Instituto Justice and Leadership Academies

“Form 990 is reviewed by the cfo, then approved by the board of directors”

“All board members are sworn to disclose any conflicts of interest and remove themselves from voting and discussion if such a situation were to arise.”

“Board chair reviews and approves ceo or executive director and top management compensation.”

“All salaries are at final approval by ceo or executive director; directors' hiring requests are based on program requirements, budgets and job description qualifications.”

“Ijla's governing and other organizational documents are made available to the public upon request or through the idpl website.”

“Ijla is an independent charter school within the cps system serving out- of-school youth. Ijla engages students between the ages 16-21 in a unique and rigorous social justice curriculum. The school's vision is to empower out-of-school youth to reengage as students who become decision makers in their own life, to take ownership of their education, and to use it to become productive agents of change.”

“Form 990, part iv, line 13 - schedule e is only required to be filed by private schools. Instituto justice and leadership academies is certified in the state of illinois as a charter school and is considered to be public. For those reasons form 990, part iv, line 13 is answered "yes" but schedule e is not attached.”

“Investment - parent entity 254,511 the school merged into a new nonprofit organization (ijla of delaware, inc.), and subsequently into ijla intermediate, inc., and ultimately into ijla, llc, a disregarded entity (sole-member limited liability corporation) as of june 30, 2018. The net assets (deficit) of 254,511 was absorbed by the sole member of the new organization.”