Briya Public Charter School FY2021 filing

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Briya pcs is a Public Charter School and is operating under a contract with the DC government through the DC Public Charter School board, providing high quality education for adults and children that empowers families through a culturally sensitive family literacy model.

Form 990 Part I, line 1, FY2021. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 20-4497716) · Dispute this line
501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
92¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX

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FY2021 · 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
6 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $1.9M a year · 13% of revenue · last 6 filings
A surplus in 6 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
92%
of spending
92% of spending went to programs.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
13.6 mo
of spending, in cash
13.6 months of spending in cash.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $40K
2 funders name it on their filings.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$3.0M
13% of total assets
Liabilities are 13% of assets.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
11
of 11 voting members
11 of 11 voting members are independent.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
Revenue
$13.8M
+10% vs prior year
Spent
$12.1M
To programs
92%
Net assets
$19.7M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$13.8M
FY2021▲ +10%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$12.5M
FY2021$13.8M
FY2022$15.3M
FY2023$15.9M
FY2024$17.3M
FY2025$18.2M
Expenses
$12.1M
FY2021▲ +15%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$10.6M
FY2021$12.1M
FY2022$12.1M
FY2023$13.7M
FY2024$15.7M
FY2025$17.0M
Net assets
$19.7M
FY2021▲ +14%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$17.2M
FY2021$19.7M
FY2022$21.6M
FY2023$23.9M
FY2024$26.0M
FY2025$27.5M

From the FY2021 Form 990 (year ending June 2021) · 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 Jun 2007.

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Where the money goes

92 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 92% · $11.2M Management & general 8% · $918K Fundraising 0% · $48K

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

17 people listed on the 990.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2020); the FY2021 filing did not itemize Part VII
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Vice C
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Secret
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Treasu
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Christine R McKay’s $180K as Executive Di is at the 29th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3683 $10–100M 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.

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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 adults and children, empowering families through culturally sensitive literacy programs.

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1 program · $11.2M · in their own filed words · FY2020
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Briya public charter school is a two-generation public charter school designed to give an integrated educational experience to immigrant parents and their children. Families enroll in briya's two-generation program together: parents study english, digital literacy, and parenting while their young children receive a high-quality early…

Form 990 Part III, line 4, FY2020. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 20-4497716) · Dispute this line
$11.2Mprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

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

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2024
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$40K
Grants paid · 102 grants · $1.3M · 2020–2020
Unitemized GrantFY2020$82,435
Individual RecipientFY2020$29,622
Growth Spurts Clc LLCFY2020$26,322
Edward C Mazique Parent ChildFY2020$26,322
Little Praudde CDC LLCFY2020$20,848
Curious Explorers Home Day Care LLCFY2020$20,848
Woodbridge Daycare CenterFY2020$17,548
Individual RecipientFY2020$17,548
Individual RecipientFY2020$17,548
Ideal Childcare Development CenterFY2020$17,548
De Colores Learning Center INCFY2020$17,548
Individual RecipientFY2020$12,074
Voices of Little Angels Child CareFY2020$12,074
Individual RecipientFY2020$12,074
Individual RecipientFY2020$12,074
Individual RecipientFY2020$12,074
The Little Light Cdh INCFY2020$12,074
Individual RecipientFY2020$12,074
See all 102 grants →

Federal money

Single Audit · Federal Audit Clearinghouse · money spent from federal programs
Year ending Jun 2023 · $929K federal money spent
DC Opportunity Scholarship ProgramDepartment of Education · ALN 84.370 · Through District of Columbia Office of the State Superintendent of Education$740K
Adult Education - Basic Grants to StatesDepartment of Education · ALN 84.002 · Through District of Columbia Office of the State Superintendent of Education$99K
National School Lunch ProgramDepartment of Agriculture · ALN 10.555 · Through District of Columbia Office of the State Superintendent of Education$36K
Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity for Infectious Diseases (elc)Department of Health and Human Services · ALN 93.323 · Through District of Columbia Office of the State Superintendent of Education$16K
Emergency Connectivity Fund ProgramFederal Communications Commission · ALN 32.009 · Direct$13K

Plus 4 smaller programs.

The auditor reported no findings.

Year ending Jun 2022 · $1.9M federal money spent
DC Opportunity Scholarship ProgramDepartment of Education · ALN 84.370 · Through District of Columbia Office of the State Superintendent of Education$958K
Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery FundsDepartment of the Treasury · ALN 21.027 · Through District of Columbia Office of the State Superintendent of Education$364K
Emergency Connectivity Fund ProgramFederal Communications Commission · ALN 32.009 · Direct$352K
Adult Education - Basic Grants to StatesDepartment of Education · ALN 84.002 · Through District of Columbia Office of the State Superintendent of Education$118K
Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity for Infectious Diseases (elc)Department of Health and Human Services · ALN 93.323 · Through District of Columbia Office of the State Superintendent of Education$90K

Plus 5 smaller programs.

The auditor reported no findings.

Year ending Jun 2016 · $1.1M federal money spent
DC School Choice Incentive ProgramDepartment of Education · ALN 84.370 · Direct$1.0M
National School Lunch ProgramDepartment of Agriculture · ALN 10.555 · Direct$19K
School Breakfast ProgramDepartment of Agriculture · ALN 10.553 · Direct$12K
Charter SchoolsDepartment of Education · ALN 84.282 · Direct$3K
Special Education_grants to StatesDepartment of Education · ALN 84.027 · Direct$1K

Plus 1 smaller program.

The auditor reported no findings.

By the numbers

The FY2021 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$13.8M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$11.0M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.5M
Investment incomeLn 3$259K
Money outPt IX
$12.1M
Ln 25
Programscol B$11.2M
Managementcol C$918K
Fundraisingcol D$48K
Owns and owesPt X
$19.7M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$13.7M
Total assetsLn 16$22.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$3.0M
PeoplePt VI, VII
17
listed · VII A
PaidVII A0
Voting boardVI 1a11
IndependentVI 1b11
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.5M
Government grantsLn 1e$865K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$11.0M
Investment incomeLn 3$259K
Gains on assetsLn 7$36K
Total revenueLn 12$13.8M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$5K
SavingsLn 2$13.7M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$13.7M
Pledges and grants receivableLn 3$652K
Accounts receivableLn 4$151K
Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesLn 9$354K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$525K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$5.3M
Other assetsLn 15$2.0M
Total assetsLn 16$22.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$3.0M
Net assetsLn 32$19.7M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 574
VolunteersI 67
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 FY21End FY21
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$12.0M$13.7M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$4.5M$5.3M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$808K$525K
Total assetsLn 16$20.1M$22.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$2.9M$3.0M
Net assetsLn 32$17.2M$19.7M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$1.3M$1.3M
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$82K$82K
Pay of officers and key staff (Part IX, line 5)Ln 5$220K$96K$109K$15K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$6.4M$6.0M$339K$17K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$532K$513K$19K$185
Payroll taxesLn 10$509K$475K$32K$2K
Management feesLn 11a$105K$98K$7K
Legal feesLn 11b$12K$12K
Accounting feesLn 11c$153K$153K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$260K$206K$45K$9K
Office expensesLn 13$134K$125K$9K$379
Information technologyLn 14$260K$243K$17K$735
OccupancyLn 16$1.1M$966K$82K$3K
InterestLn 20$75K$70K$5K$213
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$413K$386K$26K$1K
InsuranceLn 23$46K$46K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$600K$588K$11K$205
All other expensesLn 24e$31K$23K$8K$70
Total functional expensesLn 25$12.1M$11.2M$918K$48K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 LatestFiled with the IRS Feb 19, 2026 $18.2M$17.0M$1.2M$27.5M 990 PDF
FY2024Filed with the IRS Mar 26, 2025 $17.3M$15.7M$1.7M$26.0M 990 PDF
FY2023Filed with the IRS Mar 31, 2024 $15.9M$13.7M$2.1M$23.9M 990 PDF
FY2022Filed with the IRS Jan 19, 2023 $15.3M$12.1M$3.2M$21.6M 990 PDF
FY2021 ViewingFiled with the IRS Mar 10, 2022 $13.8M$12.1M$1.7M$19.7M 990 PDF
FY2020Filed with the IRS Mar 11, 2021 $12.5M$10.6M$1.9M$17.2M 990 PDF

Schedules filed Part IV

A · Public support I · Grants O · Explanations
See the full FY2021 990
Part I · Summary $13,799,215 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,329,607$2,513,693
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $10,771,804$11,026,916
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $389,723$258,606
I-11 Other revenue$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $12,491,134$13,799,215
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$1,379,931
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $7,390,209$7,622,980
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $3,211,090$3,139,619
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $10,601,299$12,142,530
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $1,889,835$1,656,685
Part VI · Governance 11 of 11 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body11
VI-1b Independent voting members11
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 $13,799,215 across 7 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$864,696
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$1,648,997
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$2,513,693
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $11,026,916$11,026,916
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $222,505$222,505
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission −$14,008 · Excluded from tax $50,109$36,101
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $11,012,908 · Excluded from tax $272,614$13,799,215
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $12,142,530 across 18 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $1,297,496$1,297,496
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $82,435$82,435
IX-5 Pay of officers and key staff (Part IX, line 5)Programs $96,332 · Management $108,638 · Fundraising $15,125$220,095
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $6,006,868 · Management $339,140 · Fundraising $16,789$6,362,797
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $512,822 · Management $18,542 · Fundraising $185$531,549
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $474,663 · Management $32,359 · Fundraising $1,517$508,539
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $98,272 · Management $6,728$105,000
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $11,629$11,629
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $152,709$152,709
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $206,233 · Management $44,537 · Fundraising $9,365$260,135
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $125,117 · Management $8,565 · Fundraising $379$134,061
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $242,769 · Management $16,620 · Fundraising $735$260,124
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $965,868 · Management $82,351 · Fundraising $2,656$1,050,875
IX-20 InterestPrograms $70,112 · Management $4,799 · Fundraising $213$75,124
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $385,687 · Management $26,405 · Fundraising $1,169$413,261
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $46,133$46,133
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $588,361 · Management $11,490 · Fundraising $205$600,056
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $22,912 · Management $7,530 · Fundraising $70$30,512
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $11,175,947 · Management $918,175 · Fundraising $48,408$12,142,530
Part X · Balance sheet $22,619,823 assets, 16 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $4,503$4,503
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $12,031,527$13,715,844
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $303,851$652,408
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $150,178$151,065
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $313,922$353,761
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $807,904$524,893
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $4,462,100$5,251,349
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $2,046,549$1,966,000
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $20,120,534$22,619,823
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $936,341$971,243
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $1,937,304$1,988,610
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $2,873,645$2,959,853
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $17,214,011$19,645,650
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $32,878$14,320
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $17,246,889$19,659,970
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $20,120,534$22,619,823
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $19,659,970 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$13,799,215
XI-2 Total expenses$12,142,530
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$1,656,685
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$17,246,889
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$756,396
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$19,659,970

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