A nonprofit collaborative dedicated to elevating charter schools founded and led by people of color in New York by increasing their financial, academic, programmatic, advocacy, and management capacity.
Black Latinx Asian Charter Collaborative centers charter schools founded and led by people of color in New York, and its recent grants show that mission in practice through repeated $100,000 awards to member schools. The collaborative’s giving supports school growth, teacher development, and program capacity rather than individuals, with all recent grants landing at New York charter schools. In 2024, Sisulu Childrens Charter Sch received support for its Teacher Learning Institut, American Dream Charter School for the Talented Teachers Project, and International Leadership Char for College Bound Scholars Pro. That pattern points to a funder working at the school level, backing the systems and programs that shape instruction, student supports, and leadership development. The portfolio also includes grants for arts integration, academic intervention, housing assistance, after-school programming, and STEM, which suggests a broad but school-specific approach inside the charter sector. The active BLACC Fund further indicates a vehicle for supporting innovation, capacity, and growth among member schools led by Black, Latinx, and Asian founders and leadership.
Education is the core throughline of the collaborative’s grantmaking, with school-based awards tied to defined program costs. Family Life Acad Charter Sch received $100,000 for the Teacher Leader Program, while WHIN Music Comm Charter Sch received $100,000 for Art Intergration. Those grants show support for both educator development and curriculum enrichment. The foundation also backs student-facing academic supports: Lamad Academy Charter Sch was funded for Acad. Intervention Serv., and International Leadership Char for College Bound Scholars Pro. Beyond classroom learning, the grants extend to school operations that affect students directly, including Coney Island Prep Builders In for Place Housing Assisstance and Forte Preparatory Academy for its Aftershool Initi. The mix reflects a charter-focused funder that supports multiple parts of the school experience within its member network.
Recent grants are uniform: the 25th percentile, median, and 75th percentile are all $100,000. That indicates a tightly patterned grant size rather than a wide spread. The listed 2024 grants all went to charter schools, and the funder does not fund individuals. Its active BLACC Fund is a program administered to support innovation, capacity, and growth for member schools led by Black, Latinx, and Asian founders and leadership. The recent list shows school-level support rather than one-off project funding outside that network.
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$1.7M
Most grants fall between $100K and $100K, with a median of $100K.
25th Percentile
$100K
Median
$100K
75th Percentile
$100K
MIRIAM RACCAH
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Giving is local and concentrated in New York. All recent grants in the provided sample went to recipients in New York State, including schools in New York, the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, Elmhurst, and Yonkers. Several grants landed in the Bronx and Brooklyn, with additional awards in Manhattan-area New York and other New York City neighborhoods. The recipient country distribution is entirely U.S.-based, with 10 grants in the United States.
It funds charter schools, especially member schools founded and led by people of color in New York. The recent grants list shows awards to schools for teacher development, college-bound support, arts integration, academic intervention, housing assistance, after-school programming, and STEM-related work.
The recent grant pattern is uniform at $100,000. The 25th percentile, median, and 75th percentile are all $100,000, so the recent awards shown here are consistent in size rather than spread across multiple levels.
No. The geographic profile shows 100% of grants to recipients in New York State, and the recent grant list places recipients in New York City neighborhoods and Yonkers. The recipient country distribution is entirely U.S.-based.
The BLACC Fund is an active fund administered by the collaborative to support innovation, capacity, and growth for member charter schools led by Black, Latinx, and Asian founders and leadership. It is described as a source of financial support alongside referrals to other grants and funding opportunities for member schools.
2026
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2026.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rochdale Early Advantage CS | Jamaica, NY | $50,000 | 2026 | Legacy and innovation fund |
| Amani Public Charter School | Mt Vernon, NY | $50,000 | 2026 | Legacy and innovation fund |
| Kwenda Collegiate Girls CS | Brooklyn, NY | $50,000 | 2026 | Legacy and innovation fund |
| Intl Leadership Charter Sch | Bronx, NY | $50,000 | 2026 | Legacy and innovation fund |
| Summit Academy Charter School | Fredericksburg, VA | $50,000 | 2026 | SACS ENL program |
| Amber Charter School | New York, NY | $50,000 | 2026 | Empower leaders for lasting impact |
| Kwenda Collegiate Girls CS | Brooklyn, NY | $125,000 | 2025 | Costs for school launch project |
| Sisulu Childrens Charter Sch | New York, NY | $100,000 | 2024 | Costs for Teacher Learning Institut |
| American Dream Charter School | Bronx, NY | $100,000 | 2024 | Costs for Talented Teachers Project |
| International Leadership Char | Bronx, NY | $100,000 | 2024 | Cost for College Bound Scholars Pro |
| Family Life Acad Charter Sch | Bronx, NY | $100,000 | 2024 | Costs for Teacher Leader Program |
| WHIN Music Comm Charter Sch | New York, NY | $100,000 | 2024 | Costs for Art Intergration |
| Lamad Academy Charter Sch | Brooklyn, NY | $100,000 | 2024 | Costs for Acad. Intervention Serv. |
| Coney Island Prep Builders In | Brooklyn, NY | $100,000 | 2024 | Costs for Place Housing Assisstance |
| Forte Preparatory Academy | Elmhurst, NY | $100,000 | 2024 | Costs for Forte Aftershool Initi. |
| Charter School of Educational | Yonkers, NY | $100,000 | 2024 | Costs for ASPIRE Program |
| Merrick Academy Charter Sch | Queens, NY | $100,000 | 2024 | Costs for MACS STEAM |
Rochdale Early Advantage CS
$50,000Legacy and innovation fund
Amani Public Charter School
$50,000Legacy and innovation fund
Kwenda Collegiate Girls CS
$50,000Legacy and innovation fund
Intl Leadership Charter Sch
$50,000Legacy and innovation fund
Summit Academy Charter School
$50,000SACS ENL program
Empower leaders for lasting impact
Kwenda Collegiate Girls CS
$125,000Costs for school launch project
Sisulu Childrens Charter Sch
$100,000Costs for Teacher Learning Institut
American Dream Charter School
$100,000Costs for Talented Teachers Project
International Leadership Char
$100,000Cost for College Bound Scholars Pro
Lamad Academy Charter Sch
$100,000Costs for Acad. Intervention Serv.
Charter School of Educational
$100,000Costs for ASPIRE Program
Merrick Academy Charter Sch
$100,000Costs for MACS STEAM