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INTERDISTRICT SCHOOL FOR ARTS AND COMMUNICATION INC

EIN 06-1473576 NEW LONDON, CT

Revenue 2024
$6,961,943
Expenses 2024
$6,411,163

Program services were 88.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B20I
Classification
2000
Street
190 GOV WINTHROP BLVD

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

Interdistrict School for Arts and Communication (ISAAC) is an independent charter school that was founded in 1997. During the 2024-2025 school year, ISAAC expanded to include grade 4, in addition to serving grades 6-8, to identify and address student learning difficulties earlier. This expansion allows for timely interventions, stronger foundational skills, and continuity in instruction, particularly in literacy and math. Early data shows improved reading fluency, comprehension, and student engagement. ISAAC also introduced a flexible classroom approach, promoting student-centered learning through varied seating and collaborative workspaces. Aligned with ISAAC's motto, "Effort Creates Ability and All Students Can Succeed," these practices are supported by a rigorous, teacher-written curriculum, Interim Assessment Blocks, and daily math instruction for sixth graders to close achievement gaps. Partnerships with local organizations and the Anti-Defamation League's "No Place for Hate" prog

  • Interdistrict School for Arts and Communication (ISAAC) is an independent charter school that was founded in 1997. ISAAC serves students in grades six through eight and is the sole charter middle school in New London and southeastern Connecticut. ISAAC provides a safe, nurturing, and diverse middle school that delivers a highly rigorous curriculum that promotes effort through a positive mindset. ISAAC is focused on the motto all students can succeed with hard work and grit. The staff has written curriculum in a new common format and additional programs to identify learning gaps and social disparities to cultivate success for every student. ISAAC is committed to establishing equity for all students in terms of access to technology and transportation and providing engaging after-school programs that reflect cultural and athletic interests. ISAAC enjoys partnerships with local organizations such as the Mystic Seaport, Ivoryton Playhouse, United States Coast Guard Academy, Mitchell College, Project Oceanology, and Mystic Aquarium, to name a few. Furthermore, ISAAC has partnered with the Ant-Defamation League (ADL) to become a No Place for Hate school through its existing advisory program.

    Expenses $5,649,447 · Revenue $6,900,399

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.

  • Dr Nicholas Spera

    Executive Dir.

    Total calculated
    $260,371
    From this org
    $236,541
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,830
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $209,018
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    $27,523
    Deferred
    $23,830
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $260,371

  • William Linski

    190 Governor Winthrop Blvd.

    Total calculated
    $151,896
    From this org
    $147,499
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,397
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $147,499
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $4,397
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $151,896

  • Tanya Collins

    Interim Principal

    Total calculated
    $141,321
    From this org
    $137,231
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,090
    Hours/week
    40

  • Amy Geary

    Dir of Stu Support

    Total calculated
    $124,711
    From this org
    $121,111
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,600
    Hours/week
    40

  • Erica Robb

    Finance Dir

    Total calculated
    $110,795
    From this org
    $93,380
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,415
    Hours/week
    40

  • Shannon Lougee

    Director

    Total calculated
    $93,553
    From this org
    $93,553
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Amanda Grundy

    Director

    Total calculated
    $76,281
    From this org
    $49,092
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,189
    Hours/week
    40

  • Barbara Crouch

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Elizabeth Bumgardner

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • David Brailey

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Leota Muller

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dr Richard Sanders

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kevin Booker Jr

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Bill Buscetto

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael Spellman

    Vice Chairman

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Richard Muckle

    Chairman

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

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
    $6,961,943
    Expenses
    $6,411,163
    Contributions
    $887
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $5,571,887
    Expenses
    $5,556,025
    Contributions
    $38,774
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $6,240,703
    Expenses
    $5,049,127
    Contributions
    $3,075
    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
    $5,193,651
    Expenses
    $5,014,638
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,124,461

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,496,379
    Expenses
    $4,462,297
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,889,500

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,547,583
    Expenses
    $4,371,670
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,396,837

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,096,251
    Expenses
    $4,110,960
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,648,038

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,508,539
    Expenses
    $3,633,187
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,609,629

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,751,991
    Expenses
    $3,910,131
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,525,988

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,751,649
    Expenses
    $3,916,388
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,859,569

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,188,944
    Expenses
    $3,819,639
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,037,233

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,978,478
    Expenses
    $3,524,466
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,053,444

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $2,731,793
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,785,870

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.