FRIENDS OF CHALLENGE PREP INC

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2024 · Form 990 · revenue $5.1M · expenses $5.0M · assets $83.1M

EIN

85-3827102

Address

1526 CENTRAL AVE, FAR ROCKAWAY, NY 11691-4011

NTEE code

B12 Fund Raising and/or Fund Distribution (Education) published (IRS Business Master File)

Exempt type

501(c)(3): charitable, religious, educational, scientific or literary (corporation)

Ruling date

July 2025 (when the IRS recognized its exemption)

IRS status

Exempt: reinstated November 15, 2023 after an automatic revocation on November 15, 2023 IRS data ↗

Tax-deductible donations

Yes: listed in IRS Publication 78 (public charity) Pub 78 ↗

Foundation status

Public charity, 509(a)(2)

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Mission

TO SUPPORT THE OPERATION OF CHALLENGE PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL (THE "SCHOOL") BY PROVIDING ASSISTANCE WITH THE SCHOOL'S REAL ESTATE AND FACILITIES-RELATED NEEDS, AND BY RAISING FUNDS AND RESOURCES THAT WILL ENABLE THE ORGANIZATION TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO THE SCHOOL TO ENHANCE THE EXPERIENCE OF THE SCHOOL'S STUDENTS.

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

None of the 5 people listed on these returns reported compensation from the organization. They are listed below.

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

5 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.

People by year

Highest-paid independent contractors

No independent contractors reported.

Who gave

Contributor names are not public for this form type.

Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

Connected to

Organizations that list some of the same people on their returns (officers, directors, key employees on this organization’s latest return), and related organizations it lists on Schedule R.

• CHALLENGE PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL Far Rockaway, NY · 3 people in common (Ben Waxman, Dr Leslie Mullings, Gertrudis Hernandez)

Funders of this organization

Not reported: no grants to this organization appear in the filings we have (tax years 2010 to 2025).

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Where the money went

Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.

State business registration

• FRIENDS OF CHALLENGE PREP, INC. NY, DOMESTIC NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION, Active, formed 2020-10-07

The same business name in the same state, from the state’s official registry data.