Public Charity

CHARTER SCHOOL OF INQUIRY

Based in BUFFALO, NY, CHARTER SCHOOL OF INQUIRY operates as a Public Charity. The organization reported $5.1M in revenue, $5.5M in expenses, $4.9M in total assets for fiscal year 2025.

EIN: 471284283 BUFFALO, NY Primary & Elementary Schools NTEE: B24 Latest filing: 2025

Total Revenue$5.1M

Total Expenses$5.5M

Total Assets$4.9M

Grant Records0

Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

CHARTER SCHOOL OF INQUIRY (CSI) WILL ACHIEVE BREAKTHROUGH OUTCOMES FOR CITY OF BUFFALO CHILDREN IN KINDERGARTEN THROUGH GRADE 6 BY CREATING AN INQUIRY-BASED LEARNING ENVIRONMENT WITH AN INTENSE FOCUS ON LEARNING TO READ AND WRITE WELL IN ALL SUBJECT AREAS. CSI OFFERS AN EXCEPTIONALLY HIGH-QUALITY EDUCATION USING INTENTIONAL READING AND LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT, ALIGNED CURRICULUM, ENGAGING INQUIRY-BASED PRACTICES, AND AN OUTSTANDING SYSTEM OF SUPPORTS. CHILDREN AT CSI WILL LEARN TO THINK CRITICALLY, PROBLEM-SOLVE, AND WORK COLLABORATIVELY TO ENABLE THEIR PARTICIPATION AS CITIZENS OF THEIR COMMUNITY AND THE WORLD.

Where $100 goes at Charter School of Inquiry

How Charter School of Inquiry divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 9 years.

$80 Programs the work itself

$20 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 $80 for programs

$64

Educational services

80% of program spending

$11

Special education

13% of program spending

Other programs

7% of program spending

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

TRUSTEE Delano Dowell

TREASURER Ebony Eison

VICE CHAIR Eric Campbell

TRUSTEE Janet Peters

HEAD OF SCHOOL John Sheffield

PARENT REPRESENTATIVE Latoya Elliott

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Financial Trends

Year	Revenue	Expenses	Assets
2025	$5.1M	$5.5M	$4.9M
2024	$5.3M	$5.3M	$5.3M
2023	$4.5M	$5.2M	$5.1M
2022	$5.4M	$4.9M	$5.6M
2021	$4.9M	$3.6M	$5.0M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $4.9M to $5.1M (+4%), with total assets most recently reported at $4.9M.

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

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