The mission of The Gathering Place is to nurture and celebrate the inner-brilliance of every child.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
63¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$336K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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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
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
2 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $194K a year · 3% of revenue · last 5 filings
Concern: a surplus in 2 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
63%
of spending
Worth a look: 63% of spending went to programs; under 65%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$336K
to officers and key staff · 3% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 3% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
4 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 3.9 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
3
named funders · $577K
Looks good: 3 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$26.1M
100% of total assets
Concern: liabilities are 100% of assets; over 80%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
4
of 4 voting members
Looks good: 4 of 4 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
Looks goodFineWorth a lookConcernNo data yetTap a box for the reason.
Revenue
$9.4M
+17% vs prior year
Spent
$9.9M
To programs
63%
Net assets
$65K
By yearFY2021–FY2025
Revenue
$9.4M
FY2024▲ +17%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2021$5.4M
FY2022$7.4M
FY2023$8.0M
FY2024$9.4M
FY2025$7.4M
Expenses
$9.9M
FY2024▲ +12%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2021$4.5M
FY2022$7.1M
FY2023$8.9M
FY2024$9.9M
FY2025$8.1M
Net assets
$65K
FY2024▼ -88%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2021$1.1M
FY2022$1.3M
FY2023$523K
FY2024$65K
FY2025−$686K

From the FY2024 Form 990 (year ending June 2024) · 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. IRS ruling in Dec 2018.

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Where the money goes

63 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 63% · $6.2M Management & general 37% · $3.7M

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; $336K 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
Former Co-CEO
$150,001Pt VII · Sec A
Former Co-CEO
$150,000Pt VII · Sec A
Superintendent
$36,202Pt VII · Sec A
Board Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Brian Sparks’s $149K as Superintendent is at the 63rd 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 · 4 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Joanna Klekowicz—$150,001$128,039$100,258$88,637
Evan Ryan York—$150,000$128,060$96,941$85,392
Brian Sparks$148,825$36,202———
Kimber Fuccello$72,757————

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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Nurtures and celebrates the inner brilliance of every child.

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1 program · $6.2M · in their own filed words · FY2023
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A Free Public Elementary School in San Antonio With a Whole Child Approach through Daily Art and Hands-On Projects.

$6.2Mprogram expense

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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
50can INCFY2024$227K
Charter Fund INCFY2024$150K
Total grants receivedfrom 3 funders$577K
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By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$9.4M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$9.0M
Other incomeLn 4–11$303K
Investment incomeLn 3$102K
Money outPt IX
$9.9M
Ln 25
Programscol B$6.2M
Managementcol C$3.7M
Owns and owesPt X
$65K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$3.2M
Total assetsLn 16$26.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$26.1M
PeoplePt VI, VII
7
listed · VII A
PaidVII A3
Voting boardVI 1a4
IndependentVI 1b4
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$9.0M
Government grantsLn 1e$8.0M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$25K
Investment incomeLn 3$102K
Other incomeLn 4–11$303K
Total revenueLn 12$9.4M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$3.2M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$3.2M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$22.0M
Total assetsLn 16$26.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$26.1M
Net assetsLn 32$65K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5108
VolunteersI 6223
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$4.0M$3.2M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$22.3M$22.0M
Total assetsLn 16$27.0M$26.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$26.5M$26.1M
Net assetsLn 32$523K$65K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$275K$0$275K$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$3.6M$3.5M$127K$0
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$465K$409K$56K$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$233K$176K$57K$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$67K$61K$6K$0
Legal feesLn 11b$115K$0$115K$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$107K$0$107K$0
Office expensesLn 13$66K$62K$4K$0
Information technologyLn 14$6K$0$6K$0
OccupancyLn 16$151K$0$151K$0
TravelLn 17$5K$3K$2K$0
InterestLn 20$1.5M$0$1.5M$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$570K$46K$524K$0
InsuranceLn 23$62K$0$62K$0
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$701K$611K$89K$0
All other expensesLn 24e$2.0M$1.3M$646K$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$9.9M$6.2M$3.7M$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $7.4M$8.1M−$751K−$686K 990 PDF
FY2024 Viewing $9.4M$9.9M−$458K$65K 990 PDF
FY2023 $8.0M$8.9M−$827K$523K 990 PDF
FY2022 $7.4M$7.1M$247K$1.3M 990 PDF
FY2021 $5.4M$4.5M$818K$1.1M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support J · Pay O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $9,419,270 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $7,948,194$8,990,327
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $890$24,655
I-10 Investment income$101,517
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $81,838$302,771
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $8,030,922$9,419,270
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $4,643,675$4,655,361
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $4,213,896$5,221,411
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $8,857,571$9,876,772
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$826,649−$457,502
Part VI · Governance 4 of 4 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body4
VI-1b Independent voting members4
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-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $9,419,270 across 6 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $302,771 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1e Government grants$7,954,953
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$1,035,374
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$8,990,327
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$24,655
VIII-3 Investment incomeUnrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $101,517$101,517
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $327,426 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $101,517$9,419,270
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $9,876,772 across 16 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $0 · Management $274,519 · Fundraising $0$274,519
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $3,488,926 · Management $127,237 · Fundraising $0$3,616,163
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $409,276 · Management $55,874 · Fundraising $0$465,150
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $175,829 · Management $56,708 · Fundraising $0$232,537
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $60,626 · Management $6,366 · Fundraising $0$66,992
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $0 · Management $114,797 · Fundraising $0$114,797
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $0 · Management $107,000 · Fundraising $0$107,000
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $62,063 · Management $4,008 · Fundraising $0$66,071
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $0 · Management $6,414 · Fundraising $0$6,414
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $0 · Management $150,674 · Fundraising $0$150,674
IX-17 TravelPrograms $2,701 · Management $2,443 · Fundraising $0$5,144
IX-20 InterestPrograms $0 · Management $1,452,351 · Fundraising $0$1,452,351
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $46,407 · Management $524,052 · Fundraising $0$570,459
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $0 · Management $62,120 · Fundraising $0$62,120
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $611,483 · Management $89,040 · Fundraising $0$700,523
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $1,340,181 · Management $645,677 · Fundraising $0$1,985,858
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $6,197,492 · Management $3,679,280 · Fundraising $0$9,876,772
Part X · Balance sheet $26,145,287 assets, 12 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $4,006,547$3,213,861
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $725,208$872,486
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred charges$28,838
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $22,286,391$22,030,102
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $27,018,345$26,145,287
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $676,985$639,877
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $536,303$535,702
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $26,495,544$26,079,988
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $522,801−$182,462
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictions$247,761
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $522,801$65,299
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $27,018,345$26,145,287
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $65,299 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$9,419,270
XI-2 Total expenses$9,876,772
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$457,502
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$522,801
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$65,299

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