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Liberty Common School

  • Fort Collins, CO
  • Tax-exempt since July 2022
  • EIN: 84-1404585

Organization summary

Type of Nonprofit

Designated as a Organizations for any of the following purposes: religious, educational, charitable, scientific, literary, testing for public safety, fostering national or international amateur sports competition (as long as it doesn't provide athletic facilities or equipment), or the prevention of cruelty to children or animals.

Category: Educational Institutions and Related Activities / Elementary, Secondary Education, K - 12 (B29) (NTEE)

Donations to this organization are tax deductible.

Details

According to its June 2023 tax filing, this nonprofit:

Operated a school
Organization is a school. Details are reported on Schedule E.

Summary charts: organization finances over time

Revenue
$17.6M (2023)

Expenses
$18.3M (2023)

Total Assets
$14.3M (2023)

Total Liabilities
$21.2M (2023)

Source: Form 990 tax filings from 2022 to 2023

Tax Filings by Year

Form 990 is an information return that most organizations claiming federal tax-exempt status must file yearly with the IRS. Nonprofit Explorer has IRS digitized Form 990 data for filings processed in 2012 and later. If this organization filed an amended return, it may not be reflected below. Duplicate download links may indicate a resubmission or amendment to this organization's original return. Form 990 data is from the IRS.

Fiscal Year Ending June
2023

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990
Revenue
$17,573,774
Expenses
$18,331,982
Net Income
-$758,208
Net Assets
-$6,857,130
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $1,860,912
10.6%
Program Services $15,565,880
88.6%
Investment Income $126,524
0.7%
Bond Proceeds $0
Royalties $0
Rental Property Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $20,458
0.1%
Notable Expenses Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation $1,261,503
6.9%
Professional Fundraising Fees $0
Other Salaries and Wages $7,708,676
42.1%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $14,313,083
Total Liabilities $21,170,213
Net Assets -$6,857,130
Other
Operated a school
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Related Other
Bob Schaffer (Headmaster) $185,808 $0 $51,535
Torgun Lovely (Principal) $156,908 $0 $40,188
Casey Churchill (Principal) $140,535 $0 $36,399
Sandy Stoltzfus (Principal) $125,937 $0 $33,000
Robert Robinson (Assistant Principal) $111,322 $0 $26,590
Jared Dybzinski (Teacher) $105,889 $0 $29,371
Mary Kearney (Assistant Principal) $101,523 $0 $27,782
Sean Lewis (Director Of It) $63,925 $0 $24,789
Cindy Skalicky (Member) $0 $0 $0
Mark Dollar (Treasurer) $0 $0 $0
Mindy Story (Member) $0 $0 $0
Patrick Albright (Secretary) $0 $0 $0
Elizabeth Timpe (Member) $0 $0 $0
Todd Arndorfer (President) $0 $0 $0
Elizabeth Barber (Vice President) $0 $0 $0
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Document Links

990
Filed on Jan. 15, 2024

Primary tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

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Fiscal Year Ending June
2022

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990
Revenue
$14,074,007
Expenses
$10,311,528
Net Income
$3,762,479
Net Assets
-$5,848,922
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $1,511,150
10.7%
Program Services $12,270,082
87.2%
Investment Income $7,848
0.1%
Bond Proceeds $0
Royalties $0
Rental Property Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $284,927
2.0%
Notable Expenses Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation $337,292
3.3%
Professional Fundraising Fees $0
Other Salaries and Wages $6,797,842
65.9%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $12,052,386
Total Liabilities $17,901,308
Net Assets -$5,848,922
Other
Operated a school
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Related Other
Bob Schaffer (Headmaster) $149,600 $0 $34,475
Torgun Lovely (Principal) $130,113 $0 $25,227
Casey Churchill (Principal) $124,216 $0 $26,710
Richard Wrona (Chief Operating Officer) $119,450 $0 $25,017
Sandy Stoltzfus (Principal) $102,174 $0 $19,980
Tricia Diehl (President) $0 $0 $0
Elizabeth Barber (Director) $0 $0 $0
Todd Arndorfer (Treasurer) $0 $0 $0
Cindy Skalicky (Director) $0 $0 $0
Mark Dollar (Director) $0 $0 $0
Mindy Story (Director) $0 $0 $0
Patrick Albright (Director) $0 $0 $0
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Document Links

990
Filed on Feb. 13, 2023

Primary tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

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XML

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