Please see schedule o for Northfield Mount Hermon school's mission. Northfield Mount Hermon provides secondary School education, engaging the intellect, compassion, and talents of our students, empowering them to act with humanity and purpose.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
62¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 116 volunteers and 518 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
6 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $17.3M a year · 22% of revenue · last 6 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 6 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
62%
of spending
Worth a look: 62% of spending went to programs; under 65%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$2.2M
to officers and key staff · 3% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 3% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
8 mo
of spending, in cash
Plus $280.8M in investments, Pt X · Ln 11–13
Looks good: 7.8 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
6
named funders · $258K
Looks good: 6 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$91.6M
21% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 21% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
20
of 20 voting members
Looks good: 20 of 20 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$90.5M
-16% vs prior year
Spent
$65.5M
To programs
62%
Net assets
$352.3M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$90.5M
FY2025▼ -16%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$64.5M
FY2021$62.2M
FY2022$71.5M
FY2023$69.3M
FY2024$107.3M
FY2025$90.5M
Expenses
$65.5M
FY2025▲ +5%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$57.8M
FY2021$56.8M
FY2022$58.2M
FY2023$60.6M
FY2024$62.6M
FY2025$65.5M
Net assets
$352.3M
FY2025▲ +16%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$171.1M
FY2021$219.7M
FY2022$212.4M
FY2023$239.1M
FY2024$304.4M
FY2025$352.3M

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

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Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Aug 1932.

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Where the money goes

62 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 62% · $40.6M Management & general 32% · $21.1M Fundraising 6% · $3.8M

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; $2.2M 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
$536,395Pt VII · Sec A
$325,918Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Advancement Officer
$271,695Pt VII · Sec A
Associate Head of School
$224,675Pt VII · Sec A
Director of Health Services
$210,251Pt VII · Sec A
Director of Communications
$161,199Pt VII · Sec A
Dean of Faculty
$152,074Pt VII · Sec A
Director of Facilities and Grounds
$146,326Pt VII · Sec A

Brian H Hargrove’s $536K as Head of School is at the 91st 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

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Brian H Hargrove$536,395$525,009$514,481$470,598——
Brian Hargrove————$391,929$191,458
Mary McEneany$325,918$300,524$290,552$277,580$243,973$111,256
Charles Tierney$224,675$226,189$227,881$228,110$218,387$283,488
Patricia Jackson$271,695$254,323$161,770———
Philip Hood———$238,874$113,344—
Allyson Goodwin————$144,293$228,843
Sara Rourke$210,251$203,412$196,431$209,536$199,204$180,013

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, engaging their intellect, compassion, and talents for humanity and purpose.

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2 programs · $40.6M · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Northfield mount hermon school (NMH) gives young people an exceptional academic experience taught by expert, caring faculty. NMH is a secular coed boarding and day school for 628 students in grades nine through twelve and post graduate. Our beautiful wooded campus borders the connecticut river in western massachusetts' pioneer valley.

$39.6Mprogram expense
02

Northfield mount hermon school "NMH summer" offers programs for students wishing to enrich, supplement, or accelerate their school-year education. We have an extensive, comprehensive program that has existed in various forms for more than 100 years.

$1.0Mprogram 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 · received and paid
Grants received · FY2025
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Grants paid · 6 grants · $58.2M · 2019–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$11,683,645
Unitemized GrantFY2023$10,942,064
Unitemized GrantFY2022$10,182,222
Unitemized GrantFY2021$9,076,232
Unitemized GrantFY2020$8,297,552
Unitemized GrantFY2019$8,003,783

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$90.5M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$49.2M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$34.0M
Investment incomeLn 3$6.9M
Money outPt IX
$65.5M
Ln 25
Programscol B$40.6M
Managementcol C$21.1M
Fundraisingcol D$3.8M
Owns and owesPt X
$352.3M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$42.6M
Total assetsLn 16$443.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$91.6M
PeoplePt VI, VII
30
listed · VII A
PaidVII A10
Voting boardVI 1a20
IndependentVI 1b20
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$34.0M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$3.0M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$49.2M
Investment incomeLn 3$6.9M
Other incomeLn 4–11$361K
Gains on assetsLn 7$2.5M
Total revenueLn 12$90.5M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$8.6M
SavingsLn 2$34.0M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$42.6M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$280.8M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$104.3M
Total assetsLn 16$443.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$91.6M
Net assetsLn 32$352.3M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5518
VolunteersI 6116
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$38.9M$42.6M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$235.9M$280.8M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$99.9M$104.3M
Total assetsLn 16$395.1M$443.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$90.7M$91.6M
Net assetsLn 32$304.4M$352.3M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$11.7M$11.7M
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$2.1M$1.8M$308K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$15K$15K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$19.6M$11.3M$6.5M$1.7M
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$1.9M$856K$844K$213K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$5.5M$3.0M$2.2M$282K
Payroll taxesLn 10$1.5M$830K$573K$143K
Legal feesLn 11b$115K$115K
Accounting feesLn 11c$100K$100K
Investment management feesLn 11f$316K$316K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$1.9M$1.1M$559K$212K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$62K$15K$47K
Office expensesLn 13$1.0M$335K$530K$143K
Information technologyLn 14$880K$84K$691K$105K
OccupancyLn 16$2.2M$1.9M$288K$24K
TravelLn 17$579K$250K$194K$135K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$476K$9K$75K$392K
InterestLn 20$2.8M$2.8M
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$6.6M$6.0M$553K$26K
InsuranceLn 23$864K$864K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$4.5M$2.9M$1.5M$41K
All other expensesLn 24e$760K$215K$481K$64K
Total functional expensesLn 25$65.5M$40.6M$21.1M$3.8M

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $90.5M$65.5M$25.1M$352.3M 990 PDF
FY2024 $107.3M$62.6M$44.7M$304.4M 990 PDF
FY2023 $69.3M$60.6M$8.6M$239.1M 990 PDF
FY2022 $71.5M$58.2M$13.3M$212.4M 990 PDF
FY2021 $62.2M$56.8M$5.4M$219.7M 990 PDF
FY2020 $64.5M$57.8M$6.8M$171.1M 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 $90,528,606 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $48,870,340$34,024,757
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $47,636,065$49,223,750
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $9,634,124$6,918,816
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $1,197,980$361,283
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $107,338,509$90,528,606
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $10,942,064$11,683,645
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $29,745,581$30,639,566
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $21,939,076$23,147,219
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $62,626,721$65,470,430
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $44,711,788$25,058,176
Part VI · Governance 20 of 20 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body20
VI-1b Independent voting members20
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 $90,528,606 across 9 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $775,642 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$34,024,757
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$2,955,022
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$34,024,757
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $48,390,385 · Unrelated business $258,232$48,648,617
VIII-3 Investment incomeUnrelated business −$23,612 · Excluded from tax $4,482,864$4,459,252
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossExcluded from tax $145,544$145,544
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsUnrelated business $1,030 · Excluded from tax $2,458,534$2,459,564
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $15,230$15,230
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $48,965,518 · Unrelated business $235,650 · Excluded from tax $7,302,681$90,528,606
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $65,470,430 across 22 lines filed
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $11,683,645$11,683,645
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffManagement $1,793,277 · Fundraising $307,738$2,101,015
IX-6 Pay of disqualified personsFundraising $15,375$15,375
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $11,331,050 · Management $6,548,824 · Fundraising $1,715,915$19,595,789
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $855,682 · Management $843,700 · Fundraising $213,012$1,912,394
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $3,022,058 · Management $2,164,899 · Fundraising $281,940$5,468,897
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $830,190 · Management $572,908 · Fundraising $142,998$1,546,096
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $114,523$114,523
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $99,822$99,822
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $315,780$315,780
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $1,096,477 · Management $558,689 · Fundraising $211,748$1,866,914
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $15,439 · Management $46,567$62,006
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $334,642 · Management $529,532 · Fundraising $142,883$1,007,057
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $83,636 · Management $691,307 · Fundraising $104,714$879,657
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $1,894,781 · Management $288,022 · Fundraising $23,541$2,206,344
IX-17 TravelPrograms $249,683 · Management $193,768 · Fundraising $135,257$578,708
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $9,181 · Management $74,915 · Fundraising $391,574$475,670
IX-20 InterestManagement $2,827,101$2,827,101
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $6,045,017 · Management $552,625 · Fundraising $25,907$6,623,549
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $864,417$864,417
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $2,933,555 · Management $1,490,890 · Fundraising $41,462$4,465,907
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $214,884 · Management $481,026 · Fundraising $63,854$759,764
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $40,599,920 · Management $21,052,592 · Fundraising $3,817,918$65,470,430
Part X · Balance sheet $443,914,811 assets, 19 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $5,738,813$8,589,544
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $33,204,482$33,974,555
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $12,587,616$10,556,149
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $6,505,809$4,457,558
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $516,363$531,554
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $721,418$745,631
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $99,883,252$104,284,926
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $140,599,676$166,560,041
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $95,344,807$114,214,853
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $395,102,236$443,914,811
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $3,043,408$4,264,497
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $15,099,169$15,637,162
X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $59,531,652$58,163,986
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $12,551,008$12,910,583
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $90,659,713$91,598,560
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $138,995,292$167,908,112
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $165,447,231$184,408,139
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $304,442,523$352,316,251
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $395,102,236$443,914,811
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $352,316,251 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$90,528,606
XI-2 Total expenses$65,470,430
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$25,058,176
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$304,442,523
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$23,581,238
XI-9 Other changes in net assets−$765,686
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$352,316,251

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