Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Dec 2010.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
79 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
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
35 people listed on the 990; $876K paid to officers and key staff.
Stacy E Holland’s $308K as Executive Director is at the 96th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3394 $1–10M 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 · 8 named individuals · Part VII
| Name | FY2025 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stacy E Holland | $307,779 | $244,400 | $248,220 | $123,163 | — |
| Mark J Gleason | — | — | — | — | $223,800 |
| Miriam S Zahavy | — | — | — | $212,581 | $151,000 |
| Scott Gaiber | $187,526 | $177,550 | — | — | — |
| Mark J Gleason End 82021 | — | — | — | $187,116 | — |
| Lydia S Glassie | — | — | — | — | $179,819 |
| Letisha Laws | $165,523 | — | — | — | — |
| Eileen Walsh | $131,061 | $120,943 | $118,899 | — | — |
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
The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.
- Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
- Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes
Programs and updates
Expands access to quality education in Philadelphia by operating a centralized online platform that simplifies the charter school application and enrollment process for families.
Questions for Elevate 215
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School and Talent Grants Elevate 215 makes grants to school operators to support the start-up, expansion, or the capacity building of public, public charter, and parochial schools located in Philadelphia. Grant funding supports the expenses of startup, growth and/or improvement activities over the course of single or multiple years.
School and Talent Grants Elevate 215 makes grants to school operators to support the start-up, expansion, or the capacity building of public, public charter, and catholic schools located in Philadelphia. Grant funding supports the expenses of startup, growth and/or improvement activities over the course of single or multiple years.
Elevate 215 operates the Apply Philly Charter (www.applyphillycharter.org) platform, an online student enrollment system that manages the application and acceptance process for 71% of the public charter school campuses citywide. In 2023, over 29,000 families submitted 130,000 applications to select a K-12 public charter school.
Apply Philly Charter Elevate 215 operates the Apply Philly Charter For the period of January 1 - June 30, 2024, over 100,000 families utilized the website to gather information on over 400 school options in Philadelphia.
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Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
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By the numbers
The FY2023 990, line by line.
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Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 Latest | $4.5M | $6.4M | −$1.9M | $5.5M | 990 PDF |
| FY2024 | Not on file | ||||
| FY2023 Viewing | $4.5M | $6.9M | −$2.4M | $9.3M | 990 PDF |
| FY2022 | $9.8M | $7.1M | $2.7M | $11.7M | 990 PDF |
| FY2021 | $10.5M | $9.0M | $1.6M | $9.0M | 990 PDF |
| FY2020 | $15.5M | $10.9M | $4.6M | $7.5M | 990 PDF |
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Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2023 990 (1 part)
Part VI · Governance 13 of 13 board members independent, no flags
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2023 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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