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← CLASSICAL CHARTER SCHOOLS

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by CLASSICAL CHARTER SCHOOLS.

Totals

Total revenue
$42,876,260
Total expenses
$41,263,992
Contributions and grants received
$6,581,061
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$35,907,008
Investment income
$388,191
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$142,770,945
Total liabilities, end of year
$125,903,292
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$16,867,653
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$35,074,138
Management and general expenses
$5,921,697
Fundraising expenses
$268,157
Program service expenses (Part III)
$35,074,138

Program services were 85.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Listed in Part VII

  • JAKE ELGHANAYAN

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • JAMES MAHER

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • VEENA MALPANI

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • MARIEL JENKINS TAYLOR

    TREASURER - RESIGNED JULY 2024

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • STEPHEN BALDWIN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • KATHRYN MOORE HELENIAK

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • KEVIN MURPHY

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • ADRIAN TONGE

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • ROBERT TORRES

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • ARNAUD CAMU

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • BRYAN LAWRENCE

    TREASURER - JOINED MAY 2025

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • LESTER LONG

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $446,437
    From this org
    $419,746
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,691
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $371,035
    Bonus
    $45,000
    Other
    $3,711
    Deferred
    $17,250
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,441
    Filer's total
    $446,437

  • VIVIAN CASSABERRY-FURBY

    DIRECTOR OF BUSINESS

    Total calculated
    $196,333
    From this org
    $184,986
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,347
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $182,485
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $2,501
    Deferred
    $9,146
    Nontaxable benefits
    $2,201
    Filer's total
    $196,333

  • JACQUELINE DAVIS

    DIR OF CURRICULUM & INST

    Total calculated
    $254,924
    From this org
    $226,900
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,024
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $226,453
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $447
    Deferred
    $11,608
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,416
    Filer's total
    $254,924

  • CHRISTOPHER EMMERSON-PACE

    INSTRUCTIONAL COACH

    Total calculated
    $169,752
    From this org
    $153,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,752
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $151,668
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $1,332
    Deferred
    $7,704
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,048
    Filer's total
    $169,752

  • SAMUEL GRADESS

    DIRECTOR OF STRATEGY

    Total calculated
    $165,417
    From this org
    $148,803
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,614
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $148,535
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $268
    Deferred
    $7,458
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,156
    Filer's total
    $165,417

  • ERIN LINNEHAN

    SCHOOL DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $174,599
    From this org
    $140,993
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $33,606
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $140,741
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $252
    Deferred
    $7,138
    Nontaxable benefits
    $26,468
    Filer's total
    $174,599

  • DAVID LUCEY

    DIRECTOR OF DATA

    Total calculated
    $169,994
    From this org
    $136,835
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $33,159
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $135,566
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $1,269
    Deferred
    $7,396
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,763
    Filer's total
    $169,994

  • LONDON EDWARDS-JOHNSON

    SCHOOL DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $151,865
    From this org
    $134,890
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,975
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $134,727
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $163
    Deferred
    $6,928
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,047
    Filer's total
    $151,865

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

  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

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
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 7
THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S BONUS IS NOT DERIVED AS A FORMULA FROM REVENUE, NET EARNINGS, OR ANY OTHER METRIC, BUT IS RATHER A REFLECTION OF (A) THE BOARD'S ASSESSMENT OF MARKET COMPENSATION FOR SIMILAR ROLES AT SIMILAR CHARTER NETWORKS IN NY AND (B) THE ED'S PERFORMANCE, PARTICULARLY AS COMPARED TO THE GOALS THAT THE BOARD PROVIDES TO THE ED IN HIS ANNUAL ASSESSMENT IN JULY OF EACH YEAR.

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
2024
Filed
30 October 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202523099349303307

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