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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by BDC A PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$16,351,436
Total expenses
$15,106,800
Contributions and grants received
$1,718,310
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$14,633,126
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$28,694,378
Total liabilities, end of year
$28,368,613
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$325,765
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$13,682,975
Management and general expenses
$1,374,442
Fundraising expenses
$49,383
Program service expenses (Part III)
$13,682,975

Program services were 90.6% 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.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $1,337,368

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $380,942

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PER PUPIL FUNDING

    total $14,142,162 · related or exempt $14,142,162

  • 2b · Program service revenue: STUDENT ACTIVITY FEES

    total $490,964 · related or exempt $490,964

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $7,232,604 · program services $6,625,122 · management and general $584,601 · fundraising $22,881

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $247,564 · program services $226,770 · management and general $20,010 · fundraising $784

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $504,835 · program services $462,433 · management and general $40,805 · fundraising $1,597

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $596,058 · program services $545,994 · management and general $48,178 · fundraising $1,886

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $1,819,410 · program services $1,621,706 · management and general $197,704

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $43,691 · management and general $43,691

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $22,500 · management and general $22,500

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $295,070 · program services $281,611 · management and general $13,439 · fundraising $20

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $68,833 · program services $68,833

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $80,598 · program services $71,643 · management and general $8,884 · fundraising $71

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $431,993 · program services $385,051 · management and general $46,942

  • 17 · Travel

    total $22,903 · program services $20,387 · management and general $2,485 · fundraising $31

  • 20 · Interest

    total $1,300,982 · program services $1,159,612 · management and general $141,370

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,373,703 · program services $1,228,176 · management and general $145,527

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $96,442 · program services $85,962 · management and general $10,480

  • 24a · Other expenses: DIRECT STUDENT COSTS

    total $349,299 · program services $349,299

  • 24b · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $160,227 · program services $142,816 · management and general $17,411

  • 24c · Other expenses: FOOD SERVICES

    total $159,183 · program services $159,183

  • 24d · Other expenses: AUTHORIZER FEE

    total $151,171 · program services $134,745 · management and general $16,426

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $149,734 · program services $113,632 · management and general $13,989 · fundraising $22,113

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $6,521,611 · end of year $7,410,490

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $252,367 · end of year $70,745

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $114,581 · end of year $73,670

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $53,417 · end of year $236,984

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

    $2,145,652

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

    $1,397,509

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $724,542 · end of year $748,143

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $21,273,829 · end of year $20,154,346

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,331,990 · end of year $1,181,601

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $108 · end of year $8,360

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $28,527,120 · end of year $27,178,652

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year -$1,191,305 · end of year $132,704

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $272,434 · end of year $193,061

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE MISSION OF BASIS DC IS TO EMPOWER STUDENTS TO ACHIEVE AT GLOBALLY COMPETITIVE LEVELS WITH A TRANSFORMATIVE ACADEMIC PROGRAM.

  • BASIS WASHINGTON DC OPENED IN 2012 AS THE FIRST BASIS CHARTER SCHOOL OUTSIDE OF ARIZONA AND SERVES APPROXIMATELY 690 STUDENTS IN GRADES 5-12 TRAVELING FROM ALL EIGHT WARDS. THE SCHOOL OPERATES ON THE PRINCIPLE THAT MATH, SCIENCE, AND THE HUMANITIES ARE NOT DISPARATE BUT COMPLEMENTARY WAYS OF COMMUNICATING AND THE BELIEF THAT ANY STUDENT CAN ACHIEVE AT HIGH LEVELS, AND THAT ANY STUDENT IS CAPABLE OF BECOMING SOMEONE WHO LOVES TO LEARN. THE BASIS HIGH SCHOOL CURRICULUM IS CONSISTENTLY RANKED AMONG THE TOP HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAMS IN THE COUNTRY BY U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT AND THE WASHINGTON POST, AMONG OTHER PUBLICATIONS. BASIS DC IS ANNUALLY RANKED AS A REGIONAL TOP PERFORMER ON THE DC COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENTS OF PROGRESS IN EDUCATION (DC CAPE) TEST.

    Expenses $13,682,975 · Revenue $14,633,126

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Craig Barrett

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Chad Colby

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Anne House Quinn

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Tony Axam

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Debbie Veney

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Marie-Laure Guitteny Parke

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Ishmael Wilson

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Deanna Rowe

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $216,353
    From this org
    $9,881
    From related orgs
    $187,740
    Other
    $18,732
    Hours/week
    2 + 38 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $9,431 + $179,190 related
    Bonus
    $450 + $8,550 related
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $378 + $7,182 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $559 + $10,613 related
    Filer's total
    $10,818 + $205,535 related

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

None.

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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

SCHEDULE J, PAGE 1, PART I, LINE 3
THE COMPENSATION OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR IS DETERMINED BY THE MEMBER THROUGH AN ANNUAL REVIEW PROCESS. BASIS DC IS ASSIGNED COSTS PROPORTIONATELY FOR THE WORK IN THE REGION. THE ASSOCIATED COSTS ARE PRESENTED TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR APPROVAL ANNUALLY.

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
2023
Filed
14 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202531349349313478

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