STAMFORD ACADEMY INC: Form 990, tax year 2016

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Organization: STAMFORD ACADEMY INC (EIN 77-0641722)
Tax period: 2016-07-01 to 2017-06-30
Filed: 2018-05-15
IRS object ID: 201831359349301048
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 B
Schedule D
Schedule E
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2018-05-15T08:48:50-05:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2017-06-30	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	271728945	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	PKF O'Connor Davies LLP	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	3001 Summer Street 5th Floor East	AddressLine1Txt
City	Stamford	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CT	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	06905	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	770641722	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	STAMFORD ACADEMY INC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	STAM	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	2033244277	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	83 LOCKWOOD AVENUE	AddressLine1Txt
City	STAMFORD	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CT	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	069024201	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	Tina Mathias	PersonNm
Person Title	treasurer	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	2033244277	PhoneNum
Signature	2018-05-15	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (1)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	Garrett M Higgins	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00543209	PTIN
Phone	2033232400	PhoneNum
Preparation	2018-05-14	PreparationDt

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)
Principal Officer	Andrea Weller	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	83 LOCKWOOD AVENUE	AddressLine1Txt
City	STAMFORD	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CT	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	069024201	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$2,735,914	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	0	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	WWW.STAMFORDACADEMY.ORG	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	2004	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	CT	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	STAMFORD ACADEMY IS A CHARTER SCHOOL THAT OPERATES AS A PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL IN STAMFORD, CT.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	8	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	7	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	46	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	35	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	$0	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$2,976,817	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$2,733,734	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$0	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$0	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$0	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$0	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$5,329	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$2,180	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$2,982,146	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$2,735,914	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	$1,827,688	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$1,953,632	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$36,690	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$1,130,577	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$774,348	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$2,958,265	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$2,727,980	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$23,881	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$7,934	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$634,117	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$583,693	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$385,666	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$327,308	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$248,451	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$256,385	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Info In Schedule O Part III	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIIInd
Mission	STAMFORD ACADEMY IS A CHARTER SCHOOL THAT OPERATES AS A PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL IN THE CITY OF STAMFORD. ITS MISSION IS TO CREATE A POSITIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT FOR STUDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL IN THE TRADITIONAL PUBLIC SCHOOL SETTING. THE ACADEMY PURSUES THIS MISSION BY LOWERING CLASS SIZE, LENGTHENING THE SCHOOL DAY, PROVIDING MORE STRUCTURE, AND DEVELOPING STRONG RELATIONSHIPS WITH EACH STUDENT AND FAMILY.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	0	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	0	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$2,399,054	ExpenseAmt
Desc	STAMFORD ACADEMY IS A CHARTER SCHOOL THAT OPERATES AS A PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL IN THE CITY OF STAMFORD. ITS MISSION IS TO CREATE A POSITIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT FOR STUDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL IN THETRADITIONAL PUBLIC SCHOOL SETTING. THE ACADEMY PURSUES THIS MISSION BY LOWERING CLASS SIZE, LENGTHENING THE SCHOOL DAY, PROVIDING MORE STRUCTURE, AND DEVELOPING STRONG RELATIONSHIPS WITH EACH STUDENT AND FAMILY.	Desc
Total Program Service Expenses	$2,399,054	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (1)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	0	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	0	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	0	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	0	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	0	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	0	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	0	CreditCounselingInd
Temp Or Permanent Endowments	0	TempOrPermanentEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	Yes (1)	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	0	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	0	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	0	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	Yes (1)	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	Yes (1)	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	Yes (1)	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	0	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	Yes (1)	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	0	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	0	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	0	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	0	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	0	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	0	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	0	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	0	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	0	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	0	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	0	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	0	TaxExemptBondsInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	0	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	0	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	0	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	0	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With Officer Ent	0	BusinessRlnWithOfficerEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	0	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	0	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	0	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	0	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	0	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	0	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	0	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	0	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	0	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleORequiredInd
Info In Schedule O Part V	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVInd
IRP Document	4	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Employee	46	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (1)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	0	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Foreign Financial Account	0	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	0	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	0	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	0	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	0	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	0	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	0	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	0	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Form1098 C Filed	0	Form1098CFiledInd
Indoor Tanning Services	0	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	8	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	7	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	0	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	0	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	0	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	0	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	0	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	0	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	0	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (1)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (1)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	0	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	0	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (1)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (1)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (1)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (1)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	Yes (1)	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	Yes (1)	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	Yes (1)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	0	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	0	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
Other Website	Yes (X)	OtherWebsiteInd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Domus Kids Inc attn Edwin Naval	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Phone	2033244277	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	83 LOCKWOOD AVENUE	AddressLine1Txt
City	STAMFORD	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CT	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	06902	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (9 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt
noah lapine
chair	1.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
tina mathias
TREASURER	1.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Meredith Kennedy
SECRETARY/SCHOOL TEACHER	40.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$56,272	$0	$27,137
jerry berkman
director	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
marty brennan
director	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
marc bennett
director	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Heather TARRANT
Director	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Bion Piepmeier
director	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Andrea WELLER
School Principal	40.00		Yes (X)	$101,820	$0	$13,334

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$158,092	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$40,471	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	1	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	0	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	0	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	0	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensationGrp

Contractor Name ContractorName

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	domus kids inc	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Contractor Address ContractorAddress

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	83 lockwood avenue	AddressLine1Txt
City	stamford	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CT	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	06902	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Services	Shared Services Fees/Reimbursement	ServicesDesc
Compensation	$863,532	CompensationAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	1	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Government Grants	$2,315,317	GovernmentGrantsAmt
All Other Contributions	$418,417	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Noncash Contributions	$14,625	NoncashContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$2,733,734	TotalContributionsAmt

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMiscGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	Other income	Desc
Business	900099	BusinessCd
Total Revenue Column	$2,180	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$2,180	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$2,180	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$2,735,914	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$0	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$2,180	ExclusionAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$200,065	TotalAmt
Program Services	$175,546	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$21,364	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$3,155	FundraisingAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,333,912	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,170,434	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$142,446	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$21,032	FundraisingAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$16,755	TotalAmt
Program Services	$14,702	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,789	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$264	FundraisingAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$310,116	TotalAmt
Program Services	$272,110	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$33,116	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$4,890	FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$92,784	TotalAmt
Program Services	$81,413	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$9,908	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,463	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$22,129	TotalAmt
Program Services	$19,695	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$2,434	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$19,819	TotalAmt
Program Services	$17,639	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$2,180	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,165	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,927	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$238	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$39,438	TotalAmt
Program Services	$34,957	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$4,481	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$32,751	TotalAmt
Program Services	$30,646	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$2,105	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$24,604	TotalAmt
Management And General	$24,604	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$55,932	TotalAmt
Program Services	$55,932	ProgramServicesAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,268	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,268	ProgramServicesAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$6,970	TotalAmt
Program Services	$6,226	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$744	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$63,300	TotalAmt
Program Services	$56,337	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$6,963	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt	FundraisingFundraisingAmt
shared services fees	$373,303	$327,553	$39,864	$5,886
student support service	$131,744	$131,744
Other program expenses	$829	$829
Miscellaneous EXPenses	$96	$96

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,727,980	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,399,054	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$292,236	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$36,690	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$567,317	BOYAmt
EOY	$498,812	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$14,727	BOYAmt
EOY	$9,519	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$249,817	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$174,455	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$52,073	BOYAmt
EOY	$75,362	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$634,117	BOYAmt
EOY	$583,693	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$207,169	BOYAmt
EOY	$119,754	EOYAmt

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$178,497	BOYAmt
EOY	$207,554	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$385,666	BOYAmt
EOY	$327,308	EOYAmt

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

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$186,253	BOYAmt
EOY	$198,704	EOYAmt

Temporarily Rstr Net Assets TemporarilyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$62,198	BOYAmt
EOY	$57,681	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$248,451	BOYAmt
EOY	$256,385	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$634,117	BOYAmt
EOY	$583,693	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$7,934	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	$0	OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Info In Schedule O Part XII	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartXIIInd
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	0	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	Yes (1)	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 (1)	AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	0	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

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovementsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$44,835	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$19,271	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$25,564	BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$204,982	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$155,184	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$49,798	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$75,362	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc	AmtAmt
due to Domus Kids	$131,892
due to trailblazers academy	$75,662

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Liability	$207,554	TotalLiabilityAmt
Footnote Text	Yes (X)	FootnoteTextInd
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$2,936,282	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Donated Services And Use Fclts	$200,368	DonatedServicesAndUseFcltsAmt
Revenue Not Reported	$200,368	RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$2,735,914	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Revenue Not Reported Fincl Stmt	$0	RevenueNotReportedFinclStmtAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$2,735,914	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$2,928,348	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Donated Services Use Fclts	$200,368	DonatedServicesUseFcltsAmt
Expenses Not Reported	$200,368	ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$2,727,980	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Expenses Not Rpt Fincl Stmt	$0	ExpensesNotRptFinclStmtAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$2,727,980	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Part X, Line 2:	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	the school is generally exempt from income tax under section 501(c)(3) of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code. The school recognizes the effect of income tax positions only if those positions are more likely than not to be sustained. Management has determined that the school had no uncertain tax positions that would require financial statement recognition or disclosure. The school is no longer subject to examinations by the applicable taxing jurisdictions for periods prior to July 1, 2014.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule E IRS990ScheduleE

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Nondiscriminatory Policy Stmt	Yes (1)	NondiscriminatoryPolicyStmtInd
Policy Stmt In Brochures Etc	Yes (1)	PolicyStmtInBrochuresEtcInd
Plcy Pblczd Via Broadcast Media	Yes (1)	PlcyPblczdViaBroadcastMediaInd
Maintain Racial Comp Recs	Yes (1)	MaintainRacialCompRecsInd
Maintain Scholarships Recs	Yes (1)	MaintainScholarshipsRecsInd
Maintain Cpy Of Brochures Etc	Yes (1)	MaintainCpyOfBrochuresEtcInd
Maintain Cpy Of All Sol	Yes (1)	MaintainCpyOfAllSolInd
Discriminate Race Stdnts Rghts	0	DiscriminateRaceStdntsRghtsInd
Discriminate Race Admiss Plcy	0	DiscriminateRaceAdmissPlcyInd
Discriminate Race Emplm Fculty	0	DiscriminateRaceEmplmFcultyInd
Discriminate Race Schs	0	DiscriminateRaceSchsInd
Discriminate Race Educ Plcy	0	DiscriminateRaceEducPlcyInd
Discriminate Race Use Of Fclts	0	DiscriminateRaceUseOfFcltsInd
Discriminate Race Athlt Prog	0	DiscriminateRaceAthltProgInd
Discriminate Race Other Acty	0	DiscriminateRaceOtherActyInd
Government Financial Aid Rcvd	Yes (1)	GovernmentFinancialAidRcvdInd
Government Financial Aid Rvkd	0	GovernmentFinancialAidRvkdInd
Compliance With Rev Proc7550	Yes (1)	ComplianceWithRevProc7550Ind

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Schedule E, Part I, Line 3	THE ACADEMY HAS PUBLICIZED ITS RACIALLY NONDISCRIMINATORY POLICY THROUGH Newspaper or broadcast media, and ITS BROCHURES, CATALOGUES AND OTHER WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS.
Schedule E, Part I, Line 6	STAMFORD ACADEMY RECEIVES GRANTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR FROM VARIOUS LOCAL, STATE, AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES.

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (6 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part V, LINE 7H:	Stamford Academy received a donated van from domus kids, inc. Stamford Academy did not file a form 1098-c since domus kids, inc. is a nonprofit organization.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11b	THE FORM 990 INFORMATION IS ASSEMBLED BY Domus kids, inc's CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER WITH ASSISTANCE FROM OTHER STAFF. THE INFORMATION IS SENT TO STAMFORD ACADEMY'S INDEPENDENT AUDIT & TAX FIRM WHO COMPLETES AND REVIEWS THE RETURN. THE COMPLETED RETURN IS REVIEWED BY DOMUS CFO AND THE STAMFORD ACADEMY FINANCE & AUDIT COMMITTEE. AFTER INCORPORATING ANY RECOMMENDATIONS OR MODIFICATIONS, THE 990 IS FINALIZED AND SENT ELECTRONICALLY TO THE STAMFORD ACADEMY BOARD OF DIRECTORS for consideration and approval PRIOR TO FILING WITH THE IRS.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12c	At the beginning of each fiscal year board members and the school director are required to sign a statement indicating that they are familiar with the academy's policy and that they either have no conflicts or REPORT whatever conflicts they may have. POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST ARE DISCUSSED AND REVIEWED AT THE BOARD MEETING. ANY OFFICER OR DIRECTOR DEEMED TO HAVE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST MUST RECUSE HIMSELF/HERSELF FROM DISCUSSIONS AND DECISIONS ON THE TRANSACTION WHICH HE/SHE IS A PART OF.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15a	The Board of Directors of Stamford Academy reviews and approves compensation of school personnel as part of the overall review and approval process of the annual budget. They use 990s of other schools and salary information from Stamford and neighboring districts. This includes compensation of the school principal. The SA Board notifies the Domus CFO of the approved compensation as documented in the minutes. The School Board last approved compensation in September 2017.
Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19	the organization makes its governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements available to the general public upon request. Currently, Financial statements and public versions of the 990s are available on domus kids' website: www.domuskids.org. In the future, Financial statements and public versions of the 990s will be available on stamford Academy's website.
Form 990, Part XII, Line 2c:	THE ACADEMY HAS A COMMITTEE THAT ASSUMES RESPONSIBILITY FOR OVERSIGHT OF THE AUDIT OF ITS FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND THE SELECTION OF AN INDEPENDENT AUDITOR. THIS PROCESS HAS NOT CHANGED IN THE CURRENT YEAR.