Charter System Foundation INC

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The Foundation is supported by voluntary contributions from the city and county school systems that have charter systems status under Georgia law and is governed by a seven-member board comprised of system superintendents. We provide workshops for our systems to share ideas, provide training, publish a newsletter, and work with policymakers to let them know about the good work charter systems are doing.

Form 990 Part I, line 1, FY2025. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 46-2029927) · Dispute this line
501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
85¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 8 volunteers and 2 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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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
The IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
The latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
4 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $15K a year · 3% of revenue · last 6 filings
A surplus in 4 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
85%
of spending
85% of spending went to programs.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$183K
to officers and key staff · 35% of spending
Pay to officers and key staff is 35% of spending.
Part VII, Section A
11.0 mo
of spending, in cash
11.0 months of spending in cash.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Liabilities
$16K
3% of total assets
Liabilities are 3% of assets.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
8
of 8 voting members
8 of 8 voting members are independent.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
Revenue
$559K
+2% vs prior year
Spent
$518K
To programs
85%
Net assets
$487K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$559K
FY2025▲ +2%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$485K
FY2021$432K
FY2022$465K
FY2023$512K
FY2024$549K
FY2025$559K
Expenses
$518K
FY2025▼ -7%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$357K
FY2021$327K
FY2022$430K
FY2023$722K
FY2024$557K
FY2025$518K
Net assets
$487K
FY2025▲ +9%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$523K
FY2021$628K
FY2022$664K
FY2023$454K
FY2024$447K
FY2025$487K

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending June 2025) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Nov 2013.

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

Where the money goes

85 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 85% · $441K Management & general 13% · $66K Fundraising 2% · $12K

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

9 people listed on the 990; $183K paid to officers and key staff (Part VII, Section A).

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
Former Exec Dir
$183,123Pt VII · Sec A
Executive Board
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Vicechair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Daniel J Weber’s $183K as Former Exec Dir is at the 98th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1613 $100K–1M 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 · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Daniel J Weber$183,123$181,471$178,060$174,294$172,572$158,191

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

Supports Georgia city and county school systems with charter status through training and resources.

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3 programs · $418K · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

The Foundation provided several workshops to provide a forum for charter systems to exchange innovative ideas and to provide guidance to systems that were considering or in the process of applying to the state BOE for charter system status under Georgia law.The Foundation began development of a training program to be delivered by…

Form 990 Part III, line 4, FY2024. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 46-2029927) · Dispute this line
$337Kprogram expense
02

The Foundation arranges meetings between charter system superintendents and state policymakers to give the superintendents the opportunity to speak about the good work their systems are doing.

Form 990 Part III, line 4, FY2024. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 46-2029927) · Dispute this line
$58Kprogram expense
03

The Foundation also speaks with policymakers concerning legislation that may be important to charter systems.

Form 990 Part III, line 4, FY2024. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 46-2029927) · Dispute this line
$23Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · this organization's grantmaking
Grants paid · 12 grants · $125K · 2019–2024
Union County SchoolsFY2024$10,000
Gilmer County Board of EducFY2024$10,000
Lumpkin County SchoolsFY2023$10,000
Dublin City SchoolsFY2023$10,000
Calhoun City SchoolsFY2022$15,000
Union County SchoolsFY2022$10,000
Coffee County SchoolsFY2021$10,000
Ben Hill County SchoolsFY2021$10,000
Lumpkin County SchoolsFY2020$10,000
Balwin County SchoolsFY2020$10,000
Dublin City SchoolsFY2019$10,000
Atlanta Public SchoolsFY2019$10,000

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$559K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$559K
Investment incomeLn 3$196
Money outPt IX
$518K
Ln 25
Programscol B$441K
Managementcol C$66K
Fundraisingcol D$12K
Owns and owesPt X
$487K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$476K
Total assetsLn 16$503K
LiabilitiesLn 26$16K
PeoplePt VI, VII
9
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a8
IndependentVI 1b8
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$559K
Government grantsLn 1e$130K
Investment incomeLn 3$196
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$559K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$3K
SavingsLn 2$473K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$476K
Pledges and grants receivableLn 3$26K
Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesLn 9$1K
Total assetsLn 16$503K
LiabilitiesLn 26$16K
Net assetsLn 32$487K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 52
VolunteersI 68
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 FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$430K$476K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0
Total assetsLn 16$469K$503K
LiabilitiesLn 26$23K$16K
Net assetsLn 32$447K$487K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$20K$20K
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of officers and key staff (Part IX, line 5)Ln 5$145K$137K$6K$1K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$68K$22K$37K$9K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$15K$12K$3K$771
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$10K$10K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$40$40
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$4K$3K$787$197
Advertising and promotionLn 12$6K$5K$565
Office expensesLn 13$5K$5K
Information technologyLn 14$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$0
TravelLn 17$4K$4K
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$0
InsuranceLn 23$3K$3K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$238K$238K$60
All other expensesLn 24e$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$518K$441K$66K$12K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest ViewingFiled with the IRS May 6, 2026 $559K$518K$41K$487K 990 PDF
FY2024Filed with the IRS May 12, 2025 $549K$557K−$8K$447K 990 PDF
FY2023Filed with the IRS Apr 30, 2024 $512K$722K−$210K$454K 990 PDF
FY2022Filed with the IRS May 11, 2023 $465K$430K$36K$664K 990 PDF
FY2021Filed with the IRS May 13, 2022 $432K$327K$105K$628K 990 PDF
FY2020Filed with the IRS May 17, 2021 $485K$357K$129K$523K 990 PDF

Schedules filed Part IV

A · Public support B · Donors C · Political and lobbying I · Grants J · Pay O · Explanations
See the full FY2025 990
Part I · Summary $559,086 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $542,346$558,890
I-9 Program service revenue$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $7,109$196
I-11 Other revenue$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $549,455$559,086
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $20,000$20,000
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $266,833$228,306
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $270,428$270,113
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $557,261$518,419
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$7,806$40,667
Part VI · Governance 8 of 8 board members independent, 2 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body8
VI-1b Independent voting members8
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 $559,086 across 9 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$130,000
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$428,890
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$558,890
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $196$196
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-12 Total revenueExcluded from tax $196$559,086
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $518,419 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $20,000$20,000
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 officers and key staff (Part IX, line 5)Programs $137,342 · Management $5,952 · Fundraising $1,488$144,782
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $22,320 · Management $36,624 · Fundraising $9,156$68,100
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefits$0
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $11,568 · Management $3,085 · Fundraising $771$15,424
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal fees$0
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $10,036$10,036
IX-11d Lobbying feesPrograms $40$40
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $2,951 · Management $787 · Fundraising $197$3,935
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $5,086 · Management $565$5,651
IX-13 Office expensesManagement $5,249$5,249
IX-14 Information technology$0
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 Occupancy$0
IX-17 TravelPrograms $3,745$3,745
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 amortization$0
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $3,240$3,240
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $238,157 · Management $60$238,217
IX-24e All other expenses$0
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $441,209 · Management $65,598 · Fundraising $11,612$518,419
Part X · Balance sheet $503,092 assets, 21 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $1,394$2,921
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $428,956$473,171
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $39,000$26,000
X-4 Accounts receivable$0
X-5 Loans to officers and key people$0
X-6 Loans to other insiders$0
X-7 Notes and loans receivable$0
X-8 Inventories for sale or use$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred charges$1,000
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 $469,350$503,092
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $4,081$15,766
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $22,691$15,766
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $446,659$487,326
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $446,659$487,326
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $469,350$503,092
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $487,326 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$559,086
XI-2 Total expenses$518,419
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$40,667
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$446,659
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$487,326

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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