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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by RESPONSIVE EDUCATION SOLUTIONS.

Totals

Total revenue
$7,579,288
Total expenses
$6,324,668
Contributions and grants received
$5,420,000
Grants paid
$3,626,429
Program service revenue
$1,048,591
Investment income
$617,726
Other revenue
$492,971
Total assets, end of year
$60,519,697
Total liabilities, end of year
$43,487,520
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$17,032,177
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$6,233,853
Management and general expenses
$90,815
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$6,233,853

Program services were 98.6% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $5,420,000

  • 2a · Program service revenue: ADMIN FEES

    total $1,048,591 · related or exempt $1,048,591

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $617,726 · excluded $617,726

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $2,882,275

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $2,401,986

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $480,289 · personal property $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $480,289 · excluded $480,289

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $0

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 9a · Gaming: gross income

    $0

  • 9b · Gaming: direct expenses

    $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $0

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER REVENUE

    total $12,682 · related or exempt $12,682

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $12,682

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $3,626,429 · program services $3,626,429

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $627,714 · program services $627,714

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,235,987 · program services $1,235,987

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $177,095 · program services $177,095

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $87,263 · program services $63,492 · management and general $23,771

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $121,669 · program services $121,669

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $5,569 · management and general $5,569

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $7,663 · management and general $7,663

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $142,669 · program services $120,000 · management and general $22,669

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $2,604 · program services $2,604

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $10,769 · program services $9,594 · management and general $1,175

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $0

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $195,063 · program services $194,813 · management and general $250

  • 17 · Travel

    total $44,953 · program services $44,666 · management and general $287

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $9,790 · program services $9,790

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $13,175 · management and general $13,175

  • 24a · Other expenses: FURNITURE

    total $16,076 · management and general $16,076

  • 24b · Other expenses: MISC EXPENSE

    total $180 · management and general $180

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $13,242,762 · end of year $14,789,335

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $210,217 · end of year $252,264

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $5,513,104 · end of year $5,515,030

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

    $38,093,589

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

    $2,032,590

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $36,901,097 · end of year $36,060,999

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $200,000 · end of year $200,000

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $1,806,487 · end of year $1,741,223

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $2,840,807 · end of year $1,960,846

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,089,358 · end of year $759,695

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $3,690 · end of year $3,690

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    beginning of year $38,990,000 · end of year $38,905,000

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $2,615,000 · end of year $1,890,000

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $1,642,182 · end of year $1,222,182

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $596,687 · end of year $706,953

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $15,777,557 · end of year $17,032,177

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE RESPONSIVE ED COMMUNITY OF SCHOOLS ARE TUITION-FREE, PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS DEDICATED TO HELPING STUDENTS OF ALL AGES ACHIEVE THEIR POTENTIAL. AT RESPONSIVE ED, WE'RE ALL ABOUT OPTIONS IN EDUCATION AND INCLUDE AT-RISK AND FORMER DROP OUT STUDENTS AS WELL AS COLLEGE BOUND STUDENTS. STRONGLY TIED TO THE COMMUNITY, THE MISSION OF THE SCHOOL IS TO PROVIDE HOPE FOR STUDENTS THROUGH AN ENCOURAGING, INNOVATIVE ENVIRONMENT WHERE THEY ARE ACADEMICALLY SUCCESSFUL AND DEVELOP INTO LIFELONG LEARNERS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE ORGANIZATION OPERATES TUITION-FREE PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS THROUGH RELATED NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.

  • The organization operates tuition-free open enrollment charter schools with the mission of providing hope for students through educational options that promote a free society and cultivate moral and academic excellence.

    Expenses $6,233,853 · Grants $3,626,429 · Revenue $1,061,273

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Charles Cook

    CEO & BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $352,497
    From this org
    $95,000
    From related orgs
    $257,497
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 48 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $95,000 + $257,497 related
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $95,000 + $257,497 related

  • Chris Baumann

    CBO & CLO

    Total calculated
    $206,180
    From this org
    $206,180
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $206,180
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $206,180

  • Christian Cutter

    EXECUTIVE VP OF ACADEMICS

    Total calculated
    $164,365
    From this org
    $164,365
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $164,365
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $164,365

  • Kalese Whitehurst

    CHIEF OF STAFF

    Total calculated
    $162,169
    From this org
    $162,169
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $162,169
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $162,169

  • Joe Deprospero

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $122,535
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $122,535
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    50

  • Marvin Reynolds

    BOARD PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Lance Losey

    BOARD SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

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

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

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.

  • RESPONSIVEED TEXAS

    501(C)(3) · SCHOOL · TX · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by RES

  • BLUE LEARNING

    501(C)(3) · SUPPORT SVCS · TX · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by RES

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

  • RESPONSIVEED HOLDINGS LLC

    REAL ESTATE · TX · income $3,040,453 · assets $40,017,507

    Directly controlled by RES

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

  • BRIGHT THINKER INC

    C CORP · CURRICULUM SA · TX · 100% owned · share of income $8,947,450 · share of assets $7,994,026 · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by RES

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
15 May 2024
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202541359349314954

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