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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by AMERICAN LEADERSHIP ACADEMY INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$144,853,376
Total expenses
$146,094,046
Contributions and grants received
$25,725,428
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$119,127,948
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$482,499,780
Total liabilities, end of year
$485,587,531
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
-$3,087,751
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$122,221,858
Management and general expenses
$23,872,188
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$122,221,858

Program services were 83.7% 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)

    $25,275,904

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $449,524

  • 2a · Program service revenue: EQUALIZATION

    total $109,547,724 · related or exempt $109,547,724

  • 2b · Program service revenue: OTHER PROGRAM REVENUE

    total $3,748,004 · related or exempt $3,748,004

  • 2c · Program service revenue: FOOD SERVICE

    total $3,633,686 · related or exempt $3,633,686

  • 2d · Program service revenue: TUITION

    total $1,445,868 · related or exempt $1,445,868

  • 2e · Program service revenue: TRANSPORTATION FEES & FIELD TRIPS

    total $752,666 · related or exempt $752,666

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $61,540,369 · program services $58,463,351 · management and general $3,077,018

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $826,280 · program services $702,338 · management and general $123,942

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $3,693,370 · program services $3,139,364 · management and general $554,006

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $3,493,215 · program services $2,969,233 · management and general $523,982

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $20,471,316 · program services $4,104,463 · management and general $16,366,853

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $51,000 · management and general $51,000

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $400,151 · program services $400,151

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $557,652 · program services $557,652

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $9,257,251 · program services $7,086,951 · management and general $2,170,300

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $3,901,230 · program services $3,592,797 · management and general $308,433

  • 17 · Travel

    total $259,123 · program services $233,211 · management and general $25,912

  • 20 · Interest

    total $17,432,200 · program services $17,432,200

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $13,440,415 · program services $13,440,415

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $695,030 · program services $695,030

  • 24a · Other expenses: FOOD SERVICES

    total $4,086,413 · program services $4,086,413

  • 24b · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES

    total $2,527,500 · program services $1,856,758 · management and general $670,742

  • 24c · Other expenses: REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE

    total $2,267,438 · program services $2,267,438

  • 24d · Other expenses: DUES AND FEES

    total $1,194,093 · program services $1,194,093

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $20,708,479 · end of year $23,919,973

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,149,815 · end of year $964,930

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $35,522 · end of year $1,124,917

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $759,328 · end of year $1,357,348

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

    $310,925,749

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

    $43,370,672

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $247,369,960 · end of year $267,555,077

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $34,719,691 · end of year $187,577,535

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $10,228,037 · end of year $11,604,634

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $381,089 · end of year $1,275,905

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    beginning of year $274,368,518 · end of year $271,298,561

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $17,352,156 · end of year $39,643,143

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $4,260,076 · end of year $161,765,288

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year -$1,847,081 · end of year -$3,087,751

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

TO PROVIDE THE BEST EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE TO AS MANY STUDENTS AS POSSIBLE IN A MORAL AND WHOLESOME ENVIRONMENT.

Activities or mission (Part I)

OPERATES K-12 PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS IN ARIZONA

  • AMERICAN LEADERSHIP ACADEMY IS A TUITION-FREE, PUBLICLY FUNDED, K-12 CHARTER SCHOOL WITH 12 CAMPUSES ACROSS THE EAST VALLEY. SINCE 2009, ALA HAS COMBINED ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AND CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT TO CREATE AN EXCEPTIONAL EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE FOR OVER 13,000 STUDENTS ACROSS ALL THEIR CAMPUSES. ALA PROVIDES AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE STUDENTS CAN THRIVE AS LEADERS IN THE CLASSROOM AND ON THE FIELD THROUGH AIA AND CAA CHAMPIONSHIP SPORTS, INTRAMURAL SPORTS FOR ELEMENTARY STUDENTS, AS WELL AS AWARD-WINNING FINE ARTS PROGRAMS. THROUGH ITS MISSION, ALA PREPARES ITS STUDENTS TO NOT JUST BE GREAT STUDENTS OF TODAY BUT GREAT LEADERS OF TOMORROW. CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE OALA OPERATES A PRE-K PROGRAM AT FOUR OF ITS CAMPUSES WITH AN ENROLLMENT OF OVER 500 STUDENTS. THIS TUITION BASED PROGRAM PREPARES EARLY LEARNERS FOR KINDERGARTEN BY BUILDING ALA CURRICULUM-ALIGNED FOUNDATIONS FOR READING, MATH, AND SCIENCE AND PROVIDING THEM WITH OPPORTUNITIES TO DEVELOP THE SOCIAL SKILLS THAT WILL MAKE THEM SUCCESSFUL LEARNERS.

    Expenses $122,221,858 · Revenue $119,127,948

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Lacey Brown

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Richard Edwards

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Ralph Pew

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • John Brandon Clarke

    BOARD TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Sterling Tanner

    BOARD PRESIDENT

    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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
4 May 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202411309349300201

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