South Sutter Charter School is an independent study Charter School that provides a voluntary public educational choice for families of students who choose to educate their children in the home environment.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
90¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$590K 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
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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
FY2025
latest Form 990
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IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
5 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $2.8M a year · 9% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 5 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
90%
of spending
Looks good: 90% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$590K
to officers and key staff · 3% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 3% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
6 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 5.5 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $72
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$3.9M
24% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 24% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
5
of 5 voting members
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Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$22.4M
Spent
$20.0M
To programs
90%
Net assets
$12.7M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$22.4M
FY2020
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$22.4M
FY2021$25.8M
FY2022$35.0M
FY2023$28.2M
FY2024$38.6M
FY2025$41.3M
Expenses
$20.0M
FY2020
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$20.0M
FY2021$22.9M
FY2022$27.4M
FY2023$30.1M
FY2024$35.0M
FY2025$38.9M
Net assets
$12.7M
FY2020
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$12.7M
FY2021$15.5M
FY2022$23.1M
FY2023$21.2M
FY2024$24.7M
FY2025$27.1M

From the FY2020 Form 990 (year ending June 2020) · 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 Oct 2008.

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Where the money goes

90 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 90% · $17.9M Management & general 10% · $2.1M

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; $590K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2019); the FY2020 filing did not itemize Part VII
Administrato
$180,150Pt VII · Sec A
Curriculum/G
$122,730Pt VII · Sec A
Teacher Supp
$118,540Pt VII · Sec A
President
$74,867Pt VII · Sec A
$58,882Pt VII · Sec A
$34,752Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Jodi Jones’s $219K as Administrator is at the 44th 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

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Jodi Jones$219,194$212,137$190,920$187,906$182,049$180,150
Brandon H Anderson$195,432$170,394————
Cynthia K Rachel$164,528—————
Shauna C Anderson$159,253$131,474————
Cynthia Rachel—$156,663$132,722$120,440$117,377—
Joyce L Padgett$156,325$132,194————
Tracy J Latino$153,279$131,860————
Olivia Neighbor$146,581——$112,051$121,419—

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 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Offers families a public school choice for home-based education.

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1 program · $17.9M · in their own filed words · FY2019
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South sutter charter school serves students in grades kindergarten through twelve who reside in the following california counties: sutter, butte, colusa, yolo, sacramento, placer and yuba. The school serves students through personalized learning and supporting parental choice in education, and the school is dedicated to excellence and…

$17.9Mprogram 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 · FY2023
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$72

By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$22.4M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$22.4M
Investment incomeLn 3$36K
Other incomeLn 4–11$30K
Money outPt IX
$20.0M
Ln 25
Programscol B$17.9M
Managementcol C$2.1M
Owns and owesPt X
$12.7M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$9.2M
Total assetsLn 16$16.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$3.9M
PeoplePt VI, VII
11
listed · VII A
PaidVII A6
Voting boardVI 1a5
IndependentVI 1b5
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$22.4M
Government grantsLn 1e$21.9M
Investment incomeLn 3$36K
Other incomeLn 4–11$30K
Gains on assetsLn 7−$38K
Total revenueLn 12$22.4M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$3.7M
SavingsLn 2$5.5M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$9.2M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$2.7M
Other assetsLn 15$171K
Total assetsLn 16$16.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$3.9M
Net assetsLn 32$12.7M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5190
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY20End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$6.6M$9.2M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$467K$2.7M
Total assetsLn 16$11.1M$16.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$873K$3.9M
Net assetsLn 32$10.3M$12.7M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$349K$349K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$7.7M$7.5M$239K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$1.1M$1.1M$35K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$1.2M$1.1M$35K
Payroll taxesLn 10$215K$209K$6K
Management feesLn 11a$1.1M$1.1M
Legal feesLn 11b$42K$42K
Accounting feesLn 11c$481K$455K$26K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$4.3M$4.3M
Advertising and promotionLn 12$37K$37K
Office expensesLn 13$49K$34K$16K
Information technologyLn 14$120K$84K$36K
OccupancyLn 16$371K$346K$25K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$60K$57K$2K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$21K$21K
InsuranceLn 23$55K$55K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$2.6M$2.2M$403K
All other expensesLn 24e$185K$140K$45K
Total functional expensesLn 25$20.0M$17.9M$2.1M$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $41.3M$38.9M$2.4M$27.1M 990 PDF
FY2024 $38.6M$35.0M$3.5M$24.7M 990 PDF
FY2023 $28.2M$30.1M−$1.9M$21.2M 990 PDF
FY2022 $35.0M$27.4M$7.6M$23.1M 990 PDF
FY2021 $25.8M$22.9M$2.9M$15.5M 990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing $22.4M$20.0M$2.4M$12.7M 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 J · Pay O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $22,394,386 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $20,850,256$22,364,244
I-9 Program service revenue$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $20,207−$1,719
I-11 Other revenue$31,861
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $20,870,463$22,394,386
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $9,682,166$10,598,768
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $8,784,245$9,387,344
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $18,466,411$19,986,112
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $2,404,052$2,408,274
Part VI · Governance 5 of 5 board members independent, 2 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body5
VI-1b Independent voting members5
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $22,394,386 across 7 lines filed
VIII-1d Related organizations$500,000
VIII-1e Government grants$21,864,244
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$22,364,244
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $35,857$35,857
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission −$37,576−$37,576
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $31,861$31,861
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission −$5,715 · Excluded from tax $35,857$22,394,386
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $19,986,112 across 18 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $348,651$348,651
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $7,484,656 · Management $239,419$7,724,075
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $1,091,696 · Management $35,280$1,126,976
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $1,148,992 · Management $35,118$1,184,110
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $208,581 · Management $6,375$214,956
IX-11a Management feesManagement $1,061,329$1,061,329
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $42,134$42,134
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $454,855 · Management $25,691$480,546
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $4,314,587$4,314,587
IX-12 Advertising and promotionManagement $37,168$37,168
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $33,709 · Management $15,636$49,345
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $83,882 · Management $35,950$119,832
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $346,050 · Management $24,752$370,802
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $57,424 · Management $2,161$59,585
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationManagement $20,577$20,577
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $54,936$54,936
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $2,188,689 · Management $403,198$2,591,887
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $139,999 · Management $44,617$184,616
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $17,901,771 · Management $2,084,341 · Fundraising $0$19,986,112
Part X · Balance sheet $16,599,469 assets, 12 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $825,444$3,743,641
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $5,732,818$5,497,458
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $4,095,319$4,511,937
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $467,383$2,675,216
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $2,474$171,217
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $11,123,438$16,599,469
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $701,563$1,099,408
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $171,794$161,649
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $873,357$3,941,114
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $9,648,036$12,658,355
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $10,250,081$12,658,355
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $11,123,438$16,599,469
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $12,658,355 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$22,394,386
XI-2 Total expenses$19,986,112
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$2,408,274
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$10,250,081
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$12,658,355

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