Program areas at Chess In The Schools
School program:the chess in the schools school program brings chess with its academic benefits into classrooms and provides after-school chess clubs for students. Chess in the schools taught chess to 8,748 students in 47 title i elementary and middle schools. We also organized and ran an after-school chess club in 44 schools. 100% of classroom teachers surveyed reported that chess had a meaningful positive impact on their students.96% of classroom teachers surveyed reported that chess improved students' analytical and logical reasoning skills.92% of classroom teachers reported that their students applied the lessons of chess beyond the chess board.
College bound program: the college bound program provides comprehensive college preparatory services to help our students graduate high school on time and attend college. For the 2022-2023 school year, we worked with 95 high school students. 100% of the graduating class graduated on time and 100% of seniors matriculated to college.
Scholastic tournament program:the scholastic tournament program offers competitive chess tournaments in new york city. Chess in the schools ran and organized 36 scholastic tournaments for kindergarten - 12th grade students. 17 were in-person and 19 were hosted online. The tournaments were open to all new york city children.
Cis teacher training institute program:the cis teacher training institute aims to increase the number of public school educators in new york city that can effectively teach chess to their students during the school day and in after-school chess clubs. 16 teachers participated in the program.
Grants made by Chess In The Schools
Who funds Chess In The Schools
Grants from foundations and other nonprofits
Personnel at Chess In The Schools
Name | Title | Compensation | Date of data |
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Jenny Ingber | President and Chief Executive Officer | | 2024-05-02 |
Allen Kaufman | Former Executive Director | $0 | 2023-06-30 |
Elena Ryabova | Director of Development | $103,936 | 2023-06-30 |
Cody Smith | Treasurer / Trustee | $0 | 2023-06-30 |
Dann Ryan | Secretary and Compliance Officer / Secretary / Director | $0 | 2023-06-30 |
...and 1 more key personnel |
Financials for Chess In The Schools
Revenues | FYE 06/2023 | FYE 06/2022 | % Change |
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Total grants, contributions, etc. | $2,061,616 | $2,126,056 | -3% |
Program services | $210,580 | $291,010 | -27.6% |
Investment income and dividends | $352,040 | $307,017 | 14.7% |
Tax-exempt bond proceeds | $0 | $0 | - |
Royalty revenue | $0 | $0 | - |
Net rental income | $0 | $0 | - |
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets | $200,970 | $175,351 | 14.6% |
Net income from fundraising events | $0 | $0 | - |
Net income from gaming activities | $0 | $0 | - |
Net income from sales of inventory | $0 | $0 | - |
Miscellaneous revenues | $0 | $0 | - |
Total revenues | $2,825,206 | $2,899,434 | -2.6% |
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Data update history
July 19, 2024
Updated personnel
Identified 7 new personnel
July 12, 2024
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2023
June 27, 2023
Received grants
Identified 29 new grant, including a grant for $160,000 from Charitarian Nonprofit Types
Recreational clubsEducational service providersCharities
Issues
EducationHuman services
Characteristics
LobbyingReceives government fundingGala fundraisersTax deductible donationsAccepts online donations
General information
- Address
- 520 Eighth Ave 22nd Floor
- New York, NY 10018
- Metro area
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA
- County
- New York County, NY
- Website URL
- chessintheschools.org/Â
- Phone
- (212) 643-0225
IRS details
- EIN
- 13-6119036
- Fiscal year end
- June
- Taxreturn type
- Form 990
- Year formed
- 1955
- Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
- Yes
Categorization
- NTEE code, primary
- N50: Recreational, Pleasure, or Social Club
- NAICS code, primary
- 611710: Educational Support Services
- Parent/child status
- Independent
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