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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by NEW ROOTS CHARTER SCHOOL.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,634,559
Total expenses
$2,553,852
Contributions and grants received
$414,241
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$2,183,288
Investment income
$456
Other revenue
$36,574
Total assets, end of year
$1,650,668
Total liabilities, end of year
$496,988
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,153,680
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,030,584
Management and general expenses
$523,268
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,030,584

Program services were 79.5% 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)

    $313,891

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $100,350

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TUITION

    total $2,111,100 · related or exempt $2,111,100

  • 2b · Program service revenue: TITLE I GRANT

    total $42,765 · related or exempt $42,765

  • 2c · Program service revenue: E-RATE REIMBURSEMENT

    total $23,146 · related or exempt $23,146

  • 2d · Program service revenue: FARM-TO-SCHOOL

    total $6,258 · related or exempt $6,258

  • 2e · Program service revenue: FOOD SERVICE INCOME

    total $19 · related or exempt $19

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $456 · excluded $456

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $36,574 · related or exempt $36,574

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $36,574

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $126,091 · program services $95,605 · management and general $30,486

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,170,967 · program services $887,858 · management and general $283,109

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $80,967 · program services $61,389 · management and general $19,578

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $73,727 · program services $55,900 · management and general $17,827

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $107,110 · program services $81,211 · management and general $25,899

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $25,817 · management and general $25,817

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $26,480 · management and general $26,480

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $64,993 · program services $42,206 · management and general $22,787

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $55,551 · program services $46,496 · management and general $9,055

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $4,404 · management and general $4,404

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $60,276 · program services $60,276

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $365,023 · program services $330,696 · management and general $34,327

  • 17 · Travel

    total $187 · program services $187

  • 20 · Interest

    total $7,897 · program services $7,173 · management and general $724

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $47,975 · program services $43,470 · management and general $4,505

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $70,542 · program services $64,031 · management and general $6,511

  • 24a · Other expenses: BAD DEBT EXPENSE

    total $69,236 · program services $69,236

  • 24b · Other expenses: YOUTH ENTREPRENEURSHIP

    total $64,858 · program services $64,858

  • 24c · Other expenses: FOOD SERVICE

    total $45,380 · program services $45,380

  • 24d · Other expenses: STUDENT SERVICES

    total $28,765 · program services $28,765

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $57,606 · program services $45,847 · management and general $11,759

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $813,389 · end of year $1,087,745

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $171,883 · end of year $66,434

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $1,374 · end of year $1,374

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $33,119 · end of year $27,539

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

    $905,121

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

    $560,511

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $327,074 · end of year $344,610

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $375,187 · end of year $122,966

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $148,283 · end of year $157,057

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $62,595 · end of year $148,221

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $438,175 · end of year $191,710

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,064,655 · end of year $1,145,362

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $8,318 · end of year $8,318

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

NEW ROOTS CHARTER SCHOOL PREPARES OUR DIVERSE STUDENT BODY TO MEET THE CHALLENGES OF CITIZENSHIP, WORK, AND LIFE-LONG LEARNING IN THE 21ST CENTURY. OUR INTERDISCIPLINARY ACADEMIC PROGRAM FEATURES HANDS-ON, COMMUNITY-BASED LEARNING THAT SUPPORTS STUDENTS IN SOLVING REAL-WORLD PROBLEMS. NEW ROOTS CHARTER SCHOOL STUDENTS EARN A REGENTS DIPLOMA AND DEMONSTRATE READINESS FOR HIGHER EDUCATION BY EARNING COLLEGE CREDIT AND CREATING A GRADUATION PORTFOLIO THAT DEMONSTRATES THAT THEY HAVE MET OR EXCEEDED ALL 28 NEW YORK STATE LEARNING STANDARDS. OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITY CREATES A MODEL OF SECONDARY EDUCATION THAT INTEGRATES BEST PRACTICES IN SUSTAINABILITY EDUCATION WITH THOSE PROVEN TO SUPPORT EDUCATIONAL EQUITY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO PREPARE OUR DIVERSE STUDENT BODY TO MEET THE CHALLENGES OF CITIZENSHIP, WORK, AND LIFE-LONG LEARNING IN THE 21ST CENTURY. OUR INTERDISCIPLINARY ACADEMIC PROGRAM FEATURES HANDS-ON, COMMUNITY-BASED LEARNING THAT SUPPORTS STUDENTS IN SOLVING REAL-WORLD PROBLEMS. NEW ROOTS CHARTER SCHOOL STUDENTS EARN A REGENTS DIPLOMA AND DEMONSTRATE READINESS FOR HIGHER EDUCATION BY EARNING COLLEGE CREDIT AND CREATING A GRADUATION PORTFOLIO THAT DEMONSTRATES THAT THEY HAVE MET OR EXCEEDED ALL 28 NEW YORK STATE LEARNING STANDARDS. OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITY CREATES A MODEL OF SECONDARY EDUCATION THAT INTEGRATES BEST PRACTICES IN SUSTAINABILITY EDUCATION WITH THOSE PROVEN TO SUPPORT EDUCATIONAL EQUITY.

  • REGULAR AND SPECIAL EDUCATION - NEW ROOTS IS AN INNOVATIVE PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL COMMITTED TO SUSTAINABILITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE EDUCATION. ITS INTERDISCIPLINARY ACADEMIC CURRICULUM WILL FEATURE HANDS-ON, COMMUNITY-BASED LEARNING TO HELP STUDENTS SOLVE REAL WORLD PROBLEMS.

    Expenses $1,861,228 · Revenue $2,219,843

  • FARM TO SCHOOL PROGRAM - THE FARM TO SCHOOL MEALS PROGRAM INTEGRATES THE STUDY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE AND HANDS-ON APPLICATIONS AT LOCAL FARMS WITH THE SCHOOL'S COMMUNITY-BASED LEARNING CURRICULUM.

    Expenses $169,356 · Revenue $19

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Jason Hamilton

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Peter Bardaglio

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Millicent Clarke-Maynard

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Joseph Wilson

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Catherine Thompson

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Tanya Saunders

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Paul Wheeler

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Thomas Shevory

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Kristina Nilsen- Hodges

    PRINCIPAL

    Total calculated
    $123,532
    From this org
    $111,801
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,731
    Hours/week
    60

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.

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 NEW ROOTS INC

    501(C)(3) · INACTIVE · NY

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
27 January 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202500289349301100

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