Little Red School House & Elisabeth Irwin High School

The Little Red School House and Elisabeth Irwin High School, also referred to as LREI, was founded by Elisabeth Irwin in 1921 in Manhattan, New York City as the Little Red School House, and is regarded as the city’s first progressive school.

At-A-Glance

Location: New York, NY View on map
Tax ID: 13-5562268
Most Recent Filing: 2024
Budget (2025): Assets: $53,006,679 Revenue: $42,603,142 Expenses: $44,919,086

The Little Red School House and Elisabeth Irwin High School, also referred to as LREI, was founded by Elisabeth Irwin in 1921 in Manhattan, New York City as the Little Red School House, and is regarded as the city’s first progressive school.

Financial Statistics

Total Assets

Total Revenue

Total Expenses

YearTotal AssetsTotal RevenueTotal ExpensesFiling
2025 $53,006,679 $42,603,142 $44,919,086
2024 $52,892,738 $44,231,331 $47,007,790 View
2023 $53,056,791 $34,479,439 $37,548,305 View
2022 $50,588,811 $36,915,940 $37,965,509 View
2021 $52,115,605 $37,521,757 $34,394,605 View
2020 $48,650,617 $35,094,264 $36,022,086

Prior year filings: 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011

Revenue Detail

Expenses Detail

Employee Compensation

  • Number of Employees: 320

Highest Earning Employees

EmployeeTitleTotal Compensation
Phil KassenDIRECTOR$647,612
Joshua MarksCFO$334,950
Robert RomeroDIRECTOR OF FACILITIES$307,854
Jennifer R WeilDIRECTOR OF ADVANCEMENT$261,588
Allison W IsbellASSISTANT DIRECTOR$251,924
Kalil T OldhamDIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY$223,776
Margaret D AndrewsASSISTANT PRINCIPAL$198,356
Carey SocolDIRECTOR OF COLLEGE COUNSELING$196,270
Adele D PelzDEPT CHAIR MODERN LANGUAGE$183,682
Amanda W GoodwinTRUSTEE, MS HUMANITIES TEACHER$155,181
Charlene E Cruz-CerdasTRUSTEE, HS HISTORY TEACHER$134,077
Jessie C KirkTRUSTEE, LS LEAD TEACHER$128,874

Grant Activity

All-time grants received statistics from Candid dataset:

  • Total Grant Value: $10,617,799
  • Number of Grants: 328
  • Number of Funders: 80

Selection of highest value grants received from the last seven years:

AmountYearFunderSubject
$659,9992020 Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundFor grant recipient's exempt purposes
$625,6632021 Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundFor grant recipient's exempt purposes
$400,0002021 The Chicago Community TrustGENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
$370,0002024 Rodney L White Foundation IncA GRANT TO FURTHER THE DONEE'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
$250,0002020 The Chicago Community TrustGENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
$222,5002022 National Philanthropic TrustEDUCATION
$201,7662022 Jewish Communal FundGENERAL SUPPORT
$195,0002024 National Philanthropic TrustINTERNATIONAL
$191,6672020 Jewish Communal FundGeneral support
$190,0002020 The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift FundEducational programs & other student SVC
$185,0002022 The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift FundEDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS & OTHER STUDENT SVC
$166,6672021 Jewish Communal FundGeneral support
$157,5002023 National Philanthropic TrustEDUCATION
$135,0002021 National Philanthropic TrustEDUCATION
$125,0002021 The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift FundCAPITAL CAMPAIGN
$120,0002020 National Philanthropic TrustEducation
$115,0002021 The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift FundSCHOLARSHIPS & FINANCIAL AID
$110,1502020 Donor Advised Charitable Giving, Inc.Education
$100,1002023 Donor Advised Charitable Giving, Inc.EDUCATION
$100,0002023 The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift FundEDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS & OTHER STUDENT SVC
$95,0002021 The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift FundEDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS & OTHER STUDENT SVC
$80,0002023 Rodney L White Foundation IncA GRANT TO FURTHER THE DONEE'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
$80,0002022 Rodney L White Foundation IncA GRANT TO FURTHER THE DONEE'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
$72,5002022 Donor Advised Charitable Giving, Inc.EDUCATION
$65,0002022 The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift FundSCHOLARSHIPS & FINANCIAL AID

All-time grants given statistics from Candid dataset:

  • Total Grant Value: $2,581,953
  • Number of Grants: 1
  • Number of Recipients: 1

Selection of highest value grants given from the last seven years:

AmountYearFunderSubject
$2,581,9532024 Blue SchoolEducation