Form 990 for tax year 2022

Totals

Total revenue

$2,232,245

Total expenses

$2,558,858

Contributions and grants received

$1,721,053

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$436,875

Investment income

$33,818

Other revenue

$40,499

Total assets, end of year

$2,286,764

Total liabilities, end of year

$43,090

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$2,243,674

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$2,554,508

Management and general expenses

$0

Fundraising expenses

$4,350

Program service expenses (Part III)

$2,554,508

Program services were 99.8% 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

• 1. ESTABLISHED & IMPLEMENTED PROCEDURES THAT PROMOTES A HEALTHY SCHOOL - WIDE CULTURE. HEALTHY SCHOOL CULTURE PROVIDES THE CONTEXT FOR HOLISTIC GROWTH AND THRIVING RELATIONSHIPS.THE NEGATIVE IMPACTS OF THE PANDEMIC NECESSITATED THE STAFF, MANY OF WHOM WERE NEW, TO REESTABLISH A HEALTHY SCHOOL ETHOS. TO THIS END, WE SPENT OUR ANNUAL ORIENTATION, ONGOING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DAYS, AND REGULAR STAFF MEETINGS CREATING A SCHOOL CULTURE IMPROVEMENT PLAN. ADDITIONALLY, WE FORMED THE HOLISTIC ENGAGEMENT TEAM, LED BY DIRECTOR BRANDON GRANT. THIS TEAM INCLUDES SOCIAL WORK, SCHOOL COUNSELING, AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH NURSING PROFESSIONALS. THEIR FOCUS IS ON MEETING THE SOCIAL EMOTIONAL-SPIRITUAL NEEDS OF STUDENTS AND CHAMPIONING HEALTHY SCHOOL-WIDE CULTURE. FINALLY, WE IMPLEMENTED A BI-WEEKLY STAFF SURVEY THAT TRACKS VARIOUS ASPECTS OF SCHOOL CULTURE, INCLUDING THE MORALE OF THE STAFF, THE HEALTH OF THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN AND WITH STUDENTS, STUDENT RESPONSES TO EXPECTATIONS, STUDENTS' SPIRITUAL ENGAGEMENT, AND PARENT-STAFF RELATIONSHIPS. THESE EFFORTS CULMINATED IN ESTABLISHING AND MAINTAINING A HEALTHY PULSE OF POSITIVE SCHOOL CULTURE. 2. IMPLEMENT AN INTENSIVE TUTORING PROGRAM FOR STUDENTS IN GRADES K-3 TO ADDRESS THE GROWING ACHIEVEMENT GAP CAUSED BY COVID. COVID LEARNING LOSS IS WELL-DOCUMENTED, ESPECIALLY FOR LOW-INCOME AND MINORITY STUDENTS. NWEA ESTIMATES THAT IT WILL TAKE MORE THAN FIVE YEARS FOR K-3 STUDENTS TO REGAIN THE ACADEMIC GROUND LOST IN READING DUE TO THE PANDEMIC. MOST STUDENTS WILL TAKE 3-5 YEARS TO CATCH UP IN READING AND MATH. AS WE APPROACHED THE 2021-2022 SCHOOL YEAR, OUR GOAL WAS TO UTILIZE GOVERNMENT COVID-RELIEF FUNDS TO HIRE AND COORDINATE TUTORS TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE ACADEMIC NEEDS OF STUDENTS, ESPECIALLY IN THE YOUNGEST GRADES THAT WERE HIT HARDEST BY REMOTE LEARNING. HOWEVER, WE RAN INTO A SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGE: THE RULES OF USE FOR THE COVID-RELIEF FUNDS REQUIRED POTENTIAL TUTORS TO BE HIRED THROUGH THE EDUCATIONAL SERVICE CENTER OF CENTRAL OHIO. UNFORTUNATELY, THE ONBOARDING PROCESS FOR TUTORS WAS FRUSTRATINGLY CUMBERSOME. MANY OF THE TUTORS THAT SHOWED INITIAL INTEREST DECIDED TO MOVE ON TO OTHER EMPLOYMENT DUE TO THE ROADBLOCKS WITH ESC ONBOARDING. IN THE END, WE SUCCESSFULLY HIRED FIVE TUTORS TO SERVE IN THE AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM AND RECRUITED SEVERAL ADDITIONAL VOLUNTEERS. THOUGH OFF TO A SLOW START, WE ARE EXCITED TO EXPAND UPON THIS INITIATIVE WITH EXPANDED TARGETED TUTORING DURING THE 2022-23 SCHOOL YEAR. 3. DETERMINE THE FEASIBILITY OF STARTING AN ACCREDITED PRESCHOOL. IN 2021-2022, WE WANTED TO RESEARCH THE FEASIBILITY OF OPENING A PRESCHOOL CLASSROOM TO PREPARE INCOMING KINDERGARTENERS BETTER ACADEMICALLY. WE RESEARCHED LICENSURE THROUGH THE OHIO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND FUNDING THROUGH THE OHIO DEPARTMENT OF JOB & FAMILY SERVICES. REMARKABLY, WE OPENED THE PRESCHOOL CLASSROOM IN LATE AUGUST 2022 WITH EIGHT FOUR-YEAR-OLD STUDENTS. THE CLASS HAS GROWN TO TEN STUDENTS, AND OUR GOAL IS TO ENROLL FOURTEEN PRESCHOOL STUDENTS.

  Expenses $2,114,773

• HARAMBEE IMPORTS OUR STUDENT BUSINESS HARAMBEE IMPORTS CONDUCTED VARIOUS SALES AND RAN A MONTHLY COFFEE SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE THAT RAISED 11,542.28 FOR THE STUDENT ECONOMY.

  Expenses $263,272

• CONTINUED SUPPORT OF THE CHILDREN IN THE SEA CHILD SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM.

  Expenses $176,463

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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2022

Filed

1 May 2024

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

202411369349310231

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