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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by LIBERTY STEAM CHARTER SCHOOL.

Totals

Total revenue
$13,456,857
Total expenses
$10,148,473
Contributions and grants received
$13,425,491
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$31,366
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$8,743,131
Total liabilities, end of year
$5,066,111
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,677,020
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$8,499,334
Management and general expenses
$1,649,139
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$8,499,334

Program services were 83.7% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $7,495,251

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $5,930,240

  • 2a · Program service revenue: OTHER REVENUE

    total $17,660 · related or exempt $17,660

  • 2b · Program service revenue: PUPIL ACTIVITY

    total $13,706 · related or exempt $13,706

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $148,709 · management and general $148,709

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $4,772,050 · program services $4,210,004 · management and general $562,046

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $92,983 · program services $84,141 · management and general $8,842

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $533,106 · program services $481,403 · management and general $51,703

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $362,658 · program services $310,317 · management and general $52,341

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $9,413 · management and general $9,413

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $8,500 · management and general $8,500

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $473,856 · program services $241,573 · management and general $232,283

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $21,773 · management and general $21,773

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $31,477 · management and general $31,477

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $216,568 · program services $216,568

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $1,675,890 · program services $1,675,890

  • 17 · Travel

    total $19,765 · management and general $19,765

  • 20 · Interest

    total $474,507 · program services $474,507

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $257,291 · program services $205,833 · management and general $51,458

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $58,297 · management and general $58,297

  • 24a · Other expenses: SCHOOL LUNCH EXPENSES

    total $279,373 · program services $279,373

  • 24b · Other expenses: STUDENT SUPPLIES & TEXT

    total $260,346 · program services $260,346

  • 24c · Other expenses: SUPPLIES

    total $235,564 · management and general $235,564

  • 24d · Other expenses: OTHER EXPENDITURES

    total $156,968 · management and general $156,968

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $59,379 · program services $59,379

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $520,840 · end of year $1,221,477

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $25,617 · end of year $104,468

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $305,447 · end of year $76,058

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

    $5,527,428

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

    $257,437

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $17,409 · end of year $5,269,991

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,333,767 · end of year $2,071,137

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $135,749 · end of year $266,111

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $1,274 · end of year $0

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $1,697,422 · end of year $4,800,000

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $368,635 · end of year $3,677,020

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

LIBERTY STEAM CHARTER WORKS TO PROVIDE ALL STUDENTS WITH EQUAL ACCESS TO A WORLD-CLASS K-12 EDUCATION IN AN ACADEMICALLY RIGOROUS AND STUDENT-CENTERED LEARNING ENVIRONMENT, CREATING GRADUATES WHO WILL BE THOUGHTFUL AND ENGAGED CITIZENS PREPARED TO TAKE ON THE LEADERSHIP CHALLENGES OF THE 21ST CENTURY.

  • THE 2022-23 FISCAL YEAR WAS THE SECOND YEAR THAT THE SCHOOL WAS IN OPERATION AS A SOUTH CAROLINA PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL. THE SCHOOL OPERATES WITHIN THE SOUTH CAROLINA PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL DISTRICT AND IT SERVED APPROXIMATELY 325 STUDENTS FROM KINDERGARTEN THROUGH GRADE TWO.

    Expenses $8,499,334 · Revenue $31,366

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Rev Dr Marion Newton

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Dr Rodney Thompson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Greg A Thompson

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Dexter Davis

    VICE CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Rodney Thompson

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Cameron Chandler

    TRASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Jenny Knopf

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Elayne Brunson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Kim Rauschenbach

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Trevor Ivey

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $149,881
    From this org
    $148,709
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $1,172
    Hours/week
    40
  • Dixie Hardy

    EMPLOYEE

    Total calculated
    $106,076
    From this org
    $106,076
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

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
2023
Filed
15 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202531359349308883

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