Caliber Public Schools

Tax-deductible

Richmond, CA501(c)(3)Since 2012EducationEIN 46-1219795

To create a network of public k-12 charter schools in the bay area that will prepare our students to succeed in college and beyond.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
88¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 200 volunteers and 260 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2024 · 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
4 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $3.6M a year · 12% of revenue · last 5 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
88%
of spending
Looks good: 88% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$1.4M
to officers and key staff · 4% of spending
Top officer’s pay higher than 63% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 4% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
5 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 5.2 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
4
named funders · $614K
Looks good: 4 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$45.0M
60% of total assets
Fine: liabilities are 60% of assets; 50% to 65%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
6
of 6 voting members
Looks good: 6 of 6 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$40.3M
+18% vs prior year
Spent
$37.0M
To programs
88%
Net assets
$30.2M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$40.3M
FY2024▲ +18%
Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$21.0M
FY2021$24.5M
FY2022$40.1M
FY2023$33.0M
FY2024$34.3M
FY2024$40.3M
Expenses
$37.0M
FY2024▲ +12%
Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$19.7M
FY2021$21.1M
FY2022$27.9M
FY2023$33.1M
FY2024$33.1M
FY2024$37.0M
Net assets
$30.2M
FY2024▲ +12%
Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$10.1M
FY2021$13.5M
FY2022$25.8M
FY2023$25.7M
FY2024$26.9M
FY2024$30.2M

From the FY2024 Form 990 · 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: FY2024. IRS ruling in Feb 2014.

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

Where the money goes

88 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 88% · $32.5M Management & general 12% · $4.5M Fundraising 0% · $27K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

Who runs it and what they're paid

14 people listed on the 990; $1.4M paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
$290,000Pt VII · Sec A
$200,084Pt VII · Sec A
Chief of Schools
$170,945Pt VII · Sec A
School Principal
$147,201Pt VII · Sec A
School Principal
$144,417Pt VII · Sec A
Managing Director of Sped
$135,217Pt VII · Sec A
Director of Mental Health
$134,144Pt VII · Sec A
Assistant Principal
$133,750Pt VII · Sec A

Terence Johnson’s $290K as CEO is at the 63rd 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

NameFY2024FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Terence Johnson$290,000$281,250$255,583$221,397$215,780$102,079
Markus Mullarkey$200,084$184,297$173,200$144,225$131,916$136,441
Rachael Weingarten$170,945$161,208$156,850—$119,853$124,448
Enric Zappa————$156,083—
Ric Zappa—————$151,667
Amr Alnasafi————$149,386—
Andrew Grossman$147,201$139,760$134,465$128,196$116,561—
Tracee Matias$144,417$128,042————

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

Builds Bay Area K-12 charter schools to prepare students for college success.

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1 program service account for $32.5M of program spending, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2024.
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Caliber provides every graduate with real world skills they need to succeed through college, career and life. Caliber creates a safe and supportive environment so that students can engage in rigorous learning and develop the skill set to be critical thinkers who then become agents of change in their communities and world.

$32.5Mprogram expense

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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
NaturebridgeFY2024$6K
Total grants receivedfrom 4 funders$614K
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By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$40.3M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$39.4M
Investment incomeLn 3$522K
Other incomeLn 4–11$386K
Money outPt IX
$37.0M
Ln 25
Programscol B$32.5M
Managementcol C$4.5M
Fundraisingcol D$27K
Owns and owesPt X
$30.2M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$16.1M
Total assetsLn 16$75.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$45.0M
PeoplePt VI, VII
14
listed · VII A
PaidVII A8
Voting boardVI 1a6
IndependentVI 1b6
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$39.4M
Government grantsLn 1e$38.8M
Investment incomeLn 3$522K
Other incomeLn 4–11$386K
Gains on assetsLn 7$6K
Total revenueLn 12$40.3M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$1.6M
SavingsLn 2$14.5M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$16.1M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$26.0M
Other assetsLn 15$24.7M
Total assetsLn 16$75.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$45.0M
Net assetsLn 32$30.2M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5260
VolunteersI 6200
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
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 FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$15.7M$16.1M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$26.8M$26.0M
Total assetsLn 16$68.5M$75.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$41.6M$45.0M
Net assetsLn 32$26.9M$30.2M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$762K$762K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$17.6M$16.4M$1.2M
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$497K$472K$25K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$2.0M$1.9M$155K
Payroll taxesLn 10$1.4M$618K$743K
Management feesLn 11a$253K$252K$1K
Legal feesLn 11b$209K$32K$177K
Accounting feesLn 11c$136K$136K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$7.0M$6.3M$678K$11K
Office expensesLn 13$586K$548K$37K$2K
OccupancyLn 16$2.1M$1.9M$135K
TravelLn 17$248K$178K$66K$4K
InterestLn 20$263K$261K$2K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$869K$866K$3K
InsuranceLn 23$365K$332K$33K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$2.4M$2.1M$289K$11K
All other expensesLn 24e$448K$378K$69K
Total functional expensesLn 25$37.0M$32.5M$4.5M$27K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 $34.3M$33.1M$1.2M$26.9M 990 PDF
FY2023 $33.0M$33.1M−$130K$25.7M 990 PDF
FY2022 $40.1M$27.9M$12.3M$25.8M 990 PDF
FY2021 $24.5M$21.1M$3.4M$13.5M 990 PDF
FY2020 $21.0M$19.7M$1.2M$10.1M 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
See the full FY2024 990 (4 parts)
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $40,348,928 across 7 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$38,800,537
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$640,597
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$39,441,134
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $516,115$516,115
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $5,845$5,845
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $385,834$385,834
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $907,794$40,348,928
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $37,045,625 across 17 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffManagement $762,011$762,011
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $16,418,483 · Management $1,195,111$17,613,594
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $471,992 · Management $25,194$497,186
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $1,860,883 · Management $155,312$2,016,195
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $617,810 · Management $743,280$1,361,090
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $252,170 · Management $1,033$253,203
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $32,028 · Management $176,515$208,543
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $136,472$136,472
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $6,318,967 · Management $677,828 · Fundraising $10,774$7,007,569
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $547,797 · Management $36,812 · Fundraising $1,559$586,168
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $1,925,044 · Management $135,103$2,060,147
IX-17 TravelPrograms $178,417 · Management $66,039 · Fundraising $3,650$248,106
IX-20 InterestPrograms $261,060 · Management $2,307$263,367
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $866,061 · Management $2,777$868,838
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $332,348 · Management $32,610$364,958
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $2,050,481 · Management $289,331 · Fundraising $10,741$2,350,553
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $378,201 · Management $69,424$447,625
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $32,511,742 · Management $4,507,159 · Fundraising $26,724$37,045,625
Part X · Balance sheet $75,144,019 assets, 16 lines filed
Asset lines not itemized here account for $1,000,000; see the IRS return.
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $4,417,495$1,568,537
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $11,258,548$14,527,705
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $3,404,714$6,359,512
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $286,824$347,047
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $378,212$578,439
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $26,812,392$26,014,620
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $20,923,518$24,748,159
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $68,481,703$75,144,019
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $2,199,192$2,111,539
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $5,132,430$4,792,035
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $21,267,944$25,403,600
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $41,614,958$44,973,971
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $25,484,866$29,970,048
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $1,381,879$200,000
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $26,866,745$30,170,048
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $68,481,703$75,144,019
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $30,170,048 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$40,348,928
XI-2 Total expenses$37,045,625
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$3,303,303
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$26,866,745
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$30,170,048

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