- Revenue 2023
- $15,434,899
- Expenses 2023
- $20,471,040
Program services were 73.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
As filed
- Subsection
- 03
- NTEE code
- B20
- Classification
- 1200
- Street
- 400 VIRGINIA AVE SW STE 710
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 · 2023
Mission
ON AUGUST 20, 2024, THE SCHOOL'S BOARD OF TRUSTEES (THE BOARD) VOTED TO RELINQUISH THE SCHOOL'S CHARTER AND THE SCHOOL IS CURRENTLY GOING THROUGH DISSOLUTION. THE SCHOOL HAD SUFFERED SIGNIFICANT LOSSES FROM OPERATIONS DUE TO DECLINING ENROLLMENT. DURING THE YEARS ENDED JUNE 30, 2024 AND 2023, THE SCHOOL HAD LOSSES OF APPROXIMATELY $5.0 MILLION AND $1.4 MILLION, RESPECTIVELY, AS EXPENSES CONTINUED TO OUTPACE REVENUE. EFFECTIVE AUGUST 20, 2024, THE SCHOOL'S BASIS OF ACCOUNTING CHANGED TO THE LIQUIDATION BASIS OF ACCOUNTING.
Activities or mission (Part I)
TO BUILD THE FOUNDATION FOR A PROMISING FUTURE FOR ALL STUDENTS IN A RICH, ROBUST LEARNING ENVIRONMENT THAT FOSTERS CREATIVITY, PROBLEM-SOLVING ABILITIES, EMPHASIZING COGNITIVE, SOCIAL, AND EMOTIONAL GROWTH BY ENGAGING CHILDREN AS ACTIVE LEARNERS.
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THE SCHOOL PROVIDES EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES TO POOR AND DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN FROM PRESCHOOL TO THIRD GRADE IN POVERTY IMPACTED HOUSEHOLDS AND ECONOMICALLY DISTRESSED COMMUNITIES IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. THE SCHOOL SEEKS TO DEVELOP A SOLID ACADEMIC FOUNDATION FOR EACH STUDENT THROUGH AN INFUSION OF LEARNING TECHNOLOGY THAT ALL STUDENTS AND TEACHERS USE IN THE CLASSROOM.
Expenses $15,070,702 · Revenue $11,661,943
As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
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.
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AARON LETNER
BOARD CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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AISHAH BRISCOE
TREASURER, TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
KEISHA MIMS
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
DIONNE BUSSEY-READER
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
ANGELLE KWEMO
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
SHARNETTA BOONE-RUFFIN
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
JACQUELINE DAVIS
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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JOE SMITH
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND TRUSTEE (01/24 - 05/24
- Total calculated
- $313,337
- From this org
- $290,000
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $23,337
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $290,000
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $0
- Nontaxable benefits
- $23,337
- Filer's total
- $313,337
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SABRINA O'GILVIE
DEPUTY CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND TRUSTEE (05/24)
- Total calculated
- $226,738
- From this org
- $220,000
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $6,738
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $220,000
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $0
- Nontaxable benefits
- $6,738
- Filer's total
- $226,738
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ALSTON KAREN MARIA
X
- Total calculated
- $159,091
- From this org
- $148,351
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $10,740
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $148,351
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $0
- Nontaxable benefits
- $10,740
- Filer's total
- $159,091
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ROBINSON SHARMEL MARGUIT
X
- Total calculated
- $138,474
- From this org
- $137,772
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $702
- Hours/week
- 40
-
TRIGUEIROS EDUARDO
X
- Total calculated
- $130,318
- From this org
- $123,358
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $6,960
- Hours/week
- 40
-
HAMMETT MELISSA
X
- Total calculated
- $132,383
- From this org
- $121,690
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $10,693
- Hours/week
- 40
-
MCCOLLUM BUTLER PAMELA
X
- Total calculated
- $119,218
- From this org
- $119,218
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
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MAYRA MARTINEZ-FERNANDEZ
DEPUTY COO FRO ADVANCEMENT
- Total calculated
- $184,130
- From this org
- $183,512
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $618
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $183,512
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $0
- Nontaxable benefits
- $618
- Filer's total
- $184,130
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TRENICE JETT-JONES
COO/SPECIAL EDUCATION DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $172,032
- From this org
- $165,000
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $7,032
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $165,000
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $0
- Nontaxable benefits
- $7,032
- Filer's total
- $172,032
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
- $15,434,899
- Expenses
- $20,471,040
- Contributions
- $3,687,472
- Grants paid
- $0
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2022
- Revenue
- $19,189,759
- Expenses
- $20,561,636
- Contributions
- $7,929,377
- 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
- $23,898,516
- Expenses
- $22,789,669
- Assets (EOY)
- $28,626,182
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2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $20,635,210
- Expenses
- $20,093,834
- Assets (EOY)
- $36,453,378
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2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $24,466,677
- Expenses
- $23,141,918
- Assets (EOY)
- $34,668,739
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2018 · 990
- Revenue
- $23,010,769
- Expenses
- $22,510,356
- Assets (EOY)
- $30,615,076
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2017 · 990
- Revenue
- $23,110,048
- Expenses
- $21,432,682
- Assets (EOY)
- $29,930,894
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2016 · 990
- Revenue
- $21,374,343
- Expenses
- $21,072,305
- Assets (EOY)
- $29,123,281
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2015 · 990
- Revenue
- $21,159,556
- Expenses
- $20,350,584
- Assets (EOY)
- $22,533,961
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2014 · 990
- Revenue
- $20,288,940
- Expenses
- $19,040,151
- Assets (EOY)
- $23,205,035
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2013 · 990
- Revenue
- $16,891,967
- Expenses
- $16,624,750
- Assets (EOY)
- $23,155,705
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2012 · 990
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- $14,469,226
- Assets (EOY)
- $18,388,713
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
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$400,000
2023 GENERAL OPERATIONS
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$150,000
2023 TO SUPPORT SUMMER BOOST
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$80,640
2024 TO SUPPORT SUMMER BOOST
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 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.