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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by WORLDCLASS SCHOOLS OF LEON COUNTY INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,145,519
Total expenses
$1,159,767
Contributions and grants received
$129,870
Grants paid
$59,200
Program service revenue
$1,013,576
Investment income
$287
Other revenue
$1,786
Total assets, end of year
$125,372
Total liabilities, end of year
$11,786
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$113,586
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,109,834
Management and general expenses
$49,933
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,109,834

Program services were 95.7% 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)

    $50,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $79,870

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CHP CHAMPIONS PROGRAM

    total $1,013,576 · related or exempt $1,013,576

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $287 · excluded $287

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS INCOME

    total $1,786 · related or exempt $1,786

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $1,786

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $59,200 · program services $59,200

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $8,871 · management and general $8,871

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $53,797 · program services $45,352 · management and general $8,445

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $1,160 · program services $839 · management and general $321

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $14,911 · program services $10,791 · management and general $4,120

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $4,340 · program services $3,141 · management and general $1,199

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $20,345 · management and general $20,345

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $955,600 · program services $955,600

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $2,000 · program services $2,000

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $10,989 · program services $8,462 · management and general $2,527

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $512 · program services $394 · management and general $118

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $60 · program services $47 · management and general $13

  • 17 · Travel

    total $46 · program services $46

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $17,280 · program services $13,306 · management and general $3,974

  • 24a · Other expenses: PUBLIC RELATIONS

    total $10,656 · program services $10,656

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $154,442 · end of year $60,060

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $4,073 · end of year $2,693

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $16,356 · end of year $19,443

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $180 · end of year $1,705

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

    $3,750

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

    $3,750

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $34,143 · end of year $41,471

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $9,889 · end of year $7,611

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $20,781 · end of year $500

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $56,576 · end of year $3,675

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $83,986 · end of year $69,738

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $37,962 · end of year $43,848

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

WORLD CLASS SCHOOLS (WCS) IS A 501(C)(3) PROGRAM OF THE GREATER TALLAHASSEE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE CREATED TO INVOLVE BUSINESS AND CIVIC LEADERS IN THE ATTAINMENT OF THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF LEON COUNTY SCHOOL (LCS) WCS CONTINUES TO ENHANCE THE EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE OF OUR STUDENTS IN LEON COUNTY. THE ORGANIZATION FOCUSES ON STRENGTHENING THE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES AND THE LCS SYSTEM. THE GOAL OF WCS IS TO PROPEL STUDENTS TO HIGH ACADEMIC STANDARDS AND EQUIP THEM WITH SKILLS THEY WILL NEED TO SUCCEED IN THE WORKFORCE.

  • BUSINESS AND CIVIC LEADERS ARE INVOLVED WITH PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO IMPROVE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN LEON COUNTY SCHOOLS. ONE OF THE CURRENT PROGRAMS FOR WORLD CLASS SCHOOLS IS THE CHP CHAMPIONS PROGRAM. FOR THE CHP CHAMPIONS PROGRAM, WORLD CLASS SCHOOLS HAS PARTNERED WITH THE LEON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT AND TITUS SPORTS ACADEMY TO PROVIDE THE STUDENTS IN LEON COUNTY WITH DEVELOPMENTAL PHYSICAL ACTIVITY. THE OVERALL GOAL IS TO DEVELOP A FITNESS PROGRAM FOR STUDENTS TO IMPROVE THEIR HEALTH AND PROMOTE LINE-LONG WELLNESS. THIS PROGRAM HAS ALSO BEEN IMPLEMENTED IN FIVE SURROUNDING COUNTIES: CALHOUN, GADSDEN, JEFFERSON, LIBERTY, AND WAKULLA.

    Expenses $1,109,834 · Grants $59,200 · Revenue $1,015,362

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

Listed in Part VII

  • C Stuart Bevis Jr

    EXECUTIVE VP

    Total calculated
    $105,224
    From this org
    $8,160
    From related orgs
    $93,840
    Other
    $3,224
    Hours/week
    1 + 49 related

  • Suzanne Dick

    PRESIDENT/CEO

    Total calculated
    $162,748
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $145,819
    Other
    $16,929
    Hours/week
    1 + 49 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $145,819 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $2,968 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $13,961 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $162,748 related

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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 3
THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S COMPENSATION IS ESTABLISHED BY TALLAHASSEE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, INC'S COMPENSATION COMMITTEE AND APPROVED BY ITS BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

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
1 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202501259349300650

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