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BROOKLYN URBAN GARDEN CHARTER SCHOOL

EIN 45-3453383 BROOKLYN, NY

Revenue 2024
$9,059,892
Expenses 2024
$9,221,656

Program services were 80.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B29
Classification
2000
Street
500 19TH ST

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

4 other organizations in the IRS Business Master File list 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.

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

BROOKLYN URBAN GARDEN SCHOOL IS A COMMUNITY-BASED MIDDLE SCHOOL, SERVING GRADES 6-8, WHERE STUDENTS STUDY THE NATURAL AND SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT ACROSS ALL SUBJECTS, USING A HANDS-ON, INQUIRY-BASED APPROACH. STUDENTS OF ALL BACKGROUNDS AND ABILITIES ARE WELCOME.

Activities or mission (Part I)

BROOKLYN URBAN GARDEN SCHOOL ("BUGS") IS A COMMUNITY-BASED MIDDLE SCHOOL, SERVING GRADES 6-8, WHERE STUDENTS STUDY THE NATURAL AND SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT ACROSS ALL SUBJECTS, USING A HANDS-ON, INQUIRY-BASED APPROACH. STUDENTS OF ALL BACKGROUNDS AND ABILITIES ARE WELCOME.

  • THE BROOKLYN URBAN GARDEN SCHOOL (BUGS) IS A PUBLIC CHARTER MIDDLE SCHOOL (6TH-8TH GRADES) IN BROOKLYN'S COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT 15, SERVING THE GOWANUS, RED HOOK, SUNSET PARK, KENSINGTON, CARROLL GARDENS, AND PARK SLOPE NEIGHBORHOODS. BUGS IS AN AUTONOMOUS, COMMUNITY-BASED PROJECT THAT IS INDEPENDENT FROM ANY CHARTER SCHOOL MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATION AND PROVIDES AN ADDITIONAL HIGH QUALITY INNOVATIVE AND INCLUSIVE ALTERNATIVE FOR OUR COMMUNITY. DURING SCHOOL YEAR 2023-24, BUGS OPERATED CLASSES FOR 109 STUDENTS IN GRADE 8, 108 STUDENTS IN GRADE 7, AND 89 STUDENTS IN GRADE 6.

    Expenses $7,414,168 · Revenue $66,787

As filed on the 2024 return.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Adam Drucker

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Ana Bast

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Christine Kang

    TRUSTEE (LEFT IN FY24-25)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Don Mabrey

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Erin Walker

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Felice Ekelman

    CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Hallie Iannoli

    TRUSTEE (LEFT IN FY24-25)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Jackie Piccolo

    CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Jamal Deek

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Linda Timko Liang

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Louis Green

    TRUSTEE (LEFT IN FY24-25)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Regina Fechter

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Susan Tenner

    EXECUTIVE DIR.

    Total calculated
    $190,762
    From this org
    $185,206
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,556
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $185,206
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,556
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $190,762
  • Wynette Caesar

    PRINCIPAL

    Total calculated
    $182,122
    From this org
    $152,177
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,945
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $152,177
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,565
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,380
    Filer's total
    $182,122
  • Andre Williams

    TEACHER

    Total calculated
    $122,769
    From this org
    $104,426
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,343
    Hours/week
    40
  • Catherine Tolson

    DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $138,149
    From this org
    $110,628
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,521
    Hours/week
    40
  • Jennifer Bennett

    TEACHER

    Total calculated
    $109,650
    From this org
    $109,650
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Keneshia Maxwell

    ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL

    Total calculated
    $128,612
    From this org
    $124,866
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,746
    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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $9,059,892
    Expenses
    $9,221,656
    Contributions
    $8,804,546
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $8,637,137
    Expenses
    $8,591,793
    Contributions
    $8,449,897
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $8,187,373
    Expenses
    $8,246,322
    Contributions
    $8,029,351
    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

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,776,071
    Expenses
    $7,180,826
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,503,900
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $8,196,905
    Expenses
    $7,434,667
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,919,931
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,247,106
    Expenses
    $6,815,608
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,112,760
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,660,711
    Expenses
    $6,400,141
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,701,145
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,998,466
    Expenses
    $5,827,204
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,286,570
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,595,876
    Expenses
    $5,492,424
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,073,122
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,656,575
    Expenses
    $5,320,029
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,913,590
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,893,161
    Expenses
    $3,379,998
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,466,404
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,501,729
    Expenses
    $2,045,978
    Assets (EOY)
    $742,964
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $398,021
    Assets (EOY)
    $203,641

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

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 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.