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LOVE YOUR SCHOOL

SCOTTSDALE, AZ · EIN 845012487 · Form 990 · FY2022 · NTEE B01 · Education · Small ($100K-$1M) · www.loveyourschool.org
revenue
$382K
expenses
$434K
net assets
$179K
employees
2
volunteers
5
program ratio
72%
mission · from form 990

EDUCATING ON, ENCOURAGING, AND FURTHERING SCHOOL CHOICE

profile · synthesized from sources

LOVE YOUR SCHOOL is an advocacy organization that supports education freedom and school choice, primarily in Arizona. It focuses on empowering parents, particularly those with special needs children, to navigate and utilize the state's Empowerment Scholarship Account (ESA) program. The organization also aims to expand its model by establishing state chapters across the country.

irs program accomplishments · form 990 part iii · fy2022

what they reported doing

Program narrative the organization filed with the IRS. Ordered by program spending.

  1. #1 primary $63K
    INFORMATIONAL EVENTS: IN 2022 WE HELD OR PARTICIPATED IN APPROXIMATELY 65 INFORMATIONAL EVENTS IN TWO STATES AND ONLINE, INCLUDING PRESENTATIONS ABOUT SPECIAL EDUCATION EVALUATIONS, SCHOOL OPTIONS IN ARIZONA AND WEST VIRGINIA, AFFORDING PRIVATE SCHOOL THROUGH TUITION TAX CREDIT SCHOLARSHIPS AND EMPOWERMENT SCHOLARSHIP ACCOUNTS. WE HELD ADDITIONAL SPECIFIC EVENTS FOR PARENTS WHO WERE NEW OR INTERESTED IN EMPOWERMENT SCHOLARSHIP ACCOUNTS AND NEEDED EXTRA SUPPORT NAVIGATING THE PROCESS TO QUALIFY, APPLY, AND UTILIZE THE PROGRAM.
  2. #2 $63K
    PODCAST: OUR PODCASTS SERVE FAMILIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY WHO ARE CURIOUS ABOUT SCHOOL OPTIONS, EDUCATION ENTREPRENEURSHIP, SPECIAL EDUCATION EVALUATIONS AND MORE. IN 2022 WE RELEASED 35 PODCAST EPISODES AND RECEIVED 2,567 UNIQUE DOWNLOADS NATIONWIDE OF OUR EPISODES ACROSS TWO PODCASTS.
named programs · 3 · from sources

what they call their work

ESA Parents Facebook Group
An online community for parents utilizing Empowerment Scholarship Accounts to ask questions, get answers, and stay updated on reimbursement approvals.
Love Your School's Hot Picks
A newsletter providing information on school options, tutoring options, family-friendly events, and other education resources.
State Chapter Program
An initiative to establish chapters in other states to empower parents in their education freedom and connect with the national school choice movement.
activities · 2 groups

what they do

  • Education Funding & School Choice Advocacy 6 activities
    • Advocacy for education freedom and parent rights in Arizona
      Engages in advocacy efforts to defend education freedom and support parents in Arizona, including facilitating public pressure campaigns that result in administrative responsiveness for families.
    • Advocate for education freedom and parental rights
      Engages in advocacy efforts to defend education freedom in Arizona, including mobilizing public pressure to influence systems and improve responsiveness to families.
    • Advocate for education freedom and parental rights
      Engages in advocacy efforts to defend education freedom in Arizona, including mobilizing public pressure to improve access and responsiveness for families.
    • Advocating for education freedom
      The organization advocates for education freedom in Arizona, supporting parents and defending their choices, and has facilitated public pressure to ensure families receive timely processing of claims and responses to help desk tickets.
    • Advocating for education freedom
      The organization advocates for education freedom in Arizona, supporting parents and defending their choices, and has facilitated public pressure to ensure families receive timely processing of claims and responses to help desk tickets.
    • Support families in accessing education freedom
      Provides direct support to families navigating education options, with a focus on promoting education freedom in Arizona.
  • Uncategorized 9 activities
    • Build capacity through state chapter development
      Supports the creation of state-level chapters to empower parents, strengthen local engagement, and connect advocates to the national school choice movement.
    • Build state-level capacity for school choice movement
      Supports the creation of state chapters to empower parents, strengthen local engagement, and connect advocates to the national school choice movement.
    • Education resource publication for families
      Produces and publishes a "Hot Picks" newsletter that provides families with information on school options, tutoring services, and family-friendly events to support education decision-making.
    • Establishing state chapters for parent empowerment
      LOVE YOUR SCHOOL supports the establishment of state chapters to empower parents in education freedom and connect them with the national school choice movement.
    • Establishing state chapters for parent empowerment
      LOVE YOUR SCHOOL supports the establishment of state chapters to empower parents in education freedom and connect them with the national school choice movement.
    • State chapter development for parent empowerment
      Supports the creation of state-level chapters to connect parents with the national school choice movement and empower them to advocate for education freedom.
    • Support families in accessing education freedom
      Provides direct support to families navigating education options, including resources and information to promote education freedom in Arizona.
    • Supporting families with education resources
      LOVE YOUR SCHOOL supports families by providing information on education resources, school options, tutoring options, and family-friendly events through its "Hot Picks" newsletter and other publications.
    • Supporting families with education resources
      LOVE YOUR SCHOOL supports families by providing information on education resources, school options, tutoring options, and family-friendly events through its "Hot Picks" newsletter and other publications.
financials · form 990 · fy2022
revenue
Total revenue$382K
Contributions & grants$382K100%
Program service revenue$00%
Investment income$00%
Other revenue$0
expenses
Total expenses$434K
Program expenses72%
Admin / overhead17%
Fundraising11%
Salaries & benefits$71K
Grants paid out$0
Largest expense lineProfessional Fees
balance sheet
Total assets$186K
Cash$186K
Investments$0
Liabilities$7K
Net assets$179K
Liquid reserves5.1 mo
1 years on record · 2022–2022
leadership · form 990 part vii · fy2022

who runs it

paid leadership · 1
NameTitleHours/wkCompensation
JENNY CLARK EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 40 $60K
board members · 5
  • ADAM KISSEL — DIRECTOR
  • GEORGE KHALAF — CHAIRMAN
  • HANNAH WOODRUFF — DIRECTOR
  • JENNIFER RUSSUM — SECRETARY
  • KATHERINE HALEY — DIRECTOR
relationships · 2

who they work with

  • joycherrick Partner — Engaged in a public conversation about homeschooling rights and legal distinctions with LOVE YOUR SCHOOL.
  • national school choice movement Coalition — Connects with actors in the national school choice movement to advance education freedom.