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Nonprofit · EIN 45-5054392

INGENUITY PREP

Tax-exempt · WASHINGTON, DC 20032

Financials

$25.1M$21.8M2022$26.5M$24.4M2023$27.2M$25.6M2024
Revenue Expenses · by fiscal year end
Financials of INGENUITY PREP by year, from its e-filed returns
Year endedFormRevenueExpensesNet incomeTotal assetsLiabilitiesNet assets
June 30, 2025990$27,235,650$25,626,893$1,608,757$33,366,587$20,780,845$12,585,742
June 30, 2024990$26,459,798$24,422,674$2,037,124$32,399,395$21,422,410$10,976,985
June 30, 2023990$25,128,237$21,784,236$3,344,001$10,482,925$1,543,064$8,939,861
Financial details: 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025

Revenue

Contributions, gifts and grants
$3,631,383
of which government grants
$3,240,079
Program service revenue
$23,211,125
Investment income
$228,278
Net rental income
$185,029
Net gain from sales of assets
-$224
Net income from fundraising events
-$20,165
Other revenue
$164,864

Expenses

Grants and similar amounts paid
$0
Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
$398,110
Other salaries and wages
$13,162,157
Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
$16,394,070
Professional fundraising fees
$96,200
Legal fees
$201,229
Accounting fees
$294,574
Occupancy
$3,308,923
Travel
$46,854
Depreciation
$653,671
Program services (functional)
$23,275,585
Management and general (functional)
$2,116,127
Fundraising (functional)
$235,181

Balance sheet and other

Total assets, start of year
$32,399,395
Total assets, end of year
$33,366,587
Total liabilities, end of year
$20,780,845
Net assets, end of year
$12,585,742
Land, buildings and equipment
$6,664,073
Net assets without donor restrictions
$12,585,742
Gross receipts
$28,210,008
Employees
231
Volunteers
13
Year formed
2012
State of legal domicile
DC

From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.

Officers, directors and key employees

As listed on the 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025, highest compensation first.

NameTitleHours / weekCompensationOther / benefits
WILLIAM STOETZER - CHIEFEXECUTIVE OF
Trustee or director, Officer
40$202,216$19,922
LASHAWNDRA THORNTON - CHIEFTALENT OFFIC
Highest-paid employee
40$162,220$21,128
BENJAMIN JOHNSON - CHIEFACADEMIC OFF
Highest-paid employee
40$162,226$12,124
ALTESHA ERVIN - CHIEF OF STUDENTSUPPORT AND
Highest-paid employee
40$148,839$13,733
KATHERINE O'CONNER - ELEMENTARYSCHOOL PRINC
Highest-paid employee
40$141,723$11,825
DAVIAN MORGAN - MIDDLE SCHOOLACADEMY PRIN
Highest-paid employee
40$137,602$11,589
ASHLEY HIGH - CHIEF FINANCIALOPERATIONS O
Officer
40$100,221$7,614
ASHANTI HERNDON - OUTGOINGCFOO
Officer
40$93,634$7,762
DERRICK MASHORECHAIR
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0$0
MICHAEL BERNSECRETARY
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0$0
EVELYN LEETREASURER
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0$0
YESIM SAYINBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0$0
VANCE GRAGGBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0$0
DE-LEA DEANE-ALLENBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0$0
KENDRA BARLOWBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0$0
6 more people on this return
NameTitleHours / weekCompensation
FRED WALLSBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0
LATOYA MATHEWSBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0
DERRICK COLBERTBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0
PATRICIA RICHARDSON - OUTGOINGBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0
FRANKIE BROWN - OUTGOINGVICE CHAIR
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0
KELEIGH MONTGOMERY - OUTGOINGSECRETARY
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0
990 for the year ended June 30, 2024: 17 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensationOther / benefits
WILLIAM STOETZER - CHIEFEXECUTIVE OF
Trustee or director, Officer
40$197,020$18,783
ASHANTI HERNDON - CHIEF FINANCIAL& OPERATIONS
Officer
40$160,313$11,812
BENJAMIN JOHNSON - CHIEFACADEMIC OFF
Highest-paid employee
40$160,221$11,816
LASHAWNDRA THORNTON - CHIEFTALENT OFFIC
Highest-paid employee
40$134,328$16,960
DAVIAN MORGAN - MIDDLE SCHOOLACADEMY PRIN
Highest-paid employee
40$134,402$10,959
KATHERINE O'CONNER - ELEMENTARYSCHOOL PRINC
Highest-paid employee
40$131,810$10,938
PATRICE DAVENPORT - EARLY CHILDHOODACADEMY PRIN
Highest-paid employee
40$122,500$9,541
DERRICK MASHORECHAIR
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0$0
FRANKIE BROWNVICE CHAIR
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0$0
KELEIGH MONTGOMERYSECRETARY
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0$0
EVELYN LEETREASURER
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0$0
YESIM SAYINBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0$0
MICHAEL BERNBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0$0
PATRICIA RICHARDSONBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0$0
VANCE GRAGGBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0$0
DE-LEA DEANE-ALLENBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0$0
KENDRA BARLOWBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0$0
990 for the year ended June 30, 2023: 20 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensationOther / benefits
WILLIAM STOETZER - CHIEFEXECUTIVE OF
Officer
40$180,690$17,999
ASHANTI HERNDON - CHIEF FINANCIAL& OPERATIONS
Officer
40$150,564$11,405
LASHAWNDRA THORNTON - CHIEFTALENT OFFIC
Highest-paid employee
40$140,520$17,449
BENJAMIN JOHNSON - CHIEFACADEMIC OFF
Highest-paid employee
40$143,396$9,585
KATHERINE O'CONNER - ELEMENTARYSCHOOL PRINC
Highest-paid employee
40$114,931$9,655
JASON MCNEIL - MIDDLE SCHOOLVICE PRINCIP
Highest-paid employee
40$116,204$7,977
ERICA MITCHELLKINDERGARTEN
Highest-paid employee
40$108,308$7,134
DERRICK MASHORECHAIR
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0$0
FRANKIE BROWNVICE CHAIR
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0$0
EVELYN LEETREASURER
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0$0
KELEIGH MONTGOMERYSECRETARY
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0$0
PATRICIA RICHARDSONBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0$0
KENDRA BARLOWBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0$0
MICHAEL BERNBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0$0
YESIM SAYINBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0$0
VANCE GRAGGBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0$0
PETER WINK - OUTGOINGBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0$0
CHRISTOPHER RIDDICK - OUTGOINGBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0$0
TRACY LONDON - OUTGOINGBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0$0
JENNIPHER COLEMAN - OUTGOINGBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0$0

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)
4600 LIVINGSTON RD SE, WASHINGTON, DC 20032-3136
In care of
% AARON CUNY
Principal officer (990 for 2024)
WILLIAM STOETZER, 4600 LIVINGSTON ROAD SE, WASHINGTON, DC 20032
Signed the 990
WILLIAM STOETZER - CHIEF, EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Phone
(202) 562-0391
Return prepared by
KENDALL PREBOLA AND JONES LLC

Mission

INGENUITY PREP PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL WAS FORMED TO PREPARE STUDENTS TO SUCCEED IN COLLEGE AND BEYOND AS IMPACTFUL CIVIIC LEADERS.

990 for the year ended June 30, 2025

Program accomplishments

  • INGENUITY PREP PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL IS A SUPPORTIVE COMMUNITY DEDICATED TO ACADEMIC RIGOR AND CIVIC LEADERSHIP, PREPARING STUDENTS FOR THE PATH TO THE COLLEGES AND CAREERS OF THEIR CHOOSING. WITH THIS AIM, THE CHARTER SCHOOL OPENED IN WASHINGTON, DC, IN AUGUST OF 2013 AND HAS EXPENDED TO NOW SERVE OVER 800 STUDENTS IN PRESCHOOL THROUGH 8TH GRADE AND HAS A STAFF OF MORE THAN 160. INGENUITY PREP IS ORGANIZED INTO THREE ACADEMIES: EARLY CHILDHOOD ACADEMY (SERVING GRADES PRESCHOOL THROUGH KINDERGARTEN), ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ACADEMY (SERVING GRADES 1 THROUGH 4), AND MIDDLE SCHOOL ACADEMY (SERVING GRADES 5 THROUGH 8). WE PREPARE OUR STUDENTS FOR SUCCESS IN COLLEGE AND IN LIFE. WE SET HIGH STANDARDS AND STRIVE TO CULTIVATE A LOVE OF LEARNING IN EVERY STUDENT. WE ARE A PLACE WHERE STUDENTS CAN LEARN, ESTABLISH DEEP RELATIONSHIPS AND PREPARE TO BECOME IMPACTFUL CIVIC LEADERS. THE CORNERSTONES OF INGENUITY PREP'S PROGRAM ARE: RIGOROUS CONTENT AND INDIVIDUALIZED INSTRUCTION - WE START BY SETTING HIGH ACADEMIC STANDARDS FOR OUR STUDENTS, AND CREATING THE CIRCUMSTANCES FOR THEM TO ACHIEVE ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE. WE BELIEVE THAT THE BEST WAY TO DO THIS IS BY LEVERAGING A ROBUST CURRICULUM AND CONSISTENTLY DELIVERING WELL-PLANNED, HIGH-QUALITY LESSONS. WE ARE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH OUR GOALS BY BEING RESPONSIVE TO STUDENT DATA, MAINTAINING LOW TEACHER-TO-STUDENT RATIOS SO THAT STUDENTS ARE ALWAYS GETTING PERSONALIZED AND SMALL GROUP LEARNING, ENABLING TEACHER CONTENT SPECIALIZATION AS EARLY AS KINDERGARTEN SO THAT OUR TEACHERS ARE TRUE EXPERTS IN THE SUBJECTS THAT THEY TEACH, AND INTENTIONALLY LEVERAGING TECHNOLOGY TO EVEN FURTHER PERSONALIZEAND ACCELERATE STUDENT LEARNING. CIVIC LEADERSHIP - WE BELIEVE THAT ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE - WHILE VERY IMPORTANT - IS NOT SUFFICIENT TO PREPARE STUDENTS FOR THE DEMANDS OF 21ST CENTURY LEADERSHIP. BUILDING CIVIC LEADERS IS CORE TO OUR MISSION. WE WANT TO EQUIP STUDENTS TO PURSUE THEIR PASSIONS AND BE EMPOWERED TO THINK, SPEAK, AND ACT POSITIVELY ON BEHALF OF THEMSELVES, THEIR COMMUNITY, THE COUNTRY, AND THE WORLD. BEGINNING IN PRE-K, CIVIC LEADERSHIP CLASS TIME AND ACTIVITIES ARE INTENTIONALLY BUILT INTO OUR SCHEDULE. IN OUR EARLY GRADES, WE FOCUS ON SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL INSTRUCTION SO THAT STUDENTS BUILD SKILLS IN EMPATHY, RESILIENCE, AND SELF-ADVOCACY. AS OUR STUDENTS GET OLDER, WE CONTINUE TO BUILD ON SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL SKILLS WHILE ALSO HAVING STUDENTS ENGAGE WITH SPECIFIC SOCIAL JUSTICE ISSUES AND PROVIDING THEM WITH OPPORTUNITIES TO ENGAGE WITH THOSE ISSUES IN THEIR COMMUNITY. FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN OUR 4TH GRADERS LEARNED ABOUT OUR FOOD DESERT IN WARD 8, THEY PLANNED A FOOD DRIVE AND DELIVERED THE PROCEEDS TO LOCAL FOOD BANKS. ENRICHMENT - WE PROVIDE DAILY OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS TO PURSUE INTEREST AREAS OUTSIDE OF TRADITIONAL ACADEMICS. OUR ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS START IN PRE-K WITH ART AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND BUILD THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL WHERE WE ADD MUSIC AND EXPANDED SCIENCE AND SOCIAL STUDIES CLASSES. ENRICHMENTS ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS TO BUILD KNOWLEDGE IN AREAS OF PASSION, WHICH IN TURN FUEL MOTIVATION AND FOSTER GROWTH MINDSET. WE BELIEVE STRONG ENRICHMENT SUPPORTS STUDENT GROWTH AND MOTIVATION ACROSS ALL PARTS OF THE SCHOOL EXPERIENCE. IN ADDITION TO THE CORE COMPONENTS OF OUR DAY-TO-DAY PROGRAM, THEMES OF COMMUNITY, RELATIONSHIPS, AND EQUITY OF ACCESS RUN THROUGH EVERY PART OF OUR SCHOOL. THESE PRINCIPLES ARE CORE TO OUR SCHOOL'S IDENTITY: COMMUNITY AND RELATIONSHIPS: COMMUNITY AND RELATIONSHIPS ARE INTEGRAL PARTS OF ACADEMIC AND PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT. OUR TEACHERS TAKE TIME TO BUILD MEANINGFUL CONNECTIONS WITH STUDENTS, WORKING INTENTIONALLY TO GET TO KNOW THEM AS PEOPLE. WE ALSO HOLD UP FAMILIES AS CRITICAL MEMBERS OF OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITY. WE BELIEVE IN CULTIVATING THEM AS PARTNERS AND PROVIDING THEM WITH TOOLS AND RESOURCES TO SUPPORT STUDENTS TO MEET THEIR GOALS AND REALIZE THEIR DREAMS. FURTHER, WE WORK INTENTIONALLY TO SUPPORT STUDENTS TO BUILD THEIR OWN COMMUNITY AT SCHOOL THROUGH SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND RESTORATIVE PRACTICE TO SUPPORT COMMUNICATING COMMUNALLY WITH AND TO ANYONE IN THE INGENUITY PREP COMMUNITY. LAST, BUT NOT LEAST, WE ARE COMMITTED,ACTIVE PARTICIPANTS IN OUR WARD 8 COMMUNITY. EQUITY OF ACCESS: THERE IS STILL TOO LARGE A DIVIDE IN OUR COUNTRY BETWEEN THE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES OF STUDENTS FROM DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES AND BACKGROUNDS. AT INGENUITY PREP WE STRIVE TO PROVIDE THE SOUTHEAST DC COMMUNITY WITH A SCHOOL THAT LEVELS THE EDUCATIONAL PLAYING FIELD FOR ITS STUDENTS, PROVIDING THEM WITH HIGH QUALITY INSTRUCTION AND RICH EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, EQUIPPING THEM TO SUCCEED AT THE SAME HIGH LEVELS AS OTHER STUDENTS IN THE US AND IN OTHER COUNTRIES.
    Expenses $23,275,585 · revenue $23,211,125

What it must file and when

IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in June, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.

Tax yearYear endedDueIRS public records
2025June 30, 2026November 16, 2026Not due yet
2024June 30, 2025November 17, 2025990 on file
2023June 30, 2024November 15, 2024990 on file

IRS record

EIN
45-5054392
Tax-exempt status
501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
Foundation status
School
Donations deductible (Pub 78)
Public charity, 50% deduction limit
Exempt since
2014
Accounting year ends
June
Files
Form 990 or 990-EZ
Category (NTEE)
Education (B29)
Assets (IRS master file)
$33,366,587
Income (IRS master file)
$28,210,008

Filing history

FormYear endedRevenueExpensesAssetsReturn
990June 2025$27,235,650$25,626,893$33,366,587IRS
990June 2024$26,459,798$24,422,674$32,399,395IRS
990June 2023$25,128,237$21,784,236$10,482,925XML
990June 2022$21,090,575$20,504,071$7,016,769IRS
990June 2021–––IRS
990June 2020–––IRS
990June 2018–––IRS

990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 45-5054392).

Questions about INGENUITY PREP

What is the EIN of INGENUITY PREP?
The employer identification number (EIN) of INGENUITY PREP is 45-5054392.
Is INGENUITY PREP tax-exempt?
Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2014.
Are donations to INGENUITY PREP tax-deductible?
Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
Which annual return does INGENUITY PREP file?
Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
When is the next return of INGENUITY PREP due?
The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending June 30, 2026) is due November 16, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
When did INGENUITY PREP last file with the IRS?
The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended June 2025.
Who is the principal officer of INGENUITY PREP?
The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 names WILLIAM STOETZER.
Who are the officers and directors of INGENUITY PREP?
The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 lists 21 people; 8 received compensation from the organization, the highest $202,216 (WILLIAM STOETZER - CHIEF, EXECUTIVE OF).
How much revenue does INGENUITY PREP have?
On its 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $27,235,650, expenses of $25,626,893 and total assets of $33,366,587 at year end.

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