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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by FOUNDATION ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL.

Totals

Total revenue
$23,642,745
Total expenses
$22,025,800
Contributions and grants received
$22,144,860
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$1,772,764
Investment income
$89,974
Other revenue
-$364,853
Total assets, end of year
$21,356,618
Total liabilities, end of year
$10,980,436
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$10,376,182
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$18,478,830
Management and general expenses
$3,546,970
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$18,478,830

Program services were 83.9% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $22,117,688

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $27,172

  • 2a · Program service revenue: OTHER PROGRAM REVENUE-LINE 2

    total $1,772,764 · related or exempt $1,772,764

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $89,974 · related or exempt $89,974

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

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    -$364,853

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total -$364,853 · related or exempt -$364,853

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $1,753,600 · program services $1,471,206 · management and general $282,394

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $9,860,327 · program services $8,272,450 · management and general $1,587,877

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $3,062,576 · program services $2,569,388 · management and general $493,188

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $0

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $20,167 · program services $16,919 · management and general $3,248

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $153,675 · program services $128,928 · management and general $24,747

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $402,838 · program services $337,966 · management and general $64,872

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $0

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $791,077 · program services $663,684 · management and general $127,393

  • 17 · Travel

    total $0

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $286,114 · program services $240,039 · management and general $46,075

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $0

  • 24a · Other expenses: OTHER SERVICE FEES

    total $4,076,887 · program services $3,420,357 · management and general $656,530

  • 24b · Other expenses: OFFICE SUPPLIES

    total $565,986 · program services $474,841 · management and general $91,145

  • 24c · Other expenses: FOOD SERVICE

    total $364,853 · program services $306,098 · management and general $58,755

  • 24d · Other expenses: TELEPHONE

    total $263,069 · program services $220,705 · management and general $42,364

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $424,631 · program services $356,249 · management and general $68,382

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $7,304,032 · end of year $6,992,102

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $976,618

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $1,182,215 · end of year $1,255,568

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $0

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $9,087,202

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $1,553,659

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $7,273,967 · end of year $7,533,543

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $5,829,274 · end of year $4,598,787

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,298,745 · end of year $316,659

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $255,146 · end of year $438,191

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $11,276,360 · end of year $10,225,586

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $8,737,928 · end of year $10,353,608

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $21,309 · end of year $22,574

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

As a college-preparatory school, Foundation Academy Charter Schools mission is to ensure that all of their students secure the academic knowledge and skills to prepare them for the nations finest colleges, and to instill in them the core values of caring, respect, responsibility and honesty. Foundation Academy Charter Schools program is modeled after some of the highest performing urban charter schools in the country, and includes standardized classroom procedures, regular testing to track student progress, more time on task, a focus on values and building community, clear and innovative rewards and consequences designed to teach and emphasize positive academic and social behavior, school uniforms, 90-120 minutes of homework each night, and an overall rigorous academic program. Foundation Academy Charter School provides a longer school day and a longer school year which includes a two week summer session. Language arts and math classes are taught for more minutes each week than most sc

  • During the fifteenth year of operation, the 2022-2023 school year, Foundation Academy Charter School provided a full range of educational services appropriate for all students in grades Kindergarten through 12th Grade. The Educational program includes social, health and nutrition services that support the total education of the student. In addition, the educational services include regular, as well as special education instruction. Foundation Academy Charter School promotes the full involvement of parents in their childrens educational development. The Charter School completed the 2022-2023 school year with the following enrollment: 250 primary school students in Kindergarten, Grade 1 and Grade 2; 247 intermediate school students were enrolled in Grades 3 through 5; 246 middle school students in Grades 6 through 8; and 295 high school students were enrolled in grades 9 thru 12. The Average Daily Enrollment (ADE) for the entire charter school for the 2022-2023 school year was 1071 students.

    Expenses $18,478,830

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Jacqui Griffith

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Grecia Montero

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Kimme Carlos

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Stacy Denton

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Stefani Schwartz

    BOARD COUNCEL

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Todd Kent

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Angela Joyner

    MIDDLE SCH PR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Venitia Birchmore

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Graig Weiss

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Tara Pepe

    DIRECTOR FINANC

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Christopher Lessard

    BUS. ADMIN.

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20
  • Monique Bonnier

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Sheria Mc Rae

    CHIEF ACAD OFF

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Natasia Cooper

    PRIM SCH PRINC

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Melissa Campbell

    HIGH SCH PRINC

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

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
2022
Filed
1 March 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202400619349300365

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