Horizon Science Academy Primary FY2020 filing

Columbus, OHUnknown exempt organization EIN 82-3913050Revenue $2.8M in FY2020Latest return filed May 14, 2026

On file with the IRS2899 Morse Road · Columbus, OH

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The mission of Horizon Science Academy Primary is to prepare students to succeed in school and the world by offering a high-quality stem education.

91¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$70K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2020 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
Download 990
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 $625K a year · 12% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 5 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
91%
of spending
Looks good: 91% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$70K
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
3 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 3.4 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Liabilities
$3.1M
111% of total assets
Concern: liabilities are 111% of assets; over 80%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
5
of 5 voting members
Looks good: 5 of 5 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
Looks goodFineWorth a lookConcernNo data yetTap a box for the reason.
Revenue
$2.8M
Spent
$3.0M
To programs
91%
Net assets
−$320K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$2.8M
FY2020
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$2.8M
FY2021$6.0M
FY2022$7.3M
FY2023$7.2M
FY2024$7.0M
FY2025$0
Expenses
$3.0M
FY2020
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$3.0M
FY2021$4.5M
FY2022$5.6M
FY2023$6.6M
FY2024$7.0M
FY2025$0
Net assets
−$320K
FY2020
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020−$320K
FY2021$1.2M
FY2022$3.0M
FY2023$3.6M
FY2024$3.7M
FY2025$0

From the FY2020 Form 990 (year ending June 2020) · 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.

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Where the money goes

91 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 91% · $2.7M Management & general 9% · $277K

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

6 people listed on the 990; $70K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2019); the FY2020 filing did not itemize Part VII
$70,000Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Crystal Seeley$94,500$93,556$85,000$77,500$70,000

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

Prepares students for school and the world with high-quality STEM education.

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1 program · $2.7M · in their own filed words · FY2019
01

Instruction services to students in k through 1ST grades.

$2.7Mprogram expense

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Who pays for it.

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

Federal money

Single Audit · Federal Audit Clearinghouse · money spent from federal programs
Year ending Jun 2024 · $3.0M federal money spent
Education Stabilization FundDepartment of Education · ALN 84.425 · Through Ohio Department of Education and Workforce$1.7M
Title I Grants to Local Educational AgenciesDepartment of Education · ALN 84.010 · Through Ohio Department of Education and Workforce$673K
National School Lunch ProgramDepartment of Agriculture · ALN 10.555 · Through Ohio Department of Education and Workforce$208K
Special Education Grants to StatesDepartment of Education · ALN 84.027 · Through Ohio Department of Education and Workforce$131K
School Breakfast ProgramDepartment of Agriculture · ALN 10.553 · Through Ohio Department of Education and Workforce$92K

Plus 4 smaller programs.

The auditor reported no findings.

Year ending Jun 2023 · $2.4M federal money spent
Education Stabilization FundDepartment of Education · ALN 84.425 · Through Ohio Department of Education$1.7M
National School Lunch ProgramDepartment of Agriculture · ALN 10.555 · Through Ohio Department of Education$261K
Title I Grants to Local Educational AgenciesDepartment of Education · ALN 84.010 · Through Ohio Department of Education$166K
School Breakfast ProgramDepartment of Agriculture · ALN 10.553 · Through Ohio Department of Education$99K
Special Education_grants to StatesDepartment of Education · ALN 84.027 · Through Ohio Department of Education$56K

Plus 4 smaller programs.

The auditor reported no findings.

Year ending Jun 2022 · $2.6M federal money spent
Education Stabilization FundDepartment of Education · ALN 84.425 · Through Ohio Department of Education$1.5M
National School Lunch ProgramDepartment of Agriculture · ALN 10.555 · Through Ohio Department of Education$444K
Title I Grants to Local Educational AgenciesDepartment of Education · ALN 84.010 · Through Ohio Department of Education$396K
Special Education_grants to StatesDepartment of Education · ALN 84.027 · Through Ohio Department of Education$78K
English Language Acquisition State GrantsDepartment of Education · ALN 84.365 · Through Ohio Department of Education$42K

Plus 3 smaller programs.

The auditor reported no findings.

Year ending Jun 2021 · $1.2M federal money spent
Title I Grants to Local Educational AgenciesDepartment of Education · ALN 84.010 · Through Ohio Department of Education$455K
Education Stabilization FundDepartment of Education · ALN 84.425 · Through Ohio Department of Education$378K
National School Lunch ProgramDepartment of Agriculture · ALN 10.555 · Through Ohio Department of Education$94K
Special Education_grants to StatesDepartment of Education · ALN 84.027 · Through Ohio Department of Education$89K
School Breakfast ProgramDepartment of Agriculture · ALN 10.553 · Through Ohio Department of Education$45K

Plus 5 smaller programs.

The auditor reported no findings.

By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$2.8M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.8M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$20K
Money outPt IX
$3.0M
Ln 25
Programscol B$2.7M
Managementcol C$277K
Owns and owesPt X
−$320K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$861K
Total assetsLn 16$2.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$3.1M
PeoplePt VI, VII
6
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a5
IndependentVI 1b5
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.8M
Government grantsLn 1e$2.8M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$20K
Total revenueLn 12$2.8M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$861K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$861K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$127K
Total assetsLn 16$2.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$3.1M
Net assetsLn 32−$320K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 50
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 FY20End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$105K$861K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$143K$127K
Total assetsLn 16$286K$2.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$363K$3.1M
Net assetsLn 32−$78K−$320K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$70K$70K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$1.1M$1.1M
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$587K$587K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$92K$92K
Payroll taxesLn 10$20K$20K
Management feesLn 11a$277K$277K
Legal feesLn 11b$4K$4K
Accounting feesLn 11c$6K$6K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$4K$4K
Office expensesLn 13$7K$7K
Information technologyLn 14$2K$2K
OccupancyLn 16$392K$392K
TravelLn 17$10K$10K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$35K$35K
InsuranceLn 23$12K$12K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$397K$397K
All other expensesLn 24e$12K$12K
Total functional expensesLn 25$3.0M$2.7M$277K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 LatestFiled with the IRS May 14, 2026 $0$0$0$0 990 PDF
FY2024Filed with the IRS May 13, 2025 $7.0M$7.0M$67K$3.7M 990 PDF
FY2023Filed with the IRS May 15, 2024 $7.2M$6.6M$629K$3.6M 990 PDF
FY2022Filed with the IRS May 15, 2023 $7.3M$5.6M$1.8M$3.0M 990 PDF
FY2021Filed with the IRS May 16, 2022 $6.0M$4.5M$1.5M$1.2M 990 PDF
FY2020 ViewingFiled with the IRS May 17, 2021 $2.8M$3.0M−$243K−$320K 990 PDF

Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants O · Explanations
See the full FY2020 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $2,772,943 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $2,383,847$2,753,068
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $15,544$19,875
I-10 Investment income$0
I-11 Other revenue$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $2,399,391$2,772,943
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $1,294,164$1,857,640
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $1,179,310$1,157,953
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $2,473,474$3,015,593
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$74,083−$242,650
Part VI · Governance 5 of 5 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body5
VI-1b Independent voting members5
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 $2,772,943 across 4 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$2,753,068
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$2,753,068
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $19,875$19,875
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $19,875$2,772,943
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $3,015,593 across 17 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $70,000$70,000
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $1,087,966$1,087,966
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $587,398$587,398
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $92,015$92,015
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $20,261$20,261
IX-11a Management feesManagement $277,294$277,294
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $4,011$4,011
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $5,632$5,632
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $3,938$3,938
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $7,328$7,328
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $2,000$2,000
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $391,603$391,603
IX-17 TravelPrograms $10,460$10,460
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $34,508$34,508
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $11,855$11,855
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $396,829$396,829
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $12,495$12,495
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $2,738,299 · Management $277,294 · Fundraising $0$3,015,593
Part X · Balance sheet $2,813,203 assets, 14 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $105,313$861,164
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $858$19,457
X-4 Accounts receivable$1,173
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $36,001$1,804,739
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $143,422$126,670
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $285,594$2,813,203
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $363,176$398,036
X-18 Grants payable$1,979
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payable$542,600
X-25 Other liabilities$2,190,820
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $363,176$3,133,435
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year −$77,582−$320,232
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year −$77,582−$320,232
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $285,594$2,813,203
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets −$320,232 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$2,772,943
XI-2 Total expenses$3,015,593
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$242,650
XI-4 Net assets at start of year−$77,582
XI-10 Net assets at end of year−$320,232

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2020 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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