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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by MAINE ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,934,839
Total expenses
$2,910,142
Contributions and grants received
$404,870
Grants paid
$2,493
Program service revenue
$2,505,917
Investment income
$7,602
Other revenue
$16,450
Total assets, end of year
$1,255,472
Total liabilities, end of year
$314,226
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$941,246
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,637,440
Management and general expenses
$270,631
Fundraising expenses
$2,071
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,637,440

Program services were 90.6% 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.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $344,252

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $60,618

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Tuition

    total $2,481,234 · related or exempt $2,481,234

  • 2b · Program service revenue: Other Income

    total $24,683 · related or exempt $24,683

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $10,740 · excluded $10,740

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $16,450

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $16,450

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $16,450 · excluded $16,450

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $172,798

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $175,936

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$3,138

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$3,138 · excluded -$3,138

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $2,493 · program services $2,493

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $408,748 · program services $408,748

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,132,113 · program services $1,048,265 · management and general $83,848

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $98,219 · program services $90,280 · management and general $7,939

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $201,669 · program services $201,198 · management and general $471

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $45,562 · program services $43,956 · management and general $1,606

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $748 · management and general $748

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $23,500 · management and general $23,500

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $2,845 · management and general $2,845

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $172,752 · program services $151,377 · management and general $21,375

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $2,071 · fundraising $2,071

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $146,053 · program services $65,420 · management and general $80,633

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $46,586 · program services $41,845 · management and general $4,741

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $298,029 · program services $296,124 · management and general $1,905

  • 17 · Travel

    total $82,575 · program services $82,575

  • 20 · Interest

    total $1,726 · management and general $1,726

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $140,075 · program services $140,075

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $35,107 · management and general $35,107

  • 24a · Other expenses: Program Food and Suppli

    total $59,330 · program services $59,330

  • 24b · Other expenses: Staff Development

    total $8,070 · program services $5,754 · management and general $2,316

  • 24c · Other expenses: Miscellanous Expense

    total $1,871 · management and general $1,871

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $214,989 · end of year $404,138

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $224,104 · end of year $84,094

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $6,894 · end of year $7,612

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $18,974 · end of year $9,879

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

    $748,739

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

    $472,343

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $352,097 · end of year $276,396

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $419,965 · end of year $442,298

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $283,002 · end of year $31,055

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $173,872 · end of year $101,047

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $161,268 · end of year $181,144

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $285,912 · end of year $32,035

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $463,528 · end of year $557,062

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $435,445 · end of year $384,184

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

The Maine Academy of Natural Sciences (MeANS) is a public charter high school that inspires and engages students through project-based, student-centered instruction immersed in the natural sciences of Maine with a focus on agriculture, forestry, and the environment. MeANS challenges all students to connect with their education in order to grow as individuals, interact with their communities and lead fulfilling lives. Our values will be respect, responsibility, and community.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Charter school providing services to children ranging in age from 14 to 18.

  • Charter School offering project-based, student-centered instruction immersed in the natural sciences of Maine with a focus on agriculture, forestry and the environment to children ages 14 to 18. The school served 194 students for the 2024-2025 school year.

    Expenses $2,637,440 · Grants $2,493 · Revenue $2,505,917

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Mary Callan

    Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Greg Bazakas

    Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Martha Harris

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Whitney King

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Nancy Findlan

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dianna Gram

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lee Karter

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Galen Lichterfeld

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mackenzie Oben

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Emanual Pariser

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Anna Perkins

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Robert Dodge

    Past Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sally Beaulieu

    Past Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kim Patnode

    Past Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Erin Brown

    Past Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Matthew Newberg

    Past Head of School

    Total calculated
    $131,753
    From this org
    $113,032
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,721
    Hours/week
    40
  • Ashley Hyde

    Business Manager

    Total calculated
    $91,590
    From this org
    $83,450
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,140
    Hours/week
    40
  • Evan Coleman

    Co-Interim Head of School

    Total calculated
    $81,294
    From this org
    $64,755
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,539
    Hours/week
    34
  • Patrick Henyan

    Co-Interim Head of School

    Total calculated
    $104,111
    From this org
    $68,431
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $35,680
    Hours/week
    34

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
1 May 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202611249349302911

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