Brooklyn Free School Association

IRS exemption revoked

Brooklyn, NYUnknown exempt organizationEIN 20-1506040Revenue $2.2M in FY2022

On file with the IRSbrooklynfreeschool.org372 Clinton Ave · Brooklyn, NY

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Providing pre-K-12th grade education in a day school setting and space licensing for groups in the local community during non-school hours.

100¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 15 volunteers and 24 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2022 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
Revoked
IRS exemption revoked
Concern: the IRS revoked its tax exemption.
IRS Auto-Revocation List
Latest return
FY2022
latest Form 990
Worth a look: the latest return is for FY2022, 4 tax years back; more than 3 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
1 of 3
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $306K a year · 27% of revenue · last 3 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 1 of the last 3 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 3 filings
Spent on programs
100%
of spending
Looks good: 100% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$101K
to officers and key staff · 11% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 11% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
18 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 17.5 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $18K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$385K
26% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 26% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
7
of 9 voting members
Looks good: 7 of 9 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$2.2M
+345% vs prior year
Spent
$902K
To programs
100%
Net assets
$1.1M
By yearFY2020–FY2022
Revenue
$2.2M
FY2022▲ +345%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$667K
FY2021$491K
FY2022$2.2M
Expenses
$902K
FY2022▲ +37%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$866K
FY2021$657K
FY2022$902K
Net assets
$1.1M
FY2022▲ +723%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020−$12K
FY2021−$178K
FY2022$1.1M

From the FY2022 Form 990 (year ending June 2022) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

990 PDF Claim
IRS revoked this organization's tax-exempt status on November 15, 2025

Is it real?

No. The IRS revoked its tax exemption. Latest filing on record: FY2022.

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

Where the money goes

100 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 100% · $902K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

9 people listed on the 990; $101K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2021); the FY2022 filing did not itemize Part VII
Executive Director
$75,000Pt VII · Sec A
Finance Manager
$26,400Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Chairperson
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 3 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2022FY2021FY2020
Monique Scott$75,000$72,500$60,333
Noleca Radway——$55,833
Alan P Berger$26,400$26,391$12,912

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

Offers K-12 education and community group space rentals.

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1 program · $902K · in their own filed words · FY2021
01

Students learned about and practiced social justice. They acquired knowledge and skills in numerous subject areas. Students practiced self-directed learning, community building and democratic decision-making using consensus building and problem solving methods during school hours.

$902Kprogram 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$18K

By the numbers

The FY2022 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$2.2M
Ln 12
Investment incomeLn 3$1.6M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$420K
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$136K
Money outPt IX
$902K
Ln 25
Programscol B$902K
Owns and owesPt X
$1.1M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.3M
Total assetsLn 16$1.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$385K
PeoplePt VI, VII
9
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
Voting boardVI 1a9
IndependentVI 1b7
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$136K
Government grantsLn 1e$94K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$0
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$23K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$420K
Investment incomeLn 3$1.6M
Other incomeLn 4–11$30K
Gains on assetsLn 7$1.6M
Total revenueLn 12$2.2M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$1.3M
SavingsLn 2$0
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$1.3M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Other assetsLn 15$0
Total assetsLn 16$1.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$385K
Net assetsLn 32$1.1M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 524
VolunteersI 615
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY22End FY22
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$145K$1.3M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Total assetsLn 16$1.9M$1.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$2.0M$385K
Net assetsLn 32−$178K$1.1M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$100K$100K$0$0
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0$0$0$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$423K$423K$0$0
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0$0$0$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$0$0$0$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$45K$45K$0$0
Management feesLn 11a$0$0$0$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0$0$0$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$0$0$0$0
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0$0$0$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0$0$0$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$41K$41K$0$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$10K$10K$0$0
Office expensesLn 13$145K$145K$0$0
Information technologyLn 14$0$0$0$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0$0$0$0
OccupancyLn 16$0$0$0$0
TravelLn 17$0$0$0$0
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0$0$0$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0$0$0$0
InterestLn 20$54K$54K$0$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0$0$0$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$39K$39K$0$0
InsuranceLn 23$17K$17K$0$0
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$11K$11K$0
All other expensesLn 24e$17K$17K$0$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$902K$902K$0$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2022 Latest Viewing $2.2M$902K$1.3M$1.1M 990 PDF
FY2021 $491K$657K−$166K−$178K 990 PDF
FY2020 $667K$866K−$200K−$12K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2022 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $2,186,918 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $30,755$135,594
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $417,776$419,751
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $2$1,601,767
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $42,617$29,806
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $491,150$2,186,918
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 $440,252$568,157
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $216,682$334,182
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $656,934$902,339
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$165,784$1,284,579
Part VI · Governance 7 of 9 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body9
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 $2,186,918 across 12 lines filed
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$0
VIII-1b Membership dues$0
VIII-1c Fundraising events$22,707
VIII-1d Related organizations$0
VIII-1e Government grants$93,850
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$19,037
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$0
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$135,594
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $419,751 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$419,751
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission $1,601,767 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$1,601,767
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $29,806 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$29,806
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $2,051,324 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$2,186,918
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $902,339 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $0$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $0$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $0$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for membersPrograms $0$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $100,042 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$100,042
IX-6 Pay of disqualified personsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $422,793 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$422,793
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $45,322 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$45,322
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11d Lobbying feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $0$0
IX-11f Investment management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $40,605 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$40,605
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $10,318 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$10,318
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $145,041 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$145,041
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-15 RoyaltiesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-17 TravelPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officialsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-20 InterestPrograms $54,460 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$54,460
IX-21 Payments to affiliatesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $38,825 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$38,825
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $16,518 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$16,518
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $10,958 · Management $0$10,958
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $17,457 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$17,457
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $902,339 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$902,339
Part X · Balance sheet $1,491,901 assets, 22 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $144,913$1,313,488
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $0$0
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $0$0
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $188,065$178,413
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $0$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $0$0
X-11 Publicly traded securities$0
X-12 Other securities$0
X-13 Program-related investments$0
X-14 Intangible assets$0
X-15 Other assets$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $1,855,546$1,491,901
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $23,000$20,365
X-18 Grants payableStart of year $0$0
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $309,389$214,535
X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $243,750$150,000
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $2,033,124$384,900
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year −$177,578$1,107,001
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $0$0
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year −$177,578$1,107,001
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,855,546$1,491,901
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,107,001 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$2,186,918
XI-2 Total expenses$902,339
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$1,284,579
XI-4 Net assets at start of year−$177,578
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$0
XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities$0
XI-7 Investment expenses$0
XI-8 Prior period adjustments$0
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,107,001

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2022 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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