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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by VERTEX PARTNERSHIP ACADEMIES INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,595,916
Total expenses
$2,781,573
Contributions and grants received
$1,655,312
Grants paid
$1,608,879
Program service revenue
$1,193,989
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
-$253,385
Total assets, end of year
$15,937,870
Total liabilities, end of year
$13,421,396
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,516,474
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,067,865
Management and general expenses
$651,521
Fundraising expenses
$62,187
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,067,865

Program services were 74.3% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,655,312

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CHARTER MANAGEMENT FEES

    total $1,193,989 · related or exempt $1,193,989

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $1,776,804

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $2,030,189

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property -$253,385

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total -$253,385 · related or exempt -$253,385

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $1,608,879 · program services $1,608,879

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $177,500 · management and general $124,250 · fundraising $53,250

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $489,164 · program services $242,806 · management and general $246,358

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $5,786 · program services $2,107 · management and general $3,217 · fundraising $462

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $93,971 · program services $34,226 · management and general $52,239 · fundraising $7,506

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $40,629 · management and general $40,629

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $149,408 · management and general $149,408

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $14,252 · program services $6,541 · management and general $6,742 · fundraising $969

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $103 · program services $103

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $5,653 · management and general $5,653

  • 17 · Travel

    total $3,855 · program services $3,855

  • 20 · Interest

    total $10,000 · management and general $10,000

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $159,441 · program services $159,441

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $8,195 · management and general $8,195

  • 24a · Other expenses: OTHER

    total $6,424 · program services $1,594 · management and general $4,830

  • 24b · Other expenses: SUPPLIES & MATERIALS

    total $4,252 · program services $4,252

  • 24c · Other expenses: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMEN

    total $4,061 · program services $4,061

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $381,432 · end of year $2,071,705

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $822,600 · end of year $780,000

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $190,725 · end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $4,420

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

    $2,640,256

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

    $412,247

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $2,318,689 · end of year $2,228,009

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $13,015,121 · end of year $10,853,736

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $447,199 · end of year $372,685

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $166,961 · end of year $374,142

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

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

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $12,412,276 · end of year $11,674,569

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,967,031 · end of year $1,801,474

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $735,100 · end of year $715,000

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

VERTEX PARTNERSHIP ACADEMIES STUDENT SCHOLARS WILL BE IMMERSED IN A CULTURE OF DEMOCRATIC DISCOURSE GUIDED BY THE FOUR CARDINAL VIRTUES OF COURAGE, JUSTICE, TEMPERANCE, AND WISDOM. THROUGH SOCRATIC SEMINARS, STUDY GROUPS, ACADEMIC RITUALS, INDIVIDUAL AND COLLECTIVE ASSIGNMENTS, EACH VERTEX PARTNERSHIP ACADEMIES STUDENT SCHOLAR WILL BE EXPECTED TO ADOPT THE TEN ATTRIBUTES THAT DEFINE THE INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE PROGRAM LEARNER PROFILE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

VERTEX PARTNERSHIP ACADEMIES SEEKS TO BE THE FIRST-OF-ITS-KIND NETWORK OF CHARACTER-BASED, INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE PUBLIC CHARTER HIGH SCHOOLS DEDICATED TO EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY, INDIVIDUAL DIGNITY, AND OUR COMMON HUMANITY.

  • EDUCATIONAL SERVICES AND POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION PREPAREDNESS FOR STUDENTS IN GRADES 9-12.

    Expenses $2,067,865 · Grants $1,608,879 · Revenue $940,604

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • David Sweeny

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sarah Hawkins

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jay Lefkowitz

    BOARD MEMBER -JOINED DURING THE YEAR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ian Rowe

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $167,215
    From this org
    $167,215
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $167,215
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $167,215

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

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

  • FRIENDS OF VERTEX LLC

    TO HOLD AND MANAGE CERTAIN REAL ESTATE ASSETS · NY · assets $1,000,000

    Directly controlled by VERTEX PARTNERSHIP ACADEMIES INC

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
3 March 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202630719349301953

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