Kents Hill School

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Kents Hill, ME501(c)(3)Since 1824EIN 01-0211532

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The organization's mission is to educate students in mind, body, and spirit.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
74¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 17 volunteers and 136 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
3 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $603K a year · 4% of revenue · last 6 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
74%
of spending
Fine: 74% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$1.3M
to officers and key staff · 6% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 6% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
2 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 1.5 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
21
named funders · $3.7M
Looks good: 21 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$14.2M
25% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 25% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
24
of 24 voting members
Looks good: 24 of 24 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$17.8M
-30% vs prior year
Spent
$21.4M
To programs
74%
Net assets
$43.5M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$17.8M
FY2025▼ -30%
Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$12.3M
FY2021$14.6M
FY2022$16.7M
FY2023$16.1M
FY2024$25.4M
FY2025$17.8M
Expenses
$21.4M
FY2025▲ +4%
Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$15.6M
FY2021$14.2M
FY2022$16.0M
FY2023$18.6M
FY2024$20.7M
FY2025$21.4M
Net assets
$43.5M
FY2025▼ -5%
Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$37.5M
FY2021$41.5M
FY2022$40.6M
FY2023$39.4M
FY2024$45.6M
FY2025$43.5M

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending June 2025) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Apr 1950.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

74 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 74% · $15.8M Management & general 20% · $4.4M Fundraising 6% · $1.3M

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

34 people listed on the 990; $1.3M paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
CFO (through 12/31/24)
$181,546Pt VII · Sec A
Interim Chief Advancement Officer
$150,424Pt VII · Sec A
Assistant Head of School
$143,128Pt VII · Sec A
Head of School
$141,137Pt VII · Sec A
Former Head of School
$137,927Pt VII · Sec A
Dean of Enrollment Mgmt
$135,151Pt VII · Sec A
Former Chief Advancement Officer
$129,383Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Information Officer
$122,060Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Christopher Cheney$137,927$251,970$244,890———
Chris Cheney———$238,390$245,890$215,000
Everett Poisson$129,383$194,730————
Andrew May$181,546$157,930$137,399$129,413$142,638$125,997
Lara Cole$150,424—————
Meadow Davis————$144,445$129,816
Lajuan R Davis$143,128$119,786$107,894———
Molly Mackean$141,137—————

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2Yes
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes
  • Loans to or from officersSch L · Pt II1 listed

Programs and updates

Educates students in mind, body, and spirit.

Provided by the organization

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2 program services account for $15.8M of program spending, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2024.
01

Private secondary school utilized by 167 boarding and 53 day students.

$10.0Mprogram expense
02

Scholarships and other financial aid based on need and merit based.

$5.8Mprogram expense

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Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2024
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By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$17.8M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$13.8M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.4M
Investment incomeLn 3$1.7M
Money outPt IX
$21.4M
Ln 25
Programscol B$15.8M
Managementcol C$4.4M
Fundraisingcol D$1.3M
Owns and owesPt X
$43.5M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$2.7M
Total assetsLn 16$57.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$14.2M
PeoplePt VI, VII
34
listed · VII A
PaidVII A10
Voting boardVI 1a24
IndependentVI 1b24
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.4M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$114K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$13.8M
Investment incomeLn 3$1.7M
Gains on assetsLn 7$1.6M
Total revenueLn 12$17.8M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$2.7M
SavingsLn 2$6K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$2.7M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$28.5M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$22.3M
Other assetsLn 15$732K
Total assetsLn 16$57.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$14.2M
Net assetsLn 32$43.5M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5136
VolunteersI 617
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$4.2M$2.7M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$26.2M$28.5M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$22.9M$22.3M
Total assetsLn 16$60.6M$57.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$15.1M$14.2M
Net assetsLn 32$45.6M$43.5M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$3.3M$3.3M
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$2.5M$2.5M
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$819K$61K$494K$263K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$5.4M$4.3M$710K$363K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$228K$183K$31K$14K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$965K$721K$156K$87K
Payroll taxesLn 10$447K$319K$84K$44K
Legal feesLn 11b$79K$79K
Accounting feesLn 11c$51K$51K
Investment management feesLn 11f$77K$77K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$456K$7K$143K$307K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$113K$109K$4K
Office expensesLn 13$77K$77K
Information technologyLn 14$232K$124K$68K$40K
OccupancyLn 16$857K$857K
TravelLn 17$288K$159K$35K$94K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$384$384
InterestLn 20$392K$392K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$1.5M$1.5M
InsuranceLn 23$264K$112K$152K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$3.2M$2.8M$241K$79K
All other expensesLn 24e$222K$99K$123K
Total functional expensesLn 25$21.4M$15.8M$4.4M$1.3M

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $17.8M$21.4M−$3.7M$43.5M 990 PDF
FY2024 $25.4M$20.7M$4.7M$45.6M 990 PDF
FY2023 $16.1M$18.6M−$2.5M$39.4M 990 PDF
FY2022 $16.7M$16.0M$724K$40.6M 990 PDF
FY2021 $14.6M$14.2M$366K$41.5M 990 PDF
FY2020 $12.3M$15.6M−$3.3M$37.5M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2025 990 (4 parts)
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $17,778,838 across 8 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $26,183 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$2,383,599
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$113,925
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$2,383,599
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $13,827,949$13,827,949
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $63,233$63,233
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossRelated to mission −$94,748 · Unrelated business −$41,456 · Excluded from tax $2,242−$133,962
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $1,611,836$1,611,836
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $13,733,201 · Unrelated business −$41,456 · Excluded from tax $1,703,494$17,778,838
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $21,433,849 across 22 lines filed
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $3,300,380$3,300,380
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $2,471,757$2,471,757
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $61,387 · Management $494,066 · Fundraising $263,240$818,693
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $4,334,273 · Management $710,187 · Fundraising $363,098$5,407,558
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $182,799 · Management $31,114 · Fundraising $13,659$227,572
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $721,224 · Management $156,148 · Fundraising $87,422$964,794
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $319,121 · Management $83,790 · Fundraising $43,802$446,713
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $79,141$79,141
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $50,850$50,850
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $76,912$76,912
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $6,559 · Management $142,745 · Fundraising $306,543$455,847
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $109,313 · Management $3,585$112,898
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $77,425$77,425
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $123,945 · Management $67,832 · Fundraising $40,078$231,855
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $856,829$856,829
IX-17 TravelPrograms $158,969 · Management $35,048 · Fundraising $93,675$287,692
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $384$384
IX-20 InterestManagement $392,448$392,448
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationManagement $1,528,371$1,528,371
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $111,590 · Management $151,924$263,514
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $2,840,001 · Management $241,479 · Fundraising $78,777$3,160,257
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $98,633 · Management $123,326$221,959
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $15,774,589 · Management $4,368,966 · Fundraising $1,290,294$21,433,849
Part X · Balance sheet $57,648,810 assets, 18 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $3,033,370$2,721,379
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $1,133,550$5,960
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $5,688,101$2,699,018
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $218,974$9,717
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $45,042$34,708
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $642,105$658,104
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $22,889,888$22,299,940
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $26,154,091$28,488,210
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $840,671$731,774
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $60,645,792$57,648,810
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $981,374$628,383
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $4,451,124$3,904,774
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $7,536$43,817
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $15,066,662$14,195,084
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $27,545,539$27,625,205
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $18,033,591$15,828,521
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $45,579,130$43,453,726
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $60,645,792$57,648,810
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $43,453,726 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$17,778,838
XI-2 Total expenses$21,433,849
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$3,655,011
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$45,579,130
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$1,686,346
XI-9 Other changes in net assets−$156,739
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$43,453,726

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