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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by AMERICAN CAREER COLLEGE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,886,886
Total expenses
$2,610,331
Contributions and grants received
$2,886,886
Grants paid
$152,846
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,444,485
Total liabilities, end of year
$248,453
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,196,032
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,534,357
Management and general expenses
$30,974
Fundraising expenses
$45,000
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,534,357

Program services were 97.1% 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.

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $2,356,921

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $529,965

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $29,460

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $29,752 · program services $29,752

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $123,094 · program services $123,094

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,648,557 · program services $1,648,557

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $37,918 · program services $37,918

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $191,983 · program services $191,983

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $152,219 · program services $152,219

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $14,889 · management and general $14,889

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $45,000 · fundraising $45,000

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $9,867 · program services $8,700 · management and general $1,167

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $119,793 · program services $119,793

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $19,612 · program services $19,490 · management and general $122

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $7,327 · program services $7,327

  • 17 · Travel

    total $9,453 · program services $9,453

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $2,029 · program services $2,029

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $11,886 · program services $11,886

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $14,214 · management and general $14,214

  • 24a · Other expenses: HSE TESTING FEES

    total $170,088 · program services $170,088

  • 24b · Other expenses: CERTIFICATES AND AWARDS

    total $2,068 · program services $2,068

  • 24c · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $382 · management and general $382

  • 24d · Other expenses: STATE TAXES

    total $200 · management and general $200

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,138,967 · end of year $1,352,915

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $10,322 · end of year $30,680

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $9,975 · end of year $14,307

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

    $148,504

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

    $101,921

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,191 · end of year $46,583

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $219,838 · end of year $218,768

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $21,140 · end of year $29,685

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $730,942 · end of year $864,276

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $188,535 · end of year $331,756

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THE FOUNDATION IS TO PROVIDE NO-COST EDUCATIONAL PATHWAYS AND SCHOLARSHIP SUPPORT FOR IN-NEED LOCAL COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO ARE STRIVING TO PURSUE HIGHER EDUCATION, ENHANCED JOB OPPORTUNITIES, AND PERSONAL GROWTH. IN ADDITION, THE FOUNDATION HAS AN EMERGENCY RELIEF PROGRAM TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL RELIEF FOR EMPLOYEES OF THE FOUNDATION, AMERICAN CAREER COLLEGE, INC. ("ACC") AND TWO OTHER FOR-PROFIT ENTITIES OWNED BY THE SOLE SHAREHOLDER OF ACC.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO PROVIDE NO-COST EDUCATIONAL PATHWAYS AND SCHOLARSHIP SUPPORT FOR IN-NEED LOCAL COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO ARE STRIVING TO PURSUE HIGHER EDUCATION, ENHANCED JOB OPPORTUNITIES, AND PERSONAL GROWTH. THE HSE ACADEMY HELPS STUDENTS AT NO COST PREPARE FOR AND PASS THE CALIFORNIA HISET EXAM IN ORDER TO OBTAIN A HSE CERTIFICATE FROM THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.

  • THE HSE ACADEMY IS A PROGRAM THAT HELPS STUDENTS AT NO COST PREPARE FOR AND PASS THE CALIFORNIA HISET EXAM IN ORDER TO OBTAIN A HSE CERTIFICATE FROM THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA; SERVED 920 STUDENTS IN 2024.

    Expenses $2,449,357 · Grants $67,846

  • THE EMERGENCY RELIEF PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE FOR EMERGENCIES THAT ARISE IN THE LIVES OF EMPLOYEES.

    Expenses $85,000 · Grants $85,000

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • David Pyle

    PRESIDENT/CEO/DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5 + 3.5 related

  • Jerry Cwiertnia

    CFO DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5 + 2.5 related

  • Lisa Wood

    SECRETARY/DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

  • Carlos Leija

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5 + 2.5 related

  • Henry Pyle

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

  • Robert May

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, PHILANTHROPY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10 + 20 related

  • Darryl Lycett

    COO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5 + 3.5 related

  • Gregory Barraza

    HSE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $131,631
    From this org
    $113,285
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,346
    Hours/week
    40

  • Adriana Hernandez

    PROGRAM DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $187,337
    From this org
    $155,052
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $32,285
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $155,052
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $3,920
    Nontaxable benefits
    $28,365
    Filer's total
    $187,337

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 · 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

  • AMERICAN CAREER COLLEGE INC

    $0

    GENERAL SUPPORT.

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
2024
Filed
5 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202523159349306317

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