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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by LEAD CHARTER SCHOOLS.

Totals

Total revenue
$11,731,326
Total expenses
$12,180,621
Contributions and grants received
$11,037,835
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$445,798
Investment income
$74,359
Other revenue
$173,334
Total assets, end of year
$10,476,281
Total liabilities, end of year
$7,427,714
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,048,567
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$9,525,113
Management and general expenses
$2,645,221
Fundraising expenses
$10,287
Program service expenses (Part III)
$9,525,113

Program services were 78.2% 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)

    $10,898,734

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $139,101

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $15,988

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PRESCHOOL

    total $416,334 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2b · Program service revenue: FOOD SERVICE

    total $29,464 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $200 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $200

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $74,159 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $74,159

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $24,228

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $24,228

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $24,228 · excluded $24,228

  • 11a · Other revenue: AUXILLIARY

    total $149,106 · related or exempt $149,106 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $149,106

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $5,768,398 · program services $4,985,451 · management and general $782,947 · fundraising $0

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $118,509 · program services $106,407 · management and general $12,102 · fundraising $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $142,372 · program services $127,922 · management and general $14,450 · fundraising $0

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $421,877 · program services $364,564 · management and general $57,313 · fundraising $0

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $1,200,390 · program services $0 · management and general $1,200,390 · fundraising $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $8,248 · program services $0 · management and general $8,248 · fundraising $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $29,400 · program services $4,360 · management and general $25,040 · fundraising $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $699,272 · program services $632,187 · management and general $65,857 · fundraising $1,228

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $115,634 · program services $7,317 · management and general $108,317 · fundraising $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $723,335 · program services $615,134 · management and general $101,876 · fundraising $6,325

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $100,008 · program services $67,008 · management and general $33,000 · fundraising $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $1,476,900 · program services $1,360,714 · management and general $116,186 · fundraising $0

  • 17 · Travel

    total $224,332 · program services $208,500 · management and general $15,554 · fundraising $278

  • 20 · Interest

    total $20,032 · program services $20,032 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $683,533 · program services $683,533 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $37,129 · program services $13,150 · management and general $23,979 · fundraising $0

  • 24a · Other expenses: DUES AND FEES

    total $231,082 · program services $148,664 · management and general $79,962 · fundraising $2,456

  • 24b · Other expenses: FOOD SERVICE

    total $180,170 · program services $180,170 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $840,453 · end of year $1,260,488

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,112,464 · end of year $999,604

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $925,284 · end of year $168,061

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $166,838 · end of year $75,430

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

    $12,340,050

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

    $4,541,177

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $8,182,974 · end of year $7,798,873

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $149,918 · end of year $173,825

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $304,312 · end of year $276,585

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $34,492 · end of year $7,470

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    beginning of year $6,386,126 · end of year $6,219,609

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $525,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $630,139 · end of year $924,050

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,005,422 · end of year $2,659,109

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $492,440 · end of year $389,458

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

EDUCATE STUDENTS BY OPERATING AN ARIZONA CHARTER SCHOOL.

  • LEADING EDGE ACADEMY WILL DEVELOP LIFELONG LEARNERS WHO LEAD WITH CHARACTER AND ACHIEVE ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE BY EDUCATING THE WHOLE CHILD AND FOSTERING COMMUNITY AND PARENTAL PARTNERSHIPS. THE SCHOOL PROVIDES INSTRUCTION TO STUDENTS IN KINDERGARTEN THROUGH 12TH GRADE.

    Expenses $9,105,020 · Revenue $29,464

  • OUR MISSION IS TO PROVIDE A POSITIVE LEARNING EXPERIENCE FOR EACH CHILD, ESTABLISH A SOLID FOUNDATION THAT WILL HELP BUILD CONFIDENCE TO SUCCEED IN LIFE, AND NUTURE KIDDOS IN A SAFE WHOLESOME ENVIRONMENT.

    Expenses $420,093 · Revenue $416,334

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Mathew Reese

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Cynthia Ann Stark

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gerald Slemmer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Victoria Schildgen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Delmer Geesey

    DIRECTOR/CEO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Lori Anderson

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    15
  • Michelle Borja

    FINANCE DIRCECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    15
  • Terence Anderson

    PRINCIPAL

    Total calculated
    $113,196
    From this org
    $109,131
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,065
    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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
12 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202521039349300317

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