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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by THE BIOME EDUCATION GROUP.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,500,737
Total expenses
$1,813,108
Contributions and grants received
$462,990
Grants paid
$500,000
Program service revenue
$1,084,007
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
-$46,260
Total assets, end of year
$2,391,839
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,540,489
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$851,350
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,358,168
Management and general expenses
$284,695
Fundraising expenses
$170,245
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,358,168

Program services were 74.9% 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

    $134,682

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $225,420

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $102,888

  • 2a · Program service revenue: MANAGEMENT FEES

    total $1,084,007 · related or exempt $1,084,007

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $0

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

    $134,682

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $50,854

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$50,854 · excluded -$50,854

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $4,594 · excluded $4,594

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $4,594

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $500,000 · program services $500,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $268,227 · program services $222,169 · management and general $25,960 · fundraising $20,098

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $339,234 · program services $280,984 · management and general $32,832 · fundraising $25,418

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $144,093 · program services $120,690 · management and general $13,642 · fundraising $9,761

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $12,417 · program services $1,904 · management and general $6,599 · fundraising $3,914

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $5,740 · program services $880 · management and general $3,051 · fundraising $1,809

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $158,083 · program services $24,241 · management and general $84,017 · fundraising $49,825

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $7,805 · program services $1,197 · management and general $4,148 · fundraising $2,460

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $36,846 · program services $5,650 · management and general $19,583 · fundraising $11,613

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $45,179 · program services $6,928 · management and general $24,011 · fundraising $14,240

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $5,564 · program services $853 · management and general $2,957 · fundraising $1,754

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $55,029 · program services $41,159 · management and general $11,021 · fundraising $2,849

  • 20 · Interest

    total $13,500 · program services $4,649 · management and general $8,006 · fundraising $845

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $161,268 · program services $109,746 · management and general $33,338 · fundraising $18,184

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $43,226 · program services $28,530 · management and general $9,509 · fundraising $5,187

  • 24a · Other expenses: SUPPLIES

    total $9,848 · program services $7,507 · management and general $2,275 · fundraising $66

  • 24b · Other expenses: PHONE

    total $7,049 · program services $1,081 · management and general $3,746 · fundraising $2,222

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $142,070 · end of year $62,992

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $223,907 · end of year $66,454

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

    $4,074,020

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

    $1,811,627

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $2,399,180 · end of year $2,262,393

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $494,440 · end of year $588,292

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $1,106,996 · end of year $952,197

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $980,015 · end of year $851,350

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $183,706 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE BIOME EDUCATION GROUP PROVIDES UNIQUE ACADEMIC AND ENRICHMENT EXPERIENCES FOR YOUTH FROM UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES IN THE METROPOLITAN ST. LOUIS AREA TO INSPIRE LIFELONG LEARNING, SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY, AND MORAL LEADERSHIP.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE BIOME EDUCATION GROUP PROVIDES EDUCATION RESOURCES TO YOUTH OF THE METROPOLITAN ST. LOUIS AREA.

  • THE BIOME EDUCATION GROUP PROVIDES EXECUTIVE, FUNDRAISING AND FACILITY SUPPORT SERVICES TO THE BIOME, A CHARTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. THE ORGANIZATION ALSO PROVIDES AFTER-SCHOOL LEARNING PROGRAMS TO THE BIOME'S STUDENTS.

    Expenses $1,358,168 · Grants $500,000 · Revenue $1,084,007

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Glen Schuster

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.17

  • Jessica Cochran

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.17

  • Tim Houghton

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.17 + 0.17 related

  • Judy Deluca-Ford

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.17

  • Mark Kent

    DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $120,808
    From this org
    $107,164
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,644
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $107,164
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,644
    Filer's total
    $120,808

  • Bill Kent Jr

    PRESIDENT/CEO

    Total calculated
    $147,420
    From this org
    $140,400
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,020
    Hours/week
    10 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $140,400
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,020
    Filer's total
    $147,420

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 · 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

  • THE BIOME

    $500,000

    SUPPORT THE EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES OF THE BIOME, A INDEPENDENTLY PUBLICLY SUPPORTED SCHOOL.

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.

  • THE BIOME

    501(C)(3) · INDEPENDENT PUBLICLY SUPPORTED CHARTER SCHOOL · MO

    Directly controlled by THE BIOME EDUCATION GROUP

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
9 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202511349349313816

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