 16 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year −$3,614$93,168
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $0$0
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $52,581$37,421
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $9,604$7,912
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $124,825$114,816
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $31,869$2,223
X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $15,585$15,585
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $230,850$271,125
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $18,514$41,508
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $7,510$1,800
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $302,025$396,631
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $595,444$703,434
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year −$485,454−$541,940
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $120,860$109,631
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year −$364,594−$432,309
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $230,850$271,125
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets −$432,309 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$659,175
XI-2 Total expenses$726,890
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$67,715
XI-4 Net assets at start of year−$364,594
XI-10 Net assets at end of year−$432,309

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