Nonprofit · EIN 87-1464717
NATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL INITIATIVE INC
Tax-exempt · BROOKLYN, NY 11201
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 31, 2025 | 990 | $3,481,410 | $3,245,649 | $235,761 | $3,361,604 | $181,789 | $3,179,815 |
| August 31, 2024 | 990 | $3,430,810 | $2,964,131 | $466,679 | $3,301,632 | $357,578 | $2,944,054 |
| August 31, 2023 | 990 | $3,797,555 | $2,665,791 | $1,131,764 | $2,629,377 | $152,002 | $2,477,375 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended August 31, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $610,000
- Program service revenue
- $2,871,410
- Investment income
- $0
- Other revenue
- $0
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $904,946
- Other salaries and wages
- $776,068
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $1,943,061
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Legal fees
- $9,636
- Occupancy
- $8,059
- Program services (functional)
- $2,149,049
- Management and general (functional)
- $539,524
- Fundraising (functional)
- $557,076
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $3,301,632
- Total assets, end of year
- $3,361,604
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $181,789
- Net assets, end of year
- $3,179,815
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $2,879,815
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $300,000
- Gross receipts
- $3,481,410
- Employees
- 9
- Volunteers
- 5
- Year formed
- 2021
- State of legal domicile
- NY
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 August 31, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KERI N HUBBARD | CHIEF OF PROGRAM Key employee | 40 | $235,001 | $15,479 |
| STEVEN F WILSON | CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER - RESIGNED 9/2024 Officer | 40 | $211,996 | $23,000 |
| MADELINE LEVINE | SR DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS Highest-paid employee | 40 | $179,891 | $19,198 |
| JEFFREY D FEINMAN | CHIEF OF PARTNERSHIPS Key employee | 40 | $173,671 | $21,497 |
| CARL-ANTHONY WATSON | CONSULTING CHIEF OPERATING Key employee | 40 | $183,949 | $7,192 |
| ROBERT HAWKE | SENIOR DIRECTOR, MATH Highest-paid employee | 40 | $171,842 | $12,775 |
| ELEANORE K BRIDGES | SENIOR DIRECTOR, ELA Highest-paid employee | 40 | $151,423 | $1,562 |
| JESSICA WAGNER | ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, OPERAT Highest-paid employee | 40 | $132,937 | $8,516 |
| CHERYL M KELLEY-HENDERSON | ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, ELA Highest-paid employee | 40 | $112,143 | $3,963 |
| NANCY LIVINGSTON | CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER- JOINED 9/2024 Officer | 40 | $69,004 | $0 |
| CHRIS CERF | BOARD PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| EDWARD HUI | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| IAN ROWE | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JACKSON COLLINS | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| DE'SHAWN WRIGHT | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended August 31, 2024: 13 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| STEVEN F WILSON | CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Officer | 40 | $277,431 | $12,474 |
| KERI N HUBBARD | CHIEF OF PROGRAM Key employee | 40 | $208,268 | $13,958 |
| DOUGLAS MCCURRY | CHIEF PARTNERSHIPS Key employee | 40 | $187,828 | $1,061 |
| CARL-ANTHONY WATSON | CONSULTING CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER Key employee | 40 | $172,119 | $4,488 |
| MADELINE LEVINE | SR DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS Highest-paid employee | 40 | $155,515 | $9,331 |
| CHERYL M KELLEY-HENDERSON | ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, ELA Highest-paid employee | 40 | $127,910 | $7,263 |
| JESSICA WAGNER | ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, OPERATIONS Highest-paid employee | 40 | $111,202 | $19,265 |
| BRITTANY V LEAVERTON | SENIOR DIRECTOR, ELA Highest-paid employee | 40 | $114,916 | $4,693 |
| CHRIS CERF | BOARD PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| EDWARD HUI | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| IAN ROWE | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JACKSON COLLINS | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| DE'SHAWN WRIGHT | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended August 31, 2023: 11 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| STEVEN F WILSON | CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $214,598 | $0 |
| KERI N HUBBARD | SENIOR DIRECTOR, MATH Highest-paid employee | 40 | $179,231 | $10,807 |
| BRITTANY V LEAVERTON | SENIOR DIRECTOR, ELA Highest-paid employee | 40 | $146,272 | $3,350 |
| MADELINE LEVINE | DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS Highest-paid employee | 40 | $123,577 | $5,907 |
| CARL-ANTHONY WATSON | CONSULTING CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER Highest-paid employee | 40 | $129,041 | $0 |
| CHERYL M KELLEY-HENDERSON | ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, ELA Highest-paid employee | 40 | $104,477 | $2,522 |
| CHRIS CERF | BOARD PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| EDWARD HUI | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| IAN ROWE | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JACKSON COLLINS | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| DE'SHAWN WRIGHT | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 147 PRINCE STREET 3-54, BROOKLYN, NY 11201-3022
- In care of
- % STEVEN WILSON
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- JESSICA KUPERBERG, 147 PRINCE STREET 3-54, BROOKLYN, NY 11201
- Signed the 990
- JESSICA KUPERBERG, BOARD PRESIDENT
- Phone
- (646) 247-6160
- Website
- WWW.NSSI.ORG
- Return prepared by
- MENGEL METZGER BARR & CO LLP
Mission
THE NATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL INITIATIVE, INC. ACCELERATES STUDENT LEARNING AND DEEPENS TEACHER PRACTICE THROUGH JOYFUL, ACADEMICALLY RIGOROUS SUMMER PROGRAMS.
Program accomplishments
- IN ITS SUMMER 2020 PILOT PROGRAM, NSSI EDUCATED 12,000 STUDENTS IN GRADES 3-8. IN 2025, NSSI SERVED OVER 72,000 ACROSS 14 STATES AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. NSSI GUIDES LEADS AND TEACHERS IN RUNNING A 4-6 WEEK SUMMER PROGRAM FOR STUDENTS, WITH ADDITIONAL INTENSIVE PRE-SERVICE TRAINING INSTITUTES FOR BOTH TEACHERS AND LEADERS, AS WELL AS WEEKLY PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SESSIONS DURING THE FIVE WEEKS OF THE STUDENT PROGRAM. IN SUMMER 2025, NSSI SUPPORTED 2,968 TEACHERS AND 563 LEADERS ACROSS 14 STATES. THE NSSI PROGRAM HAS PRODUCED SIGNIFICANT RESULTS, WITH STUDENTS DEMONSTRATING SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENTS ACROSS VARIOUS GRADES AND SUBJECTS ON ASSESSMENTS GIVEN AT THE BEGINNING AND END OF THE PROGRAM. IN 2025, THE AVERAGE CLASS SCORE IN K-8 ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS (ELA) INCREASED BY 12 PERCENTAGE POINTS ON A 100-POINT SCALE FROM PRE-ASSESSMENT TO POST-ASSESSMENT. ALL GRADES SHOWED IMPROVEMENT, WITH AVERAGE GAINS RANGING FROM SEVEN TO 18 POINTS. IN MATHEMATICS, THE AVERAGE CLASS SCORE IN BOTH K-8 AND HIGH SCHOOL INCREASED BY 16 PERCENTAGE POINTS FROM PRE-ASSESSMENT TO POST-ASSESSMENT, ALSO ON A 100-POINT SCALE. AGAIN, ALL GRADES SHOWED IMPROVEMENT, WITH AVERAGE GAINS RANGING FROM 11 TO 34 POINTS.Expenses $2,149,049 · revenue $2,871,410
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 August, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | August 31, 2026 | January 15, 2027 | Not due yet |
| 2024 | August 31, 2025 | January 15, 2026 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | August 31, 2024 | January 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 87-1464717
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 2021
- Accounting year ends
- August
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations (T30)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $3,361,604
- Income (IRS master file)
- $3,481,410
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | August 2025 | $3,481,410 | $3,245,649 | $3,361,604 | XML |
| 990 | August 2024 | $3,430,810 | $2,964,131 | $3,301,632 | IRS |
| 990 | August 2023 | $3,797,555 | $2,665,791 | $2,629,377 | XML |
| 990 | August 2022 | $3,579,182 | $2,233,571 | $1,624,223 | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 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 (search EIN 87-1464717).
Questions about NATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL INITIATIVE INC
- What is the EIN of NATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL INITIATIVE INC?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of NATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL INITIATIVE INC is 87-1464717.
- Is NATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL INITIATIVE INC tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2021.
- Are donations to NATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL INITIATIVE INC tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does NATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL INITIATIVE INC 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 NATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL INITIATIVE INC due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending August 31, 2026) is due January 15, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did NATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL INITIATIVE INC last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended August 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of NATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL INITIATIVE INC?
- The 990 for the year ended August 31, 2025 names JESSICA KUPERBERG.
- Who are the officers and directors of NATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL INITIATIVE INC?
- The 990 for the year ended August 31, 2025 lists 15 people; 10 received compensation from the organization, the highest $235,001 (KERI N HUBBARD, CHIEF OF PROGRAM).
- How much revenue does NATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL INITIATIVE INC have?
- On its 990 for the year ended August 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $3,481,410, expenses of $3,245,649 and total assets of $3,361,604 at year end.
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