Urban Prep Academies
Donations deductibleRevenue
$4.5m
year to 30 June 2025
Expenses
$6.7m
year to 30 June 2025
Total assets
$112k
$1.8m liabilities
Net assets
Minus $1.7m
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
10
2.1y av
Staff
134
employees, year to 30 June 2025
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Officers and senior staff
14
named in Part VII
Urban Prep Academies' network
10 people6 organisationsi10 people and 6 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (10). Violet dotted lines (6) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.The board
10 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Tenure and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed tenure is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 6 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI; we list 10 in Part VII (Part VII does not always name every voting member).| Name | Role as filed | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr Tre Childress Chair | Board Chairman | 2025 | 1 yr |
| Benjamin Blakeley | Board Member | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Dennis Lacewell | CEO | 2025 | 1 yr |
| James Montgomery | Board Member | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Pamela Johnson | Board Member | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Sabrina Hughey | Board Member/Parent Rep. | 2025 | 1 yr |
| Troy Boyd | Chief Operations Officer | 2025 | 1 yr |
| Tyler Beck | Board Member | 2025 | 1 yr |
| Vernon Spells | Board Member | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Victor P Henderson | Board Member | 2024 | 2 yrs |
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more
Officers and senior leadership
14 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.| Name | Title as filed | On the filings |
|---|---|---|
| Conrad Timbers-Ausar | Principal Bronzeville Camp | 2018 |
| Cory Cain | Principal, West Camp | 2019 |
| Daryll Lacey | Principal | since 2021 |
| Dennis Lacewell | Principal Englewood Campus | since 2018 |
| Dion Steele | Principal Englewood Camp | 2018 |
| Joffrey Bywater | Principal-B'ville | since 2019 |
| Joseph Mason | Principal Englewood Camp | since 2019 |
| Jamen-Jamal Williams | Assistant Principal | 2022 |
| Kizawanda Olowe | Director of Specialized Se | 2018 |
| Lionel Allen | Chief Academic Officer | 2018 |
| Othiniel Mahone | Principal | since 2022 |
| Patrick Robinson | Principal, West Camp | 2018 |
| Troy Boyd | Chief Operating Officer | since 2020 |
| Tanya Robinson | Program Director | since 2022 |
Pay and hours
year to 30 June 2025iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.| Name | Title as filed | Hours a week | Pay from the organisation | Related organisations | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dennis Lacewell | CEO | 40 | $197k | ||
| Troy Boyd | Chief Operations Officer | 40 | $144k | ||
| Tanya Robinson | Human Resource Officer | 40 | $108k | ||
| Dr Tre Childress | Board Chairman | 1 | $0 | ||
| Benjamin Blakeley | Board Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Tyler Beck | Board Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Pamela Johnson | Board Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Victor P Henderson | Board Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| James Montgomery | Board Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Vernon Spells | Board Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Sabrina Hughey | Board Member/Parent Rep. | 1 | $0 |
About
- Legal name
- Urban Prep Academies
- EIN
- 200138672
- Address
- 420 N Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL, 60611-3568
- State
- Illinois
- Mission
- To provide a comprehensive, high quality, college preparatory education that results in graduates succeeding in college. The operation of a network of public Charter College Prep High Schools. (as filed on the Form 990)
- Activity (NTEE)
- B20 Education
- IRS classification
- 501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
- Classified purpose
- Education
- Size band
- 4 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 2002
- Principal officer
- Dennis Lacewell (as named on the Form 990)
- IRS ruling date
- 1 May 2004
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 8, latest 2025
- IRS Publication 78
- PC (contributions deductible)
Most connected
Longest observed on the filings
≥3years on the filingsBenjamin Blakeley
≥3years on the filingsPamela Johnson
≥2years on the filingsJames Montgomery
≥2years on the filingsVernon Spells
Latest return
year to 30 June 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 30 June 2025. US dollars, as filed.- Total assets
- $112k
- Total liabilities
- $1.8m
- Net assets or fund balances
- Minus $1.7m
- Contributions and grants received
- $4.2m
- Program service revenue
- $29k
- Employees
- 134
Filed finances
1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.| Tax year | Total revenue | Total expenses | Surplus or deficit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $6.5m | $7m | Deficit $486k |
As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.