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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by FISHING SCHOOL INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$692,537
Total expenses
$1,451,663
Contributions and grants received
$625,099
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$64,500
Investment income
$556
Other revenue
$2,382
Total assets, end of year
$1,973,969
Total liabilities, end of year
$409,143
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,564,826
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,042,042
Management and general expenses
$269,903
Fundraising expenses
$139,718
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,042,042

Program services were 71.8% 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)

    $294,500

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $330,599

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Afterschool Programming

    total $64,500 · related or exempt $64,500

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $556 · excluded $556

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $842

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $842 · excluded $842

  • 11a · Other revenue: Other Revenue

    total $1,540 · related or exempt $1,540

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $1,540

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $241,138 · program services $168,797 · management and general $28,936 · fundraising $43,405

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $753,729 · program services $577,353 · management and general $100,397 · fundraising $75,979

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $21,647 · program services $16,235 · management and general $2,814 · fundraising $2,598

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $75,140 · program services $56,355 · management and general $9,768 · fundraising $9,017

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $55,718 · management and general $55,718

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $72,933 · program services $57,249 · management and general $14,557 · fundraising $1,127

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $69,576 · program services $58,248 · management and general $8,153 · fundraising $3,175

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $37,351 · program services $33,034 · management and general $3,865 · fundraising $452

  • 17 · Travel

    total $682 · program services $682

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $298 · program services $223 · management and general $39 · fundraising $36

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $35,837 · management and general $35,837

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $44,863 · program services $37,756 · management and general $6,654 · fundraising $453

  • 24a · Other expenses: Professional Development

    total $8,069 · program services $6,052 · management and general $1,049 · fundraising $968

  • 24b · Other expenses: Communications

    total $34,681 · program services $30,058 · management and general $2,115 · fundraising $2,508

  • 24c · Other expenses: Bad debt

    total $1 · management and general $1

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,046,677 · end of year $368,958

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $368,802

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $481,746 · end of year $45,883

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $17,238 · end of year $12,671

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

    $2,164,760

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

    $1,327,166

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $853,541 · end of year $837,594

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $285,093 · end of year $340,061

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $75,250 · end of year $69,082

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $285,093 · end of year $340,061

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,151,717 · end of year $1,564,826

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $172,235

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

To prepare elementary and middle school youth for success in high school and life by improving their academic performance and life skills; and engaging them and their parents in intensive, multi-year, and research-based out-of-school time and parental engagement programs.

  • The Fishing Schools (TFS) afterschool program improves academic performance and life skills for children and youth from low-income communities,enabling them to suceed in school and life. Our afterschool and summer camps deliver Common Core-aligned STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, and math)and academic skill-building activities to reinforce math and reading concepts, increase exposure to STEM concepts and careers, and develop critical thinking skills. Students also participate in life skills activities, college and career explorations and enrichment clubs. Our programs also equip parents and guardians to engage actively in their students academic development. We served up to 350 youth and their families at three partner schools during the 2023-2024 school year. In school year 2023-2024, we successfully piloted a new STEM and life skills curriculum to standardize the quality, program operations, and staff professional development across all our sites. We serve over 300 elementary-eged students at four Title-1 eligible public schools. We continued the STEM focus through our high-quality, intensive summer camp program offered at no cost to our students and families. Participants received five weeks of support to build and maintain academic and social skills to prevent summer learning loss. In addition to STEM projects, we also developed a new literacy arts curriculum, helping students with various genres of literature to inspire original work. Students also built strong social/emotional skills. We served over 50 studetns and their families at two partner sites during the 2024 summer camp.

    Expenses $1,042,042 · Revenue $64,500

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Leo Givs

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $237,433
    From this org
    $228,161
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,272
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $213,461
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    $14,700
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,272
    Filer's total
    $237,433

  • Meeta Sharma-Holt

    Executive Director started Ma

    Total calculated
    $27,677
    From this org
    $27,677
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Kate Holman

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dave Watts

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Adheer Bahulkar

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Larry Bank

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tsitsi Batia

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Gretchen Brainard

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ronald Bozant

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Erik Causey

    Board Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Sheila Harley

    Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Terry Lineberger

    Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
1 August 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202512189349301991

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