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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by GESTALT COMMUNITY SCHOOLS.

Totals

Total revenue
$38,080,706
Total expenses
$37,114,553
Contributions and grants received
$12,126,954
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$25,195,165
Investment income
$212,771
Other revenue
$545,816
Total assets, end of year
$50,438,772
Total liabilities, end of year
$25,051,170
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$25,387,602
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$26,861,720
Management and general expenses
$10,252,833
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$26,861,720

Program services were 72.4% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $10,909,142

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,217,812

  • 2a · Program service revenue: BASIC EDUCATION PROGRAM REVENUE

    total $24,855,725 · related or exempt $24,855,725

  • 2b · Program service revenue: STUDENT SERVICES

    total $300,745 · related or exempt $300,745

  • 2c · Program service revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $38,695 · related or exempt $38,695

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $212,771 · excluded $212,771

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $1,166,360

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $672,564

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $493,796

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $493,796 · excluded $493,796

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $47,910

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    -$4,110

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $52,020 · excluded $52,020

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $682,293 · management and general $682,293

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $16,745,601 · program services $10,575,804 · management and general $6,169,797

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total -$688,802 · program services -$590,245 · management and general -$98,557

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $2,296,714 · program services $1,968,089 · management and general $328,625

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $1,238,114 · program services $1,060,959 · management and general $177,155

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $114,154 · management and general $114,154

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,089,382 · program services $1,089,382

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $10,150 · program services $5,702 · management and general $4,448

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $708,033 · program services $307,324 · management and general $400,709

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $64,712 · management and general $64,712

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $3,595,969 · program services $3,552,296 · management and general $43,673

  • 20 · Interest

    total $1,446,210 · management and general $1,446,210

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $3,349,586 · program services $2,738,098 · management and general $611,488

  • 24a · Other expenses: SUPPLIES & MATERIALS

    total $2,572,783 · program services $2,519,313 · management and general $53,470

  • 24b · Other expenses: STUDENT MEALS

    total $1,318,237 · program services $1,318,237

  • 24c · Other expenses: STUDENT SERVICES

    total $996,745 · program services $996,745

  • 24d · Other expenses: STAFF DEVELOPMENT

    total $875,011 · program services $620,419 · management and general $254,592

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $699,661 · program services $699,597 · management and general $64

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $3,824,067 · end of year $2,759,120

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $2,058,170 · end of year $3,283,408

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $5,615 · end of year $22,732

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $5,481,800 · end of year $5,481,800

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $4,480

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

    $37,686,883

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

    $12,386,613

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $26,357,320 · end of year $25,300,270

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $207,558 · end of year $415,615

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $18,290,295 · end of year $13,175,827

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $2,001,454 · end of year $2,521,129

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $240,423

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $19,712,739 · end of year $18,840,634

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $9,853,240 · end of year $3,689,407

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $22,685,867 · end of year $22,278,715

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,735,582 · end of year $3,108,887

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

GESTALT COMMUNITY SCHOOLS IS A CHARTER MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATION THAT SERVES K-12 SCHOLARS. GESTALT COMMUNITY SCHOOLS LEVERAGES COMMUNITY ASSETS TO EMPOWER CITIZENS WHO WILL BE COLLEGE-READY, CAREER-READY, AND COMMUNITY-READY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO EMPOWER SCHOLARS TO BE COLLEGE-READY, CAREER-READY, AND COMMUNITY-READY.

  • THE OPERATION OF FIVE CHARTER SCHOOLS THROUGH SHELBY COUNTY TENNESSEE SCHOOLS AND TWO CHARTER SCHOOLS THROUGH ACHIEVEMENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, SERVING SCHOLARS IN GRADES K-12, FROM DIVERSE AREAS OF THE CITY. CORE AND ADVANCED CURRICULUM COURSEWORK ARE OFFERED AS WELL AS SUPPLEMENTAL PROGRAMS WHICH INCLUDE ROBOTICS, BALLET, AND SPORTS.

    Expenses $26,861,720 · Revenue $25,195,165

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • YETTA LEWIS

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $251,317
    From this org
    $207,700
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $43,617
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $207,700
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $43,617
    Filer's total
    $251,317

  • KRISTIN WALKER BURT

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • TANIKA YANCY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • GRETA RAGGS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MICHELLE LADY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DAVID SELBERG

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • KATIE SATTERTHWAITE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DOCIA G WALKER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • NEKISHIA WOODS DOBBINS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • SHAMICHAEL HALLMAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ASHANTA EVANS BLACKWELL

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • BOBBIE TURNER

    CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $182,363
    From this org
    $150,713
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $31,650
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $150,713
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $31,650
    Filer's total
    $182,363

  • ADRIANNA BUTLER

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $168,436
    From this org
    $139,203
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,233
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $139,203
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $29,233
    Filer's total
    $168,436

  • NORRIESE JACKSON

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $168,777
    From this org
    $139,485
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,292
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $139,485
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $29,292
    Filer's total
    $168,777

  • ANTONIO RYAN

    SCHOOL LEADER

    Total calculated
    $136,811
    From this org
    $113,067
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,744
    Hours/week
    40

  • MICHELLE JONES-WRIGHT

    SCHOOL LEADER

    Total calculated
    $123,729
    From this org
    $102,255
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,474
    Hours/week
    40

  • LISA HENRY

    SCHOOL LEADER

    Total calculated
    $132,252
    From this org
    $109,299
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,953
    Hours/week
    40

  • NICHOLE CRANE

    SCHOOL LEADER

    Total calculated
    $133,271
    From this org
    $110,141
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,130
    Hours/week
    40

  • TOYA LEFTWICH

    SCHOOL LEADER

    Total calculated
    $140,653
    From this org
    $116,242
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,411
    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 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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 3
THE BOARD DETERMINES COMPENSATION FOR EMPLOYEES, THE SCHOOL LEADER PREPARES DATA ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE, COMPARISON SALARY CHARTS FOR LOCAL SCHOOLS AND PROPOSED TEACHER SALARY STRUCTURE. THE BOARD APPROVES AND VOTES ON THE SALARY OF ALL EMPLOYEES.

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.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
16 January 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202420169349303752

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