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← CHARTER SCHOOLS ACTION FUND

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by CHARTER SCHOOLS ACTION FUND.

Totals

Total revenue
$254,081
Total expenses
$464,913
Contributions and grants received
$250,000
Grants paid
$167,500
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$4,081
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$383,462
Total liabilities, end of year
$324,336
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$59,126
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$370,351
Management and general expenses
$92,366
Fundraising expenses
$2,196
Program service expenses (Part III)
$370,351

Program services were 79.7% 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

    $250,000

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $4,081 · excluded $4,081

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $167,500 · program services $167,500

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $66,025 · program services $62,021 · management and general $2,944 · fundraising $1,060

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,012 · program services $146 · management and general $47 · fundraising $819

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $10,584 · program services $9,850 · management and general $417 · fundraising $317

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $11,521 · management and general $11,521

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $56,698 · management and general $56,698

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $58,505 · program services $58,505

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $61,009 · program services $61,009

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $2,360 · program services $151 · management and general $2,209

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $1,876 · management and general $1,876

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $6,674 · program services $6,674

  • 17 · Travel

    total $259 · program services $259

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $4,236 · program services $4,236

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $16,654 · management and general $16,654

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $592,763 · end of year $375,466

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $3,762 · end of year $3,761

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

    $12,706

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

    $8,471

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $8,471 · end of year $4,235

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $32,518 · end of year $12,344

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $302,520 · end of year $311,992

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $269,958 · end of year $59,126

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

SECURE A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN THE FEDERAL CHARTER SCHOOLS PROGRAM, WHICH PROVIDES NEEDED FUNDS TO OPEN AND REPLICATED HIGH PERFORMING CHARTER SCHOOLS.

  • SECURE A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN THE FEDERAL CHARTER SCHOOLS PROGRAM, WHICH PROVIDES NEEDED FUNDS TO OPEN AND REPLICATED HIGH PERFORMING CHARTER SCHOOLS.

    Expenses $370,351 · Grants $167,500

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Eric Paisner

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $324,308
    From this org
    $3,980
    From related orgs
    $275,943
    Other
    $44,385
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 50 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $3,980 + $238,193 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $37,750 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $23,000 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $351 + $21,034 related
    Filer's total
    $4,331 + $319,977 related
  • Mike Murphy

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Mary Landrieu

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • William Burns Ed Of Csaf

    EVP, NATIONAL ADVOCACY OF NAPCS

    Total calculated
    $274,634
    From this org
    $56,934
    From related orgs
    $190,604
    Other
    $27,096
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $56,934 + $178,816 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $11,788 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $14,852 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $2,816 + $9,428 related
    Filer's total
    $59,750 + $214,884 related
  • Starlee Coleman

    PRES. & CEO OF NAPCS - AS OF 08/24

    Total calculated
    $176,645
    From this org
    $1,914
    From related orgs
    $161,670
    Other
    $13,061
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 60 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $1,914 + $161,670 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $10,494 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $30 + $2,537 related
    Filer's total
    $1,944 + $174,701 related
  • Nina Rees Former Vice Chair

    CEO OF NAPCS - UNTIL 12/23

    Total calculated
    $440,434
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $410,246
    Other
    $30,188
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 60 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $410,246 related
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $30,188 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $440,434 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

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment

Answered no

  • 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)

PART I, LINE 4A
NINA REES, CONTRACTUAL: $384,375.
PARTS I AND II:
CHARTER SCHOOLS ACTION FUND DOES NOT DIRECTLY HIRE OR COMPENSATE EMPLOYEES. NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS, A RELATED ORGANIZATION EXEMPT UNDER IRS SECTION 501(C)(3), IS RESPONSIBLE FOR FILING FORMS W-2S FOR ALL EMPLOYEES. THE COMPENSATION AND RELATED NON-TAXABLE BENEFITS ARE REPORTED ON PART VII, SECTION A AS WELL AS PART IX OF EACH ORGANIZATION AS INCURRED.

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

  • ELECTIONEERING

  • HOUSE MAJORITY PAC

    $40,000

    ELECTIONEERING

  • CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP FUND

    $40,000

    ELECTIONEERING

  • SENATE MAJORITY PAC

    $30,000

    ELECTIONEERING

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
2024
Filed
13 October 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202512869349301211

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