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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by VISTA COLLEGE PREPARATORY INC.

This return was superseded by a later amendment. matched by us It is kept because history is preserved rather than replaced.

What the amendment changed

Compared with the latest return for 2023 , filed 26 June 2025. matched by us Only the return's totals, a 990-PF's accounting method and the names listed in Part VII (Part VIII on a 990-PF) are compared. We relate returns by organization, tax year and form, and order them by each return's own timestamp; the filer's own "amended return" checkbox is a separate fact.

Listed only on the earlier return

  • Donna Peterson
  • Jesse Balis-Harris
  • Samuel Luke Sadvidge

Totals

Total revenue
$20,449,649
Total expenses
$23,196,135
Contributions and grants received
$6,591,306
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$13,612,085
Investment income
$246,258
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$39,806,531
Total liabilities, end of year
$34,486,035
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$5,320,496
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$18,569,124
Management and general expenses
$4,545,513
Fundraising expenses
$81,498
Program service expenses (Part III)
$18,569,124

Program services were 80.1% 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)

    $5,221,252

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,370,054

  • 2a · Program service revenue: STATE EQUALIZATION

    total $11,755,487 · related or exempt $11,755,487

  • 2b · Program service revenue: CLASSROOM SITE FUNDS

    total $1,200,842 · related or exempt $1,200,842

  • 2c · Program service revenue: PROP 123 FUNDING

    total $446,657 · related or exempt $446,657

  • 2d · Program service revenue: INSTRUCTIONAL IMPROVEMENT FUN

    total $99,665 · related or exempt $99,665

  • 2e · Program service revenue: EXTRAORDINARY SPED NEEDS

    total $57,906 · related or exempt $57,906

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $51,528 · related or exempt $51,528

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $246,258 · excluded $246,258

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $592,500 · program services $469,182 · management and general $120,422 · fundraising $2,896

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $10,148,770 · program services $8,036,487 · management and general $2,062,679 · fundraising $49,604

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $121,197 · program services $83,812 · management and general $36,775 · fundraising $610

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $900,826 · program services $622,954 · management and general $273,338 · fundraising $4,534

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $803,460 · program services $555,621 · management and general $243,795 · fundraising $4,044

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $63,629 · program services $38,084 · management and general $25,147 · fundraising $398

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $39,469 · program services $23,623 · management and general $15,599 · fundraising $247

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $3,208,992 · program services $1,977,605 · management and general $1,212,222 · fundraising $19,165

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $786,619 · program services $786,619

  • 20 · Interest

    total $1,390,160 · program services $1,254,296 · management and general $135,864

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,230,401 · program services $912,911 · management and general $317,490

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $162,897 · program services $160,721 · management and general $2,176

  • 24a · Other expenses: SUPPLIES

    total $2,378,782 · program services $2,324,212 · management and general $54,570

  • 24b · Other expenses: STUDENT TRANSPORTATION

    total $1,122,527 · program services $1,107,530 · management and general $14,997

  • 24c · Other expenses: OTHER EXPENSES

    total $205,943 · program services $185,816 · management and general $20,127

  • 24d · Other expenses: AMORTIZATION

    total $39,963 · program services $29,651 · management and general $10,312

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $6,159,010 · end of year $4,773,820

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $3,480,916 · end of year $1,273,341

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,301,310 · end of year $149,047

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $119,407 · end of year $93,977

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $1,100,324 · end of year $801,118

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

    $36,306,014

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

    $3,590,786

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $30,894,699 · end of year $32,715,228

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $2,496,705 · end of year $1,756,773

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    beginning of year $32,491,979 · end of year $31,986,762

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    end of year $742,500

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,822,488 · end of year $5,047,833

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $4,244,494 · end of year $272,663

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THROUGH ACADEMIC RIGOR AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT, VCP EDUCATES ALL K-8 STUDENTS FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN HIGH SCHOOL AND GRADUATION FROM COLLEGE.

  • VISTA COLLEGE PREPARATORY IS A FREE CHARTER SCHOOL WITH A LONGER DAY, SMALL CLASS SIZES, AND TEACHERS WHO FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT ALL STUDENTS CAN ACHIEVE ACADEMIC SUCCESS IF THEY HAVE ACCESS TO A HIGH QUALITY EDUCATION. THE VISTA COLLEGE PREP - HADLEY CAMPUS WAS RECOGNIZED BY THE US DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AS A 2018 NATIONAL BLUE RIBBON SCHOOL. VISTA COLLEGE PREP IS JUST ONE OF FOUR ARIZONA CHARTER SCHOOLS TO WIN THE AWARD. THERE HAVE BEEN 131 CHARTERS NATIONWIDE THAT HAVE WON THE AWARD OVER THE SAME TIME PERIOD.

    Expenses $18,569,124 · Revenue $13,612,085

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Julia Meyerson

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $175,000
    From this org
    $175,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $175,000
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $175,000

  • Jesse Balis-Harris

    CHIEF SCHOOL

    Total calculated
    $167,115
    From this org
    $160,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,615
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $160,500
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $6,615
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $167,115

  • Megan Frankiewicz

    CHIEF ACADEM

    Total calculated
    $146,895
    From this org
    $137,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,895
    Hours/week
    40

  • Lillian Gilmer

    SR DIR FINAN

    Total calculated
    $133,920
    From this org
    $124,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,420
    Hours/week
    40

  • Mike Kerr

    DIR OF K-4 A

    Total calculated
    $133,222
    From this org
    $125,211
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,011
    Hours/week
    40

  • Heather Johnson

    DIR OF STRAT

    Total calculated
    $129,775
    From this org
    $120,379
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,396
    Hours/week
    40

  • Bridget White

    CHIEF TALENT

    Total calculated
    $127,855
    From this org
    $120,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,855
    Hours/week
    40

  • Donna Peterson

    LEAD ACCOUNT

    Total calculated
    $112,405
    From this org
    $105,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,405
    Hours/week
    40

  • Samuel Luke Sadvidge

    PRINCIPAL

    Total calculated
    $110,926
    From this org
    $103,564
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,362
    Hours/week
    40

  • Cassie Hilpman Breecher

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Katherine Cecala

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Grant Crone

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Christopher Dang

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Dawn Kennedy

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Charles Mitchell

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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 · 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.

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.

  • VISTA COLLEGE PREPARATORY FOUNDATIO N LLC

    SUPPORT · AZ · income $52,603 · assets $2,742,432

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
12 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202501339349306105

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