Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$12,600,936

Total expenses

$14,089,865

Contributions and grants received

$12,325,965

Grants paid

$5,934,504

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$274,971

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$3,999,593

Total liabilities, end of year

$0

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$3,999,593

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$12,553,665

Management and general expenses

$1,522,723

Fundraising expenses

$13,477

Program service expenses (Part III)

$12,553,665

Program services were 89.1% 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.

Mission and programs · 2023

• OUR FIRST STRATEGIC PRIORITY IS TO ELEVATE THE VOICES OF THOSE MOST UNDERSERVED BY OUR SCHOOL SYSTEMS AND EMPOWER FAMILIES AND STUDENTS TO DESIGN AND DRIVE CHANGE AS PART OF A BROAD AND DIVERSE COALITION. THIS PROGRAM AIMS TO 1) STRENGTHEN PARENT LEADERSHIP AND ADVOCACY INFRASTRUCTURE BY ORGANIZING AND GROWING NEW NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS FOCUSED ON LOWEST 5% PERFORMING SCHOOLS IN ST. LOUIS CITY, SEEDING EFFORTS TO CREATE DEMAND IN ST. LOUIS COUNTY, AND IMPROVING CHARTER PERCEPTIONS BY ORGANIZING 10K CHARTER PARENT VOICES VIA STATE CHARTER ASSOCIATION, 2) INCREASING TRUST THROUGH DEVELOPMENT OF COMMUNITY COALITIONS, AND 3) CONTINUE INVESTING IN EARLY STAGE GROWTH OF KEY PARTNERS.

  Expenses $2,356,426 · Grants $1,040,210

• OUR SECOND STRATEGIC PRIORITY IS FOCUSED ON INCREASING ACCESS TO WORLD-CLASS SCHOOLS BY GROWING THE CAPACITY OF OUR MOST SUCCESSFUL SCHOOLS, LAUNCHING NEW AND INNOVATIVE SCHOOLS, STRENGTHENING EXISTING SCHOOLS WITH CONDITIONS FOR SUSTAINED SUCCESS, AND HELPING DISTRICTS TO METHODICALLY TRANSFORM THEIR LOWEST PERFORMING SCHOOLS. THIS PROGRAIM AIMS TO 1) DRIVE TOWARD GOAL OF 25% STUDENTS IN QUALITY SEATS BY EXPANDING INVESTMENTS IN NEW SCHOOLS, EXPANDING INVESTMENTS FROM THREE SCHOOLS IN FY21 TO THIRTEEN SCHOOLS IN FY24 AND MAINTAINING INVESTMENTS IN HIGH PERFORMING CHARTERS, 2) CATALYZE SUPPORT FOR DISTRICT AUTONOMOUS MODELS THROUGH COMMUNITY DESIGN AND POST-SECONDARY INTERMEDIARY INITIATIVE, AND 3) EXPLORE PARTNERSHIPS WITH SEVEN COUNTY DISTRICTS REPRESENTING 27K STUDENTS ENROLLED IN LOW-QUALITY SCHOOLS.

  Expenses $7,409,241 · Grants $4,101,713

• OUR THIRD STRATEGIC PRIORITY IS TO BUILD AN EDUCATION ECOSYSTEM THAT SUPPORTS IMPROVEMENT, INNOVATION, AND EQUITY. THIS PROGRAM'S OBJECTIVES ARE TO 1) MITIGATE HIGH ATTRITION RATES AND DECLINING SUPPLY OF TEACHERS FROM REGIONAL TEACHER PREPARATION PROGRAMS, 2) DEVELOP MORE ROBUST SCHOOL AND BOARD LEADERSHIP SUCCESSION PLANNING AND PIPELINES, 3) LAUNCH NEW EDUCATION-FOCUSED COMMUNICATIONS PLATFORM, 4) BECOME DESTINATION FOR HIGH QUALITY EDUCATION DATA THROUGH INTERNAL RESEARCH AND THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS, AND 5) SHIFT STATE POLICY ADVOCACY TO STRATEGIC PARTNERS.

  Expenses $2,348,876 · Grants $552,000

• STRATEGIC PRIORITIES 5 THE EXPANDING OPPORTUNITIES: MISSOURI CHARTER SCHOOL PROGRAM: A U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION APPROVED BUDGET OF $35.5 MILLION TO HELP MISSOURI EXPAND OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS TO ATTEND QUALITY CHARTER PUBLIC SCHOOLS. MISSOURI'S CSP PROGRAM HAS THREE OBJECTIVES: 1) INCREASE THE NUMBER OF QUALITY MISSOURI CHARTER PUBLIC SCHOOL SEATS, ESPECIALLY FOR OUR MOST EDUCATIONALLY DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS, 2) SUPPORT QUALITY CHARTER SCHOOL AUTHORIZING IN MISSOURI, THROUGH THE DISSEMINATION AND SUPPORT OF BEST AUTHORIZER PRACTICES STATEWIDE, AND 3) CODIFY AND SHARE LESSONS FROM HIGH-PERFORMING CHARTER PUBLIC SCHOOLS ACROSS THE EDUCATION ECOSYSTEM.

  Expenses $439,122 · Grants $240,581

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

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

• ST LOUIS VOICES ACADEMY

  $732,175

  NEW SCHOOLS

• PREMIER CHARTER SCHOOL

  $550,000

  EXISTING SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT

• KAIROS ACADEMIES

  $509,596

  NEW SCHOOLS

• BRIDGE 2 HOPE

  $504,210

  PARENT & STUDENT LEADERSHIP

• NAVIGATE STL SCHOOLS

  $502,500

  REMOVING BARRIERS TO ACCESS

• THE LEADERSHIP SCHOOL

  $450,152

  NEW SCHOOLS

• BELIEVE SCHOOLS

  $450,000

  NEW SCHOOLS

• CITY GARDEN MONTESSORI

  $338,000

  EXISTING SCHOOL EXPANSION

• MOMENTUM ACADEMY

  $300,585

  EXISTING SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT

• ST LOUIS TEACHER RESIDENCY

  $300,000

  DIVERSE/EFFECTIVE TEACHERS AND LEADERS

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

29 January 2025

IRS schema version

2023v6.0

Source object

202500309349300705

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