COMPASS CHARTER SCHOOLS: Form 990, tax year 2016

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Organization: COMPASS CHARTER SCHOOLS (EIN 45-3643984)
Tax period: 2016-07-01 to 2017-06-30
Filed: 2018-05-07
IRS object ID: 201801279349301745
Schema version: 2016v3.0
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 D
Schedule E
Schedule J
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2018-05-07T13:29:19-07:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2017-06-30	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Christy White Associates	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	348 Olive Street	AddressLine1Txt
City	San Diego	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	92103	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2016-07-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	453643984	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Compass Charter Schools	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	COMP	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	8559374227	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	850 Hampshire Road Suite P	AddressLine1Txt
City	Thousand Oaks	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	91361	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	JJ LEWIS	PersonNm
Person Title	President & CEO	PersonTitleTxt
Signature	2018-05-07	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	Christy White CPA	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P01297358	PTIN
Phone	6192708222	PhoneNum

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2016	TaxYr
Build TS	2022-09-23 18:48:47Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$7,586,070	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
All Affiliates Included	false	AllAffiliatesIncludedInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	www.compasscharters.org	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	2011	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	CA	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	THE ORGANIZATION WAS FORMED FOR THE PURPOSE OF OPERATION PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS IN CALIFORNIA. DURING 2015-16, THE ORGANIZATION OPERATED TEN (10) CHARTER SCHOOLS IN FIVE (5) DIFFERENT COUNTIES. The Organization served over 1,300 students in grades K - 12.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	6	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	6	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	126	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	4	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$16,147,441	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$6,907,390	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$0	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$15,543	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$78,491	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$28,288	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$600,189	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$16,191,272	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$7,586,070	CYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$6,656,605	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$7,107,595	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$0	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$7,721,483	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$8,060,868	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$14,378,088	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$15,168,463	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$1,813,184	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	-$7,582,393	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$22,399,875	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$9,581,298	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$7,007,126	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$1,770,942	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$15,392,749	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$7,810,356	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Info In Schedule O Part III	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIIInd
Mission	Our mission is to inspire and develop innovative, creative, self-directed learners, one scholar at a time.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	false	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	Yes (true)	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$11,487,716	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$6,907,390	RevenueAmt
Desc	During 2016-17, the Organization OPERATED five (5) PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS FOR STUDENTS IN GRADES K-12 IN CALIFORNIA IN THE COUNTIES OF SAN DIEGO, VENTURA, SONOMA, FRESNO AND LOS ANGELES. The Organization OFFERS A CUSTOMIZED LEARNING PROGRAM FOR STUDENTS TO ENGAGE IN AN EXCEPTIONAL LEARNING EXPERIENCE THAT BLENDS INNOVATIVE ONLINE LEARNING WITH CRITICAL FACE-TO-FACE AND LAB TIME. STUDENTS LEARN BEST WHEN THEIR EDUCATION IS TAILORED TO THEIR SPEICIFIC NEEDS, WHICH IS WHY A KEY TENANT OF THE PHILOSOPHY AT AAS IS FLEXIBILITY. THE FLEXIBILITY OF BLENDING LEARNING PROVIDES CHOICE FOR STUDENTS. STUDENTS HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY TO PARTICIPATE IN A WIDE VARIETY OF EVENTS, ACTIVITIES, AND EXPERIENCES THAT ENHANCE THE LEARNING EXPERIENCE.	Desc
Total Program Service Expenses	$11,487,716	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (true)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	false	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	false	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	false	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	Yes (true)	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
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 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
Transaction With Control Ent	false	TransactionWithControlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	false	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	false	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	34	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (true)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	126	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (true)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	false	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Form990 T Filed	false	Form990TFiledInd
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
DAF Excess Business Holdings	false	DAFExcessBusinessHoldingsInd
Taxable Distributions	false	TaxableDistributionsInd
Distribution To Donor	false	DistributionToDonorInd
Org Filed In Lieu Of Form1041	false	OrgFiledInLieuOfForm1041Ind
Licensed More Than One State	false	LicensedMoreThanOneStateInd
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	6	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	6	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	false	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	false	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	Yes (true)	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	false	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	false	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	false	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
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	CA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	CSMC	PersonNm
Phone	8889942762	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	43460 Ridge Park Drive Ste 100	AddressLine1Txt
City	Temecula	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	92590	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (11 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	Highest Compensated EmployeeHighestCompensatedEmployeeInd	Former Ofcr Director TrusteeFormerOfcrDirectorTrusteeInd
Peter McDonald
Chair	2.00	0.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Lisa Robotham
Secretary	2.00	0.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Joe Cummings
Director	2.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Matt Koblick
Director	2.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Kathy Granger
Treasurer	2.00	0.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Miriam Cohen
Director	2.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
JJ LEWIS
President & CEO	40.00	0.00		Yes (X)	$151,477	$0	$0
Lisa Fishman
Operation Director	40.00	0.00			$138,838	$0	$308	Yes (X)
Joel Manwarren
Director	40.00	0.00			$127,182	$0	$473	Yes (X)
Debra Stephan
Counseling Mgr	40.00	0.00			$105,100	$0	$0	Yes (X)
Julie Troletti
Former Director	40.00	0.00			$123,777	$0	$4,815		Yes (X)

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$646,374	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$5,596	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	5	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	Yes (true)	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	Yes (true)	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	false	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensationGrp (5 entries)

Address Line1ContractorAddress/USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityContractorAddress/USAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationContractorAddress/USAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPContractorAddress/USAddress/ZIPCd	ServicesServicesDesc	CompensationCompensationAmt
Friar Equity Partners LLC
3131 Antelo Road	Los Angeles	CA	90077	RENTS	$535,072
The Four Amigos LP
PO Box 420950	San Diego	CA	92142	rents	$107,407
CSMC
43460 Ridge park Drive ste 100	Temecula	CA	92590	Financial Services	$128,400
EdHive
330 A street suite 189	San Diego	CA	92101	Business Services	$858,505
K12 Management Inc
2300 corporate park drive	herndon	VA	20171	online curriculum	$3,591,584

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	5	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Government Grants	$6,907,390	GovernmentGrantsAmt
Total Contributions	$6,907,390	TotalContributionsAmt
Total Program Service Revenue	$0	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$78,491	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$78,491	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

Gross Rents GrossRentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	$440,241	RealAmt

Rental Income Or Loss RentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	$440,241	RealAmt

Net Rental Income Or Loss NetRentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$440,241	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$440,241	ExclusionAmt

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

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMiscGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	other local revenue	Desc
Business	611710	BusinessCd
Total Revenue Column	$159,948	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$159,948	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$159,948	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$7,586,070	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$159,948	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Exclusion	$518,732	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part IX	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIXInd

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	$151,477	TotalAmt
Management And General	$151,477	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	$5,472,228	TotalAmt
Program Services	$4,991,849	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$480,379	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$714,458	TotalAmt
Program Services	$673,893	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$40,565	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$513,866	TotalAmt
Program Services	$484,689	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$29,177	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$255,566	TotalAmt
Program Services	$241,055	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$14,511	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	$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	$2,477,458	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,796,578	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$680,880	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

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

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

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

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	$0	TotalAmt

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	$3,118	TotalAmt
Management And General	$3,118	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Payments To Affiliates PaymentsToAffiliatesGrp

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

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

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

Insurance InsuranceGrp

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

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (3 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt
Books and Supplies	$3,305,324	$3,299,652	$5,672
legal settlement	$1,600,000		$1,600,000
repayment of revenues	$674,968		$674,968

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

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

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$15,168,463	TotalAmt
Program Services	$11,487,716	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$3,680,747	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$13,357,320	BOYAmt
EOY	$866,675	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$3,109,031	BOYAmt
EOY	$509,631	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

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

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$933,524	BOYAmt
EOY	$5,149,028	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)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

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

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$46,661	EOYAmt

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecuritiesGrp

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

Investments Program Related InvestmentsProgramRelatedGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$5,000,000	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,009,303	EOYAmt

Intangible Assets IntangibleAssetsGrp

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

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

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

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$22,399,875	BOYAmt
EOY	$9,581,298	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$6,944,726	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,770,942	EOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$62,400	BOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$7,007,126	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,770,942	EOYAmt

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

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$15,188,287	BOYAmt
EOY	$7,685,714	EOYAmt

Temporarily Rstr Net Assets TemporarilyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$204,462	BOYAmt
EOY	$124,642	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$15,392,749	BOYAmt
EOY	$7,810,356	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$22,399,875	BOYAmt
EOY	$9,581,298	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	-$7,582,393	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 D IRS990ScheduleD

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Program Rltd	$3,009,303	TotalBookValueProgramRltdAmt
Footnote Text	Yes (X)	FootnoteTextInd
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$7,586,070	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$7,586,070	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$7,586,070	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$15,168,463	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$15,168,463	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$15,168,463	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Part X : FIN48 Footnote	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	MANAGEMENT BELIEVES ALL OF ITS SIGNIFICANT TAX POSITIONS WOULD BE UPHELD UNDER EXAMINIATION; THEREFORE, NO PROVISION FOR INCOME TAX HAS BEEN RECORDED.	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	false	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	Yes (true)	GovernmentFinancialAidRvkdInd
Compliance With Rev Proc7550	Yes (true)	ComplianceWithRevProc7550Ind

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (4 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Schedule E, Line 6 - Explanation of Aid or Assistance from Governmental Agency	AS AN ORGANIZATION OPERATING PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS, THE ORGANIZATION RECEIVES FUNDING FROM THE U.S. AND CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENTS OF EDUCATION, ALONG WITH THE COUNTIES OF SAN DIEGO, VENTURA, SONOMA, FRESNO, AND LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.The organization has closed several charter schools and ceased operations; therefore, funding for such schools have been revoked and other past amounts for certain restricted program purposes has been repaid. Additionally, certain governmental funding from unrestricted state apportionment has been suspended or reduced due to past violations relating to attendance accounting.
Schedule E, Line 3 - Racially Nondiscriminatory Policy Publicized	THE ORGANIZATION'S RACIALLY NONDISCRIMINATORY POLICY IS DOCUMENTED WITHIN THE CHARTER PETITIONS FOR EACH OF its PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS. THE POLICY IS ALSO PRESENTED ON THE ORGANIZATION'S WEBSITE.
Schedule E, Line 4 - Explanation of Records and Materials Not Maintained	THE ORGANIZATION OPERATES PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS THAT ARE TUITION-FREE; THEREFORE, DOCUMENTATION WITH RESPECT TO SCHOLARSHIPS AND FINANCIAL ASSISSTANCE IS NOT APPLICABLE.
Schedule E, Line 5 - Explanation of Organization Discrimination by Race

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Compensation Committee	Yes (X)	CompensationCommitteeInd
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
Rebuttable Presumption Proc	false	RebuttablePresumptionProcInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp (2 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Base Compensation Filing OrgBaseCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Total Compensation Filing OrgTotalCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Nontaxable Benefits Filing OrgNontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmt
JJ LEWIS
President & CEO	$151,477	$151,477
Julie Troletti
Former Director	$123,777	$128,592	$4,815

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (7 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part III, Line 3: Ceased Conducting or Significant Changes To Services	During 2016-17, the Organization closed five (5) of its ten (10) public charter schools to merge the activities in common counties to single charter school operation.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 4: Description of Significant Changes to Organizational Documents	EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 8, 2017, THE ORGANIZATION FILED RESTATED ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION TO FORMALLY CHANGE THE NAME OF THE CORPORATION TO COMPASS CHARTER SCHOOLS.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review Process	A DRAFT COPY OF THE FORM 990 TAX RETURN IS PROVIDED TO THE PRESIDENT & CEO AND THE BUSINESS SERVICES PROVIDER FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL. THE FINALZIED COPY OF THE FORM 990 IS DISTRIBUTED TO ALL BOARD MEMBERS AFTER FILING.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c: Explanation of Monitoring and Enforcement of Conflicts	THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY IS REVIEWED ANNUALLY AND A STATEMENT OF ECONOMIC INTEREST FILING IS PERFORMED ANNUALLY FOR ALL EMPLOYEES AND GOVERNING BOARD MEMBERS.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 15a: Compensation Review & Approval Process - CEO, Top Management	THE GOVERNING BOARD REVIEWS AND APPROVES THE COMPENSATION OF THE PRESIDENT & CEO AND DOCUMENTS THE AGREEMENT WITHIN AN AT-WILL EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 15b: Compensation Review and Approval Process for Officers and Key Employees	THE ORGANIZATION DOES NOT CURRENTLY HAVE ANY OTHER KEY EMPLOYEES NOR DOES IT COMPENSATTE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OTHER THAN THE PRESIDENT & CEO WHO FUNCTIONS AS THE BOARD SECRETARY.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly Available	DOCUMENTS ARE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST EITHER IN PERSON OR IN WRITING.