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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by VISTA CHARTER PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

Totals

Total revenue
$41,510,353
Total expenses
$37,584,532
Contributions and grants received
$40,066,484
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$649,881
Other revenue
$793,988
Total assets, end of year
$81,678,598
Total liabilities, end of year
$54,436,137
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$27,242,461
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$25,662,597
Management and general expenses
$11,921,935
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$25,662,597

Program services were 68.3% 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)

    $39,056,803

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,009,681

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $586,096 · related or exempt $586,096

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $63,785

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $63,785

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $63,785 · excluded $63,785

  • 11a · Other revenue: EMPLOYEE RETENTION CREDIT

    total $793,988 · related or exempt $793,988

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $793,988

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $945,445 · management and general $945,445

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $14,740,043 · program services $12,548,390 · management and general $2,191,653

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $5,558,679 · program services $4,446,943 · management and general $1,111,736

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $816,384 · program services $653,108 · management and general $163,276

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,934,258 · program services $1,547,406 · management and general $386,852

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $515,026 · program services $437,586 · management and general $77,440

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $573,893 · program services $459,114 · management and general $114,779

  • 17 · Travel

    total $217,307 · management and general $217,307

  • 20 · Interest

    total $4,026,539 · management and general $4,026,539

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $121,673 · management and general $121,673

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $165,102 · program services $132,082 · management and general $33,020

  • 24a · Other expenses: AFTER SCHOOL

    total $1,909,234 · program services $1,527,387 · management and general $381,847

  • 24b · Other expenses: INSTRUCTIONAL PROG & SUPP

    total $1,707,794 · program services $1,707,794

  • 24c · Other expenses: STUDENT NUTRITION

    total $1,689,846 · program services $1,689,846

  • 24d · Other expenses: AMORTIZATION RIGHT USE

    total $1,366,430 · management and general $1,366,430

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $1,296,879 · program services $512,941 · management and general $783,938

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $29,874,809 · end of year $14,899,011

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $6,234,629 · end of year $7,802,454

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $433,280 · end of year $540,001

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

    $47,522,508

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

    $2,217,910

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,293,052 · end of year $45,304,598

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $9,685,115

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $45,938,582

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $660,823 · end of year $3,447,419

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $2,305,765 · end of year $2,747,204

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $3,492,616 · end of year $3,364,055

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    beginning of year $47,175,000 · end of year $48,158,380

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $8,145,154 · end of year $166,498

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $23,316,640 · end of year $27,242,461

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

AT VISTA, STUDENTS MASTER CORE SUBJECTS THROUGH THE POWER OF APPLYING KNOWLEDGE IN A REAL-WORLD CONTEXT. IN ADDITION TO RIGOROUS ACADEMICS, OUR SCHOOLS FOCUS ON INCREASED PROFICIENCY IN CRUCIAL AREAS SUCH AS CRITICAL THINKING, PROBLEM SOLVING, AND COLLABORATION, WHICH GUARANTEES STUDENTS ARE ENGAGED AND ACTIVE PARTICIPANTS IN THEIR OWN EDUCATION. AS A STAFF WE WILL WORK TIRELESSLY TO MAKE SURE YOUR CHILDREN WILL BE PREPARED FOR FULL PARTICIPATION IN A 21ST CENTURY GLOBAL COMMUNITY.

  • AT VISTA, STUDENTS MASTER CORE SUBJECTS THROUGH THE POWER OF APPLYING KNOWLEDGE IN A REAL-WORLD CONTEXT. IN ADDITION TO RIGOROUS ACADEMICS, OUR SCHOOLS FOCUS ON INCREASED PROFICIENCY IN CRUCIAL AREAS SUCH AS CRITICAL THINKING, PROBLEM SOLVING, AND COLLABORATION, WHICH GUARANTEES STUDENTS ARE ENGAGED AND ACTIVE PARTICIPANTS IN THEIR OWN EDUCATION. AS A STAFF WE WILL WORK TIRELESSLY TO MAKE SURE YOUR CHILDREN WILL BE PREPARED FOR FULL PARTICIPATION IN A 21ST CENTURY GLOBAL COMMUNITY.

    Expenses $25,662,597

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Donald Wilson

    PRIOR SUPERI

    Total calculated
    $413,026
    From this org
    $351,369
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $61,657
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $351,369
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $61,657
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $413,026
  • Collin Felch

    SUPERINTENDE

    Total calculated
    $286,802
    From this org
    $243,366
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $43,436
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $243,366
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $28,957
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,479
    Filer's total
    $286,802
  • Karen Amaya

    ASSIST SUPER

    Total calculated
    $245,617
    From this org
    $207,646
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $37,971
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $207,646
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $25,314
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,657
    Filer's total
    $245,617
  • Miles Durfee

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Geronimo Gaytan

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Michael Hoover

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Kelley Le

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Tuan Pham

    TREASURER

    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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

SCHEDULE J, PART III
THE ORGANIZATION PARTICIPATES IN THE PUBLIC EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF CALIFORNIA AND STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM, DEFINED BENEFIT PLANS, DUE TO THE SIZE AND VARIED PARTICIPANTS IN THIS PLAN THE ACTUARIAL VALUE IS NOT CALCULATED ON A PER EMPLOYEE BASIS. THE AMOUNT REPORTED IN COLUMN F REPRESENTS THE CASH CONTRIBUTION FOR THE YEAR.

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.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

  • 2900 W TEMPLE LLC 2900 W TEMPLE LLC

    PROPERTY · CA · income $513,957 · assets $12,864,348

    Directly controlled by VCPS INC VCPS INC

  • 2609 W 5TH STREET LLC 2609 W 5TH STREET LLC

    PROPERTY · CA · income $2,247,217 · assets $81,890,641

    Directly controlled by VCPS INC VCPS INC

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
19 January 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202640159349301644

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