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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by ATLAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

Totals

Total revenue
$9,617,650
Total expenses
$8,621,267
Contributions and grants received
$9,613,306
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$137,391
Investment income
-$133,047
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$26,692,230
Total liabilities, end of year
$23,911,821
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,780,409
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$7,045,320
Management and general expenses
$1,502,373
Fundraising expenses
$73,574
Program service expenses (Part III)
$7,045,320

Program services were 81.7% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $8,456,766

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,156,540

  • 2a · Program service revenue: COMMUNITY SERVICE

    total $49,243 · related or exempt $49,243

  • 2b · Program service revenue: PRESCHOOL-RELATED INCOME

    total $34,720 · related or exempt $34,720

  • 2c · Program service revenue: STUDENT FEES

    total $32,003 · related or exempt $32,003

  • 2d · Program service revenue: INTERCOMPANY RENT

    total $21,425 · related or exempt $21,425

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $106,131 · excluded $106,131

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

    other assets $239,178

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets -$239,178

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$239,178 · excluded -$239,178

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $216,872 · program services $180,285 · management and general $33,507 · fundraising $3,080

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $3,847,329 · program services $3,198,411 · management and general $594,485 · fundraising $54,433

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $546,659 · program services $468,596 · management and general $72,706 · fundraising $5,357

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $390,962 · program services $335,133 · management and general $51,998 · fundraising $3,831

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $302,217 · program services $259,060 · management and general $40,195 · fundraising $2,962

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $10,595 · program services $6,727 · management and general $3,830 · fundraising $38

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $6,338 · program services $4,024 · management and general $2,291 · fundraising $23

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $158,797 · program services $100,820 · management and general $57,405 · fundraising $572

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $445,872 · program services $283,054 · management and general $161,184 · fundraising $1,634

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $5,781 · program services $4,401 · management and general $1,380

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $556,152 · program services $488,041 · management and general $66,467 · fundraising $1,644

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $310,238 · program services $247,803 · management and general $62,435

  • 17 · Travel

    total $11,551 · management and general $11,551

  • 20 · Interest

    total $932,912 · program services $699,684 · management and general $233,228

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $350,191 · program services $265,037 · management and general $85,154

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $51,975 · program services $29,980 · management and general $21,995

  • 24a · Other expenses: FOOD SUPPLIES

    total $447,509 · program services $447,509

  • 24b · Other expenses: STUDENT TRANSPORTATION

    total $23,304 · program services $23,304

  • 24c · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTION

    total $6,013 · program services $3,451 · management and general $2,562

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $2,291,575 · end of year $9,574,792

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

    $17,773,407

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

    $655,969

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $15,404,897 · end of year $17,117,438

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $619,146 · end of year $268,506

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $15,293,300 · end of year $23,643,315

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,784,026 · end of year $2,780,409

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

ATLAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS NURTURES A THRIVING COMMUNITY BY EDUCATING THE WHOLE CHILD THROUGH A RIGOROUS ACADEMIC PROGRAM ENRICHED WITH REAL-WORLD EXPERIENCES, WHILE PRIORITIZING THE SUPPORT, GROWTH, AND SUSTAINABILITY OF OUR DEDICATED EDUCATORS.

  • ATLAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS AN INTENTIONALLY DIVERSE, YEAR-ROUND PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL IN ST. LOUIS THAT EDUCATES THE WHOLE CHILD THROUGH A RIGOROUS ACADEMIC PROGRAM COMBINED WITH REAL-WORLD, PLACE-BASED LEARNING EXPERIENCES. OUR CURRICULUM INTEGRATES THE SCIENCE OF READING, BRIDGES MATHEMATICS, AND HANDS-ON LEARNING CONNECTED TO THE LOCAL COMMUNITY TO PROMOTE DEEP UNDERSTANDING AND ENGAGEMENT. DURING THE 2024-25 SCHOOL YEAR, ATLAS SERVED APPROXIMATELY 430 STUDENTS IN GRADES PRE-K THROUGH 4, WITH MORE THAN 85 PERCENT QUALIFYING FOR FREE OR REDUCED PRICE LUNCH AND ABOUT 80 PERCENT IDENTIFYING AS STUDENTS OF COLOR. THROUGH CO-TAUGHT CLASSROOMS, INDIVIDUALIZED SUPPORTS, AND EXTENDED LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES, ATLAS STRIVES TO ENSURE THAT ALL STUDENTS THRIVE ACADEMICALLY, SOCIALLY, AND EMOTIONALLY.

    Expenses $7,045,320 · Revenue $137,391

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Victor Thomas

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Lorna Sanchez McClellan

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Mark Minden

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Scott Malin

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Nancy Wild

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Alice Dickherber

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Kwofe Coleman

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Russ Kirk

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Colby Heckendorn

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $216,871
    From this org
    $177,625
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $39,246
    Hours/week
    60

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $177,625
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $39,246
    Filer's total
    $216,871

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

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.

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.

  • ATLAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS SUPPORT COMPANY LLC

    PROVIDE SUPPORT TO ATLAS PUBLIC SCHOOL · MO · income $61,603 · assets $16,683,854

    Directly controlled by ATLAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
5 February 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202640369349301109

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