FOUNDATION FOR THE BALTIMORE LEADERSHIP SCHOOL FOR YOUNG WOMEN: Form 990, tax year 2022

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Organization: FOUNDATION FOR THE BALTIMORE LEADERSHIP SCHOOL FOR YOUNG WOMEN (EIN 26-2221540)
Tax period: 2022-07-01 to 2023-06-30
Filed: 2024-05-15
IRS object ID: 202401369349304480
Schema version: 2022v5.0
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule D
Schedule E
Schedule G
Schedule J
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2024-05-15T09:42:13-05:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2023-06-30	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	202153727	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	SB & COMPANY LLC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	10200 GRAND CENTRAL AVE SUITE 250	AddressLine1Txt
City	OWINGS MILLS	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MD	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	21117	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2022-07-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	262221540	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	FOUNDATION FOR THE BALTIMORE LEADERSHIP	BusinessNameLine1Txt
Business Name Line2	SCHOOL FOR YOUNG WOMEN	BusinessNameLine2Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	FOUN	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	4436422048	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	128 W FRANKLIN STREET	AddressLine1Txt
City	BALTIMORE	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MD	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	21201	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	CHEVONNE HALL	PersonNm
Person Title	CEO	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	4436422048	PhoneNum
Signature	2024-05-13	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (1)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Signing Officer SigningOfficerGrp

Person Full Name PersonFullName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person First	CHEVONNE	PersonFirstNm
Person Last	HALL	PersonLastNm

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
SSN	999009999	SSN

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
IRS Responsible Prty Info Curr	0	IRSResponsiblePrtyInfoCurrInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	PAMELA GRAY	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P01237506	PTIN
Phone	4105842218	PhoneNum

Additional Filer Information AdditionalFilerInformation

Trusted Customer TrustedCustomerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Trusted Customer	2	TrustedCustomerCd
Authentication Assurance Level	AAL1	AuthenticationAssuranceLevelCd
Identity Assurance Level	IAL1	IdentityAssuranceLevelCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2022	TaxYr
Build TS	2023-04-26 12:10:37Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	CHEVONNE HALL	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	128 W FRANKLIN STREET	AddressLine1Txt
City	BALTIMORE	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MD	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	21201	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$4,578,457	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	0	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	WWW.BLSYW.ORG	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	2008	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	MD	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	TO ENCOURAGE BALTIMORE'S PHILANTHROPIC, EDUCATIONAL, CIVIC AND BUSINESS LEADERS TO INVEST IN AND SUPPORT THE BALTIMORE LEADERSHIP SCHOOL FOR YOUNG WOMEN (BLSYW).	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	26	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	26	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	24	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	60	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	$0	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$5,524,891	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$4,561,817	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$0	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$0	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$662	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$16,640	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	-$65,118	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	-$130,995	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$5,460,435	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$4,447,462	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
PY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	PYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$1,075,239	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$1,463,996	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$153,172	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$1,530,918	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$1,850,230	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$2,606,157	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$3,314,226	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$2,854,278	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$1,133,236	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$4,903,526	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$7,282,724	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$219,169	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$1,530,231	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$4,684,357	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$5,752,493	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Mission	TO ENCOURAGE BALTIMORE'S PHILANTHROPIC, EDUCATIONAL, CIVIC AND BUSINESS LEADERS TO INVEST IN AND SUPPORT THE BALTIMORE LEADERSHIP SCHOOL FOR YOUNG WOMEN (BLSYW).	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	0	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	0	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$2,999,616	ExpenseAmt
Desc	BLSYW IS A COLLEGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL WITH A FOCUS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF TWENTY-FIRST-CENTURY SKILLS. BLSYW FOCUSES ON DEVELOPING STUDENT CAPACITY FOR LEADERSHIP THROUGH AN EMPHASIS ON SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, THE ARTS AND, MATHEMATICS WHILE PROVIDING SKILLS TO MEET THE SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL NEEDS OF THE WHOLE GIRL.	Desc
Total Program Service Expenses	$2,999,616	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (1)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	0	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	0	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	0	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	0	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	0	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	0	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	0	CreditCounselingInd
Donor Rstr Or Quasi Endowments	0	DonorRstrOrQuasiEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	Yes (1)	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	0	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	0	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	Yes (1)	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	Yes (1)	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	Yes (1)	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	Yes (1)	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	0	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	Yes (1)	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	0	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	0	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	0	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	0	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	0	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	Yes (1)	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	0	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	0	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	0	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	0	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	0	TaxExemptBondsInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	0	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	0	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	0	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	0	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With35 Ctrl Ent	0	BusinessRlnWith35CtrlEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	0	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	0	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	0	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	0	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	0	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	0	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	0	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	0	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	0	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	62	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (1)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	24	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (1)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	0	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Foreign Financial Account	0	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	0	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	0	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	0	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	0	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	0	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Indoor Tanning Services	0	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Subj To Tax Rmnrtn Ex Prcht Pymt	0	SubjToTaxRmnrtnExPrchtPymtInd
Subject To Excs Tax Net Invst Inc	0	SubjectToExcsTaxNetInvstIncInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	26	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	26	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	Yes (1)	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	0	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	0	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	0	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	0	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	0	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	0	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (1)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (1)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	0	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	0	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (1)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (1)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (1)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (1)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	Yes (1)	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	Yes (1)	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	Yes (1)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	Yes (1)	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	0	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	MD	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
Other Website	Yes (X)	OtherWebsiteInd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	THE ORGANIZATION	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Phone	4436422048	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	128 W FRANKLIN STREET	AddressLine1Txt
City	BALTIMORE	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MD	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	21201	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (27 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt
MS CHEVONNE HALL-SMITH
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER	40.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$165,872	$0	$0
MS CARLA HOPKINS
BOARD CHAIR	8.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
MS BRENDA REVER
FOUNDER	9.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
MR ROBERT BRENNEN
SECRETARY	4.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
MR WILLIAM BILL HODGETTS
TREASURER	4.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
MS MARIA TILDON
VICE CHAIR	4.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
MS LINDA CAMERON
DIRECTOR	4.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
MS LOUISE GOODMAN
DIRECTOR	4.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
DR SHARON HENRY MD
DIRECTOR	4.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
MR COREY HESSEN
DIRECTOR	4.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
MS LINDA JONES
DIRECTOR	4.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
MR C GODFREY JACOBS
DIRECTOR	4.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
MR MARK JOSEPH
DIRECTOR	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
MS JULIE KERNAN
DIRECTOR	4.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
MS MEERA RANDAVIVE
DIRECTOR	4.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
MS ELISSA KOHEL
DIRECTOR	4.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
MR SPENCER LEVY
DIRECTOR	4.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
MS PATRICIA NEUMAN
DIRECTOR	4.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
MR PHIL REVER
DIRECTOR	4.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
DR JENNIFER RICE PHD
DIRECTOR	4.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
MS ROBYN MURPHY
DIRECTOR	4.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
MS ALISSA JOSEPH
DIRECTOR	4.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
MS CAROL SILBERSTEIN
DIRECTOR	4.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
MS ANN TEAFF
DIRECTOR	4.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
MR CRAIG THOMPSON
DIRECTOR	4.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
MS MARIA HARRIS TILDON
DIRECTOR	4.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
MS ANN TISCH
DIRECTOR	4.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$165,872	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$0	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	1	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	0	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	Yes (1)	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	0	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	0	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Fundraising	$707,396	FundraisingAmt
Government Grants	$2,921,107	GovernmentGrantsAmt
All Other Contributions	$933,314	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$4,561,817	TotalContributionsAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$16,640	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$16,640	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Fundraising Gross Income	$0	FundraisingGrossIncomeAmt
Contri Rpt Fundraising Event	$707,396	ContriRptFundraisingEventAmt
Fundraising Direct Expenses	$130,995	FundraisingDirectExpensesAmt

Net Incm From Fundraising Evt NetIncmFromFundraisingEvtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	-$130,995	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	-$130,995	ExclusionAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$4,447,462	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$0	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	-$114,355	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part IX	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIXInd

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$147,885	TotalAmt
Program Services	$141,995	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$2,237	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$3,653	FundraisingAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,043,828	TotalAmt
Program Services	$827,270	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$82,247	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$134,311	FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$272,283	TotalAmt
Program Services	$261,439	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$4,118	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$6,726	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$593,883	TotalAmt
Program Services	$570,231	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$23,652	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$137,989	TotalAmt
Program Services	$132,495	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$5,492	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$2	FundraisingAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$538,799	TotalAmt
Program Services	$517,340	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$21,459	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$119,650	TotalAmt
Program Services	$114,885	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$4,765	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$204,129	TotalAmt
Program Services	$196,000	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$3,089	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$5,040	FundraisingAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$97,522	TotalAmt
Program Services	$93,638	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$3,884	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (3 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt	FundraisingFundraisingAmt
RENTAL AND MAINTENANCE	$139,345	$133,796	$2,109	$3,440
STUDENT ACTIVITY	$10,527	$10,527
BAD DEBT EXPENSE	$8,386		$8,386

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,314,226	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,999,616	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$161,438	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$153,172	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,520,435	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,308,867	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$581,370	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,929,922	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,560,370	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$15,370	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$41,272	BOYAmt
EOY	$98,473	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$1,042,498	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$629,839	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$356,987	BOYAmt
EOY	$412,659	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$54,910	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,305,615	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$4,903,526	BOYAmt
EOY	$7,282,724	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$120,069	BOYAmt
EOY	$102,224	EOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$99,100	BOYAmt
EOY	$71,936	EOYAmt

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,356,071	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$219,169	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,530,231	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows FASB117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsFASB117Ind

No Donor Restriction Net Assets NoDonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,101,013	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,985,808	EOYAmt

Donor Restriction Net Assets DonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,583,344	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,766,685	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$4,684,357	BOYAmt
EOY	$5,752,493	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$4,903,526	BOYAmt
EOY	$7,282,724	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$1,133,236	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Prior Period Adjustments	-$65,100	PriorPeriodAdjustmentsAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	$0	OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Info In Schedule O Part XII	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartXIIInd
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	0	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	Yes (1)	FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Separate Basis Fincl Stmt	Yes (X)	SeparateBasisFinclStmtInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Audit Committee	Yes (1)	AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	0	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
School	Yes (X)	SchoolInd

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor	RESTRICTED	ContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	RESTRICTED	AddressLine1
Address Line2	RESTRICTED	AddressLine2
City	RESTRICTED	City
State	RESTRICTED	State
ZIP Code	RESTRICTED	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Contributions	RESTRICTED	TotalContributionsAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovementsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$53,229	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$1,304	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$51,925	BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$989,269	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$628,535	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$360,734	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$412,659	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Other Assets Org OtherAssetsOrgGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	RIGHT OF USE - OPERATING	Desc
Book Value	$1,305,615	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Other Assets	$1,305,615	TotalBookValueOtherAssetsAmt

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	LEASE LIABILITY - OPERATING	Desc
Amt	$1,356,071	Amt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Liability	$1,356,071	TotalLiabilityAmt
Footnote Text	Yes (X)	FootnoteTextInd
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$8,841,151	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Donated Services And Use Fclts	$4,393,689	DonatedServicesAndUseFcltsAmt
Revenue Not Reported	$4,393,689	RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$4,447,462	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Revenue Not Reported Fincl Stmt	$0	RevenueNotReportedFinclStmtAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$4,447,462	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$7,707,915	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Donated Services Use Fclts	$4,393,689	DonatedServicesUseFcltsAmt
Expenses Not Reported	$4,393,689	ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$3,314,226	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Expenses Not Rpt Fincl Stmt	$0	ExpensesNotRptFinclStmtAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$3,314,226	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	PART X, LINE 2:	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	BLSYW IS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT IS EXEMPT FROM THE PAYMENT OF FEDERAL INCOME TAXES, OTHER THAN NET UNRELATED BUSINESS INCOME TAXES, UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 501(C)(3) OF THE UNITED STATES INTERNAL REVENUE CODE (IRC) AND IS RECOGNIZED AS SUCH BY THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE. ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES GENERALLY ACCEPTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA PROVIDE CONSISTENT GUIDANCE FOR THE ACCOUNTING FOR UNCERTAINTY IN INCOME TAXES RECOGNIZED IN AN ENTITY'S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND PRESCRIBE A THRESHOLD OF "MORE LIKELY THAN NOT" FOR RECOGNITION OF TAX POSITIONS TAKEN OR EXPECTED TO BE TAKEN IN A TAX RETURN. BLSYW PERFORMED AN EVALUATION OF UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS AS OF JUNE 30, 2023 AND 2022, AND DETERMINED THAT THERE WERE NO MATTERS THAT WOULD REQUIRE RECOGNITION IN THE ACCOMPANYING FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OR WHICH MAY HAVE ANY EFFECT ON ITS TAX-EXEMPT STATUS. AS OF JUNE 30, 2023, THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS FOR FISCAL YEARS 2020 THROUGH 2023 REMAINS OPEN WITH THE U.S. FEDERAL JURISDICTION AND THE VARIOUS STATE AND LOCAL JURISDICTIONS IN WHICH BLSYW FILES TAX RETURNS. IT IS BLSYW'S POLICY TO RECOGNIZE INTEREST AND/OR PENALTIES RELATED TO UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS, IF ANY, AS INCOME TAX EXPENSE IN THE STATEMENTS OF ACTIVITIES AND CHANGES IN NET ASSETS.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule E IRS990ScheduleE

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Nondiscriminatory Policy Stmt	Yes (1)	NondiscriminatoryPolicyStmtInd
Policy Stmt In Brochures Etc	0	PolicyStmtInBrochuresEtcInd
Plcy Pblczd Via Broadcast Media	Yes (1)	PlcyPblczdViaBroadcastMediaInd
Maintain Racial Comp Recs	0	MaintainRacialCompRecsInd
Maintain Scholarships Recs	0	MaintainScholarshipsRecsInd
Maintain Cpy Of Brochures Etc	Yes (1)	MaintainCpyOfBrochuresEtcInd
Maintain Cpy Of All Sol	Yes (1)	MaintainCpyOfAllSolInd
Discriminate Race Stdnts Rghts	0	DiscriminateRaceStdntsRghtsInd
Discriminate Race Admiss Plcy	0	DiscriminateRaceAdmissPlcyInd
Discriminate Race Emplm Fculty	0	DiscriminateRaceEmplmFcultyInd
Discriminate Race Schs	0	DiscriminateRaceSchsInd
Discriminate Race Educ Plcy	0	DiscriminateRaceEducPlcyInd
Discriminate Race Use Of Fclts	0	DiscriminateRaceUseOfFcltsInd
Discriminate Race Athlt Prog	0	DiscriminateRaceAthltProgInd
Discriminate Race Other Acty	0	DiscriminateRaceOtherActyInd
Government Financial Aid Rcvd	Yes (1)	GovernmentFinancialAidRcvdInd
Government Financial Aid Rvkd	0	GovernmentFinancialAidRvkdInd
Compliance With Rev Proc7550	Yes (1)	ComplianceWithRevProc7550Ind

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (3 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
SCHEDULE E, PART I, LINE 3	FOUNDATION FOR BLSYW OPERATES A PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL. THE NON-DISCRIMINATORY POLICY IS DETAILED IN OUR CHARTER CONTRACT WITH BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. WE PUBLICIZE THIS LANGUAGE ON OUR WEBSITE IN OUR BROCHURES AND IN OUR SPEECHES TO PARENTS AND STUDENTS. ALL OF THIS INFORMATION IS SHARED WITH THE PUBLIC AND OUR CHARTER SCHOOL CONTRACT IS PUBLIC INFORMATION.
SCHEDULE E, PART I, LINE 4	BLSYW AWARDS SCHOLARSHIP AND BOOK AWARDS TO SOME GRADUATING SENIORS EACH YEAR BASED ON ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AND COMMUNITY SERVICE.
SCHEDULE E, PART I, LINE 6	AS A PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL, BLSYW RECEIVES THE MAJORITY OF ITS FUNDING FROM THE BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM.

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Fundraising Event Information FundraisingEventInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Event1	EMPOWERMENT BREAKFAST	Event1Nm
Gross Receipts Event1	$707,396	GrossReceiptsEvent1Amt
Charitable Contri Event1	$707,396	CharitableContriEvent1Amt
Food And Beverage Event1	$130,995	FoodAndBeverageEvent1Amt
Gross Receipts Total	$707,396	GrossReceiptsTotalAmt
Charitable Contributions Tot	$707,396	CharitableContributionsTotAmt
Food And Beverage Total Events	$130,995	FoodAndBeverageTotalEventsAmt
Direct Expense Summary Events	$130,995	DirectExpenseSummaryEventsAmt
Net Income Summary	-$130,995	NetIncomeSummaryAmt

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Severance Payment	0	SeverancePaymentInd
Supplemental Nonqual Rtr Plan	0	SupplementalNonqualRtrPlanInd
Equity Based Comp Arrngm	0	EquityBasedCompArrngmInd
Comp Based On Revenue Of Flng Org	0	CompBasedOnRevenueOfFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd On Rev Related Orgs	0	CompBsdOnRevRelatedOrgsInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Flng Org	0	CompBsdNetEarnsFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Rltd Orgs	0	CompBsdNetEarnsRltdOrgsInd
Any Non Fixed Payments	0	AnyNonFixedPaymentsInd
Initial Contract Exception	0	InitialContractExceptionInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	MS CHEVONNE HALL-SMITH	PersonNm
Title	CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER	TitleTxt
Base Compensation Filing Org	$147,885	BaseCompensationFilingOrgAmt
Compensation Based On Rltd Orgs	$0	CompensationBasedOnRltdOrgsAmt
Bonus Filing Organization	$0	BonusFilingOrganizationAmount
Bonus Related Organizations	$0	BonusRelatedOrganizationsAmt
Other Compensation Filing Org	$17,987	OtherCompensationFilingOrgAmt
Other Compensation Rltd Orgs	$0	OtherCompensationRltdOrgsAmt
Deferred Compensation Flng Org	$0	DeferredCompensationFlngOrgAmt
Deferred Comp Rltd Orgs	$0	DeferredCompRltdOrgsAmt
Nontaxable Benefits Filing Org	$0	NontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmt
Nontaxable Benefits Rltd Orgs	$0	NontaxableBenefitsRltdOrgsAmt
Total Compensation Filing Org	$165,872	TotalCompensationFilingOrgAmt
Total Compensation Rltd Orgs	$0	TotalCompensationRltdOrgsAmt
Comp Report Prior990 Filing Org	$0	CompReportPrior990FilingOrgAmt
Comp Report Prior990 Rltd Orgs	$0	CompReportPrior990RltdOrgsAmt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (7 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 2	SEVEN BOARD MEMBERS HAVE FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS. PHIL REVER IS BOARD MEMBER AND HUSBAND OF BRENDA BROWN REVER, BLSYW'S FOUNDER. GODFREY JACOBS IS THE FATHER OF CRISTINA JACOBS-EASTON (FORMER PRINCIPAL). ALISON RICHMAN IS THE SISTER IN LAW TO FELLOW BOARD MEMBER GERALD RICHMAN (GERALD RICHMAN IS DECEASED) AND AUNT TO ELISSA KOHEL. ELISSA KOHEL IS THE DAUGTHER OF GERALD RICHMAN (DECEASED) AND NIECE OF ALISON RICHMAN.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B	THE FINANCE COMMITTEE REVIEWS A DRAFT OF THE FORM 990 IN DETAIL AND PROVIDES ANY COMMENTS OR CHANGES TO THE TAX PREPARERS. ONCE THE CHANGES ARE MADE TO THE FORM 990, A FINAL VERSION OF THE TAX RETURN IS EMAILED TO ALL BOARD MEMBERS PRIOR TO BEING FILED WITH THE IRS.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C	THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY APPLIES TO ALL EMPLOYEES AND BOARD MEMBERS. ALL BOARD MEMBERS HAVE SIGNED AND RETURNED THE POLICY WHICH THE FOUNDATION MAINTAINS IN THEIR FILES. IN ADDITION, MANAGEMENT INQUIRES OF CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS THE STATUS OF THEIR INDEPENDENCE AND ADVISES THEM TO DISCLOSE ANY CONFLICTS OF INTEREST AT THE QUARTERLY BOARD MEETING. THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD AND THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR REVIEW ALL CONLFICTS OF INTEREST THAT ARE DISCLOSED TO THE BOARD. THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE DETERMINES WHETHER AN ACTUAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST EXISTS. IF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE DETERMINES THAT A BOARD MEMBER HAS A CONFLICT OF INTEREST THAT MEMBER WOULD BE ASKED TO ABSTAIN FROM A VOTE WHERE THE CONFLICT WAS AN ISSUE OR, IF NECESSARY, ASKED TO STEP DOWN FROM THE BOARD.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15	THE COMPENSATION PROCESS FOR THE CEO INCLUDED REVIEW BY THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS (EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE - INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE BOARD CHAIR) AND REVIEW OF COMPENSATION AND COMPENSATION ANALYSIS PROVIDED BY JESSICA SAUNDERS, AN INDEPENDENT HUMAN RESOURCES CONSULTANT.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19	THE FOUNDATION MAKES ITS GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY, AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST.
FORM 990, PART IX, LINE 11G	OTHER: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 570,231. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 23,652. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 0. TOTAL EXPENSES 593,883.
FORM 990, PART XII, LINE 2C:	THE PROCESS HAS NOT CHANGED SINCE PRIOR YEAR.