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← WALLACE STEGNER ACADEMY

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by WALLACE STEGNER ACADEMY.

Totals

Total revenue
$18,042,381
Total expenses
$16,274,038
Contributions and grants received
$17,422,608
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$264,659
Investment income
$343,014
Other revenue
$12,100
Total assets, end of year
$37,210,196
Total liabilities, end of year
$32,359,857
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$4,850,339
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$12,436,512
Management and general expenses
$3,837,526
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$12,436,512

Program services were 76.4% 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)

    $17,328,468

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $94,140

  • 2a · Program service revenue: SCHOOL SERVICES

    total $264,659 · related or exempt $264,659

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $328,343 · excluded $328,343

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $12,100

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $12,100

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $12,100 · excluded $12,100

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    other assets $63,281

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

    other assets $48,610

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets $14,671

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $14,671 · excluded $14,671

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $610,479 · program services $23,667 · management and general $586,812

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $21,386 · program services $21,386

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $623,603 · program services $516,236 · management and general $107,367

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $44,765 · management and general $44,765

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $161,129 · program services $103,709 · management and general $57,420

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $216,888 · program services $186,380 · management and general $30,508

  • 17 · Travel

    total $107,330 · program services $42,809 · management and general $64,521

  • 20 · Interest

    total $1,666,988 · program services $1,666,988

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $737,446 · program services $737,446

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $29,730 · management and general $29,730

  • 24a · Other expenses: LEASED EMPLOYEE WAGES

    total $8,676,902 · program services $7,438,259 · management and general $1,238,643

  • 24b · Other expenses: LEASED EMPLOYEE BENEFIT

    total $1,359,651 · program services $1,136,813 · management and general $222,838

  • 24c · Other expenses: FOOD MANAGEMENT

    total $1,356,221 · management and general $1,356,221

  • 24d · Other expenses: SUPPLIES

    total $581,757 · program services $496,940 · management and general $84,817

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $79,763 · program services $65,879 · management and general $13,884

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $3,613,222

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $580,880

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $997,924 · end of year $557,217

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $10,278 · end of year $10,767

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $109,899

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

    $30,957,651

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

    $2,095,088

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $27,307,857 · end of year $28,862,563

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $4,017,974 · end of year $7,088,870

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $940,362 · end of year $1,075,585

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    beginning of year $31,762,852 · end of year $31,199,167

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $162,045 · end of year $85,105

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year -$1,468,558 · end of year $248,233

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $4,550,554 · end of year $4,602,106

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

WALLACE STEGNER ACADEMY IS A RIGOROUS COLLEGE PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL DESIGNED TO PREPARE STUDENTS FOR THEIR FUTURE CAREERS AS HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, UNIVERSITY STUDENTS, AND BEYOND.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE EDUCATION OF STUDENTS GRADES K-9.

  • WALLACE STEGNER ACADEMY WILL FOSTER A COMMUNITY OF ACADEMIC RIGOR AND CITIZENSHIP THROUGH ITS SCHOOL-WIDE CULTURE, AND CIVIC-BASED COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT. OUR VISION IS TO CREATE A SCHOOL THAT WILL PROVIDE A CRITICAL AND RELIABLE ALTERNATIVE TO MAINSTREAM EDUCATION, ESPECIALLY FOR ENGLISH LEARNERS AND STUDENTS WHO STRUGGLE IN A TYPICAL CLASSROOM ENVIRONMENT. THE MAJORITY OF THE SCHOOL'S STUDENT POPULATION WILL READ AT GRADE LEVEL, DEPLOY ACADEMIC LANGUGE PROFICIENTLY, AND DEMONSTRATE DEVELOPMENTALLY PROFICIENT SKILLS IN WRITING AND MATHEMATICS.

    Expenses $12,436,512 · Revenue $264,659

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Sarah Vaughan

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Antonio Furano

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jeremy Schow

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Frank Magana

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Reed Farnsworth

    MEMBER

    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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
10 April 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202511119349301161

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