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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by CRETE ACADEMY.

Totals

Total revenue
$7,248,442
Total expenses
$7,241,602
Contributions and grants received
$7,203,807
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$36,826
Investment income
$7,809
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$2,112,930
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,792,622
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$320,308
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$6,362,517
Management and general expenses
$879,085
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$6,362,517

Program services were 87.9% 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)

    $6,827,392

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $376,415

  • 2a · Program service revenue: STUDENT ACTIVITIES

    total $36,826 · related or exempt $36,826

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $7,809 · excluded $7,809

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $360,890 · program services $270,668 · management and general $90,222

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $2,645,196 · program services $2,464,323 · management and general $180,873

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $301,535 · program services $274,149 · management and general $27,386

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $292,871 · program services $266,459 · management and general $26,412

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $81,471 · management and general $81,471

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $158,925 · program services $16,854 · management and general $142,071

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $663,235 · program services $632,307 · management and general $30,928

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $44,544 · program services $29,517 · management and general $15,027

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $38,732 · program services $30,179 · management and general $8,553

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $729,844 · program services $664,542 · management and general $65,302

  • 17 · Travel

    total $67,944 · management and general $67,944

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $29,267 · program services $29,267

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $14,172 · management and general $14,172

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $111,458 · program services $101,406 · management and general $10,052

  • 24a · Other expenses: BOOKS AND SUPPLIES

    total $999,113 · program services $977,707 · management and general $21,406

  • 24b · Other expenses: GENERAL CONSULTING

    total $421,478 · program services $328,407 · management and general $93,071

  • 24c · Other expenses: SPECIAL EDUCATION

    total $234,408 · program services $234,408

  • 24d · Other expenses: CHARTER AUTHORIZER FEES

    total $46,519 · program services $42,324 · management and general $4,195

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $402,089 · end of year $26,047

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $553,453 · end of year $148,397

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $631,228 · end of year $687,794

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $50,257 · end of year $55,375

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

    $383,246

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

    $174,534

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $45,203 · end of year $208,712

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $610,268 · end of year $986,605

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $482,635 · end of year $334,383

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $860,552 · end of year $458,668

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $31,220 · end of year $10,230

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $604,623 · end of year $989,341

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $313,468 · end of year $320,308

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

DELIVER AN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM TO STUDENTS IN GRADES TK-6TH WHO ARE IMPACTED BY HOMELESS AND LIVING IN POVERTY. WE FOCUS ON PROVIDING A PROGRAM THAT WILL MEET THEIR PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL NEEDS WHILE DEVELOPING STRONG CHARACTER AND CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

OPERATION OF A CHARTER SCHOOL THAT SERVES STUDENTS WHO ARE HOMELESS AND LIVING IN POVERTY.

  • THE CRETE EDUCATIONAL MODEL FOCUSES ON THE IMMEDIATE, BASIC NEEDS OF STUDENTS AND THEIR LONG-TERM EDUCATIONAL NEEDS. CRETE'S EDUCATIONAL MODEL INCLUDES A COLLEGE PREPARATORY CURRICULUM THAT IS DESIGNED TO PREPARE STUDENTS TO SUCCEED BEYOND THE CLASSROOM. THE CRETE WELLNESS PROGRAM ENSURES ALL STUDENTS RECEIVE THE PROPER NUTRITION, PHYSICAL, MENTAL, AND EMOTIONAL CARE THEY NEED.

    Expenses $6,362,517 · Revenue $36,826

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Joss Tillard Gates

    INTERIM PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Ursula Worsham Ms EdD

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Marina Samson

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Lataysia Starks

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Yusef Alexander

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Bryan Gonzalez

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Reginald Austin PhD

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Hattie Mitchell

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $216,695
    From this org
    $200,343
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,352
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $200,343
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,352
    Filer's total
    $216,695

  • Brett Mitchell

    CHIEF BUSINESS OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $204,670
    From this org
    $194,414
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,256
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $194,414
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,256
    Filer's total
    $204,670

  • Sergio Martus

    CHEIF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $139,885
    From this org
    $139,878
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7
    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 · 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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
12 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202541359349308789

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