EXPLORE SCHOOLS INC: Form 990, tax year 2013

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Organization: EXPLORE SCHOOLS INC (EIN 26-3282250)
Tax period: 2013-07-01 to 2014-06-30
Filed: 2015-02-14
IRS object ID: 201500459349300315
Schema version: 2013v4.0
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 I
Schedule J
Schedule L
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2015-02-14T09:20:39-06:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2014-06-30	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	061671819	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	FRUCHTER ROSEN & COMPANY PC	BusinessNameLine1

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	156 WEST 56TH STREET SUITE 1804	AddressLine1
City	NEW YORK	City
State	NY	State
ZIP Code	10019	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2013-07-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	263282250	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	EXPLORE SCHOOLS INC	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	EXPL	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	3478740640	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	20 JAY STREET NO 504	AddressLine1
City	BROOKLYN	City
State	NY	State
ZIP Code	11201	ZIPCode

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	MORTON A BALLEN	PersonNm
Person Title	CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	3478740640	PhoneNum
Signature	2015-02-14	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (1)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	GUS SALIBA	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P01243493	PTIN
Phone	2129573600	PhoneNum
Preparation	2015-02-14	PreparationDt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2013	TaxYr
Build TS	2016-03-07 17:11:31Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	MORTON A BALLEN	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	20 JAY STREET SUITE 504	AddressLine1
City	BROOKLYN	City
State	NY	State
ZIP Code	11201	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$3,725,306	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	2008	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	NY	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	TO PROVIDE STRATEGIC PLANNING, BOARD GOVERNANCE, FINANCIAL OVERSIGHT, HUMAN RESOURCES AND OTHER MANAGEMENT SUPPPORT SERVICES TO SCHOOLS.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	8	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	7	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	26	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	0	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	$0	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$1,746,776	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$1,164,836	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$2,183,766	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$2,559,910	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$0	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$0	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$1,357	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$560	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$3,931,899	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$3,725,306	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$40,625	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$58,925	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
PY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	PYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$2,260,647	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$2,520,285	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$113,839	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$861,404	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$759,365	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$3,162,676	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$3,338,575	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$769,223	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$386,731	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$2,691,620	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$2,974,146	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$523,633	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$419,428	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$2,167,987	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$2,554,718	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Info In Schedule O Part III	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIIInd
Mission	THE ORGANIZATION IS A NEW YORK BASED, NOT-FOR-PROFIT CHARTER MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATION. ITS MISSION IS TO CREATE AND SUPPORT A NETWORK OF K-8 PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES THAT PROVIDES STUDENTS WITH THE ACADEMIC SKILLS AND CRITICAL THINKING ABILITIES THEY NEED TO SUCCEED IN A COLLEGE PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL. THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 1,600 STUDENTS ENROLLED IN THE NETWORK'S FOUR CHARTER SCHOOLS IN CENTRAL BROOKLYN. TO REALIZE ITS MISSION, EXPLORE SCHOOLS PROVIDES VALUE ADDED SUPPORT TO THE SCHOOLS WITHIN THE NETWORK, WHILE AT THE SAME TIME DEVELOPING CAPACITY TO ESTABLISH AND SUPPORT TURNAROUND SCHOOLS THAT WILL PROVIDE STUDENTS IN UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES WITH ACCESS TO A HIGH QUALITY PUBLIC EDUCATION.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	0	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	0	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$741,718	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$19,692	GrantAmt
Revenue	$821,618	RevenueAmt
Desc	PROVIDED MANAGEMENT ADVISORY SERVICES TO EXPLORE CHARTER SCHOOL PER CONTRACT.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty2 ProgSrvcAccomActy2Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$577,042	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$15,349	GrantAmt
Revenue	$666,994	RevenueAmt
Desc	PROVIDED MANAGEMENT ADVISORY SERVICES TO EXPLORE EMPOWER CHARTER SCHOOL PER CONTRACT.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty3 ProgSrvcAccomActy3Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$500,808	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$13,028	GrantAmt
Revenue	$578,877	RevenueAmt
Desc	PROVIDED MANAGEMENT ADVISORY SERVICES TO EXPLORE EXCEL CHARTER SCHOOL PER CONTRACT.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty Other ProgSrvcAccomActyOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$426,012	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$10,856	GrantAmt
Revenue	$492,421	RevenueAmt
Desc	PROVIDED MANAGEMENT ADVISORY SERVICES TO EXPLORE EXCEED CHARTER SCHOOL PER CONTRACT.	Desc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Other Prog Srvc Expense	$426,012	TotalOtherProgSrvcExpenseAmt
Total Other Prog Srvc Grant	$10,856	TotalOtherProgSrvcGrantAmt
Total Other Prog Srvc Revenue	$492,421	TotalOtherProgSrvcRevenueAmt
Total Program Service Expenses	$2,245,580	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	0	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	Yes (1)	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	Yes (1)	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	0	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	0	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	Yes (1)	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	Yes (1)	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	30	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (1)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	26	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	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
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	NY	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	SHAWN-ANN MULLEN	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Phone	3478740640	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	20 JAY STREET SUITE 504	AddressLine1
City	BROOKLYN	City
State	NY	State
ZIP Code	11201	ZIPCode

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (14 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
JAY MCNAMARA
BOARD CHAIRMAN	2.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
THEODORE GILLMAN
VICE-CHAIR	1.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
SHERRI LEE EISENPRESS
TRUSTEE	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
RUBEN ARIAS
TREASURER	1.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
BRIAN COAD
TRUSTEE	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
STEPHEN COOK
TRUSTEE	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
RECY DUNN
TRUSTEE	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
MORTON A BALLEN
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER	50.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$223,060	$0	$15,949
SHAWN-ANN MULLEN
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER	50.00		Yes (X)	$114,171	$0	$8,295
ELIZABETH PAWLSON
CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER	50.00		Yes (X)	$151,432	$0	$8,098
KEITH VIGRAHAM
CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER	50.00		Yes (X)	$134,285	$0	$8,716
KEN BAUM
CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICER	50.00		Yes (X)	$212,993	$0	$7,584
RICHARD SMYTH
DIRECTOR OF TECHNOLOGY	50.00			$100,858	$0	$4,808	Yes (X)
MARNI GREENSTEIN
DIRECTOR OF CURRICULUM	50.00			$102,785	$0	$9,655	Yes (X)

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$1,039,584	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$63,105	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	7	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	0	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	Yes (1)	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	0	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	0	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Government Grants	$46,232	GovernmentGrantsAmt
All Other Contributions	$1,118,604	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$1,164,836	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	MANAGEMENT FEE	Desc
Business	541610	BusinessCd
Total Revenue Column	$2,559,910	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$2,559,910	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$2,559,910	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMiscGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	OTHER REVENUE	Desc
Business	900099	BusinessCd
Total Revenue Column	$560	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$560	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$560	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$3,725,306	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$2,559,910	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$560	ExclusionAmt

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$58,925	TotalAmt
Program Services	$58,925	ProgramServicesAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$907,395	TotalAmt
Program Services	$619,532	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$250,121	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$37,742	FundraisingAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,274,613	TotalAmt
Program Services	$870,253	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$351,346	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$53,014	FundraisingAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$31,568	TotalAmt
Program Services	$21,553	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$8,702	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,313	FundraisingAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$156,371	TotalAmt
Program Services	$106,764	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$43,104	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$6,503	FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$150,338	TotalAmt
Program Services	$102,643	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$41,441	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$6,254	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$4,425	TotalAmt
Management And General	$4,425	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$10,525	TotalAmt
Management And General	$10,525	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$268,861	TotalAmt
Program Services	$139,786	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$128,735	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$340	FundraisingAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$63,034	TotalAmt
Program Services	$26,273	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$35,160	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,601	FundraisingAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$119,871	TotalAmt
Program Services	$101,891	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$17,980	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$86,460	TotalAmt
Program Services	$59,031	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$23,833	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$3,596	FundraisingAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$75,158	TotalAmt
Program Services	$56,181	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$17,061	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,916	FundraisingAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$37,514	TotalAmt
Program Services	$25,613	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$10,341	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,560	FundraisingAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$18,916	TotalAmt
Management And General	$18,916	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	RECRUITMENT	Desc
Total	$67,217	TotalAmt
Program Services	$57,135	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$10,082	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$7,384	TotalAmt
Management And General	$7,384	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,338,575	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,245,580	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$979,156	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$113,839	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,484,664	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,659,956	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$72,279	BOYAmt
EOY	$162,978	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$21,979	BOYAmt
EOY	$27,093	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$28,471	BOYAmt
EOY	$38,498	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$162,534	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$95,591	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$65,549	BOYAmt
EOY	$66,943	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$18,678	BOYAmt
EOY	$18,678	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,691,620	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,974,146	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$323,633	BOYAmt
EOY	$419,428	EOYAmt

Unsecured Notes Loans Payable UnsecuredNotesLoansPayableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$200,000	BOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$523,633	BOYAmt
EOY	$419,428	EOYAmt

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

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,717,987	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,213,051	EOYAmt

Temporarily Rstr Net Assets TemporarilyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$450,000	BOYAmt
EOY	$341,667	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,167,987	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,554,718	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,691,620	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,974,146	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$386,731	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)
Public Organization170	Yes (X)	PublicOrganization170Ind

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$633,803	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$951,551	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$1,527,569	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$1,746,776	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$1,164,836	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$6,024,535	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$633,803	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$951,551	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$1,527,569	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$1,746,776	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$1,164,836	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$6,024,535	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot	$2,554,014	SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170	$3,470,521	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$6,000	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$1,300	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$1,500	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$1,357	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$560	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$10,717	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$6,035,252	TotalSupportAmt
Public Support CY170	0.57500	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	0.60960	PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

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	$11,810	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$881	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$10,929	BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$128,758	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$81,635	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$47,123	BookValueAmt

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$21,966	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$13,075	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$8,891	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$66,943	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt
Footnote Text	Yes (X)	FootnoteTextInd
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$3,773,437	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Donated Services And Use Fclts	$48,131	DonatedServicesAndUseFcltsAmt
Revenue Not Reported	$48,131	RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$3,725,306	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Revenue Not Reported Fincl Stmt	$0	RevenueNotReportedFinclStmtAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$3,725,306	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$3,386,706	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Donated Services Use Fclts	$48,131	DonatedServicesUseFcltsAmt
Expenses Not Reported	$48,131	ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$3,338,575	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Expenses Not Rpt Fincl Stmt	$0	ExpensesNotRptFinclStmtAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$3,338,575	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	PART X, LINE 2:	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	THE ORGANIZATION'S ACCOUNTING POLICY PROVIDES THAT A TAX EXPENSE OR BENEFIT FROM AN UNCERTAIN TAX POSITION MAY BE RECOGNIZED WHEN IT IS MORE LIKELY THAN NOT THAT THE POSITION WILL BE SUSTAINED UPON EXAMINATION, INCLUDING RESOLUTIONS OF ANY RELATED APPEALS OR LITIGATION PROCESSES, BASED ON THE TECHNICAL MERITS. THE ORGANIZATION HAS NO UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS RESULTING IN AN ACCRUAL OF TAX EXPENSE OR BENEFIT.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grant Records Maintained	Yes (1)	GrantRecordsMaintainedInd

Recipient Table RecipientTable (4 entries)

Address Line1USAddress/AddressLine1	CityUSAddress/City	StateUSAddress/State	ZIP CodeUSAddress/ZIPCode	Recipient EINRecipientEIN	IRC SectionIRCSectionDesc	Cash GrantCashGrantAmt	Non Cash AssistanceNonCashAssistanceAmt	Valuation Method UsedValuationMethodUsedDesc	Non Cash AssistanceNonCashAssistanceDesc	Purpose Of GrantPurposeOfGrantTxt
EXPLORE CHARTER SCHOOL
655 PARKSIDE AVNEUE	BROOKLYN	NY	11226	134124616	501(C)(3)	$19,692	$0	FMV	N/A	GENERAL OPERATING
EXPLORE EMPOWER CHARTER SCHOOL
188 ROCHESTER AVENUE	BROOKLYN	NY	11213	264411431	501(C)(3)	$15,349	$0	FMV	N/A	GENERAL OPERATING
EXPLORE EXCEL CHARTER SCHOOL
1077 REMSEN AVENUE	BROOKLYN	NY	11236	274092757	501(C)(3)	$13,028	$0	FMV	N/A	GENERAL OPERATING
EXPLORE EXCEED CHARTER SCHOOL
433 ST MARKS AVENUE	BROOKLYN	NY	11238	452646087	501(C)(3)	$10,856	$0	FMV	N/A	GENERAL OPERATING

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	PART I, LINE 2:	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	THE ORGANIZATION REMITTED GRANTS TO EXPLORE CHARTER SCHOOL, EXPLORE EMPOWER CHARTER SCHOOL, EXPLORE EXCEL CHARTER SCHOOL, AND EXPLORE EXCEED CHARTER SCHOOL. THESE AMOUNTS WERE PROCEEDS FROM AN END OF YEAR E-MAIL APPEAL AND GRANTED TO THE SCHOOLS FOR GENERAL OPERATING USE. THERE WAS NO SPECIFIC MONITORING OF THE FUND USAGE REQUIRED.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Compensation Committee	Yes (X)	CompensationCommitteeInd
Compensation Survey	Yes (X)	CompensationSurveyInd
Board Or Committee Approval	Yes (X)	BoardOrCommitteeApprovalInd
Severance Payment	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 (3 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
MORTON A BALLEN
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER	$212,660	$0	$10,400	$0	$0	$0	$8,244	$0	$7,705	$0	$239,009	$0	$0	$0
ELIZABETH PAWLSON
CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER	$142,432	$0	$9,000	$0	$0	$0	$2,992	$0	$5,106	$0	$159,530	$0	$0	$0
KEN BAUM
CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICER	$200,993	$0	$12,000	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$7,584	$0	$220,577	$0	$0	$0

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	PART I, LINE 7	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	EXPLORE SCHOOLS INC. PAID OUT NON-FIXED PAYMENTS AS BONUS COMPENSATION TO MORTY BALLEN, KENNETH BAUM AND ELIZABETH PAWLSON, BASED ON EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule L IRS990ScheduleL

Bus Tr Involve Interested Prsn BusTrInvolveInterestedPrsnGrp

Name Of Interested NameOfInterested

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	ELIZABETH PAWLSON	PersonNm

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Relationship Description	CHIEF OF STRATEGY	RelationshipDescriptionTxt
Transaction	$36,438	TransactionAmt
Transaction	CONSULTING CONTRACT	TransactionDesc
Sharing Of Revenues	0	SharingOfRevenuesInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	SCH L, PART IV EXPLANATION	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	DURING THE YEAR, ELIZABETH PAWLSON WAS AN OFFICER AND TRANSITIONED TO A CONSULTANT FOR EXPLORE SCHOOLS INC.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (5 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11	SENIOR MANAGEMENT REVIEWS THE FORM 990 AND THEN FORWARDS IT TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE FOR THEIR REVIEW. IF CHANGES ARE REQUIRED, THE ORGANIZATION WILL THEN FORWARD TO THE AUDITING FIRM AND A FINAL VERSION OF THE FORM 990 IS THEN DISTRIBUTED TO ALL THE ORGANIZATION'S BOARD MEMBERS PRIOR TO FILING WITH THE IRS.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C	PRIOR TO ELECTION TO THE BOARD, AND THEREAFTER ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, ALL TRUSTEES 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 ORGANIZATION FOR A FEE OR OTHER COMPENSATION, AND ANY INTEREST SUCH TRUSTEE MAY HAVE AS A RESULT OF A POSITION OR OTHER RELATIONSHIP WITH ANY NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION WITH WHICH THE ORGANIZATION HAS AN ATTORNEY-CLIENT OR OTHER BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP (COLLECTIVELY, A "CONFLICT OF INTEREST"). ADDITIONALLY, THE ORGANIZATION 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.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15A	THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE DOES A MARKET ANALYSIS TO COMPARE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND OTHER LEADERSHIP POSITION SALARIES IN SIMILAR ORGANIZATIONS AND IS ALSO INVOLVED IN THE APPROVAL FOR THE ANNUAL BUDGET FOR THE ORGANIZATION.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19	THE ORGANIZATION MAKES ITS GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY, AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.
FORM 990, PART XII, LINE 2C - FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND REPORTING:	THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE ORGANIZATION HAVE BEEN AUDITED FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2014. AN AUDIT COMMITTEE HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED FOR THE OVERSIGHT OF THE AUDIT OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SELECTION OF THE INDEPENDENT AUDITORS. THE AUDIT COMMITTEE MEETS WITH THE INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS TO REVIEW THE RESULT OF THE AUDIT.