Challenge Preparatory Charter School: FY2023 Nonprofit Profile & Form 990 (EIN 27-2203903)

Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020	$16.3M
FY2021	$17.6M
FY2022	$22.9M
FY2023	$27.1M
FY2024	$29.5M
FY2025	$29.6M

Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020	$15.1M
FY2021	$16.0M
FY2022	$25.9M
FY2023	$28.7M
FY2024	$30.7M
FY2025	$32.1M

Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020	$2.0M
FY2021	$3.6M
FY2022	$1.9M
FY2023	$198K
FY2024	−$969K
FY2025	−$3.4M

Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Jul 2013.

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

Where the money goes

89 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

89%

Program services 89% · $25.6M Management & general 11% · $3.1M Fundraising 0% · $36K

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

19 people listed on the 990; $1.7M paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2022); the FY2023 filing did not itemize Part VII

Mavgar Mondesir-Gordon

Director, Teaching & Learning

$258,692Pt VII · Sec A

Dr Leslie Mullings

CEO/Founder

$246,113Pt VII · Sec A

Kentia Coreus

Director, Teaching & Learning

$182,328Pt VII · Sec A

Nicole Griffin

Principal

$168,570Pt VII · Sec A

Tameeka Richards

Director of Pupil Personnel Svcs

$146,705Pt VII · Sec A

Sheila Lyle

Assistant Principal

$135,412Pt VII · Sec A

Jacqueline Ward-Brew

Assistant Principal

$129,371Pt VII · Sec A

Anwar Robinson

Director of Performing Arts

$126,549Pt VII · Sec A

Mavgar Mondesir-Gordon’s $289K as SR. Director, Teaching & Learning is at the 62nd 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.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII

Name	FY2025	FY2024	FY2023	FY2022	FY2021	FY2020
Mavgar Mondesir-Gordon	$289,265	$254,159	$258,692	$175,601	$168,535	$146,646
Dr Leslie Mullings	$272,907	$267,104	$246,113	$161,737	$216,804	$201,784
Kentia Coreus	$209,340	$204,960	$182,328	$120,702	$153,395	—
Nicole Griffin	—	$179,011	$168,570	$111,641	$155,909	$154,606
Humma Qureshi	$175,144	$148,737	—	—	—	—
Tameeka Richards Director of	$159,183	$151,147	—	—	—	—
Donna Webster	$158,405	$133,651	—	—	—	—
Gasner Vil	$152,668	$134,945	—	—	—	—

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

Programs and updates

Helps students prepare for and succeed in competitive high schools.

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1 program · $25.6M · in their own filed words · FY2022

01

The mission of challenge preparatory charter school (challenge) is to prepare students from the greater far rockaway community to excel academically, to demonstrate mastery of the nys and next generation learning standards and to achieve their career aspirations.

$25.6Mprogram 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

50can INCFY2024$572K

Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$572K

By the numbers

The FY2023 990, line by line.

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1The main four

Money inPt VIII

$27.1M

Ln 12

Fees for servicesLn 2g$24.5M

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.5M

Investment incomeLn 3$23K

Money outPt IX

$28.7M

Ln 25

Programscol B$25.6M

Managementcol C$3.1M

Fundraisingcol D$36K

Owns and owesPt X

$198K

net assets · Ln 32

Cash and savingsLn 1–2$4.5M

Total assetsLn 16$104.7M

LiabilitiesLn 26$104.5M

PeoplePt VI, VII

19

listed · VII A

PaidVII A11

Voting boardVI 1a7

IndependentVI 1b7

2In more detail

Revenue in detailPt VIII

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.5M

Government grantsLn 1e$2.0M

Noncash giftsLn 1g$275K

Fees for servicesLn 2g$24.5M

Investment incomeLn 3$23K

Other incomeLn 4–11$117

Total revenueLn 12$27.1M

Assets in detailPt X, end of year

CashLn 1$2.9M

SavingsLn 2$1.6M

Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$4.5M

Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$1.3M

Other assetsLn 15$98.1M

Total assetsLn 16$104.7M

LiabilitiesLn 26$104.5M

Net assetsLn 32$198K

OperationsPt I, VI

EmployeesI 5162

VolunteersI 68

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

Line	Start FY23	End FY23
Cash and savingsLn 1–2	$2.9M	$4.5M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c	$1.6M	$1.3M
Total assetsLn 16	$6.8M	$104.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26	$4.9M	$104.5M
Net assetsLn 32	$1.9M	$198K

4Every line

Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line

Line	Total	Programs	Management	Fundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5	$1.4M	$913K	$472K	$2K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7	$12.0M	$11.1M	$881K	$13K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8	$208K	$187K	$21K	$220
Other employee benefitsLn 9	$1.1M	$968K	$109K	$1K
Payroll taxesLn 10	$1.2M	$1.1M	$119K	$1K
Legal feesLn 11b	$95K		$95K
Accounting feesLn 11c	$51K		$51K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g	$1.9M	$1.6M	$322K	$6K
Advertising and promotionLn 12	$2K	$2K
Office expensesLn 13	$336K	$287K	$45K	$4K
Information technologyLn 14	$265K	$238K	$26K	$750
OccupancyLn 16	$7.8M	$7.0M	$821K	$8K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22	$579K	$521K	$58K
InsuranceLn 23	$199K	$178K	$20K	$210
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24	$1.5M	$1.5M	$43K	$395
All other expensesLn 24e	$145K	$120K	$25K
Total functional expensesLn 25	$28.7M	$25.6M	$3.1M	$36K

Filing history

Year	Money in	Money out	In minus out	Net assets	Download
FY2025 Latest	$29.6M	$32.1M	−$2.5M	−$3.4M	990 PDF
FY2024	$29.5M	$30.7M	−$1.2M	−$969K	990 PDF
FY2023 Viewing	$27.1M	$28.7M	−$1.7M	$198K	990 PDF
FY2022	$22.9M	$25.9M	−$3.0M	$1.9M	990 PDF
FY2021	$17.6M	$16.0M	$1.6M	$3.6M	990 PDF
FY2020	$16.3M	$15.1M	$1.2M	$2.0M	990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support M · Noncash J · Pay O · Explanations

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Part I · Summary $27,091,306 revenue, 12 lines filed

I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $3,531,610$2,518,951

I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $19,365,204$24,549,159

I-10 Investment incomePrior year $3,247$23,079

I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$117

I-12 Total revenuePrior year $22,900,061$27,091,306

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 $14,179,812$15,834,969

I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0

I-17 Other expensesPrior year $11,764,283$12,908,831

I-18 Total expensesPrior year $25,944,095$28,743,800

I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$3,044,034−$1,652,494

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 $27,091,306 across 8 lines filed

VIII-1e Government grants$2,041,327

VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$477,624

VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$274,874

VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$2,518,951

VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $24,549,159$24,549,159

VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $23,079$23,079

VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $117$117

VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $24,549,159 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $23,196$27,091,306

Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $28,743,800 across 16 lines filed

IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $912,791 · Management $472,106 · Fundraising $1,518$1,386,415

IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $11,094,502 · Management $880,996 · Fundraising $12,595$11,988,093

IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $186,997 · Management $21,073 · Fundraising $220$208,290

IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $968,235 · Management $109,113 · Fundraising $1,137$1,078,485

IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $1,053,707 · Management $118,738 · Fundraising $1,241$1,173,686

IX-11b Legal feesManagement $94,876$94,876

IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $51,250$51,250

IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $1,553,311 · Management $322,044 · Fundraising $6,066$1,881,421

IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $2,050$2,050

IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $286,563 · Management $45,295 · Fundraising $3,791$335,649

IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $238,060 · Management $26,295 · Fundraising $750$265,105

IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $7,001,996 · Management $821,438 · Fundraising $8,229$7,831,663

IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $520,952 · Management $57,884$578,836

IX-23 InsurancePrograms $178,368 · Management $20,100 · Fundraising $210$198,678

IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $1,480,820 · Management $42,859 · Fundraising $395$1,524,074

IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $120,016 · Management $25,213$145,229

IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $25,598,368 · Management $3,109,280 · Fundraising $36,152$28,743,800

Part X · Balance sheet $104,697,339 assets, 14 lines filed

X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $326,248$2,879,795

X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $2,573,248$1,592,715

X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $527,246$174,792

X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $805,047$602,469

X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $1,631,974$1,324,926

X-15 Other assetsStart of year $930,999$98,122,642

X-16 Total assetsStart of year $6,794,762$104,697,339

X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $1,759,362$2,154,781

X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $142,329$474,260

X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $3,042,643$101,870,364

X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $4,944,334$104,499,405

X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $1,850,428$197,934

X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $1,850,428$197,934

X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $6,794,762$104,697,339

Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $197,934 net assets at year end

XI-1 Total revenue$27,091,306

XI-2 Total expenses$28,743,800

XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$1,652,494

XI-4 Net assets at start of year$1,850,428

XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0

XI-10 Net assets at end of year$197,934

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2023 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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