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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by IOTA COMMUNITY SCHOOLS.

Totals

Total revenue
$41,919,351
Total expenses
$35,676,893
Contributions and grants received
$41,600,003
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$319,348
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$31,618,475
Total liabilities, end of year
$11,333,228
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$20,285,247
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$30,301,815
Management and general expenses
$5,375,078
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$30,301,815

Program services were 84.9% 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)

    $41,234,582

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $365,421

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Local Revenue

    total $319,348 · related or exempt $319,348

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $247,307 · program services $74,192 · management and general $173,115

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $14,833,186 · program services $13,771,629 · management and general $1,061,557

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $942,550 · program services $925,246 · management and general $17,304

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $2,179,221 · program services $2,007,219 · management and general $172,002

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $1,112,221 · program services $1,023,191 · management and general $89,030

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $6,145,710 · program services $6,040,546 · management and general $105,164

  • 20 · Interest

    total $366,434 · program services $366,434

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $886,303 · program services $772,753 · management and general $113,550

  • 24a · Other expenses: Student Services

    total $3,079,249 · program services $3,079,249

  • 24b · Other expenses: Materials and Supplies

    total $2,378,099 · program services $2,212,141 · management and general $165,958

  • 24c · Other expenses: Shared Services - Relat

    total $2,072,533 · management and general $2,072,533

  • 24d · Other expenses: Operating Expenses

    total $1,432,357 · program services $27,492 · management and general $1,404,865

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $1,723 · program services $1,723

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $4,462,415 · end of year $8,221,513

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $5,638,239 · end of year $6,103,673

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $68,009 · end of year $223,757

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

    $12,331,794

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

    $3,262,704

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $8,357,927 · end of year $9,069,090

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $3,348,614 · end of year $8,000,442

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,605,167 · end of year $681,967

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $199,914 · end of year $0

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $6,749,406 · end of year $6,588,763

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $3,723,259 · end of year $4,062,498

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $2,144,336

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $9,597,458 · end of year $18,140,911

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

IOTA Community Schools is relentlessly pursuing excellence, guided by fostering relationships, accountability, determination, and justice.

Activities or mission (Part I)

To run high quality public charter schools in the communities that need them the most.

  • IOTA Community Schools is a network of Title I secondary schools operating throughout Memphis proper seeking to put every student on the path to college, regardless of background. The academic model is focused on retention, rigor, and results. We serve the "whole" student with social-emotional development in addition to academic progress. We offer a range of comprehensive programs, small schools, and safe college-prep learning environments at our public charter middle and high schools from Whitehaven to Hickory Hill.

    Expenses $30,301,815 · Revenue $319,348

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Amertice Allen

    Board Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Pam Eqwuekwe

    Vice Board Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Pedro Velasquez

    Board Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Tamika Young

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Terrell Monger

    Director (Left Mid-Year)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Larry Neal

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Matt Thiry

    Director (Left Mid-Year)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Chilton Simmons

    Director (Left Mid-Year)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jocquell Rodgers

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $174,058
    From this org
    $140,387
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $33,671
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $140,387
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $11,865
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,806
    Filer's total
    $174,058
  • Jovan Orozco

    Director of Finance/CBO

    Total calculated
    $126,748
    From this org
    $126,748
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $126,748
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $126,748
  • Marysa Utley

    Chief of Schools

    Total calculated
    $163,234
    From this org
    $138,878
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,356
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $138,878
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,728
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,629
    Filer's total
    $163,235
  • Christina Austin

    Chief Academic Officer

    Total calculated
    $135,752
    From this org
    $126,200
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,552
    Hours/week
    40
  • Teddrick Estes

    Principal

    Total calculated
    $125,833
    From this org
    $108,023
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,810
    Hours/week
    40
  • Denai Greene

    Principal

    Total calculated
    $121,751
    From this org
    $106,937
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,814
    Hours/week
    40
  • Patrice Prewitt

    Teacher

    Total calculated
    $119,657
    From this org
    $103,524
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,133
    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 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

Schedule J, Part II:
Jovan Orozco, Director of Finance/CBO, is compensated by an unrelated organization for services provided to IOTA Community Schools. Amounts reported on Schedule J, Part II and Form 990, Part VII reflect the compensation paid by Green Dot Public Schools National, an unrelated organization. Retirement and nontaxable benefit information was not available for the current tax year.

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
15 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202501359349315760

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