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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by DISTINCTIVE SCHOOLS OF ILLINOIS.

Totals

Total revenue
$55,192,004
Total expenses
$54,912,015
Contributions and grants received
$225,324
Grants paid
$881,135
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$53,996,681
Management and general expenses
$915,334
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$53,996,681

Program services were 98.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Listed in Part VII

  • Joseph Wise

    Chairman, Strategy Advisor

    Total calculated
    $157,487
    From this org
    $150,695
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,792
    Hours/week
    20

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $150,695
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $586
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,206
    Filer's total
    $157,487

  • David Sundstrom

    Chief Administrative Officer

    Total calculated
    $157,212
    From this org
    $143,917
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,295
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $143,917
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $3,775
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,520
    Filer's total
    $157,212

  • Kenneth Wong

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $27,864
    From this org
    $27,864
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jim Flavin

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $24,414
    From this org
    $24,414
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Denise Davis-Cotton

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Chaula Gupta

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Eric Smith

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Sara Ray Stoelinga

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Scott Frauenheim

    Chief Executive Officer

    Total calculated
    $364,217
    From this org
    $345,989
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,228
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $345,989
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,703
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,525
    Filer's total
    $364,217

  • Katherine O'Connor

    Chief Education Officer

    Total calculated
    $312,768
    From this org
    $240,987
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $71,781
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $240,987
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $58,404
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,377
    Filer's total
    $312,768

  • Erin Lanoue

    Chief Operating Officer

    Total calculated
    $231,827
    From this org
    $226,526
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,301
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $226,526
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,995
    Nontaxable benefits
    $306
    Filer's total
    $231,827

  • Monique N Langston

    Chief of Staff

    Total calculated
    $203,597
    From this org
    $203,429
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $168
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $203,429
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $168
    Filer's total
    $203,597

  • Samantha Baugh

    Chief Talent Officer

    Total calculated
    $211,110
    From this org
    $200,437
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,673
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $200,437
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,083
    Nontaxable benefits
    $5,590
    Filer's total
    $211,110

  • Elizabeth Winke

    Chief Financial Officer

    Total calculated
    $203,066
    From this org
    $198,789
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,277
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $198,789
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,058
    Nontaxable benefits
    $219
    Filer's total
    $203,066

  • Jessica Paulsen

    Vice President & Chief Strategy Officer

    Total calculated
    $196,779
    From this org
    $193,943
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $2,836
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $193,943
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $2,665
    Nontaxable benefits
    $171
    Filer's total
    $196,779

  • Michael J McCarthy

    Chief of Schools

    Total calculated
    $194,064
    From this org
    $189,716
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,348
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $189,716
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,185
    Nontaxable benefits
    $163
    Filer's total
    $194,064

  • Matthew L Pitucco

    Deputy Chief of Engagement

    Total calculated
    $169,376
    From this org
    $159,740
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,636
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $159,740
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,016
    Nontaxable benefits
    $5,620
    Filer's total
    $169,376

  • Stephanie R Barraza

    Executive Director of Strategy

    Total calculated
    $191,606
    From this org
    $138,249
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $53,357
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $138,249
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $39,946
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,411
    Filer's total
    $191,606

  • Kara May

    Director of Partnerships & Creative Development

    Total calculated
    $176,771
    From this org
    $133,250
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $43,521
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $133,250
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $33,282
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,239
    Filer's total
    $176,771

  • Whitney A Rosetti

    Executive Director of Talent

    Total calculated
    $143,543
    From this org
    $130,225
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,318
    Hours/week
    40

  • Roberto Vargas

    Managing Director of IT and Data Systems

    Total calculated
    $132,566
    From this org
    $121,366
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,200
    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 — 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

  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
14 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202511349349312101

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