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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by REPUBLIC SCHOOLS NASHVILLE.

Totals

Total revenue
$22,111,167
Total expenses
$19,876,612
Contributions and grants received
$21,509,306
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$294,629
Other revenue
$307,232
Total assets, end of year
$35,370,513
Total liabilities, end of year
$13,505,031
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$21,865,482
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$17,002,173
Management and general expenses
$2,874,439
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$17,002,173

Program services were 85.5% 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)

    $21,142,712

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $366,594

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $294,629 · excluded $294,629

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $307,232 · related or exempt $307,232

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $307,232

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $1,086,818 · program services $548,812 · management and general $538,006

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $9,097,442 · program services $8,522,725 · management and general $574,717

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $1,480,368 · management and general $1,480,368

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $2,789,900 · program services $2,684,644 · management and general $105,256

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $206,719 · program services $206,688 · management and general $31

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $320,393 · program services $309,298 · management and general $11,095

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $1,169,110 · program services $1,169,110

  • 20 · Interest

    total $419,343 · program services $419,343

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,257,414 · program services $1,257,414

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $218,044 · program services $53,078 · management and general $164,966

  • 24a · Other expenses: INSTRUCTIONAL

    total $941,661 · program services $941,661

  • 24b · Other expenses: FOOD SERVICE

    total $848,313 · program services $848,313

  • 24c · Other expenses: STAFF DEVELOPMENT

    total $41,087 · program services $41,087

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $9,204,087 · end of year $13,595,927

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $2,896,690 · end of year $1,685,622

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $186,992 · end of year $104,138

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

    $24,057,660

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

    $9,406,000

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $15,357,440 · end of year $14,651,660

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $10,750,369 · end of year $5,333,166

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,265,712 · end of year $1,722,147

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $41,875

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $8,229,609 · end of year $7,757,864

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $9,227,455 · end of year $4,025,020

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $19,630,927 · end of year $21,865,482

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE MISSION OF REPUBLIC SCHOOLS NASHVILLE IS TO REIMAGINE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN THE SOUTH. REPUBLIC PREPARES SCHOLARS TO ENTER, SUCCEED IN, AND GRADUATE FROM COLLEGE, AND OPERATES SCHOOLS THAT VALUE INNOVATION AND OWNERSHIP.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO REIMAGINE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN THE SOUTH AND PREPARE ALL OF OUR SCHOLARS TO GRADUATE FROM COLLEGE.

  • MANAGE A NETWORK OF PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS IN NASHVILLE, TN.

    Expenses $17,002,173 · Revenue $307,232

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Erika Huffman

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Wood Caldwell

    BOARD TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Ashley Harbin

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Annette Green

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Diarese George

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Julie Hanks

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Micayla Tatum

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Ashley Davis Gailimore

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $241,097
    From this org
    $225,168
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,929
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $217,991
    Bonus
    $7,177
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $13,510
    Nontaxable benefits
    $2,419
    Filer's total
    $241,097

  • Kevin Heffel

    CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $210,529
    From this org
    $184,215
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,314
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $178,433
    Bonus
    $5,782
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $11,053
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,261
    Filer's total
    $210,529

  • Jonathan Rybka

    FORMER CEO

    Total calculated
    $182,681
    From this org
    $170,209
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,472
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $167,433
    Bonus
    $2,776
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,443
    Nontaxable benefits
    $5,029
    Filer's total
    $182,681

  • Karen Vernon

    CHIEF TALENT OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $157,448
    From this org
    $133,600
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,848
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $117,786
    Bonus
    $15,814
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,300
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,548
    Filer's total
    $157,448

  • Emmett Denson

    CHIEF OF SCHOOLS

    Total calculated
    $178,752
    From this org
    $164,121
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,631
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $153,627
    Bonus
    $10,494
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $3,012
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,619
    Filer's total
    $178,752

  • Halima Labi

    PRINCIPAL

    Total calculated
    $135,315
    From this org
    $122,654
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,661
    Hours/week
    40

  • Chelsea Williams

    PRINCIPAL

    Total calculated
    $140,145
    From this org
    $122,474
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,671
    Hours/week
    40

  • Sean Brown

    PRINCIPAL

    Total calculated
    $128,904
    From this org
    $115,598
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,306
    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

  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 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
A REPORT ON INDUSTRY BENCHMARKS FOR PAY IS USED TO GUIDE COMPENSATION PLUS AN ANALYSIS IS DONE.

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.

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.

  • REPUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL LLC

    REAL ESTATE HOLDING · TN · income $1,170,000 · assets $9,512,424

    Directly controlled by REPUBLIC SCHOOLS NASHVILLE

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
6 April 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202511009349301781

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