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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by ALTA PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

Totals

Total revenue
$18,805,455
Total expenses
$19,687,945
Contributions and grants received
$18,488,039
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$36,092
Other revenue
$281,324
Total assets, end of year
$51,860,732
Total liabilities, end of year
$43,643,872
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$8,216,860
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$15,371,520
Management and general expenses
$4,316,425
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$15,371,520

Program services were 78.1% 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)

    $18,456,863

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $31,176

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $36,092 · excluded $36,092

  • 11a · Other revenue: TRANSFERS FROM ALTA FOUNDATION

    total $410,370 · excluded $410,370

  • 11b · Other revenue: OTHER REVENUE

    total $19,492 · excluded $19,492

  • 11c · Other revenue: LOSS FROM TRANSFER OF OWNERSHIP I

    total -$148,538 · excluded -$148,538

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $281,324

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $335,879 · program services $335,879

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $6,658,207 · program services $5,205,315 · management and general $1,452,892

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $1,262,698 · program services $978,022 · management and general $284,676

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $1,418,571 · program services $1,143,227 · management and general $275,344

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $283,927 · program services $185,183 · management and general $98,744

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $102,769 · management and general $102,769

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $110,645 · management and general $110,645

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $2,302,493 · program services $1,746,908 · management and general $555,585

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $116,041 · program services $116,041

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $377,629 · program services $179,694 · management and general $197,935

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $630,932 · program services $468,903 · management and general $162,029

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $3,282,643 · program services $2,794,624 · management and general $488,019

  • 17 · Travel

    total $219,761 · program services $106,268 · management and general $113,493

  • 20 · Interest

    total $12,536 · management and general $12,536

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $257,693 · program services $131,522 · management and general $126,171

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $168,101 · program services $133,545 · management and general $34,556

  • 24a · Other expenses: OTHER EXPENSES

    total $1,745,481 · program services $1,444,450 · management and general $301,031

  • 24b · Other expenses: INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

    total $401,939 · program services $401,939

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $7,871,261 · end of year $6,911,552

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $917,659

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $6,449,023 · end of year $3,744,011

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $385,126 · end of year $234,401

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

    $3,173,104

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

    $1,397,015

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $6,894,538 · end of year $1,776,089

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $40,347,164 · end of year $39,194,679

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $3,814,253 · end of year $2,717,479

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $2,393,876 · end of year $791,417

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    beginning of year $6,256,503

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $23,868 · end of year $23,868

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $41,128,383 · end of year $40,111,108

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $9,247,888 · end of year $8,216,860

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO PROVIDE A WORLD-CLASS EDUCATION TO EVERY STUDENT THROUGH AN INQUIRY AND INVESTIGATION SCHOOL MODEL THAT WILL PREPARE STUDENTS TO MEET THE CHALLENGES OF A GLOBAL 21ST CENTURY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

OPERATE CHARTER SCHOOLS IN THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY.

  • ALTA PUBLIC SCHOOLS OPERATES TWO CALIFORNIA PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS, WITH THE SOLE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING A WORLD-CLASS EDUCATION TO ALL STUDENTS. THE ORGANIZATION SERVED APPROXIMATELY 727 STUDENTS IN GRADES TK-12

    Expenses $15,371,520

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Greg Tanner

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10 + 1 related
  • Samuel Cortez

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10 + 1 related
  • Mary Porras

    BOARD SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10 + 1 related
  • Raul Carranza

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10 + 1 related
  • Luz Maria Castellanos

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10 + 1 related
  • Mario Castro

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10 + 1 related
  • Xavier Reyes

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $325,941
    From this org
    $213,846
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $112,095
    Hours/week
    40 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $213,846
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $86,479
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,616
    Filer's total
    $325,941
  • Rachel Villalobos

    SUPERINTENDENT OF INSTRUCTION

    Total calculated
    $244,153
    From this org
    $185,239
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $58,914
    Hours/week
    40 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $185,239
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $54,434
    Nontaxable benefits
    $4,480
    Filer's total
    $244,153
  • Guadalupe Mendez

    SENIOR DIRECTOR OF HR

    Total calculated
    $180,745
    From this org
    $113,479
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $67,266
    Hours/week
    40 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $113,479
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $39,215
    Nontaxable benefits
    $28,051
    Filer's total
    $180,745
  • Jesse Gutierrez

    MEAL PROGRAM DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $164,742
    From this org
    $119,927
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $44,815
    Hours/week
    40 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $119,927
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $41,820
    Nontaxable benefits
    $2,995
    Filer's total
    $164,742
  • Oscar Martinez

    TEACHER

    Total calculated
    $144,441
    From this org
    $103,250
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $41,191
    Hours/week
    40
  • Amber Clark

    HEAD OF SCHOOL

    Total calculated
    $154,708
    From this org
    $104,245
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $50,463
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $104,245
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $30,782
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,681
    Filer's total
    $154,708

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 · 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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
5 May 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202611359349310831

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