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Filing year 2023

POLARIS CHARTER ACADEMY

Chicago, Illinois·EIN 01-0874029·NTEE B24 · Education·3
Total revenue
$5.8M
Total assets
$2.7M
Total expenses
$6.1M
Reported officers
19
Mission

TO ORGANIZE AND OPERATE A CHARTER SCHOOL IN CHICAGO, IL AND ENGAGE IN OTHER EDUCATION ACTIVITIES PERMISSABLE UNDER SECTION 501(C)(3) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 6 reported individuals · Filing year 2023

Executive Director/member
officer (unspecified)
$243k
$269k
Base
$197k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$15k
Principal
highest compensated employee
$142k
$157k
Director of Finance & Operations
$137k
$152k
Director of Community Engagement
highest compensated employee
$134k
$148k
Teacher
highest compensated employee
$132k
$146k
Director of Program Development
$126k
$140k

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 13 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Education

Down 2%
from 2022

From $247k in 2022 to $243k in 2023.

$247k
2022
$243k
2023
In today's dollarsEst.
Down 5% in real terms$283k to $269k

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.

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