- Revenue 2023
- $26,201,905
- Expenses 2023
- $21,749,016
Program services were 51.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
As filed
- Subsection
- 03
- NTEE code
- B99
- Classification
- 2000
- Street
- 8364 MACON RD
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
THE MISSION OF MEMPHIS SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE IS TO PROVIDE A SAFE AND COLLABORATIVE ENVIRONMENT WHICH WILL CULTIVATE THE ACADEMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF ITS STUDENTS BY EMPHASIZING MATH, SCIENCE, AND TECHNOLOGY FOR THE PURPOSE OF STUDENTS SETTING AND MEETING HIGHER EDUCATION GOALS.
Activities or mission (Part I)
TO PROVIDE A SAFE AND COLLABORATIVE ENVIRONMENT WHICH WILL CULTIVATE THE ACADEMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF ITS STUDENTS BY EMPHASIZING MATH, SCIENCE, AND TECHNOLOGY FOR THE PURPOSE OF STUDENTS SETTING AND MEETING HIGHER EDUCATION GOALS.
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A PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL PROVIDING EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES TO THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY.
Expenses $11,281,250 · Revenue $20,553,504
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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DR CEM AKKUS
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
DR DAVID C AKDEMIR
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
DR RICHARD E POTTS
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
VEDA V T CHERRY
VICE-PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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DR ISMAIL FIDAN
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
PATTY FARMER
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
SAMUEL BEYHAN
EXEC DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $117,373
- From this org
- $117,373
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
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MUGIRE AYCI
ASST. EXEC DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $100,987
- From this org
- $100,987
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.
Filings
-
2023
- Revenue
- $26,201,905
- Expenses
- $21,749,016
- Contributions
- $5,648,401
- Grants paid
- $0
-
2023
- Revenue
- $26,935,310
- Expenses
- $21,514,811
- Contributions
- $6,505,172
- Grants paid
- $0
-
2022
- Revenue
- $20,141,897
- Expenses
- $19,484,677
- Contributions
- $4,855,819
- 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
- $16,018,216
- Expenses
- $14,112,435
- Assets (EOY)
- $29,882,886
-
2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $13,611,845
- Expenses
- $11,161,164
- Assets (EOY)
- $15,946,000
-
2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $13,611,845
- Expenses
- $11,161,164
- Assets (EOY)
- $15,946,000
-
2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $8,414,386
- Expenses
- $7,539,488
- Assets (EOY)
- $14,714,187
-
2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $8,414,386
- Expenses
- $7,539,488
- Assets (EOY)
- $14,714,187
-
2018 · 990
- Revenue
- $7,361,107
- Expenses
- $6,597,710
- Assets (EOY)
- $6,747,985
-
2017 · 990
- Revenue
- $6,105,225
- Expenses
- $5,369,849
- Assets (EOY)
- $5,941,523
-
2016 · 990
- Revenue
- $4,642,451
- Expenses
- $4,249,261
- Assets (EOY)
- $5,334,692
-
2015 · 990
- Revenue
- $4,159,192
- Expenses
- $3,507,331
- Assets (EOY)
- $4,477,959
-
2014 · 990
- Revenue
- $3,877,941
- Expenses
- $3,046,537
- Assets (EOY)
- $2,782,062
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.
Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2009
- Tax period
- 1 July 2009 to 30 June 2010
- Principal officer
- Ali Gumus
- Mailing address
- 4450 S Mendenhall RdSTE 1Memphis TN 38141
- Website
- www.sememphis.org
- Doing business as
- Memphis School of Excellence
As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 19 October 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.
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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$320,000
2023 TO SUPPORT SUMMER BOOST
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$252,000
2024 TO SUPPORT SUMMER BOOST
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$210,000
2023 TO PROVIDE TEACHERS AND STUDENTS IN U.S. MIDDLE SCHOOLS WITH ALWAYS-AVAILABLE ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGY AND EMPOWERS THEM TO BE CONTENT CREATORS, ADEPT PROBLEM-SOLVERS, AND RESPONSIBLE CONSUMERS OF DIGITAL MEDIA AND LEARNING RESOURCES.
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$20,000
2022 EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT
-
$10,000
2023 Program Implementation
-
$10,000
2024 Program Implementation
-
2024 TO PROVIDE TEACHERS AND STUDENTS IN U.S. MIDDLE SCHOOLS WITH ALWAYS-AVAILABLE ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGY AND EMPOWERS THEM TO BE CONTENT CREATORS, ADEPT PROBLEM-SOLVERS, AND RESPONSIBLE CONSUMERS OF DIGITAL MEDIA AND LEARNING RESOURCES.
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.