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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by AMERICAN PARADIGM SCHOOLS.

Totals

Total revenue
$6,090,289
Total expenses
$4,836,790
Contributions and grants received
$300
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$5,858,577
Investment income
$231,080
Other revenue
$332
Total assets, end of year
$8,776,334
Total liabilities, end of year
$723,819
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$8,052,515
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,725,632
Management and general expenses
$2,111,158
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,725,632

Program services were 56.4% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $300

  • 2a · Program service revenue: SERVICE FEES

    total $5,858,577 · related or exempt $5,858,577

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $231,080 · excluded $231,080

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE

    total $332 · related or exempt $332

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $332

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $2,794,097 · program services $1,904,554 · management and general $889,543

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $118,979 · program services $95,456 · management and general $23,523

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $534,442 · program services $305,184 · management and general $229,258

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $194,516 · program services $134,397 · management and general $60,119

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $71,662 · management and general $71,662

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $155,335 · management and general $155,335

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $16,000 · management and general $16,000

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $141,900 · program services $78,078 · management and general $63,822

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $193,390 · management and general $193,390

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $79,165 · program services $1,923 · management and general $77,242

  • 17 · Travel

    total $16,475 · program services $1,014 · management and general $15,461

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $53,843 · program services $26,139 · management and general $27,704

  • 20 · Interest

    total $9,426 · management and general $9,426

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $80,476 · management and general $80,476

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $89,974 · management and general $89,974

  • 24a · Other expenses: CURRICULUM AND EDUCATIO

    total $142,675 · program services $142,675

  • 24b · Other expenses: BUILDING MANAGEMENT SER

    total $44,807 · management and general $44,807

  • 24c · Other expenses: CONTRIBUTIONS

    total $34,130 · program services $34,130

  • 24d · Other expenses: UTILITIES

    total $20,543 · management and general $20,543

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $44,955 · program services $2,082 · management and general $42,873

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $4,872,154 · end of year $6,151,294

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $752,083 · end of year $752,835

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $122,934 · end of year $119,880

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $138,191 · end of year $210,942

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

    $1,949,004

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

    $407,621

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,572,858 · end of year $1,541,383

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $149,074 · end of year $258,694

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $215,444 · end of year $215,444

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $294,686 · end of year $249,681

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $6,799,016 · end of year $8,052,515

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE MISSION OF AMERICAN PARADIGM SCHOOLS IS TO DEVELOP, MANAGE, AND SUPPORT DIVERSE SCHOOL COMMUNITIES, WHO ARE GROUNDED IN LITERACY TO PRODUCE ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AND EXPAND OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL STUDENTS. OUR VISION IS WORLD CLASS SCHOOLS IN DIVERSE COMMUNITIES.

  • THE MISSION OF AMERICAN PARADIGM SCHOOLS IS TO DEVELOP, MANAGE, AND SUPPORT DIVERSE SCHOOL COMMUNITIES, WHO ARE GROUNDED IN LITERACY TO PRODUCE ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AND EXPAND OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL STUDENTS. OUR VISION IS WORLD CLASS SCHOOLS IN DIVERSE COMMUNITIES.

    Expenses $2,725,632 · Revenue $5,858,877

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Rev Dr Peter Kountz

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Richard Ellis III

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Lisabeth Henry

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Barbara Saunders

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Sandra Farmer

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Reginald Howard

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Anita Vega-Kaiser

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Nikola Lonchar

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Ashley Redfearn

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $275,341
    From this org
    $267,519
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,822
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $266,379
    Bonus
    $1,140
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,822
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $275,341

  • Scott Kramer

    CHIEF TALENT OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $159,413
    From this org
    $154,807
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,606
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $153,501
    Bonus
    $1,306
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,606
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $159,413

  • Kristine Magargee

    CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $220,176
    From this org
    $213,796
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,380
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $212,660
    Bonus
    $1,136
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,380
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $220,176

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 · 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

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
2024
Filed
17 April 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202601179349300910

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