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← LAUNCH EXPEDITIONARY LEARNING CHARTER SCHOOL

Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by LAUNCH EXPEDITIONARY LEARNING CHARTER SCHOOL.

Totals

Total revenue
$7,718,263
Total expenses
$6,885,933
Contributions and grants received
$2,021,833
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$5,666,392
Investment income
$25,829
Other revenue
$4,209
Total assets, end of year
$3,911,462
Total liabilities, end of year
$681,997
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,229,465
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$5,963,873
Management and general expenses
$740,090
Fundraising expenses
$181,970
Program service expenses (Part III)
$5,963,873

Program services were 86.6% 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)

    $963,622

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,058,211

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $16,244

  • 2a · Program service revenue: GOV'T PER-PUPIL REV.

    total $5,666,392 · related or exempt $5,666,392

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $25,829 · excluded $25,829

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $4,209 · excluded $4,209

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $4,209

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $343,388 · program services $156,505 · management and general $148,583 · fundraising $38,300

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $3,885,508 · program services $3,536,631 · management and general $250,309 · fundraising $98,568

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $46,097 · program services $41,934 · management and general $3,093 · fundraising $1,070

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $514,483 · program services $456,993 · management and general $44,682 · fundraising $12,808

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $407,039 · program services $354,727 · management and general $39,104 · fundraising $13,208

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $75,192 · management and general $75,192

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $34,950 · management and general $34,950

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $558,660 · program services $442,333 · management and general $107,104 · fundraising $9,223

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $68,879 · program services $68,186 · management and general $548 · fundraising $145

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $93,461 · program services $84,233 · management and general $7,486 · fundraising $1,742

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $124,332 · program services $116,771 · management and general $5,975 · fundraising $1,586

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $111,996 · program services $96,843 · management and general $12,609 · fundraising $2,544

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $53,147 · program services $53,147

  • 24a · Other expenses: SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS

    total $289,976 · program services $287,655 · management and general $1,834 · fundraising $487

  • 24b · Other expenses: STUDENT SERVICES

    total $122,507 · program services $122,507

  • 24c · Other expenses: STAFF DEVELOPMENT

    total $93,635 · program services $83,214 · management and general $8,235 · fundraising $2,186

  • 24d · Other expenses: RECRUITING

    total $48,572 · program services $48,083 · management and general $386 · fundraising $103

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $14,111 · program services $14,111

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $445,826 · end of year $1,423,889

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,338,203 · end of year $1,364,032

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $796,170 · end of year $368,724

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $80,957 · end of year $146,685

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

    $1,942,034

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

    $1,602,249

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $273,012 · end of year $339,785

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $268,347

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $536,173 · end of year $681,997

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,286,768 · end of year $2,362,911

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $111,227 · end of year $866,554

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

TO PREPARE STUDENTS IN UNDER-RESOURCED COMMUNITIES TO THRIVE IN COLLEGE AND CAREERS BY PROVIDING A PUBLIC EDUCATION ROOTED IN ACTIVE LEARNING EXPERIENCES AND POWERFUL CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE SCHOOL IS BUILT ON TEN DESIGN PRINCIPLES THAT REFLECT THE EDUCATIONAL VALUES AND BELIEFS OF NEW YORK CITY OUTWARD BOUND AND EXPEDITIONARY LEARNING.

  • THE SCHOOL SERVED APPROXIMATELY 254 STUDENTS IN SIXTH THROUGH EIGHTH GRADES LIVING IN BEDFORD-STUYVESANT, CROWN HEIGHTS, AND THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES IN BROOKLYN, NY DURING THE 2022-2023 ACADEMIC YEAR. THROUGH ITS PARTNERSHIP WITH NYC OUTWARD BOUND SCHOOLS, THE SCHOOL IS PART OF AN EXPEDITIONARY LEARNING NETWORK OF OVER 160 MEMBER SCHOOLS NATIONWIDE.

    Expenses $5,963,873 · Revenue $5,666,392

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Jonathan Harber

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Marcia Ward Mitchell

    VICE-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Darryl Hazelwood

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Nicole Lemerond

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Melanie Dukes

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Katherine Lewandowski

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Nicolas Lirette

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Casey Noel

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Alex Rappaport

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Richard Stopol

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Rebecca Van De Sande

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Geoffrey Roehm

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $174,684
    From this org
    $160,037
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,647
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $160,037
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $1,339
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,308
    Filer's total
    $174,684
  • Camille Schlafer

    SENIOR DIRECTOR OF FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $122,846
    From this org
    $121,319
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $1,527
    Hours/week
    40
  • Alexis Rubin

    SENIOR DIRECTOR OF EXT. AFFAIRS

    Total calculated
    $161,280
    From this org
    $131,139
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $30,141
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $131,139
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $1,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $28,641
    Filer's total
    $161,280
  • Amanda Leake

    CO-HEAD OF SCHOOL

    Total calculated
    $131,140
    From this org
    $131,115
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25
    Hours/week
    40
  • Shamikah Kenlock-Nikiema

    CO-HEAD OF SCHOOL

    Total calculated
    $137,793
    From this org
    $126,845
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,948
    Hours/week
    40
  • Brandi Robinson

    DIRECTOR OF SPECIAL POPULATIONS

    Total calculated
    $130,369
    From this org
    $115,736
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,633
    Hours/week
    40
  • Evan Kilgore

    TEACHER

    Total calculated
    $119,224
    From this org
    $112,083
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,141
    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. 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 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 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
2022
Filed
2 May 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202431239349301878

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