Form 990 for tax year 2022

What the amendment changed

Compared with the latest return for 2022 , filed 17 June 2024. 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.

Total revenue

$7,471,675 →changed to $8,508,472

Total expenses

$9,215,326 →changed to $9,264,195

Contributions and grants received

$3,373,615 →changed to $4,383,645

Investment income

$318 →changed to $205

Other revenue

$551 →changed to $27,431

Total assets, end of year

$5,390,814 →changed to $6,508,266

Total liabilities, end of year

$2,526,763 →changed to $2,656,174

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$2,864,051 →changed to $3,852,092

Program services expenses

$7,423,379 →changed to $7,385,610

Management and general expenses

$1,449,173 →changed to $1,536,571

Fundraising expenses

$342,774 →changed to $342,014

Program service expenses (Part III)

$7,423,379 →changed to $7,385,610

Totals

Total revenue

$7,471,675

Total expenses

$9,215,326

Contributions and grants received

$3,373,615

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$4,097,191

Investment income

$318

Other revenue

$551

Total assets, end of year

$5,390,814

Total liabilities, end of year

$2,526,763

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$2,864,051

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$7,423,379

Management and general expenses

$1,449,173

Fundraising expenses

$342,774

Program service expenses (Part III)

$7,423,379

Program services were 80.6% 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.

Mission and programs · 2022

• Public School Consulting- Includes customized services, technical assistance, school improvement planning and implementation, leadership development and content area support to superintendents, school leaders, teacher teams, coaches, teachers, and all members of the school community. By design, with aligment to the mission, with a renewed focus on equity and innovation, experienced team members work to build capacity to create the model schools their children need to succeed. Service is delivered in a multitude of modalities including mentoring and coaching, facilitated professional learning in small and large groups, modeling and delivering leadership development and pedagogical support in all content areas tp ensure for improved teaching and learning with measured improvements in student achievement and all areas of the school community.

  Expenses $4,058,826

• Other programs - include school improvement activities through our field supportservices, grant funded academic and enrichment services such as NYC Immigrant andCASA funded enrichment and NYC DYCD Summer Rising, which are all consistent with themission of the Organization. The Organization is now a lead agency with contractsfor two NYC Community Schools. This citywide school improvement strategy supports services delivered by the lead agency, community partners and the school community.This organization's mission is aligned to this initiative and with a focus onacademic improvement, provides comprehensive support in all areas, aligned with thetraditional school day, coordinating all programs and services, and infuses itsphilosophy, with a focus on equity and innovation, to develop model communityschools in all neighborhoods. The Community Schools program supports the wholechild and the childs family, with learning both inside and outside of the classroom. The Organization supports the staffing to identify and coordinate all partnerships,delivery of direct academic and enrichment service including elements of ProjectBOOST, professional learning for school staff as well as all partners and theirstaff, the greater school community including parents. The lead agency works toseamlessly bridge the school day with before, during, and after school support tothe entire school community with strong measurable outcomes in all areas of childdevelopment, community, family engagement and academic achievement. This is amulti-year contract with the NYC Department of Education with potential for growthin the future.1) META/Meridian - CEIs Meridian (formerly META) program is funded by an Assistancefor Arts Education (AAE) $6M five-year grant awarded in 2021 by the Office ofElementary and Secondary Education of the United States Department of Education.Meridian is a professional learning program for K-5 teachers of students withdisabilities in New York City (NY), Rochester (NY), San Juan (PR), Baltimore (MD)and Bridgeport (CT). The program builds on the success of the Organizations ETAprogram and expands its scope by utilizing an art integrated, differentiatedcurriculum, and providing teachers with workshops, PLC sessions and modeling. Thecurriculum includes innovative projects in music and visual art that teach literacy and math and strengthen SEL skills. There are six versions of every project andmaterials include, curriculum maps, lessons, implementation slide decks, modelingvideos, resources, and materials, and supporting documents. Meridian also includes(1) training classroom teachers to be teacher leaders in arts integration and tofacilitate PLC sessions; (2) hosting national annual conferences to disseminate thework; and (3) building a digital repository of all curricular materials.2) Charter Schools - Given the history of the Organization and its foundersinfluence in the development of Charter School Law, Charter School Support remainsone of the main programs of the Organization.Following several cycles of federal funding sunsetting, the Organization continuesto support charter Boards and school leaders via school-based contracts and grantfunding to become highly effective and grow successful charter schools in three keyareas:Educational SuccessOrganizational SoundnessFaithfulness to Charter and LawWith alignment to the mission and continued focus on school transformation, theOrganization continues to support the development of new charters, lead the renewalof charters, and explore and lead the expansion of charter schools. TheOrganization continues its support of struggling charter schools with schoolimprovement planning and implementation. With several long-term whole school reformprojects and multiple short-term engagements, the Organization continues its focus on leadership development, supporting improved performance as well as compliancewith autonomy to achieve continuous academic improvement with alignment to publicschool accountability in all areas. The Organizations team of experts work closelywith Charter School leadership and Boards in all areas of the NYS performanceframework: student performance, teaching and learning, culture, climate and studentand family engagement, financial condition, financial management, Board oversightand governance, organizational capacity, mission and key design elements,enrollment, retention and retention, and legal compliance.

  Expenses $1,691,202

• CEIs Education Through Art (ETA) program was funded by an Assistance for ArtsEducation Development and Dissemination (AAEDD) $2.5M four-year grant awarded in2018 by the Office of Innovation and Improvement of the United States Department ofEducation. ETA was a program that utilized visual art and music as effectiveinstructional strategies to directly teach ELA and Math while strengthening socialand emotional learning (SEL) skills. The program served grade 3-5 students withdisabilities and their teachers in NYC School District 75. The program tailored alllessons, materials, and resources to the specific needs of each classroom to serve awide range of students - from those with cognitive challenges who are alternatelyassessed, to those with emotional and behavioral challenges who take standardizedassessments. The program included in-class student instruction, professionallearning workshops, coaching and modeling, the compilation of a digital resource oflessons, curriculum maps, and embedded schedules. The external found statisticallysignificant results regarding student and teacher outcomes.

  Expenses $989,452

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

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

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

2022

Filed

15 May 2024

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

202431369349310283

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