America Achieves Inc
America Achieves Inc is a New York, New York-based public charity working with states, regions, and local partners to expand pathways to good jobs and careers. It supports local and state efforts to align education and workforce systems with employer needs and high-growth sectors, with an emphasis on economic mobility and fair access to opportunity.
America Achieves Inc at a glance
In short: America Achieves Inc gave $1.7M across 15 grants in 2025 (avg $112K), top state Wisconsin. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $1,680,000
- +572.0% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 15
- +114.3% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $112,000
- +213.6% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $50,000
- Total assets
- $910,985
- -92.2% vs 2024
- Primary geography
- Wisconsin (23% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.
How to apply to America Achieves Inc
- Contact
Mailing address: 244 Fifth Avenue F71, New York, NY 10001
Phone: (347) 820-0934
Website: https://americaachieves.org
Application details from Grantable's research on the foundation's public materials; confirm on its website before applying.
Who America Achieves Inc funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 10 recipients in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was The Brookings Institution ($250K). Together the top 10 received $1.4M.
Grant Size Distribution
64 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was in the $250–500K range: 20 grants of 64 (31%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
America Achieves describes work with communities and states across the country. Its 2025 grant dollars were distributed among recipients in multiple states; the largest reported state shares were Wisconsin (23%), the District of Columbia (15%), Texas (15%), Virginia (12%), and Montana (12%).
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 15 itemized grants.
States
Cities
How America Achieves Inc gives
Estimate from itemized grant lists in IRS Form 990 filings (2025). Recipient names are matched across years, so a renamed or misspelled grantee can look new; grants to individuals are left out. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $23K (2020) to $14.2M (2022). In 2025 it made 15 grants totaling $1.7M.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| The Brookings Institution Washington, DC | To support the work of brooking metro on building local good jobs. | $250,000 |
| New Wisconsin Org Inc Racine, WI | To support nwo as an independent nonprofit entity for the long-term success of the Wisconsin workforce intermediary. | $250,000 |
| Child Poverty Action Lab Dallas, TX | Unrestricted General Operating Support | $250,000 |
| Commonwealth Center for Advanced Manufacturing Disputanta, VA | Unrestricted General Operating Support | $200,000 |
| Accelerate Montana Missoula, MT | Montana Headwaters Tech Hub Support | $200,000 |
| United Way of Racine County Racine, WI | Unrestricted general operating support; to support the establishment of a new nonprofit as the Wisconsin workforce intermediary | $80,000 |
| Tech Council of Delaware Wilmington, DE | To support regional tech hubs - restricted to program support | $50,000 |
| Southeast Michigan Grants Coalition Detroit, MI | Unrestricted General Operating Support | $50,000 |
| National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining Blairsville, PA | To support regional tech hubs - unrestricted general operating support | $50,000 |
| Miami-Dade County Miami, FL | To support regional tech hubs - unrestricted general operating support | $50,000 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $910,985 | $791,611 | $11,060,423 | $1,680,000 | 15 | $240,353 |
| 2024 | $11,696,447 | $16,557,211 | $10,064,190 | $250,000 | 7 | $95,560 |
| 2023 | $6,931,163 | $10,611,210 | $15,879,559 | $7,721,609 | 22 | $45,142 |
| 2022 | $20,252,145 | $27,201,827 | $22,555,058 | $14,151,939 | 13 | $2,243 |
| 2021 | $14,927,084 | $17,708,130 | $4,588,670 | $1,499,627 | 7 | $199 |
| 2020 | $1,805,923 | $2,404,781 | $4,448,895 | $23,024 | 1 | $1,920 |
| 2019 | $7,449,230 | $12,103,050 | $10,113,475 | $554,218 | 2 | $806 |
Research compiled by Grantable AI from public sources. Last updated September 2026.
Mission & Focus Areas
America Achieves states that its mission is to advance economic opportunity, mobility, and pathways to good jobs and careers, including for low- and moderate-income and other underserved populations and communities.
Its work includes helping local and regional partners develop workforce strategies, strengthen intermediary organizations and coalitions, and connect workers to in-demand careers. The organization also describes policy work and technical assistance related to federal and regional economic and workforce development initiatives.
The 2025 grantees illustrate a range of supported work. The Child Poverty Action Lab describes its mission as reducing child poverty in Dallas; Brookings describes itself as a public policy research organization; and Accelerate Montana says it supports technology-based startups, workforce development, and commercialization of university research. Other grantee missions include promoting Wisconsin’s biohealth industry (BioForward), connecting and strengthening southeast Michigan’s mobility ecosystem (Southeast Michigan Grants Coalition), and addressing generational poverty in rural communities through employment-based social enterprise (Coalfield Development Corporation). These are the grantees’ stated missions, not America Achieves’ own.
Grantmaking
In filing year 2025, America Achieves reported 15 grants totaling $1,680,000. The grants ranged from $50,000 to $250,000, with a median of $50,000.
Among the largest reported grants were $250,000 to Brookings to support Brookings Metro’s work on building local good jobs; $250,000 to New Wisconsin Org to support its establishment as an independent nonprofit workforce intermediary; and $250,000 to Child Poverty Action Lab for unrestricted general operating support. Other large grants included $200,000 to the Commonwealth Center for Advanced Manufacturing for unrestricted general operating support and $200,000 to Accelerate Montana for Montana Headwaters Tech Hub support.
Additional reported grants included $80,000 to United Way of Racine County for unrestricted operating support and support for establishing a new Wisconsin workforce intermediary. Several $50,000 grants supported regional tech hubs, including grants to the Tech Council of Delaware, the National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining, Miami-Dade County, and Greater MSP. Other $50,000 grants included unrestricted operating support for the Southeast Michigan Grants Coalition and the Greater New Orleans Foundation.
The filing describes a partner process in which America Achieves and a partner agree on a plan for regular communication and progress measurement. At project end, the partner submits a final report summarizing results achieved.
Leadership & Key People
Leadership team and compensation from IRS filings
The 2025 filing lists Jon Schnur as CEO; Keith Frome as chairman; Gil Dickoff as treasurer; and Frank DiGiamarino as chief program officer. Directors listed are Jean Desravines, Christopher Chadwick, Mora Segal, Mike Johnston, Maurice Jones, and Stefan Pryor.
America Achieves Inc is led by Jon Schnur, CEO since 2021 (on filings since 2019); 9 of 16 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Jon Schnur
CEO
Chairman & CEO → CEO, 2021
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$222K (2019) → $566K (2025)
Keith Frome
Chairman
Director → Chairman, 2021
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Molly Dillon
Director of Policy
Senior Advisor & Policy → Director of Policy Advocacy, 2024
Director of Policy Advocacy → Director of Policy, 2025
On filings since 2023
40 hrs/week
$104K (2023) → $213K (2025)
Maurice Jones
Director
On filings since 2024
0.8 hrs/week
$180K (2025)
Christopher Chadwick
Director
On filings since 2019
0.8 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jean Desravines
Director
On filings since 2019
0.8 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Mike Johnston
Director
On filings since 2019
0.8 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Mora Segal
Director
On filings since 2022
0.8 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Stefan Pryor
Director
On filings since 2024
0.8 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Anthony Patrick Bader
Project Manager
New on the 2025 filing
40 hrs/week
$169K (2025)
Frank Digiammarino
Chief Program Officer
New on the 2025 filing
40 hrs/week
$353K (2025)
Jennifer Mishory
Senior Advisor
New on the 2025 filing
40 hrs/week
$212K (2025)
Jessica Morton
Chief People Officer
New on the 2025 filing
40 hrs/week
$223K (2025)
Johana Muriel Grajales
Core Program Co-Lead
New on the 2025 filing
40 hrs/week
$165K (2025)
Kristy King Pritzl
Special Assistant to the CEO
New on the 2025 filing
40 hrs/week
$140K (2025)
Gil Dickoff
Treasurer
Treasurer → Director & Treasurer, 2020
Director & Treasurer → Treasurer, 2025
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (22)
- Former: Diane Ford (2019–2024) — Chief Financial & Admininstrative Officer
- Former: Joanna Mikulski (2022–2024) — Chief Federal Policy & Data Officer
- Former: Allison Bajracharya (2023–2024) — Chief Strategy Officer
- Former: William C. Ferguson (2023–2024) — Program Director
- Former: Allison Jones (2024) — Senior Director
- Former: Austin Thompson (2024) — Senior Director
- Former: Ram Capoor (2024) — Interim Chief Financial & Administrative Officer
- Former: William Garrett (2024) — Senior Policy Advisor
- Former: Kevin Huffman See Sch O. (2023) — CEO & Accelerate
- Former: Naeha Dean See Sch O. (2023) — Chief Strategy Officer & Accelerate
- Former: Stefan Pryor Director (2023) — Staff to & Director From
- Former: Louise Langheier (2019–2022) — Director · Filing note: Thru 10/2021
- Former: Jade Grieve (2019–2021) — Senior Advisor
- Former: Catherine Holland (2019–2020) — COO & Griptape
- Former: Heidi Ramirez (2019–2020) — Execdir-Edunetwork
- Former: Mark Murphy (2019–2020) — CEO & Griptape
- Former: Mary Blanusa (2019–2020) — Senior Director
- Former: Scott Chadwick (2019–2020) — Senior Advisor
- Former: Edwin Cohen (2020) — Director
- Former: Patrick Bryden Sweeney-Taylor (2020) — Project Lead, College Access & Successor
- Former: Ed Cohen (2019) — Director
- Former: Patrick Bryden Sweeney Taylor (2019) — CEO, College Access & Successor
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2025 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $566K, to Jon Schnur (CEO). 9 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about America Achieves Inc
How much does America Achieves Inc give each year?
America Achieves Inc gave $1.7M across 15 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $250K across 7 grants.
What is America Achieves Inc's typical grant size?
America Achieves Inc's median grant in 2025 was $50,000, and its average grant was $112,000, across 15 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990.
Where does America Achieves Inc give grants?
America Achieves Inc's top state is Wisconsin, with 23% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990. The next largest states were District of Columbia (15%) and Texas (15%). The most frequent recipient cities were Racine, WI (2 grants).
Does America Achieves Inc give general operating support?
Yes: 60% of America Achieves Inc's 2025 grants with a stated purpose (9 of 15) were for general or operating support, per its 2025 IRS Form 990.
Who are America Achieves Inc's largest grantees?
America Achieves Inc's largest 2025 grantees include The Brookings Institution ($250,000), New Wisconsin Org Inc ($250,000) and Child Poverty Action Lab ($250,000), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. Together they received 45% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.
How large is America Achieves Inc?
America Achieves Inc reported $911K in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $792K.
What does America Achieves Inc fund?
America Achieves states that its mission is to advance economic opportunity, mobility, and pathways to good jobs and careers, including for low- and moderate-income and other underserved populations and communities. See mission & focus areas ↑
How do I apply for a grant from America Achieves Inc?
America Achieves Inc has no public application process in the sources Grantable reviewed. Check americaachieves.org for current guidelines, or contact the foundation directly before submitting a request.
What is America Achieves Inc's EIN?
America Achieves Inc's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 27-3238471. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings. Research dossier generated September 2026.
Data update history
(8)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS May 10, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS July 14, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS July 16, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS July 15, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS July 14, 2025)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS July 1, 2020)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS July 14, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2019–2024
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