Arts Based School
Donations deductibleRevenue
$8.1m
year to 30 June 2025
Expenses
$8.1m
year to 30 June 2025
Total assets
$14.1m
$19.1m liabilities
Net assets
Minus $5m
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
20
3.4 years on average
Staff
101
employees, year to 30 June 2025
Chair observed
≥5 yrs
Elizabeth Repetti
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Arts Based School's network
20 people11 organisationsi20 people and 11 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (20). Violet dotted lines (11) 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
20 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.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 20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth Repetti Chair | Board Chair | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Shannon Meares Chair | Immediate Past Chair | 2020 | 6 yrs |
| Amir Henry | Board Member | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Asher Ellis | Finance | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Brenda Kennedy | Board Member | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Brittany Todd | Board Member | 2025 | 1 yr |
| Chanita Coulter | Board Member | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Endia Beal | Vice Chair | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Jay Kumar | Board Member | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Jennifer Borrero | Board Member | 2025 | 1 yr |
| Johnathan Williams | Board Member | 2025 | 1 yr |
| Joy Blaser | Board Member | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Kellie Alston | Board Member | 2025 | 1 yr |
| Kimberly Pemberton | Board Member | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Letitia Wall | Board Member | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Lina Sims | Board Member | 2025 | 1 yr |
| Michelle Lawrence | Company secretary | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Rebecca Dickson | Board Member | 2025 | 1 yr |
| Sarah Avery | Board Member | 2025 | 1 yr |
| Tonya Monteiro | Board Member | 2022 | 4 yrs |
Officers and senior leadership
1 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Robin Hollis | Principal | since 2020 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shannon Meares | Immediate Past Chair | 1 | $0 | ||
| Elizabeth Repetti | Board Chair | 1 | $0 | ||
| Asher Ellis | Finance | 1 | $0 | ||
| Michelle Lawrence | Secretary | 1 | $0 | ||
| Chanita Coulter | Board Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Endia Beal | Vice Chair | 1 | $0 | ||
| Joy Blaser | Board Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Brittany Todd | Board Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Kellie Alston | Board Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Amir Henry | Board Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Letitia Wall | Board Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Brenda Kennedy | Board Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Tonya Monteiro | Board Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Lina Sims | Board Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Kimberly Pemberton | Board Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Jay Kumar | Board Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Johnathan Williams | Board Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Sarah Avery | Board Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Rebecca Dickson | Board Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Jennifer Borrero | Board Member | 1 | $0 |
No pay was reported for anyone in Part VII on this return.
About
- Legal name
- Arts Based School
- EIN
- 562160330
- Address
- Po Box 86, Rutherfordton, NC, 28139-0086
- State
- North Carolina
- Mission
- Operation of a public charter school. (as filed on the Form 990)
- Activity (NTEE)
- B29 Education
- IRS classification
- 501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
- Classified purpose
- Education
- Size band
- 8 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 1999
- Principal officer
- Michelle Lawrence (as named on the Form 990)
- IRS ruling date
- 1 September 2000
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 6, latest 2025
- IRS Publication 78
- PC (contributions deductible)
Most connected
Related organisations (Schedule R)
Longest observed on the filings
≥6years on the filingsShannon Meares
≥4years on the filingsElizabeth Repetti
≥4years on the filingsAsher Ellis
≥4years on the filingsBrenda Kennedy
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
- $14.1m
- Total liabilities
- $19.1m
- Net assets or fund balances
- Minus $5m
- Contributions and grants received
- $697k
- Program service revenue
- $7.4m
- Employees
- 101