Public Charity

EXPLORE SCHOOLS INC

EXPLORE SCHOOLS INC is a nonprofit organization categorized as Public Charity based in BROOKLYN, NY. Its most recent IRS filing (2025) reports revenue of $4.6M, expenses of $4.2M, total assets of $2.2M. Imperigo tracks 3 reported grant relationships connected to this organization totaling approximately $185K.

EIN: 263282250 BROOKLYN, NY Education N.E.C. NTEE: B99 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$4.6M
Total Expenses$4.2M
Total Assets$2.2M
Grant Records3
Funding Total$185K
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

TO PROVIDE STRATEGIC PLANNING, BOARD GOVERNANCE, FINANCIAL OVERSIGHT, HUMAN RESOURCES, AND OTHER MANAGEMENT SUPPORT TO A NETWORK OF K-8 CHARTER SCHOOLS IN UNDER-SERVED COMMUNITIES THAT PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH THE ACADEMIC SKILLS AND CRITICAL-THINKING ABILITIES THEY NEED TO SUCCEED IN A COLLEGE-PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL.

Where $100 goes at Explore Schools Inc

How Explore Schools Inc divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 9 years.

$71 Programs the work itself
$29 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 $71 for programs

$71
There are approximately 1,700 students enrolled in the network's educational corporation in Brooklyn for the 2024-2025 academic year
All program spending · Reported in the filing: 1,700 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

MANAGING DIRECTOR OF SCHOOL Awo Busumsi
TREASURER Brian Coad
CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICER Efrat Kussell
CHAIR Jana Reed
SR. DIR. OF SPECIAL POPULATIONS Jarren Kanze
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Karen Francois

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Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$153,450 2 grants
Health & Medicine
$32,000 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $4.6M $4.2M $2.2M
2024 $4.9M $5.0M $2.0M
2023 $4.7M $4.8M $1.6M
2022 $4.6M $4.2M $1.6M
2021 $4.0M $4.1M $1.8M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $4.0M to $4.6M (+14%), with total assets most recently reported at $2.2M.

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