Ambassador High School FY2020 filing

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Torrance, CA501(c)(3)EducationEIN 30-0223099Revenue $1.1M in FY2020

On file with the IRSambassadorhigh.org2300 Crenshaw Blvd, 90501-3324 · Torrance, CATax-exempt since Aug 2004School — 170(b)(1)(A)(ii)

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We provide a rigorous education from a biblical worldview through excellence in Student Leadership, Academics, Athletics, and the Arts

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
92¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$349K 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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FY2020 · 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
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
5 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $149K a year · 10% of revenue · last 5 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 5 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
92%
of spending
Looks good: 92% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$349K
to officers and key staff · 32% of spending
Concern: pay to officers and key staff is 32% of spending; over 30%.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
4 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 3.6 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $50K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$31K
10% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 10% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
0
of 5 voting members
Concern: none of 5 voting members are independent.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$1.1M
Spent
$1.1M
To programs
92%
Net assets
$293K
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$1.1M
FY2020
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$1.1M
FY2021$1.4M
FY2022$1.9M
FY2023$1.8M
FY2024$1.3M
Expenses
$1.1M
FY2020
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$1.1M
FY2021$1.3M
FY2022$1.6M
FY2023$1.7M
FY2024$1.1M
Net assets
$293K
FY2020
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$293K
FY2021$391K
FY2022$669K
FY2023$742K
FY2024$978K

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Aug 2004.

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Where the money goes

92 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 92% · $997K Management & general 8% · $83K Fundraising 1% · $8K

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

11 people listed on the 990; $349K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
$77,179Pt VII · Sec A
Academic Dean
$63,451Pt VII · Sec A
Faculty Member
$51,000Pt VII · Sec A
Faculty Member
$47,900Pt VII · Sec A
Faculty Member
$43,422Pt VII · Sec A
Faculty Member
$39,192Pt VII · Sec A
Faculty Member
$26,499Pt VII · Sec A
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Michael Barker Head of School’s $118K as Executive Dir. is at the 44th 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

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Michael Barker Head of School$118,377$107,000$108,000$94,583$77,179
Jeffrey Silva$94,575$85,296$81,629$74,285$63,451
James Christopher Sheck$81,000————
Tiffany Hicks$71,649$60,000$56,273$48,659—
Jason Slutyer$70,760$59,000———
Robert Giampali$66,158$59,400$60,609$54,800$51,000
Esther J Kim$65,976————
Juan Toledo—$59,850———

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

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2Yes
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Offers excellent education in leadership, academics, athletics, and arts from a biblical worldview.

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1 program · $997K · in their own filed words · FY2020
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Secondary school as a private school

$997Kprogram 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 2 funders$50K

By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$1.1M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$1.1M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$65K
Investment incomeLn 3$367
Money outPt IX
$1.1M
Ln 25
Programscol B$997K
Managementcol C$83K
Fundraisingcol D$8K
Owns and owesPt X
$293K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$324K
Total assetsLn 16$324K
LiabilitiesLn 26$31K
PeoplePt VI, VII
11
listed · VII A
PaidVII A7
Voting boardVI 1a5
IndependentVI 1b0
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$65K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$11K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$1.1M
Investment incomeLn 3$367
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$1.1M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$324K
SavingsLn 2$0
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$324K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0
Other assetsLn 15$0
Total assetsLn 16$324K
LiabilitiesLn 26$31K
Net assetsLn 32$293K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 525
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aNo
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY20End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$131K$324K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0
Total assetsLn 16$1.2M$324K
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.2M$31K
Net assetsLn 32$19K$293K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$141K$103K$29K$8K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$335K$333K$2K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$37K$37K
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$486$486
Accounting feesLn 11c$0
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$25K$25K
Office expensesLn 13$85K$65K$20K
Information technologyLn 14$43K$38K$6K
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$187K$187K
TravelLn 17$0
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$2K$2K
InterestLn 20$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$0
InsuranceLn 23$39K$39K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$193K$193K
All other expensesLn 24e$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$1.1M$997K$83K$8K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest $1.3M$1.1M$236K$978K 990 PDF
FY2023 $1.8M$1.7M$73K$742K 990 PDF
FY2022 $1.9M$1.6M$278K$669K 990 PDF
FY2021 $1.4M$1.3M$98K$391K 990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing $1.1M$1.1M$60K$293K 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
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Part I · Summary $1,148,119 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $110,722$64,803
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $1,061,785$1,090,887
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $268$367
I-11 Other revenue−$7,938
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,172,775$1,148,119
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $17,667$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $498,404$513,521
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $637,396$574,815
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $1,153,467$1,088,336
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $19,308$59,783
Part VI · Governance 0 of 5 board members independent, 2 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body5
VI-1b Independent voting members0
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyNo
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 $1,148,119 across 10 lines filed
VIII-1c Fundraising events$11,002
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$53,801
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$64,803
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $1,090,887$1,090,887
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $367$367
VIII-5 Royalties$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or loss$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assets$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events−$7,938
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $1,091,254$1,148,119
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,088,336 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individuals$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipients$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $103,413 · Management $29,499 · Fundraising $7,718$140,630
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $333,015 · Management $2,475$335,490
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefits$0
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $37,401$37,401
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $486$486
IX-11c Accounting fees$0
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for services$0
IX-12 Advertising and promotionManagement $24,951$24,951
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $64,731 · Management $20,264$84,995
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $37,560 · Management $5,500$43,060
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $186,756$186,756
IX-17 Travel$0
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $2,272$2,272
IX-20 Interest$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortization$0
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $38,921$38,921
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $193,374$193,374
IX-24e All other expenses$0
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $997,443 · Management $83,175 · Fundraising $7,718$1,088,336
Part X · Balance sheet $324,106 assets, 19 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $131,396$324,092
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investments$0
X-3 Pledges and grants receivable$0
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $1,041,289$14
X-8 Inventories for sale or use$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred charges$0
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, net$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 $1,172,685$324,106
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $1,153,466$20,636
X-19 Deferred revenue$10,250
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $1,153,467$30,886
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $19,218$293,220
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $19,218$293,220
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,172,685$324,106
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $293,220 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$1,148,119
XI-2 Total expenses$1,088,336
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$59,783
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$19,218
XI-8 Prior period adjustments$214,219
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$293,220

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