Brilla College Preparatory Charter Schools

“Stephanie saroki de garcia, a trustee of brilla, is a board member and employee of seton education partners (sep), an unrelated 501(c)(3) organization. Brilla does not pay stephanie saroki de garcia for her services as a trustee of the organization, her services are completely voluntary”

“The school utilizes seton education partners (sep), an unrelated 501(c)(3) organization, to provide management and other administrative support services to the school. The school delegates hiring of certain employees, planning and executing budgets, and other financial operations to sep. -- luanne zurlo is an employee and a general partner of sep and also an officer of brilla. -- kelsey lavigne is also an employee of sep and an officer of brilla. -- matt salvatierra is the cfo of sep and also the cfo of brilla. Brilla pays sep a management fees for the services provided including the services of both officers and the cfo. Sep was paid $3,691,870 during the fiscal year ending june 30, 2021.”

“The executive director, director finance & operations and financial consultant will review the 990 draft. Any changes are communicated to the independent accountants and a revised draft is then forwarded to board of trustees. The board of trustees must approve the irs form 990 prior to filing. The returns must be signed by the executive director.”

“The school continually monitors and annually surveys trustees, officers, and key employees in order to identify possible conflicts of interest. Members are required to disclose information about the interest which could lead to conflicts of interest to the chairperson of the board. Motivated by, or gives the appearance of being motivated by, the desire for gain for the director or for other person or organization with which he/she is associated; 2) disqualify himself/herself from formal or informal discussion with directors or participation in any decisions which pose a conflict of interest.”

“The school seeks to ensure that compensation is reasonable and represents the fair market value for services rendered. The school routinely utilizes benchmark studies and independent review of market compensation data at the time of employee hiring or when special compensation adjustments are awarded. The organization sets compensation within the range of the going market rate. No individual having a conflict of interest under organization's conflict of interest policy is permitted to participate in the review or decision making process.”

“These documents are located at the organization and are available upon request.”

“The process is consistent with prior years”