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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by HARLEM CHILDRENS ZONE PROMISE ACADEMY II CHARTER SCHOOL.

Totals

Total revenue
$27,936,105
Total expenses
$29,140,859
Contributions and grants received
$27,934,327
Grants paid
$175,678
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$20
Other revenue
$1,758
Total assets, end of year
$67,498,496
Total liabilities, end of year
$64,164,877
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,333,619
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$27,596,386
Management and general expenses
$1,544,473
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$27,596,386

Program services were 94.7% 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.

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $1,452,255

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $25,894,831

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $587,241

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $87,241

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $20 · excluded $20

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS INCOME

    total $1,758 · excluded $1,758

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $1,758

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $175,678 · program services $175,678

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $14,676,062 · program services $13,898,231 · management and general $777,831

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $314,793 · program services $298,109 · management and general $16,684

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $2,326,139 · program services $2,202,854 · management and general $123,285

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $1,220,605 · program services $1,155,913 · management and general $64,692

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $89,279 · management and general $89,279

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,326,808 · program services $1,256,487 · management and general $70,321

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $234,121 · program services $221,713 · management and general $12,408

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $411,751 · program services $389,928 · management and general $21,823

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $5,311,922 · program services $4,999,355 · management and general $312,567

  • 17 · Travel

    total $227,541 · program services $226,699 · management and general $842

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $36,199 · program services $34,280 · management and general $1,919

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $315,366 · program services $298,652 · management and general $16,714

  • 24a · Other expenses: FOOD

    total $1,334,092 · program services $1,334,092 · management and general $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: CLASSROOM SUPPLIES

    total $319,887 · program services $319,887 · management and general $0

  • 24c · Other expenses: TRAINING

    total $291,243 · program services $275,807 · management and general $15,436

  • 24d · Other expenses: UNIFORM

    total $139,338 · program services $139,338

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $390,035 · program services $369,363 · management and general $20,672

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $6,717,508 · end of year $314,541

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $70,867 · end of year $70,881

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $2,028,920 · end of year $7,005,941

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $705,400 · end of year $318,066

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

    $642,345

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

    $356,859

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $89,415 · end of year $285,486

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,991,000 · end of year $59,503,581

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $2,591,200 · end of year $2,864,944

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $5,408,386 · end of year $61,299,933

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,603,524 · end of year $3,333,619

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

SEE SCHEDULE O

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO PROVIDE HIGH QUALITY, STANDARDS-BASED ACADEMIC PROGRAMS FOR STUDENTS, GRADES K-12.

  • SEE SCHEDULE O

    Expenses $27,596,386 · Grants $175,678

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Kwame Owusu-Kesse

    PRESIDENT/CEO

    Total calculated
    $993,781
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $762,665
    Other
    $231,116
    Hours/week
    2 + 42 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $572,985 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $189,680 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $173,700 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $57,416 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $993,781 related
  • Geoffrey Canada

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $699,052
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $632,764
    Other
    $66,288
    Hours/week
    2 + 42 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $412,764 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $220,000 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $8,700 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $57,588 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $699,052 related
  • Kenneth Langone

    CHAIRMAN EMERITUS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 3 related
  • Stanley Druckenmiller

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 3 related
  • Denise Fuller

    TRUSTEE (NON-VOTING)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related
  • Mitch Kurz

    TREASURER/SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 3 related
  • Willie Mae Lewis

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related
  • Alfonso Wyatt

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related
  • Fatime Cadoo

    PARENT REP (NON-VOTING)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related
  • Ellanor Bodie Brizendine

    TRUSTEE (NON-VOTING)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related
  • Keith Meister

    TRUSTEE (NON-VOTING)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 3 related
  • Nana A Annan

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $409,687
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $316,895
    Other
    $92,792
    Hours/week
    2 + 42 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $254,395 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $62,500 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $61,053 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $31,739 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $409,687 related
  • Connor Fournier

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFF.

    Total calculated
    $390,105
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $375,829
    Other
    $14,276
    Hours/week
    2 + 42 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $330,829 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $45,000 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $4,133 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $10,143 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $390,105 related
  • Shondell James

    PRINCIPAL, PA II ELEMENTARY

    Total calculated
    $441,267
    From this org
    $395,938
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $45,329
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $115,321
    Bonus
    $280,617
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $30,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,329
    Filer's total
    $441,267
  • Amanda Neal

    PRINCIPAL

    Total calculated
    $265,213
    From this org
    $212,408
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $52,805
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $165,568
    Bonus
    $46,840
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $23,326
    Nontaxable benefits
    $29,479
    Filer's total
    $265,213
  • Ryan Carroll

    PRINCIPAL

    Total calculated
    $283,377
    From this org
    $228,445
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $54,932
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $166,637
    Bonus
    $61,808
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $25,453
    Nontaxable benefits
    $29,479
    Filer's total
    $283,377
  • Humma M Qureshi

    EDUCATION DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $228,697
    From this org
    $175,506
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $53,191
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $130,111
    Bonus
    $45,395
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $22,673
    Nontaxable benefits
    $30,518
    Filer's total
    $228,697
  • Kaitlynn Conley

    PRINCIPAL

    Total calculated
    $225,159
    From this org
    $192,222
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $32,937
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $172,222
    Bonus
    $20,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $23,184
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,753
    Filer's total
    $225,159
  • James D Hutter

    FORMER CHIEF FINANCIAL OFF.

    Total calculated
    $170,674
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $133,174
    Other
    $37,500
    Hours/week
    2 + 42 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $117,470 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $15,704 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $37,500 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $0 + $170,674 related

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

  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 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
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 4B
HARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE MAINTAINS A SECTION 457(F) PLAN AND A SUPPLEMENTAL BONUS PLAN FOR CERTAIN ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES OF THE SCHOOL. THESE PLANS ("THE PLANS") ARE TAX-DEFERRED EMPLOYEE SAVINGS PLANS THAT AIM TO SERVE AS A RETENTION TOOL FOR DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, PRINCIPALS AND SENIOR STAFF. HARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE MAKES AN ANNUAL DEPOSIT INTO THE PLAN THAT IS VALUED AT 150% OF THE INDIVIDUAL EMPLOYEE'S BONUS FOR THE CURRENT YEAR. THE EMPLOYEE'S ACCOUNT ACCUMULATES ASSOCIATED EARNINGS OR LOSSES ON THE INVESTMENT OF THE CONTRIBUTED AMOUNT IN THE NO MARGIN SENIOR GROWTH FUND, WHICH IS MANAGED BY THE DUQUESNE FAMILY OFFICE, AT NO COST TO THE HARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE OR THE EMPLOYEE. THE AMOUNTS CONTRIBUTED BY THE HARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE, ALONG WITH THE ASSOCIATED EARNINGS OR LOSSES, VEST AFTER FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE OF THE INITIAL CONTRIBUTION AND WILL BE PAID TO ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES WHEN VESTED. BEGINNING FISCAL YEAR 2016, THE VESTING PERIOD WAS BIFURCATED BETWEEN TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF, SUCH THAT AMOUNTS CONTRIBUTED TO THE PLAN NOW VEST THREE AND FIVE YEARS AFTER THE DATE OF THE INITIAL CONTRIBUTION FOR ELIGIBLE TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF, RESPECTIVELY. TERMINATED EMPLOYEES BECOME VESTED IMMEDIATELY AT THE DATE OF THEIR TERMINATION. EMPLOYEES WHO MEET THE AGE AND SERVICE PROVISIONS OF THE PLAN (AGE VESTING) ARE VESTED IMMEDIATELY UPON MEETING THOSE PROVISIONS. HOWEVER, IF A PARTICIPATING EMPLOYEE LEAVES VOLUNTARILY, INCLUDING RETIREMENT IF THEY HAVE NOT REACHED THE AGE VESTING PROVISIONS, THEN THEIR CUMULATIVE UNVESTED CONTRIBUTION MADE BY HCZ AND ASSOCIATED EARNINGS OR LOSSES ARE FORFEITED. FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2022, EMPLOYEES RECEIVED A PAYOUT OF DEFERRED COMPENSATION FROM THE GROWTH FUND AND THOSE AMOUNTS HAVE BEEN RECORDED IN SCHEDULE J, PART II, COLUMN (B)(II) AND, BECAUSE THAT PAYOUT REPRESENTS COMPENSATION THAT WAS REPORTED ON PREVIOUS FORMS 990 AS DEFERRED COMPENSATION IN SCHEDULE J, PART II, COLUMN (C), IT IS RECORDED IN SCHEDULE J, PART II COLUMN (F). GEOFFREY CANADA, AN OFFICER OF HCZ, MET THE AGE AND SERVICE PROVISIONS OF THE 457 (F) PLAN (AGE VESTING) FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2022 THAT RESULTED IN IMMEDIATE VESTING OF HCZ'S GROWTH FUND CONTRIBUTION. THIS AMOUNT IS INCLUDED IN FORM 990, SCHEDULE J, COLUMN B (II).
PART I, LINE 7
AS NOTED IN THE NARRATIVE TO FORM 990, PART VI, LINE 15, ALL BONUSES OR MERIT PAY INCREASES ISSUED TO PROMISE ACADEMY II EMPLOYEES ARE DETERMINED BY THE CEO, KWAME OWUSU-KESSE, WITH INPUT FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT. ALL BONUSES ARE PERFORMANCE BASED AND THE RECIPIENTS ARE NOT PROVIDED ANY INPUT INTO THE AMOUNT OF THE BONUS RECEIVED.

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
26 April 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202411179349300606

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