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← THE ACCELERATED SCHOOLS

Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by THE ACCELERATED SCHOOLS.

Totals

Total revenue
$35,873,317
Total expenses
$38,094,276
Contributions and grants received
$35,945,881
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
-$106,937
Other revenue
$34,373
Total assets, end of year
$112,688,873
Total liabilities, end of year
$24,365,221
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$88,323,652
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$30,590,777
Management and general expenses
$7,503,499
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$30,590,777

Program services were 80.3% 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)

    $35,095,727

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $850,154

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $585,149

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $757,452 · excluded $757,452

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $1,501,921

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $2,366,310

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$864,389

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$864,389 · excluded -$864,389

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $34,373 · excluded $34,373

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $34,373

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $636,496 · program services $395,966 · management and general $240,530

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $15,934,953 · program services $12,813,242 · management and general $3,121,711

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $3,029,108 · program services $3,029,108

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $2,117,654 · program services $1,700,007 · management and general $417,647

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $579,965 · program services $257,181 · management and general $322,784

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $282,807 · management and general $282,807

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $429,118 · management and general $429,118

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $3,753,662 · program services $2,955,326 · management and general $798,336

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $5,451 · management and general $5,451

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,330,580 · program services $883,053 · management and general $447,527

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $221,895 · management and general $221,895

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $933,839 · program services $648,535 · management and general $285,304

  • 17 · Travel

    total $92,809 · program services $92,809

  • 20 · Interest

    total $218,037 · management and general $218,037

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $2,163,994 · program services $2,163,994

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $199,604 · management and general $199,604

  • 24a · Other expenses: BOOKS AND SUPPLIES

    total $2,422,020 · program services $2,133,667 · management and general $288,353

  • 24b · Other expenses: SPECIAL ED SERVICES

    total $1,737,957 · program services $1,737,957

  • 24c · Other expenses: AFTER SCHOOL SERVICES

    total $1,392,320 · program services $1,392,320

  • 24d · Other expenses: CHARTER AUTHORIZER FEES

    total $612,007 · program services $387,612 · management and general $224,395

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,401,981 · end of year $6,030,130

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $699,698 · end of year $662,519

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $4,390,298 · end of year $9,407,412

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $123,867 · end of year $158,768

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

    $91,313,416

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

    $24,395,990

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $66,796,778 · end of year $66,917,426

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $29,053,302 · end of year $29,281,632

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $274,872 · end of year $230,986

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,187,544 · end of year $4,691,738

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $2,999,720 · end of year $10,453,030

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $9,361,203 · end of year $8,984,317

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $274,872 · end of year $236,136

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $88,917,457 · end of year $88,323,652

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

THE ACCELERATED SCHOOLS WERE FOUNDED ON THE BELIEF THAT EVERY CHILD SHOULD BE TREATED AS GIFTED, WITH AN EMPHASIS ON HIGH EXPECTATIONS FOR STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, A SUPPORTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT, AND EXTENSIVE PARENT INVOLVEMENT.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE ACCELERATED SCHOOLS WERE FOUNDED ON THE BELIEF THAT EVERY CHILD SHOULD BE TREATED (SEE SCH O)

  • THE ORGANIZATION OPERATES THREE CHARTER SCHOOLS; THE ACCELERATED SCHOOL (TAS), ACCELERATED ELEMENTARY CHARTER SCHOOL (ACES), AND WALLIS ANNENBERG HIGH SCHOOL (WAHS). TAS CURRENTLY SERVES APPROXIMATELY 740 STUDENTS IN GRADES TRANSITIONAL KINDERGARTEN THROUGH EIGHT. ACES CURRENTLY SERVES APPROXIMATELY 500 STUDENTS IN GRADES TRANSITIONAL KINDERGARTEN THROUGH SIX. WAHS CURRENTLY SERVES APPROXIMATELY 450 STUDENTS IN GRADES NINE THROUGH TWELVE.

    Expenses $30,590,777

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Leonard Rabinowitz

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    6 + 2 related
  • Peter B Morrison

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Lawrence Picus

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Binti P Yost

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Elisabeth Weiss

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Stephen Dickinson

    CHIEF BUSINESS OFFICER/CFO

    Total calculated
    $153,750
    From this org
    $153,307
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $443
    Hours/week
    40 + 2 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $153,307
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $443
    Filer's total
    $153,750
  • Grace Lee-Chang

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $263,288
    From this org
    $223,125
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $40,163
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $223,125
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $40,163
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $263,288
  • Lenita Lugo

    DIRECTOR/SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $211,517
    From this org
    $177,370
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $34,147
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $177,370
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $31,927
    Nontaxable benefits
    $2,220
    Filer's total
    $211,517
  • Kimberly Clerx

    PRINCIPAL, TAS

    Total calculated
    $180,344
    From this org
    $151,814
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,530
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $151,814
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $27,327
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,203
    Filer's total
    $180,344
  • Francis Reading

    DIRECTOR OF ELEMENTARY EDUCATION

    Total calculated
    $201,440
    From this org
    $168,613
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $32,827
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $168,613
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $30,350
    Nontaxable benefits
    $2,477
    Filer's total
    $201,440
  • Cynthia Foley

    CHIEF HR OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $192,234
    From this org
    $161,798
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $30,436
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $161,798
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $29,124
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,312
    Filer's total
    $192,234
  • Robert French

    DIRECTOR OF HR

    Total calculated
    $194,022
    From this org
    $161,984
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $32,038
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $161,984
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $29,157
    Nontaxable benefits
    $2,881
    Filer's total
    $194,022
  • Kimberly Sheehan

    DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $214,312
    From this org
    $181,109
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $33,203
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $181,109
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $32,600
    Nontaxable benefits
    $603
    Filer's total
    $214,312
  • Felicia Jackson

    ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, TAS

    Total calculated
    $161,402
    From this org
    $136,781
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,621
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $136,781
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $24,621
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $161,402
  • Carlos Garcia

    TECHNOLOGY DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $174,596
    From this org
    $147,669
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,927
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $147,669
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $26,580
    Nontaxable benefits
    $347
    Filer's total
    $174,596
  • Deborah Albin

    PROGRAM SPECIALIST

    Total calculated
    $168,149
    From this org
    $139,114
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,035
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $139,114
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $25,041
    Nontaxable benefits
    $3,994
    Filer's total
    $168,149
  • Carmen Ramos

    ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, ACES

    Total calculated
    $163,714
    From this org
    $137,651
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,063
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $137,651
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $24,777
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,286
    Filer's total
    $163,714
  • Karin Figueroa

    PRINCIPAL, ACES

    Total calculated
    $170,352
    From this org
    $143,259
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,093
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $143,259
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $25,787
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,306
    Filer's total
    $170,352

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 · Written employment contract
  • 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.

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
2022
Filed
2 May 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202431289349302503

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