ALLIANCE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS INC: Form 990, tax year 2022

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Organization
ALLIANCE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS INC (EIN 31-1600674)
Tax period
2022-07-01 to 2023-06-30
Filed
2024-02-13
IRS object ID
202400449349300705
Schema version
2022v5.0
Source
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Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header ReturnHeader

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Return2024-02-13T06:12:58-06:00ReturnTs
Tax Period End2023-06-30TaxPeriodEndDt
Return Type990ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin2022-07-01TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
EIN311600674EIN

Business Name BusinessName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1Alliance Community Schools IncBusinessNameLine1Txt
Business Name Line2Dayton Leadership Academies - Dayton ViewBusinessNameLine2Txt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
In Care Of% Nicki HaglerInCareOfNm
Business Name ControlALLIBusinessNameControlTxt
Phone9375679426PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

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Address Line11416 West Riverview AvenueAddressLine1Txt
CityDaytonCityNm
State AbbreviationOHStateAbbreviationCd
ZIP45402ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

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PersonNICKI HAGLERPersonNm
Person TitleTreasurerPersonTitleTxt
Phone9372648588PhoneNum
Signature2024-02-13SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid PreparerYes (true)DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Signing Officer SigningOfficerGrp

Person Full Name PersonFullName

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Person FirstNICKIPersonFirstNm
Person LastHAGLERPersonLastNm
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SSN999009999SSN
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IRS Responsible Prty Info CurrfalseIRSResponsiblePrtyInfoCurrInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

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Preparer PersonJEFFREY S MCCUENPreparerPersonNm
PTINP01351981PTIN
Phone6143544380PhoneNum
Preparation2024-02-13PreparationDt
Self EmployedYes (X)SelfEmployedInd

Additional Filer Information AdditionalFilerInformation

Trusted Customer TrustedCustomerGrp

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Trusted Customer2TrustedCustomerCd
Authentication Assurance LevelAAL2AuthenticationAssuranceLevelCd
Identity Assurance LevelIAL1IdentityAssuranceLevelCd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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Build TS2023-04-26 12:10:37ZBuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Doing Business As Name DoingBusinessAsName

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Business Name Line1Dayton Leadership Academies - Dayton ViewBusinessNameLine1Txt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Principal OfficerNICKI HAGLERPrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

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Address Line11416 West Riverview AvenueAddressLine1Txt
CityDaytonCityNm
State AbbreviationOHStateAbbreviationCd
ZIP45402ZIPCd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts$7,252,488GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For AffiliatesfalseGroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3Yes (X)Organization501c3Ind
Type Of Organization CorpYes (X)TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation1998FormationYr
Legal Domicile StateOHLegalDomicileStateCd
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CY Revenues Less Expenses-$5,459CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
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Significant ChangefalseSignificantChangeInd
Expense$6,389,449ExpenseAmt
Grant$6,998,136GrantAmt
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Total Program Service Expenses$6,389,449TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3Yes (true)DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B RequiredYes (true)ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign ActyfalsePoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying ActivitiesfalseLobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy TaxfalseSubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised FundfalseDonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation EasementsfalseConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of ArtfalseCollectionsOfArtInd
Credit CounselingfalseCreditCounselingInd
Donor Rstr Or Quasi EndowmentsfalseDonorRstrOrQuasiEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building EquipmentfalseReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other SecfalseReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
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Report Other AssetsfalseReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other LiabilitiesfalseReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
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Independent Audit Fincl StmtfalseIndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
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School OperatingYes (true)SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign OfficefalseForeignOfficeInd
Foreign ActivitiesfalseForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To OrgfalseMoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To IndividualsfalseMoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional FundraisingfalseProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising ActivitiesfalseFundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming ActivitiesfalseGamingActivitiesInd
Operate HospitalfalseOperateHospitalInd
Grants To OrganizationsfalseGrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To IndividualsfalseGrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J RequiredfalseScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt BondsfalseTaxExemptBondsInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit TransfalseEngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit TransfalsePYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan OutstandingfalseLoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related PersonfalseGrantToRelatedPersonInd
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Business Rln With35 Ctrl EntfalseBusinessRlnWith35CtrlEntInd
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Terminate OperationsfalseTerminateOperationsInd
Partial LiquidationfalsePartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded EntityfalseDisregardedEntityInd
Related EntityfalseRelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl EntfalseRelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
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Schedule O RequiredYes (true)ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document33IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G0IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld ComplianceYes (true)BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee71EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns FiledYes (true)EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over LimitfalseUnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Form990 T FiledfalseForm990TFiledInd
Foreign Financial AccountfalseForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter TransfalseProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party NotificationfalseTaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible ContributionsfalseNondeductibleContributionsInd
Indoor Tanning ServicesfalseIndoorTanningServicesInd
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Family Or Business RlnfalseFamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt DutiesfalseDelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org DocumentsfalseChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or MisusefalseMaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or StockholdersfalseMembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board MembersfalseElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To ApprovafalseDecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing BodyYes (true)MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of CommitteesYes (true)MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing AddressfalseOfficerMailingAddressInd
Local ChaptersfalseLocalChaptersInd
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Conflict Of Interest PolicyYes (true)ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered PrsnYes (true)AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring EnfrcYes (true)RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower PolicyYes (true)WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention PolicyYes (true)DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEOYes (true)CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process OtherYes (true)CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint VenturefalseInvestmentInJointVentureInd
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Upon RequestYes (X)UponRequestInd

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CityDaytonCityNm
State AbbreviationOHStateAbbreviationCd
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Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (8 entries)

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JOSHUA WARD
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ELLEN IRELAND
Board Member1.000Yes (X)$0$0$0
DAVID GREER
Board Member1.000Yes (X)$0$0$0
CAROL PREWITT
Board Member1.000Yes (X)$0$0$0
NICKI HAGLER
TreasurerSecretaryYes (X)$0$0$0
TESS MITCHNER ASINJO
Principal40.00$118,861$0$0Yes (X)
ASHTON HOOD
Board Vice Chair2.000Yes (X)Yes (X)$0$0$0
TAYLOR GREEN
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Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensationGrp (5 entries)

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Goodwill
660 S Main StreetDaytonOH45402Custodial Service$123,534
Mangen 1 LLC
1611 Carolina DriveVandaliaOH45377Fiscal Services$170,493
Montgomery County ESC
200 S Keowee StreetDaytonOH45402Psychology Occ Therapy$156,595
Netdemics LLC
2544 Technical DriveMiamisburgOH45342Educational Services$197,618
Robinson's Janitorial
651 E Main StreetDaytonOH45426Janitorial Services$152,601
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Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K5CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Government Grants$6,998,136GovernmentGrantsAmt
All Other Contributions$254,352AllOtherContributionsAmt
Total Contributions$7,252,488TotalContributionsAmt

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Total$3,138,625TotalAmt
Program Services$2,850,414ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$288,211ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

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Total$439,408TotalAmt
Program Services$399,058ProgramServicesAmt
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Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

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Total$311,305TotalAmt
Program Services$300,297ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$11,008ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

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Total$45,887TotalAmt
Program Services$41,782ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$4,105ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagementGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$362,533TotalAmt
Management And General$362,533ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

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Total$30,693TotalAmt
Program Services$30,693ProgramServicesAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$30,891TotalAmt
Program Services$30,891ProgramServicesAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$96,820TotalAmt
Management And General$96,820ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$17,921TotalAmt
Program Services$17,921ProgramServicesAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$889,652TotalAmt
Program Services$873,568ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$16,084ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$46,517TotalAmt
Program Services$46,517ProgramServicesAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$30,404TotalAmt
Management And General$30,404ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDescTotalTotalAmtProgram ServicesProgramServicesAmtManagement And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt
Student Supplies & Services$1,321,615$1,321,615
Food Service$385,003$385,003
Transportation$91,690$91,690
Audit$18,983$18,983

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$7,257,947TotalAmt
Program Services$6,389,449ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$868,498ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising$0FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

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BOY$2,196,262BOYAmt
EOY$2,190,803EOYAmt

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BOY$2,196,262BOYAmt
EOY$2,190,803EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

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BOY$0BOYAmt
EOY$0EOYAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows FASB117Yes (X)OrganizationFollowsFASB117Ind

No Donor Restriction Net Assets NoDonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

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BOY$2,132,560BOYAmt
EOY$2,183,950EOYAmt

Donor Restriction Net Assets DonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

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BOY$63,702BOYAmt
EOY$6,853EOYAmt

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BOY$2,196,262BOYAmt
EOY$2,190,803EOYAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss-$5,459ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Info In Schedule O Part XIIYes (X)InfoInScheduleOPartXIIInd
Method Of Accounting CashYes (X)MethodOfAccountingCashInd
Accountant Compile Or ReviewYes (true)AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS AuditedYes (true)FSAuditedInd
Audit CommitteeYes (true)AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit RequiredYes (true)FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd
Federal Grant Audit PerformedYes (true)FederalGrantAuditPerformedInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
SchoolYes (X)SchoolInd

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

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ContributorRESTRICTEDContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1RESTRICTEDBusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

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Address Line1RESTRICTEDAddressLine1
Address Line2RESTRICTEDAddressLine2
CityRESTRICTEDCity
StateRESTRICTEDState
ZIP CodeRESTRICTEDZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total ContributionsRESTRICTEDTotalContributionsAmt

Schedule E IRS990ScheduleE

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Nondiscriminatory Policy StmtYes (true)NondiscriminatoryPolicyStmtInd
Policy Stmt In Brochures EtcYes (true)PolicyStmtInBrochuresEtcInd
Plcy Pblczd Via Broadcast MediaYes (true)PlcyPblczdViaBroadcastMediaInd
Maintain Racial Comp RecsYes (true)MaintainRacialCompRecsInd
Maintain Scholarships RecsYes (true)MaintainScholarshipsRecsInd
Maintain Cpy Of Brochures EtcYes (true)MaintainCpyOfBrochuresEtcInd
Maintain Cpy Of All SolYes (true)MaintainCpyOfAllSolInd
Discriminate Race Stdnts RghtsfalseDiscriminateRaceStdntsRghtsInd
Discriminate Race Admiss PlcyfalseDiscriminateRaceAdmissPlcyInd
Discriminate Race Emplm FcultyfalseDiscriminateRaceEmplmFcultyInd
Discriminate Race SchsfalseDiscriminateRaceSchsInd
Discriminate Race Educ PlcyfalseDiscriminateRaceEducPlcyInd
Discriminate Race Use Of FcltsfalseDiscriminateRaceUseOfFcltsInd
Discriminate Race Athlt ProgfalseDiscriminateRaceAthltProgInd
Discriminate Race Other ActyfalseDiscriminateRaceOtherActyInd
Government Financial Aid RcvdYes (true)GovernmentFinancialAidRcvdInd
Government Financial Aid RvkdfalseGovernmentFinancialAidRvkdInd
Compliance With Rev Proc7550Yes (true)ComplianceWithRevProc7550Ind

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (5 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
P1, Ln 6bThe School currently participates in the state foundation
P1, Ln 6bprogramand receives funds the Ohio Department of Education
P1, Ln 6bincluding federal grants. The Ohio Department of Education
P1, Ln 6bconducts reviews of enrollment for full time equivalent
P1, Ln 6bstudents which is used to determine funding.

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (12 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
Part VI Line 11bThe return was prepared by outside accountant, reviewed by the
Part VI Line 11bTreasurer and provided to Board for review prior to filing
Part VI Line 12cIf any, a board member would abstain from voting on that item.
Part VI Line 12cConflict of interest forms are completed annually
Part VI Line 15a or bContract is negotiated utilizing comparable data from education
Part VI Line 15a or bmanagement firm and schools authorizer, Fordham Foundation
Part VI Line 18The documents are available during regular business hours
Part VI Line 19The documents are required by state law to be available to the
Part VI Line 19public. Annual audited finanicals are on Ohio Auditor website
Part XII Line 2cThe Treasurer and Board provide oversight for the audit
Part XII Line 2cbefore, during and after the process.
Part XII Line 3bThe audit for the current year has not been completed

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