Public Charity

PENCILS OF PROMISE INCORPORATED

PENCILS OF PROMISE INCORPORATED is a Public Charity headquartered in NEW YORK, NY. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $6.6M revenue, $3.9M expenses, $3.4M total assets. 81 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $5.5M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 263618722 NEW YORK, NY International Development NTEE: Q30 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$6.6M
Total Expenses$3.9M
Total Assets$3.4M
Grant Records81
Funding Total$5.5M
Filing Years2020–2025

Mission

WE BELIEVE EVERY CHILD DESERVES ACCESS TO QUALITY EDUCATION. WE CREATE SCHOOLS, PROGRAMS, AND GLOBAL COMMUNITIES AROUND THE COMMON GOAL OF EDUCATION FOR ALL. WE ACCOMPLISH THESE ACTIVITIES BY DEDICATING SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF TIME, LABOR, AND EFFORT TO RAISING MONEY IN THE U.S. THROUGH YOUTH AND PROFESSIONAL ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMS AND SPECIAL EVENTS. THROUGH THE YOUTH AND PROFESSIONAL ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMS AND SPECIAL EVENTS. THE FUNDS RAISED ALLOW US TO INCREASE OUR DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL REACH AND IMPACT. AT THE CONCLUSION OF 2025, WE HAVE BROKEN GROUND ON OVER 600 SCHOOLS AROUND THE WORLD. OUR SCHOOLS ARE OPEN TO STUDENTS IN EACH COUNTRY AND THE STAGES OF PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTION ARE UNDERWAY IN SEVERAL NEW COMMUNITIES ACROSS GHANA, GUATEMALA, AND LAOS.

Where $100 goes at Pencils of Promise Incorporated

How Pencils of Promise Incorporated divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 8 years.

$82 Programs the work itself
$7 Management running the organization
$11 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $82 for programs

$54
The first of our core programs is school construction
66% of program spending
Reported in the filing By the end of 2025, we had broken ground on 621 schools across our partner regions.
$17
Our second core program is teacher support
21% of program spending
Reported in the filing By the end of 2025, we had supported over 4,000 teachers and delivered over 24,000 teacher coaching sessions across across laos, guatemala, and ghana.
$11
Our third core program is the wash program, which focuses on water, sanitation, and hygiene
13% of program spending
Reported in the filing By the end of 2025, we had supported over 1,200 schools and 70,000 students with wash programming.
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

CHAIR Adam Braun
MEMBER Astrid Womble
MEMBER Brad Haugen
MEMBER Emily Bonfiglio
MEMBER Eric Knight
MEMBER Gabriel Bourgeois

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$3,711,887 50 grants
Education
$882,250 13 grants
International Aid & Development
$657,070 7 grants
Human & Social Services
$167,700 5 grants
Health & Medicine
$5,000 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $6.6M $3.9M $3.4M
2024 $2.8M $3.9M $1.2M
2023 $3.5M $3.9M $1.8M
2022 $5.4M $5.8M $2.3M
2020 $5.4M $5.4M $4.6M

Between 2020 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $5.4M to $6.6M (+22%), with total assets most recently reported at $3.4M.

Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.

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