HARLEM ACADEMY: Form 990, tax year 2020

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Organization: HARLEM ACADEMY (EIN 56-2454573)
Tax period: 2020-07-01 to 2021-06-30
Filed: 2022-05-06
IRS object ID: 202221269349303127
Schema version: 2020v4.0
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 O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2022-05-06T14:42:01-07:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2021-06-30	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	134036703	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	SCHALL & ASHENFARB CPAS LLC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	307 FIFTH AVE 15TH FL	AddressLine1Txt
City	NEW YORK	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	10016	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2020-07-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	562454573	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Harlem Academy	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	HARL	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	2123482600	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	655 St Nicholas Avenue	AddressLine1Txt
City	New York	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	10030	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	Vincent Dotoli	PersonNm
Person Title	Head of School	PersonTitleTxt
Signature	2022-05-06	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Signing Officer SigningOfficerGrp

Person Full Name PersonFullName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person First	Vincent	PersonFirstNm
Person Last	Dotoli	PersonLastNm

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
SSN	999009999	SSN

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	Michael Schall	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P02024184	PTIN
Phone	2122682800	PhoneNum

Additional Filer Information AdditionalFilerInformation

Trusted Customer TrustedCustomerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Trusted Customer	3	TrustedCustomerCd
Authentication Assurance Level	AAL1	AuthenticationAssuranceLevelCd
Identity Assurance Level	IAL1	IdentityAssuranceLevelCd
Federated Assurance Level	FAL1	FederatedAssuranceLevelCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2020	TaxYr
Build TS	2022-09-23 18:48:47Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Change	Yes (X)	AddressChangeInd
Principal Officer	Vincent Dotoli	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	655 St Nicholas Avenue	AddressLine1Txt
City	New York	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	10030	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$12,918,363	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	www.harlemacademy.org	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	2004	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	NY	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	Harlem Academy drives equity of opportunity for promising children, guiding them to thrive at the highest academic levels and one day make a mark on the world.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	23	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	22	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	40	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	300	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$9,458,804	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$12,546,947	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$423,725	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$362,850	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$16,975	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$8,566	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Other Revenue	$0	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$9,899,504	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$12,918,363	CYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$2,845,131	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$2,400,126	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$526,350	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$1,087,332	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$1,078,376	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$3,932,463	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$3,478,502	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$5,967,041	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$9,439,861	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$26,005,690	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$36,968,972	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$770,223	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$2,025,450	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$25,235,467	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$34,943,522	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Mission	Harlem Academy drives equity of opportunity for promising children, guiding them to thrive at the highest academic levels and one day make a mark on the world.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	false	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	false	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$2,600,223	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$362,850	RevenueAmt
Desc	Overview.Harlem Academy drives equity of opportunity for promising students, guiding them to thrive at the highest academic levels and one day make a mark on the world.Commitment to low-income children.Harlem Academy provides a full-need scholarship to every attending student. The school is committed to a meritocracy where hard work drives the opportunity to realize potential and where no family is ever turned away for an inability to pay.Transformational growth.Harlem Academy admits promising children and supports them in cultivating their talents. Students gain a tremendous 16 points during their time at Harlem Academy, on average entering at the 74th percentile and graduating at the 90th percentile.Nationally, a promising, low-income student starting first grade at the 72nd percentile (a similar profile to our students) will lose 13 points by eighth grade, dropping to the 59th percentile.Secondary school success.For the fifth consecutive year, 100% of Harlem Academy eighth graders matriculated at selective secondary schools. Among them, 79% percent moved on to independent day and boarding schools with full-need scholarships, including Fieldston, Riverdale, and Trinity.College success.Over the past four years, 94% of Harlem Academy graduates enrolled in four-year colleges, compared to the national average of 51%. Harlem Academy students are currently enrolled at Carnegie Mellon, Cornell, Dartmouth, Hamilton Howard, New York University, Princeton, Tufts, Wesleyan, and Yale with a college persistence rate of 98%.Providing a model education.Harlem Academy is dedicated to sharing successful strategies to extend its impact beyond its walls. The school has published eight articles in national education journals, reaching hundreds of thousands of educators and school leaders.Top rating from GuideStar and Charity Navigator.Harlem Academy receiveda four-star rating from Charity Navigator for financial management, accountability, and transparency, as well asGuideStars platinum rating for measuring progress and sharing results, highlighting the schools continued commitment to use gifts effectively toward advancing the mission.	Desc
Total Program Service Expenses	$2,600,223	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	Yes (true)	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	false	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	Yes (true)	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	false	TaxExemptBondsInd
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	Yes (true)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	18	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (true)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	40	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
Form8282 Filed	0	Form8282FiledCnt
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Form8899 Filedind	false	Form8899Filedind
Form1098 C Filed	false	Form1098CFiledInd
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Subj To Tax Rmnrtn Ex Prcht Pymt	false	SubjToTaxRmnrtnExPrchtPymtInd
Subject To Excs Tax Net Invst Inc	false	SubjectToExcsTaxNetInvstIncInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	23	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	22	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	Yes (true)	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	false	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	false	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
Own Website	Yes (X)	OwnWebsiteInd
Other Website	Yes (X)	OtherWebsiteInd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	Leonard Smith	PersonNm
Phone	2123482600	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	655 St Nicholas Avenue	AddressLine1Txt
City	New York	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	10030	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (26 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Average Hours Per Week Rltd OrgAverageHoursPerWeekRltdOrgRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt
Vincent Dotoli
Head of School	40.00	0.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$177,996	$0	$13,898
Leonard Smith
Finance Director	40.00	0.00			$148,311	$0	$5,118
LaShonda Davis
Assistant Head	40.00	0.00			$144,011	$0	$632
Vanessa Scanfeld
Strategy Director	40.00	0.00			$121,599	$0	$3,684
David B Peterson
Board Chair	20.00	0.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
John Belizaire
Secretary	5.00	0.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Will Cook
Treasurer	5.00	0.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Tony Asnes
Trustee	5.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Elizabeth McHenry
Trustee	5.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Thomas Klein
Trustee	5.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Avi Banyasz
Trustee	5.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
W Graham Cole Jr
Trustee	5.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Mary Ganzenmuller
Trustee	5.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Doug Griebel
Trustee	5.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Dale Hemmerdinger
Trustee	5.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Valarie A Hing
Trustee	5.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Richard Schaps
Trustee	5.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Ann MacRae
Trustee	5.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Rodney Pope
Trustee	5.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Tom Reycraft
Trustee	5.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Joshua Easterly
Trustee	5.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Hillary Thomas
Trustee	5.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Rob Harteveldt
Trustee	5.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Alan Washington
Trustee	5.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Betsy Michel
Trustee	5.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Hank Prybylski
Trustee	5.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$591,917	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$23,332	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	4	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	false	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	Yes (true)	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	false	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	0	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Government Grants	$554,598	GovernmentGrantsAmt
All Other Contributions	$11,992,349	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$12,546,947	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	Program income and fees	Desc
Business	611600	BusinessCd
Total Revenue Column	$362,850	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$362,850	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$362,850	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$8,566	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$8,566	ExclusionAmt

Incm From Invest Bond Proceeds IncmFromInvestBondProceedsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Royalties Revenue RoyaltiesRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Net Rental Income Or Loss NetRentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Net Incm From Fundraising Evt NetIncmFromFundraisingEvtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Net Income From Gaming NetIncomeFromGamingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$0	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$12,918,363	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$362,850	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Exclusion	$8,566	ExclusionAmt

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividualsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Foreign Grants ForeignGrantsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Benefits To Members BenefitsToMembersGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$213,872	TotalAmt
Program Services	$106,936	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$53,468	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$53,468	FundraisingAmt

Comp Disqual Persons CompDisqualPersonsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,833,496	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,403,027	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$158,248	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$272,221	FundraisingAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$29,764	TotalAmt
Program Services	$23,812	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,748	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$4,204	FundraisingAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$168,130	TotalAmt
Program Services	$128,956	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$13,413	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$25,761	FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$154,864	TotalAmt
Program Services	$116,787	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$13,625	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$24,452	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagementGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbyingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Prof Fundraising FeesForServicesProfFundraising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Srvc Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForSrvcInvstMgmntFeesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$50,743	TotalAmt
Program Services	$11,630	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$28,676	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$10,437	FundraisingAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$99,517	TotalAmt
Program Services	$9,407	ProgramServicesAmt
Fundraising	$90,110	FundraisingAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$7,630	TotalAmt
Program Services	$7,630	ProgramServicesAmt

Royalties RoyaltiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$466,855	TotalAmt
Program Services	$429,133	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$9,550	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$28,172	FundraisingAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Pymt Travel Entrtnmnt Pub Ofcl PymtTravelEntrtnmntPubOfclGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Interest InterestGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Payments To Affiliates PaymentsToAffiliatesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$12,043	TotalAmt
Program Services	$11,070	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$246	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$727	FundraisingAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$62,490	TotalAmt
Program Services	$58,303	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$940	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$3,247	FundraisingAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt	FundraisingFundraisingAmt
Education	$175,129	$175,129
Other Expense	$42,408		$30,759	$11,649
Printing and Publications	$32,573	$32,573
Bad Debt Expense	$30,299		$30,299

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$98,689	TotalAmt
Program Services	$85,830	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$10,957	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,902	FundraisingAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,478,502	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,600,223	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$351,929	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$526,350	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$3,137,395	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,000,418	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$4,054,941	BOYAmt
EOY	$6,482,048	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$5,911,136	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,799,786	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$54,648	BOYAmt
EOY	$44,785	EOYAmt

Receivables From Officers Etc ReceivablesFromOfficersEtcGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Rcvbl From Disqualified Prsn RcvblFromDisqualifiedPrsnGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Oth Notes Loans Receivable Net OthNotesLoansReceivableNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUseGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$55,171	BOYAmt
EOY	$37,354	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$25,293,353	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$691,122	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$12,694,970	BOYAmt
EOY	$24,602,231	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecuritiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Investments Program Related InvestmentsProgramRelatedGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Intangible Assets IntangibleAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$97,429	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,350	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$26,005,690	BOYAmt
EOY	$36,968,972	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$255,211	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,529,786	EOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$28,581	BOYAmt
EOY	$44,111	EOYAmt

Unsecured Notes Loans Payable UnsecuredNotesLoansPayableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$486,431	BOYAmt
EOY	$451,553	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$770,223	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,025,450	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	$14,178,037	BOYAmt
EOY	$27,968,735	EOYAmt

Donor Restriction Net Assets DonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$11,057,430	BOYAmt
EOY	$6,974,787	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$25,235,467	BOYAmt
EOY	$34,943,522	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$26,005,690	BOYAmt
EOY	$36,968,972	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$9,439,861	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Donated Services And Use Fclts	$268,194	DonatedServicesAndUseFcltsAmt
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	false	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
School	Yes (X)	SchoolInd

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

CY Endwmt Fund CYEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$142,992	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$500,000	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$520	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
End Year Balance	$643,512	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus1 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus1YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$142,283	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$709	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
End Year Balance	$142,992	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus2 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus2YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$141,575	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$708	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
End Year Balance	$142,283	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus3 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus3YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$140,871	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$704	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
End Year Balance	$141,575	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus4 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus4YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$140,194	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$677	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
End Year Balance	$140,871	EndYearBalanceAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Prmnnt Endowment Balance EOY	1.00000	PrmnntEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Endowments Held Unrelated Org	false	EndowmentsHeldUnrelatedOrgInd
Endowments Held Related Org	false	EndowmentsHeldRelatedOrgInd
Related Org List Sch R	false	RelatedOrgListSchRInd

Land LandGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis	$9,855,832	InvestmentCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Book Value	$9,855,832	BookValueAmt

Buildings BuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis	$14,736,831	InvestmentCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Book Value	$14,736,831	BookValueAmt

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovementsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis	$450,103	InvestmentCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$450,103	DepreciationAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis	$250,587	InvestmentCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$241,019	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$9,568	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$24,602,231	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt
Footnote Text	Yes (X)	FootnoteTextInd
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$13,204,716	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Donated Services And Use Fclts	$286,353	DonatedServicesAndUseFcltsAmt
Revenue Not Reported	$286,353	RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$12,918,363	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$12,918,363	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$3,496,661	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Donated Services Use Fclts	$18,159	DonatedServicesUseFcltsAmt
Expenses Not Reported	$18,159	ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$3,478,502	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$3,478,502	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Part X : FIN48 Footnote	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	The Academy does not believe its financial statements include any material uncertain tax positions. Tax filings for periods ending June 30, 2018 and later are subject to examination by applicable taxing authorities.	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 (4 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Schedule E, Line 3 - Racially Nondiscriminatory Policy Publicized	Our nondiscriminatory policy is published on all admissions materials distributed to the general community, in addition to specific family inquiries.
Schedule E, Line 4 - Explanation of Records and Materials Not Maintained
Schedule E, Line 5 - Explanation of Organization Discrimination by Race
Schedule E, Line 6 - Explanation of Aid or Assistance from Governmental Agency	The school receives funding from two New York agencies. These funds are used to provide food to students and support other activites of the school.

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Compensation Committee	Yes (X)	CompensationCommitteeInd
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 (2 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Base Compensation Filing OrgBaseCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Deferred Compensation Flng OrgDeferredCompensationFlngOrgAmt	Nontaxable Benefits Filing OrgNontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmt	Total Compensation Filing OrgTotalCompensationFilingOrgAmt
Leonard Smith
Finance Director	$148,311	$4,486	$632	$153,429
Vincent Dotoli
Head of School	$177,996	$5,376	$8,522	$191,894

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (6 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part VI, Line 2: Description of Business or Family Relationship of Officers, Directors, Et	Father-daughter relationship exists among two trustees.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review Process	A draft 990, which is prepared by the auditors, is first reviewed by the Finance Director before being presented for review to the Audit committee. Any edits resulting from committee review are made and the draft is presented to the entire board for final review prior to filing.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c: Explanation of Monitoring and Enforcement of Conflicts	The organization has a board approved conflicts of interest policy. Prior to appointment or hiring, each board member, senior staff member, and other board committee member must sign a declaration statement affirming they have (1) received a copy of the policy, (2) read and understand the policy, and (3) agree to comply with the policy. Each year, they sign an annual declaration stating they were in compliance of such policy for the preceding year and agree to comply with the policy for the upcoming year.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 15a: Compensation Review & Approval Process - CEO, Top Management	The board determines and votes on the Head of School's compensation package based off the combination of market research, financial health of the organization, and evaluation of individual performance. This process occurs during the September board meeting and the final compensation package is communicated to the Finance Director by the Board Chair to be effective immediately, and retroactive back to the beginning of the current employee contract period.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 15b: Compensation Review and Approval Process for Officers and Key Employees	The board determines and votes on the Head of School's compensation package based off the combination of market research, financial health of the organization, and evaluation of individual performance. This process occurs during the fall board meeting and the final compensation package is communicated to the Finance Director by the Finance Committee to be effective immediately, and retroactive back to the beginning of the current employee contract period.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly Available	Governing documents and conflict of interest policy are made available upon request. Financial statements and information are made available to the public through our website, as well as nonprofit websites such as Guidestar and Charity Navigator.