Totals
- Total revenue
- $4,110,281
- Total expenses
- $3,705,969
- Contributions and grants received
- $3,745,644
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $3,275
- Investment income
- $76,371
- Other revenue
- $284,991
- Total assets, end of year
- $1,292,170
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $473,974
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $818,196
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $3,048,946
- Management and general expenses
- $404,743
- Fundraising expenses
- $252,280
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $3,048,946
Program services were 82.3% 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.
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1c · Fundraising events
$196,150
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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$3,549,494
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2a · Program service revenue: EXTENDED CARE/FOOD SER
total $3,275 · related or exempt $3,275
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3 · Investment income
total $76,371 · excluded $76,371
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8a · Fundraising events: gross income
$342,043
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8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c
$196,150
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8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses
$57,052
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $284,991 · excluded $284,991
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $1,930,831 · program services $1,541,299 · management and general $226,363 · fundraising $163,169
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $451,071 · program services $375,131 · management and general $42,893 · fundraising $33,047
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $147,371 · program services $122,559 · management and general $14,015 · fundraising $10,797
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11a · Fees: management
total $624,019 · program services $519,212 · management and general $75,686 · fundraising $29,121
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13 · Office expenses
total $215,580 · program services $169,168 · management and general $30,266 · fundraising $16,146
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16 · Occupancy
total $96,732 · program services $87,059 · management and general $9,673
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17 · Travel
total $45,034 · program services $40,531 · management and general $4,503
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20 · Interest
total $13,443 · program services $12,099 · management and general $1,344
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $52,287 · program services $52,287
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24a · Other expenses: FOOD
total $129,601 · program services $129,601
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $323,481 · end of year $811,219
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $7,227 · end of year $0
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$1,195,293
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$714,342
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $92,722 · end of year $480,951
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $952,197 · end of year $0
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23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable
beginning of year $487,295 · end of year $473,974
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $888,332 · end of year $818,196
Mission and programs · 2024
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 A 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)
IN PURSUIT OF OUR MISSION, WE ENGAGE STUDENTS IN AN INDIVIDUALIZED AND CHALLENGING, YET NURTURING, EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT, ENRICHING THEIR MINDS AND CULTIVATING CONFIDENT AND CREATIVE BUILDERS OF THE FUTURE.
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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 $3,048,946 · Revenue $3,275
As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
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Alex HeadALEX HEAD
MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.17
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Charles WalchCHARLES WALCH
MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.17
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Alex ZaksALEX ZAKS
MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.17
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Joe WhiteJOE WHITE
MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.17
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Ray ClaybrooksRAY CLAYBROOKS
MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.17
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Sam BushSAM BUSH
MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.17
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Juan CrawfordJUAN CRAWFORD
MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.17
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Ellen MoceriELLEN MOCERI
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.17
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Brian PhillipsBRIAN PHILLIPS
CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.17
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Bill Kent JrBILL KENT JR
PRESIDENT/CEO
- Total calculated
- $163,428
- From this org
- $60,417
- From related orgs
- $79,154
- Other
- $23,857
- Hours/week
- 40 + 10 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $60,417 + $79,154 related
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $0
- Nontaxable benefits
- $22,616 + $1,241 related
- Filer's total
- $83,033 + $80,395 related
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Mark KentMARK KENT
DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT
- Total calculated
- $128,083
- From this org
- $47,691
- From related orgs
- $58,364
- Other
- $22,028
- Hours/week
- 40 + 10 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
- 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.
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501(C)(3) · TO SUPPORT THE EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES OF THE BIOME, A CHARTER SCHOOL · MO
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 5 March 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.5
- Source object
- 202630649349300948
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