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TAPESTRY CHARTER SCHOOL

EIN 16-1604750 BUFFALO, NY

Largest nonprofits in New York

Revenue 2024
$21,016,255
Expenses 2024
$21,304,567

Program services were 82.1% 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
65 GREAT ARROW AVE

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.

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO EDUCATE AND INSPIRE A DIVERSE COMMUNITY OF K-12 LEARNERS BY ENGAGING THEM IN RIGOROUS REAL-WORLD LEARNING EXPERIENCES WHICH PRIORITIZE INTELLECTUAL, SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL GROWTH. THE SCHOOL PROVIDES AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE STUDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED.

Activities or mission (Part I)

OPERATE A K-12 CHARTER SCHOOL TO EDUCATE AND INSPIRE A DIVERSE COMMUNITY OF LEARNERS.

  • CHARTER SCHOOL SERVING A DIVERSE COMMUNITY OF K-12 LEARNERS. THE SCHOOL HAD 1,099 FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT STUDENTS ENROLLED AT YEAR END.

    Expenses $17,491,365 · Revenue $18,264,656

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.

  • Alfred J Wright

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Luanne Firestone

    VICE-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Daniel Pyne

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Samantha Gaerte

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lynn Seagren Bass

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Betsy Behrend

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jeremy Hazelton

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Taylor Hunter

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Patrick Lewis

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr Hilary Lochte

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Daniel Robertson

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Eric Klapper

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR THRU 12/24

    Total calculated
    $207,228
    From this org
    $172,251
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $34,977
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $172,251
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $17,163
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,814
    Filer's total
    $207,228
  • Jennifer Pangborn

    CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $161,370
    From this org
    $129,363
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $32,007
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $129,363
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $12,859
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,148
    Filer's total
    $161,370
  • Dr Karrie Hayes

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $154,699
    From this org
    $123,286
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $31,413
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $123,286
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $12,265
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,148
    Filer's total
    $154,699
  • Sara Hilligas

    HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL

    Total calculated
    $144,726
    From this org
    $114,226
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $30,500
    Hours/week
    40
  • Lindsey Lee

    MS PRNCIPAL

    Total calculated
    $128,277
    From this org
    $116,680
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,597
    Hours/week
    40
  • Melisa Rivera

    ELEMENTARY PRINCIPAL

    Total calculated
    $133,039
    From this org
    $104,494
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,545
    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
    $21,016,255
    Expenses
    $21,304,567
    Contributions
    $2,281,808
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $19,924,730
    Expenses
    $20,291,773
    Contributions
    $2,081,931
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $20,234,964
    Expenses
    $19,026,508
    Contributions
    $3,422,076
    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
    $19,036,142
    Expenses
    $18,966,897
    Assets (EOY)
    $42,673,326
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $19,662,549
    Expenses
    $15,586,009
    Assets (EOY)
    $42,016,725
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $15,180,371
    Expenses
    $15,560,382
    Assets (EOY)
    $40,037,836
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $14,786,274
    Expenses
    $15,136,355
    Assets (EOY)
    $39,105,014
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $13,408,473
    Expenses
    $13,146,754
    Assets (EOY)
    $39,257,634
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $12,113,205
    Expenses
    $11,361,660
    Assets (EOY)
    $16,908,011
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $11,867,079
    Expenses
    $11,140,076
    Assets (EOY)
    $16,861,810
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $11,019,712
    Expenses
    $10,830,160
    Assets (EOY)
    $17,081,527
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $10,982,370
    Expenses
    $10,641,681
    Assets (EOY)
    $17,304,157
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $10,243,262
    Assets (EOY)
    $16,910,709

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