Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Jan 1959.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
72 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
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
41 people listed on the 990-T; $2.5M paid to officers and key staff.
Alexandra Callen’s $548K as Head of School is at the 46th percentile of top reported officer pay among 674 $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
| Name | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theodorick Bland | $147,823 | $607,607 | $700,687 | $642,573 | $791,294 | $508,641 |
| Alexandra Callen | $548,407 | $251,123 | — | — | — | — |
| Heidi Vanderbilt-Brown | $313,133 | $297,873 | $296,265 | $284,420 | $270,136 | $266,762 |
| Lisa Winick | $300,610 | $293,478 | $306,343 | $293,677 | $284,031 | $256,656 |
| Monica Palmer | $226,720 | $224,334 | — | — | — | — |
| Carol a Giusti-Cahalane | $222,616 | $194,433 | $192,535 | — | — | — |
| Alden Smith | — | — | $221,790 | $164,963 | $169,848 | $158,661 |
| Francis Patti Until 63023 | — | — | $212,630 | — | — | — |
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.
See Milton Academy executive salaries →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
Educates students from kindergarten through twelfth grade, offering boarding and day options for high schoolers.
Questions for Milton Academy
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Milton academy promotes an environment of lifelong learning to 1011 students in grades k-12. Students are encouraged to participate in community service and volunteer opportunities during the year in an effort to instill a passion for giving back to others for many years.
The mountain school of milton academy is an independent semester program that provides high school juniors the opportunity to live and work on an organic farm in rural vermont. Each semester the mountain school draws 45 high-achieving students from all over the country.
Through interscholastic and intramural sports, as well as physical education courses, all milton academy students are involved in physically active and challenging pursuits that help form an exceptional educational experience.
Funders
Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
By the numbers
The FY2022 990-T, line by line.
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Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 LatestFiled with the IRS May 14, 2026 | $104.3M | $107.0M | −$2.7M | $479.8M | 990 PDF |
| FY2024Filed with the IRS May 14, 2025 | $94.5M | $103.2M | −$8.7M | $453.0M | 990 PDF |
| FY2023Filed with the IRS May 14, 2024 | $86.2M | $95.3M | −$9.1M | $428.6M | 990 PDF |
| FY2022 Viewing | $116.5M | $90.5M | $26.0M | $411.8M | 990 PDF |
| FY2021Filed with the IRS May 16, 2022 | $105.0M | $83.6M | $21.4M | $439.3M | 990 PDF |
| FY2020Filed with the IRS May 14, 2021 | $105.7M | $80.7M | $25.0M | $363.6M | 990 PDF |
Schedules filed Part IV
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2022 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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