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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by THE BIOME.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,630,818
Total expenses
$3,615,139
Contributions and grants received
$3,587,059
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$42,993
Investment income
$766
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,573,085
Total liabilities, end of year
$493,390
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,079,695
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,183,819
Management and general expenses
$334,011
Fundraising expenses
$97,309
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,183,819

Program services were 88.1% 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

    $441,995

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $3,145,064

  • 2a · Program service revenue: EXTENDED CARE/FOOD SER

    total $42,993 · related or exempt $42,993

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $766 · excluded $766

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,561,887 · program services $1,561,887

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $329,820 · program services $325,282 · management and general $4,538

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $123,934 · program services $123,934

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $857,086 · program services $534,282 · management and general $231,599 · fundraising $91,205

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $122,892 · program services $122,892

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $207,558 · program services $168,122 · management and general $39,436

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $267,990 · program services $208,038 · management and general $55,468 · fundraising $4,484

  • 17 · Travel

    total $9,427 · program services $9,427

  • 20 · Interest

    total $13,500 · program services $8,910 · management and general $2,970 · fundraising $1,620

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $11,457 · program services $11,457

  • 24a · Other expenses: FOOD

    total $109,588 · program services $109,588

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $532,187 · end of year $348,980

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $100,000

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

    $192,544

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

    $175,435

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $24,475 · end of year $17,109

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,007,254 · end of year $1,106,996

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $499,900 · end of year $493,390

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,064,016 · end of year $1,079,695

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

THE BIOME IS A NEW KIND OF K-5 SCHOOL, FOR THE NEXT GENERATION ONE THAT OFFERS CUSTOMIZED, PROJECT-BASED AND STUDENT-CENTERED LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES WITH AN EMPHASIS ON GROWTH MINDSET AND STEAM (SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, ART AND MATHEMATICS) EDUCATION. THE BIOME CHARTER SCHOOL CREATES A BALANCED LEARNING ECOSYSTEM IN WHICH TEACHERS WORK TOGETHER WITH STUDENTS TO CULTIVATE A GROWTH MINDSET AS THEY DISCOVER THEIR UNIQUE GIFTS, TALENTS, AND INTERESTS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE BIOME OFFERS CUSTOMIZED, PROJECT-BASED AND STUDENT-CENTERED LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES WITH AN EMPHASIS ON GROWTH MINDSET AND STEAM.

  • THE BIOME, A NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION, IS AN INDEPENDENT PUBLICLY SUPPORTED CHARTER SCHOOL LOCATED IN THE METROPOLITAN AREA OF THE ST. LOUIS MISSOURI PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. THE SCHOOL WAS ORGANIZED IN 2014 UNDER CHAPTER 355 REVISED STATUTES OF MISSOURI (RSMO) AND GOVERNED BY SENATE BILL NO. 781 OF THE 89TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE MISSOURI LEGISLATURE. THE SCHOOL UNDER CURRENT MISSOURI STATUTES IS CONSIDERED TO BE A LOCAL EDUCATION AGENCY (LEA).

    Expenses $3,183,819 · Revenue $42,993

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Alex Head

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.17

  • Charles Walch

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.17

  • Alex Zaks

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.17

  • Joe White

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.17

  • Jeff Gamble

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.17

  • Jessica Cochran

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.17

  • Ellen Moceri

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.17

  • Tim Houghton

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.17

  • Brian Phillips

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.17

  • Bill Kent Jr

    PRESIDENT/CEO

    Total calculated
    $159,336
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $150,562
    Other
    $8,774
    Hours/week
    40 + 10 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $150,562 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $8,774 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $159,336 related

  • Julie Harris

    PRINCIPAL

    Total calculated
    $139,651
    From this org
    $117,699
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,952
    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 · Compensation survey or study

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 BIOME CONDUCTS AN ANNUAL REVIEW OF THE CEO SALARY WITH SIMILAR EDUCATION, YEARS OF EXPERIENCE AND IN THE REGION. COMPENSATION DECISIONS ARE MADE BY THE EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE BOARD.

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
2022
Filed
6 February 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202430379349301613

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