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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by LEGAL PREP CHARTER ACADEMIES.

Totals

Total revenue
$4,864,249
Total expenses
$4,445,939
Contributions and grants received
$4,757,013
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$139,368
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
-$32,132
Total assets, end of year
$6,938,171
Total liabilities, end of year
$5,243,218
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,694,953
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$4,020,696
Management and general expenses
$362,897
Fundraising expenses
$62,346
Program service expenses (Part III)
$4,020,696

Program services were 90.4% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $150,465

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $4,366,817

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $239,731

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $19,194

  • 2a · Program service revenue: FOOD SERVICE REVENUE

    total $82,524 · related or exempt $82,524

  • 2b · Program service revenue: STUDENT ACTIVITIES

    total $56,844 · related or exempt $56,844

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $15,300

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $150,465

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $47,432

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$32,132 · excluded -$32,132

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $198,360 · program services $158,688 · management and general $39,672

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $2,061,474 · program services $1,916,103 · management and general $100,883 · fundraising $44,488

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $178,626 · program services $165,350 · management and general $9,534 · fundraising $3,742

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $310,717 · program services $289,102 · management and general $14,860 · fundraising $6,755

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $104,033 · program services $95,711 · management and general $6,242 · fundraising $2,080

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $47,946 · management and general $47,946

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $75,315 · program services $66,225 · management and general $9,090

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $21,124 · program services $15,843 · fundraising $5,281

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $25,390 · program services $23,359 · management and general $2,031

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $188,171 · program services $188,171

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $251,890 · program services $231,739 · management and general $20,151

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $19,985 · program services $18,386 · management and general $1,599

  • 20 · Interest

    total $305,263 · program services $305,263

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $188,658 · program services $173,565 · management and general $15,093

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $65,961 · program services $65,961

  • 24a · Other expenses: STUDENT EXPENSES

    total $177,136 · program services $177,136

  • 24b · Other expenses: CPS ADMINISTRATIVE FEE

    total $95,796 · management and general $95,796

  • 24c · Other expenses: FOOD SERVICE

    total $94,908 · program services $94,908

  • 24d · Other expenses: TEXTBOOKS AND EDUCATION

    total $35,186 · program services $35,186

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $266,887 · end of year $797,743

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $287,474 · end of year $154,584

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $19,197 · end of year $1,791

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

    $7,906,106

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

    $1,923,053

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $6,126,884 · end of year $5,983,053

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,000 · end of year $1,000

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $224,626 · end of year $225,673

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $5,200,173 · end of year $5,017,545

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,276,643 · end of year $1,694,953

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

THE SCHOOL'S MISSION IS TO PREPARE CHICAGO'S YOUTH TO SUCCEED IN COLLEGE AND IN LIFE. THROUGH A RIGOROUS CURRICULUM AND A CULTURE OF HIGH EXPECTATIONS, THE SCHOOL WILL EMPOWER ITS STUDENTS TO ACHIEVE THEIR FULL POTENTIAL.

Activities or mission (Part I)

LEGAL PREP WAS CREATED TO OPEN A LEGAL-THEMED CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL IN A HIGH-NEED CHICAGO COMMUNITY.

  • LEGAL PREP WAS CREATED TO OPEN A LEGAL-THEMED CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL IN A HIGH-NEED CHICAGO COMMUNITY. THE SCHOOL OPENED ITS FACILITY TO STUDENTS IN AUGUST 2012. THE SCHOOL SERVED 254 STUDENTS AT THE FRESHMAN, SOPHOMORE, JUNIOR, AND SENIOR GRADE LEVELS FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2023. THE SCHOOL WILL PREPARE STUDENTS TO SUCCEED IN COLLEGE AND LIFE THROUGH A RIGOROUS CURRICULUM AND HIGH EXPECTATIONS.

    Expenses $4,020,696 · Revenue $139,368

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Samuel Finkelstein

    CEO & EX-OFFICIO MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $179,831
    From this org
    $144,674
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $35,157
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $144,674
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,238
    Nontaxable benefits
    $26,919
    Filer's total
    $179,831
  • Rather Stanton

    TREASURER AND FORMER COO

    Total calculated
    $98,999
    From this org
    $85,434
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,565
    Hours/week
    5
  • Bryan Westhoff

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Heather Fine

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Brendan Barrett

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Jason Brown

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Paul Chadha

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Mark Demonte

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Ryan Dunigan

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Bill Hardin

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Patrick Hendricks

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Jose Isasi

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Kristopher Keys

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Wendy Kornick Friedman

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Tom Lafrance

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Walter Pryor

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Oscar Romero

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • David Susler

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Cristel Turner

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Greg Wu

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Elie Zenner

    MEMBER

    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

  • 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
29 February 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202430619349300978

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