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← THE SAVANNAH CLASSICAL ACADEMY A CHALLENGE FOUNDATION ACADEMY

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by THE SAVANNAH CLASSICAL ACADEMY A CHALLENGE FOUNDATION ACADEMY.

Totals

Total revenue
$8,753,590
Total expenses
$8,286,470
Contributions and grants received
$8,658,068
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$97,278
Other revenue
-$1,756
Total assets, end of year
$8,419,250
Total liabilities, end of year
$3,963,713
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$4,455,537
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$7,829,393
Management and general expenses
$457,077
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$7,829,393

Program services were 94.5% 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)

    $8,571,618

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $86,450

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $97,278 · related or exempt $97,278

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $922

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $2,678

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$1,756

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $141,553 · program services $141,553

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $3,662,908 · program services $3,602,429 · management and general $60,479

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $1,496,930 · program services $1,496,930

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $282,314 · program services $282,314

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $16,115 · management and general $16,115

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $17,300 · management and general $17,300

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $38,255 · management and general $38,255

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $89,389 · program services $89,389

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $93,649 · program services $46,824 · management and general $46,825

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $8,924 · program services $7,139 · management and general $1,785

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $504,000 · program services $403,200 · management and general $100,800

  • 17 · Travel

    total $10,078 · program services $10,078

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $143,451 · program services $114,761 · management and general $28,690

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $48,287 · management and general $48,287

  • 24a · Other expenses: CLASSROOM EXPENSES

    total $707,736 · program services $707,736

  • 24b · Other expenses: KITCHEN EXPENSES

    total $258,297 · program services $258,297

  • 24c · Other expenses: JANITORIAL

    total $216,396 · program services $216,396

  • 24d · Other expenses: UTILITIES

    total $149,101 · program services $119,281 · management and general $29,820

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $401,787 · program services $333,066 · management and general $68,721

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $2,384,997 · end of year $2,635,413

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,507,685 · end of year $1,581,620

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $388,415 · end of year $514,464

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $56,333 · end of year $59,931

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

    $1,417,120

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

    $715,576

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $591,794 · end of year $701,544

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $3,319,597 · end of year $2,926,278

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $811,542 · end of year $1,037,435

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $3,448,862 · end of year $2,926,278

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,917,711 · end of year $4,409,210

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $70,706 · end of year $46,327

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE CORPORATION IS ORGANIZED AND OPERATED EXCLUSIVELY TO OPERATE THE ACADEMY AS A PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL THAT EDUCATES CHILDREN BY PROVIDING AN ACADEMICALLY RIGOROUS CURRICULUM USING THE CLASSICAL AND CORE KNOWLEDGE SEQUENCE METHODS.

  • THE ACADEMY IS A PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL THAT EDUCATES CHILDREN BY PROVIDING AN ACADEMICALLY RIGOROUS CURRICULUM USING THE CLASSICAL EDUCATION MODEL.

    Expenses $7,829,393 · Revenue $8,571,618

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Barry Lollis

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $203,515
    From this org
    $171,570
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $31,945
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $123,437
    Bonus
    $48,133
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $31,945
    Filer's total
    $203,515

  • Terri O'Neil

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $112,310
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $112,310
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Jennifer Davenport

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Ryan Dew

    VICE CHAIR/S

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Scott McGhie

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Rick Roney

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Paul Sidney

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Lenorris Williams

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

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

None.

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.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
28 January 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202540299349300639

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