- Revenue 2023
- $45,876,304
- Expenses 2023
- $39,035,225
Program services were 82.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
As filed
- Subsection
- 03
- NTEE code
- B24Z
- Classification
- 2000
- Street
- 4962 FLORIDA BLVD
These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).
Other organizations at this address
1 other organization in the IRS Business Master File lists the same street address. matched by us
We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.
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BETTER SCHOOLS FOR AMERICA
EIN 85-1321324
Mission and programs · 2023
Mission
THE ORGANIZATION OPERATES FOUR INDEPENDENT PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS WITH CHARTERS TO OPERATE IN EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH AND THE STATE OF LOUISIANA. COMMUNITY SCHOOL FOR APPRENTICESHIP LEARNING(CSAL) IS A MIDDLE SCHOOL SERVING 305 STUDENTS IN EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH, MADISON PREPARATORY ACADEMY IS A HIGH SCHOOL SERVING 609 STUDENTS IN EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH, CSAL ELEMENTARY ACADEMY IS A FIRST YEAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SERVING 80 STUDENTS IN EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH, AND LOUISIANA VIRTUAL CHARTER ACADEMY IS A VIRTUAL K-12 CHARTER SCHOOL SERVING 1,919 STUDENTS IN THE STATE OF LOUISIANA.
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FOUR INDEPENDENT PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS WITH A CHARTER TO OPERATE IN EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH AND THE STATE OF LOUISIANA. COMMUNITY SCHOOL FOR APPRENTICESHIP LEARNING IS A MIDDLE SCHOOL SERVING 206 STUDENTS IN EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH, MADISON PREPARATORY ACADEMY IS A HIGH SCHOOL SERVING 280 STUDENTS IN EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH AND LOUISIANA VIRTUAL CHARTER ACADEMY IS A VIRTUAL K-12 CHARTER SCHOOL SERVING 1,149 STUDENTS IN THE STATE OF LOUISIANA.
Expenses $32,136,722
As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Officers and directors · 2023
As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.
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Gideon CarterGIDEON CARTER
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
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Z Denise BennettZ DENISE BENNETT
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
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Curtis CallowayCURTIS CALLOWAY
CHAIRMAN
- Total calculated
- $0
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Dr James MaddenDR JAMES MADDEN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
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Jacqueline RoyalJACQUELINE ROYAL
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
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Herman Brister JrHERMAN BRISTER JR
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
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Dujan JohnsonDUJAN JOHNSON
SCHOOL DIREC
- Total calculated
- $298,322
- From this org
- $242,076
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $56,246
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $239,576
- Bonus
- not reported
- Other
- $2,500
- Deferred
- $56,246
- Nontaxable benefits
- not reported
- Filer's total
- $298,322
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Marvin MitchellMARVIN MITCHELL
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
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Adam SmithADAM SMITH
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
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Bobbie JohnsonBOBBIE JOHNSON
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.
Filings
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2023
- Revenue
- $45,876,304
- Expenses
- $39,035,225
- Contributions
- $7,016,614
- Grants paid
- $0
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2022
- Revenue
- $44,385,878
- Expenses
- $36,995,719
- Contributions
- $8,303,239
- Grants paid
- $0
The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.
Other returns filed
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2021 · 990
- Revenue
- $39,852,453
- Expenses
- $32,870,233
- Assets (EOY)
- $42,265,740
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2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $32,794,554
- Expenses
- $28,402,396
- Assets (EOY)
- $35,523,575
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2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $30,984,201
- Expenses
- $27,749,577
- Assets (EOY)
- $30,365,978
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2018 · 990
- Revenue
- $29,534,168
- Expenses
- $25,205,142
- Assets (EOY)
- $27,611,776
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2017 · 990
- Revenue
- $28,740,205
- Expenses
- $23,667,332
- Assets (EOY)
- $23,226,804
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2016 · 990
- Revenue
- $27,175,846
- Expenses
- $24,054,224
- Assets (EOY)
- $17,911,510
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2015 · 990
- Revenue
- $26,443,557
- Expenses
- $22,534,437
- Assets (EOY)
- $15,061,655
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2014 · 990
- Revenue
- $24,478,786
- Expenses
- $20,776,303
- Assets (EOY)
- $11,013,592
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2013 · 990
- Revenue
- $22,207,586
- Expenses
- $20,021,373
- Assets (EOY)
- $7,235,147
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2012 · 990
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- $17,183,169
- Assets (EOY)
- $4,846,062
Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.
Grants made
No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.
Grants received
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2022 INCREASE ACCESSIBILITY OF YOUTH SPORTS PROGRAMS TO DISADVANTAGED YOUTH
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2025 INCREASE ACCESSIBILITY OF YOUTH SPORTS PROGRAMS TO CHILDREN IN NEED.
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2022 Program Support
Related organizations
From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.
Declared on its 2022 return
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MAKING EDUCATION COUNT INC
501C2 · RENTAL · LA · controlled entity
Other IRS files
Auto-Revocation List
Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.
Publication 78
Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.
These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.
What this page reflects
The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.