Independence Charter School
Donations deductibleRevenue
$18.2m
year to 30 June 2025
Expenses
$20.9m
year to 30 June 2025
Total assets
$22.8m
$32.7m liabilities
Net assets
Minus $9.8m
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
10
4.6 years on average
Staff
149
228 volunteers
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Officers and senior staff
4
named in Part VII
Independence Charter School's network
10 people2 organisationsi10 people and 2 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (10). Violet dotted lines (2) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.The board
10 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Time served and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed time served is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 10 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.| Name | Role as filed | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allison Kelsey | President | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Ally Lamson | Trustee | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Danae Mobley | Trustee | 2021 | 5 yrs |
| Franchesca Ramirez | Trustee | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Gaurav Ray Chaudhury | Company secretary | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Gina Toppin | Trustee | 2020 | 6 yrs |
| Jacquie Patterson | Trustee | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Justin Csik | Treasurer | 2021 | 5 yrs |
| Sekou Campbell | Trustee | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Thomas Di Guilio | Trustee | 2023 | 3 yrs |
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more
Officers and senior leadership
4 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.| Name | Title as filed | On the filings |
|---|---|---|
| Kristen Long | Principal | since 2020 |
| Ramzy Andrawos | Director of Ops | 2023 |
| Tanya Ruley-Mayo | CEO | since 2019 |
| Thomas Scheid | CEO | 2018 |
Pay and hours
year to 30 June 2025iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.| Name | Title as filed | Hours a week | Pay from the organisation | Related organisations | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kristen Long | Principal | 40 | $161k | $71k | |
| Odamis Fernandez-Sheinbaum | Asst Principal of Curriculum | 40 | $119k | $57k | |
| Kerry Routh | Assistant Principal | 40 | $117k | $43k | |
| Ramzy Andrawos | Director of Ops | 40 | $115k | $56k | |
| Patricia Prendergast | CEO Assistant | 40 | $114k | $51k | |
| Tanya Ruley-Mayo | CEO (End June 2024) | 40 | $106k | $31k | |
| Tracey Kohl | Teacher | 40 | $100k | $54k | |
| Allison Lamson | President | 1 | $0 | ||
| Gaurav Ray Chaudhury | Vice President | 1 | $0 | ||
| Sekou Campbell | Secretary | 1 | $0 | ||
| Thomas Di Guilio | Treasurer | 1 | $0 | ||
| Jon Landau | Trustee | 1 | $0 | ||
| Tiye Thompson | Trustee | 1 | $0 | ||
| Sandra M Vargas | Trustee | 1 | $0 | ||
| Zachary Smoak | Trustee | 1 | $0 | ||
| Evelyn Reed | Trustee | 1 | $0 | ||
| Danielle Mancinelli | Trustee | 1 | $0 | ||
| Matt Kelley | CEO (Start Jan 2025) | 40 | $0 |
About
- Legal name
- Independence Charter School
- EIN
- 233060261
- Address
- 1600 Lombard St, Philadelphia, PA, 19146-1507
- State
- Pennsylvania
- Mission
- The primary mission of independence charter school is to provide anintellectually stimulating curriculum with an international focus,emphasizing the arts, languages, ideas, and histories, from an array ofcultures from around the world. To meet its goals, the school drawsheavily on the resources available in philadelphia - the museums,historic landmarks, businesses, schools, parks, and... (as filed on the Form 990)
- Activity (NTEE)
- B29 Education
- IRS classification
- 501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
- Classified purpose
- Education
- Size band
- 8 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 2001
- Principal officer
- Matt Kelley (as named on the Form 990)
- IRS ruling date
- 1 July 2001
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 6, latest 2023
- IRS Publication 78
- PC (contributions deductible)
Most connected
Related organisations (Schedule R)
Longest observed on the filings
≥7years on the filingsAllison Kelsey
≥6years on the filingsGina Toppin
≥5years on the filingsDanae Mobley
≥5years on the filingsJustin Csik
Latest return
year to 30 June 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 30 June 2025. US dollars, as filed.- Total assets
- $22.8m
- Total liabilities
- $32.7m
- Net assets or fund balances
- Minus $9.8m
- Contributions and grants received
- $2.9m
- Program service revenue
- $15.1m
- Employees
- 149
- Volunteers
- 228
State registration
1 entityiBusiness-entity registers published by US states. These records are matched to this organisation by name and state, not by EIN, and are labelled as likely matches. Street addresses are not shown.Independence Charter School likely matchiMatched by exact name and state (and ZIP where shown). State registers do not publish EINs, so this is not a confirmed match. Source: Pennsylvania Department of State, business entities (data.pa.gov xvd7-5r2c). Licence: public domain. Data last fetched 18 October 2026.
- State
- Pennsylvania
- Entity type
- Domestic Nonprofit Corporation
- Status
- Active
- Formed
- 8 November 2000
- Registered agent
- Not stated
Officers (5)
- Gaurav Ray Chaudhury Vice President
- Matt Kelley Governor
- Sekou Campbell President
- Zachary Smoak Secretary
- Zoe Odenwalder Treasurer
City and state of officers are not held in this extract.