The Brooklyn Charter School

Legal name: Brooklyn Charter School

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
134121937
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Brooklyn, NY, USA
Phone
(718) 302-2085
Rating
74
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Charter Schools

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$4,838,706
Expenses
$4,876,676
Assets
$1,897,749
Liabilities
$613,047

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • NATALIA SEALEY (PTA PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • JOANNE HUNT (HEAD OF SCHOOL): $260,733 total reported compensation
  • ROBERT MORALES (DIRECTOR OF HR): $186,360 total reported compensation
  • SHANNON CULLEN (SOCIAL WORKER): $149,537 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The mission of the Brooklyn Charter School is to engage in a process of teaching and learning that inspires excellence in academic performance, encourages lifelong learning, builds self-respect and respect for others, and develops responsible leaders and citizenry. Every child is equally received at The Brooklyn Charter School as we uphold a non-discriminatory policy for all learners. The Brooklyn Charter School provides all Special Education instructional supports including Special Education Teacher Support services, Counseling, Speech & Language supports and Occupational Therapy. Our classrooms are fully inclusive and there are Cooperative Team Teaching rooms at specific grade levels. What about English Language Learners? The Brooklyn Charter School has an extremely diverse teaching faculty, speaking several languages, which provides an immediate communicative platform for families...

What it reported doing in 2024

The brooklyn charter school (bcs) is a k-5 elementary school that provides a range of educational services.bcs is the first charter approved by the New York city department of education. Brooklyn charter school believes that every child has the ability to learn and therefore deserves the best opportunities to excel in school and in life.we bring this vision to reality through a core academic curriculum in humanities, math and science.we further incorporate the use of the latest learning technologies and programs as an integral instructional tool.brooklyn charter school offers daily coding classes where our students are empowered to build grit, develop a growth mind-set and become independent problem-solvers as early as kindergarten.bcs also prides itself in its creative arts programming.a rigorous academic calendar, a deliberate approach to social and emotional well-being, a strong & stable leadership team along with highly qualified and dedicated teachers provides the platform for success in making bcs an academically competitive institution. The school completed the 2023-2024 fiscal year with an average enrollment of approximately 196 students.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 96% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 69
  • Transparency & Controls: 74
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 23
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 77.5%; rating input score 78
  • Program expense ratio: 76.7%; rating input score 77
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -0.8%; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.39; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.32; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 20.7%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 1.4% per year; rating input score 100; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 1.7% per year; rating input score 100; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -4.1% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 77.5% of revenue deployed · 76.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 6 of 6 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $3.7M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $261K · 12 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 27 of 27 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 6 filed money-flow records
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 30/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 13/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 12/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 32/100.