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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by A PLUS UNLIMITED CHARTER SCHOOL.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,303,459
Total expenses
$3,195,738
Contributions and grants received
$1,293,420
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$1,763,811
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$246,228
Total assets, end of year
$5,893,174
Total liabilities, end of year
$4,596,337
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,296,837
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,836,511
Management and general expenses
$359,227
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,836,511

Program services were 88.8% 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)

    $841,160

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $452,260

  • 2a · Program service revenue: STATE EQUALIZATION

    total $1,737,331 · related or exempt $1,737,331

  • 2b · Program service revenue: TRS BENEFIT PROGRAM RE

    total $19,019 · related or exempt $19,019

  • 2c · Program service revenue: OTHER LOCAL REVENUE

    total $7,461 · related or exempt $7,461

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $246,228

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $246,228

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $246,228 · excluded $246,228

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $212,663 · program services $195,398 · management and general $17,265

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,184,618 · program services $1,089,849 · management and general $94,769

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $98,308 · program services $89,460 · management and general $8,848

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $60,812 · program services $55,339 · management and general $5,473

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $22,830 · program services $20,775 · management and general $2,055

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $139,732 · program services $114,580 · management and general $25,152

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $126,903 · program services $123,096 · management and general $3,807

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $514,655 · program services $431,607 · management and general $83,048

  • 17 · Travel

    total $6,621 · management and general $6,621

  • 20 · Interest

    total $20,073 · program services $16,058 · management and general $4,015

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $66,945 · program services $61,589 · management and general $5,356

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $18,775 · program services $15,020 · management and general $3,755

  • 24a · Other expenses: CONTRACT LABOR/ED SVC C

    total $420,071 · program services $409,338 · management and general $10,733

  • 24b · Other expenses: INSTRUCT/MATERIALS/SUPP

    total $132,297 · program services $110,630 · management and general $21,667

  • 24c · Other expenses: MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR

    total $92,293 · program services $84,910 · management and general $7,383

  • 24d · Other expenses: FOOD

    total $78,142 · program services $18,862 · management and general $59,280

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,011,555 · end of year $851,398

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $151,060 · end of year $204,125

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $88,340 · end of year $77,321

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

    $1,222,654

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

    $148,283

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $896,523 · end of year $1,074,371

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $2,216,085 · end of year $3,685,959

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $214,528 · end of year $155,152

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $265,000 · end of year $128,580

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $490,173 · end of year $499,327

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $2,204,746 · end of year $3,813,278

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $948,282 · end of year $1,038,101

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $240,834 · end of year $258,736

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THROUGH THE POWER OF RELATIONSHIPS AND PERSONALIZED LEARNING, A+UP SPARKS A PASSION FOR SELF-IMPROVEMENT IN THE STUDENTS WE SERVE. OUR GOAL IS TO COACH EACH SCHOLAR TO REALIZE THEIR UNLIMITED POTENTIAL AND TAKE OWNERSHIP OF THEIR SUCCESS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

A+UP OPERATES CHARTER SCHOOLS SERVING 6TH-8TH GRADE STUDENTS IN THE HOUSTON AREA. WE GROW STUDENTS INTO SCHOLARS. STUDENTS KNOW ANSWERS, SCHOLARS ASK QUESTIONS. OUR SCHOLARS DEDICATE THEMSELVES TO A LIFELONG PURSUIT OF LEARNING AND PERSONAL GROWTH.

  • A+UP (DBA A+ UNLIMITED POTENTIAL CHARTER SCHOOL) OPERATES A TEXAS OPEN-ENROLLMENT CHARTER SCHOOL PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 12 OF THE TEXAS EDUCATION CODE UNDER STATE CHARTER 101871. THE SCHOOL HAS ONE CAMPUS IN HOUSTON, TEXAS, WHICH SERVES APPROXIMATELY 150 STUDENTS FROM 6TH TO 8TH GRADES FOR THE 2023 - 2024 SCHOOL YEAR. THE SCHOOL IS SUPPORTED BY STATE AND FEDERAL GRANTS PROVIDED BY THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY AND BY PRIVATE CONTRIBUTIONS.

    Expenses $2,836,511 · Revenue $1,763,811

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Tom Elsenbrook

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Michael McDonough

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Elbert Johnson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Greg Sangalis

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Kathy Welch

    BOARD PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jess Arnold

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Stephen Amante

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Paul David Castro

    SUPERINTENDENT

    Total calculated
    $197,164
    From this org
    $173,952
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,212
    Hours/week
    60

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $173,952
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $12,207
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,005
    Filer's total
    $197,164

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
20 June 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202541769349301649

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