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← ASPEN PUBLIC SCHOOLS INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by ASPEN PUBLIC SCHOOLS INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$18,592,829
Total expenses
$19,916,885
Contributions and grants received
$18,511,510
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$7,745
Other revenue
$73,574
Total assets, end of year
$26,414,462
Total liabilities, end of year
$23,486,669
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,927,793
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$17,974,353
Management and general expenses
$1,939,206
Fundraising expenses
$3,326
Program service expenses (Part III)
$17,974,353

Program services were 90.2% 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)

    $18,339,300

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $172,210

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $7,745 · excluded $7,745

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISC REVENUE

    total $67,115 · excluded $67,115

  • 11b · Other revenue: SCHOOL ACTIVITIES

    total $6,459 · related or exempt $6,459

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $73,574

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $186,939 · program services $7,997 · management and general $178,942

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $9,630,634 · program services $8,990,659 · management and general $639,975

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $1,092,413 · program services $1,092,413

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $1,203,082 · program services $1,120,489 · management and general $82,593

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $382,775 · program services $320,753 · management and general $62,022

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $475,827 · program services $98,066 · management and general $377,761

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $56,860 · management and general $56,860

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $56,613 · management and general $56,613

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $2,063,327 · program services $1,853,128 · management and general $210,199

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $691,119 · program services $681,677 · management and general $9,442

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $238,442 · program services $236,365 · management and general $2,077

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $2,076,484 · program services $2,026,210 · management and general $50,274

  • 17 · Travel

    total $55,784 · program services $55,784

  • 20 · Interest

    total $554 · management and general $554

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $99,133 · program services $91,266 · management and general $7,867

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $135,852 · management and general $135,852

  • 24a · Other expenses: OTHER EXPENSES

    total $1,030,829 · program services $959,328 · management and general $68,175 · fundraising $3,326

  • 24b · Other expenses: INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

    total $440,218 · program services $440,218

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $4,794,006 · end of year $2,950,230

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $3,107,400 · end of year $2,027,572

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $221,422 · end of year $214,733

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

    $1,097,307

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

    $763,390

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $255,284 · end of year $333,917

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $290,577 · end of year $20,888,010

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,343,601 · end of year $885,042

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $2,543,909 · end of year $1,521,217

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $150,004 · end of year $100,006

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $379,326 · end of year $20,980,404

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $4,251,849 · end of year $2,927,793

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

ASPEN PUBLIC SCHOOLS WAS FORMED TO SERVE SOME OF CENTRAL FRESNO'S MOST "AT-RISK" CHILDREN. SINCE 2004, THE ORGANIZATION HAS SERVED ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS, SPECIFICALLY TARGETING FOSTER AND HOMELESS YOUTH AND THOSE LIVING IN SEVERE POVERTY. THE MISSION IS TRANSFORM THE COMMUNITY BY DEVELOPING EXCEPTIONAL LEADERS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO EDUCATE STUDENTS TO ATTAIN NECESSARY LITERACY AND TO LIVE SUCCESSFULLY IN THE 21ST CENTURY.

  • ASPEN PUBLIC SCHOOLS HAS THREE CHARTER SCHOOLS: ASPEN VALLEY PREP ACADEMY, ASPEN MEADOW PUBLIC SCHOOL, AND ASPEN RIDGE PUBLIC SCHOOL. FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2025, ASPEN PUBLIC SCHOOLS SERVED APPROXIMATELY 867 STUDENTS ACROSS 175 TRADITIONAL CALENDAR DAYS IN GRADES TK-12.

    Expenses $17,974,353 · Revenue $6,459

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Shelly Lether

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $176,034
    From this org
    $149,034
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,000
    Hours/week
    40 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $149,034
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,744
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,256
    Filer's total
    $176,034

  • Lisa Taylor

    SITE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $147,958
    From this org
    $111,977
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $35,981
    Hours/week
    40

  • Sarah Crantz

    CHIEF STUDENT SERVICES

    Total calculated
    $141,135
    From this org
    $118,501
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,634
    Hours/week
    40

  • Riley Fox

    SITE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $119,479
    From this org
    $100,318
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,161
    Hours/week
    40

  • Nicole Rivera

    SITE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $136,816
    From this org
    $111,441
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,375
    Hours/week
    40 + 1 related

  • Michael Lee

    IT DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $127,483
    From this org
    $115,210
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,273
    Hours/week
    40 + 1 related

  • John Grice

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Carlos Huerta

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Rene Dayton

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Mark Snee

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Alicia Varela

    DIRECTOR

    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 · 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.

  • OPEN GATE LEARNING FOUNDATION

    501(C)(3) · TO FACILITATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF CHARTER SCHOOLS · CA · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by ASPEN PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
8 May 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202601319349304005

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