Public Charity

THE PHILADELPHIA SCHOOL

THE PHILADELPHIA SCHOOL is a Public Charity headquartered in PHILADELPHIA, PA. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $18.8M revenue, $17.7M expenses, $34.7M total assets. 65 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $7.2M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 237091186 PHILADELPHIA, PA Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$18.8M
Total Expenses$17.7M
Total Assets$34.7M
Grant Records65
Funding Total$7.2M
Filing Years2020–2025

Mission

THE PHILADELPHIA SCHOOL EDUCATES CHILDREN FOR A FUTURE THAT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO KNOW BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE TO SHAPE. LEARN HERE. GO ANYWHERE.

Where $100 goes at The Philadelphia School

How The Philadelphia School divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 7 years.

$81 Programs the work itself
$17 Management running the organization
$2 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $81 for programs

$73
Education for students from preschool to 8th grade; 41 preschool, 52 kindergarten, 91 primary unit (grades 1-2), 132 junior unit (grades 3-5), 95 middle school (grades 6-8).The Philadelphia…
90% of program spending
$8
Auxiliary programming for students including, but not limited to music, chess, sports, clubs, and summer camp
10% of program spending
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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

VICE PRESIDENT Adam Douberly
BOARD TRUSTEE Alisa Field
HEAD OF SCHOOL (EFF 7/1/24) Alyssa Rickels
BOARD TRUSTEE Anita Andrews
DIVISION DIRECTOR Anna Donnelly
SECRETARY Barbara Stanley

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Top Grant Purposes

Education
$2,861,289 32 grants
Research & Policy
$2,757,707 5 grants
General Support
$1,541,000 25 grants
Human & Social Services
$10,000 1 grant
Unspecified
$5,024 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $18.8M $17.7M $34.7M
2024 $18.9M $16.4M $32.5M
2023 $16.8M $14.4M $30.1M
2021 $16.5M $14.1M $27.2M
2020 $14.5M $14.5M $25.3M

Between 2020 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $14.5M to $18.8M (+29%), with total assets most recently reported at $34.7M.

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