Form 990 for tax year 2022

What the amendment changed

Compared with the latest return for 2022 , filed 26 April 2024. matched by us Only the return's totals, a 990-PF's accounting method and the names listed in Part VII (Part VIII on a 990-PF) are compared. We relate returns by organization, tax year and form, and order them by each return's own timestamp; the filer's own "amended return" checkbox is a separate fact.

Those are the same on the two returns, so the amendment changed something else.

Totals

Total revenue

$628,618

Total expenses

$637,545

Contributions and grants received

$234,216

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$241,317

Investment income

$6,338

Other revenue

$146,747

Total assets, end of year

$156,550

Total liabilities, end of year

$156,568

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

-$18

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$488,134

Management and general expenses

$91,788

Fundraising expenses

$57,623

Program service expenses (Part III)

$488,134

Program services were 76.6% 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.

Mission and programs · 2022

• COMPLETED OUR SIXTH ACADEMIC YEAR, FOR OUR UNIQUE DAY SCHOOL THAT PROVIDES A DEVELOPMENTALLY BASED, WHOLE-CHILD FOCUSED PROGRAM FOR LEARNERS (STUDENTS) AGES 5-21 WHO DO BEST IN A SMALLER, SENSORY-FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENT WITH PACING THAT IS ALIGNED WITH THEIR NEEDS. AND, OUR ROOTS PROGRAM, A PART-TIME OFFERING FOR LEARNERS AGES 5 YOUNG ADULT WHO ARE HOMESCHOOLED, OR ALREADY COMPLETED ANOTHER EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM, BUT BENEFIT FROM THE SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES AND HIGHLY EXPERIENCED AND EDUCATED STAFF WHO SUPPORT WHOLE-PERSON GROWTH. OUR MULTI-DISCIPLINARY TEAM INCLUDES SPECIAL AND REGULAR EDUCATION, OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY, MUSIC THERAPY AND SOCIAL WORK. THE BLOOM360 DAY SCHOOL EDUCATION MODEL TRACKS WITH COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS FOR ACADEMIC SCOPE AND SEQUENCE, BUT PACES WITH LEARNERS BY FOCUSING ON BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS, HARNESSING STRENGTHS AND INCORPORATING THE FIVE KEY AREAS OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT: EMOTIONAL, SOCIAL, BODY, SPIRIT (JOY & PURPOSE) AND MIND TO SUPPORT LEARNERS IN ALL ASPECTS OF THEIR GROWTH. THE ROOTS PROGRAM LEARNERS ARE INTEGRATED WITH THE DAY SCHOOL LEARNERS AND BENEFIT FROM THE WHOLE-PERSON APPROACH, WITH THE DIFFERENTIATOR BEING THAT BLOOM360 IS NOT THEIR SCHOOL OF RECORD FOR ACADEMICS. THE UNIQUE PROJECT-BASED LEARNING APPROACH FOR ALL LEARNERS INCLUDES EXTENDED LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES WITH WILLOW CREEK RANCH (THERAPEUTIC HORSEBACK RIDING CENTER) AND THE SCHOOL'S WOODSHOP, ART CENTER, SENSORY GYM, MUSIC THERAPY PROGRAM AND FULL KITCHEN. IN THEIR SIXTH ACADEMIC YEAR (2022-2023), LEARNERS MET 43 COMMON CORE STANDARDS, COMPLETED 8 INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS, 14 SMALL GROUP PROJECTS AND 4 SCHOOL-WIDE PROJECTS. AN EXAMPLE OF AN INDIVIDUAL PROJECT IS A LEARNER'S EXPLORATION OF HOW CARTOONS ARE MADE. SHE RESEARCHED, WORKED ON A PLAN, MADE SOME OF HER OWN CARTOONS AND THEN HOSTED A WORKSHOP FOR OTHER LEARNERS AND STAFF TO CREATE THEIR OWN CARTOONS. A SMALL GROUP PROJECT FOR PROJECT LAB LEARNERS WAS A SEVERAL-MONTHS LONG CAREER DISCOVERY PROJECT. LEARNERS RESEARCHED FUTURE CAREERS THEY ARE INTERESTED IN, WOULD BE A GOOD FIT WITH THEIR STRENGTHS AND INTERESTS AND THEN VISITED OR HOSTED AN ONLINE MEETING WITH SOMEONE IN THAT CAREER. CAREER PROJECTS INCLUDED A VISIT TO THE CARPENTER'S UNION, AN ONLINE MEETING WITH A DREAMWORKS ANIMATOR AND HOSTING TWO COMEDIANS TO LEARN MORE ABOUT HOW TO BECOME A COMEDIAN. SCHOOL-WIDE PROJECTS INCLUDED CREATING AND PERFORMING IN TWO SHOWCASE EVENTS (TALENT SHOWS) THAT WERE PREPARED WITH THE MUSIC THERAPIST AND PERFORMED FOR PARENTS AND SPECIAL GUESTS. EACH LEARNER PARTICIPATED IN A WAY THAT WORKED BEST FOR THEM. PERFORMANCES INCLUDED SINGING, DANCING, TELLING JOKES, AND PLAYING INSTRUMENTS. LEARNERS ARE ALSO INVOLVED IN COMMUNITY SERVICE. A FEW SERVICE PROJECTS INCLUDED CREATING SIDEWALK CHALK MESSAGES AND PICTURES FOR NURSES DURING NURSES WEEK AND DELIVERING SNACKS TO THE EAST TROY POLICE DEPARTMENT DURING POLICE APPRECIATION WEEK. A FAVORITE EACH YEAR, LEARNERS HOST A SUPPLY DRIVE FOR LAKELAND ANIMAL SHELTER WHERE THEY COLLECT FOOD, TOYS, AND CLEANING PRODUCTS AND DELIVER THEM TO THE SHELTER. LEARNERS AVERAGED 15% ANNUAL GROWTH ON THE SEVEN-POINT SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL GROWTH SCALE TOWARD MASTERY OF THEIR INDIVIDUALIZED GOALS (E.G., SELF-REGULATION, DECISION MAKING, SELF-AWARENESS, LEADERSHIP, PERSPECTIVE TAKING, ETC.). LEARNERS ACHIEVED A COLLECTIVE 3.61 IN THEIR ACADEMICS (SOCIAL STUDIES, SCIENCE, LANGUAGE ARTS AND MATH) IN THEIR INDIVIDUALIZED DEVELOPMENTAL LEARNING PLANS (DLP) AS MEASURED BY THE FOUR-POINT SCALE OF UNDERSTANDING: 1. INTRODUCTORY, 2. EMERGING, 3. PARTIAL AND 4. CONFIDENT. OUR COLLEGE FIELDWORK PROGRAM EXPANDED AND INCLUDED FOUR COLLEGE INTERNS DURING THE YEAR. COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY STUDENTS IN THE FIELDS OF OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY, SOCIAL WORK AND MUSIC THERAPY ARE WELCOMED TO BLOOM360 FOR A ROBUST AND INNOVATIVE FIELDWORK PLACEMENT. CURRENT FIELDWORK PROGRAMS ARE WITH ALVERNO COLLEGE, BRYANT & STRATTON COLLEGE, MILWAUKEE AREA TECHNICAL COLLEGE (MATC), MOUNT MARY UNIVERSITY AND UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON (RANKED 17TH BEST OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY PROGRAM IN U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT.) THE INTERNS BENEFIT FROM BLOOM360'S MULTI-DISCIPLINARY STAFF, HAVING WEEKLY MENTORING SESSIONS AND WORKING WITH THE LEARNERS. SINCE THE PROGRAM STARTED IN 2020, MORE THAN 3000 FIELDWORK HOURS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED. AS BLOOM360 STRIVES TO REDEFINE SPECIAL EDUCATION TO BETTER MEET THE NEEDS OF NEURODIVERGENT LEARNERS, IT IS VITAL TO HELP BUILD AWARENESS AND EXPAND THE SKILLS OF THE NEXT GENERATION OF EDUCATORS AND THERAPISTS.THE LONG-TERM OVERALL GOAL AT BLOOM360 LEARNING COMMUNITY IS TO EQUIP LEARNERS TO BE PREPARED FOR INTERNSHIPS, COLLEGE, MILITARY SERVICE, WORK AND IMPORTANTLY, BEING A WELL-ADJUSTED, CONTRIBUTING MEMBER OF THEIR COMMUNITY.

  Expenses $488,134 · Revenue $330,349

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

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

2022

Filed

15 November 2023

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

202343199349330144

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