Public Charity

MORRIS JEFF COMMUNITY SCHOOL

MORRIS JEFF COMMUNITY SCHOOL is a Public Charity headquartered in NEW ORLEANS, LA. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $27.9M revenue, $24.7M expenses, $11.9M total assets. 24 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $1.0M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 264161479 NEW ORLEANS, LA Charter Schools NTEE: B29 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$27.9M
Total Expenses$24.7M
Total Assets$11.9M
Grant Records24
Funding Total$1.0M
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

AS AN OPEN-ACCESS SCHOOL, MORRIS JEFF COMMUNITY SCHOOL EMBRACES LEARNERS OF ALL BACKGROUNDS AND HOLDS EACH STUDENT TO HIGH EXPECTATIONS. OUR STUDENTS ARE PROVIDED WITH A DEEP, RICH CURRICULUM THAT ENGAGES THEM IN INQUIRY, DEVELOPS STRONG CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS, AND CHALLENGES THEM TO A NEW LEVEL OF LEARNING. AS AN IB WORLD SCHOOL, WE AIM TO PREPARE STUDENTS TO BECOME LIFELONG LEARNERS AND GLOBAL CITIZENS.WE SEE OURSELVES AS A MODEL OF TRANSFORMATIVE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN OUR CITY AND BEYOND. OUR SCHOOL CONTINUES TO COLLECTIVELY IMAGINE AND BUILD ONE OF THE MOST DIVERSE PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN THE HISTORY OF NEW ORLEANS WHERE ALL STUDENTS ARE ABLE TO THRIVE.

Where $100 goes at Morris Jeff Community School

How Morris Jeff Community School divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 9 years.

$93 Programs the work itself
$7 Management running the organization
$0 Fundraising none reported

No fundraising costs are reported. That often means fundraising runs through a separate affiliated organization that files its own return.

Inside the $93 for programs

$93
Morris Jeff Community School offers an education that is a source of freedom and possibility for all students, permitting them to develop their talents fully, become contributing global…
All program spending · Reported in the filing: 1,500 students
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Sample Grants Received

2024
CREATE A TOP QUALITY, OPEN ACCESS PUBLIC SCHOOL SERVING THE BAYOU ST JOHN AND MID CITY NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS
$25,000
$20,150
2024
$13,709 SEED; $2,500 ACCELERATOR SUPPORT GRANT
$16,209
$13,045
2023
CREATE A TOP QUALITY, OPEN ACCESS PUBLIC SCHOOL SERVING THE BAYOU ST JOHN AND MID CITY NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS
$20,000

Showing up to 5 of 24 total records — full history available with membership.

Officers & Directors

PRESIDENT Blaine Lecesne
DIRECTOR Dr Patrick Thompson
DIRECTOR Dwight Barnes
TREASURER Elaine Reyes
DIRECTOR Janina Jeff Ringo
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF FINA Jared Frank

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$805,697 6 grants
Education
$206,273 13 grants
Unspecified
$33,974 2 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $27.9M $24.7M $11.9M
2024 $26.5M $25.0M $9.7M
2023 $23.7M $22.5M $6.7M
2022 $21.5M $20.2M $5.4M
2021 $16.5M $16.2M $5.5M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $16.5M to $27.9M (+69%), with total assets most recently reported at $11.9M.

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