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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by CENTER FOR APPLIED SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY NETWORK.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,192,654
Total expenses
$2,596,806
Contributions and grants received
$2,010,459
Grants paid
$65,208
Program service revenue
$182,195
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,217,065
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,210,102
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$6,963
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,120,199
Management and general expenses
$476,607
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,120,199

Program services were 81.6% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,010,459

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Management Fee

    total $182,195 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $65,208 · program services $65,208

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,108,968 · program services $810,135 · management and general $298,833 · fundraising $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $32,812 · program services $0 · management and general $32,812 · fundraising $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $338,767 · program services $296,992 · management and general $41,775 · fundraising $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $14,038 · program services $14,038 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $247,282 · program services $169,657 · management and general $77,625 · fundraising $0

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $61,633 · program services $52,961 · management and general $8,672 · fundraising $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $1,000 · program services $1,000 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 17 · Travel

    total $196,364 · program services $188,250 · management and general $8,114 · fundraising $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $3,477 · program services $3,477 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24a · Other expenses: Student Services & Stipends

    total $360,726 · program services $360,726 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: Meals

    total $98,227 · program services $92,640 · management and general $5,587 · fundraising $0

  • 24c · Other expenses: Internship

    total $47,465 · program services $47,465 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24d · Other expenses: Professional Development

    total $20,839 · program services $17,650 · management and general $3,189 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $690,131 · end of year $873,809

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $650,000 · end of year $300,000

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $8,388 · end of year $22,493

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $6,680 · end of year $20,763

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $244,084 · end of year $444,062

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $700,000 · end of year $400,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    end of year $366,040

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $252,057 · end of year -$444,391

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $159,058 · end of year $451,354

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

The Center for Applied Science & Technology Network (CAST) is a San Antonio-based network of tuition-free public schools with a mission to reinevent schooling in order to maximize options for students while preparing them for college, carrer, and life. Open to all Bexar County students. The Network includes high schools Cast Tech, Cast Teach, Cast Stem, Cast Med, Cast Lead, and advanced learning accademy. Schools are co-created with industry and partner with area public school districts including Northside,San Antonio, Southwest and East Central ISDS. For more information, visit Castschools.com.

Activities or mission (Part I)

The corporation will operate a network of industry focused schools in the San Antonio,TX Region.

  • As of June 30, 2024, CAST Schools consisted of 5 high schools in operation (CAST Tech, CAST STEM, CAST Med, CAST Lead, and CAST Teach) and the Advanced Learning Academy (ALA), which is a pre-K through 12th-grade campus. CAST Schools Programmatic Support (Programs): The Network provides many additional programs as part of its career-centered, experiential approach to learning, that would not otherwise be available to students, and the majority of which are funded through grants. Some examples include travel, job shadowing, internships, service programs, career-connected workshops such as speed interviewing and networking, as well as signature experiences such as the network-wide Youth Rally, and a conference organized and led entirely by students. CAST Metwork develops strategies and provided leadership for the organization and management of the CAST Schools.

    Expenses $2,120,199 · Grants $65,208 · Revenue $182,195

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Jeanne Russell

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $189,517
    From this org
    $174,361
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,156
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $174,361
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,026
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,130
    Filer's total
    $189,517

  • Eddie Rodriguez

    Secretary/Director of Partnerships

    Total calculated
    $151,134
    From this org
    $103,062
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $48,072
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $103,062
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,395
    Nontaxable benefits
    $43,677
    Filer's total
    $151,134

  • Jennifer M Maestas

    Deputy Director

    Total calculated
    $144,189
    From this org
    $100,522
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $43,667
    Hours/week
    40

  • Lisa Lewis

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dr Lyssa Ochoa

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dr Shari Albright

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Katie Chain

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rene Dominguez

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Erik Nieves

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Erik Ford

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Amanda Sierra

    Treasurer

    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 · 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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
14 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202501269349302840

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