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FIRSTLINE SCHOOLS INC

EIN 72-1409800 NEW ORLEANS, LA

Revenue 2024
$56,637,622
Expenses 2024
$60,298,541

Program services were 89.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B90
Classification
1000
Street
300 N BROAD ST STE 207

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

FIRSTLINE'S MISSION IS TO CREATE AND INSPIRE GREAT OPEN ADMISSIONS PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN NEW ORLEANS WITH A VISION THAT OUR SCHOOLS WILL PREPARE STUDENTS FOR COLLEGE, FULFILLING CAREERS, AND A HEALTHY LIFE BY NURTURING STUDENTS IN MIND, BODY, AND SPIRIT.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO CREATE AND INSPIRE GREAT OPEN ADMISSIONS PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN NEW ORLEANS.

  • FIRSTLINE SCHOOLS, INC. (FIRSTLINE) IS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION FORMED IN 1998 TO SERVE AS THE CHARTERING GROUP FOR ARTHUR ASHE CHARTER SCHOOL (ASHE) FORMERLY KNOWN AS NEW ORLEANS CHARTER MIDDLE SCHOOL (NOCMS). FIRSTLINE WAS ALSO GRANTED CHARTERS BY THE LOUISIANA BOARD OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION (LDOE) AND THE ORLEANS PARISH SCHOOL BOARD (OPSB) TO OPERATE SAMUEL J. GREEN CHARTER SCHOOL (GREEN) BEGINNING IN THE 2005-2006 SCHOOL YEAR, PHILLIS WHEATLEY COMMUNITY SCHOOL (WHEATLEY) BEGINNING IN THE 2010-2011 SCHOOL YEAR, AND LANGSTON HUGHES ACADEMY (HUGHES) BEGINNING IN THE 2012-2013 SCHOOL YEAR.IN THE 2024-2025 SCHOOL YEAR, GREEN, ASHE, WHEATLEY, AND HUGHES SERVED THE FOLLOWING NUMBER OF STUDENTS, AS UPDATED (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O) FOR THE FEBRUARY 1ST, 2025 STUDENT COUNT:GREEN - 518 STUDENTSASHE - 790 STUDENTSWHEATLEY - 791 STUDENTSHUGHES - 792 STUDENTS

    Expenses $54,024,338 · Grants $8,165,934 · Revenue $1,551,567

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

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.

  • Malana Mitchell

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael Hubbard

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Keith Crawford

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Angela Morton

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • David Barbier

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kim T Henry

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Desiree Keys

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Patrick Kiernan

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rachelle Rhodes

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mark Stein

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kellie Turner

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Charles West

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sabrina Pence

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $251,991
    From this org
    $217,028
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $34,963
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $201,386
    Bonus
    $15,642
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $23,592
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,371
    Filer's total
    $251,991

  • Rebekah Cain

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $160,259
    From this org
    $133,382
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,877
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $132,382
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $1,000
    Deferred
    $16,006
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,871
    Filer's total
    $160,259

  • Sivi Domango

    CHIEF EXPERIENCE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $154,173
    From this org
    $133,014
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,159
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $132,014
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $1,000
    Deferred
    $14,632
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,527
    Filer's total
    $154,173

  • Scott Shirey

    CHIEF PEOPLE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $143,224
    From this org
    $124,210
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,014
    Hours/week
    40

  • Donna Cavato

    CHIEF STRAT ADV OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $114,498
    From this org
    $101,227
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,271
    Hours/week
    40

  • Brittney Richardson

    CHIEF HR OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $41,042
    From this org
    $37,955
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,087
    Hours/week
    40

  • Lashanda Gentry

    CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $145,676
    From this org
    $127,033
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,643
    Hours/week
    40

  • Ava Lee

    SCHOOL DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $150,814
    From this org
    $129,077
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,737
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $125,077
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $4,000
    Deferred
    $15,042
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,695
    Filer's total
    $150,814

  • Kirsten Feil

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF TEACHING

    Total calculated
    $143,829
    From this org
    $122,722
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,107
    Hours/week
    40

  • Dione Singleton

    SCHOOL DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $134,093
    From this org
    $111,570
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,523
    Hours/week
    40

  • Carrie Bevans

    SCHOOL DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $132,837
    From this org
    $115,548
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,289
    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
    $56,637,622
    Expenses
    $60,298,541
    Contributions
    $53,651,836
    Grants paid
    $8,165,934
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $55,918,621
    Expenses
    $51,175,516
    Contributions
    $55,695,559
    Grants paid
    $44,859

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
    $60,437,770
    Expenses
    $51,169,316
    Assets (EOY)
    $25,158,781

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $47,463,311
    Expenses
    $42,716,687
    Assets (EOY)
    $20,334,704

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $49,502,921
    Expenses
    $44,353,083
    Assets (EOY)
    $15,735,990

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $46,633,219
    Expenses
    $46,521,888
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,890,657

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $41,705,660
    Expenses
    $40,625,093
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,127,179

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $41,794,450
    Expenses
    $45,168,282
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,366,956

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $42,966,540
    Expenses
    $44,183,904
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,301,418

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $40,070,823
    Expenses
    $41,387,817
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,060,759

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $40,110,934
    Expenses
    $37,465,376
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,987,177

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $34,822,991
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,571,162

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

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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 2024 return

  • FRIENDS OF FIRSTLINE

    501(C)(3) · PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE FACILITIES MANAGED BY FIRSTLINE SCHOOLS, INC. · LA · controlled entity

Declared as related by

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.