Public Charity

ROCKETSHIP EDUCATION

Based in SAN JOSE, CA, ROCKETSHIP EDUCATION operates as a Public Charity. The organization reported $178.1M in revenue, $176.1M in expenses, $255.3M in total assets for fiscal year 2025. Imperigo tracks 91 reported grant relationships connected to this organization totaling approximately $23.9M.

EIN: 204040597 SAN JOSE, CA Charter Schools NTEE: B29 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$178.1M
Total Expenses$176.1M
Total Assets$255.3M
Grant Records91
Funding Total$23.9M
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

ROCKETSHIP EDUCATION IS A NATIONAL NON-PROFIT NETWORK OF PUBLIC ELEMENTARY CHARTER SCHOOLS SERVING LOW-INCOME COMMUNITIES WITH LIMITED ACCESS TO EXCELLENT SCHOOLS. FOUNDED IN 2006, ROCKETSHIP EDUCATION IS A 501 (C)(3) NON-PROFIT CORPORATION WHOSE MISSION IS TO ELIMINATE THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP IN UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THE CORE OF ROCKETSHIP'S INSTRUCTIONAL MODEL IS A TEACHER-LED, TECHNOLOGY SUPPORTED APPROACH TO PERSONALIZED LEARNING THAT MATCHES EACH STUDENT WITH THE RIGHT CONTENT AT THE RIGHT TIME UTILIZING THE RIGHT METHOD OF INSTRUCTION. BY DEEPLY ENGAGING PARENTS IN THEIR STUDENT'S LEARNING AND THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY, ROCKETSHIP DEVELOPS PARENTS WHO BECOME LIFELONG ADVOCATES FOR THEIR CHILDREN AND THEIR COMMUNITY. WORKING ALONGSIDE PARENTS, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, DISTRICTS, AND OTHER CHARTER SCHOOLS, ROCKETSHIP IS CATALIZING A MOVEMENT TO ELIMINATE THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP IN OUR LIFETIME.

Where $100 goes at Rocketship Education

How Rocketship Education divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 9 years.

$86 Programs the work itself
$14 Management running the organization
$0 Fundraising none reported

No fundraising costs are reported. That often means fundraising runs through a separate affiliated organization that files its own return.

Inside the $86 for programs

$86
Rocketship Education manages, operates, and promotes a network of public elementary charter schools serving approximately 10,000 students in high need communities
All program spending · Reported in the filing: 10,000 students; 7,600 students
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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

BOARD TREASURER Alex Terman
DIRECTOR April Taylor
CFO Benjamin Carson
DIRECTOR Brian Kilb
DIRECTOR Charmaine Detweiler
CHIEF COMMUNICATIONS OFFIC Christopher Murphy

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$13,776,694 43 grants
Education
$7,496,971 40 grants
Research & Policy
$100,000 1 grant
Unspecified
$2,498,000 5 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $178.1M $176.1M $255.3M
2024 $187.0M $171.8M $271.4M
2023 $173.9M $158.6M $251.2M
2022 $138.9M $136.9M $75.0M
2021 $120.7M $108.3M $74.9M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $120.7M to $178.1M (+48%), with total assets most recently reported at $255.3M.

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