Totals
- Total revenue
- $5,450,044
- Total expenses
- $5,381,150
- Contributions and grants received
- $1,040,351
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $4,380,182
- Investment income
- $29,511
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $2,053,684
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $990,592
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $1,063,092
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $4,522,793
- Management and general expenses
- $858,357
- Fundraising expenses
- $0
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $4,522,793
Program services were 84.0% 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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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$1,026,031
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$14,320
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1g · Noncash contributions included above
$14,388
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2a · Program service revenue: PER PUPIL FEES
total $4,379,722 · related or exempt $4,379,722
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2b · Program service revenue: UNIFORM INCOME
total $460 · related or exempt $460
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3 · Investment income
total $29,511 · excluded $29,511
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $186,855 · program services $102,770 · management and general $84,085
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $2,900,679 · program services $2,469,298 · management and general $431,381
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $193,447 · program services $185,776 · management and general $7,671
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $311,893 · program services $274,460 · management and general $37,433
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $244,268 · program services $212,513 · management and general $31,755
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11b · Fees: legal
total $15,145 · management and general $15,145
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $33,176 · management and general $33,176
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11g · Fees: other
total $152,961 · program services $95,375 · management and general $57,586
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $16,710 · management and general $16,710
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13 · Office expenses
total $45,890 · program services $32,430 · management and general $13,460
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14 · Information technology
total $67,141 · program services $53,713 · management and general $13,428
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16 · Occupancy
total $448,816 · program services $392,715 · management and general $56,101
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $82,191 · program services $61,643 · management and general $20,548
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23 · Insurance
total $57,507 · program services $43,130 · management and general $14,377
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24a · Other expenses: FOOD SERVICE
total $340,489 · program services $340,489
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24b · Other expenses: REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE
total $163,636 · program services $144,512 · management and general $19,124
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24c · Other expenses: SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS
total $70,857 · program services $70,857
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24d · Other expenses: STAFF DEVELOPMENT
total $25,489 · program services $25,489
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24e · All other expenses
total $24,000 · program services $17,623 · management and general $6,377
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $567,217
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
end of year $972,819
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $322,592 · end of year $0
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $344,516 · end of year $446,083
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$874,643
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$711,756
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $221,762 · end of year $162,887
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $456,583 · end of year $471,895
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $551,156 · end of year $612,257
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $367,316 · end of year $378,335
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $697,432 · end of year $796,864
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $296,766 · end of year $266,228
Mission and programs · 2023
Mission
DCS PROVIDES A HIGH-QUALITY EDUCATION IN A SAFE AND SUPPORTIVE LEARNING COMMUNITY FOR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES, EMPOWERS STUDENTS WITH DIVERSE TALENTS, DELIVERS RIGOROUS AND CULTURALLY RELEVANT INSTRUCTION, AND FOSTERS CREATIVITY, INQUIRY, AND STRONG CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT, AND PLACES GREAT EMPHASIS ON PROVIDING STUDENTS WITH A HIGH QUALITY EDUCATION. DCS COMMITS TO ALSO PROVIDING CULTURALLY RELEVANT INSTRUCTION WHILE FOSTERING CREATIVITY, INQUIRY AND STRONG CHARACTER.
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EXPENSES WERE TO PROVIDE FOR THE OPERATION OF THE SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS IN GRADES K-6 FOR THE 2023-2024 SCHOOL YEAR.
Expenses $4,522,793 · Revenue $4,380,182
As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
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SARA VARHUS
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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SCOTT ADAIR
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2 + 1 related
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LISA LEWIS
CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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ROBERT STILES
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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CHRISTOPHER WILKENS
TRUSTEE-THRU JULY 2023
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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DAN BRAVERMAN
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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SAREER FAZILI
VICE CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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MARISOL GALARZA-RUIZ
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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LAQUISHA BRIDGES
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
JOYCE JOHNSON
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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SARA CASTNER
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $162,787
- From this org
- $140,045
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $22,742
- Hours/week
- 40 + 1 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $137,545
- Bonus
- $2,500
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $14,301
- Nontaxable benefits
- $8,441
- Filer's total
- $162,787
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 · Form 990 of other organizations
- 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
- 7 · Other non-fixed payments
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
- 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception
The filer's explanations (Part III)
- PART I, LINE 7
- BONUSES WERE DETERMINED BASED ON THE TOTAL EMPLOYEE RETENTION CREDIT (ERC) RECEIVED. THE BONUS AMOUNT WAS ALLOCATED AMONG ALL RETURNING EMPLOYEES IN PROPORTION TO THE ERC RECEIVED.
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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FRIENDS OF DISCOVERY SCHOOL INC
501(C)(3) · SUPPORTS THE SCHOOL WITH FUNDING AND ADMINISTRATIVE ASSITANCE · NY · controlled entity
Directly controlled by DISCOVERY CHARTER SCHOOL
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2023
- Filed
- 21 February 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2023v6.0
- Source object
- 202521259349302212
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