Challenger School Foundation
Donations deductibleRevenue
$209.9m
year to 31 July 2025
Expenses
$148.9m
year to 31 July 2025
Total assets
$806.5m
$140.6m liabilities
Net assets
$665.9m
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
7
7.1y av
Staff
1,661
employees, year to 31 July 2025
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Officers and senior staff
13
named in Part VII
Challenger School Foundation's network
7 peoplei7 people on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (7). Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK.The board
7 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.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 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Walton | Director | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| HAL Anderson | Director | 2021 | 5 yrs |
| Hugh Gourgeon | President | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Kayleen Wilson | Director | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Matthew Cooper | VP & Secreta | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Richard Bobowski | Director | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Ryan Baker | Director | 2019 | 7 yrs |
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more
Officers and senior leadership
13 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Aaron Schiffner | Exec Region | since 2019 |
| Collin R Payne | Operation Pr | since 2021 |
| Craig Buccellato | Exec Region | since 2023 |
| Dave Mounteer | Exec Region | since 2019 |
| G Mick Smith | Region Direc | 2021 |
| Itzel SIU-Johnson | Region Direc | 2020 |
| Joshua Rippon | Systems Anal | since 2019 |
| Layne Young | Treasurer | since 2019 |
| Lynnette S Hansmann | Dir of Publi | since 2019 |
| Melanie Taplin | Region Direc | 2019 |
| Mick G Smith | Region Direc | 2020 |
| Susan R Landgraf | HR Director | 2019 |
| Tatiana Harper | Dir School O | since 2019 |
Pay and hours
year to 31 July 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hugh Gourgeon | President | 40 | $444k | $14k | |
| Tatiana Harper | Dir School O | 40 | $432k | $6k | |
| Matthew Cooper | VP & Secreta | 40 | $411k | $6k | |
| Craig Buccellato | Exec Region | 40 | $316k | $14k | |
| Richard Bobowski | Director | 40 | $284k | $13k | |
| Dave Walton | Director | 40 | $283k | $12k | |
| Dave Mounteer | Exec Region | 40 | $280k | $20k | |
| Aaron Schiffner | Exec Region | 40 | $270k | $16k | |
| Ryan Baker | Director | 40 | $270k | $14k | |
| Lynnette S Hansmann | Dir of Publi | 40 | $244k | $17k | |
| Collin R Payne | Operation Pr | 40 | $243k | $17k | |
| Joshua Rippon | Systems Anal | 40 | $233k | $16k | |
| Layne Young | Treasurer | 40 | $215k | $17k | |
| Kayleen Wilson | Director | 40 | $165k | $7k | |
| Hal Anderson | Director | 5 | $0 |
About
- Legal name
- Challenger School Foundation
- EIN
- 471405971
- Address
- 9424 S 300 W, Sandy, UT, 84070-2628
- State
- Utah
- Mission
- Challenger's educational objectives are contained in its long standing mission which is to deliver an education that: prepares children to become self-reliant, productive individuals; teaches children to think, speak, and write with clarity, precision, and independence; leads children to value their individuality and unalienable rights; and inspires children to embrace challenge and find joy... (as filed on the Form 990)
- Activity (NTEE)
- B24 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
- 1969
- Principal officer
- Hugh Gourgeon (as named on the Form 990)
- IRS ruling date
- 1 August 2014
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 6, latest 2025
- IRS Publication 78
- PC (contributions deductible)
Most connected
Longest observed on the filings
≥7years on the filingsDave Walton
≥7years on the filingsHugh Gourgeon
≥7years on the filingsKayleen Wilson
≥7years on the filingsMatthew Cooper
Latest return
year to 31 July 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 July 2025. US dollars, as filed.- Total assets
- $806.5m
- Total liabilities
- $140.6m
- Net assets or fund balances
- $665.9m
- Contributions and grants received
- $105k
- Program service revenue
- $186.7m
- Grants and similar paid out
- $881k
- Employees
- 1,661
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $209.9m | $148.9m | $61m |
As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.
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.Challenger School Foundation 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: Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, entity data (data.texas.gov 9cir-efmm). Licence not stated. Data last fetched 18 October 2026.
- State
- Texas
- Status
- Active
- Formed
- 21 June 2011
- Registered agent
- Not stated
This register does not publish officers or directors.