Public Charity

BROOKLYN EMERGING LEADERS ACADEMY

BROOKLYN EMERGING LEADERS ACADEMY, of BROOKLYN, NY, is a Public Charity tracked in Imperigo's IRS 990 database. The 2025 filing shows $5.0M in revenue, $5.3M in expenses, $2.3M in total assets. 18 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $502K, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 813554882 BROOKLYN, NY Charter Schools NTEE: B29 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$5.0M
Total Expenses$5.3M
Total Assets$2.3M
Grant Records18
Funding Total$502K
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

BELA'S MISSION IS TO EMPOWER EACH YOUNG WOMAN TO BE THE BEST VERSION OF HERSELF. THROUGH A RIGOROUS COLLEGE PREPARATORY CURRICULUM, SERVICE LEARNING INITIATIVES, AND A COMMITMENT TO CULTIVATING A SPIRIT OF RESILIENCE WITHIN EACH YOUNG WOMAN, BELA STUDENTS WILL ATTEND AND GRADUATE FROM COLLEGE.

Where $100 goes at Brooklyn Emerging Leaders Academy

How Brooklyn Emerging Leaders Academy divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 8 years.

$83 Programs the work itself
$17 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 $83 for programs

$83
Brooklyn Emerging Leaders Academy (bela) was founded with a deep commitment to expanding educational opportunities for the young women of the bedford-stuyvesant community
All 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

BOARD TRUSTEE Alma Mends
VICE CHAIR Brenda Canty
DIR. OF COLLEGE SUCCESS Catherine T Magesis
BOARD TRUSTEE Christina Socias
BOARD TRUSTEE Deborah Hall
BOARD CHAIR Diane Nathanial

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Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$376,394 9 grants
Education
$58,750 5 grants
Fundraising & Sponsorship
$25,000 1 grant
Research & Policy
$25,000 1 grant
Sports & Recreation
$10,000 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $5.0M $5.3M $2.3M
2024 $5.0M $5.5M $2.6M
2023 $5.5M $5.4M $3.1M
2022 $5.8M $4.8M $3.0M
2021 $5.0M $4.2M $1.9M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue held roughly steady at around $5.0M, with total assets most recently reported at $2.3M.

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

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