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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by BREAKTHROUGH PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

Totals

Total revenue
$9,723,123
Total expenses
$9,845,031
Contributions and grants received
$122,000
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$9,282,344
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$318,779
Total assets, end of year
$1,863,545
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,077,695
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$785,850
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$8,637,965
Management and general expenses
$1,207,066
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$8,637,965

Program services were 87.7% 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

    $122,000

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CMO SERVICE FEE

    total $9,282,344 · related or exempt $9,282,344

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $286,750 · related or exempt $286,750

  • 11b · Other revenue: INVESTMENT IN AFFILIAT

    total $32,029 · related or exempt $32,029

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $318,779

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $911,412 · program services $911,412

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $4,345,641 · program services $4,345,641

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $369,811 · management and general $369,811

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $188,103 · management and general $188,103

  • 17 · Travel

    total $66,488 · management and general $66,488

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $5,358 · management and general $5,358

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

    total $3,380,912 · program services $3,380,912

  • 24b · Other expenses: COMMUNICATIONS

    total $562,485 · management and general $562,485

  • 24c · Other expenses: MEMBERSHIPS AND DUES

    total $14,774 · management and general $14,774

  • 24d · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $47 · management and general $47

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,001,764 · end of year $647,423

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $1,461,127 · end of year $759,632

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $31,353 · end of year $168,650

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

    $437,313

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

    $437,313

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $255,812 · end of year $287,840

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,754,772 · end of year $990,169

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $87,526 · end of year $87,526

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $907,758 · end of year $785,850

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE BREAKTHROUGH PUBLIC SCHOOLS MISSION IS TO PROVIDE CLEVELAND AREA SCHOLARS WITH AN EDUCATION THAT EMPOWERS THEM TO LEAD LIVES FULL OF IMPACT AND OPPORTUNITY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

BPS' MISSION IS TO PROVIDE SUSTAINABLE, HIGH-QUALITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN (SEE SCHEDULE O)CLEVELAND'S UNDER-SERVED NEIGHBORHOODS, ENSURING ALL STUDENTS HAVE ACCESSTO A PUBLIC, FREE, OUTSTANDING COLLEGE PREPARATORY EDUCATION. OUR SCHOOLSHAVE BEEN HONORED BY LOCAL, STATE, AND NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS FOREXCELLENCE IN TEACHING, LEADERSHIP, AND STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT. WE CURRENTLYSERVE NEARLY 3,300 K-8 STUDENTS ACROSS TEN FREE, PUBLIC CHARTERSCHOOLS.

  • BREAKTHROUGH PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS A CHARTER SCHOOL MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATION FORMED TO SUPPORT THREE URBAN PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS IN CLEVELAND, OH., WHICH HAS EXPANDED TO SUPPORT SIXCHARTER SCHOOLS THROUGH JUNE 30, 2024.

    Expenses $8,637,965 · Revenue $9,282,344

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Aditi Garg

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Alan Kopit

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Andrew Lee

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bradley Schlang

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Cecil Lipscomb

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Danielle Eisenberg

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Grady Burrows

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jennifer Howard

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jim Lemay

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Joy Johnson

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Laura Mimura

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Linda Zucca

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michelle Harris

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sam Steinhouse

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sanjay Vyas

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ralph Johnson

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $250,000
    From this org
    $250,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $250,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $250,000
  • Stephanie Wernet

    CIO

    Total calculated
    $147,434
    From this org
    $147,434
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Celeste Farmer

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Andrew McRae

    CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $232,661
    From this org
    $232,661
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $232,661
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $232,661
  • Megan Johnston

    COO

    Total calculated
    $143,000
    From this org
    $143,000
    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. 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

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.

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.

  • FOB REAL ESTATE LLC

    501C · OH

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
13 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202541349349302264

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