Is it real?
Yes. Exemption reinstated (2023-11-15). Per the IRS revocation list. Latest filing on record: FY2020. IRS ruling in Aug 2025.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
86 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
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
20 people listed on the 990; $189K paid to officers and key staff.
Kendall Kerr’s $40K as Director is at the 6th 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.
See Learning Cooperative executive salaries →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 15aNo
- Loans to or from officersSch L · Pt II1 listed
Programs and updates
Fosters individuality, independent thought, and creativity through personalized learning.
Questions for Learning Cooperative
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Expenses incurred in staffing and operating private not-for-profit alternative education format school.
Provided scholarship funds to needy AND/OR deserving students so that they could attend school programs.
Funders
Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
By the numbers
The FY2020 990, line by line.
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| Line | Start FY20 | End FY20 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $42K | $53K |
| InvestmentsLn 11–13 | $109K | $154K |
| Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c | $250K | $224K |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $436K | $456K |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $233K | $307K |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $203K | $149K |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grants to domestic individualsLn 2 | $106K | $106K | ||
| Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5 | $241K | $241K | ||
| Other salaries and wagesLn 7 | $387K | $387K | ||
| Other employee benefitsLn 9 | $17K | $17K | ||
| Payroll taxesLn 10 | $49K | $49K | ||
| Management feesLn 11a | $76 | $76 | ||
| Legal feesLn 11b | $2K | $2K | ||
| Accounting feesLn 11c | $23K | $23K | ||
| Advertising and promotionLn 12 | $8K | $8K | ||
| Office expensesLn 13 | $9K | $9K | ||
| Information technologyLn 14 | $3K | $3K | ||
| OccupancyLn 16 | $29K | $29K | ||
| InterestLn 20 | $206 | $206 | ||
| Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22 | $26K | $26K | ||
| InsuranceLn 23 | $20K | $20K | ||
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $72K | $57K | $15K | |
| All other expensesLn 24e | $2K | $270 | $2K | |
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $996K | $858K | $138K | $0 |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2020 Latest ViewingFiled with the IRS May 17, 2021 | $943K | $996K | −$53K | $149K | 990 PDF |
Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2020 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $942,758 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 16 of 16 board members independent, 4 to look at
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $942,758 across 5 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $996,058 across 17 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $455,729 assets, 17 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $148,770 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2020 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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