Enterprise Charter School

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Engage young minds through projects and partnerships.

Form 990 Part I, line 1, FY2025. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 14-1876714) · Dispute this line
501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
69¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 50 volunteers and 87 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
The IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
The latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
3 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $125K a year · 2% of revenue · last 6 filings
A surplus in 3 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
69%
of spending
69% of spending went to programs.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$555K
to officers and key staff · 8% of spending
Pay to officers and key staff is 8% of spending.
Part VII, Section A
9.7 mo
of spending, in cash
9.7 months of spending in cash.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $76K
1 funder names it on their filings.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$6.4M
56% of total assets
Liabilities are 56% of assets.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
7
of 7 voting members
7 of 7 voting members are independent.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
Revenue
$6.8M
+2% vs prior year
Spent
$7.0M
To programs
69%
Net assets
$5.0M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$6.8M
FY2025▲ +2%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$6.2M
FY2021$7.0M
FY2022$6.6M
FY2023$6.1M
FY2024$6.7M
FY2025$6.8M
Expenses
$7.0M
FY2025▲ +6%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$6.0M
FY2021$6.1M
FY2022$7.5M
FY2023$7.1M
FY2024$6.6M
FY2025$7.0M
Net assets
$5.0M
FY2025▼ -3%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$6.1M
FY2021$6.9M
FY2022$6.0M
FY2023$5.0M
FY2024$5.2M
FY2025$5.0M

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending June 2025) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Apr 2004.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

69 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 69% · $4.8M Management & general 31% · $2.1M

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

11 people listed on the 990; $555K paid to officers and key staff (Part VII, Section A).

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
$173,834Pt VII · Sec A
Senior Director of Operations Thru 1/25
$134,621Pt VII · Sec A
$133,349Pt VII · Sec A
Director of School Innovation
$113,597Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Trustee
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Jeremy Esposito’s $174K as CEO is at the 75th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3394 $1–10M education nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 5 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Jeremy Esposito$173,834$8,366————
Jordan Schmidt$133,349$145,839$115,816$13,056——
Julie Schwab———$142,800$140,242$131,237
Denise Terrell$134,621$140,206$47,355———
Michael Radosta$113,597$107,182$121,217———

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Educates Buffalo children in grades K-8 as a charter school.

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1 program · $4.8M · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

To provide students with the knowledge, skills and dispositions to grow and problem solve, and give them the resources to lead and succeed in the School and community at large. Using tools such as project based learning, the School and its partners provide students with unique educational opportunities presently not available in other…

Form 990 Part III, line 4, FY2024. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 14-1876714) · Dispute this line
$4.8Mprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2024
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$76K

Federal money

Single Audit · Federal Audit Clearinghouse · money spent from federal programs
Year ending Jun 2023 · $921K federal money spent
Education Stabilization FundDepartment of Education · ALN 84.425 · Through New York State Education Department$638K
Title I Grants to Local Educational AgenciesDepartment of Education · ALN 84.010 · Through New York State Education Department$222K
Improving Teacher Quality State GrantsDepartment of Education · ALN 84.367 · Through New York State Education Department$31K
Student Support and Academic Enrichment ProgramDepartment of Education · ALN 84.424 · Through New York State Education Department$18K
Emergency Connectivity Fund ProgramFederal Communications Commission · ALN 32.009 · Direct$13K

The auditor reported no findings.

Year ending Jun 2022 · $1.8M federal money spent
Education Stabilization FundDepartment of Education · ALN 84.425 · Through New York State Education Department$1.5M
Title I Grants to Local Educational AgenciesDepartment of Education · ALN 84.010 · Through New York State Education Department$231K
Emergency Connectivity Fund ProgramFederal Communications Commission · ALN 32.009 · Direct$94K
Supporting Effective Instruction State GrantsDepartment of Education · ALN 84.367 · Through New York State Education Department$24K
Student Support and Academic Enrichment ProgramDepartment of Education · ALN 84.424 · Through New York State Education Department$17K

The auditor reported no findings.

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$6.8M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$6.1M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$337K
Investment incomeLn 3$255K
Money outPt IX
$7.0M
Ln 25
Programscol B$4.8M
Managementcol C$2.1M
Owns and owesPt X
$5.0M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$5.6M
Total assetsLn 16$11.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$6.4M
PeoplePt VI, VII
11
listed · VII A
PaidVII A4
Voting boardVI 1a7
IndependentVI 1b7
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$337K
Government grantsLn 1e$288K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$6.1M
Investment incomeLn 3$255K
Other incomeLn 4–11$177K
Total revenueLn 12$6.8M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$1.5M
SavingsLn 2$4.1M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$5.6M
Pledges and grants receivableLn 3$68K
Accounts receivableLn 4$128K
Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesLn 9$17K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$4.4M
Other assetsLn 15$1.2M
Total assetsLn 16$11.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$6.4M
Net assetsLn 32$5.0M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 587
VolunteersI 650
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3More from this return
BondsSch K, Pt X
Tax-exempt bond debt owedX 20$5.4M
Bond issues listedSch K Pt I2
Raised by those issuesSch K Pt I$7.1M
4Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$5.5M$5.6M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$4.7M$4.4M
Total assetsLn 16$11.7M$11.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$6.6M$6.4M
Net assetsLn 32$5.2M$5.0M
5Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of officers and key staff (Part IX, line 5)Ln 5$492K$492K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$3.2M$2.2M$962K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$329K$229K$100K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$251K$199K$52K
Payroll taxesLn 10$301K$187K$114K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$427K$187K$240K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$6K$6K
Office expensesLn 13$121K$109K$12K
Information technologyLn 14$38K$38K
OccupancyLn 16$164K$148K$16K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$68K$68K
InterestLn 20$455K$410K$46K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$386K$348K$39K
InsuranceLn 23$96K$87K$10K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$544K$522K$23K
All other expensesLn 24e$99K$76K$23K
Total functional expensesLn 25$7.0M$4.8M$2.1M$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest ViewingFiled with the IRS Apr 30, 2026 $6.8M$7.0M−$131K$5.0M 990 PDF
FY2024Filed with the IRS May 8, 2025 $6.7M$6.6M$104K$5.2M 990 PDF
FY2023Filed with the IRS May 13, 2024 $6.1M$7.1M−$998K$5.0M 990 PDF
FY2022Filed with the IRS May 9, 2023 $6.6M$7.5M−$858K$6.0M 990 PDF
FY2021Filed with the IRS May 16, 2022 $7.0M$6.1M$888K$6.9M 990 PDF
FY2020Filed with the IRS Feb 8, 2021 $6.2M$6.0M$243K$6.1M 990 PDF

Schedules filed Part IV

A · Public support B · Donors D · Assets and endowments E · Schools J · Pay K · Bonds O · Explanations
See the full FY2025 990
Part I · Summary $6,824,967 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $609,557$337,185
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $5,765,784$6,055,670
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $154,929$254,857
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $160,254$177,255
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $6,690,524$6,824,967
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $4,225,456$4,549,846
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $2,361,346$2,406,465
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $6,586,802$6,956,311
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $103,722−$131,344
Part VI · Governance 7 of 7 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body7
VI-1b Independent voting members7
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $6,824,967 across 8 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $17,327 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1e Government grants$288,129
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$49,056
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$337,185
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $6,055,670$6,055,670
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $254,857$254,857
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossExcluded from tax $142,064$142,064
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $17,864$17,864
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $6,090,861 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $396,921$6,824,967
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $6,956,311 across 16 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of officers and key staff (Part IX, line 5)Management $491,840$491,840
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $2,214,426 · Management $962,161$3,176,587
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $229,039 · Management $100,411$329,450
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $199,299 · Management $51,779$251,078
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $187,148 · Management $113,743$300,891
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $187,072 · Management $239,852$426,924
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $6,280$6,280
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $108,835 · Management $12,093$120,928
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $38,412$38,412
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $148,032 · Management $16,448$164,480
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $68,421$68,421
IX-20 InterestPrograms $409,783 · Management $45,530$455,313
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $347,594 · Management $38,620$386,214
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $86,626 · Management $9,625$96,251
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $521,530 · Management $22,661$544,191
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $76,155 · Management $22,896$99,051
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $4,828,652 · Management $2,127,659 · Fundraising $0$6,956,311
Part X · Balance sheet $11,455,691 assets, 17 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $1,579,839$1,543,325
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $3,909,977$4,060,123
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $221,050$67,915
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $111,300$127,555
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $36,539$17,111
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $4,733,035$4,433,584
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $1,129,707$1,206,078
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $11,721,447$11,455,691
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $1,038,425$1,035,698
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $10,255$10,255
X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $5,519,532$5,362,059
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $0$25,788
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $6,568,212$6,433,800
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $5,124,535$5,010,640
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $28,700$11,251
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $5,153,235$5,021,891
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $11,721,447$11,455,691
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $5,021,891 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$6,824,967
XI-2 Total expenses$6,956,311
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$131,344
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$5,153,235
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$5,021,891

Form 990 e-file FY2025 from the IRS (about our sources) · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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