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← ELEVATE CHARTER SCHOOLS INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by ELEVATE CHARTER SCHOOLS INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,603,411
Total expenses
$3,063,937
Contributions and grants received
$3,144,413
Grants paid
$550,800
Program service revenue
$452,984
Investment income
$1,321
Other revenue
$4,693
Total assets, end of year
$5,574,120
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,571,000
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$4,003,120
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,371,666
Management and general expenses
$692,271
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,371,666

Program services were 77.4% 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

    $3,144,413

  • 2a · Program service revenue: MANAGEMENT FEE REVENUE

    total $386,934 · related or exempt $386,934

  • 2b · Program service revenue: PROGRAM FEE REVENUE

    total $66,050 · related or exempt $66,050

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1,321 · excluded $1,321

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $4,693 · related or exempt $4,693

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $4,693

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $550,800 · program services $550,800

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $895,903 · program services $716,722 · management and general $179,181

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $506,052 · program services $418,611 · management and general $87,441

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $293,208 · program services $237,446 · management and general $55,762

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $82,994 · management and general $82,994

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $4,311 · management and general $4,311

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $57,769 · program services $48,600 · management and general $9,169

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $87,705 · management and general $87,705

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $28,409 · program services $16,026 · management and general $12,383

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $399,069 · program services $315,265 · management and general $83,804

  • 17 · Travel

    total $31,059 · management and general $31,059

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $2,832 · management and general $2,832

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $38,200 · management and general $38,200

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMEN

    total $45,990 · program services $45,990

  • 24b · Other expenses: COMPUTERS & SOFTWARE

    total $39,365 · program services $22,206 · management and general $17,159

  • 24c · Other expenses: BANK CHARGES

    total $271 · management and general $271

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $2,279,207 · end of year $1,343,056

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $850,000

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $343,759 · end of year $23,061

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

    $2,472,825

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

    $8,363

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,460,823 · end of year $2,464,462

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $866,062 · end of year $893,541

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $518,834 · end of year $56,070

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    end of year $850,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $967,371 · end of year $664,930

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,463,646 · end of year $4,003,120

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE MISSION OF ELEVATE CHARTER SCHOOLS IS TO DEVELOP AND OPERATE HIGH-PERFORMING CHARTER SCHOOLS, WHO RELENTLESSLY PROVIDE EACH CHILD WITH A RIGOROUS AND PERSONALIZED EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE, ENABLING THEM TO REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL IN AN EVER-CHANGING, MULTICULTURAL WORLD.

  • DEVELOPING AND OPERATING HIGH-PERFORMING CHARTER SCHOOLS, THAT RELENTLESSLY PROVIDE EACH CHILD WITH RIGOROUS AND PERSONALIZED EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE, ENABLING THEM TO REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL IN AN EVER-CHANGING, MULTICULTURAL WORLD. DURING FISCAL YEAR 2025, DANBURY INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL REMAINED IN ITS START-UP AND DEVELOPMENT PHASE WITH LIMITED OPERATIONAL ACTIVITIES. ELEVATE CHARTER SCHOOLS PROVIDED MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONAL SUPPORT SERVICES TO BOOKER T. WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL AND ALSO DELIVERED SUPPORT SERVICES TO EDMONDS-COFIELD PREPARATORY ACADEMY FOR YOUNG MEN.

    Expenses $2,371,666 · Revenue $3,603,411

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Jeffrey Cirillo

    BOARD PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Paul McCraven

    BOARD VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Reverend Eldren Morrison

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sarah Blanton

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Wilson Luna

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • John Taylor

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $238,687
    From this org
    $217,195
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,492
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $217,195
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,492
    Filer's total
    $238,687

  • Emily Jackson

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $175,818
    From this org
    $164,415
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,403
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $164,415
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,403
    Filer's total
    $175,818

  • Marisol Rivera

    DIRECTOR OF FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $70,276
    From this org
    $70,276
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    25

  • Christina Ellington

    CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $230,912
    From this org
    $220,237
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,675
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $220,237
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,675
    Filer's total
    $230,912

  • Erienne E Rojas

    DIRECTOR OF EXTERNAL RELATIONS & SPECIAL PROJECTS

    Total calculated
    $140,100
    From this org
    $129,854
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,246
    Hours/week
    40

  • Laura Main

    FORMER CAO

    Total calculated
    $181,259
    From this org
    $164,202
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,057
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $164,202
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,057
    Filer's total
    $181,259

  • Samanda Lucky

    FORMER DIRECTOR OF EXTERNAL RELATIONS AND SPECIAL

    Total calculated
    $118,234
    From this org
    $110,733
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,501
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $110,733
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,501
    Filer's total
    $118,234

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 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

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

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.

  • EDMONDS COFIELD PREPARATORY ACADEMY FOR YOUNG MEN (EC PREP)

    501 (C) (3) · SCHOOL · CT

  • BOOKER T WASHINGTON ACADEMY

    501 (C) (3) · SCHOOL · CT

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
15 January 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202600159349300830

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