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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by TEACHER ACCELERATOR PROGRAM INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,425,920
Total expenses
$2,299,160
Contributions and grants received
$2,335,154
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$90,766
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$2,505,869
Total liabilities, end of year
$2,214,888
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$290,981
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,983,790
Management and general expenses
$197,414
Fundraising expenses
$117,956
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,983,790

Program services were 86.3% 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)

    $191,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,144,154

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $90,766 · excluded $90,766

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $776,414 · program services $665,150 · management and general $79,675 · fundraising $31,589

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $38,774 · program services $23,054 · management and general $12,607 · fundraising $3,113

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $150,806 · program services $121,054 · management and general $27,117 · fundraising $2,635

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $3,650 · management and general $3,650

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $183,556 · program services $96,896 · management and general $6,041 · fundraising $80,619

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $54,896 · program services $54,896

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $32,221 · program services $21,060 · management and general $11,161

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $34,748 · management and general $34,748

  • 24a · Other expenses: CANDIDATE AND INTERSHIP

    total $707,841 · program services $707,615 · management and general $226

  • 24b · Other expenses: UNIVERSITY TEACHING

    total $103,738 · program services $103,738

  • 24c · Other expenses: TESTING SUPPORT COSTS

    total $71,303 · program services $71,303

  • 24d · Other expenses: SUPPLIES

    total $42,182 · program services $42,140 · management and general $42

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $99,031 · program services $76,884 · management and general $22,147

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,192,855 · end of year $2,301,360

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $191,000

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $541,993

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $8,413 · end of year $13,509

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $47,168 · end of year $17,227

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $1,545,821 · end of year $2,197,661

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $150,272 · end of year $290,981

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE TEACHER ACCELERATOR PROGRAM (TAP) IS OUR COMMUNITY'S SOLUTION TO THE TEACHER SHORTAGE. TAP PROVIDES COLLEGE SENIORS NOT MAJORING IN EDUCATION AND CAREER-CHANGING PROFESSIONALS WITH DEGREES NOT IN THE FIELD OF EDUCATION WITH TRAINING TO BECOME FULL-TIME TEACHERS. TAP FACILITATES HIRE WITHIN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS (M-DCPS), CHARTER SCHOOLS, AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS, AND GUARANTEES JOB PLACEMENT AS A FULL-TIME TEACHER. TAP CONSISTS OF 4 COMPONENTS: (1) A COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY TEACHING COURSE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI (UM), MIAMI-DADE COLLEGE (MDC), FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY (FIU), BARRY UNIVERSITY, AND BROWARD COLLEGE, (2) A PAID SUMMER INTERNSHIP IN PARTNERSHIP WITH M-DCPS AND ACHIEVE MIAMI WHERE TAP PARTICIPANTS TEACH STUDENTS ENROLLED IN THE SUMMER 305 PROGRAM, (3) CERTIFICATION SUPPORT, AND (4) MENTORSHIP THROUGHOUT THE FIRST YEAR TEACHING. TAP'S MISSION IS TO "ENSURE EVERY STUDENT HAS A QUALIFIED TEACHER IN THE CLASSROOM." TAP IS DEDICATED TO CREATING A

  • THE TEACHER SHORTAGE IS ACUTELY AFFECTING ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE, AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ACROSS THE NATION. AS RECENTLY AS THE START OF THE 2023- 2024 SCHOOL YEAR, THERE WERE OVER 5,000 TEACHER VACANCIES ACROSS FLORIDA. ACHIEVE MIAMI'S TEACHER ACCELERATOR PROGRAM HAS TACKLED THIS PROBLEM THROUGH AN INNOVATIVE PARTNERSHIP WITH DYNAMIC COMMUNITY PARTNERS DEDICATED TO CREATING A TEACHER PIPELINE THAT FILLS THIS VITAL NEED. IN ITS INAUGURAL YEAR (2023), TAP OPERATED EVEN MORE SUCCESSFULLY THAN ANTICIPATED AND DEVELOPED A CLEAR, SCALABLE SOLUTION TO THE TEACHER SHORTAGE AFFECTING OUR COMMUNITY. TAP'S SECOND YEAR INCLUDED EXCITING MILESTONES, HIGHLIGHTED BELOW: - TAP RECRUITED AND TRAINED 210 TEACHER CANDIDATES IN THE SECOND PROGRAM YEAR. - TAP EXPANDED ITS COLLEGE COURSE OFFERINGS FROM 9 COURSES OFFERED TO 15 COURSES OFFERED. - TAP CANDIDATES COMPLETED A TOTAL OF 52.5 HOURS OF CLASSROOM LEARNING AND 340 HOURS OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TO ENSURE THEY WERE PREPARED TO TEACH. - CREATED A ROBUST MENTORSHIP MODEL BASED ON A CULTURE OF EXCITEMENT REGARDING THE PROFESSION OF TEACHING. - TAP EXPANDED ITS NETWORK TO INCLUDE ADDITIONAL PARTNERS AND COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS. - TAP INCREASED ITS STAFF CAPACITY BY CREATING A NEW PART-TIME ADMINISTRATIVE ROLE AND INCREASING THE NUMBER OF SUMMER STAFF. - OVER 90% OF TAP CANDIDATES INDICATED THEY FELT PREPARED TO TEACH. - 95% OF TAP CANDIDATES FEEL SUPPORTED IN BECOMING A TEACHER. - OVER 95% OF TAP CANDIDATES SELF-REPORTED AS "STRONG STARTERS," INDICATING THAT THEY CAN RESPONSIBLY BEGIN A SCHOOL YEAR WITH THE NECESSARY SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE NEEDED TO LEAD A CLASSROOM OF LEARNERS.

    Expenses $1,983,790

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Leslie Miller Saiontz

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Brent Saiontz

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Claudia Grillo

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Evelyn Greer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Lydia Muniz

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Jasmine Calin-Micek

    SENIOR DIREC

    Total calculated
    $130,623
    From this org
    $130,623
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

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
9 March 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202640939349300124

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