Nonprofit · EIN 36-4268793
SCHOOLS THAT CAN
Tax-exempt · NEW YORK, NY 10004
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2025 | 990 | $965,118 | $926,404 | $38,714 | $1,761,626 | $26,063 | $1,735,563 |
| June 30, 2024 | 990 | $830,607 | $1,117,974 | -$287,367 | $1,728,342 | $30,020 | $1,698,322 |
| June 30, 2023 | 990 | $1,335,893 | $1,328,814 | $7,079 | $2,015,361 | $32,889 | $1,982,472 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $750,952
- of which government grants
- $123,710
- Program service revenue
- $161,500
- Investment income
- $52,666
- Other revenue
- $0
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $49,831
- Other salaries and wages
- $451,764
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $590,249
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Accounting fees
- $32,575
- Travel
- $1,256
- Program services (functional)
- $772,586
- Management and general (functional)
- $74,395
- Fundraising (functional)
- $79,423
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $1,728,342
- Total assets, end of year
- $1,761,626
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $26,063
- Net assets, end of year
- $1,735,563
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $1,274,732
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $460,831
- Gross receipts
- $965,118
- Employees
- 11
- Volunteers
- 150
- Year formed
- 1998
- State of legal domicile
- IL
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caroline Bretter | CFO Officer | 20 | $50,070 |
| Michael Druckman | Executive Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $0 |
| Brian Carr | Vice Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| John Kushner | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| Ruth Arnould | Secretary Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Steve Bloom | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Paul LeBlanc | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Mark Thaler | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Robert da Silva Ashley | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Nancy Druckman | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Preetam Dutta | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Elizabeth Trongone Layne | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Jeremy Leventhal | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Matthew Wunder | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Donald Collat | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
2 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matthew Shmanske | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Riqueza Feaster | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended June 30, 2024: 16 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashaki Goodall | CPO / ED Newark | 40 | $121,556 | $7,267 |
| Caroline Bretter | CFO Officer | 20 | $40,800 | $0 |
| Michael Druckman | Executive Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $0 | $0 |
| Brian Carr | Vice Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| John Kushner | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Ruth Arnould | Secretary Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Steve Bloom | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Hector Perez | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Mark Thaler | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Robert da Silva Ashley | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Nancy Druckman | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Preetam Dutta | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Elizabeth Trongone Layne | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Jeremy Leventhal | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Matthew Wunder | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Riqueza Feaster | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended June 30, 2023: 16 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashaki Goodall | Exec. Dir | 40 | $104,000 | $6,454 |
| Michael Druckman | Executive Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $0 | $0 |
| Brian Carr | Vice Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| John Kushner | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Ruth Arnould | Secretary Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Steve Bloom | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Hector Perez | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Mark Thaler | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Robert da Silva Ashley | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Nancy Druckman | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Preetam Dutta | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Elizabeth Trongone Layne | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Jeremy Leventhal | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Cecilia Marinier | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Matthew Wunder | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Riqueza Feaster | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 25 BROADWAY 12TH FLOOR, NEW YORK, NY 10004-1056
- In care of
- % SCHO
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- Michael Druckman, 25 Broadway 12th Floor, New York, NY 10004
- Signed the 990
- Michael Druckman, Executive Chair
- Return prepared by
- WatsonRice LLP
Mission
Schools That Can provides culturally relevant career readiness programming that prioritizes real-world experiences to middle and high school students. Our mission is to build an education to employment (e2e) pathway that closes the opportunity and skills gap.
Program accomplishments
- Career Skills - Schools That Cans Career Readiness program features a proprietary, 125-hour curriculum for high school students designed to prepare them for the world of work and post-secondary success. In the 6-unit program, students build foundational career skills through elevator pitches, mock interviews, and resume reviews. They experience networking with corporate volunteers across diverse industries, learn the basics of financial literacy by building their own budgets, and more. The e2e Curriculum is co-taught by an STC facilitator and can be implemented over the course of 3 years, or as stand-alone units, making the program flexible to a schools needs.Expenses $600,091
- Design Challenge Schools That Can works with teachers and students in middle and high schools to bring powerful real-world learning programming to our schools, empowering students to drive their own learning while developing social-emotional and technical skills that will help them pursue their passions in high school and beyond. Teams of middle and high school students engage in design thinking challenges to solve local community problems while their teachers gain aligned, cohort-based professional learning to incorporate design thinking as a problem-solving approach in their instructional practice. Businesses and nonprofits in each city serve as the client for the challenge and support local teams, including by providing professionals to mentor student design teams.Expenses $89,816
- Other Programs & PLG In addition to STCs signature programs and Thought Leadership series, STC runs several local initiatives, many in collaboration with local companies and organizations, to support work-based learning. For instance, our STC offices have run various workforce development workshops and internship programs with local partners to expose their students to real-world situations that connect their education to potential employment opportunities.Expenses $72,242
- Thought Leadership Designed to bring together outstanding thought leaders, experts, and practitioners within the education to employment (e2e) space, this virtual series of live conversations focus on current topics and issues, including the evolving role of K-12 and University in education and what equity truly means for education. As an extension of these public-facing webinars, we have launched a series of more intimate Study Groups with University Provosts, K-12 School Leaders and K-12 Teachers to encourage conversations across sectors. We view these conversations as a crucial part of problem solving at the community level.Expenses $10,437
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in June, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | June 30, 2026 | November 16, 2026 | Not due yet |
| 2024 | June 30, 2025 | November 17, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | June 30, 2024 | November 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 36-4268793
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (509(a)(2))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 1999
- Accounting year ends
- June
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Education (B12)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $1,761,626
- Income (IRS master file)
- $965,118
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | June 2025 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2024 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2023 | $1,335,893 | $1,328,814 | $2,015,361 | IRS |
| 990 | June 2022 | $1,515,509 | $1,341,587 | $1,995,163 | IRS |
| 990 | June 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2019 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS publishes only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years appear here as 990.tax collects the monthly files. 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS.
Questions about SCHOOLS THAT CAN
- What is the EIN of SCHOOLS THAT CAN?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of SCHOOLS THAT CAN is 36-4268793.
- Is SCHOOLS THAT CAN tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1999.
- Are donations to SCHOOLS THAT CAN tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does SCHOOLS THAT CAN file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of SCHOOLS THAT CAN due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending June 30, 2026) is due November 16, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did SCHOOLS THAT CAN last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended June 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of SCHOOLS THAT CAN?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 names Michael Druckman.
- Who are the officers and directors of SCHOOLS THAT CAN?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 lists 17 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $50,070 (Caroline Bretter, CFO).
- How much revenue does SCHOOLS THAT CAN have?
- On its 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $965,118, expenses of $926,404 and total assets of $1,761,626 at year end.
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