Kaleidoscope Charter School No 4118: FY2024 Nonprofit Profile & Form 990 (EIN 73-1663207)

Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020	$7.4M
FY2021	$8.2M
FY2022	$7.8M
FY2023	$8.6M
FY2024	$10.1M
FY2025	$8.7M

Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020	$8.0M
FY2021	$7.8M
FY2022	$7.6M
FY2023	$7.3M
FY2024	$8.1M
FY2025	$8.5M

Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020	−$2.8M
FY2021	−$2.3M
FY2022	−$2.2M
FY2023	−$997K
FY2024	$1.2M
FY2025	$1.6M

Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Feb 2005.

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

Where the money goes

89 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

89%

Program services 89% · $7.2M Management & general 11% · $869K

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

Something off? Claim to fix it

Who runs it and what they're paid

12 people listed on the 990; $269K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2023); the FY2024 filing did not itemize Part VII

Brad Sellner

Executive Director

$64,570Pt VII · Sec A

Renee Suess

Treasurer (part-Year)/Teacher

$53,217Pt VII · Sec A

Amy Erendu

Ex Executive Director

$52,500Pt VII · Sec A

Shar Mullen

Treasurer (part-Year)/Teacher

$51,918Pt VII · Sec A

Angela Thorseth

Board Member/Teacher

$46,928Pt VII · Sec A

Wendi Foss

Ex Officio

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Josh Christenson

Board Member

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Dianne Omoth

Board Member

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Brad Sellner’s $131K as Executive Director (ex-Officio) is at the 54th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3395 $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.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII

Name	FY2025	FY2024	FY2023	FY2022	FY2021	FY2020
Brad Sellner	$130,957	$64,570	—	—	—	—
Travis Okerlund	—	—	—	$104,335	$112,110	$55,000
Wendi Foss	$70,029	—	$45,937	—	—	—
Renee Suess	$62,307	$53,217	$48,165	—	$46,971	$47,119
Sharlet Mullen	$62,307	—	—	—	—	—
Michelle Swanson	—	—	—	—	$60,625	$60,442
Amy Erendu	—	$52,500	$52,500	—	—	—
Allison Jepson	—	—	—	$45,983	$52,099	—

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.

See Kaleidoscope Charter School No 4118 executive salaries →

On this list? Claim this org

Something off? Claim to fix it

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

Prepares students for the future through academic excellence and character building.

Questions for Kaleidoscope Charter School No 4118

Tap to ask. Kaleidoscope Charter School No 4118 sees how many people are interested.

Your first name shows with your question. Kaleidoscope Charter School No 4118 answers here, for everyone.

Provided by the organization

Know this org? Add your story

1 program · $7.2M · in their own filed words · FY2023

01

Public charter school in MN serving grades K-12 with a total of 478 students.

$7.2Mprogram 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

Walter C Rasmussen FoundationFY2023$500

Amazonsmile FoundationFY2023$477

Land O'Lakes FoundationFY2023$25

Total grants receivedfrom 3 funders$1K

See all 3 funders →

By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

Download 990

from philanthropy.org

1The main four

Money inPt VIII

$10.1M

Ln 12

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$8.9M

Other incomeLn 4–11$1.0M

Investment incomeLn 3$122K

Money outPt IX

$8.1M

Ln 25

Programscol B$7.2M

Managementcol C$869K

Owns and owesPt X

$1.2M

net assets · Ln 32

Cash and savingsLn 1–2$3.3M

Total assetsLn 16$6.4M

LiabilitiesLn 26$5.2M

PeoplePt VI, VII

12

listed · VII A

PaidVII A5

Voting boardVI 1a9

IndependentVI 1b6

2In more detail

Revenue in detailPt VIII

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$8.9M

Government grantsLn 1e$7.3M

Fees for servicesLn 2g$64K

Investment incomeLn 3$122K

Other incomeLn 4–11$1.0M

Gains on assetsLn 7$1K

Total revenueLn 12$10.1M

Assets in detailPt X, end of year

CashLn 1$53K

SavingsLn 2$3.3M

Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$3.3M

Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$170K

Other assetsLn 15$1.7M

Total assetsLn 16$6.4M

LiabilitiesLn 26$5.2M

Net assetsLn 32$1.2M

OperationsPt I, VI

EmployeesI 5115

VolunteersI 6100

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

Line	Start FY24	End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2	$2.2M	$3.3M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c	$24K	$170K
Total assetsLn 16	$5.5M	$6.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26	$6.5M	$5.2M
Net assetsLn 32	−$997K	$1.2M

4Every line

Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line

Line	Total	Programs	Management	Fundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5	$317K	$298K	$19K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7	$3.6M	$3.4M	$195K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8	$376K	$345K	$31K
Other employee benefitsLn 9	$450K	$407K	$43K
Payroll taxesLn 10	$287K	$272K	$15K
Legal feesLn 11b	$6K		$6K
Accounting feesLn 11c	$104K		$104K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g	$941K	$655K	$286K
Office expensesLn 13	$288K	$224K	$63K
Information technologyLn 14	$129K	$96K	$33K
OccupancyLn 16	$1.2M	$1.2M	$491
TravelLn 17	$27K	$21K	$6K
InterestLn 20	$6K		$6K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22	$31K	$31K
InsuranceLn 23	$55K	$55K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24	$203K	$148K	$55K
All other expensesLn 24e	$6K		$6K
Total functional expensesLn 25	$8.1M	$7.2M	$869K	$0

Filing history

Year	Money in	Money out	In minus out	Net assets	Download
FY2025 Latest	$8.7M	$8.5M	$129K	$1.6M	990 PDF
FY2024 Viewing	$10.1M	$8.1M	$2.0M	$1.2M	990 PDF
FY2023	$8.6M	$7.3M	$1.3M	−$997K	990 PDF
FY2022	$7.8M	$7.6M	$135K	−$2.2M	990 PDF
FY2021	$8.2M	$7.8M	$477K	−$2.3M	990 PDF
FY2020	$7.4M	$8.0M	−$592K	−$2.8M	990 PDF

More to add? Claim this org

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 (6 parts)

Part I · Summary $10,113,360 revenue, 12 lines filed

I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $7,574,345$8,900,630

I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $163,461$63,987

I-10 Investment incomePrior year $17,754$122,012

I-11 Other revenuePrior year $816,674$1,026,731

I-12 Total revenuePrior year $8,572,234$10,113,360

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 $4,669,082$5,050,017

I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0

I-17 Other expensesPrior year $2,643,386$3,027,490

I-18 Total expensesPrior year $7,312,468$8,077,507

I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $1,259,766$2,035,853

Part VI · Governance 6 of 9 board members independent, no flags

VI-1a Voting members of the governing body9

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 $10,113,360 across 8 lines filed

VIII-1e Government grants$7,272,139

VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$1,628,491

VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$8,900,630

VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $63,987$63,987

VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $120,618$120,618

VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $1,394$1,394

VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $1,026,731$1,026,731

VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $63,987 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $1,148,743$10,113,360

Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $8,077,507 across 17 lines filed

IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $298,022 · Management $19,217$317,239

IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $3,425,181 · Management $194,583$3,619,764

IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $344,748 · Management $31,370$376,118

IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $406,955 · Management $42,991$449,946

IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $271,590 · Management $15,360$286,950

IX-11b Legal feesManagement $6,203$6,203

IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $103,868$103,868

IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $654,862 · Management $286,211$941,073

IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $224,327 · Management $63,497$287,824

IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $95,790 · Management $33,043$128,833

IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $1,231,885 · Management $491$1,232,376

IX-17 TravelPrograms $21,369 · Management $5,656$27,025

IX-20 InterestManagement $5,584$5,584

IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $31,100$31,100

IX-23 InsurancePrograms $54,536$54,536

IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $148,017 · Management $54,891$202,908

IX-24e All other expensesManagement $6,160$6,160

IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $7,208,382 · Management $869,125 · Fundraising $0$8,077,507

Part X · Balance sheet $6,390,549 assets, 14 lines filed

X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $227,189$53,173

X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $1,950,251$3,293,165

X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $1,323,876$881,394

X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $163,188$314,381

X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $23,706$170,345

X-15 Other assetsStart of year $1,802,448$1,678,091

X-16 Total assetsStart of year $5,490,658$6,390,549

X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $601,121$503,379

X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $5,886,638$4,729,516

X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $6,487,759$5,232,895

X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year −$1,160,178$919,610

X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $163,077$238,044

X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year −$997,101$1,157,654

X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $5,490,658$6,390,549

Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,157,654 net assets at year end

XI-1 Total revenue$10,113,360

XI-2 Total expenses$8,077,507

XI-3 Revenue less expenses$2,035,853

XI-4 Net assets at start of year−$997,101

XI-8 Prior period adjustments$118,902

XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0

XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,157,654

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2024 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

Names, privacy, and removal requests More

The names, titles, and compensation shown on this page are reproduced from IRS Form 990 filings, which are public records.

Philanthropy.org does not alter the content of those filings. All information appears exactly as reported by the filing organization for the tax year shown.

We publish only information contained in the public IRS filing — and less than the filing contains. Our profile pages do not display street addresses, telephone numbers, personal email addresses, or other personal contact information, even where the filing includes them.

Many people share the same name. A name shown on this page reflects only what one organization reported in one IRS filing for one tax year. It should not be interpreted as identifying any other individual with the same or a similar name.

If you are no longer affiliated with the organization, your name will generally stop appearing in future IRS filings once the organization no longer reports you. Pages for tax years in which you were reported remain published because those filings remain part of the public record.

Philanthropy.org does not alter or remove IRS filing records. Removing a page from this website would not remove the underlying IRS filing, which remains publicly available from the IRS and other publishers of the same information.

If you believe the IRS filing itself is inaccurate, corrections must be made by the filing organization or the IRS directly.

Your org? Add context

Made it to the end? Claim this org

Kaleidoscope Charter School No 4118 FY2024 filing

Before you give

Is it real?

Where the money goes

Who runs it and what they're paid

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII

Questions the 990 asks

Programs and updates

Questions for Kaleidoscope Charter School No 4118

Funders

Grants

By the numbers

Filing history

Schedules filed Part IV

Kaleidoscope Charter School No 4118 FY2024 filing

Before you give

Is it real?

Where the money goes

Who runs it and what they're paid

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII

Questions the 990 asks

Programs and updates

Questions for Kaleidoscope Charter School No 4118

Funders

Grants

Related Organizations

By the numbers

Filing history

Schedules filed Part IV