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US nonprofit · EIN 463566533 · Los Angeles, CAiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 463566533) - NTEE activity code, address.Board and officers IRS Form 990 annual filings, Part VII (directors, trustees, officers, key employees), read year by year to observe tenure.Latest return IRS Form 990 series e-file data - 990 for the year to 30 June 2024: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay, related organisations (Schedule R).Renewal outlook Computed by Governance Register from the observed filing history and filed revenue (us-approach-v4-clean). Not a statement that the organisation is recruiting.Deductibility IRS Publication 78 data (code PC), downloaded 18 October 2026.Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

Bright Star Education Group

Donations deductible
Revenue
$3.3m
year to 30 June 2024
Expenses
$4.8m
year to 30 June 2024
Total assets
$70m
$61.4m liabilities
Net assets
$8.6m
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
5
7.7y av
Staff
0
3 volunteers
Chair observed
≥3 yrs
Christie Rice
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
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Bright Star Education Group's network

5 people4 organisationsi5 people and 4 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (5). Violet dotted lines (4) 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

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 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, which matches the board listed here.
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Christie Rice ChairBoard Chair2020
6 yrs
Dean IndotMember2018
8 yrs
James MINMember2018
8 yrs
Michael SolomonMember2019
7 yrs
Scott LayfieldMember2018
8 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Officers and senior leadership

4 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.
NameTitle as filedOn the filings
China HabteController2018
Hrag HamalianExecutive Directorsince 2018
Jaime HernandezDirector of Information Tech2018
Veronica YUVP Operations2018

Pay and hours

year to 30 June 2024iFrom 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.
NameTitle as filedHours a weekPay from the organisationRelated organisationsOther
Dean IndotChair2$0
Scott LayfieldMember2$0
Elijah SugayCFO2$0$177k$20k
Michael SolomonMember2$0
Hrag HamalianCEO Oct 6 20232$0$303k$5k
Ana MartinezCEO2$0$129k$15k

About

Legal name
Bright Star Education Group
EIN
463566533
Address
5101 Santa Monica Blvd Ste 8 PMB 93, Los Angeles, CA, 90029-2480
State
California
Mission
The mission of the organization is to promote, support, benefit, replicate, and carry out the purpose of and serve as the facility development entity for bright star schools ( a nonprofit public benefits corporation that operates california public charter schools) and such other public charter schools as may be established to provide public education based on educational and teaching... (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
9 (IRS master file code)
Formed
2013
Principal officer
Elijah Sugay (as named on the Form 990)
IRS ruling date
1 August 2014
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
6, latest 2023
IRS Publication 78
PC (contributions deductible)

Most connected

Related organisations (Schedule R)

RelatedCHARTER SCHOOLBright Star Schools

Longest observed on the filings

≥8years on the filingsDean Indot
≥8years on the filingsJames MIN
≥8years on the filingsScott Layfield
≥7years on the filingsMichael Solomon

Latest return

year to 30 June 2024iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 30 June 2024. US dollars, as filed.
Total assets
$70m
Total liabilities
$61.4m
Net assets or fund balances
$8.6m
Contributions and grants received
$0
Program service revenue
$2.9m
Employees
0
Volunteers
3