Achievement First Brooklyn Charter Schools: $181.5M Revenue, $170.0M Expenses

The efficiency rubric puts Achievement First Brooklyn Charter Schools at a B grade: a composite of 76/100 that lands above the national midpoint. The grade reflects solid financial reserves alongside reasonable officer compensation and steady revenue.

Achievement First Brooklyn Charter Schools is a large nonprofit by U.S. standards: $181.5M in 2023 revenue against $170.0M in expenses. Organizations in this revenue bracket usually run multiple programs with permanent staff and a meaningful endowment or reserve. Financial health is a strength: Achievement First Brooklyn Charter Schools carries a healthy operating-reserve cushion against $170.0M in annual expenses, the kind of balance-sheet stability that helps an organization weather funding gaps without cutting programs.

Revenue trend is mildly positive across the five-year filing window — modest growth, consistent with stable funding sources keeping pace with organizational costs. Current-officer compensation is not separately reported in the filing — typical for nonprofits where leadership is paid through a related entity (parent system, university, or foundation) rather than the filing organization itself, or for small organizations whose chief is a volunteer or board member. In the Education category, Achievement First Brooklyn Charter Schools sits alongside universities, K-12 systems, scholarship funds, and education-research organizations. Education-sector nonprofits often hold large endowments, which affects how the reserves-and-revenue figures should be read.