Ventura Charter School

Tax-deductible

Ventura, CA501(c)(3)Since 2005EducationEIN 20-3326563Revenue $6.3M in FY2025

On file with the IRSventuracharterschool.orgPo Box 392, 93002-0392 · Ventura, CATax-exempt since Dec 2006School — 170(b)(1)(A)(ii)

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Ventura Charter School of arts and global education is a not-for-profit public Charter School.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
80¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 125 volunteers and 78 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
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
5 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $187K a year · 3% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 5 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
80%
of spending
Looks good: 80% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$238K
to officers and key staff · 4% of spending
Top officer’s pay higher than 55% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 4% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
7 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 6.7 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $5K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$477K
10% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 10% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
5
of 5 voting members
Looks good: 5 of 5 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$6.3M
+2% vs prior year
Spent
$6.4M
To programs
80%
Net assets
$4.3M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$6.3M
FY2025▲ +2%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$4.3M
FY2021$4.6M
FY2022$5.2M
FY2023$6.3M
FY2024$6.1M
FY2025$6.3M
Expenses
$6.4M
FY2025▲ +4%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$4.1M
FY2021$4.2M
FY2022$4.9M
FY2023$5.8M
FY2024$6.1M
FY2025$6.4M
Net assets
$4.3M
FY2025▼ -2%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$3.3M
FY2021$3.6M
FY2022$3.9M
FY2023$4.4M
FY2024$4.4M
FY2025$4.3M

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

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Dec 2006.

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

Where the money goes

80 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 80% · $5.1M Management & general 20% · $1.2M

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

9 people listed on the 990; $238K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
Executive Director
$133,816Pt VII · Sec A
Assistant Director
$103,945Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary-Until 8/2024
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director-Until 12/2024
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Lisa Hildebrand’s $134K as Executive Director is at the 55th 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 · 3 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Lisa Hildebrand$133,816$123,390$111,583$133,769$117,734$115,240
Mary Galvin————$117,734$116,475
Christina Sandback$103,945—————

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

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Educates students in arts and global studies.

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1 program · $5.1M · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Ventura charter school is a public school with grades from kindergarten to eighth grade. The school served on average 420 students based on ada. Our program expands educational choices for students and parents in the public school system, supports a nurturing community of learning, and improves student achievement.

$5.1Mprogram 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$5K

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$6.3M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$6.0M
Investment incomeLn 3$165K
Other incomeLn 4–11$101K
Money outPt IX
$6.4M
Ln 25
Programscol B$5.1M
Managementcol C$1.2M
Owns and owesPt X
$4.3M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$3.6M
Total assetsLn 16$4.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$477K
PeoplePt VI, VII
9
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
Voting boardVI 1a5
IndependentVI 1b5
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$6.0M
Government grantsLn 1e$5.9M
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$39K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$33K
Investment incomeLn 3$165K
Other incomeLn 4–11$101K
Total revenueLn 12$6.3M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$1K
SavingsLn 2$3.6M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$3.6M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$57K
Other assetsLn 15$703
Total assetsLn 16$4.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$477K
Net assetsLn 32$4.3M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 578
VolunteersI 6125
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 FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$3.8M$3.6M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$68K$57K
Total assetsLn 16$4.8M$4.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$362K$477K
Net assetsLn 32$4.4M$4.3M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$182K$155K$27K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$3.1M$2.8M$299K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$502K$502K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$647K$567K$79K
Payroll taxesLn 10$79K$54K$25K
Management feesLn 11a$264K$264K
Legal feesLn 11b$19K$19K
Accounting feesLn 11c$15K$15K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$830K$650K$180K
OccupancyLn 16$239K$11K$227K
TravelLn 17$792$792
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$47K$43K$4K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$12K$11K$533
InsuranceLn 23$86K$86K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$310K$292K$18K
Total functional expensesLn 25$6.4M$5.1M$1.2M$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $6.3M$6.4M−$109K$4.3M 990 PDF
FY2024 $6.1M$6.1M$20K$4.4M 990 PDF
FY2023 $6.3M$5.8M$489K$4.4M 990 PDF
FY2022 $5.2M$4.9M$265K$3.9M 990 PDF
FY2021 $4.6M$4.2M$322K$3.6M 990 PDF
FY2020 $4.3M$4.1M$135K$3.3M 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 FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $6,259,200 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $5,980,976$5,959,048
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$33,408
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $148,954$165,325
I-11 Other revenuePrior year −$11,159$101,419
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $6,118,771$6,259,200
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 $4,292,299$4,546,559
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $1,806,053$1,821,956
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $6,098,352$6,368,515
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $20,419−$109,315
Part VI · Governance 5 of 5 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body5
VI-1b Independent voting members5
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 $6,259,200 across 9 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $32,432 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1c Fundraising events$38,801
VIII-1e Government grants$5,876,745
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$43,502
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$5,959,048
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $33,408$33,408
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $165,325$165,325
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax −$9,391−$9,391
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $78,378$78,378
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $33,408 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $266,744$6,259,200
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $6,368,515 across 15 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $154,989 · Management $27,351$182,340
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $2,836,801 · Management $298,912$3,135,713
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $502,455$502,455
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $567,495 · Management $79,375$646,870
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $54,052 · Management $25,129$79,181
IX-11a Management feesManagement $263,678$263,678
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $18,820$18,820
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $15,369$15,369
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $650,052 · Management $179,611$829,663
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $11,117 · Management $227,461$238,578
IX-17 TravelPrograms $792$792
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $42,639 · Management $4,362$47,001
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $11,043 · Management $533$11,576
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $86,375$86,375
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $292,120 · Management $17,984$310,104
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $5,123,555 · Management $1,244,960 · Fundraising $0$6,368,515
Part X · Balance sheet $4,777,925 assets, 16 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $1,852$1,130
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $3,759,046$3,573,937
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $574,068$657,830
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $327,144$422,607
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $36,191$64,861
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $68,433$56,857
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $4,855$703
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $4,771,589$4,777,925
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $247,265$367,068
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $109,407$109,407
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $4,855$703
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $361,527$477,178
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $3,776,553$3,936,317
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $633,509$364,430
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $4,410,062$4,300,747
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $4,771,589$4,777,925
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $4,300,747 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$6,259,200
XI-2 Total expenses$6,368,515
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$109,315
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$4,410,062
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$4,300,747

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