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← GPS EDUCATION PARTNERS INC

Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by GPS EDUCATION PARTNERS INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$4,802,205
Total expenses
$4,687,794
Contributions and grants received
$3,184,323
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$1,579,545
Investment income
$31,970
Other revenue
$6,367
Total assets, end of year
$4,267,480
Total liabilities, end of year
$891,404
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,376,076
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,580,959
Management and general expenses
$573,198
Fundraising expenses
$533,637
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,580,959

Program services were 76.4% 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.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $125,542

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $270,528

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,788,253

  • 2a · Program service revenue: SCHOOL DISTRICT FEES

    total $1,010,590 · related or exempt $1,010,590

  • 2b · Program service revenue: CLIENT SOLUTION FEES

    total $551,044 · related or exempt $551,044

  • 2c · Program service revenue: STUDENT FEES

    total $17,911 · related or exempt $17,911

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $37,674 · excluded $37,674

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $421,636

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

    securities $427,340

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$5,704

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$5,704 · excluded -$5,704

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $6,367 · excluded $6,367

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $6,367

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $175,094 · program services $19,260 · management and general $19,260 · fundraising $136,574

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $3,003,839 · program services $2,506,842 · management and general $306,033 · fundraising $190,964

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $119,814 · program services $95,209 · management and general $12,260 · fundraising $12,345

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $354,141 · program services $281,414 · management and general $36,238 · fundraising $36,489

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $243,050 · program services $193,137 · management and general $24,871 · fundraising $25,042

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $2,715 · management and general $2,715

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $22,724 · management and general $22,724

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $11,905 · management and general $11,905

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $156,506 · program services $45,583 · management and general $68,007 · fundraising $42,916

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $63,154 · program services $40,713 · management and general $352 · fundraising $22,089

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $149,938 · program services $122,079 · management and general $14,359 · fundraising $13,500

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $68,480 · program services $59,066 · management and general $5,047 · fundraising $4,367

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $98,936 · program services $51,340 · management and general $23,164 · fundraising $24,432

  • 17 · Travel

    total $83,934 · program services $70,016 · management and general $5,766 · fundraising $8,152

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $62,085 · program services $52,479 · management and general $2,983 · fundraising $6,623

  • 20 · Interest

    total $959 · program services $654 · management and general $144 · fundraising $161

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $8,368 · program services $2,845 · management and general $2,761 · fundraising $2,762

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $7,983 · program services $1,396 · management and general $5,231 · fundraising $1,356

  • 24a · Other expenses: CLASSROOM AND STUDENT S

    total $23,711 · program services $23,711

  • 24b · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $17,687 · program services $9,804 · management and general $2,708 · fundraising $5,175

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $12,771 · program services $5,411 · management and general $6,670 · fundraising $690

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $535,940 · end of year $586,138

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $14,430 · end of year $2,790

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $149,684 · end of year $140,350

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $133,875 · end of year $68,638

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $21,732 · end of year $76,045

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

    $173,683

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

    $120,776

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $52,907

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $1,017,614 · end of year $1,103,850

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $28,225 · end of year $15,225

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,498,478 · end of year $2,221,537

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $197,036 · end of year $189,386

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $702,018

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,704,464 · end of year $1,773,938

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,498,478 · end of year $1,602,138

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

GPS EDUCATION PARTNERS IS A NON-PROFIT WORK-BASED LEARNING SOLUTIONS PROVIDER AND ADVOCATE, REPRESENTING OUR STUDENTS, BUSINESSES, AND COMMUNITIES, FOCUSING ON ACCESS AND EQUITY FOR ALL STUDENTS TO SUCCEED IN THE JOBS OF THE FUTURE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SEE SCHEDULE O.

  • GPSED CONTINUES TO PROVIDE A TRANSFORMATIONAL ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION AND YOUTH APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM THROUGH OUR 7 EDUCATION CENTERS LOCATED THROUGHOUT SOUTHEAST AND NORTHEAST WISCONSIN. WITH AN AVERAGE ANNUAL ENROLLMENT OF 200 STUDENTS, THIS IMMERSIVE PROGRAM ALLOWS STUDENTS TO EARN THEIR HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA FROM THEIR HOME HIGH SCHOOL WHILE ALSO EARNING STACKABLE AND TRANSFERABLE CREDENTIALS ALIGNED TO TECHNICAL CAREER PATHWAYS. THE CLASS OF 2023 BOASTS A 95% GRADUATION RATE WITH 95% EARNING THEIR NATIONAL CAREER READINESS CERTIFICATION, 87% EARNING THE FULL CERTIFIED PRODUCTION TECHNICIAN (CPT) CERTIFICATE FROM THE MANUFACTURING SKILL STANDARDS COUNCIL (MSSC), AND 48% HIRED ON FULL TIME AT A GPS ED BUSINESS PARTNER. MANY GRADUATES WHO PLAN TO GO ON TO POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION ALSO EARN COLLEGE CREDITS. IT IS WORTH NOTING THAT THE MAJORITY OF OUR STUDENTS HAD TO OVERCOME SEVERE ACADEMIC DEFICIENCIES AND GAINED VALUABLE SOFT-SKILLS THAT ARE NEEDED TO SECURE GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT. THE ORGANIZATION CONTINUES TO ADD TO THE PORTFOLIO OF SCHOOL AND BUSINESS PARTNERS WHICH PROVIDES EVEN MORE CAREER PATHWAYS TO MORE STUDENTS. IN ADDITION, GPSED, AS A WORK-BASED LEARNING (WBL) INTERMEDIARY, PROVIDES SPECIFIC PROGRAMMING THAT WORKS WITH SPECIFIC CLIENTS TO PROVIDE CUSTOMIZED WORK-BASED LEARNING SOLUTIONS; WHEREBY GPSED FUNCTIONS AS A WORK-BASED LEARNING INTERMEDIARY PARTNER. THROUGH THIS ROLE, GPSED CAN LEVERAGE ITS EXPERIENCE, RESOURCES, AND BEST PRACTICES TO CONSULT, CONVENE, PILOT, EXECUTE AND SUPPORT WBL PROGRAMMING THAT MEETS THE NEEDS OF THE THREE DISTINCT CLIENT GROUPS: SCHOOL OR SCHOOL GROUP; EMPLOYER OR EMPLOYER ASSOCIATION; OR A COMMUNITY OR COLLECTION OF REGIONAL ENTITIES SEEKING TO BUILD SYSTEMS TO ENGAGE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN CAREER FOCUSED, HIGH QUALITY WORK-BASED LEARNING PROGRAMMING. EACH CLIENT SOLUTION IS UNIQUE TO THE NEEDS OF THE CLIENT GROUP, AND IS UNIQUELY POSITIONED/BRANDED TO REFLECT THE CLIENT'S ROLE LED BY GPSED PARTNERSHIP. THROUGH THIS ROLE, GPSED IS ABLE TO REACH BEYOND MORE STUDENTS, GEOGRAPHIES, TO REALIZE ITS VISION AND MISSION.

    Expenses $3,580,959 · Revenue $1,579,545

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Dawn Tabat

    FOUNDING DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Rebekah Kowalski

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Joe Garza

    VICE-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Rick Steiner

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Claire Huschen

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Graham Anderson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Rob Driscoll

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Dr John Hill

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Bill Hughes

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Hank Kohl

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Rhonda Matschke

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Julian Palacios

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Adonica Randall

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Stephanie Reisner

    PRESIDENT, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $168,086
    From this org
    $145,081
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,005
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $133,531
    Bonus
    $11,550
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,535
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,470
    Filer's total
    $168,086
  • Billie Torrentt

    CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $149,557
    From this org
    $130,180
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,377
    Hours/week
    50
  • Michael Hepburn

    CHIEF INNOVATIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $140,441
    From this org
    $115,568
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,873
    Hours/week
    50
  • Laura Derpinghaus

    MARKETING DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $127,560
    From this org
    $108,375
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,185
    Hours/week
    50

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 · 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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
6 February 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202440399349301014

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