2025-11-03T08:44:12-08:00 2024-12-31 860553260 Janice Moen CPA 12 Vista Drive Hooksett NH 03106 990 2024-01-01 811988916 Excellent Schools New Mexico EXCE 5058508769 PO Box 27501 Albuquerque NM 87125 Pat McDonough Chair 2025-11-03 true true Janice Moen CPA P01206712 5052502231 X 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Pat McDonough PO Box 27501 Albuquerque NM 87125 1305514 false X excellentschoolsnm.org X 2016 NM Excellent Schools New Mexico is nonprofit organization that identifies New Mexicos most promising public schools and school leaders, makes data-driven investments to fund their growth, and provides ongoing support to expand their impact. 11 11 2 0 2878261 1181258 0 85856 124256 0 2964117 1305514 732622 1281800 0 386104 409866 0 25979 434351 606157 1553077 2297823 1411040 -992309 4012561 2960843 183790 124381 3828771 2836462 Excellent Schools New Mexico is nonprofit organization that identifies New Mexicos most promising public schools and school leaders, makes data-driven investments to fund their growth, and provides ongoing support to expand their impact. false false 2129990 1281800 Excellent Schools New Mexico made investments to help grow and replicate several schools, to launch new schools, and to help several schools grow the depth and quality of their leadership teams. 2129990 true true false true false false false false false false false false false false false true true false false false false false false false false false false true false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 12 0 true 2 true false false false false false false false 0 false false false false false false false X 11 11 true false false false false false false true true false false true true true true false false true true false NM X Scott Hindman 5058508769 11315 Pino Avenue NE Albuquerque NM 87122 Scott Hindman Executive Dir. 60.00 0.00 X 230000 0 8161 Jane Henzerling Managing Director of Programs 40.00 0.00 132000 0 6351 Pat McDonough Chair 2.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Rathi Casey Fin Comm Chair 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Joe Lujan Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Patrick Mason Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Kurt Sommer Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Sally Coming Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Alan Bell Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Norm Becker Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Mike Loftin Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Ethan Gray Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Paul Madrid Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 362000 14512 2 false true false Bellwether Education Partners 68 Harrison Avenue Suite 605 Boston MA 02111 Program Consultant 194861 1 1181258 1181258 0 124256 124256 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1305514 124256 X 1281800 1281800 0 0 0 238161 178621 35724 23816 0 132000 132000 0 7876 6351 1525 31829 26765 3292 1772 0 0 20415 20415 4305 4305 0 0 447284 442252 4783 249 0 10215 3393 6822 2400 2400 0 0 60362 35266 25096 0 0 0 0 0 7485 1958 5385 142 Events and community outreach 31778 17279 14499 Professional development 17585 17585 Bank fees 4328 4328 0 2297823 2129990 141854 25979 3521754 2948268 0 309000 0 1500 0 0 170000 0 0 11807 11075 0 0 0 0 0 0 4012561 2960843 99790 124381 84000 183790 124381 X 3740300 2804290 88471 32172 3828771 2836462 4012561 2960843 -992309 X false true X true false X 749779 493993 1511996 2878261 1181258 6815287 0 0 749779 493993 1511996 2878261 1181258 6815287 5505621 1309666 85856 124256 210112 0 258 258 7025657 0.18640 0.19060 X Current Year Facts and Circumstances: Excellent Schools New Mexico meets the facts-and-circumstance test because the organization maintains a program that is constantly soliciting contributions from the public. Excellent Schools New Mexico has a community board of directors with diverse backgrounds that represent the broad interest of the public. To solicit new donors, we use social media and other communications methods - including in-person presentations - to put out information about our charitable mission. We also offer donors the opportunity to donate through our website. RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED false false false false false false false false true 4305 false false 4305 false false Part II-B, Line 1i - Other Activities Description Our lobbyists primarily help us make introductions to legislators whom we'd like to meet, and they'll also speak with legislators about policies and laws that we would support or not support. Finally, they also provide advice about what they sees happening in state politics. Part IV - Additional Information X 1305514 1305514 1305514 2297823 2297823 2297823 Part X : FIN48 Footnote Excellent Schools NM (ESNM) is exempt from income taxes under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, and has been classified by the Internal Revenue Service as an organization that is not a private foundation. ESNM regularly evaluates activities as it relates to its tax-exempt status. If ESNMs activities are determined to be outside of its tax-exempt status the potential exists for tax liabilities on those unrelated activities. ESNMs open audit periods are for the years ended December 31, 2021 and thereafter. true Aequitas Education 104 E Aztec Ave Gallup NM 87301 831080761 501(c)(3) 250000 0 Support enrollment growth Albuquerque Collegiate Inc 1017 Forrester Ave NW Albuquerque NM 87102 821295470 501(c)(3) 22500 0 Support Cambiando fellowship Cottonwood Classical Fnd 7801 Jefferson Street NE Albuquerque NM 87109 263139215 501(c)(3) 395900 0 Student expansion East Mountain High School Fnd 1109 Rhode Island St NE Albuquerque NM 87110 850462827 501(c)(3) 200000 0 Support grade level expansion Friends of Montessori Fnd 1650 Gabaldon Rd NW Albuquerque NM 87104 203809087 501(c)(3) 68400 0 SGI Cohort grant Homewise 1301 Siler Road Bldg D Santa Fe NM 87507 850346325 501(c)(3) 150000 0 Facility development grant Solare Collegiate Foundation 8801 Gibson Blvd SW Albuquerque NM 87121 832899352 501(c)(3) 150000 0 School expansion THRIVE Community School Fnd 7300 Old Santa Fe Trail Santa Fe NM 87507 882759623 501(c)(3) 22500 0 Support Cambiando Fellowship Voz Collegiate Foundation 1910 Moneda Dr NW Albuquerque NM 87120 853678650 501(c)(3) 22500 0 Support Cambiando Fellowship 9 0 Grantmaker's Description of How Grants are Used Excellent Schools New Mexico (ESNM)require all of their grantees to sign grant agreements that outline the terms and conditions of their grants. These grant agreements note that grantees agree to use grant dollars exclusively for the purposes described in their applications and allow ESNM to recoup grant dollars not spent properly; require grantees to report any significant changes to personnel, organizational work and/or status changes; and require grantees to submit final grant reports that include a full financial accounting of expenditures and other important outcomes. X X X false false false false false false false false false Scott Hindman Executive Dir. 155000 75000 8062 99 238161 Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 2 Mike Loftin and Rathi Casey are board members of Excellent Schools New Mexico. Mike Loftin and Rathi Casey both work at Homewise. Mike Loftin is the CEO of Homewise and Rathi Casey works under Mike Loftin as the Chief Creative Officer. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b When the 990 is completed, it is sent to Scott Hindman, Executive Director, and the Board Finance Committee Chair for review. If any changes are required, they are made at this time. The Board Finance Committee Chair then reviews and forwards the 990 to the full Board with his or her recommendation to approve. The Full Board does an additional review and if there are no objections or additional changes, it is approved and filed. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c Excellent Schools New Mexico (ESNM) has a policy directing the Board Chair and other Board Members on how to disclose a potential conflict of interest when issues are discussed or voted on, which includes disclosure and the party removing themselves from the meeting during discussion and vote. The policy directs the board or committee to seek alternates to the proposed transaction so as not producing a conflict of interest unless a more advantageous transaction or arrangement is not reasonably possible. The minutes of the meeting reflect the disclosure made, the persons present for the discussion and vote, the content of the discussion. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15a The board of directors received compensation comparability data from an external organization, reviewed this data, and used this data to deliberate and help determine the compensation of the Executive Director. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15b The Executive Director reviewed external compensation data from comparable positions, reviewed this data, and made suggestions to the board to help determine Key Employee compensation. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 Governing documents, policies, financial statements and the IRS Form 990 are made available to the public upon request within three working days of the date the request was made. Form 990 Part IX Line 11g Consultants Part of Excellent Schools New Mexico's mission is to help develop and launch new, high-quality charter schools. In order to accomplish this goal, we fund contractors who will eventually be full-time employees and leaders of the schools that they launch.