RECIPIENT PROFILE

CHARTER SCHOOL

OPENED: 2008

Best Academy Inc.

23 grants received for $ 1,780,500
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TYPE: 501(c)(3)

EIN: 26-1221063 | 990s and mentions at ProPublica

1300 Olson Memorial Highway
Minneapolis, MN 55411

http://www.thebestacademy.org/

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Tax-exempt since April 2009. Also see Seed Academy, Harvest Preparatory School and Mastery School.

148 institutional roles for $5,417,547

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Demographics

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148 institutional roles for $5,417,547

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Year Role Hrs/week Pay Source 990 src
Avent-Hassa, Rochelle
(2 roles; show | hide | all | profile)
  
Beevas, Sylvia
(3 roles; show | hide | all | profile)
total pay: $ 309,864   
Boettcher, Nick
(4 roles; show | hide | all | profile)
total pay: $ 332,027   
Bonner, Ethel
(1 roles; show | hide | all | profile)
  
Borman, Maggie
(1 roles; show | hide | all | profile)
  
Burrows, Brittany
(3 roles; show | hide | all | profile)
total pay: $ 111,924   
Coakley, Ed
(8 roles; show | hide | all | profile)
  
Dahir, Fowsiya
(2 roles; show | hide | all | profile)
  
Diahame, Fatau
(3 roles; show | hide | all | profile)
total pay: $ 112,055   
Diahame, Fatou
(6 roles; show | hide | all | profile)
total pay: $ 701,075   
Doty, Robert
(1 roles; show | hide | all | profile)
  
Gordon, Rita
(6 roles; show | hide | all | profile)
  
Guled, Hassan
(1 roles; show | hide | all | profile)
  
Hayow, Layla
(2 roles; show | hide | all | profile)
total pay: $ 127,584   
Henderson, Julie
(2 roles; show | hide | all | profile)
total pay: $ 213,198   
Hines, Wendy
(3 roles; show | hide | all | profile)
total pay: $ 22,500   
Hyland, Ezra
(16 roles; show | hide | all | profile)
total pay: $ 28,970   
Johnson, Hailie
(2 roles; show | hide | all | profile)
total pay: $ 115,659   
King, Louis II
(3 roles; show | hide | all | profile)
  
Knighten, Deandra
(11 roles; show | hide | all | profile)
  
Lalugba, Callie
(6 roles; show | hide | all | profile)
total pay: $ 105,994   
Larson, Rachelle
(4 roles; show | hide | all | profile)
total pay: $ 358,965   
Mahmoud, Ella
(1 roles; show | hide | all | profile)
total pay: $ 39,538   
Mahmoud, Eric
(16 roles; show | hide | all | profile)
total pay: $ 1,891,754   
Mahmoud-Hunter, Lakesha
(3 roles; show | hide | all | profile)
total pay: $ 185,957   
Peterson, Emily
(1 roles; show | hide | all | profile)
total pay: $ 144,100   
Robinson-Derden, Leona
(2 roles; show | hide | all | profile)
total pay: $ 79,923   
Roegge, Meghan
(6 roles; show | hide | all | profile)
total pay: $ 411,868   
Russell, Nate
(4 roles; show | hide | all | profile)
  
Si-Asar, Anura
(16 roles; show | hide | all | profile)
  
Swanson, Sarah
(2 roles; show | hide | all | profile)
total pay: $ 124,592   
Thomas, Toniko
(2 roles; show | hide | all | profile)
  
Torvik, John
(5 roles; show | hide | all | profile)
  

 

ENROLLMENT DATA

790 students in 2025
617 students in 2023
679 students in 2022
756 students in 2019
576 students in 2018
717 students in 2017
721 students in 2016

PROPERTIES

CHARTER SCHOOL PARTNER
Grades: K-8

Special populations

 

AUTHORIZERS
Year Fee
Audubon Center of The North Woods
2017 $ 24,268

 

RELATED LINKS

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OTHER LINKS

Fox9.com
March 30, 2025

A MN Teacher of the Year - from a charter school - is accused of sexual abuse. It’s not the first time.

A former Minnesota Teacher of the Year now charged with sexually abusing a student previously faced allegations that he sexually assaulted two of his co-workers, according to police records obtained by the FOX 9 Investigators.

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Kyeland Jackson
startribune.com
March 23, 2025

Charter school removes CEO Eric Mahmoud amid claims of negligence in handling sexual misconduct allegations

The Harvest Best Academy board plans to vote Tuesday on an interim executive director.

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Kare11.com
March 20, 2025

New lawsuit filed against metro school over sexual abuse allegations toward former staff

For the second time, Harvest Best Academy was sued after being accused of failing to protect students from alleged staff member sexual misconduct.

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Katrina Pross and Becky Z. Dernbach
Sahan Journal
February 26, 2025

Minneapolis charter school may be liable for hiring teacher who sexually assaulted student, court rules

A student and his family sued Harvest Best Academy, saying it failed to properly vet the coach, who faced sexual assault allegations at his previous job. The ruling could have implications for schools statewide.

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