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Filing year 2023

LEGACY CHARTER SCHOOL

Chicago, Illinois·EIN 20-1946624·NTEE B29 · Education·3
Total revenue
$8.7M
Total assets
$23.7M
Total expenses
$8.9M
Reported officers
16
Mission

THE SCHOOL'S MISSION IS TO CREATE AN OUTSTANDING CENTER FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING FOR CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES THAT WILL RECOGNIZE AND NURTURE THE FULL POTENTIAL OF EVERY CHILD, PROVIDE A FOUNDATION FOR A COLLEGE EDUCATION AND EDUCATE STUDENTS TO BE CREATIVE AND CRITICAL THINKERS AND RESPONSIBLE CITIZENS IN SCHOOL, AT HOME AND IN THE BROADER COMMUNITY.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 5 reported individuals · Filing year 2023

Executive Director
$192k
$213k
Base
$169k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$11k
Principal - Term
highest compensated employee
$129k
$143k
Teacher
highest compensated employee
$124k
$138k
Teacher
highest compensated employee
$119k
$132k
Staff Director
highest compensated employee
$111k
$122k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Plus 11 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Education

Down 4%
from 2022

From $200k in 2022 to $192k in 2023.

$200k
2022
$192k
2023
In today's dollarsEst.
Down 7% in real terms$229k to $213k

Estimated with Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Highest reported compensation in each year. Volunteer board members and partial-year payouts are filtered out.
Financial trend

Revenue and expenses over time

LEGACY CHARTER SCHOOL reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$8.2M
$8.6M
2022
$8.7M
$8.9M
2023
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What Education executives earn in Illinois

Comparable education organizations in Illinois pay their highest-earning executive a median of $79,978.

25th percentile
$25k
Median
$79,978
75th percentile
$195k
90th percentile
$368k

These are education sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 362 organizations across 362 filings (2021 – 2023).

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