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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by GROW PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

Totals

Total revenue
$32,247,749
Total expenses
$31,651,399
Contributions and grants received
$31,980,712
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$58,053
Investment income
$94,481
Other revenue
$114,503
Total assets, end of year
$49,586,338
Total liabilities, end of year
$29,622,002
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$19,964,336
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$26,697,546
Management and general expenses
$4,953,853
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$26,697,546

Program services were 84.3% 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)

    $31,867,389

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $113,323

  • 2a · Program service revenue: UNIFORMS/SCHOOL EVENTS

    total $58,053 · related or exempt $58,053

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $94,481 · excluded $94,481

  • 11a · Other revenue: REFUNDS AND CREDITS

    total $114,503 · related or exempt $114,503

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $114,503

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $1,095,864 · program services $1,061,746 · management and general $34,118

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $15,419,940 · program services $14,957,341 · management and general $462,599

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $1,538,628 · program services $1,477,083 · management and general $61,545

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $1,651,652 · program services $1,585,586 · management and general $66,066

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $661,009 · program services $634,569 · management and general $26,440

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $121,469 · program services $30,367 · management and general $91,102

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $55,204 · program services $13,801 · management and general $41,403

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,256,078 · program services $325,217 · management and general $930,861

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $122,823 · program services $98,258 · management and general $24,565

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $110,005 · program services $27,501 · management and general $82,504

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $495,255 · program services $123,814 · management and general $371,441

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $3,626,607 · program services $1,994,633 · management and general $1,631,974

  • 17 · Travel

    total $198,416 · program services $198,416

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $272,271 · program services $217,817 · management and general $54,454

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $236,052 · management and general $236,052

  • 24a · Other expenses: FOOD

    total $1,287,045 · program services $1,029,636 · management and general $257,409

  • 24b · Other expenses: INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

    total $1,162,956 · program services $1,049,660 · management and general $113,296

  • 24c · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT

    total $1,074,697 · program services $859,758 · management and general $214,939

  • 24d · Other expenses: NON INTRUCTIONAL MATERI

    total $500,860 · program services $400,688 · management and general $100,172

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $764,568 · program services $611,655 · management and general $152,913

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $11,920,900 · end of year $16,024,899

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $4,102,878 · end of year $5,076,520

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $2,916,195 · end of year $2,272,144

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $544,689 · end of year $258,616

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

    $3,818,930

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

    $1,843,035

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $2,086,960 · end of year $1,975,895

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $23,978,264

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,351,531 · end of year $1,454,184

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $852,105 · end of year $4,189,006

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $23,978,812

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $18,985,732 · end of year $19,357,755

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $382,254 · end of year $606,581

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

GROW PUBLIC SCHOOLS' MISSION IS TO CLOSE THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP FOR STUDENTS IN THE RURAL AREAS OF KERN COUNTY BY CREATING AN ENVIRONMENT FOR STUDENT EXCELLENCE AND WELL-BEING.

Activities or mission (Part I)

GROW PUBLIC SCHOOLS CREATES AN ENVIRONMENT FOR STUDENT EXCELLENCE IN RURAL AREAS OF KERN COUNTY.

  • GROW PUBLIC SCHOOLS OPERATES TWO K-8 CHARTER SCHOOLS: GROW ACADEMY ARVIN AND GROW ACADEMY SHAFTER. OUR MISSION IS FOR TO CLOSE THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP FOR STUDENTS IN THE RURAL AREAS OF KERN COUNTY BY CREATING AN ENVIRONMENT FOR STUDENT EXCELLENCE AND WELL-BEING. GROW PUBLIC SCHOOLS EMARKS TO TRANSFORM THE EDUCATIONAL LANDSCAPE FOR STUDENTS BY PROVIDING A MODEL OF EXCELLENCE AND INNOVATION LEADING TO COLLEGE READINESS AND LIFELONG SUCCESS. BETWEEN THE TWO SCHOOLS, GROW PUBLIC SCHOOLS SERVES APPROXIMATELY 1,615 STUDENTS AND HAD 178 INSTRUCTIONAL DAYS.

    Expenses $26,697,546 · Revenue $172,556

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Tom Mestmaker

    BOARD PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • Manuel Pantoja

    BOARD SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • Jean Fuller To 73122

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • Matt Look

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • Ernie Unruh

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • Kristen Watson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • Doc Ervin

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $149,690
    From this org
    $123,186
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,504
    Hours/week
    40

  • Casey Yeazel To 71422

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $288,638
    From this org
    $281,767
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,871
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $269,767
    Bonus
    $12,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,871
    Filer's total
    $288,638

  • Ric Esquivel

    CHIEF OF SCHOOLS

    Total calculated
    $131,861
    From this org
    $107,795
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,066
    Hours/week
    40

  • Mike Romero To 32423

    COO

    Total calculated
    $219,006
    From this org
    $197,622
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,384
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $180,286
    Bonus
    $17,336
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,600
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,784
    Filer's total
    $219,006

  • Hurshel Williams To 102822

    ARVIN PRINCIPAL

    Total calculated
    $204,002
    From this org
    $176,841
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,161
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $163,183
    Bonus
    $13,658
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $22,471
    Nontaxable benefits
    $4,690
    Filer's total
    $204,002

  • Monica Jara Guerra To 90622

    DR. OF COMMUNITY INITIATIVES

    Total calculated
    $167,673
    From this org
    $157,331
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,342
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $157,331
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $3,860
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,482
    Filer's total
    $167,673

  • Michelle Lumis To 092922

    EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT

    Total calculated
    $145,998
    From this org
    $135,605
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,393
    Hours/week
    40

  • Tatia Hunter-Jennings

    ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL

    Total calculated
    $150,821
    From this org
    $124,345
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,476
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $124,345
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $18,410
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,066
    Filer's total
    $150,821

  • Wendy Elmore

    SPECIAL EDUCATION COORDINATOR

    Total calculated
    $145,781
    From this org
    $117,009
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,772
    Hours/week
    40

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 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment

Answered no

  • 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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 3
THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER'S PAY IS DETERMINED BASED ON DATA PROVIDED BY EXTERNAL CHARTER MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATIONS AND THROUGH COMPARISON STUDIES OF OTHER CHARTER SCHOOLS. THE BOARD MUST VOTE TO APPROVE THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER'S COMPENSATION AS A DIRECT ACTION.
PART I, LINE 4A
NAME: MIKE ROMERO, DESCRIPTION: SEVERANCE PAYMENT, CURRENT YEAR AMOUNT: $83,333. PLAN DESCRIPTION: NEW LEADERSHIP TEAM IMPLEMENTED A STRATEGIC ORGANIZATION REALIGNMENT WHICH RESULTED IN STAFFING CHANGES. NAME: MONICA L JARA GUERRA, DESCRIPTION: SEVERANCE PAYMENT, CURRENT YEAR AMOUNT: $56,779. PLAN DESCRIPTION: NEW LEADERSHIP TEAM IMPLEMENTED A STRATEGIC ORGANIZATION REALIGNMENT WHICH RESULTED IN STAFFING CHANGES. NAME: ADAM ANDREW ALVIDREZ, DESCRIPTION: SEVERANCE PAYMENT, CURRENT YEAR AMOUNT: $36,688. PLAN DESCRIPTION: NEW LEADERSHIP TEAM IMPLEMENTED A STRATEGIC ORGANIZATION REALIGNMENT WHICH RESULTED IN STAFFING CHANGES.

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
29 April 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202431249349302913

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