Pennsylvania Virtual Charter School
Donations deductibleRevenue
$59.5m
year to 30 June 2025
Expenses
$51.2m
year to 30 June 2025
Total assets
$55.3m
$5m liabilities
Net assets
$50.3m
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
5
8.2 years on average
Staff
334
employees, year to 30 June 2025
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Officers and senior staff
12
named in Part VII
Pennsylvania Virtual Charter School's network
5 peoplei5 people on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (5). Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK.The board
5 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.Time served and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed time served is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 5 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.| Name | Role as filed | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bonnie M Schaefer | President | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Brenda Sachleben | Vice President | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Carl Schwartz | Board Member | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Sophia Lewis | Company secretary | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Victor Valentine | Treasurer | 2018 | 8 yrs |
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more
Officers and senior leadership
12 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cheryl Clothier | Principal - High School | since 2018 |
| Diana Perney | Director, Onboarding & Prof Dev | since 2020 |
| Dr Debra Heath-Thornton | Chief Executive Officer | 2023 |
| Jason E Billups | Chief Financial Officer | since 2018 |
| Jason Fitzpatrick | Director of Student Services | 2018 |
| John Chandler | Chief Executive Officer | since 2018 |
| Jose Parrilla | Chief Academic Officer | since 2018 |
| Melissa Paris | Chief Financial Officer | 2023 |
| Shaikha Buali | Chief Academic Officer | 2023 |
| Sherri Tate | Executive Director of HR, MKT & Comm | since 2018 |
| Steven Schutt | Principal, Elementary | since 2018 |
| Thomas Gilligan | Director of Student Data and Assessment | since 2018 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dr Debra Heath-Thornton | Chief Executive Officer | 40 | $187k | $12k | |
| Sherri Tate | Chief HR & Marketing Offic | 40 | $181k | $13k | |
| Melissa Paris | Chief Financial Officer | 40 | $135k | $10k | |
| Shaikha Buali | Chief Academic Officer | 40 | $132k | $13k | |
| Steven Schutt | Principal, Elementary | 40 | $122k | $12k | |
| Carl Schwartz | President | 1 | $0 | ||
| Brenda Sachleben | Vice President | 0.5 | $0 | ||
| Ariel Castillo | Secretary | 0.5 | $0 | ||
| Victor Valentine | Treasurer | 0.5 | $0 | ||
| Ruth Bowser | Board Member | 0.5 | $0 | ||
| Stephanie Hamel | Board Member | 0.5 | $0 | ||
| Riana Rahman | Board Member | 0.5 | $0 |
About
- Legal name
- Pennsylvania Virtual Charter School
- EIN
- 233075231
- Address
- 630 Park Ave, KNG of Prussa, PA, 19406-1408
- State
- Pennsylvania
- Mission
- To provide pennsylvania public k-12 students asuperior cyber charter option, continuouslyimproving by using innovative technologies,well-rounded curricula, and individualizededucational delivery in safe learningenvironments. Pa virtual seeks to equip ourstudents with excellent academic education,social skills, and character development fortheir lives as productive 21st-century citizens. (as filed on the Form 990)
- Activity (NTEE)
- B99 Education
- IRS classification
- 501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
- Classified purpose
- Education
- Size band
- 9 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 2001
- Principal officer
- Dr Debra Heath-Thornton (as named on the Form 990)
- IRS ruling date
- 1 January 2003
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 6, latest 2023
- IRS Publication 78
- PC (contributions deductible)
Most connected
Longest observed on the filings
≥8years on the filingsBonnie M Schaefer
≥8years on the filingsBrenda Sachleben
≥8years on the filingsSophia Lewis
≥8years on the filingsVictor Valentine
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
- $55.3m
- Total liabilities
- $5m
- Net assets or fund balances
- $50.3m
- Contributions and grants received
- $2.6m
- Program service revenue
- $54.9m
- Employees
- 334
State registration
1 entityiBusiness-entity registers published by US states. These records are matched to this organisation by name and state, not by EIN, and are labelled as likely matches. Street addresses are not shown.Pennsylvania Virtual Charter School likely matchiMatched by exact name and state (and ZIP where shown). State registers do not publish EINs, so this is not a confirmed match. Source: Pennsylvania Department of State, business entities (data.pa.gov xvd7-5r2c). Licence: public domain. Data last fetched 18 October 2026.
- State
- Pennsylvania
- Entity type
- Domestic Nonprofit Corporation
- Status
- Active
- Formed
- 16 January 2001
- Registered agent
- Not stated
Officers (3)
- Debra Heath-Thornton President
- Julie Pufko Secretary
- Melissa Paris Treasurer
City and state of officers are not held in this extract.