ACADEMY OF THE CITY CHARTER SCHOOL: Form 990, tax year 2017

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Organization: ACADEMY OF THE CITY CHARTER SCHOOL (EIN 27-4466971)
Tax period: 2017-07-01 to 2018-06-30
Filed: 2019-03-29
IRS object ID: 201920889349300342
Schema version: 2017v2.3
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	2019-03-29T14:11:45-05:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2018-06-30	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	BKD LLP	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	655 Third Avenue 1200	AddressLine1Txt
City	New York	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	10017	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2017-07-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	274466971	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Academy of the City Charter School	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
In Care Of	% RICHARD LEE	InCareOfNm
Business Name Control	ACAD	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	7184879857	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	31-29 60th Street	AddressLine1Txt
City	Woodside	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	11377	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	RICHARD LEE	PersonNm
Person Title	PRINCIPAL	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	7184879857	PhoneNum
Signature	2018-11-15	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	Aaron Shapiro	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P01333816	PTIN
Phone	2128674000	PhoneNum

Filing Security Information FilingSecurityInformation

IP Address IPAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
I Pv4 Address	167.68.126.162	IPv4AddressTxt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Federal Original Submission Id	26511920190885000000	FederalOriginalSubmissionId
Federal Original Submission Id	2019-03-29	FederalOriginalSubmissionIdDt
Filing License Type	P	FilingLicenseTypeCd
At Submission Creation Device Id	674A50B43A73F6FB32B158B5D35A1FBBFCB6150C	AtSubmissionCreationDeviceId
At Submission Filing Device Id	89205EC730D9E2CDB33E7921E4EB252967AD29DB	AtSubmissionFilingDeviceId

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2017	TaxYr
Build TS	2019-02-21 02:37:17Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	RICHARD LEE	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	31-29 60TH STREET	AddressLine1Txt
City	WOODSIDE	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	11377	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$7,268,637	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	ACADEMYOFTHECITY.ORG	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	2010	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	NY	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	WE ARE A COMMUNITY BASED CHARTER SCHOOL BASED ON MANY PRINCIPLES. OUR STUDENTS WILL BECOME INDEPENDENT THINKERS, LIFELONG LEARNERS, AND RESPONSIBLE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	8	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	8	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	69	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	8	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	$7,613	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$830,614	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$1,123,720	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$6,085,337	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$6,137,392	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$2,056	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$5,111	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$3,132	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$2,414	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$6,921,139	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$7,268,637	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
PY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	PYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$4,159,643	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$4,461,641	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$3,400	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$2,254,773	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$2,236,347	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$6,414,416	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$6,697,988	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$506,723	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$570,649	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$3,361,428	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$4,157,392	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$1,482,772	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$1,708,087	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$1,878,656	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$2,449,305	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Mission	ACADEMY OF THE CITY CHARTER SCHOOL IS A COMMUNITY-BASED CHARTER SCHOOL BASED ON PRINCIPLES OF COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT, WORKPLACE DEMOCRACY, REFLECTIVE PRACTICES IN PEDAGOGY, MANAGEMENT AND GOVERNANCE, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT,ACCOUNTABILITY, TRANSPARENCY, AND ENTREPRENEURIALISM. OUR STUDENTS WILL BECOME INDEPENDENT THINKERS, LIFELONG LEARNERS, AND RESPONSIBLE MEMBERS OF THEIR COMMUNITIES.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	false	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	false	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$5,416,735	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$6,137,797	RevenueAmt
Desc	ACADEMY OF THE CITY CHARTER SCHOOL (AOC) IS AN EDUCATIONAL CORPORATION THAT OPERATES AS A CHARTER SCHOOL IN THE BOROUGH OF QUEENS, NEW YORK CITY. AOC WAS ORGANIZED TO INCREASE LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS THROUGH INNOVATIVE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND TO ENABLE PARENTS TO BE MORE INVOLVED IN THEIR CHILDREN'S EDUCATION. IN FISCAL YEAR 2018, AOC OPERATED CLASSES FOR 406 STUDENTS IN GRADES K-5.	Desc
Total Program Service Expenses	$5,416,735	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
Temp Or Permanent Endowments	false	TempOrPermanentEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	Yes (true)	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	false	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	false	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	Yes (true)	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	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 With Officer Ent	false	BusinessRlnWithOfficerEntInd
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	9	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Employee	69	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	8	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	8	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	Yes (true)	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	NY	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	RICHARD LEE	PersonNm
Phone	7184879857	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	31-29 60TH STREET	AddressLine1Txt
City	WOODSIDE	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	11377	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (10 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
Nancy Sills
Chair	10.0	0.0	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Angela Howard
Vice-Chair	10.0	0.0	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Harold Elish
Treasurer	10.0	0.0	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
SARAH DEBLOIS
Secretary	10.0	0.0	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
MICHELA NONIS
SECRETARY	10.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
James Traub
Trustee	10.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Richard Welles
Trustee	10.0	10.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Steven Zimmerman
trustee (RESIGNED June 2018)	10.0	40.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
MONICA KHAN-LIRIANO
TRUSTEE	10.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
RICHARD LEE
PRINCIPAL	40.0	0.0		Yes (X)	$189,022	$0	$30,600

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$189,022	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$30,600	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
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	0	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Government Grants	$1,052,426	GovernmentGrantsAmt
All Other Contributions	$71,294	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$1,123,720	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	Per Pupil Revenue	Desc
Business	611600	BusinessCd
Total Revenue Column	$6,137,392	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$6,137,392	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$6,137,392	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$5,111	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$5,111	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

Rental Income Or Loss RentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	$0	RealAmt
Personal	$0	PersonalAmt

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

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Fundraising Gross Income	$0	FundraisingGrossIncomeAmt
Fundraising Direct Expenses	$0	FundraisingDirectExpensesAmt

Net Incm From Fundraising Evt NetIncmFromFundraisingEvtGrp

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

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gaming Gross Income	$0	GamingGrossIncomeAmt
Gaming Direct Expenses	$0	GamingDirectExpensesAmt

Net Income From Gaming NetIncomeFromGamingGrp

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

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Sales Of Inventory	$0	GrossSalesOfInventoryAmt
Cost Of Goods Sold	$0	CostOfGoodsSoldAmt

Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLossGrp

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

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMiscGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc	BusinessBusinessCd	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnAmt	ExclusionExclusionAmt	Related Or Exempt Func IncomeRelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
MISC. REV	900099	$2,409	$2,409
INCOME FROM MEALS	611710	$5		$5

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$2,414	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$7,268,637	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$6,137,397	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Exclusion	$7,520	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	$227,254	TotalAmt
Program Services	$113,627	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$113,627	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

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	$3,331,628	TotalAmt
Program Services	$3,008,815	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$322,813	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$68,553	TotalAmt
Program Services	$56,899	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$11,654	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$516,860	TotalAmt
Program Services	$467,639	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$49,221	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$317,346	TotalAmt
Program Services	$279,264	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$38,082	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

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	$27,442	TotalAmt
Management And General	$27,442	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$142,292	TotalAmt
Management And General	$142,292	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

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	$208,796	TotalAmt
Program Services	$139,163	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$66,233	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$3,400	FundraisingAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

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

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$205,807	TotalAmt
Program Services	$149,179	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$56,628	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

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

Royalties RoyaltiesGrp

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

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,247,101	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,035,094	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$212,007	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,102	TotalAmt
Management And General	$2,102	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

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	$139,434	TotalAmt
Program Services	$115,730	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$23,704	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$46,539	TotalAmt
Program Services	$38,627	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$7,912	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (3 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt
FIELD TRIPS	$12,698	$12,698
STUDENT TESTING	$69,089		$69,089
STAFF DEVELOPMENT	$135,047		$135,047

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$6,697,988	TotalAmt
Program Services	$5,416,735	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,277,853	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$3,400	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$399,746	BOYAmt
EOY	$244,917	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,152,609	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,156,507	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$164,040	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$228,652	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Receivables From Officers Etc ReceivablesFromOfficersEtcGrp

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

Rcvbl From Disqualified Prsn RcvblFromDisqualifiedPrsnGrp

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

Oth Notes Loans Receivable Net OthNotesLoansReceivableNetGrp

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

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUseGrp

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

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$112,014	BOYAmt
EOY	$147,656	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$1,786,625	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$568,353	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,242,407	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,218,272	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

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

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecuritiesGrp

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

Investments Program Related InvestmentsProgramRelatedGrp

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

Intangible Assets IntangibleAssetsGrp

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

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$226,000	BOYAmt
EOY	$226,000	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$3,361,428	BOYAmt
EOY	$4,157,392	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$630,077	BOYAmt
EOY	$728,913	EOYAmt

Grants Payable GrantsPayableGrp

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

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

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

Tax Exempt Bond Liabilities TaxExemptBondLiabilitiesGrp

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

Escrow Account Liability EscrowAccountLiabilityGrp

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

Loans From Officers Directors LoansFromOfficersDirectorsGrp

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

Mortg Notes Pybl Scrd Invst Prop MortgNotesPyblScrdInvstPropGrp

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

Unsecured Notes Loans Payable UnsecuredNotesLoansPayableGrp

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

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$852,695	BOYAmt
EOY	$979,174	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,482,772	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,708,087	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows SFAS117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsSFAS117Ind

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,878,656	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,449,305	EOYAmt

Temporarily Rstr Net Assets TemporarilyRstrNetAssetsGrp

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

Permanently Rstr Net Assets PermanentlyRstrNetAssetsGrp

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

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,878,656	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,449,305	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$3,361,428	BOYAmt
EOY	$4,157,392	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$570,649	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	false	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

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

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Art Public Exhibition Amounts		ArtPublicExhibitionAmountsGrp
Held Works Art		HeldWorksArtGrp
CY Minus3 Yr Endwmt Fund		CYMinus3YrEndwmtFundGrp
CY Minus4 Yr Endwmt Fund		CYMinus4YrEndwmtFundGrp
Land		LandGrp
Buildings		BuildingsGrp

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovementsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$1,142,820	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$197,009	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$945,811	BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$405,514	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$241,874	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$163,640	BookValueAmt

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$238,291	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$129,470	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$108,821	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$1,218,272	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Other Assets Org OtherAssetsOrgGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	Security Deposit	Desc
Book Value	$226,000	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Other Assets	$226,000	TotalBookValueOtherAssetsAmt
Federal Income Tax Liability	$0	FederalIncomeTaxLiabilityAmt

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	Deferred Rent	Desc
Amt	$979,174	Amt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Liability	$979,174	TotalLiabilityAmt
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$7,268,637	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$7,268,637	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$7,268,637	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$6,697,988	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$6,697,988	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$6,697,988	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

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	false	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
SHEDULE E, PART 1, LINE 3	THE NONDISCRIMINATORY POLICY CAN BE FOUND ON THE SCHOOL'S WEBSITE.
SCHEDULE E, PART I, LINE 6A	PER PUPIL REVENUE Govt Assistance: Grants from the New York state Education Department.

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Independent Consultant	Yes (X)	IndependentConsultantInd
Form990 Of Other Organizations	Yes (X)	Form990OfOtherOrganizationsInd
Written Employment Contract	Yes (X)	WrittenEmploymentContractInd
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	RICHARD LEE	PersonNm
Title	PRINCIPAL	TitleTxt
Base Compensation Filing Org	$189,022	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	$24,000	DeferredCompensationFlngOrgAmt
Deferred Comp Rltd Orgs	$0	DeferredCompRltdOrgsAmt
Nontaxable Benefits Filing Org	$6,600	NontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmt
Nontaxable Benefits Rltd Orgs	$0	NontaxableBenefitsRltdOrgsAmt
Total Compensation Filing Org	$219,622	TotalCompensationFilingOrgAmt
Total Compensation Rltd Orgs	$0	TotalCompensationRltdOrgsAmt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (5 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 2	SARAH DEBELOIS AND NANCY SILLS HAVE A FAMILY RELATIONSHIP.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B	AN ELECTRONIC COPY OF THE DRAFT OF THE FORM 990 WAS DISTRIBUTED TO THE ORGANIZATION'S GOVERNING BODY PRIOR TO ITS FILING. ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNING BOARD WERE REQUESTED TO REVIEW AND AUTHORIZE THE FILING OF THE FORM 990. IF THE BOARD MEMBERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS THEY ARE ADDRESSED BY MANAGEMENT PRIOR TO FILING.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C	THE SCHOOL REQUIRES ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS AND THE KEY OFFICERS TO FILL OUT THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST DISCLOSURE FORM. POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST ARE REPORTED TO THE BOARD CHAIR. IF THE BOARD CHAIR HAS A POTENTIAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST IT IS REPORTED TO THE BOARD SECRETARY. AN INDIVIDUAL WITH A POTENTIAL CONFLICT IS REQUIRED TO LEAVE THE ROOM WHILE THE MATTER IS DISCUSSED.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15A	THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE SCHOOL DETERMINES THE COMPENSATION OF THE OFFICERS. IN ORDER TO DETERMINE THE COMPENSATION FOR THE OFFICERS, THE SCHOOL UTILIZES A COMBINATION OF THE SOURCES INCLUDING - A) INFORMATION OF COMPENSATION PAID TO THE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS AND EMPLOYEES OF OTHER CHARTER SCHOOLS AND OTHER SIMILAR ORGANIZATIONS AVAILABLE THROUGH THE 990'S POSTED ON THE GUIDESTAR WEBSITE B) EXPERIENCE OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS IN DETERMINING THE COMPENSATION OF SUCH POSITIONS C) AVAILABLE BUDGET OF THE SCHOOL AND THE EXPERIENCE OF THE INDIVIDUALS APPLYING OR PROVIDING SERVICE TO THE SCHOOL. THIS PROCESS WAS CONDUCTED IN 2017.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19	THE ORGANIZATION RETAINS ITS GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY, AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (AUDITED OR UNAUDITED) AVAILABLE FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC AT ITS MAIN OFFICE. IF A MEMBER OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC MAKES THE REQUEST THE DOCUMENTS ARE PROVIDED BY THE SCHOOL'S DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS.