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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by AURORA PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,682,880
Total expenses
$2,373,525
Contributions and grants received
$2,664,910
Grants paid
$1,795,419
Program service revenue
$5,667
Investment income
$25,931
Other revenue
-$13,628
Total assets, end of year
$2,478,227
Total liabilities, end of year
$288,149
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,190,078
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,092,405
Management and general expenses
$151,193
Fundraising expenses
$129,927
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,092,405

Program services were 88.2% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $480,510

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $1,867

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,182,533

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $6,900

  • 2a · Program service revenue: ADMINISTRATION FEES

    total $5,667 · related or exempt $5,667

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $35,286 · related or exempt $35,286

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $195,930

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

    securities $205,285

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$9,355

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$9,355 · related or exempt -$9,355

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $81,120

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $480,510

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $94,748

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$13,628

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $1,753,519 · program services $1,753,519

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $41,900 · program services $41,900

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $172,306 · program services $49,969 · management and general $51,692 · fundraising $70,645

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $64,248 · program services $15,420 · management and general $21,844 · fundraising $26,984

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $13,749 · program services $3,300 · management and general $4,675 · fundraising $5,774

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $7,849 · program services $1,884 · management and general $2,669 · fundraising $3,296

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $938 · program services $225 · management and general $319 · fundraising $394

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $12,129 · management and general $12,129

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $20,900 · management and general $20,900

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $50 · management and general $50

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $133,912 · program services $110,667 · management and general $23,245

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $11,996 · program services $2,084 · management and general $2,083 · fundraising $7,829

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $6,453 · program services $276 · management and general $138 · fundraising $6,039

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $3,000 · program services $3,000

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $8,725 · management and general $6,543 · fundraising $2,182

  • 17 · Travel

    total $13,249 · program services $12,875 · management and general $374

  • 24a · Other expenses: EDUC EMP - PROG SUPPLIES

    total $67,737 · program services $67,737

  • 24b · Other expenses: CAREER TREK KITS

    total $26,322 · program services $26,322

  • 24c · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSE

    total $14,543 · program services $3,227 · management and general $4,532 · fundraising $6,784

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,618,231 · end of year $1,369,421

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $429,430 · end of year $178,321

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $41,000 · end of year $276,409

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $3,905 · end of year $2,050

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $203,932 · end of year $652,026

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $29,467 · end of year $19,828

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $426,075 · end of year $228,321

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $36,000 · end of year $40,000

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $537,040 · end of year $806,183

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,267,916 · end of year $1,383,895

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

CULTIVATE COMMUNITY INVESTMENT TO ENRICH STUDENT OPPORTUNITY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE AURORA PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION EXISTS TO SUPPORT STUDENTS, FAMILIES AND STAFF OF THE JOINT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 28-J OF THE COUNTIES OF ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE, COLORADO. THE FOUNDATION HAS A COMMITMENT TO CULTIVATE COMMUNITY INVESTMENT TO ENRICH STUDENT OPPORTUNITY ACROSS THE DISTRICT, THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT OF PARTNERSHIPS AND THE LEVERAGIING OF PROGRAMS THAT DRIVE INNOVATION AND EXCELLENCE FOR MORE THAN 40,000 STUDENTS OF THE AURORA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. PROGRAMS SUPPORTED BY THE FOUNDATION INCLUDE COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS, A K-12 SUPPLIES DISTRIBUTION INITIATIVE FOR TEACHERS AND THEIR STUDENT, SPECIAL PROJECTS WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS, AND A SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM.

  • SPECIAL PROJECTS: THE FOUNDATION SERVES AS A CONDUIT FOR A VARIETY OF SPECIAL PROJECTS THAT SUPPORT THE AURORA PUBLIC SCHOOLS DISTRICT, INCLUDING COMMUNITY ACTION ZONES, INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS AND OTHER DISTRICT INITIATIVES. PROGRAMMATIC ACTIVITY FOR THE FYE 6/30/23 INCLUDED CONTINUATION OF A CAPITAL CAMPAIGN FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A STEM CHARTER SCHOOL, AURORA SCIENCE AND TECH, SERVING STUDENTS IN GRADES 6-12; STEM FUNDINGS FOR VARIOUS ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAMS; DEVELOPMENT OF SEL CURRICULUM TO BE USED BY ALL EDUCATORS; FOOTBALL PROGRAMS FOR VARIOUS GRADE LEVELS; AND HOLIDAY MEALS FOR SPECIFIC SCHOOLS.

    Expenses $1,668,538 · Grants $1,564,367

  • COLLEGE & CAREER CENTERS: THROUGH FYE 6/30/23, THE FOUNDATION CONTINUED TO SUPPORT COLLEGE AND CAREER CENTERS IN THE AURORA PUBLIC SCHOOLS DISTRICT. SINCE INCEPTION IN 2014, MORE THAN 19,000 STUDENTS HAVE BEEN SERVED BY THE COLLEGE AND CAREER CENTERS LOCATED IN EACH OF THE DISTRICT'S HIGH SCHOOLS. PARTICIPATING STUDENTS HAVE EARNED MORE THAN 162 MILLION IN SCHOLARSHIPS. FURTHER GRADUATION RATES HAVE INCREASED BY 30%, DROPOUT RATES HAVE DECREASED, AND STUDENT GPAS HAVE INCREASED.

    Expenses $269,884

  • EDUCATORS EMPORIUM: THE FOUNDATION PROVIDES BRAND NEW SCHOOL SUPPLIES, AT NO CHARGE, TO AURORA PUBLIC SCHOOLS DISTRICT EDUCATORS ALL THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. SUPPLIES ARE CONSUMABLE AND TEACHERS OFTEN PROVIDE THEM DIRECTLY TO STUDENTS IN THEIR CLASSROOM. TEACHERS FROM ALL 63 SCHOOLS IN AURORA PUBLIC SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN SERVED.

    Expenses $88,560

  • Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.

    Expenses $65,423 · Revenue $5,667

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here. A text marked withheld matched a screen for wording that may name a private individual, such as an honorific or "in memory of". Most of what it withholds names no one; it is withheld so that what does is never shown.

Listed in Part VII

  • Jill Ruiter

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $166,152
    From this org
    $129,745
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $36,407
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $129,745
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $28,655
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,752
    Filer's total
    $166,152

  • James Brauer

    CHAIRPERSON

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Monica Colbert Burton

    CHAIRPERSON

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Michael Carter

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Patty Daugherty

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Shannon Jones

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lisa Kessler

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lane Lyon

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rico Munn

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Marsha Nelson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Bj Perez

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mark Seglem

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kathryn Staples

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Marcos Stephens

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ana Valles

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kevin Walton

    VICE CHAIRPE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Peter Waltz

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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

  • JT DISTRICT 28-J SPECIFIC PROGRAM PASSTHROUGH

    $1,375,000

    DIST FACILITY EXPANS

  • JT DISTRICT 28-J COLLEGE & CAREER CENTERS

    $99,981

    COLLEGE/CAREER CTRS

  • JT DISTRICT 28-J EDUCATORS EMPORIUM

    $92,537

    SUPPORT DIST PROGS

  • JT DISTRICT 28-J SPECIFIC PROGRAM PASSTHROUGH

    $80,000

    PICKENS TECH SUPPORT

  • JT DISTRICT 28-J EDUCATORS EMPORIUM

    $75,000

    CURRICULUM DVLPMNT

  • HIP ME PROJECT INC TEEN COUNSELING PROGRAM

    $31,001

    TEEN COUNSELING PROG

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
26 March 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202430929349300923

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