Imagine Schools Riverside County

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Coachella, CA501(c)(3)Since 2013EducationEIN 80-0803725Revenue $29.8M in FY2025

On file with the IRSimagineriverside.org50930 Calhoun St, 92236-9615 · Coachella, CATax-exempt since Jan 2014School — 170(b)(1)(A)(ii)

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Educates children by creating learning communities and focusing on individualized learning.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
80¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 5 volunteers and 117 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
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
3 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $665K a year · 3% of revenue · last 5 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
80%
of spending
Looks good: 80% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$492K
to officers and key staff · 2% of spending
Top officer’s pay lower than 91% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 2% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
<1 mo
of spending, in cash
Worth a look: 0.8 months of spending in cash; under 1.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $500
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$25.0M
90% of total assets
Concern: liabilities are 90% of assets; over 80%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
3
of 3 voting members
Looks good: 3 of 3 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
Looks goodFineWorth a lookConcernNo data yetTap a box for the reason.
Revenue
$29.8M
+12% vs prior year
Spent
$32.4M
To programs
80%
Net assets
$2.8M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$29.8M
FY2025▲ +12%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$11.8M
FY2021$13.7M
FY2023$28.9M
FY2024$26.7M
FY2025$29.8M
Expenses
$32.4M
FY2025▲ +15%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$11.8M
FY2021$12.2M
FY2023$23.1M
FY2024$28.2M
FY2025$32.4M
Net assets
$2.8M
FY2025▼ -48%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$609K
FY2021$2.1M
FY2023$6.8M
FY2024$5.4M
FY2025$2.8M

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

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Is it real?

Yes. Revoked Nov 2012, reinstated. IRS ruling Jan 2014, per the IRS master file. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Jan 2014.

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

Where the money goes

80 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 80% · $25.9M Management & general 20% · $6.5M

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

7 people listed on the 990; $492K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
Assit Princi
$131,959Pt VII · Sec A
Principal
$131,350Pt VII · Sec A
$126,698Pt VII · Sec A
$101,936Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Luz E Thomas’s $132K as Assit Princi is at the 9th 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 · 7 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2020
Grace Jiminez——$137,634
Luz E Thomas$131,959——
Jason Fowler$131,350$119,651—
Jose Luis Estrada$126,698——
Kim a Barfield-Hawkins$101,936——
Brandon Dahl—$100,364—
Luisa Fuller——$81,507

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

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Creates learning communities to educate children through personalized instruction.

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1 program · $25.9M · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Imagine schools, riverside county is a california nonprofit public benefit corporation and is organized to manage and operate a public charter school. The school is funded principally through state of california public education monies received through the california department of education.

$25.9Mprogram 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 · FY2024
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$500

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$29.8M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$29.8M
Other incomeLn 4–11$2K
Money outPt IX
$32.4M
Ln 25
Programscol B$25.9M
Managementcol C$6.5M
Owns and owesPt X
$2.8M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$2.1M
Total assetsLn 16$27.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$25.0M
PeoplePt VI, VII
7
listed · VII A
PaidVII A4
Voting boardVI 1a3
IndependentVI 1b3
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$29.8M
Government grantsLn 1e$29.6M
Other incomeLn 4–11$2K
Total revenueLn 12$29.8M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
SavingsLn 2$2.1M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$2.1M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$837K
Other assetsLn 15$20.5M
Total assetsLn 16$27.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$25.0M
Net assetsLn 32$2.8M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5117
VolunteersI 65
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 FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$2.1M$2.1M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$943K$837K
Total assetsLn 16$31.2M$27.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$25.8M$25.0M
Net assetsLn 32$5.4M$2.8M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$185K$185K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$13.7M$11.1M$2.6M
Other employee benefitsLn 9$4.6M$3.7M$926K
Payroll taxesLn 10$1.1M$864K$216K
Management feesLn 11a$2.7M$2.2M$538K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$2.2M$1.8M$449K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$92K$74K$18K
Office expensesLn 13$937K$750K$187K
Information technologyLn 14$69K$55K$14K
OccupancyLn 16$56K$45K$11K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$27K$22K$5K
InterestLn 20$1.1M$885K$221K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$142K$113K$28K
InsuranceLn 23$75K$60K$15K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$4.3M$3.5M$868K
All other expensesLn 24e$1.0M$820K$205K
Total functional expensesLn 25$32.4M$25.9M$6.5M$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $29.8M$32.4M−$2.6M$2.8M 990 PDF
FY2024 $26.7M$28.2M−$1.5M$5.4M 990 PDF
FY2023 $28.9M$23.1M$5.8M$6.8M 990 PDF
FY2022 Not on file
FY2021 $13.7M$12.2M$1.5M$2.1M 990 PDF
FY2020 $11.8M$11.8M$27K$609K 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 FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $29,787,087 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $26,696,228$29,784,881
I-9 Program service revenue$0
I-10 Investment income$0
I-11 Other revenue$2,206
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $26,696,228$29,787,087
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $15,620,373$19,553,317
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $12,540,841$12,802,551
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $28,161,214$32,355,868
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$1,464,986−$2,568,781
Part VI · Governance 3 of 3 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body3
VI-1b Independent voting members3
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 $29,787,087 across 5 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$29,620,801
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$164,080
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$29,784,881
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $2,206$2,206
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $2,206$29,787,087
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $32,355,868 across 16 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffManagement $184,867$184,867
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $11,074,490 · Management $2,583,756$13,658,246
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $3,703,747 · Management $925,937$4,629,684
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $864,416 · Management $216,104$1,080,520
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $2,151,440 · Management $537,860$2,689,300
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $1,794,678 · Management $448,669$2,243,347
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $73,825 · Management $18,456$92,281
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $749,560 · Management $187,390$936,950
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $54,844 · Management $13,711$68,555
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $45,084 · Management $11,271$56,355
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $21,876 · Management $5,469$27,345
IX-20 InterestPrograms $885,168 · Management $221,292$1,106,460
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $113,294 · Management $28,323$141,617
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $60,028 · Management $15,007$75,035
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $3,471,924 · Management $867,981$4,339,905
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $820,321 · Management $205,080$1,025,401
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $25,884,695 · Management $6,471,173 · Fundraising $0$32,355,868
Part X · Balance sheet $27,826,557 assets, 13 lines filed
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $2,107,275$2,103,726
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $5,613,612$3,752,594
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $917,921$621,025
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $942,799$837,128
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $21,606,361$20,512,084
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $31,187,968$27,826,557
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $1,768,129$2,227,331
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $310,456$41,408
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $23,730,551$22,747,767
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $25,809,136$25,016,506
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $5,378,832$2,810,051
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $5,378,832$2,810,051
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $31,187,968$27,826,557
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $2,810,051 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$29,787,087
XI-2 Total expenses$32,355,868
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$2,568,781
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$5,378,832
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$2,810,051

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