EXPLORE EXCEL CHARTER SCHOOL: Form 990, tax year 2016

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Organization: EXPLORE EXCEL CHARTER SCHOOL (EIN 27-4092757)
Tax period: 2016-07-01 to 2017-06-30
Filed: 2018-05-03
IRS object ID: 201821239349301627
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 J
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2018-05-03T15:31:35-05:00	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	665 Fifth Avenue	AddressLine1Txt
City	New York	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	10022	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	274092757	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	EXPLORE CHARTER SCHOOLS OF BROOKLYN	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	EXPL	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	7183033245	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1077 REMSEN AVENUE	AddressLine1Txt
City	BROOKLYN	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	11236	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	Peter Walker	PersonNm
Person Title	treasurer	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	7183033245	PhoneNum
Signature	2018-05-03	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	2128678000	PhoneNum
Preparation	2018-05-03	PreparationDt

Filing Security Information FilingSecurityInformation

IP Address IPAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
I Pv4 Address	4.15.211.182	IPv4AddressTxt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
IP	2018-05-03	IPDt
IP Tm	13:25:11	IPTm
IP Timezone	ED	IPTimezoneCd
Filing License Type	P	FilingLicenseTypeCd
At Submission Creation Device Id	50AE88BF338F2B2A4D8AEB6DDE55E8A0A19FF87C	AtSubmissionCreationDeviceId
At Submission Filing Device Id	76A25249E5E94ADAA4B6AEE04382CED6247CFD88	AtSubmissionFilingDeviceId

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2016	TaxYr
Build TS	2021-01-29 14:40:06Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	peter walker	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1077 REMSEN AVENUE	AddressLine1Txt
City	BROOKLYN	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	11236	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$35,266,036	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	0	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	WWW.EXPLORENETWORK.ORG	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	2010	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	NY	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	To provide kindergarten through eighth grade education.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	4	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	4	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	425	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	9	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	$0	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$2,070,400	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$1,683,345	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$30,717,675	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$33,581,293	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$602	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$545	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$761	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$853	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$32,789,438	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$35,266,036	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	$22,016,200	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$24,512,840	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$0	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$8,704,754	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$8,918,491	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$30,720,954	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$33,431,331	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$2,068,484	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$1,834,705	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$15,970,608	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$16,862,117	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$4,254,200	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$3,317,374	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$11,716,408	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$13,544,743	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Mission	THE SCHOOL'S MISSION IS TO PROVIDE OUR STUDENTS WITH THE ACADEMIC SKILLS AND CRITICAL-THINKING ABILITIES THEY NEED TO SUCCEED IN A COLLEGE-PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	0	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	0	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$20,115,831	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$29,323,776	RevenueAmt
Desc	GENERAL EDUCATION - PROVIDED CLASSROOM CURRICULUM TO STUDENTS IN KINDERGARTEN THROUGH eighth GRADE FOR THE 2016-2017 ACADEMIC YEAR. WE SERVED 2,091 STUDENTS FOR A FULL YEAR OF CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty2 ProgSrvcAccomActy2Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$7,746,202	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$4,257,517	RevenueAmt
Desc	For the 2016-2017 school year, the school provided opportunities for special education students by providing 12:1:1 classroom settings, Integrated Co-Teaching classrooms in every grade level, Special Education Support Services, and Counseling.	Desc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Expenses	$27,862,033	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	Yes (1)	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
IRP Document	65	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Employee	425	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
Indoor Tanning Services	0	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	4	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	4	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	0	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	Yes (1)	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	Yes (1)	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
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	ashley dickens	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Phone	6463204103	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	20 jay street suite 211	AddressLine1Txt
City	BROOKLYN	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	11201	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (17 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt	Highest Compensated EmployeeHighestCompensatedEmployeeInd
Hank Mannix
Chairman	2.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
GRAEME DAYKIN
CHAIRman until September 2016	2.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Kimesha Carnegie
Vice-Chair until June 2017	2.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Peter Walker
Treasurer	2.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Morty Ballen
TRUSTEE	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Beth Cohen
TRUSTEE until May 2017	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Jana Reed
TRUSTEE	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Christina Cotter
principal	50.00		Yes (X)	$133,816	$0	$24,077
Karen Francois
principal	50.00		Yes (X)	$139,066	$0	$12,155
Kevin mara
Principal	50.00		Yes (X)	$128,182	$0	$26,903
Curtis Palmore
principal	50.00		Yes (X)	$160,679	$0	$29,410
Michal-Anne Fox
principal until August 2016	50.00		Yes (X)	$80,785	$0	$742
Jarren Kanze
assistant principal	50.00			$121,093	$0	$12,706	Yes (X)
Joanna Ngo
assistant principal	50.00			$120,804	$0	$18,862	Yes (X)
Thomas Anthony
Academic Director	50.00			$117,018	$0	$12,545	Yes (X)
Ashonna Babb-Ingram
Academic Director	50.00			$114,948	$0	$27,781	Yes (X)
Anthony Constantino
Academic Director	50.00			$111,648	$0	$20,577	Yes (X)

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$1,228,039	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$185,758	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	14	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	0	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	Yes (1)	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	Explore Schools Inc	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Contractor Address ContractorAddress

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	20 Jay Street suite 504	AddressLine1Txt
City	Brooklyn	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	11201	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Services	Management	ServicesDesc
Compensation	$3,872,769	CompensationAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	1	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Government Grants	$1,656,241	GovernmentGrantsAmt
All Other Contributions	$27,104	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$1,683,345	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	GOV'T PER-PUPIL REV.	Desc
Business	611000	BusinessCd
Total Revenue Column	$33,581,293	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$33,581,293	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$33,581,293	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$545	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$545	ExclusionAmt

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMiscGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	Miscellaneous Revenue	Desc
Business	900099	BusinessCd
Total Revenue Column	$853	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$853	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$853	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$35,266,036	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$33,581,293	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$1,398	ExclusionAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$666,057	TotalAmt
Program Services	$576,628	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$89,429	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$19,119,962	TotalAmt
Program Services	$16,550,405	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$2,569,557	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$162,583	TotalAmt
Program Services	$140,754	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$21,829	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,886,940	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,481,084	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$405,856	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,677,298	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,452,094	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$225,204	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagementGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,414,567	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,239,555	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,175,012	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$27,203	TotalAmt
Management And General	$27,203	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$58,563	TotalAmt
Management And General	$58,563	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,196,267	TotalAmt
Program Services	$970,133	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$226,134	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$183,138	TotalAmt
Program Services	$78,385	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$104,753	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$569,307	TotalAmt
Program Services	$396,103	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$173,204	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$965,739	TotalAmt
Program Services	$820,878	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$144,861	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$22,696	TotalAmt
Program Services	$14,350	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$8,346	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$364,551	TotalAmt
Program Services	$230,491	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$134,060	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$484,788	TotalAmt
Program Services	$338,284	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$146,504	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$161,799	TotalAmt
Program Services	$137,529	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$24,270	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt
Curriculum and Classroo	$923,086	$923,086
Student and Family Serv	$311,528	$311,528
STUDENT FOOD SERVICE	$85,134	$85,134
Repairs & Maintenance	$73,034	$62,079	$10,955

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$77,091	TotalAmt
Program Services	$53,533	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$23,558	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$33,431,331	TotalAmt
Program Services	$27,862,033	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$5,569,298	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$11,392,236	BOYAmt
EOY	$11,332,729	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,451,212	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,546,619	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$467,130	BOYAmt
EOY	$603,931	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$500,981	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,233,922	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$217,792	BOYAmt
EOY	$156,991	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$4,378,208	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$2,681,363	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,650,315	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,696,845	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$290,942	BOYAmt
EOY	$291,080	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$15,970,608	BOYAmt
EOY	$16,862,117	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$3,003,857	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,190,987	EOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$70,305	BOYAmt
EOY	$60,204	EOYAmt

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,180,038	BOYAmt
EOY	$66,183	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$4,254,200	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,317,374	EOYAmt

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

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$11,716,408	BOYAmt
EOY	$13,544,743	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$11,716,408	BOYAmt
EOY	$13,544,743	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$15,970,608	BOYAmt
EOY	$16,862,117	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part XI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartXIInd
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$1,834,705	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	-$6,370	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	Yes (1)	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd
Federal Grant Audit Performed	Yes (1)	FederalGrantAuditPerformedInd

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	$1,154,052	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$69,832	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$1,084,220	BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$2,675,134	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$2,134,217	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$540,917	BookValueAmt

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$549,022	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$477,314	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$71,708	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$1,696,845	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	Due to Explore Schools, Inc.	Desc
Amt	$66,183	Amt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Liability	$66,183	TotalLiabilityAmt
Footnote Text	Yes (X)	FootnoteTextInd
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$35,266,036	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Revenue Not Reported	$0	RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$35,266,036	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Revenue Not Reported Fincl Stmt	$0	RevenueNotReportedFinclStmtAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$35,266,036	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$33,437,701	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Other Expenses Included	$6,370	OtherExpensesIncludedAmt
Expenses Not Reported	$6,370	ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$33,431,331	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Expenses Not Rpt Fincl Stmt	$0	ExpensesNotRptFinclStmtAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$33,431,331	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Part X, Line 2:	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 years prior to June 30, 2014.
Part XII, Line 2d - Other Adjustments:	Loss on disposal of asset reported on Part XI, Line 9: 6,370.

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	0	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	As a Public School, Subject to Open Enrollment, the charter school is not subject to the specific guidelines set forth in Rev. Prov. 75-50.
Schedule E, Part I, Line 6	The school receives per-pupil funding for each student enrolled, and special education funding for students receiving special education services, from the New York City Department of Education. The school received federal funding through the Title I, Title IIA, IDEA, and E-Rate programs. The school also receives state funding through NYSTL, NYSSL, AND NYSLIB allocations.

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Compensation Committee	Yes (X)	CompensationCommitteeInd
Form990 Of Other Organizations	Yes (X)	Form990OfOtherOrganizationsInd
Compensation Survey	Yes (X)	CompensationSurveyInd
Board Or Committee Approval	Yes (X)	BoardOrCommitteeApprovalInd
Severance Payment	0	SeverancePaymentInd
Supplemental Nonqual Rtr Plan	0	SupplementalNonqualRtrPlanInd
Equity Based Comp Arrngm	0	EquityBasedCompArrngmInd
Comp Based On Revenue Of Flng Org	0	CompBasedOnRevenueOfFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd On Rev Related Orgs	0	CompBsdOnRevRelatedOrgsInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Flng Org	0	CompBsdNetEarnsFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Rltd Orgs	0	CompBsdNetEarnsRltdOrgsInd
Any Non Fixed Payments	Yes (1)	AnyNonFixedPaymentsInd
Initial Contract Exception	0	InitialContractExceptionInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp (4 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Base Compensation Filing OrgBaseCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Compensation Based On Rltd OrgsCompensationBasedOnRltdOrgsAmt	Bonus Filing OrganizationBonusFilingOrganizationAmount	Bonus Related OrganizationsBonusRelatedOrganizationsAmt	Other Compensation Filing OrgOtherCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Other Compensation Rltd OrgsOtherCompensationRltdOrgsAmt	Deferred Compensation Flng OrgDeferredCompensationFlngOrgAmt	Deferred Comp Rltd OrgsDeferredCompRltdOrgsAmt	Nontaxable Benefits Filing OrgNontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmt	Nontaxable Benefits Rltd OrgsNontaxableBenefitsRltdOrgsAmt	Total Compensation Filing OrgTotalCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Total Compensation Rltd OrgsTotalCompensationRltdOrgsAmt	Comp Report Prior990 Filing OrgCompReportPrior990FilingOrgAmt	Comp Report Prior990 Rltd OrgsCompReportPrior990RltdOrgsAmt
Christina Cotter
principal	$128,616	$0	$5,200	$0	$0	$0	$3,915	$0	$20,162	$0	$157,893	$0	$0	$0
Karen Francois
principal	$134,006	$0	$5,060	$0	$0	$0	$2,690	$0	$9,465	$0	$151,221	$0	$0	$0
Kevin mara
Principal	$125,682	$0	$2,500	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$26,903	$0	$155,085	$0	$0	$0
Curtis Palmore
principal	$158,299	$0	$2,380	$0	$0	$0	$2,452	$0	$26,958	$0	$190,089	$0	$0	$0

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Part I, Line 7	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	The following individuals received performance bonuses as reported on Form 990, Part VII: Christina Cotter, Principal- $5,200 Karen Francois, Principal- $5,060 Kevin Mara, Principal- $2,500 Curtis Palmore, Principal- $2,380 Jarren Kanze, Assistant Principal- $2,200 Joanna Ngo, Assistant Principal- $1,200 Thomas Anthony, Academic Director- $2,870 Ashonna Babb-Ingram, Academic Director- $3,300 Anthony Constantino, Academic Director- $2,200	ExplanationTxt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (8 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 3	The Organization has a management agreement with Explore Schools Inc. (ESI), a not-for-profit corporation under the laws of the State of New York. ESI provides the Organization with educational management services and designs. the Organization paid an annual fee of 12% of the Organization's general education per pupil operating revenue. Management fee expense for the year ended June 30, 2017 was $3,414,567.
Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 4	The organization amended its bylaws in October 2016 to replace the Ex-Officio parent representative with a voting parent representative on the board. Article 3.C.4.b was amended to read as follows: Each Trustee shall hold office for a term of either two (2) years or three (3) years or until earlier death, resignation or removal. The term of the Trustees appointed by Explore Schools, Inc. will coincide with the length of the management services contract between the Corporation and Explore Schools, Inc., and the Term of each such Trustee may be renewed with each contract renewal.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11b	Form 990 is reviewed by management and the finance committee of the board of Trustees for approval. If changes are required the school will then forward to the auditing firm and a final version will be distributed to all board members prior to IRS submission.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12c	On an annual basis, all trustees and officers are required to disclose, in writing, any interest such trustee may have in any corporation, organization, partnership or other entity which provides professional or other goods or services to the school for a fee or other compensation, and interest such trustee may have as a result of a position or other relationship with any not-for-profit corporation with which the school has an attorney-client or other business relationship (collectively, a "conflict of interest"). Additionally, the school shares its conflict of interest policy with officers and key employees annually, and these employees are expected to declare if at any point a conflict of interest arises. If a conflict were to arise, the interested person shall excuse themselves from board discussion and abstain from voting on the potential conflict. all applicable individuals have completed an annual disclosure statement on june 2017.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15a	The compensation committee does a market analysis to compare leadership position salaries in similar organizations and is also involved in the approval for the annual budget for the school. This analysis last occurred in 2017 and was documented in the minutes of the governing board.
Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19	The Organization makes its form 990 available for public inspection as required under section 6104 of the Internal Revenue Code. The return is posted on guidestar.org and other similar types of websites. In addition, the financial statements, conflict of interest policy, articles of incorporation and by-laws are also available upon written request at 1077 Remsen Avenue #211, Brooklyn, NY 11236, or by calling the organization directly at 718-303-3245.
Form 990, Part XI, line 9:	Loss on disposal of asset -6,370.
Form 990, Part XII, Line 2C:	The finance committee is responsible for the oversight of the audit of the financial statements and selection of the independent auditors. The process has not changeD from the prior year.