- Revenue 2024
- $3,695,322
- Expenses 2024
- $3,609,801
Program services were 91.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
As filed
- Subsection
- 03
- NTEE code
- B20
- Classification
- 2000
- Street
- 2410 HAMILTON 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).
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
THROUGH THE POWER OF RELATIONSHIPS AND PERSONALIZED LEARNING, A+UP SPARKS A PASSION FOR SELF-IMPROVEMENT IN THE STUDENTS WE SERVE. OUR GOAL IS TO COACH EACH SCHOLAR TO REALIZE THEIR UNLIMITED POTENTIAL AND TAKE OWNERSHIP OF THEIR SUCCESS.
Activities or mission (Part I)
A+UP OPERATES CHARTER SCHOOLS SERVING 6TH-8TH GRADE STUDENTS IN THE HOUSTON AREA. WE GROW STUDENTS INTO SCHOLARS. STUDENTS KNOW ANSWERS, SCHOLARS ASK QUESTIONS. OUR SCHOLARS DEDICATE THEMSELVES TO A LIFELONG PURSUIT OF LEARNING AND PERSONAL GROWTH.
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A+UP (DBA A+ UNLIMITED POTENTIAL CHARTER SCHOOL) OPERATES A TEXAS OPEN-ENROLLMENT CHARTER SCHOOL PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 12 OF THE TEXAS EDUCATION CODE UNDER STATE CHARTER 101871. THE SCHOOL HAS ONE CAMPUS IN HOUSTON, TEXAS, WHICH SERVES APPROXIMATELY 200 STUDENTS FROM 6TH TO 8TH GRADES FOR THE 2024 - 2025 SCHOOL YEAR. THE SCHOOL IS SUPPORTED BY STATE AND FEDERAL GRANTS PROVIDED BY THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY AND BY PRIVATE CONTRIBUTIONS.
Expenses $3,287,140 · Revenue $2,597,901
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.
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Tom ElsenbrookTOM ELSENBROOK
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Elbert JohnsonELBERT JOHNSON
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Greg SangalisGREG SANGALIS
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Kathy WelchKATHY WELCH
BOARD PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Jess ArnoldJESS ARNOLD
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Stephen AmanteSTEPHEN AMANTE
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Thomas McWhorterTHOMAS MCWHORTER
SUPERINTENDENT
- Total calculated
- $119,392
- From this org
- $107,019
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $12,373
- Hours/week
- 45
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Latrice LeonardLATRICE LEONARD
PRINCIPAL
- Total calculated
- $120,302
- From this org
- $105,674
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $14,628
- Hours/week
- 45
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Paul David CastroPAUL DAVID CASTRO
FORMER SUPERINTENDENT
- Total calculated
- $207,292
- From this org
- $181,140
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $26,152
- Hours/week
- 45
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $181,140
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $14,299
- Nontaxable benefits
- $11,853
- Filer's total
- $207,292
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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2024
- Revenue
- $3,695,322
- Expenses
- $3,609,801
- Contributions
- $1,091,285
- Grants paid
- $0
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2023
- Revenue
- $3,303,459
- Expenses
- $3,195,738
- Contributions
- $1,293,420
- Grants paid
- $0
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2022
- Revenue
- $3,017,160
- Expenses
- $2,971,102
- Contributions
- $885,295
- 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
- $2,736,606
- Expenses
- $2,753,104
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,837,184
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2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $2,400,476
- Expenses
- $2,006,290
- Assets (EOY)
- $2,113,234
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2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,779,503
- Expenses
- $1,810,983
- Assets (EOY)
- $904,923
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2018 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,925,285
- Expenses
- $1,988,376
- Assets (EOY)
- $898,573
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2017 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,571,366
- Expenses
- $1,385,113
- Assets (EOY)
- $996,879
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2016 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,083,806
- Expenses
- $1,132,462
- Assets (EOY)
- $788,313
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2015 · 990
- Revenue
- $46,150
- Expenses
- $46,225
- Assets (EOY)
- $765,093
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.
Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2014
- Tax period
- 1 July 2014 to 30 June 2015
- Principal officer
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Scott Van Beck
- Mailing address
- 2700 Southwest Freeway Ste BHouston TX 77098
As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 2 November 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.
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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GREATER HOUSTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
$260,000
2024 EDUCATIONAL
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BELLWETHER EDUCATION PARTNERS INC
$100,000
2022 TO SUPPORT A CHARTER SCHOOL INCUBATOR REPLICATION/EXPANSION PROGRAM.
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2022 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
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2023 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
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2024 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
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 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.