METRO SCHOOLS: Form 990, tax year 2016

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Organization: METRO SCHOOLS (EIN 35-2215865)
Tax period: 2016-07-01 to 2017-06-30
Filed: 2018-04-27
IRS object ID: 201831209349300543
Schema version: 2016v3.0
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 D
Schedule E
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2018-04-27T10:46:38-07:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2017-06-30	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Robert Reese Procaccini CPA	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	50 Birnamwood Drive	AddressLine1Txt
City	Burnsville	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MN	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	55337	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2016-07-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	352215865	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	METRO SCHOOLS	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	METR	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	6127222555	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	620 Olson Memorial Hwy	AddressLine1Txt
City	Minneapolis	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MN	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	55411	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	Ahmed Elmi	PersonNm
Person Title	Executive Director	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	6127222555	PhoneNum
Signature	2018-04-24	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (1)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	Robert Procaccini	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P01890510	PTIN
Phone	9529920995	PhoneNum
Preparation	2018-04-24	PreparationDt
Self Employed	Yes (X)	SelfEmployedInd

Filing Security Information FilingSecurityInformation

IP Address IPAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
I Pv4 Address	216.160.45.173	IPv4AddressTxt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2016	TaxYr
Build TS	2021-01-29 14:40:06Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Change	Yes (X)	AddressChangeInd
Principal Officer	Ahmed Elmi	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	620 Olson Memorial Hwy	AddressLine1Txt
City	Minneapolis	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MN	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	55411	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$5,196,540	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	0	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	metroschoolsmn.org	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	2003	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	MN	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	Metro Schools College Prep is committed to academic excellence and closing the achievement gap by establishing rigorous goals for students, parents, teachers and the school. Metro Schools College Prep values cultural, religous, ethnic, and socioeconomic diversity as central elements of a college preparatory education and provides a caring learning community that prepares students and staff to be responsible world citizens.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	6	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	4	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	76	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	10	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	$0	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$4,329,036	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$5,190,507	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$0	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$0	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$6,207	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$1	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$10,185	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$6,032	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$4,345,428	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$5,196,540	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	$2,373,640	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$3,538,645	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$0	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$1,803,200	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$1,887,945	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$4,176,840	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$5,426,590	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$168,588	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	-$230,050	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$1,780,480	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$5,882,662	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$2,524,991	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$6,857,223	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	-$744,511	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	-$974,561	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Mission	Metro Schools College Prep is committed to academic excellence and closing the achievement gap by establishing rigorous goals for students, parents, teachers and the school. Metro Schools College Prep values cultural, religous, ethnic, and socioeconomic diversity as central elements of a college preparatory education and provides a caring learning community that prepares students and staff to be responsible world citizens.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	0	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	0	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$4,789,231	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$0	GrantAmt
Revenue	$6,032	RevenueAmt
Desc	Activities include further development of the charter school, improve pupil learning, increase learning opportunities for diverse communities and create professional opportunities for teachers including responsiblity for the school's learning program. The school has approximately 317 students ranging in grades 5-12.	Desc
Total Other Prog Srvc Expense	$0	TotalOtherProgSrvcExpenseAmt
Total Other Prog Srvc Grant	$0	TotalOtherProgSrvcGrantAmt
Total Other Prog Srvc Revenue	$0	TotalOtherProgSrvcRevenueAmt
Total Program Service Expenses	$4,789,231	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (1)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	0	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
Temp Or Permanent Endowments	0	TempOrPermanentEndowmentsInd
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	0	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	0	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	0	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	0	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	0	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	0	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 With Officer Ent	0	BusinessRlnWithOfficerEntInd
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	26	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (1)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	76	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
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	0	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	0	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Form8899 Filedind	0	Form8899Filedind
Form1098 C Filed	0	Form1098CFiledInd
Indoor Tanning Services	0	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	6	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	4	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	0	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	0	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	MN	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Dieci School Finance LLC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Phone	6516366358	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	2151 Hamline Avenue North	AddressLine1Txt
Address Line2	Suite 212	AddressLine2Txt
City	Roseville	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MN	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	55113	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part VII	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIIInd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (7 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Average Hours Per Week Rltd OrgAverageHoursPerWeekRltdOrgRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt
Abdulkadir Abdalla
Board Chair	1	0	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Mohamed Mohamoud
Vice Chair	1	0	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Aila O'Loughlin
Treasurer/Teacher	40	0	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$52,175	$0	$6,877
Mohamed Warsame
Secretary/Teacher	40	0	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$15,620	$0	$1,171
Megan Ormseth
Member	1	0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Osman Samatar
Member	1	0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Ahmed Elmi
Executive Director	40	0		Yes (X)	$101,355	$0	$19,407

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$169,150	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$27,455	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	1	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	0	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	0	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	0	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensationGrp (3 entries)

Address Line1ContractorAddress/USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityContractorAddress/USAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationContractorAddress/USAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPContractorAddress/USAddress/ZIPCd	ServicesServicesDesc	CompensationCompensationAmt
Kilimanjaro
3021 5th Ave South	Minneapolis	MN	55408	Food Service	$104,141
Minnehaha Transportation
2507 Walnut St	Roseville	MN	55113	Transportation	$284,501
Taher Inc
PO Box 44719	Madison	WI	53744	Food Service	$143,230

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	3	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Federated Campaigns	$0	FederatedCampaignsAmt
Membership Dues	$0	MembershipDuesAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt
Related Organizations	$0	RelatedOrganizationsAmt
Government Grants	$5,185,489	GovernmentGrantsAmt
All Other Contributions	$5,018	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Noncash Contributions	$0	NoncashContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$5,190,507	TotalContributionsAmt
Total Program Service Revenue	$0	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$1	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$0	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$1	ExclusionAmt

Incm From Invest Bond Proceeds IncmFromInvestBondProceedsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$0	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$0	ExclusionAmt

Royalties Revenue RoyaltiesRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$0	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$0	ExclusionAmt

Rental Income Or Loss RentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	$0	RealAmt
Personal	$0	PersonalAmt

Gain Or Loss GainOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$0	SecuritiesAmt
Other	$0	OtherAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contri Rpt Fundraising Event	$0	ContriRptFundraisingEventAmt

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMiscGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc	BusinessBusinessCd	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnAmt	Related Or Exempt Func IncomeRelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt	Unrelated Business RevenueUnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt	ExclusionExclusionAmt
Refunds	900099	$2,000	$2,000	$0	$0
Field Trips	900099	$720	$720	$0	$0

Miscellaneous Revenue MiscellaneousRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$3,312	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$3,312	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$0	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$6,032	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$5,196,540	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$6,032	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$1	ExclusionAmt

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividualsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt

Foreign Grants ForeignGrantsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt

Benefits To Members BenefitsToMembersGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$240,075	TotalAmt
Program Services	$110,810	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$129,265	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Comp Disqual Persons CompDisqualPersonsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,977,844	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,877,369	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$100,475	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$947,984	TotalAmt
Program Services	$873,633	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$74,351	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$176,089	TotalAmt
Program Services	$161,392	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$14,697	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$196,653	TotalAmt
Program Services	$178,654	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$17,999	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagementGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$5,640	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$5,640	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$56,984	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$56,984	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbyingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Prof Fundraising FeesForServicesProfFundraising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Srvc Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForSrvcInvstMgmntFeesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$341,181	TotalAmt
Program Services	$214,228	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$126,953	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$95,682	TotalAmt
Program Services	$44,666	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$51,016	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Royalties RoyaltiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$498,652	TotalAmt
Program Services	$498,652	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$498,615	TotalAmt
Program Services	$498,615	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Pymt Travel Entrtnmnt Pub Ofcl PymtTravelEntrtnmntPubOfclGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$31,768	TotalAmt
Program Services	$24,231	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$7,537	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Interest InterestGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Payments To Affiliates PaymentsToAffiliatesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$20,474	TotalAmt
Program Services	$20,474	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$18,348	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$18,348	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt	FundraisingFundraisingAmt
Food Service	$230,786	$220,960	$9,826	$0
Equipment and Repairs	$3,625	$3,625	$0	$0
Instructional Supplies	$54,705	$54,705	$0	$0
Dues and Subscriptions	$31,485	$7,217	$24,268	$0

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$5,426,590	TotalAmt
Program Services	$4,789,231	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$637,359	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$410,431	BOYAmt
EOY	$753,550	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$16,701	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$193,259	BOYAmt
EOY	$200,973	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$633,054	BOYAmt
EOY	$742,083	EOYAmt

Receivables From Officers Etc ReceivablesFromOfficersEtcGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Rcvbl From Disqualified Prsn RcvblFromDisqualifiedPrsnGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Oth Notes Loans Receivable Net OthNotesLoansReceivableNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUseGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$68,957	BOYAmt
EOY	$140,500	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$232,475	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$154,943	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$94,066	BOYAmt
EOY	$77,532	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecuritiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Investments Program Related InvestmentsProgramRelatedGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Intangible Assets IntangibleAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$364,012	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,968,024	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,780,480	BOYAmt
EOY	$5,882,662	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$279,812	BOYAmt
EOY	$288,147	EOYAmt

Grants Payable GrantsPayableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Tax Exempt Bond Liabilities TaxExemptBondLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Escrow Account Liability EscrowAccountLiabilityGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Loans From Officers Directors LoansFromOfficersDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Mortg Notes Pybl Scrd Invst Prop MortgNotesPyblScrdInvstPropGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Unsecured Notes Loans Payable UnsecuredNotesLoansPayableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,245,179	BOYAmt
EOY	$6,569,076	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,524,991	BOYAmt
EOY	$6,857,223	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows SFAS117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsSFAS117Ind

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	-$838,577	BOYAmt
EOY	-$1,052,093	EOYAmt

Temporarily Rstr Net Assets TemporarilyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$94,066	BOYAmt
EOY	$77,532	EOYAmt

Permanently Rstr Net Assets PermanentlyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	-$744,511	BOYAmt
EOY	-$974,561	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,780,480	BOYAmt
EOY	$5,882,662	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	-$230,050	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst	$0	NetUnrlzdGainsLossesInvstAmt
Donated Services And Use Fclts	$0	DonatedServicesAndUseFcltsAmt
Investment Expense	$0	InvestmentExpenseAmt
Prior Period Adjustments	$0	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 D IRS990ScheduleD

Land LandGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis	$0	InvestmentCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$0	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Book Value	$0	BookValueAmt

Buildings BuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis	$0	InvestmentCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$0	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$0	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$0	BookValueAmt

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovementsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis	$0	InvestmentCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$75,541	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$45,808	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$29,733	BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis	$0	InvestmentCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$156,934	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$109,135	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$47,799	BookValueAmt

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis	$0	InvestmentCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$0	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$0	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$0	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$77,532	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Other Assets Org OtherAssetsOrgGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	Deferred Outflows of Resources Related to Pension	Desc
Book Value	$3,968,024	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Other Assets	$3,968,024	TotalBookValueOtherAssetsAmt
Federal Income Tax Liability	$0	FederalIncomeTaxLiabilityAmt

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc	AmtAmt
Net Pension Liability	$6,371,580
Deferred Inflows of Resources Related to Pensions	$197,496

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Liability	$6,569,076	TotalLiabilityAmt
Footnote Text	Yes (X)	FootnoteTextInd
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$5,196,540	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Net Unrealized Gains Invst	$0	NetUnrealizedGainsInvstAmt
Donated Services And Use Fclts	$0	DonatedServicesAndUseFcltsAmt
Recoveries Prior Year Grants	$0	RecoveriesPriorYearGrantsAmt
Other Revenue	$0	OtherRevenueAmt
Revenue Not Reported	$0	RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$5,196,540	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Investment Expenses Not Incld	$0	InvestmentExpensesNotIncldAmt
Other Revenues Not Included	$0	OtherRevenuesNotIncludedAmt
Revenue Not Reported Fincl Stmt	$0	RevenueNotReportedFinclStmtAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$5,196,540	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$5,426,590	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Donated Services Use Fclts	$0	DonatedServicesUseFcltsAmt
Prior Year Adjustments	$0	PriorYearAdjustmentsAmt
Losses Reported	$0	LossesReportedAmt
Other Expenses Included	$0	OtherExpensesIncludedAmt
Expenses Not Reported	$0	ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$5,426,590	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Investment Expenses Not Incld2	$0	InvestmentExpensesNotIncld2Amt
Other Expenses Not Included	$0	OtherExpensesNotIncludedAmt
Expenses Not Rpt Fincl Stmt	$0	ExpensesNotRptFinclStmtAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$5,426,590	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Schedule D, Part X, Line 2	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	The school is required to assess whether any uncertain tax positions exist and if there should be recognition of a related benefit or liability in the financial statements. The school has determined there are no amounts to record as assets or liabilities related to uncertain tax positions.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule E IRS990ScheduleE

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Nondiscriminatory Policy Stmt	Yes (1)	NondiscriminatoryPolicyStmtInd
Policy Stmt In Brochures Etc	Yes (1)	PolicyStmtInBrochuresEtcInd
Plcy Pblczd Via Broadcast Media	Yes (1)	PlcyPblczdViaBroadcastMediaInd
Maintain Racial Comp Recs	Yes (1)	MaintainRacialCompRecsInd
Maintain Scholarships Recs	Yes (1)	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 (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Schedule E, Part I, Line 3	Our communication is almost entirely by word of mouth but we do pass out brochures that say we honor all nondiscrimation laws and policies.
Schedule E, Part I, Line 6	The school has received monies from the Minnesota Department of Education as their primary revenue stream. Some of these funds initially generated at the federal level and are regranted to charter schools.

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (6 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b	The Executive Director reviews the 990 tax return with the accounting service provider and tax preparer. This process is done before Form 990 is filed.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c	Compliance with the policy is reviewed at board meetings.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15	The Board, after deliberation determines the Executive Director's salary. The Board, with the advisement of the Executive Director makes decisions regarding compensation of employees.
Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19	The governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements are available to the public upon request.
Form 990, Part VII, Section A, Line 1a	Per MN Statute 124D 10, charter schools are required to have licensed teachers as members of the Board of Directors. Aila O'Loughlin and Mohamed Warsame are board members and received compensation for their services as teachers.
Form 990, Part XII, Line 2c	The Board of Directors is responsible for the selection of an independent accountant and for the oversight of the financial statement audit.