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EMBER CHARTER SCHOOL FOR MINDFUL EDUCATION INNOVATION & TRANSFORMAT: Form 990, tax year 2019

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Organization
EMBER CHARTER SCHOOL FOR MINDFUL EDUCATION INNOVATION & TRANSFORMAT (EIN 27-2882334)
Tax period
2019-07-01 to 2020-06-30
Filed
2021-04-30
IRS object ID
202141209349300124
Schema version
2019v5.0
Source
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Activity Or MissionThe mission of ECSFMEIT - Professional Preparatory Charter School, is to prepare our students to become the future professionals (lawyers, doctors, scientists, entrepreneurs, etc.) who will lead our global society in the 21st Century. We will accomplish this by creating a curriculum that reaches students in multiple ways and creating a community that encourages and breeds academic achievement. Our faculty works closely with our students to identify strengths and weaknesses both academically and otherwise and develop plans to meet their needs.ActivityOrMissionDesc
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MissionEmber Charter School For Mindful Education, Innovation & Transformation (ECSFMEIT)-Professional Preparatory Charter School is dedicated to preparing ITS students to become the future professionals (lawyers, doctors, engineers, etc) who will lead our global society in the 21st Century.The school provides a fun, college-successful, community-centered, culturally rich and relevant preparatory school experience to ITS students, where they will be nurtured, challenged and cultivated into highly intelligent, creative and critically thinking young leaders. ECSFMEIT will accomplish this by creating a curriculum that reaches students in multiple ways and creatES a community that encourages and breeds academic achievement. ECSFMEIT faculty works closely with ITS students to identify strengths and weaknesses both academically and otherwise and to develop plans to meet their needs. THE ORGANIZATION IS committed to creating an instructional environment that is student centered, data driven and mastMissionDesc
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DescREGULAR EDUCATION - ECSFMEIT was authorized to receive its charter in September 2009 by the New York City Department of Education. ECSFMEIT was issued its charter by the Board OF the Regents of New York State Education Department in January 2010.ECSFMEIT uses its innovative management structure called the Ember to operate its charter school, one that takes advantage of the unique strengths of the professional-partnership organizational model to maximize the acquisition, development and retention of top human capital to serve our students, achieve our mission and realize our vision. The Ember is a hybrid of the traditional nonprofit-charter school structure and the professional service firm (the management structure used by law firms, medical practices, investment banks, etc.): while like the traditional nonprofit in that the Board of Trustees maintains ultimate control and close supervision over the organization, the Trustees delegate the day to day management, leadership and operation of the school to a small group of its teacher-leaders (the Partners), who, like law firm partners who continue to practice law, will continue to teach fulltime and divide the school-wide level responsibilities among the group, each Partner taking on a distinct leadership/management role. The remaining classrooms in the school will be staffed with Associates (both Senior and Junior), who are teachers with anywhere from 0 to 5 years of teaching experience or equivalent. Like all top law firms, the expectation will be that every Associate is working towards becoming a Partner, a teacherleader who is ready to join in partnership with their colleagues to open and lead more schools. ECSFMEIT does not have one traditional Principalinstead the current four (4) Partners are the co-school leaders, delegated full authority over the school as a group (as a partnership); with the support of an Executive Officer and administrative staff to manage and operate the day to day business and operations of the school, the Partners will be able to focus on their twin responsibilities of teaching (students and Associates), and leading (serving as the strategic planners and decision makers for the enterprise). As a group, the Partners report directly to the Board of Trustees and are held accountable for the success of the charter school. ECSFMEIT began with three (3) Associates and three (3) Partners, where each Partner managed and supervised a specific set of enterprise level responsibilities (Business-Operations (Managing Partner), Instruction-Assessment-Data (Pedagogy Partner), and Special Education/ELLs/Special Family Matters (Stakeholder Services Partner)).DURING THE FISCAL YEAR END JUNE 30, 2017 ECSFMEIT ADDED A FOURTH "PARTNER."Ember Charter Schools is a merger between two innovative schools, Teaching Firms of American (K-6)and The Anew School (7-8), designed to foster and developer the untapped potential our students who are traditionally, and unfairly, labeled "at-risk". We believe that when given access to opportunity, any child can reach their potential, becoming a community leader today and well into the future.Desc
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BOY$81,208BOYAmt
EOY$557,253EOYAmt

Donor Restriction Net Assets DonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$75,168BOYAmt
EOY$75,199EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$156,376BOYAmt
EOY$632,452EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$1,108,456BOYAmt
EOY$3,581,643EOYAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss$476,076ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Method Of Accounting AccrualYes (X)MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or ReviewfalseAccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS AuditedYes (true)FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Separate Basis Fincl StmtYes (X)SeparateBasisFinclStmtInd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Audit CommitteeYes (true)AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit RequiredfalseFederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
SchoolYes (X)SchoolInd

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
ContributorRESTRICTEDContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1RESTRICTEDBusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1RESTRICTEDAddressLine1
Address Line2RESTRICTEDAddressLine2
CityRESTRICTEDCity
StateRESTRICTEDState
ZIP CodeRESTRICTEDZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total ContributionsRESTRICTEDTotalContributionsAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovementsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$514,585OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$478,660DepreciationAmt
Book Value$35,925BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$885,930OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$614,342DepreciationAmt
Book Value$271,588BookValueAmt

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$298,108OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$210,246DepreciationAmt
Book Value$87,862BookValueAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings$395,375TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
DescInterest payableDesc
Amt$1,453Amt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Liability$1,453TotalLiabilityAmt
Footnote TextYes (X)FootnoteTextInd
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt$10,557,175TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Revenue Subtotal$10,557,175RevenueSubtotalAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990$10,557,175TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt$10,081,099TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Expenses Subtotal$10,081,099ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990$10,081,099TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form And Line ReferencePart X : FIN48 FootnoteFormAndLineReferenceDesc
ExplanationTax StatusThe School is tax-exempt under Section 501 (c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) and has been classified as a publicly supported organization as described in IRC sections 509(A)(1) and 170(B)(1)(A)(II).Accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America require management to evaluate tax positions taken and recognize a tax liability (or asset) if the School has taken an uncertain position that more likely than not would not be sustained upon examination by taxing authorities. Management has analyzed the tax positions taken and has concluded that, as of June 30, 2020, there are no uncertain positions taken or expected to be taken that would require recognition or disclosure in the financial statement.The School is no longer subject to income tax examination by federal, state, or local tax authorities for years before June 30, 2017.ExplanationTxt

Schedule E IRS990ScheduleE

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Nondiscriminatory Policy StmtYes (true)NondiscriminatoryPolicyStmtInd
Policy Stmt In Brochures EtcYes (true)PolicyStmtInBrochuresEtcInd
Plcy Pblczd Via Broadcast MediaYes (true)PlcyPblczdViaBroadcastMediaInd
Maintain Racial Comp RecsYes (true)MaintainRacialCompRecsInd
Maintain Scholarships RecsYes (true)MaintainScholarshipsRecsInd
Maintain Cpy Of Brochures EtcYes (true)MaintainCpyOfBrochuresEtcInd
Maintain Cpy Of All SolYes (true)MaintainCpyOfAllSolInd
Discriminate Race Stdnts RghtsfalseDiscriminateRaceStdntsRghtsInd
Discriminate Race Admiss PlcyfalseDiscriminateRaceAdmissPlcyInd
Discriminate Race Emplm FcultyfalseDiscriminateRaceEmplmFcultyInd
Discriminate Race SchsfalseDiscriminateRaceSchsInd
Discriminate Race Educ PlcyfalseDiscriminateRaceEducPlcyInd
Discriminate Race Use Of FcltsfalseDiscriminateRaceUseOfFcltsInd
Discriminate Race Athlt ProgfalseDiscriminateRaceAthltProgInd
Discriminate Race Other ActyfalseDiscriminateRaceOtherActyInd
Government Financial Aid RcvdYes (true)GovernmentFinancialAidRcvdInd
Government Financial Aid RvkdfalseGovernmentFinancialAidRvkdInd
Compliance With Rev Proc7550Yes (true)ComplianceWithRevProc7550Ind

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (4 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
Schedule E, Line 3 - Racially Nondiscriminatory Policy PublicizedTHE SCHOOL'S APPLICATION FORMS CONTAIN CLEAR BOLD FACED DESCRIPTIVE LANGUAGE OF ITS ADMISSIONS POLICY AND PROCEDURES REGARDING DISCRIMINATION:TFOA DOES NOT DISCRIMINATE AGAINST ANY STUDENT, EMPLOYEE OR OTHER PERSON ON THE BASIS OF RACE, ETHNICITY, NATIONAL ORIGIN,GENDER, DISABILITY OR ANY OTHER UNLAWFUL GROUND.THE ADMISSIONS POLICY IS REPORTED AND PUBLICLY DISCLOSED ON ITS WEBSITE:TFOA-Professional Prep Charter School is a public schoolall children eligible to attend NYC Public Schools are eligible to attend TFOA-Professional Preparatory Charter School. **Children must turn 5 by December 31st of their Kindergarten year to be eligible for Kindergarten.All children who live in CSD 16 will be given priority in the lottery.All children who have a sibling who attends/is accepted to attend TFOA-Professional Preparatory Charter School will be given a preference.In the event that we receive more applications than the number of seats we have available for each grade, a lottery will be held at the school, where there will be a random selection process to allocate available seats.At the lottery all applications received by the application deadline will be randomly assigned a lottery numbergenerally seats will be allocated to applications in order of lottery number.Any applications that are not assigned a seat at the lottery will automatically be placed on a Waitlist for seats that may become available at a later time; assignments from the Waitlist will also be made in order of lottery number.
Schedule E, Line 4 - Explanation of Records and Materials Not Maintained
Schedule E, Line 5 - Explanation of Organization Discrimination by Race
Schedule E, Line 6 - Explanation of Aid or Assistance from Governmental AgencySCHOOL RECEIVES VARIOUS GOVERNMENT GRANTS AND FUNDING FOR CORE PUPIL AID.

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Board Or Committee ApprovalYes (X)BoardOrCommitteeApprovalInd
Severance PaymentfalseSeverancePaymentInd
Supplemental Nonqual Rtr PlanfalseSupplementalNonqualRtrPlanInd
Equity Based Comp ArrngmfalseEquityBasedCompArrngmInd
Comp Based On Revenue Of Flng OrgfalseCompBasedOnRevenueOfFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd On Rev Related OrgsfalseCompBsdOnRevRelatedOrgsInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Flng OrgfalseCompBsdNetEarnsFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Rltd OrgsfalseCompBsdNetEarnsRltdOrgsInd
Any Non Fixed PaymentsYes (true)AnyNonFixedPaymentsInd
Initial Contract ExceptionfalseInitialContractExceptionInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp (4 entries)

TitleTitleTxtBase Compensation Filing OrgBaseCompensationFilingOrgAmtNontaxable Benefits Filing OrgNontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmtTotal Compensation Filing OrgTotalCompensationFilingOrgAmt
ARDNAS RASHID
PARTNER$173,750$16,077$189,827
DAMIEN DUNKLEY
PARTNER$173,750$26,642$200,392
Doron Townsell
PARTNER$173,750$9,269$183,019
RAFIQ KALAM ID-DIN
PARTNER$173,750$9,269$183,019

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
Part I, Line 7: Non-Fixed payments not listed aboveTHE ORGANIZATION GRANTS DISCRETIONARY EMPLOYEE BONUSES TO OFFICERS BASED ON PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS. THE ACCRUED EMPLOYEE BONUSES AWARDED FOR 2020 ARE DESCRIBED IN SCHEDULE J PART III. PURSUANT TO THE CORPORATION'S BYLAWS AND SECTION 712 OF THE NEW YORK CORPORATION LAW, THE BOARD ADOPTED A RESOLUTION UPON COMPLETION OF AN EVALUATION OF THE "PARTNERSX AND DETERMINED BASED ON THEIR PERFORMANCE THAT THEY HAVE EARNED A BONUS FOR THE 2019-20 SCHOOL YEAR AS FOLLOWS; EACH OF THE FOUR PARTNERS ARE TO RECEIVE A BONUS OF $48,750, SUBJECT TO THE ORGANIZATION'S FISCAL POLICIES. ALSO TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, PARTNERS MAY APPLY ANY OUTSTANDING OWED BONUS PAYMENT TOWARDS INDIVIDUAL STUDENT LOANS, AS LONG AS THE PAYMENT CAUSES NO ADVERSE FISCAL CONSEQUENCES TO THE ORGANIZATION.
Part III, Additional InformationFED 990 PAGE 7 PART VII SECTION A AND SCHEDULE J P.2EXPLANATION OF OFFICER COMPENSATION:EACH OF THE FOUR PARTNERS RECEIVED A $48,750 BONUS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2020, THE ENTIRE BONUS WERE ACCRUED AND REMAIN UNPAID AS OF 6-30-2020.

Schedule L IRS990ScheduleL

Bus Tr Involve Interested Prsn BusTrInvolveInterestedPrsnGrp

Name Of Interested NameOfInterested

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
PersonSHAHIDAH KALAM ID-DINPersonNm
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Relationship DescriptionSISTERRelationshipDescriptionTxt
TransactionBD MEMBER RELATIONSTransactionDesc
Sharing Of RevenuesfalseSharingOfRevenuesInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form And Line ReferenceSchedule L, Part V Supplemental InformationFormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation*SHAHIDAH KALAM ID-DIN, A CURRENT VOTING BOARD MEMBER, IS THE SISTER OF RAFIQ KALAM ID-DIN AN OFFICER-PARTNER OF THE ORGANIZATION WHO RECEIVES COMPENSATION AS REPORTED ON PAGE 7 OF FORM 990 AND SCHEDULE J OF FORM 990.ExplanationTxt

Schedule M IRS990ScheduleM

Other Non Cash Contri Table OtherNonCashContriTableGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Non Cash CheckboxYes (X)NonCashCheckboxInd
DescSOFTWARE & LIBRARYDesc
Contribution1ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990$50,172NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining RevenuesFMVMethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Any Property That Must Be HeldfalseAnyPropertyThatMustBeHeldInd
Review Process Unusual NC GiftsfalseReviewProcessUnusualNCGiftsInd
Third Parties UsedfalseThirdPartiesUsedInd

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (6 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part VI, Line 2: Description of Business or Family Relationship of Officers, Directors, EtSHAHIDAH KALAM ID-DIN, A CURRENT VOTING BOARD MEMBER, IS THE SISTER OF RAFIQ KALAM ID-DIN AN OFFICER-PARTNER OF THE ORGANIZATION WHO RECEIVES COMPENSATION AS REPORTED ON PAGE 7 OF FORM 990 AND SCHEDULE J OF FORM 990. SEE ALSO PART IV, PAGE 4 OF THE FEDERAL FORM 990.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 4: Description of Significant Changes to Organizational DocumentsIN FEBRUARY 2016, THE ORGANIZATION SUBMITTED A LETTER OF INTENT (LOI)TO THE NYSED BOARD OF REGENTS THAT OUTLINED A PROPOSAL FOR A NEW CHARTER THAT WOULD INCORPORATE AN EXPANDED GROWTH AND EVOLVED DESIGN OF THE CURRENT SCHOOL MODEL FROM A K-5 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TO A K-12 'UNIVERSITY', INCORPORATING CORE INNOVATIVE ELEMENTS OF THE AWARD WINNING NONPROFIT 'THE ANEW SCHOOL'. THE ORGANIZATION PROPOSED TO CALL THE NEW CHARTER SCHOOL, EMBER CHARTER SCHOOL INITIATIVE FOR MINDFUL EDUCATION, INNOVATION AND TRANSFORMATION, OR SIMPLY 'EMBER CHARTER SCHOOLX OR 'EMBER'. ON MARCH 3, 2016 THE CHANGE IN NAME AND MODEL WAS ACCEPTED AND AN INVITATION WAS EXTENDED TO SUBMIT THE FULL APPLICATION. ON MARCH 13, 2017, THE UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPROVED THE NAME CHANGE FOR THE SCHOOL TO EMBER CHARTER SCHOOL FOR MINDFUL EDUCATION INNOVATION AND TRANSFORMATION IN YEAR 2017.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review ProcessOUTSIDE ACCOUNTANTS PREPARE A DRAFT OF THE FED FORM 990 WHICH IS THEN DISTRIBUTED TO THE SCHOOL'S BOARD MEMBERS FOR APPROVAL.ANY CHANGES ARE THEN SUBMITTED TO THE AUDITORS AND A REVISED DRAFT SUBMITTED FOR APPROVAL BY THE BOARD MEMBERS.THE RETURN IS REVIEWED AND DISCUSSED WITH THE FULL BOARD AND COPIES ARE AVAILABLE FOR EACH BOARD MEMBER.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c: Explanation of Monitoring and Enforcement of ConflictsON A PERIODIC BASIS THE BOARD REVIEWS COMPLIANCE WITH THE EMPLOYEE HANDBOOK AND ALL OF THE POLICIES CONTAINED THEREIN.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 15b: Compensation Review and Approval Process for Officers and Key EmployeesOFFICERS AND BOARD MEMBERS DO NOT RECEIVE COMPENSATION AT THE PRESENT TIME. COMPENSATION FOR DIRECTORS,OFFICERS, KEY EMPLOYEES AND PARTNERS ARE TO BE REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY THE BOARD MEMBERS.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly AvailableGOVERNING DOCUMENTS, ORGANIZATIONAL POLICIES, FINANCIAL DISCLOSURES AND TAX RETURNS WILL BE MADE AVAILBLE FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION UPON REQUEST. ALL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND TAX RETURNS WILL ALSO BE SUBMITTED TO GRANT-MAKING GOVERNMENT AGENCIES.