Esperanza Cyber Charter School FY2021 filing

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Esperanza Cyber Charter School is dedicated to providing a quality education in the form of interactive distance learning classrooms, one-to-one tutoring, computer-supported collaborative learning, project-based learning, and instruction tailored to each student's individual education needs.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
82¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$201K 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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FY2021 · 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
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
5 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $2.8M a year · 15% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 5 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
82%
of spending
Looks good: 82% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$201K
to officers and key staff · 2% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 2% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
6 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 6.1 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $66
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$4.4M
45% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 45% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
6
of 10 voting members
Looks good: 6 of 10 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$13.7M
+75% vs prior year
Spent
$10.0M
To programs
82%
Net assets
$5.5M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$13.7M
FY2021▲ +75%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$7.9M
FY2021$13.7M
FY2022$20.5M
FY2023$21.8M
FY2024$24.8M
FY2025$20.6M
Expenses
$10.0M
FY2021▲ +51%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$6.6M
FY2021$10.0M
FY2022$14.2M
FY2023$18.0M
FY2024$20.2M
FY2025$23.7M
Net assets
$5.5M
FY2021▲ +206%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$1.8M
FY2021$5.5M
FY2022$11.9M
FY2023$15.7M
FY2024$19.1M
FY2025$15.9M

From the FY2021 Form 990 (year ending June 2021) · 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 Jul 2014.

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Where the money goes

82 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 82% · $8.2M Management & general 18% · $1.8M

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

12 people listed on the 990; $201K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2020); the FY2021 filing did not itemize Part VII
$137,462Pt VII · Sec A
Dir. of Academic Program Dev't
$63,494Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Dr Jon Marsh’s $163K as Chief Executive Officer is at the 21st 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 · 5 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Dr Jon Marsh$163,397$154,967—$135,988$137,462$49,883
Jon Marsh——$144,704———
Ivan a Estevez$136,137—————
Ivan Estevez—$114,402————
Dr Carolyn Falkner-Beitzel————$63,494$103,863

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

Provides online K-12 education to raise the economic and social levels of the Hispanic community through quality education.

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1 program · $8.2M · in their own filed words · FY2020
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In 1987 the Hispanic Clergy of Philadelphia founded and incorporated the non-profit organization Nueva Esperanza, Inc. (NEI), dba Esperanza, to provide support to Hispanic communities. For more than 30 years NEIs efforts have focused on creating opportunities for Hispanic children and families living in Philadelphias Hunting Park…

$8.2Mprogram 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 2 funders$66

Federal money

Single Audit · Federal Audit Clearinghouse · money spent from federal programs
Year ending Jun 2025 · $2.1M federal money spent
Title I Grants to Local Educational AgenciesDepartment of Education · ALN 84.010 · Through Pennsylvania Department of Education$1.6M
Title I Grants to Local Educational Agencies, Recovery ActDepartment of Education · ALN 84.389 · Through School District of Philadelphia$282K
Student Support and Academic Enrichment ProgramDepartment of Education · ALN 84.424 · Through Pennsylvania Department of Education$93K
Supporting Effective Instruction State Grants (formerly Improving Teacher Quality State Grants)Department of Education · ALN 84.367 · Through Pennsylvania Department of Education$67K
English Language Acquisition State GrantsDepartment of Education · ALN 84.365 · Through Pennsylvania Department of Education$50K

Plus 1 smaller program.

The auditor reported no findings.

Year ending Jun 2024 · $4.3M federal money spent
Education Stabilization FundDepartment of Education · ALN 84.425U · Through Pennsylvania Department of Education$2.3M
Title I Grants to Local Educational AgenciesDepartment of Education · ALN 84.010 · Through Pennsylvania Department of Education$1.5M
Special Education Cluster (idea) - Idea Part aDepartment of Education · ALN 84.389 · Through School District of Philadelphia$255K
Student Support and Academic Enrichment ProgramDepartment of Education · ALN 84.424 · Through Pennsylvania Department of Education$81K
Supporting Effective Instruction State Grants (formerly Improving Teacher Quality State Grants)Department of Education · ALN 84.367 · Through Pennsylvania Department of Education$74K

Plus 1 smaller program.

The auditor reported no findings.

Year ending Jun 2023 · $5.9M federal money spent
Education Stabilization FundDepartment of Education · ALN 84.425 · Through Pennsylvania Department of Education$4.4M
Title I Grants to Local Educational AgenciesDepartment of Education · ALN 84.010 · Through Pennsylvania Department of Education$1.1M
Special Education_grants to StatesDepartment of Education · ALN 84.027 · Through School District of Philadelphia$211K
Student Support and Academic Enrichment ProgramDepartment of Education · ALN 84.424 · Through Pennsylvania Department of Education$82K
Improving Teacher Quality State GrantsDepartment of Education · ALN 84.367 · Through Pennsylvania Department of Education$62K

Plus 1 smaller program.

The auditor reported no findings.

Year ending Jun 2022 · $3.9M federal money spent
Covid-19, Education Stabilization FundDepartment of Education · ALN 84.425 · Through Pennsylvania Department of Education$2.4M
Title I Grants to Local Educational AgenciesDepartment of Education · ALN 84.010 · Through Pennsylvania Department of Education$1.2M
Idea Part aDepartment of Education · ALN 84.389 · Through School District of Philadelphia$183K
Improving Teacher Quality State GrantsDepartment of Education · ALN 84.367 · Through Pennsylvania Department of Education$73K
Student Support and Academic Enrichment ProgramDepartment of Education · ALN 84.424 · Through Pennsylvania Department of Education$58K

Plus 2 smaller programs.

The auditor reported no findings.

By the numbers

The FY2021 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$13.7M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$11.4M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.3M
Other incomeLn 4–11$26K
Money outPt IX
$10.0M
Ln 25
Programscol B$8.2M
Managementcol C$1.8M
Owns and owesPt X
$5.5M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$5.1M
Total assetsLn 16$9.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$4.4M
PeoplePt VI, VII
12
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
Voting boardVI 1a10
IndependentVI 1b6
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.3M
Government grantsLn 1e$2.3M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$11.4M
Investment incomeLn 3$9K
Other incomeLn 4–11$26K
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$13.7M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$2.3M
SavingsLn 2$2.7M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$5.1M
Pledges and grants receivableLn 3$1.5M
Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesLn 9$128K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$1.2M
Other assetsLn 15$2.1M
Total assetsLn 16$9.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$4.4M
Net assetsLn 32$5.5M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5393
VolunteersI 66
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 FY21End FY21
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$3.6M$5.1M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$114K$1.2M
Total assetsLn 16$5.4M$9.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$3.6M$4.4M
Net assetsLn 32$1.8M$5.5M
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$180K$180K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$4.6M$4.1M$474K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$959K$792K$167K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$1.1M$996K$113K
Payroll taxesLn 10$336K$300K$35K
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$199K$199K
Accounting feesLn 11c$17K$17K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$1.1M$543K$559K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$28K$28K
Office expensesLn 13$1.1M$978K$102K
Information technologyLn 14$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$367K$226K$141K
TravelLn 17$1K$169$1K
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0
InterestLn 20$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$14K$14K
InsuranceLn 23$20K$617$19K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$30K$30K
Total functional expensesLn 25$10.0M$8.2M$1.8M$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 LatestFiled with the IRS May 14, 2026 $20.6M$23.7M−$3.1M$15.9M 990 PDF
FY2024Filed with the IRS May 12, 2025 $24.8M$20.2M$4.5M$19.1M 990 PDF
FY2023Filed with the IRS May 2, 2024 $21.8M$18.0M$3.8M$15.7M 990 PDF
FY2022Filed with the IRS May 14, 2023 $20.5M$14.2M$6.4M$11.9M 990 PDF
FY2021 ViewingFiled with the IRS May 12, 2022 $13.7M$10.0M$3.7M$5.5M 990 PDF
FY2020Filed with the IRS May 17, 2021 $7.9M$6.6M$1.2M$1.8M 990 PDF

Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations
See the full FY2021 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $13,733,314 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $550,506$2,299,192
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $7,303,535$11,398,476
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $13,227$9,270
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $1,957$26,376
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $7,869,225$13,733,314
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 $5,029,134$7,159,331
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $1,612,475$2,858,226
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $6,641,609$10,017,557
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $1,227,616$3,715,757
Part VI · Governance 6 of 10 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body10
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 $13,733,314 across 10 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$2,299,192
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$2,299,192
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $11,398,476$11,398,476
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $9,270$9,270
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$0
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $26,376$26,376
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $11,424,852 · Excluded from tax $9,270$13,733,314
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $10,017,557 across 30 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 $179,538$179,538
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $4,101,709 · Management $474,280$4,575,989
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $791,719 · Management $167,022$958,741
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $996,373 · Management $113,076$1,109,449
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $300,351 · Management $35,263$335,614
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $199,050$199,050
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $16,640$16,640
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $542,583 · Management $558,957$1,101,540
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $28,078$28,078
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $977,958 · Management $101,847$1,079,805
IX-14 Information technology$0
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $225,771 · Management $141,390$367,161
IX-17 TravelPrograms $169 · Management $1,300$1,469
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetings$0
IX-20 Interest$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $14,053$14,053
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $617 · Management $19,389$20,006
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $30,424$30,424
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $8,189,343 · Management $1,828,214 · Fundraising $0$10,017,557
Part X · Balance sheet $9,943,251 assets, 30 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $1,254,085$2,321,924
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $2,306,795$2,732,346
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $849,231$1,450,780
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $0$0
X-5 Loans to officers and key peopleStart of year $0$0
X-6 Loans to other insidersStart of year $0$0
X-7 Notes and loans receivableStart of year $0$0
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $0$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $50,985$128,356
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $114,367$1,237,903
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $0$0
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $0$0
X-13 Program-related investmentsStart of year $0$0
X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $0$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $863,155$2,071,942
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $5,438,618$9,943,251
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $318,171$390,437
X-18 Grants payableStart of year $0$0
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $0$1,770
X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-21 Escrow or custodial accountsStart of year $0$0
X-22 Loans from officers and insidersStart of year $0$0
X-23 Secured mortgages and notes payableStart of year $822,025$0
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $0$0
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $2,498,209$4,035,074
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $3,638,405$4,427,281
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $1,800,213$5,515,970
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $0$0
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $1,800,213$5,515,970
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $5,438,618$9,943,251
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $5,515,970 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$13,733,314
XI-2 Total expenses$10,017,557
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$3,715,757
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$1,800,213
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$5,515,970

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