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← RIVER CHARTER SCHOOLS

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by RIVER CHARTER SCHOOLS.

Totals

Total revenue
$13,184,499
Total expenses
$12,802,901
Contributions and grants received
$13,065,837
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$95,348
Other revenue
$23,314
Total assets, end of year
$8,475,256
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,550,924
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$6,924,332
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$11,488,758
Management and general expenses
$1,314,143
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$11,488,758

Program services were 89.7% 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.

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $375,579

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $12,609,582

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $80,676

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $95,348 · excluded $95,348

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $2,870,000

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $2,870,000

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $50,895

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $27,581

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $23,314 · excluded $23,314

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $546,280 · program services $457,958 · management and general $88,322

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $6,297,618 · program services $5,923,924 · management and general $373,694

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $1,362,902 · program services $1,262,586 · management and general $100,316

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $536,624 · program services $497,126 · management and general $39,498

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $348 · program services $322 · management and general $26

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $110,186 · program services $92,794 · management and general $17,392

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $53,389 · program services $44,962 · management and general $8,427

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,178,664 · program services $1,001,716 · management and general $176,948

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $713,488 · program services $654,881 · management and general $58,607

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $1,509,415 · program services $1,155,774 · management and general $353,641

  • 17 · Travel

    total $60,764 · program services $27,506 · management and general $33,258

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $86,890 · program services $78,201 · management and general $8,689

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $118,942 · program services $90,600 · management and general $28,342

  • 24a · Other expenses: MAINTENANCE

    total $126,938 · program services $114,245 · management and general $12,693

  • 24b · Other expenses: OTHER EXPENSES

    total $100,453 · program services $86,163 · management and general $14,290

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $2,600,948 · end of year $1,622,703

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $2,158,102 · end of year $2,633,228

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $43,871 · end of year $125,877

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

    $2,023,248

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

    $1,047,334

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $621,117 · end of year $975,914

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $2,479,177 · end of year $2,017,075

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $525,346 · end of year $1,100,459

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,111,175 · end of year $802,843

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $712,240 · end of year $748,081

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $6,009,348 · end of year $6,445,539

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $595,798 · end of year $478,793

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

GROWING LEADERS AND SCHOLARS THROUGH COLLABORATIVE CULTURE AND COMMUNITY. RIVER CHARTER SCHOOLS WILL PROVIDE A FAMILY ORIENTED, COMMUNITY-BASED INTIMATE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT THAT IS DEVOTED TO THE ACADEMIC, SOCIAL, LINGUISTIC, AND PERSONAL SUCCESS OF EACH CHILD. ITS SCHOOLS HAVE THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE OF ENABLING ITS STUDENTS TO BECOME SELF-MOTIVATED, COMPETENT, AND LIFELONG LEARNERS.

  • OPERATION OF DELTA ELEMENTARY CHARTER SCHOOL TO SERVE STUDENTS IN THE COMMUNITY.

    Expenses $4,740,052

  • OPERATION OF LIGHTHOUSE CHARTER SCHOOL TO SERVE STUDENTS IN THE COMMUNITY.

    Expenses $6,748,706

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Gloria While

    CO PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Omar Carillo

    CO PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Jim Lockhart

    BOARD CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Michelle Lynch

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Don Clark

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Dorothy Morrow

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Matthew Wilkins

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Peter Stone

    CHIEF BUSINESS OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $263,335
    From this org
    $207,460
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $55,875
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $207,460
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $55,350
    Nontaxable benefits
    $525
    Filer's total
    $263,335

  • Matthew Taylor

    SUPERINTENDENT

    Total calculated
    $256,146
    From this org
    $182,763
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $73,383
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $182,763
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $48,761
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,622
    Filer's total
    $256,146

  • Roxanna Villasenor

    SUPERINTENDENT

    Total calculated
    $26,798
    From this org
    $22,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,298
    Hours/week
    40

  • Kara Schene

    PRINCIPAL

    Total calculated
    $157,359
    From this org
    $130,790
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,569
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $130,790
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $24,981
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,588
    Filer's total
    $157,359

  • Andrea Flores

    PRINCIPAL

    Total calculated
    $147,282
    From this org
    $115,499
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $31,783
    Hours/week
    40

  • Elezebeth Prentice

    HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $163,190
    From this org
    $124,649
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $38,541
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $124,649
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $33,256
    Nontaxable benefits
    $5,285
    Filer's total
    $163,190

  • Kristina Houston

    SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST

    Total calculated
    $162,474
    From this org
    $128,610
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $33,864
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $128,610
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $24,564
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,300
    Filer's total
    $162,474

  • Cody Mavis

    FISCAL COMPLIANCE MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $138,452
    From this org
    $101,951
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $36,501
    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

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

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.

  • LEADERS & SCHOLARS INC

    501(C)(3) · SUPPORTING RIVER CHARTER SCHOOLS' EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES · CA · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by RIVER CHARTER SCHOOLS

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.

  • LEADERS & SCHOLARS LLC

    HOLDING TITLE TO PROPERTY FOR LEADERS & SCHOLARS INC · CA · income $0 · assets $123

    Directly controlled by LEADERS & SCHOLARS INC

  • LEADERS & SCHOLARS TWO LLC

    HOLDING TITLE TO PROPERTY FOR LEADERS & SCHOLARS INC · CA · income $1,293,937 · assets $14,995,871

    Directly controlled by LEADERS & SCHOLARS INC

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
15 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202521359349315047

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