Public Charity

BROOKLYN INDEPENDENT

BROOKLYN INDEPENDENT, of BROOKLYN, NY, is a Public Charity tracked in Imperigo's IRS 990 database. The 2025 filing shows $4.0M in revenue, $3.4M in expenses, $4.7M in total assets. 15 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $919K, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 834138693 BROOKLYN, NY Secondary & High Schools NTEE: B25 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$4.0M
Total Expenses$3.4M
Total Assets$4.7M
Grant Records15
Funding Total$919K
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

BROOKLYN INDEPENDENT IS A 6TH-8TH PRIVATE MIDDLE SCHOOL WITH A FIERCE BELIEF IN DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION. WE SPECIALIZE IN MIDDLE SCHOOL LEARNING BY BALANCING HIGH RIGOR AND HIGH EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING. OUR SLIDING-SCALE TUITION MODEL ENSURES THAT ALL FAMILIES HAVE ACCESS TO AND CAN AFFORD AN EXCELLENT EDUCATION. WE BELIEVE DIVERSITY MAKES US BETTER, SMARTER, AND STRONGER.

Where $100 goes at Brooklyn Independent

How Brooklyn Independent divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 6 years.

$74 Programs the work itself
$19 Management running the organization
$7 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $74 for programs

$74
Brooklyn Independent is a 6th-8th private middle school
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

TRUSTEE (BEGAN 6/13/25) Andrea Cablayan
TRUSTEE Chloe Taylor
CO-FOUNDER & CO-HEAD OF SC Gabriela Tejedor
TRUSTEE (BEGAN 6/13/25) Hannah Peters-Siegfried
VICE CHAIR Jevon Roush
TEACHER Joel Tracy

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Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$835,121 12 grants
Education
$83,600 3 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $4.0M $3.4M $4.7M
2024 $2.7M $2.8M $820K
2023 $2.1M $2.4M $1.4M
2022 $1.7M $1.9M $749K
2021 $849K $1.0M $531K

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $849K to $4.0M (+368%), with total assets most recently reported at $4.7M.

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