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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by LEARNING CHOICE ACADEMY.

Totals

Total revenue
$16,517,487
Total expenses
$15,938,700
Contributions and grants received
$16,115,932
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$161,288
Other revenue
$240,267
Total assets, end of year
$43,372,744
Total liabilities, end of year
$34,914,052
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$8,458,692
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$12,185,776
Management and general expenses
$3,752,924
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$12,185,776

Program services were 76.5% 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)

    $16,115,932

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $161,288 · excluded $161,288

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $47,302

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $47,302

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $47,302 · excluded $47,302

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: Other miscellaneous Revenue

    total $192,965 · excluded $192,965

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $192,965

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $0

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $7,605,309 · program services $7,194,158 · management and general $411,151

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $2,506,067 · program services $2,366,214 · management and general $139,853

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $0

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $0

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,441,138 · program services $1,135,040 · management and general $306,098

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $0

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $0

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $2,270,146 · program services $101,703 · management and general $2,168,443

  • 17 · Travel

    total $0

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $104,610 · program services $102,884 · management and general $1,726

  • 20 · Interest

    total $323,223 · program services $322,914 · management and general $309

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $60,167 · management and general $60,167

  • 24a · Other expenses: Books and supplies

    total $731,541 · program services $730,792 · management and general $749

  • 24b · Other expenses: operations expenses

    total $594,106 · program services $35,533 · management and general $558,573

  • 24c · Other expenses: depreciation

    total $265,347 · program services $169,932 · management and general $95,415

  • 24d · Other expenses: Dues and Memberships

    total $37,046 · program services $26,606 · management and general $10,440

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $6,161,185 · end of year $7,154,153

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,953,748 · end of year $1,999,469

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $1,701,756 · end of year $1,616,309

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $262,578 · end of year $213,337

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

    $10,412,192

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

    $1,654,764

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $9,012,359 · end of year $8,757,428

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $24,405,049 · end of year $23,632,048

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $593,943 · end of year $427,871

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $62,277 · end of year $11,466

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    beginning of year $8,998,332 · end of year $8,785,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $25,962,218 · end of year $25,689,715

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $7,879,905 · end of year $8,458,692

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO EDUCATE ALL STUDENTS IN AN INTEGRATED SETTING TO BECOME RESPONSIBLE, LITERATE, THINKING.

Activities or mission (Part I)

K-12 EDUCATION AND OPERATION OF 3 CHARTER SHCHOOLS: LEARNING CHOICE ACADEMY,LEARNING CHOICE ACADEMY-CHULA VISTA AND LEARNING CHOICE ACADEMYEAST COUNTY.

  • K-12 EDUCATION AND OPERATION OF 3 CHARTER SHCHOOLS: LEARNING CHOICE ACADEMY, LEARNING CHOICE ACADEMY-CHULA VISTA AND LEARNING CHOICE ACADEMYEAST COUNTY.

    Expenses $12,185,776

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Debi Gooding

    Executive Dir.

    Total calculated
    $250,171
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $202,709
    Other
    $47,462
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    not reported + $202,709 related
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported + $47,462 related
    Filer's total
    not reported + $250,171 related
  • Mary A Leeds

    Ast. Exec. Dir.

    Total calculated
    $193,276
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $156,178
    Other
    $37,098
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    not reported + $156,178 related
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported + $37,098 related
    Filer's total
    not reported + $193,276 related
  • Jeffrey M Fechner

    Ast. Exec Dir.

    Total calculated
    $184,174
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $149,123
    Other
    $35,051
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    not reported + $149,123 related
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported + $35,051 related
    Filer's total
    not reported + $184,174 related
  • Mary K Kniss

    NSLP Coordinato

    Total calculated
    $154,038
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $123,232
    Other
    $30,806
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    not reported + $123,232 related
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported + $30,806 related
    Filer's total
    not reported + $154,038 related
  • Erika Delgado

    DIR OF SPED

    Total calculated
    $150,656
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $124,958
    Other
    $25,698
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    not reported + $124,958 related
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported + $25,698 related
    Filer's total
    not reported + $150,656 related
  • Alisa Cunningham

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Celina Cunningham

    Chairman

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Michelle Hellerud

    vice chairman

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Cathy Kniss

    Secretary

    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

None.

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
6 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202531269349302223

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