Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$944,271

Total expenses

$993,988

Contributions and grants received

$339,023

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$0

Other revenue

$605,248

Total assets, end of year

$6,361

Total liabilities, end of year

$28,181

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

-$21,820

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$833,188

Management and general expenses

$160,800

Fundraising expenses

$0

Program service expenses (Part III)

$833,188

Program services were 83.8% 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.

Mission and programs · 2023

• PUBLIC EDUCATION AND OUTREACH: GLSS WAS FOUNDED ON THE PREMISE THAT THE PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM IN ARIZONA MUST BE REORIENTED TOWARD A FOCUS ON THE PRACTICAL NEEDS OF STUDENTS AND FAMILIES. WHILE ARIZONA HAS INSTITUTED A ROBUST BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE OF SCHOOL CHOICE, GLSS BELIEVES THAT IT MUST BE FORTIFIED BY STRONG MECHANISMS OF ACCOUNTABILITY AND EQUITABLE ACCESS TO QUALITY SCHOOLS FOR ALL STUDENTS. TO THIS END, THE ORGANIZATION DEVELOPED AN INTERNET AND SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENCE TO BROADLY DISSEMINATE INFORMATION AND MOBILIZED PARENTS AND EDUCATORS TO SUPPORT PUBLIC POLICIES THAT ENHANCE SCHOOL CHOICE AND ACCESS, EMPOWER INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS TO DEVELOP PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES TAILORED TO THEIR UNIQUE STUDENT POPULATIONS, AND STRENGTHEN ACCOUNTABILITY TO TAXPAYERS.

  Expenses $624,892

• GRASSROOTS AND DIRECT LOBBYING: GLSS DIRECTED A SUBSTANTIAL PROPORTION OF ITS TIME AND RESOURCES TO THE ADVOCACY OF LEGISLATIVE AND REGULATORY SOLUTIONS IN ARIZONA THAT (1) PROTECT AND EXPAND PARENTAL CHOICE; (2) ENCOURAGE SCHOOL AUTONOMY AND CLASSROOM INNOVATION BY ADMINISTRATORS AND TEACHERS; (3) ENHANCE STUDENTS' ABILITY TO ACCESS QUALITY SCHOOLS; AND (4) FORTIFY ACCOUNTABILITY MEASURES TO ENSURE THAT TAX DOLLARS ARE USED EFFICIENTLY, EFFECTIVELY, AND TRANSPARENTLY CONNECTS FUNDING LEVELS TO STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT.

  Expenses $208,296

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

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

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

13 August 2024

IRS schema version

2023v5.1

Source object

202422299349301347

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