Promote literature, science & useful arts education to students in grades 9 through pg

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
79¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 3 volunteers and 219 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
5 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $2.6M a year · 9% of revenue · last 5 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 5 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
79%
of spending
Looks good: 79% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$978K
to officers and key staff · 4% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 4% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
2 mo
of spending, in cash
Plus $57.4M in investments, Pt X · Ln 11–13
Fine: 1.6 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
15
named funders · $588K
Looks good: 15 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$21.1M
20% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 20% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
25
of 25 voting members
Looks good: 25 of 25 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$28.4M
-5% vs prior year
Spent
$27.5M
To programs
79%
Net assets
$84.2M
By yearFY2021–FY2025
Revenue
$28.4M
FY2025▼ -5%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2021$28.2M
FY2022$28.2M
FY2023$28.0M
FY2024$30.0M
FY2025$28.4M
Expenses
$27.5M
FY2025▲ +3%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2021$24.2M
FY2022$25.0M
FY2023$26.4M
FY2024$26.7M
FY2025$27.5M
Net assets
$84.2M
FY2025▲ +5%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2021$70.7M
FY2022$65.5M
FY2023$72.2M
FY2024$80.1M
FY2025$84.2M

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 Feb 1950.

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Where the money goes

79 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 79% · $21.7M Management & general 14% · $3.9M Fundraising 7% · $1.9M

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

30 people listed on the 990; $978K 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
Head of School
$376,373Pt VII · Sec A
Director of Finance and Op
$173,522Pt VII · Sec A
Asst Head of School
$167,815Pt VII · Sec A
Director of Advancement
$158,273Pt VII · Sec A
Leadership and Planned Giving Officer
$102,003Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Committee Chair, Advanceme
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Committee Chair, Buildings
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Joseph Williams’s $376K as Head of School is at the 77th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3683 $10–100M education nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

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

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Joseph Williams$376,373$364,242$343,086$325,250$295,246
Jill Duncan———$174,495$160,681
Kathleen Howe$173,522$149,515$137,500$13,962—
David Perfield$167,815$166,354———
Sarah Debenedictis$158,273$152,079$134,972$124,709$127,174
William McCulloch—$116,598$112,931$109,876—
William McCullough————$107,349
Robert Defreitas$102,003————

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 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

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Educates students in literature, science, and arts from high school through postgraduate studies.

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1 program · $21.7M · in their own filed words · FY2024
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A high-quality, four-year co-educational secondary level of education for residential and day students, currently serving a student body of approximately 340.

$21.7Mprogram expense

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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
$28.4M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$23.0M
Investment incomeLn 3$3.2M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.3M
Money outPt IX
$27.5M
Ln 25
Programscol B$21.7M
Managementcol C$3.9M
Fundraisingcol D$1.9M
Owns and owesPt X
$84.2M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$3.7M
Total assetsLn 16$105.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$21.1M
PeoplePt VI, VII
30
listed · VII A
PaidVII A5
Voting boardVI 1a25
IndependentVI 1b25
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.3M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$130K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$69K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$23.0M
Investment incomeLn 3$3.2M
Gains on assetsLn 7$1.9M
Total revenueLn 12$28.4M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$1.2M
SavingsLn 2$2.5M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$3.7M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$57.4M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$42.8M
Other assetsLn 15$889K
Total assetsLn 16$105.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$21.1M
Net assetsLn 32$84.2M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5219
VolunteersI 63
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$4.7M$3.7M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$52.8M$57.4M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$43.4M$42.8M
Total assetsLn 16$111.4M$105.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$31.2M$21.1M
Net assetsLn 32$80.1M$84.2M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$6.4M$6.4M
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$655K$655K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$9.0M$6.8M$1.2M$1.1M
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$487K$367K$62K$57K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$730K$532K$115K$83K
Payroll taxesLn 10$684K$483K$125K$76K
Legal feesLn 11b$93K$93K
Accounting feesLn 11c$63K$63K
Investment management feesLn 11f$189K$189K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$273K$134K$140K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$163K$40K$123K
Office expensesLn 13$110K$110K
Information technologyLn 14$319K$243K$55K$22K
OccupancyLn 16$1.2M$1.1M$136K$12K
TravelLn 17$262K$84K$178K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$20K$20K
InterestLn 20$307K$269K$34K$3K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$3.1M$2.8M$350K$31K
InsuranceLn 23$452K$397K$50K$4K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$2.2M$2.1M$93K$7K
All other expensesLn 24e$672K$203K$273K$197K
Total functional expensesLn 25$27.5M$21.7M$3.9M$1.9M

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $28.4M$27.5M$978K$84.2M 990 PDF
FY2024 $30.0M$26.7M$3.3M$80.1M 990 PDF
FY2023 $28.0M$26.4M$1.6M$72.2M 990 PDF
FY2022 $28.2M$25.0M$3.2M$65.5M 990 PDF
FY2021 $28.2M$24.2M$4.0M$70.7M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support M · Noncash J · Pay O · Explanations
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $28,432,923 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $3,882,934$2,289,017
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $22,295,857$23,008,906
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $3,877,449$3,164,086
I-11 Other revenuePrior year −$11,966−$29,086
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $30,044,274$28,432,923
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $5,983,550$6,404,700
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $11,279,924$11,588,831
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $9,459,344$9,461,396
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $26,722,818$27,454,927
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $3,321,456$977,996
Part VI · Governance 25 of 25 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body25
VI-1b Independent voting members25
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $28,432,923 across 9 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for −$15,696 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1c Fundraising events$68,760
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$2,220,257
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$130,227
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$2,289,017
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $23,008,906$23,008,906
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $1,237,200$1,237,200
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission $1,926,886$1,926,886
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax −$13,390−$13,390
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $24,935,792 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $1,208,114$28,432,923
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $27,454,927 across 21 lines filed
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $6,404,700$6,404,700
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffManagement $654,755$654,755
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $6,762,438 · Management $1,189,751 · Fundraising $1,081,340$9,033,529
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $367,255 · Management $61,769 · Fundraising $57,489$486,513
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $531,515 · Management $115,231 · Fundraising $83,202$729,948
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $483,289 · Management $125,145 · Fundraising $75,652$684,086
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $93,268$93,268
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $62,763$62,763
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $189,152$189,152
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $133,712 · Management $139,577$273,289
IX-12 Advertising and promotionManagement $40,119 · Fundraising $122,687$162,806
IX-13 Office expensesManagement $110,146$110,146
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $242,553 · Management $54,803 · Fundraising $21,922$319,278
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $1,074,656 · Management $136,380 · Fundraising $12,155$1,223,191
IX-17 TravelManagement $83,962 · Fundraising $178,322$262,284
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsManagement $19,631$19,631
IX-20 InterestPrograms $269,291 · Management $34,174 · Fundraising $3,046$306,511
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $2,760,201 · Management $350,286 · Fundraising $31,219$3,141,706
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $397,360 · Management $50,428 · Fundraising $4,494$452,282
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $2,073,138 · Management $92,948 · Fundraising $6,614$2,172,700
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $203,285 · Management $272,543 · Fundraising $196,561$672,389
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $21,703,393 · Management $3,876,831 · Fundraising $1,874,703$27,454,927
Part X · Balance sheet $105,280,694 assets, 17 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $1,348,289$1,151,629
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $3,313,782$2,500,000
X-3 Pledges and grants receivable$16,081
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $86,675$79,942
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $345,864$389,462
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $43,408,781$42,831,143
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $52,826,115$57,423,330
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $791,969$889,107
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $111,371,800$105,280,694
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $1,025,209$1,149,090
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $15,015,043$5,273,630
X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $15,161,067$14,678,201
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $31,227,287$21,100,921
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $51,629,332$53,019,469
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $28,515,181$31,160,304
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $80,144,513$84,179,773
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $111,371,800$105,280,694
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $84,179,773 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$28,432,923
XI-2 Total expenses$27,454,927
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$977,996
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$80,144,513
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$3,057,264
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$84,179,773

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