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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by MATH ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL.

Totals

Total revenue
$12,031,607
Total expenses
$12,598,099
Contributions and grants received
$1,236,731
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$10,607,004
Investment income
$187,872
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$6,138,588
Total liabilities, end of year
$707,998
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$5,430,590
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$11,143,239
Management and general expenses
$1,314,497
Fundraising expenses
$140,363
Program service expenses (Part III)
$11,143,239

Program services were 88.5% 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)

    $821,533

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $415,198

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $41,480

  • 2a · Program service revenue: GOV'T PER-PUPIL REV.

    total $10,607,004 · related or exempt $10,607,004

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $187,872 · excluded $187,872

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $766,253 · program services $365,377 · management and general $339,556 · fundraising $61,320

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $7,466,421 · program services $7,034,639 · management and general $390,219 · fundraising $41,563

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $267,047 · program services $243,933 · management and general $21,866 · fundraising $1,248

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $1,196,253 · program services $1,112,984 · management and general $77,378 · fundraising $5,891

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $685,637 · program services $611,692 · management and general $66,242 · fundraising $7,703

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $20,537 · management and general $20,537

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $30,125 · management and general $30,125

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $311,702 · program services $86,393 · management and general $214,309 · fundraising $11,000

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $85,653 · program services $77,804 · management and general $6,900 · fundraising $949

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $124,489 · program services $112,666 · management and general $10,439 · fundraising $1,384

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $444,066 · program services $402,246 · management and general $36,765 · fundraising $5,055

  • 17 · Travel

    total $9,611 · program services $9,410 · management and general $177 · fundraising $24

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $132,616 · program services $120,127 · management and general $10,979 · fundraising $1,510

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $110,334 · program services $99,944 · management and general $9,134 · fundraising $1,256

  • 24a · Other expenses: STUDENT SERVICES

    total $527,008 · program services $527,008

  • 24b · Other expenses: PROFESSIONAL DEVEL.

    total $170,938 · program services $97,661 · management and general $72,791 · fundraising $486

  • 24c · Other expenses: STUDENT SUPPLIES

    total $163,894 · program services $163,894

  • 24d · Other expenses: DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $73,778 · program services $66,830 · management and general $6,108 · fundraising $840

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $11,737 · program services $10,631 · management and general $972 · fundraising $134

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $191,139 · end of year $413,895

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $2,801,979 · end of year $1,552,122

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $682,533 · end of year $381,807

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $5,229 · end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $653,060 · end of year $699,785

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $73,987 · end of year $83,027

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

    $1,564,879

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

    $1,358,037

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $270,686 · end of year $206,842

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $1,565,361

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $468,952 · end of year $2,801,110

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $694,091 · end of year $670,731

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    end of year $25,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $21,753 · end of year $12,267

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $5,952,086 · end of year $5,425,590

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $44,996 · end of year $5,000

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

MESA PROVIDES A RIGOROUS EDUCATION THAT EQUIPS EACH STUDENT WITH THE ABILITY TO SUCCEED IN LIFE AND IN COLLEGE. STUDENTS WILL DEVELOP A PASSION FOR SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATHEMATICS AND, THROUGH AN INTENSIVE COLLEGE READINESS PROGRAM, DEVELOP CRITICAL THINKING AND SELF-ADVOCACY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO OPERATE A FREE PUBLIC CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL IN BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

  • THE SCHOOL PROVIDED EDUCATION TO APPROXIMATELY 500 STUDENTS IN THE NINTH THROUGH TWELFTH GRADE DURING THE 2024-2025 ACADEMIC YEAR.

    Expenses $11,143,239 · Revenue $10,607,004

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

Listed in Part VII

  • ARUN YANG

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related

  • JACQUES PIERRE

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related

  • CHET MANCINI

    SECRETARY (THRU 08/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related

  • MELISSA SEXTON

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related

  • AGATHA PATTERSON

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related

  • ANGEL CORTES

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related

  • ADELE DOYLE

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related

  • KYM WARD GAFFNEY

    TRUSTEE (THRU 08/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related

  • CLAUDIA GRANADOS

    TRUSTEE (THRU 08/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related

  • CHRISTIAN MONTOYA

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related

  • MAUREEN RYAN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related

  • JENNIER STEWART

    TRUSTEE (THRU 08/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related

  • MALIK THOMPSON

    TRUSTEE (THRU 08/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related

  • STEVE SEVERIN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related

  • PAGEE CHEUNG

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $278,953
    From this org
    $223,100
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $55,853
    Hours/week
    32 + 8 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $223,100
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,184
    Nontaxable benefits
    $46,669
    Filer's total
    $278,953

  • ARTHUR SAMUELS

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $277,767
    From this org
    $218,655
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $59,112
    Hours/week
    12 + 28 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $218,655
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,047
    Nontaxable benefits
    $51,065
    Filer's total
    $277,767

  • CASSANDRA GREENE

    PRINCIPAL

    Total calculated
    $210,114
    From this org
    $171,847
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $38,267
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $171,847
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,902
    Nontaxable benefits
    $32,365
    Filer's total
    $210,114

  • JESSICA L BLOOM

    DIRECTOR OF SPECIAL EDUCATION

    Total calculated
    $175,242
    From this org
    $154,543
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,699
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $154,543
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,026
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,673
    Filer's total
    $175,242

  • KRYSTAL MEISCHBERGER

    ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL OF INSTRUCTION

    Total calculated
    $169,122
    From this org
    $145,136
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,986
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $145,136
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,919
    Nontaxable benefits
    $18,067
    Filer's total
    $169,122

  • JAMES WILLET

    SR. ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL

    Total calculated
    $159,591
    From this org
    $140,194
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,397
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $140,194
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,845
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,552
    Filer's total
    $159,591

  • ANTHONY VELEZ

    DEAN OF STUDENTS

    Total calculated
    $155,107
    From this org
    $128,710
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,397
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $121,210
    Bonus
    $7,500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,308
    Nontaxable benefits
    $22,089
    Filer's total
    $155,107

  • MELISSA L LEWIS

    DIRECTOR OF SPECIAL EDUCATION

    Total calculated
    $146,828
    From this org
    $126,451
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,377
    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. 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 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 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 ORGANIZATION PROVIDED PERFORMANCE-BASED BONUS COMPENSATION TO INDIVIDUAL REPORTED IN PART VII AND SCHEDULE J, WHICH WAS INCLUDED IN THEIR REPORTABLE COMPENSATION.

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
15 May 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202601359349316965

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