Centre Learning Commnunity Charter School

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To create a powerful, safe, secure, active, project-based, Learning environment in which students develop the necessary knowledge, skills, and attributes to lead a fulfilled and successful life.

Form 990 Part I, line 1, FY2025. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 25-1810507) · Dispute this line
501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
79¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$354K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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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
5 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $128K a year · 8% of revenue · last 6 filings
A surplus in 5 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
79%
of spending
79% of spending went to programs.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$354K
to officers and key staff · 24% of spending
Pay to officers and key staff is 24% of spending.
Part VII, Section A
2.5 mo
of spending, in cash
2.5 months of spending in cash.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $50
1 funder names it on their filings.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$2.2M
185% of total assets
Liabilities are 185% of assets.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
6
of 9 voting members
6 of 9 voting members are independent.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
Revenue
$1.6M
+1% vs prior year
Spent
$1.5M
To programs
79%
Net assets
−$995K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$1.6M
FY2025▲ +1%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$1.5M
FY2021$1.4M
FY2022$1.6M
FY2023$1.8M
FY2024$1.6M
FY2025$1.6M
Expenses
$1.5M
FY2025▼ -3%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$1.6M
FY2021$1.4M
FY2022$1.4M
FY2023$1.6M
FY2024$1.5M
FY2025$1.5M
Net assets
−$995K
FY2025▲ +15%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020−$1.8M
FY2021−$1.7M
FY2022−$1.5M
FY2023−$1.3M
FY2024−$1.2M
FY2025−$995K

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 Aug 1999.

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

Where the money goes

79 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 79% · $1.1M Management & general 21% · $310K

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

13 people listed on the 990; $354K paid to officers and key staff (Part VII, Section A).

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Business Manager
$90,099Pt VII · Sec A
Bm/Lead Teacher
$73,634Pt VII · Sec A
Spec Ed Teacher (bm Term Ended 12/2024)
$69,206Pt VII · Sec A
Bm/Lead Teacher as of 1/2025
$62,146Pt VII · Sec A
Bm/Counselor
$58,717Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member (until 1/2025)
$0Pt VII · Sec A
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary as of 1/2025
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Brian Rowan’s $90K as Business Manager is at the 25th 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 · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Brian Rowan$90,099$94,758$88,575$77,700$72,835—
Mark Toci———$93,000——
Deb Swartz—$84,075$77,274———
Kosta Dussias—————$75,000
Kelly Kennedy$73,634$69,721$64,468$60,675——
Marcy Chichester$69,206$62,405$57,217———
Morgan Mitchell——$65,985$65,301——
Andrea Kennedy———$64,552$62,552—

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

Centre Learning Commnunity Charter School is an education nonprofit based in State College, PA, formed in 1998.

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1 program · $1.1M · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Centre learning community charter school is a project-based middle school serving 68 students in grades 5 through 8 from state college, bellefonte, bald eagle, penns valley, huntingdon, moshannon valley and philipsburg-osceola since 1998.

Form 990 Part III, line 4, FY2024. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 25-1810507) · Dispute this line
$1.1Mprogram 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 · FY2020
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$50

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$1.6M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$1.4M
Other incomeLn 4–11$164K
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$90K
Money outPt IX
$1.5M
Ln 25
Programscol B$1.1M
Managementcol C$310K
Owns and owesPt X
−$995K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$308K
Total assetsLn 16$1.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$2.2M
PeoplePt VI, VII
13
listed · VII A
PaidVII A5
Voting boardVI 1a9
IndependentVI 1b6
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$90K
Government grantsLn 1e$90K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$1.4M
Investment incomeLn 3$7K
Other incomeLn 4–11$164K
Total revenueLn 12$1.6M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$308K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$308K
Pledges and grants receivableLn 3$6K
Accounts receivableLn 4$3K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$851K
Total assetsLn 16$1.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$2.2M
Net assetsLn 32−$995K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 526
VolunteersI 60
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$242K$308K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$912K$851K
Total assetsLn 16$1.2M$1.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$2.4M$2.2M
Net assetsLn 32−$1.2M−$995K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of officers and key staff (Part IX, line 5)Ln 5$615K$504K$111K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$349K$287K$63K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$80K$66K$14K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$71K$58K$13K
Payroll taxesLn 10$61K$50K$11K
Accounting feesLn 11c$29K$29K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$34K$28K$6K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$7K$7K
Office expensesLn 13$66K$33K$33K
Information technologyLn 14$9K$4K$4K
OccupancyLn 16$40K$36K$4K
InterestLn 20$14K$14K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$67K$67K
InsuranceLn 23$16K$16K
Total functional expensesLn 25$1.5M$1.1M$310K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest ViewingFiled with the IRS May 13, 2026 $1.6M$1.5M$169K−$995K 990 PDF
FY2024Filed with the IRS Apr 1, 2025 $1.6M$1.5M$103K−$1.2M 990 PDF
FY2023Filed with the IRS Feb 12, 2024 $1.8M$1.6M$226K−$1.3M 990 PDF
FY2022Filed with the IRS Feb 21, 2023 $1.6M$1.4M$251K−$1.5M 990 PDF
FY2021Filed with the IRS Apr 4, 2022 $1.4M$1.4M$50K−$1.7M 990 PDF
FY2020Filed with the IRS Feb 25, 2021 $1.5M$1.6M−$31K−$1.8M 990 PDF

Schedules filed Part IV

A · Public support D · Assets and endowments E · Schools O · Explanations
See the full FY2025 990
Part I · Summary $1,626,343 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $132,840$90,497
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $1,321,378$1,365,289
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $5,376$7,006
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $147,018$163,551
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,606,612$1,626,343
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 $1,228,860$1,176,160
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $275,229$281,469
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $1,504,089$1,457,629
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $102,523$168,714
Part VI · Governance 6 of 9 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body9
VI-1b Independent voting members6
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 $1,626,343 across 6 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$90,497
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$90,497
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $1,365,289$1,365,289
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $7,006$7,006
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $163,551$163,551
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $1,365,289 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $170,557$1,626,343
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,457,629 across 14 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of officers and key staff (Part IX, line 5)Programs $503,900 · Management $110,612$614,512
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $286,539 · Management $62,899$349,438
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $65,574 · Management $14,394$79,968
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $58,165 · Management $12,768$70,933
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $50,273 · Management $11,036$61,309
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $29,499$29,499
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $28,195 · Management $6,191$34,386
IX-12 Advertising and promotionManagement $6,892$6,892
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $32,808 · Management $32,808$65,616
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $4,488 · Management $4,488$8,976
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $35,624 · Management $3,958$39,582
IX-20 InterestManagement $14,074$14,074
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $66,778$66,778
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $15,666$15,666
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,148,010 · Management $309,619 · Fundraising $0$1,457,629
Part X · Balance sheet $1,168,214 assets, 12 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $242,048$307,746
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $11,817$5,976
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $36,794$3,045
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $911,925$851,447
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $1,202,584$1,168,214
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $55,104$47,631
X-23 Secured mortgages and notes payableStart of year $403,109$376,437
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $1,907,636$1,738,697
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $2,365,849$2,162,765
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year −$1,163,265−$994,551
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year −$1,163,265−$994,551
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,202,584$1,168,214
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets −$994,551 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$1,626,343
XI-2 Total expenses$1,457,629
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$168,714
XI-4 Net assets at start of year−$1,163,265
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year−$994,551

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