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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by HIGH DESERT MONTESSORI CHARTER SCHOOL.

Totals

Total revenue
$5,990,187
Total expenses
$6,392,701
Contributions and grants received
$614,597
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$5,119,819
Investment income
$161,332
Other revenue
$94,439
Total assets, end of year
$17,545,680
Total liabilities, end of year
$19,247,338
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
-$1,701,658
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$5,127,072
Management and general expenses
$1,265,629
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$5,127,072

Program services were 80.2% 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)

    $561,255

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $53,342

  • 2a · Program service revenue: STATE DISTRIBUTIVE FUN

    total $4,318,541 · related or exempt $4,318,541

  • 2b · Program service revenue: TUITION AND PROGRAM

    total $801,278 · related or exempt $801,278

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $161,332 · related or exempt $161,332

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER REVENUE

    total $94,439 · related or exempt $94,439

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $94,439

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $3,084,775 · program services $2,796,957 · management and general $287,818

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $803,261 · program services $716,828 · management and general $86,433

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $219,665 · program services $185,357 · management and general $34,308

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $104,540 · program services $95,988 · management and general $8,552

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $27,844 · management and general $27,844

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $103,374 · management and general $103,374

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $138,794 · program services $137,894 · management and general $900

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $216 · management and general $216

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,240 · management and general $1,240

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $45,512 · program services $43,769 · management and general $1,743

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $145,416 · program services $125,227 · management and general $20,189

  • 17 · Travel

    total $20,622 · program services $20,622

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $10,850 · program services $10,550 · management and general $300

  • 20 · Interest

    total $564,917 · management and general $564,917

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $748,600 · program services $748,600

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $74,295 · program services $61,002 · management and general $13,293

  • 24a · Other expenses: SUPPLIES

    total $105,903 · program services $88,773 · management and general $17,130

  • 24b · Other expenses: SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM

    total $89,583 · program services $89,583

  • 24c · Other expenses: SCHOOL DISTRICT SPONSOR

    total $60,111 · management and general $60,111

  • 24d · Other expenses: BANK CHARGES

    total $29,273 · management and general $29,273

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $13,910 · program services $5,922 · management and general $7,988

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,352,730 · end of year $1,879,504

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $99,368 · end of year $70,168

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $23,509 · end of year $24,175

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

    $15,229,545

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

    $3,124,480

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $12,745,087 · end of year $12,105,065

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $3,615,553 · end of year $3,466,768

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $504,457 · end of year $519,859

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $277,470 · end of year $270,910

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $12,731,726 · end of year $12,577,747

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $5,621,738 · end of year $5,878,822

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year -$1,299,144 · end of year -$1,701,658

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE ORGANIZATION'S OBJECTIVE IS TO PROVIDE A QUALITY MONTESSORI EDUCATION TO ENROLLED STUDENTS FROM PRESCHOOL THROUGH MIDDLE SCHOOL.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO PROVIDE A QUALITY MONTESSORI EDUCATION TO CHILDREN FROM PRESCHOOL THROUGH MIDDLE SCHOOL.

  • PROVIDING A QUALITY MONTESSORI EDUCATION TO ENROLLED STUDENTS FROM PRESCHOOL THROUGH MIDDLE SCHOOL.

    Expenses $5,127,072 · Revenue $5,375,590

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • REID RIKER

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ASHLEY ALLEN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ANTHONY ARGER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KRISTEN ASHBAUGH

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BONNIE PILLARO

    TREASURER/DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • PAMALA POLLARD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ERIC PEREZ

    PRINCIPAL/EXECUTIVE DIRECT

    Total calculated
    $109,918
    From this org
    $109,918
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • NANCY SMITH

    VICE-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
16 January 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202620219349300847

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