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THE ACCELERATED SCHOOLS

EIN 95-4487850 LOS ANGELES, CA

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Revenue 2023
$39,390,340
Expenses 2023
$41,511,622

Program services were 82.2% 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
4000 S MAIN 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

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 · 2023

Mission

THE ACCELERATED SCHOOLS WERE FOUNDED ON THE BELIEF THAT EVERY CHILD SHOULD BE TREATED AS GIFTED, WITH AN EMPHASIS ON HIGH EXPECTATIONS FOR STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, A SUPPORTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT, AND EXTENSIVE PARENT INVOLVEMENT.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE ACCELERATED SCHOOLS WERE FOUNDED ON THE BELIEF THAT EVERY CHILD SHOULD BE TREATED (SEE SCH O)

  • THE ORGANIZATION OPERATES THREE CHARTER SCHOOLS; THE ACCELERATED SCHOOL (TAS), ACCELERATED ELEMENTARY CHARTER SCHOOL (ACES), AND WALLIS ANNENBERG HIGH SCHOOL (WAHS). TAS CURRENTLY SERVES APPROXIMATELY 740 STUDENTS IN GRADES TRANSITIONAL KINDERGARTEN THROUGH EIGHT. ACES CURRENTLY SERVES APPROXIMATELY 500 STUDENTS IN GRADES TRANSITIONAL KINDERGARTEN THROUGH SIX. WAHS CURRENTLY SERVES APPROXIMATELY 450 STUDENTS IN GRADES NINE THROUGH TWELVE.

    Expenses $34,106,245

As filed on the 2023 return.

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.

  • Mario De La Cruz

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Brittany Brooks

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Lindsay Berz

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Binti P Yost

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Lawrence Picus

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Peter B Morrison

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Leonard Rabinowitz

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    6 + 2 related
  • Grace Lee-Chang

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $289,874
    From this org
    $242,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $47,374
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $242,500
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $46,075
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,299
    Filer's total
    $289,874
  • Lenita Lugo

    DIRECTOR/SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $205,683
    From this org
    $159,062
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $46,621
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $159,062
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $30,222
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,399
    Filer's total
    $205,683
  • Debbie Kukta

    CHIEF BUSINESS OFFICER/CFO

    Total calculated
    $194,899
    From this org
    $154,052
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $40,847
    Hours/week
    40 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $154,052
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $40,092
    Nontaxable benefits
    $755
    Filer's total
    $194,899
  • Cynthia Foley

    CHIEF HR OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $252,848
    From this org
    $198,613
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $54,235
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $198,613
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $37,736
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,499
    Filer's total
    $252,848
  • Kimberly Sheehan

    DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $237,280
    From this org
    $189,829
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $47,451
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $189,829
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $36,068
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,383
    Filer's total
    $237,280
  • Francis Reading

    DIRECTOR OF ELEMENTARY EDU

    Total calculated
    $223,577
    From this org
    $169,390
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $54,187
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $169,390
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $32,184
    Nontaxable benefits
    $22,003
    Filer's total
    $223,577
  • Brian James

    HEAD OF COLLAGE AND CAREER READINESS

    Total calculated
    $200,610
    From this org
    $168,580
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $32,030
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $168,580
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $32,030
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $200,610
  • Felicia Jackson

    ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, TAS

    Total calculated
    $200,928
    From this org
    $162,193
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $38,735
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $162,193
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $30,817
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,918
    Filer's total
    $200,928
  • Robert French

    DIRECTOR OF HR

    Total calculated
    $201,770
    From this org
    $150,822
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $50,948
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $150,822
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $28,656
    Nontaxable benefits
    $22,292
    Filer's total
    $201,770
  • Karin Figueroa

    PRINCIPAL, ACES

    Total calculated
    $183,742
    From this org
    $147,418
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $36,324
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $147,418
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $28,009
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,315
    Filer's total
    $183,742
  • Carlos Garcia

    TECHNOLOGY DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $182,856
    From this org
    $147,282
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $35,574
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $147,282
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $27,984
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,590
    Filer's total
    $182,856
  • Carmen Ramos

    ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, ACES

    Total calculated
    $185,190
    From this org
    $144,602
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $40,588
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $144,602
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $27,474
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,114
    Filer's total
    $185,190
  • David Tran

    HEAD OF ACADEMIES & FACULTY AFFAIRS

    Total calculated
    $193,601
    From this org
    $142,945
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $50,656
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $142,945
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $27,160
    Nontaxable benefits
    $23,496
    Filer's total
    $193,601
  • Stephen Dickinson

    FORMER CBO/CFO

    Total calculated
    $301,819
    From this org
    $239,491
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $62,328
    Hours/week
    40 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $239,491
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $62,328
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $301,819

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

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $39,390,340
    Expenses
    $41,511,622
    Contributions
    $38,738,423
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $35,873,317
    Expenses
    $38,094,276
    Contributions
    $35,945,881
    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
    $25,535,162
    Expenses
    $32,710,705
    Assets (EOY)
    $102,465,924
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $29,111,214
    Expenses
    $30,117,109
    Assets (EOY)
    $108,403,078
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $24,695,843
    Expenses
    $24,878,269
    Assets (EOY)
    $107,649,641
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $24,268,240
    Expenses
    $22,114,193
    Assets (EOY)
    $107,471,541
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $22,983,714
    Expenses
    $18,090,770
    Assets (EOY)
    $104,874,275
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $22,983,714
    Expenses
    $18,090,770
    Assets (EOY)
    $104,874,275
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $24,245,083
    Expenses
    $16,785,220
    Assets (EOY)
    $101,732,849
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $30,940,751
    Expenses
    $14,064,138
    Assets (EOY)
    $96,260,797
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $22,800,574
    Expenses
    $13,053,922
    Assets (EOY)
    $80,180,889
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $16,260,476
    Expenses
    $13,040,189
    Assets (EOY)
    $59,376,710

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

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 2023 return

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 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.