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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by GOUCHER CHARTER SCHOOL.

This return was superseded by a later amendment.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 3 June 2025. matched by us Only the Part I totals and the names listed in Part VII 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.

Both are the same on the two returns, so the amendment changed something else.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,000,868
Total expenses
$2,313,600
Contributions and grants received
$1,961,988
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$32,440
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$6,440
Total assets, end of year
$1,250,887
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,555,389
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
-$304,502
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,340,912
Management and general expenses
$972,688
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,340,912

Program services were 58.0% 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)

    $1,900,696

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $61,292

  • 2a · Program service revenue: OTHER PUPIL INCOME

    total $13,154 · related or exempt $13,154

  • 2b · Program service revenue: AFTERSCHOOL REVENUE

    total $8,846 · related or exempt $8,846

  • 2c · Program service revenue: LUNCH SALES

    total $5,354 · related or exempt $5,354

  • 2d · Program service revenue: UNIFORM SALES AND OTHE

    total $5,086 · related or exempt $5,086

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $6,440

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $6,440 · excluded $6,440

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $35,917 · program services $21,550 · management and general $14,367

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,115,249 · program services $618,111 · management and general $497,138

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $117,268 · program services $66,650 · management and general $50,618

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $93,890 · program services $54,008 · management and general $39,882

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $26,225 · management and general $26,225

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $18,736 · management and general $18,736

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $161,293 · program services $95,904 · management and general $65,389

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $203,667 · program services $121,099 · management and general $82,568

  • 24a · Other expenses: PURCHASED SERVICES

    total $297,445 · program services $140,002 · management and general $157,443

  • 24b · Other expenses: SUPPLIES

    total $162,134 · program services $141,812 · management and general $20,322

  • 24c · Other expenses: PUPIL ACTIVITY COSTS

    total $54,475 · program services $54,475

  • 24d · Other expenses: OTHER

    total $27,301 · program services $27,301

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $18,292 · end of year $135,559

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $63,154 · end of year $44,532

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $3,528

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $1,897

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

    $1,269,038

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

    $203,667

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $1,065,371

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $23,216 · end of year $211,856

  • 18 · Grants payable

    end of year $1,868

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    end of year $9,430

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $50,000 · end of year $1,332,235

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $8,230 · end of year -$311,926

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $7,424

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

GOUCHER CHARTER ACADEMY'S MISSION IS BELIEVING IN NURTURING THE WHOLE CHILD THROUGH LEADERSHIP AND COMMUNITY SERVICE.

  • GOUCHER CHARTER ACADEMY (GCA) IS A PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL IN GAFFNEY, SOUTH CAROLINA FOR 5K THROUGH 6TH GRADE STUDENTS AND UP TO 8TH GRADE AT FULL STUDENT MATRICULATION. GCA PROVIDES A RIGOROUS, PERSONALIZED LEARNING ENVIRONMENT ALLOWING FOR STUDENTS TO ACTUALIZE THEIR POTENTIAL AS PRODUCTIVE AND CONTRIBUTING MEMBERS OF SOCIETY THROUGH CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT AS WELL AS PROMOTION OF COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS. GCA SERVED 134 STUDENTS DURING THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2024.

    Expenses $1,340,912 · Revenue $32,440

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Jimmy Lamb

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Brice Cook

    VICE CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Roy Price

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Caroline McKee

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Cindy Gallman

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Chad Hudson

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Beth Peeler

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jim Brown

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Debra Davis

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Amber Comer

    PRINCIPAL

    Total calculated
    $35,917
    From this org
    $35,917
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
13 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202501359349306120

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