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← LAUNCH EXPEDITIONARY LEARNING CHARTER SCHOOL

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by LAUNCH EXPEDITIONARY LEARNING CHARTER SCHOOL.

Totals

Total revenue
$7,715,432
Total expenses
$7,976,834
Contributions and grants received
$1,666,771
Grants paid
$107,528
Program service revenue
$6,005,106
Investment income
$43,555
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$3,599,356
Total liabilities, end of year
$635,246
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,964,110
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$6,869,943
Management and general expenses
$1,030,950
Fundraising expenses
$75,941
Program service expenses (Part III)
$6,869,943

Program services were 86.1% 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)

    $1,171,441

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $495,330

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $75,485

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

    total $6,005,106 · related or exempt $6,005,106

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $43,555 · excluded $43,555

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $107,528 · program services $107,528

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $547,015 · program services $257,343 · management and general $250,370 · fundraising $39,302

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $3,728,991 · program services $3,483,136 · management and general $228,176 · fundraising $17,679

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $42,503 · program services $39,138 · management and general $3,075 · fundraising $290

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $457,320 · program services $419,979 · management and general $35,698 · fundraising $1,643

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $405,425 · program services $355,701 · management and general $44,640 · fundraising $5,084

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $51,047 · management and general $51,047

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $35,250 · management and general $35,250

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,376,622 · program services $1,172,086 · management and general $194,802 · fundraising $9,734

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $192,751 · program services $192,394 · management and general $324 · fundraising $33

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $104,855 · program services $96,093 · management and general $8,090 · fundraising $672

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $197,517 · program services $191,131 · management and general $5,789 · fundraising $597

  • 17 · Travel

    total $20,994 · management and general $20,994

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $143,895 · management and general $143,895

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $57,451 · program services $57,451

  • 24a · Other expenses: SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS

    total $253,806 · program services $253,806

  • 24b · Other expenses: STUDENT SERVICES

    total $139,727 · program services $139,727

  • 24c · Other expenses: STAFF DEVELOPMENT

    total $98,147 · program services $88,772 · management and general $8,499 · fundraising $876

  • 24d · Other expenses: REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE

    total $12,521 · program services $12,521

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $3,469 · program services $3,137 · management and general $301 · fundraising $31

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,423,889 · end of year $569,828

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,364,032 · end of year $1,413,684

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $637,071 · end of year $1,005,398

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $146,685 · end of year $116,205

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

    $2,228,384

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

    $1,734,143

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $339,785 · end of year $494,241

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $681,997 · end of year $635,246

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,362,911 · end of year $2,734,822

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $866,554 · end of year $229,288

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO PREPARE STUDENTS TO THRIVE IN COLLEGE AND CAREERS BY PROVIDING A PUBLIC EDUCATION ROOTED IN ACTIVE LEARNING EXPERIENCES AND POWERFUL CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE SCHOOL IS BUILT ON TEN DESIGN PRINCIPLES THAT REFLECT THE EDUCATIONAL VALUES AND BELIEFS OF NEW YORK CITY OUTWARD BOUND AND EXPEDITIONARY LEARNING.

  • THE SCHOOL SERVED APPROXIMATELY 257 STUDENTS IN SIXTH THROUGH EIGHTH GRADES LIVING IN BEDFORD-STUYVESANT, CROWN HEIGHTS, AND THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES IN BROOKLYN, NY DURING THE 2023-2024 ACADEMIC YEAR. THROUGH ITS PARTNERSHIP WITH NYC OUTWARD BOUND SCHOOLS, THE SCHOOL IS PART OF AN EXPEDITIONARY LEARNING NETWORK OF OVER 160 MEMBER SCHOOLS NATIONWIDE.

    Expenses $6,869,943 · Grants $107,528 · Revenue $6,005,106

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • JONATHAN HARBER

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • MARCIA WARD MITCHELL

    VICE-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • NICOLE LEMEROND

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • DARRYL HAZELWOOD

    SECRETARRY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • MELANIE DUKES

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • KATHERINE LEWANDOWSKI

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • NICOLAS LIRETTE

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • CASEY NOEL

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • ALEX RAPPAPORT

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • REBECCA VAN DE SANDE

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • GEOFFREY ROEHM

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $190,303
    From this org
    $161,804
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,499
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $161,804
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $1,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $26,999
    Filer's total
    $190,303

  • ALEXIS RUBIN

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $177,394
    From this org
    $144,567
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $32,827
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $144,567
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $1,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $31,327
    Filer's total
    $177,394

  • CAMILLE SCHLAFER

    SENIOR DIRECTOR OF FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $154,195
    From this org
    $152,670
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $1,525
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $152,670
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $1,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25
    Filer's total
    $154,195

  • AMANDA LEAKE

    CO-HEAD OF SCHOOL

    Total calculated
    $148,756
    From this org
    $148,731
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25
    Hours/week
    40

  • SHAMIKAH KENLOCK-NIKIEMA

    CO-HEAD OF SCHOOL

    Total calculated
    $155,960
    From this org
    $144,727
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,233
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $144,727
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $1,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,733
    Filer's total
    $155,960

  • BRANDI ROBINSON

    DIRECTOR OF SPECIAL POPULATION

    Total calculated
    $133,811
    From this org
    $119,255
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,556
    Hours/week
    40

  • EVAN KILGORE

    TEACHER

    Total calculated
    $128,824
    From this org
    $120,254
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,570
    Hours/week
    40

  • MARC KRUGIELKI

    TEACHER

    Total calculated
    $126,266
    From this org
    $124,215
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $2,051
    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 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
13 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202433209349328198

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