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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by DISCOVERY CHARTER SCHOOL.

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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $1,026,031

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $14,320

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $14,388

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PER PUPIL FEES

    total $4,379,722 · related or exempt $4,379,722

  • 2b · Program service revenue: UNIFORM INCOME

    total $460 · related or exempt $460

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $29,511 · excluded $29,511

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $186,855 · program services $102,770 · management and general $84,085

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $2,900,679 · program services $2,469,298 · management and general $431,381

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $193,447 · program services $185,776 · management and general $7,671

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $311,893 · program services $274,460 · management and general $37,433

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $244,268 · program services $212,513 · management and general $31,755

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $15,145 · management and general $15,145

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $33,176 · management and general $33,176

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $152,961 · program services $95,375 · management and general $57,586

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $16,710 · management and general $16,710

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $45,890 · program services $32,430 · management and general $13,460

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $67,141 · program services $53,713 · management and general $13,428

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $448,816 · program services $392,715 · management and general $56,101

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $82,191 · program services $61,643 · management and general $20,548

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $57,507 · program services $43,130 · management and general $14,377

  • 24a · Other expenses: FOOD SERVICE

    total $340,489 · program services $340,489

  • 24b · Other expenses: REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE

    total $163,636 · program services $144,512 · management and general $19,124

  • 24c · Other expenses: SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS

    total $70,857 · program services $70,857

  • 24d · Other expenses: STAFF DEVELOPMENT

    total $25,489 · program services $25,489

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $24,000 · program services $17,623 · management and general $6,377

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $567,217

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $972,819

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $322,592 · end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $344,516 · end of year $446,083

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

    $874,643

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

    $711,756

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $221,762 · end of year $162,887

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $456,583 · end of year $471,895

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $551,156 · end of year $612,257

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $367,316 · end of year $378,335

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $697,432 · end of year $796,864

  • 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.

  • 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

  • SARA VARHUS

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • SCOTT ADAIR

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 1 related
  • LISA LEWIS

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • ROBERT STILES

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • CHRISTOPHER WILKENS

    TRUSTEE-THRU JULY 2023

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • DAN BRAVERMAN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • SAREER FAZILI

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • MARISOL GALARZA-RUIZ

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • LAQUISHA BRIDGES

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • JOYCE JOHNSON

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • 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.

  • 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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