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← ZEST PREPARATORY ACADEMY INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by ZEST PREPARATORY ACADEMY INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,124,875
Total expenses
$4,019,593
Contributions and grants received
$184,696
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$2,598,611
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$341,568
Total assets, end of year
$7,539,169
Total liabilities, end of year
$8,116,412
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
-$577,243
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,307,701
Management and general expenses
$711,892
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,307,701

Program services were 82.3% 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)

    $184,696

  • 2a · Program service revenue: STATE QBE

    total $2,598,611 · related or exempt $2,598,611

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER REVENUE

    total $341,568 · related or exempt $341,568

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $341,568

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 20 · Interest

    total $348,237 · program services $348,237

  • 24a · Other expenses: BASIC INSTRUCTIONS

    total $1,880,974 · program services $1,880,974

  • 24b · Other expenses: OPERATION OF SCHOOL

    total $463,864 · program services $463,864

  • 24c · Other expenses: FOOD SERVICES

    total $177,083 · program services $177,083

  • 24d · Other expenses: SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION

    total $299,718 · management and general $299,718

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $849,717 · program services $437,543 · management and general $412,174

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $99,112 · end of year $84,719

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $110,558 · end of year $10,386

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $18,958

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

    $6,139,362

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

    $801,369

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $5,721,460 · end of year $5,337,993

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $249,814 · end of year $2,087,113

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $300,159 · end of year $370,504

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $750,000 · end of year $750,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $4,838,796 · end of year $6,995,908

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $291,989 · end of year -$577,243

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

PROVIDE AN ACADEMICALLY RIGOROUS, SUPPORTIVE, AND JOYFUL LEARNING ENVIRONMENT THAT DEVELOPS THE LEADER INSIDE EVERY STUDENT FOR LIFELONG EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT AND COMMUNITY SERVICE.

  • WE PREPARE THE NEXT GENERATION OF LEADERS TO TAKE THEIR SEAT AT THE TABLE AND POSITIVELY IMPACT THEIR COMMUNITIES.

    Expenses $3,307,701

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • MONIQUE CARRUTHERS

    HEAD OF SCHOOL

    Total calculated
    $121,287
    From this org
    $121,287
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • BRANNON JONES

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • AKOSUA JOINER

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • ELIZABETH JACKSON

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • HORACE RIDLEY

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
7 October 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202543159349303164

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