Organizations Filed Purposes:
Catalyst Schools operate tuition-free public grade schools and high school committed to providing quality education for students and families in low income communities of Chicago.
Catalyst Maria Charter School is a Kindergarten through 12th grade school in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood. The school operates two classrooms at each grade level, Kindergarten through 8th with approximately 31 students per class (62 students per grade) and approximately 480 9th - 12th grade students.
Catalyst Schools partner with urban communities to offer college-preparatory K-12 education. Each child is given a rigorous academic program suited to his or her needs. In addition, Catalyst helps each child develop positive leadership traits that will help him or her be an asset and change agent in the community. Catalyst's goal is to provide a quality educational choice to families who experience the effects of economic difficulty and who have not been adequately served by existing educational institutions so their children will ultimately graduate from college. Catalyst has two campuses.Circle Rock Elementary School is a Kindergarten through 8th grade school in the Austin neighborhood and opened in fall 2007 in a building leased from a former private school which was purchased in fiscal year 2018. The school operates two classrooms at each grade level with approximately 29 students per class (58 students per grade).
The Kehrein Center for the Arts (Center) is an auditorium on the Catalyst Circle Rock campus which was restored to operational service at the end of fiscal year 2019 and started operations in fiscal year 2020. The Center is used for student activities in addition to being available to the public for cultural activities.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Gordon Hannon | CEO | 40 | $178,044 |
| Dawn Sandoval | High School Principal | 40 | $147,424 |
| Elizabeth A Jamison-Dunn | Principal | 40 | $124,833 |
| Edmund Siderewicz | Director of External Relations | 40 | $122,532 |
| Philip Smith | Director of Facilities | 40 | $113,764 |
| Michele Nunez | Director of Finance and Compliance | 40 | $111,687 |
| Michael Kasang | Director of Administration | 40 | $108,982 |
| Claiborne Wade | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Terrence Toth | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Velia Soto | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Ariel Murray | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Andrew Jones | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Rick Hurd | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Yuan-Ying Hsu | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Kimberly Hinton | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Marc Gaddis | Director (Until 5/20) | 1 | $0 |
| Steven D'Souza | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Catherine Burns | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Steven Brown | Treasurer | 1 | $0 |
| Larry Williams | Vice Chair | 1 | $0 |
| Dr Colleen Reardon | Chairman | 1 | $0 |
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