LEADING EDGE ACADEMY MARICOPA: Form 990, tax year 2022

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Organization: LEADING EDGE ACADEMY MARICOPA (EIN 27-0349709)
Tax period: 2022-07-01 to 2023-06-30
Filed: 2024-05-14
IRS object ID: 202411359349306236
Schema version: 2022v5.0
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule D
Schedule E
Schedule J
Schedule K
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2024-05-14T10:48:46-07:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2023-06-30	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	860602400	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	John C Todd II PC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	6635 W Happy Valley Rd Ste A104 PMB	AddressLine1Txt
City	Glendale	CityNm
State Abbreviation	AZ	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	85310	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2022-07-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	270349709	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	LEADING EDGE ACADEMY MARICOPA	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	LEAD	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	4806330414	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	633 E RAY ROAD	AddressLine1Txt
City	GILBERT	CityNm
State Abbreviation	AZ	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	85296	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	LORI ANDERSON	PersonNm
Person Title	EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	4806330414	PhoneNum
Signature	2024-04-24	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Signing Officer SigningOfficerGrp

Person Full Name PersonFullName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person First	LORI	PersonFirstNm
Person Last	ANDERSON	PersonLastNm

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
SSN	XXX-XX-XXXX	SSN

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
IRS Responsible Prty Info Curr	Yes (true)	IRSResponsiblePrtyInfoCurrInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	Jennifer R Tewhill	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P01391575	PTIN
Phone	6235818117	PhoneNum
Preparation	2024-05-14	PreparationDt

Additional Filer Information AdditionalFilerInformation

Trusted Customer TrustedCustomerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Trusted Customer	0	TrustedCustomerCd
Authentication Assurance Level	AAL1	AuthenticationAssuranceLevelCd
Identity Assurance Level	IAL1	IdentityAssuranceLevelCd
Federated Assurance Level	FAL1	FederatedAssuranceLevelCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2022	TaxYr
Build TS	2023-04-26 12:10:37Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	LORI ANDERSON	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	633 E RAY ROAD	AddressLine1Txt
City	GILBERT	CityNm
State Abbreviation	AZ	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	85296	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$9,437,212	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	www.leadingedgeacademy.com	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	2009	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	AZ	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	EDUCATE STUDENTS BY OPERATING AN ARIZONA CHARTER SCHOOL.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	5	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	5	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	121	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	7	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	$0	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$8,006,512	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$9,225,174	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$65,857	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$45,830	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$7,953	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$53,364	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$36,306	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$112,844	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$8,116,628	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$9,437,212	CYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$3,808,770	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$4,503,779	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$799	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$3,273,157	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$3,820,516	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$7,081,927	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$8,324,295	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$1,034,701	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$1,112,917	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$12,819,305	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$13,408,707	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$7,490,252	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$6,966,737	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$5,329,053	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$6,441,970	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Mission	EDUCATE STUDENTS BY OPERATING AN ARIZONA CHARTER SCHOOL.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	false	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	false	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$6,464,542	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$0	GrantAmt
Revenue	$45,830	RevenueAmt
Desc	LEADING EDGE ACADEMY WILL DEVELOP LIFELONG LEARNERS WHO LEAD WITH CHARACTER AND ACHIEVE ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE BY EDUCATING THE WHOLE CHILD AND FOSTERING COMMUNITY AND PARENTAL PARTNERSHIPS. THE SCHOOL PROVIDES INSTRUCTION TO STUDENTS IN GRADES KINDERGARTEN THROUGH EIGHTH.	Desc
Total Program Service Expenses	$6,464,542	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (true)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	false	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	false	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	false	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	false	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounselingInd
Donor Rstr Or Quasi Endowments	false	DonorRstrOrQuasiEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	Yes (true)	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	false	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	false	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	false	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	Yes (true)	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	false	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	Yes (true)	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	false	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	Yes (true)	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	false	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	false	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	false	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	false	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	false	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	false	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	false	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	false	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	Yes (true)	TaxExemptBondsInd
Invest Tax Exempt Bonds	false	InvestTaxExemptBondsInd
Escrow Account	false	EscrowAccountInd
On Behalf Of Issuer	false	OnBehalfOfIssuerInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	false	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	false	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	false	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With35 Ctrl Ent	false	BusinessRlnWith35CtrlEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	false	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	false	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	false	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	false	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	false	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	false	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	false	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	false	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	false	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	28	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (true)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	121	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (true)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	false	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	false	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	false	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	false	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	5	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	5	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	Yes (true)	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	Yes (true)	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	false	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	false	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	false	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	false	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (true)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (true)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	false	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (true)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (true)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (true)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (true)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	Yes (true)	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	Yes (true)	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	Yes (true)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	Yes (true)	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	MICHELLE BORJA	PersonNm
Phone	4806330414	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	633 E RAY ROAD	AddressLine1Txt
City	GILBERT	CityNm
State Abbreviation	AZ	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	85296	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (8 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt	OfficerOfficerInd	Highest Compensated EmployeeHighestCompensatedEmployeeInd
TIM HALL
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
CANDY BODY
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
RUSTY AKERS
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
AESON JOHNSON
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
DELMER GEESEY
PRESIDENT	10.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
MATHEW REESE
PRINCIPAL	40.00		$153,464	$0	$9,539		Yes (X)
LORI ANDERSON
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR	15.00		$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
MICHELLE BORJA
FINANCE DIRECTOR	15.00		$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$153,464	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$9,539	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	1	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	false	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	Yes (true)	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	false	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensationGrp

Contractor Name ContractorName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	ARIZONA CHARTER SOLUTIONS	PersonNm

Contractor Address ContractorAddress

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	633 W RAY RD	AddressLine1Txt
City	GILBERT	CityNm
State Abbreviation	AZ	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	85296	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Services	MANAGEMENT SERVICES	ServicesDesc
Compensation	$901,074	CompensationAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	1	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Government Grants	$9,106,213	GovernmentGrantsAmt
All Other Contributions	$118,961	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$9,225,174	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	FOOD SERVICE	Desc
Business	611600	BusinessCd
Total Revenue Column	$45,830	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$0	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$45,830	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$53,364	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$53,364	ExclusionAmt

Gross Rents GrossRentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	$35,731	RealAmt

Rental Income Or Loss RentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	$35,731	RealAmt

Net Rental Income Or Loss NetRentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$35,731	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$35,731	ExclusionAmt

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMiscGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	AUXILLIARY	Desc
Business	900099	BusinessCd
Total Revenue Column	$77,113	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$77,113	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$0	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$77,113	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$9,437,212	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$122,943	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$89,095	ExclusionAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$4,018,737	TotalAmt
Program Services	$3,531,578	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$487,159	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$79,704	TotalAmt
Program Services	$61,988	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$17,716	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$109,208	TotalAmt
Program Services	$87,944	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$21,264	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$296,130	TotalAmt
Program Services	$258,069	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$38,061	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagementGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$940,463	TotalAmt
Program Services	$16,063	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$924,400	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,422	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$3,422	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$19,600	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$19,600	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$349,251	TotalAmt
Program Services	$341,890	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$7,361	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$91,789	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$91,789	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$318,785	TotalAmt
Program Services	$244,560	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$73,453	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$772	FundraisingAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$114,572	TotalAmt
Program Services	$112,415	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$2,157	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$969,448	TotalAmt
Program Services	$924,346	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$45,102	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$65,832	TotalAmt
Program Services	$31,621	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$34,211	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$556,060	TotalAmt
Program Services	$556,060	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$13,237	TotalAmt
Program Services	$4,007	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$9,230	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt	FundraisingFundraisingAmt
DUES AND FEES	$137,286	$53,230	$84,029	$27
FOOD SERVICE	$240,771	$240,771	$0	$0

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$8,324,295	TotalAmt
Program Services	$6,464,542	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,858,954	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$799	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,247,925	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,946,379	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,064,627	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,611,604	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$524,778	BOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$1,127,557	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$34,045	BOYAmt
EOY	$191,387	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$9,990,809	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$2,610,516	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$7,765,352	BOYAmt
EOY	$7,380,293	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,182,578	BOYAmt
EOY	$151,487	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$12,819,305	BOYAmt
EOY	$13,408,707	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$143,395	BOYAmt
EOY	$140,970	EOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$500	EOYAmt

Tax Exempt Bond Liabilities TaxExemptBondLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$7,346,857	BOYAmt
EOY	$6,550,340	EOYAmt

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$274,927	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$7,490,252	BOYAmt
EOY	$6,966,737	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows FASB117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsFASB117Ind

No Donor Restriction Net Assets NoDonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$4,972,346	BOYAmt
EOY	$6,013,143	EOYAmt

Donor Restriction Net Assets DonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$356,707	BOYAmt
EOY	$428,827	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$5,329,053	BOYAmt
EOY	$6,441,970	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$12,819,305	BOYAmt
EOY	$13,408,707	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$1,112,917	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	Yes (true)	FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Separate Basis Fincl Stmt	Yes (X)	SeparateBasisFinclStmtInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Audit Committee	Yes (true)	AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	Yes (true)	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd
Federal Grant Audit Performed	Yes (true)	FederalGrantAuditPerformedInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
School	Yes (X)	SchoolInd
Other Support Sum	$0	OtherSupportSumAmt
Public Support CY170	0	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support Total509	$0	PublicSupportTotal509Amt
Public Support CY509	0	PublicSupportCY509Pct
Investment Income CY	0	InvestmentIncomeCYPct

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor	RESTRICTED	ContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	RESTRICTED	AddressLine1
Address Line2	RESTRICTED	AddressLine2
City	RESTRICTED	City
State	RESTRICTED	State
ZIP Code	RESTRICTED	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Contributions	RESTRICTED	TotalContributionsAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Land LandGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis	$0	InvestmentCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$1,086,276	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Book Value	$1,086,276	BookValueAmt

Buildings BuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$7,720,764	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$1,803,766	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$5,916,998	BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$1,054,419	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$784,039	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$270,380	BookValueAmt

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$129,350	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$22,711	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$106,639	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$7,380,293	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc	AmtAmt
DUE TO RELATED PARTIES	$121,519
FINANCING LEASE PAYABLE	$153,408

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Liability	$274,927	TotalLiabilityAmt
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$10,067,473	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Other Revenue	$630,261	OtherRevenueAmt
Revenue Not Reported	$630,261	RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$9,437,212	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$9,437,212	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$8,324,295	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$8,324,295	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$8,324,295	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Pt XI, Line 2d	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	NET ASSETS RELEASED FROM RESTRICTIONS.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule E IRS990ScheduleE

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Nondiscriminatory Policy Stmt	Yes (true)	NondiscriminatoryPolicyStmtInd
Policy Stmt In Brochures Etc	Yes (true)	PolicyStmtInBrochuresEtcInd
Plcy Pblczd Via Broadcast Media	Yes (true)	PlcyPblczdViaBroadcastMediaInd
Maintain Racial Comp Recs	Yes (true)	MaintainRacialCompRecsInd
Maintain Scholarships Recs	Yes (true)	MaintainScholarshipsRecsInd
Maintain Cpy Of Brochures Etc	Yes (true)	MaintainCpyOfBrochuresEtcInd
Maintain Cpy Of All Sol	Yes (true)	MaintainCpyOfAllSolInd
Discriminate Race Stdnts Rghts	false	DiscriminateRaceStdntsRghtsInd
Discriminate Race Admiss Plcy	false	DiscriminateRaceAdmissPlcyInd
Discriminate Race Emplm Fculty	false	DiscriminateRaceEmplmFcultyInd
Discriminate Race Schs	false	DiscriminateRaceSchsInd
Discriminate Race Educ Plcy	false	DiscriminateRaceEducPlcyInd
Discriminate Race Use Of Fclts	false	DiscriminateRaceUseOfFcltsInd
Discriminate Race Athlt Prog	false	DiscriminateRaceAthltProgInd
Discriminate Race Other Acty	false	DiscriminateRaceOtherActyInd
Government Financial Aid Rcvd	Yes (true)	GovernmentFinancialAidRcvdInd
Government Financial Aid Rvkd	false	GovernmentFinancialAidRvkdInd
Compliance With Rev Proc7550	Yes (true)	ComplianceWithRevProc7550Ind

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Line 3	A NONDISCRIMINATORY POLICY IS ON THE SCHOOL'S WEBSITE FOR ENROLLMENT INFORMATION. A NONDISCRIMINATORY POLICY IS ON THE SCHOOL'S WEBSITE FOR ENROLLMENT INFORMATION.
Line 6b	THE SCHOOL RECEIVES MONIES FROM THE ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Written Employment Contract	Yes (X)	WrittenEmploymentContractInd
Compensation Survey	Yes (X)	CompensationSurveyInd
Board Or Committee Approval	Yes (X)	BoardOrCommitteeApprovalInd
Severance Payment	false	SeverancePaymentInd
Supplemental Nonqual Rtr Plan	false	SupplementalNonqualRtrPlanInd
Equity Based Comp Arrngm	false	EquityBasedCompArrngmInd
Comp Based On Revenue Of Flng Org	false	CompBasedOnRevenueOfFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd On Rev Related Orgs	false	CompBsdOnRevRelatedOrgsInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Flng Org	false	CompBsdNetEarnsFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Rltd Orgs	false	CompBsdNetEarnsRltdOrgsInd
Any Non Fixed Payments	false	AnyNonFixedPaymentsInd
Initial Contract Exception	false	InitialContractExceptionInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	MATHEW REESE	PersonNm
Base Compensation Filing Org	$153,464	BaseCompensationFilingOrgAmt
Compensation Based On Rltd Orgs	$0	CompensationBasedOnRltdOrgsAmt
Bonus Filing Organization	$0	BonusFilingOrganizationAmount
Bonus Related Organizations	$0	BonusRelatedOrganizationsAmt
Other Compensation Filing Org	$0	OtherCompensationFilingOrgAmt
Other Compensation Rltd Orgs	$0	OtherCompensationRltdOrgsAmt
Deferred Compensation Flng Org	$9,539	DeferredCompensationFlngOrgAmt
Deferred Comp Rltd Orgs	$0	DeferredCompRltdOrgsAmt
Nontaxable Benefits Filing Org	$0	NontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmt
Nontaxable Benefits Rltd Orgs	$0	NontaxableBenefitsRltdOrgsAmt
Total Compensation Filing Org	$163,003	TotalCompensationFilingOrgAmt
Total Compensation Rltd Orgs	$0	TotalCompensationRltdOrgsAmt
Comp Report Prior990 Filing Org	$0	CompReportPrior990FilingOrgAmt
Comp Report Prior990 Rltd Orgs	$0	CompReportPrior990RltdOrgsAmt

Schedule K IRS990ScheduleK

Tax Exempt Bonds Issues TaxExemptBondsIssuesGrp (2 entries)

Bond ReferenceBondReferenceCd	Bond Issuer EINBondIssuerEIN	CUSIPCUSIPNum	Bond IssuedBondIssuedDt	Issue PriceIssuePriceAmt	PurposePurposeDesc	DefeasedDefeasedInd	On Behalf Of IssuerOnBehalfOfIssuerInd	Pool FinancingPoolFinancingInd
IDA OF THE COUNTY OF PIMA
A	860445981	72177MPP6	2013-12-04	$3,060,887	ACQUISITION OF FACILITIES	false	false	false
IDA OF THE COUNTY OF PIMA
B	860445981	72177PBG4	2015-12-22	$5,500,000	CONSTRUCTION OF FACILITIES	false	false	false

Tax Exempt Bonds Proceeds TaxExemptBondsProceedsGrp (2 entries)

Bond ReferenceBondReferenceCd	Total ProceedsTotalProceedsAmt	Refunding EscrowRefundingEscrowAmt	Issuance Costs From ProceedsIssuanceCostsFromProceedsAmt	Capital ExpendituresCapitalExpendituresAmt	Substantial CompletionSubstantialCompletionYr	Refunding Tax Exempt BondsRefundingTaxExemptBondsInd	Refunding Taxable BondsRefundingTaxableBondsInd	Final Allocation MadeFinalAllocationMadeInd	Adequate Books And Rec MaintAdequateBooksAndRecMaintInd
A	$3,060,887	$272,900	$372,987	$2,415,000	2014	false	false	Yes (true)	Yes (true)
B	$5,500,000	$411,832	$444,227	$4,643,941	2016	false	false	Yes (true)	Yes (true)

Tax Exempt Bonds Private Bus Use TaxExemptBondsPrivateBusUseGrp (2 entries)

Bond ReferenceBondReferenceCd	Owning Bond Financed PropertyOwningBondFinancedPropertyInd	Any Lease ArrangementsAnyLeaseArrangementsInd	Mgmt Contract Bond Fincd PropMgmtContractBondFincdPropInd	Any Research AgreementsAnyResearchAgreementsInd	Private Bus Use By OthersPrivateBusUseByOthersPct	Private Bus Concerning UBIPrivateBusConcerningUBIPct	Total Private Business UseTotalPrivateBusinessUsePct	Bond Iss Meet Prvt Sec Pymt TestBondIssMeetPrvtSecPymtTestInd	Change In Use Bond Financed PropChangeInUseBondFinancedPropInd	Change In Use Bond Financed PropChangeInUseBondFinancedPropPct	Procs Nonqualified Bond RemdtdProcsNonqualifiedBondRemdtdInd
A	false	false	false	false	0.00000	0.00000	0.00000	false	false	0.00000	Yes (true)
B	false	false	false	false	0.00000	0.00000	0.00000	false	false	0.00000	Yes (true)

Tax Exempt Bonds Arbitrage TaxExemptBondsArbitrageGrp (2 entries)

Bond ReferenceBondReferenceCd	Form8038 T FiledForm8038TFiledInd	Rebate Not Due YetRebateNotDueYetInd	Variable Rate IssueVariableRateIssueInd	Hedge Identified In Bks And RecHedgeIdentifiedInBksAndRecInd	Term Of HedgeTermOfHedgePct	Gross Proceeds Invested In GICGrossProceedsInvestedInGICInd	Term Of GICTermOfGICPct	Gross Proceeds InvestedGrossProceedsInvestedInd	Written Proc To Monitor ReqsWrittenProcToMonitorReqsInd
A	false	Yes (true)	false	false	0.000000000000	false	0.000000000000	false	false
B	false	Yes (true)	false	false	0.000000000000	false	0.000000000000	false	false

Procedures Corrective Action ProceduresCorrectiveActionGrp (2 entries)

Bond ReferenceBondReferenceCd	Procedures Corrective ActionProceduresCorrectiveActionInd
A	false
B	false

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (6 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Pt VI, Line 3	ARIZONA CHARTER SOLUTIONS (ACS)(AN ARIZONA 501(C)(3) CORPORATION) PERFORMS THE MANAGEMENT DUTIES FOR THE SCHOOL. ACS IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DAY TO DAY OPERATIONS OF THE SCHOOL, SUBJECT TO THE ONGOING OVERSIGHT OF THE MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOLS BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
Pt VI, Line 11b	THE FORM 990 IS DISTRIBUTED TO ALL MEMBERS PRIOR TO FILING THE RETURN. THE MANAGEMENT OF THE SCHOOL AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS REVIEW THE FORM 990 AND AUTHORIZE ITS FILING.
Pt VI, Line 12c	ANY CONFLICTS ARE DISCLOSED PRIOR TO VOTING ON AN AGENDA ITEM WITH CONFLICTED MEMBERS ABSTAINING FROM VOTING. BOARD MEMBERS AND OTHER KEY EMPLOYEES ARE INSTRUCTED ANNUALLY ON THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY AND ARE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT A SIGNED CONFLICT OF INTREST DISCLOSURE FORM ANNUALLY. DISCLOSURES ARE REVIEWED BY THE BOARD ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.
Pt VI, Line 15a	SALARIES OF TOP MANAGEMENT ARE SET BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE MANAGEMENT COMPANY DURING A DULY CALLED BOARD MEETING OF SAID COMPANY AS DESCRIBED IN THE BYLAWS. PRIOR OBTAINED COMPARABILITY DATA ARE REVIEWED AND USED BY THE BOARD MEMBERS. THE SCHOOL'S LEGAL COUNSEL REVIEWS ALL COMPENSATION AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE SCHOOL AND MEMBERS OF MANAGEMENT. ONLY DISINTERESTED BOARD MEMBERS REVIEW AND APPROVE THE COMPENSATION. THE PERSON IS AVAILABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS BUT LEAVES THE ROOM FOR THE DISCUSSION AND VOTE. COMPENSATION IS SET AND REVIEWED ON AN ANNUAL BASIS IN WRITING. THE DISCUSSION AND DECISION ARE RECORDED IN THE MINUTES.
Pt VI, Line 15b	ALL EMPLOYEES WHO ARE NOT OFFICERS OF THE SCHOOL RECIEVE SALARIES BASED ON COMPARABILITY DATA AND A SCHEDULE APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE SCHOOL.
Pt VI, Line 2	DELMER GEESEY AND CANDY BODY HAVE A BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP.