Little Red School House Inc
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Little Red School House Inc at a glance
- Total assets
- $53,006,679
- +0.2% vs 2024
- Revenue (2025)
- $42,603,142
- -3.7% vs 2024
- Net investment income (2025)
- $644,065
- +3.8% vs 2024
- Expenses (2025)
- $44,919,086
- -4.4% vs 2024
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.
Who Little Red School House Inc funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Grant Size Distribution
1 grant across all recorded years
The most common grant size was in the $1–5M range: 1 grant of 1 (100%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
States
Cities
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
In 2024 it made 1 grant totaling $2.6M.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| The Blue School New York, NY | Education | $2,581,953 |
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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 | $53,006,679 | $42,603,142 | $44,919,086 | — | — | $644,065 |
| 2024 | $52,892,738 | $44,231,331 | $47,007,790 | $2,581,953 | 1 | $620,350 |
| 2023 | $53,056,791 | $34,479,439 | $37,548,305 | — | — | $209,102 |
| 2022 | $50,588,811 | $36,915,940 | $37,965,509 | — | — | $342,919 |
| 2021 | $52,115,605 | $37,521,757 | $34,394,605 | — | — | $403,857 |
| 2020 | $48,650,617 | $35,094,264 | $36,022,086 | — | — | $261,867 |
| 2019 | $49,568,061 | $36,275,469 | $35,858,403 | — | — | $265,811 |
About Little Red School House Inc
Based on IRS filings
Little Red School House Inc is a public charity, based in New York, NY. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $53.0M in total assets. Net investment income was $644K.
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Little Red School House Inc is led by Adele D. Pelz, Dept Chair Modern Language on the 2025 filing; 12 of 50 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Adele D. Pelz
Dept Chair Modern Language
New on the 2025 filing
40 hrs/week
$169K (2025)
Anh-Van Nguyen
Chair
Secretary → Vice Chair, 2023
Vice Chair → Chair, 2024
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jennifer R. Weil
Director of Advancement
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$85K (2019) → $197K (2025)
Phil Kassen
Director
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$328K (2019) → $584K (2025)
Amanda W. Goodwin
Trustee & Ms Humanities Teacher
Trustee → Trustee & Ms Humanities Teacher, 2025
On filings since 2023
40 hrs/week
$126K (2025)
Charlene E. Cruz-Cerdas
Trustee & Hs History Teacher
Trustee → Trustee & Hs History Teacher, 2025
On filings since 2024
40 hrs/week
$115K (2025)
Jessie C. Kirk
Trustee & Ls Lead Teacher
Trustee → Trustee & Ls Lead Teacher, 2025
On filings since 2024
40 hrs/week
$104K (2025)
Kalil T. Oldham
Director of Community
Director of Equity & Community → Director of Community, 2025
On filings since 2024
40 hrs/week
$186K (2024) → $206K (2025)
Carey Socol
Director of College Counseling
New on the 2025 filing
40 hrs/week
$175K (2025)
Robert Romero
Director of Facilities
New on the 2025 filing
40 hrs/week
$274K (2025)
Amy Zimmerman
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Dave Olsen
Trustee
Treasurer → Trustee, 2024
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Dawn Eig
Trustee
Secretary → Trustee, 2022
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Eunu Chun
Trustee
At Large → Secretary, 2023
Secretary → Trustee, 2025
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Eve Stuart
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Francis Greenburger
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Halee Sage
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jamal Young
Trustee
At Large & Trustee → At Large, 2024
At Large → Trustee, 2025
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Julia Heaton
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Kasey Picayo
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Ken Cornick
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Kimbrough Towles
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Robert Rosenthal
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Sean Paroff
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Yukie Ohta
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Maren Berthelsen
Trustee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Ceci Loebl Van Blerkom
Trustee
Trustee → At Large, 2024
At Large → Trustee, 2025
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Rodney White
Trustee
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Hope Reeves
Trustee
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Kai-Anasa George
Trustee
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Ruth Jurgensen
Trustee
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Harriette Thomas
Trustee
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jennifer Sagum
Trustee
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Kellie Ferguson
Trustee
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Anne Marie Denson
Trustee
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Chakshu Patel
Trustee
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jonathan Rosen
Trustee
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Pinky Fung
Trustee
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Helena Tubis
Trustee
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jason Bruno
Trustee
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jennifer Rogoff
Trustee
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jerelyn Rodriguez Williams
Trustee
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Paul Williams
Trustee
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Robert Gutmann
Trustee
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Joshua Marks
CFO
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$174K (2019) → $294K (2025)
Margaret D. Andrews
Assistant Principal
Trustee & Math Teacher → Middle School Assistant Principal, 2023
Middle School Assistant Principal → Assistant Principal, 2025
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$131K (2019) → $169K (2025)
Allison W. Isbell
Assistant Director
High School Principal → Assistant Director, 2023
On filings since 2020
40 hrs/week
$164K (2020) → $200K (2025)
Susie Scher
Vice Chair
Trustee → At Large, 2022
At Large → Vice Chair, 2024
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Louis Sharpe
Treasurer
Trustee → Treasurer, 2024
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Shoy McKen
Secretary
Trustee → Secretary, 2025
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (36)
- Former: Josh Marks (2022–2024) — CFO
- Former: Heather McKay (2023–2024) — Lower School Principal
- Former: Nathan Sokol-Margolis (2023–2024) — Middle School Principal
- Former: Alejandro Montoya (2019–2023) — Trustee
- Former: Cari Kosins (2019–2023) — Director of Summer & Afterschool
- Former: James Harris (2019–2023) — Chair
- Former: Deborah Hodge (2020–2023) — Trustee
- Former: Margaret Magee Paul (2020–2023) — High School Principal
- Former: Analisa Cipriano (2021–2023) — Trustee
- Former: James French (2022–2023) — Trustee
- Former: Shira Cornfeld (2022–2023) — Trustee
- Former: Charlie Homet (2019–2022) — Trustee
- Former: Jane Belton (2019–2022) — Trustee
- Former: Mark Silberberg (2019–2022) — Director of Innovation & Tech
- Former: Mary P. Young (2019–2022) — Director of Admissions
- Former: Wilnelia Gutierrez (2019–2022) — Vice Chair
- Former: Ana Fox Chaney (2020–2022) — Middle School Principal
- Former: Angie Vieira Barocas (2020–2022) — Trustee
- Former: Elizabeth Simmons (2020–2022) — Trustee
- Former: Faith Hunter (2021–2022) — Principal
- Former: Lunie Small (2021–2022) — Trustee
- Former: Elizabeth Kurtzman (2019–2021) — At Large
- Former: Katherine Fleming (2019–2021) — Trustee
- Former: Suysel depedro cunningham (2020–2021) — Trustee
- Former: Inosi Nyatta Kiara (2021) — Trustee -
- Former: Matt Bernstein (2021) — Trustee
- Former: Purvi Padia (2019–2020) — Trustee
- Former: Sandra K. Chapman (2019–2020) — Director of Diversity
- Former: Tamar Gargle Krakowiak (2019–2020) — Trustee
- Former: Tim Merjos (2019–2020) — Trustee
- Former: Alisa Soriano (2019) — Trustee & Lower School Teacher
- Former: Boaz Sidikaro (2019) — Trustee
- Former: Daniele Dolin (2019) — Trustee
- Former: Kent G Smith (2019) — Trustee
- Former: Mariet Westermann (2019) — Vice Chair
- Former: Tema Tischler (2019) — Hr & Business Manager
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 $584K, to Phil Kassen (Director). 12 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about Little Red School House Inc
How large is Little Red School House Inc?
Little Red School House Inc reported $53.0M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $42.6M.
Where does Little Red School House Inc operate?
Little Red School House Inc has awarded grants in New York.
What is Little Red School House Inc's EIN?
Little Red School House Inc's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 13-5562268. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.
Data update history
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When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS February 18, 2025)
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