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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by CHESTERTON ACADEMY OF ST LOUIS.

Totals

Total revenue
$636,367
Total expenses
$431,698
Contributions and grants received
$541,749
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$99,308
Investment income
$20
Other revenue
-$4,710
Total assets, end of year
$534,632
Total liabilities, end of year
$292
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$534,340
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$302,947
Management and general expenses
$123,633
Fundraising expenses
$5,118
Program service expenses (Part III)
$302,947

Program services were 70.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $0

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $0

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $178,272

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $0

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $6,350

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $357,127

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $0

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Tuition Revenue

    total $92,424 · related or exempt $92,424 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2b · Program service revenue: Books and Supply Fee Revenue

    total $5,914 · related or exempt $5,914 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2c · Program service revenue: Student Activity Revenue

    total $970 · related or exempt $970 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $20 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $20

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $0 · other assets $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $21,652

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $178,272

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $37,020

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$15,368 · unrelated business $0 · excluded -$15,368

  • 9a · Gaming: gross income

    $22,393

  • 9b · Gaming: direct expenses

    $11,196

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $11,197 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $11,197

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $1,926

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $2,465

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total -$539 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded -$539

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $92,000 · program services $92,000

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $153,169 · program services $153,169

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $18,665 · program services $18,665

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $5,486 · management and general $5,486

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $1,608 · fundraising $1,608

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,681 · management and general $1,681

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $20,713 · management and general $19,413 · fundraising $1,300

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $9,906 · management and general $7,696 · fundraising $2,210

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $78,824 · management and general $78,824

  • 17 · Travel

    total $7,060 · management and general $7,060

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $787 · management and general $787

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,686 · management and general $2,686

  • 24a · Other expenses: School Expenses

    total $39,113 · program services $39,113 · management and general $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    end of year $2,106

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $329,669 · end of year $532,526

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $3 · end of year $0

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    end of year $292

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $309,097 · end of year $534,340

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $20,575 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

Under the patronage of G.K. Chesterton and in partnership with families and the Church, the mission of Chesterton Academy of St. Louis is to foster a Culture of Life by forming a new generation of joyful leaders and saints, educated in the classical tradition and grounded in the truths of the Catholic faith.

Activities or mission (Part I)

This organization is a pro-family Catholic high school offering an integrated college preparatory classical curriculum. The purpose of Chesterton Academy is to nurture the minds and souls of our children through an integrated education. We believe that all truths are related to the central truth of the incarnation, crucifixion, and the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Faith and reason do not contradict one another, nor are they to be segregated from one another. Through the study of art, music, literature, language, history, math, science, philosophy, and religion, we want to prepare our children to think both rationally and creatively, to defend their faith, to contribute positively to society, and to promote a culture of life.

  • Chesterton Academy of St. Louis set up a classical high school for the community.

    Expenses $302,947 · Revenue $99,308

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Matthew Schimpf

    Headmaster

    Total calculated
    $49,500
    From this org
    $49,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Maria Jansen

    Board Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    30

  • Danielle Morgenthaler

    Board Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Frank O'Brien III

    Board Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Michael Quinlan

    Board Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Christina Heddell

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • John Stirton

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
30 April 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202541329349302729

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