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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by MERIT ACADEMY.

Totals

Total revenue
$4,399,236
Total expenses
$5,781,676
Contributions and grants received
$939,968
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$3,435,816
Investment income
$7,524
Other revenue
$15,928
Total assets, end of year
$4,326,463
Total liabilities, end of year
$5,577,715
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
-$1,251,252
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$5,096,203
Management and general expenses
$685,473
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$5,096,203

Program services were 88.1% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $16,331

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $535,365

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $388,272

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Per Pupil Revenue

    total $2,723,791 · related or exempt $2,723,791

  • 2b · Program service revenue: City Sales Tax

    total $384,284 · related or exempt $384,284

  • 2c · Program service revenue: Mill Levy Override

    total $165,529 · related or exempt $165,529

  • 2d · Program service revenue: Charges for Services

    total $162,212 · related or exempt $162,212

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $24 · excluded $24

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    other assets $7,500

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    other assets $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets $7,500

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $7,500 · related or exempt $7,500

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $16,331

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $1,000

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$1,000 · excluded -$1,000

  • 11a · Other revenue: Miscellaneous Revenue

    total $16,928 · related or exempt $16,928

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $16,928

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $84,331 · program services $71,681 · management and general $12,650

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $2,002,786 · program services $1,802,507 · management and general $200,279

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $1,349,962 · program services $1,212,239 · management and general $137,723

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $235,995 · program services $211,919 · management and general $24,076

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $43,986 · program services $39,499 · management and general $4,487

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $300 · management and general $300

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $35,049 · management and general $35,049

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $6,156 · program services $5,233 · management and general $923

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $39,703 · program services $33,748 · management and general $5,955

  • 17 · Travel

    total $5,915 · program services $5,028 · management and general $887

  • 20 · Interest

    total $48,542 · program services $41,261 · management and general $7,281

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $634,351 · program services $539,198 · management and general $95,153

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $9,172 · program services $7,796 · management and general $1,376

  • 24a · Other expenses: Purchased Services

    total $425,640 · program services $361,794 · management and general $63,846

  • 24b · Other expenses: Educational Services

    total $371,217 · program services $315,534 · management and general $55,683

  • 24c · Other expenses: Instructional Supplies

    total $223,205 · program services $223,205

  • 24d · Other expenses: Tuition

    total $99,445 · program services $84,528 · management and general $14,917

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $165,921 · program services $141,033 · management and general $24,888

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $478,329 · end of year $516,059

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $80,501 · end of year $313,979

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $457

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $6,687 · end of year $19,080

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

    $0

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

    $0

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $634,351 · end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $11,458 · end of year $3,476,888

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $192,710 · end of year $432,799

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $804,765 · end of year $519,263

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $4,625,653

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $150,851 · end of year -$1,361,252

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $63,000 · end of year $110,000

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

Merit Academy will cultivate the minds and nurture the hearts of K-12 youth in the Ute Pass/Woodland Park region with instruction in the principles of moral character and civic virtue, employing honored foundations of classical education and Core Knowledge.

  • Merit Academy will cultivate the minds and nurture the hearts of K-12 youth in the Ute Pass/Woodland Park region with instruction in the principles of moral character and civic virtue, employing honored foundations of classical education and Core Knowledge.

    Expenses $5,096,203 · Revenue $3,460,244

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Nicole Waggoner

    Board President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jason Ledlie

    Board Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Mary Sekowski

    Board Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • John Dill

    Board Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Gwynne Pekron

    Headmaster

    Total calculated
    $84,330
    From this org
    $62,623
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,707
    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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
29 March 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202440909349300404

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