Stratton Mountain School & Ski Foundation INC

Tax-deductible

Stratton Mtn, VT501(c)(3)Since 1972Recreation & SportsEIN 03-0259524

Secondary education & ski training with mission to provide each student with the opportunity to pursue excellence in competitive winter sports and college preparatory academics while developing strong personal values.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
79¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$580K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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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
2 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $85K a year · under 1% of revenue · last 6 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 2 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 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
$580K
to officers and key staff · 5% of spending
Top officer’s pay lower than 80% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 5% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
<1 mo
of spending, in cash
Worth a look: 0.7 months of spending in cash; under 1.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
6
named funders · $307K
Looks good: 6 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$7.6M
54% of total assets
Fine: liabilities are 54% of assets; 50% to 65%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
12
of 12 voting members
Looks good: 12 of 12 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$11.4M
+8% vs prior year
Spent
$11.6M
To programs
79%
Net assets
$6.5M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$11.4M
FY2025▲ +8%
Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$7.2M
FY2021$9.6M
FY2022$9.0M
FY2023$10.5M
FY2024$10.5M
FY2025$11.4M
Expenses
$11.6M
FY2025▲ +2%
Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$7.5M
FY2021$8.0M
FY2022$8.7M
FY2023$10.5M
FY2024$11.4M
FY2025$11.6M
Net assets
$6.5M
FY2025▲ +0.5%
Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$5.5M
FY2021$7.2M
FY2022$7.2M
FY2023$7.2M
FY2024$6.4M
FY2025$6.5M

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 Oct 1975.

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

Where the money goes

79 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 79% · $9.2M Management & general 16% · $1.8M Fundraising 5% · $630K

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

Who runs it and what they're paid

15 people listed on the 990; $580K 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
$211,644Pt VII · Sec A
Director of Sport
$160,044Pt VII · Sec A
Snowboard Program Director
$110,732Pt VII · Sec A
Business Director
$97,523Pt VII · Sec A
Trustee
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice Chair/Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Carson a Thurber’s $212K as Headmaster is at the 20th percentile of top reported officer pay among 290 $10–100M recreation & sports 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

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Christopher Kaltsas———$286,003$605,923$225,920
Christopher Kaltsas——$471,255———
Carson a Thurber$211,644$184,311————
Carson Thurber——$160,152———
Michael Morin$160,044$154,038$148,299———
Carson Thurber———$155,596$124,640—
Michael T Morin———$139,371——
Michael Morin————$130,815$129,163

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

Programs and updates

Offers ski training and college prep academics for student athletes.

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2 program services account for $9.2M of program spending, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2024.
01

School

Grades 7 through 12

$4.6Mprogram expense
02

Ski training programs

$4.6Mprogram 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 · received and paid
Grants received · FY2024
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Grants paid · 6 grants · $7.3M · 2019–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$1,659,440
Unitemized GrantFY2023$1,435,350
Unitemized GrantFY2022$1,139,500
Unitemized GrantFY2021$1,123,900
Unitemized GrantFY2020$1,110,381
Unitemized GrantFY2019$870,735

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$11.4M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$10.3M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.0M
Investment incomeLn 3$195K
Money outPt IX
$11.6M
Ln 25
Programscol B$9.2M
Managementcol C$1.8M
Fundraisingcol D$630K
Owns and owesPt X
$6.5M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$724K
Total assetsLn 16$14.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$7.6M
PeoplePt VI, VII
15
listed · VII A
PaidVII A4
Voting boardVI 1a12
IndependentVI 1b12
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.0M
Government grantsLn 1e$50K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$319K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$10.3M
Investment incomeLn 3$195K
Gains on assetsLn 7−$4K
Total revenueLn 12$11.4M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$724K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$724K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$4.0M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$8.8M
Total assetsLn 16$14.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$7.6M
Net assetsLn 32$6.5M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5109
VolunteersI 60
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aNo
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.2M$724K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$3.2M$4.0M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$9.0M$8.8M
Total assetsLn 16$13.9M$14.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$7.5M$7.6M
Net assetsLn 32$6.4M$6.5M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$1.7M$1.7M
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$50K$50K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$309K$309K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$4.6M$3.9M$487K$190K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$665K$531K$108K$26K
Legal feesLn 11b$15K$15K
Accounting feesLn 11c$41K$41K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$113K$24K$89K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$15K$15K
Office expensesLn 13$84K$59K$24K
Information technologyLn 14$103K$98K$5K
OccupancyLn 16$252K$223K$29K
TravelLn 17$33K$7K$26K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$20K$20K
InterestLn 20$352K$30K$316K$6K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$494K$408K$86K
InsuranceLn 23$179K$179K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$1.7M$1.4M$378K
All other expensesLn 24e$880K$795K$70K$15K
Total functional expensesLn 25$11.6M$9.2M$1.8M$630K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $11.4M$11.6M−$205K$6.5M 990 PDF
FY2024 $10.5M$11.4M−$849K$6.4M 990 PDF
FY2023 $10.5M$10.5M−$35K$7.2M 990 PDF
FY2022 $9.0M$8.7M$301K$7.2M 990 PDF
FY2021 $9.6M$8.0M$1.6M$7.2M 990 PDF
FY2020 $7.2M$7.5M−$274K$5.5M 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
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Part VIII · Statement of revenue $11,395,717 across 9 lines filed
VIII-1c Fundraising events$318,725
VIII-1e Government grants$50,000
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$661,407
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,030,132
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $10,330,244$10,330,244
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $198,140$198,140
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax −$3,626−$3,626
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax −$159,173−$159,173
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $10,330,244 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $35,341$11,395,717
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $11,601,135 across 19 lines filed
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $1,659,440$1,659,440
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $50,000$50,000
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffManagement $309,167$309,167
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $3,913,898 · Management $486,509 · Fundraising $190,201$4,590,608
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $531,491 · Management $108,049 · Fundraising $25,829$665,369
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $14,982$14,982
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $40,685$40,685
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $24,064 · Management $88,673$112,737
IX-12 Advertising and promotionFundraising $15,320$15,320
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $59,065 · Management $24,491$83,556
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $98,249 · Management $5,079$103,328
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $222,934 · Management $29,404$252,338
IX-17 TravelPrograms $7,497 · Management $25,880$33,377
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsManagement $19,609$19,609
IX-20 InterestPrograms $29,506 · Management $316,064 · Fundraising $6,285$351,855
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $407,514 · Management $86,050$493,564
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $179,468$179,468
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $1,368,197 · Fundraising $377,834$1,746,031
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $794,995 · Management $69,773 · Fundraising $14,933$879,701
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $9,166,850 · Management $1,803,883 · Fundraising $630,402$11,601,135
Part X · Balance sheet $14,092,862 assets, 15 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $1,196,508$723,895
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $308,275$256,750
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $61,762$296,084
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $170,808$75,469
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $9,026,085$8,774,978
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $3,150,549$3,965,686
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $13,913,987$14,092,862
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $596,454$749,480
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $1,585,556$1,705,031
X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $5,313,996$5,187,732
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $7,496,006$7,642,243
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $6,030,943$6,040,351
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $387,038$410,268
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $6,417,981$6,450,619
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $13,913,987$14,092,862
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $6,450,619 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$11,395,717
XI-2 Total expenses$11,601,135
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$205,418
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$6,417,981
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$238,056
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$6,450,619

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