Education - the Mead School exists to nurture in each child the power to create a personally meaningful life.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
76¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 30 volunteers and 78 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
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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 deficit $129K a year · 2% of revenue · last 6 filings
Concern: a surplus in 2 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
76%
of spending
Looks good: 76% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$333K
to officers and key staff · 5% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 5% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
3 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 2.9 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $38K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$3.9M
96% of total assets
Concern: liabilities are 96% of assets; over 80%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
10
of 13 voting members
Looks good: 10 of 13 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$6.4M
-3% vs prior year
Spent
$6.7M
To programs
76%
Net assets
$142K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$6.4M
FY2025▼ -3%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$4.8M
FY2021$4.4M
FY2022$4.6M
FY2023$5.3M
FY2024$6.6M
FY2025$6.4M
Expenses
$6.7M
FY2025▲ +7%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$4.8M
FY2021$4.5M
FY2022$5.1M
FY2023$5.5M
FY2024$6.3M
FY2025$6.7M
Net assets
$142K
FY2025▼ -70%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$955K
FY2021$889K
FY2022$423K
FY2023$216K
FY2024$477K
FY2025$142K

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 Nov 1971.

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Where the money goes

76 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 76% · $5.1M Management & general 24% · $1.6M Fundraising 0% · $3K

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

14 people listed on the 990; $333K 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
Asst Head SC
$142,585Pt VII · Sec A
Head School
$110,000Pt VII · Sec A
Staff Truste
$80,000Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 6 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2020
Stephanie Whitney——$225,000
Robyn Santagata$142,585$125,747$122,400
Martha Orosz——$127,000
Peter Herzberg$110,000$110,000—
Darleen Hickok$80,000$67,032$63,116
Jeremy Grob——$78,284

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

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Nurtures children's power to create personally meaningful lives through education.

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3 programs · $5.1M · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Instructional grades nursery thru eighth grade

$5.0Mprogram expense
02

Extracurricular program for children in grades k-8 which meets the needs of working parents while providing an enriched program in keeping with the school's mission.

$86Kprogram expense
03

Field trips and special events provide a hands on experience and promotes unity and diversity within the school community

$39Kprogram 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 · FY2023
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$38K
Grants paid · 6 grants · $5.0M · 2019–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$858,345
Unitemized GrantFY2023$883,731
Unitemized GrantFY2022$844,251
Unitemized GrantFY2021$808,853
Unitemized GrantFY2020$736,731
Unitemized GrantFY2019$830,210

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$6.4M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$6.1M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$154K
Other incomeLn 4–11$74K
Money outPt IX
$6.7M
Ln 25
Programscol B$5.1M
Managementcol C$1.6M
Fundraisingcol D$3K
Owns and owesPt X
$142K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.6M
Total assetsLn 16$4.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$3.9M
PeoplePt VI, VII
14
listed · VII A
PaidVII A3
Voting boardVI 1a13
IndependentVI 1b10
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$154K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$6.1M
Investment incomeLn 3$47K
Other incomeLn 4–11$74K
Total revenueLn 12$6.4M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$1.6M
SavingsLn 2$904
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$1.6M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$2.3M
Other assetsLn 15$38K
Total assetsLn 16$4.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$3.9M
Net assetsLn 32$142K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 578
VolunteersI 630
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$1.6M$1.6M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$2.4M$2.3M
Total assetsLn 16$4.0M$4.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$3.5M$3.9M
Net assetsLn 32$477K$142K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$858K$858K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$3.6M$2.9M$760K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$75K$60K$16K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$297K$238K$59K
Payroll taxesLn 10$268K$214K$54K
Legal feesLn 11b$14K$14K
Accounting feesLn 11c$277K$277K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$41K$30K$10K$437
Office expensesLn 13$107K$85K$20K$2K
Information technologyLn 14$77K$75K$2K
OccupancyLn 16$534K$293K$241K
InterestLn 20$50K$50K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$133K$106K$27K
InsuranceLn 23$106K$27K$80K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$219K$219K
All other expensesLn 24e$48K$46K$2K$466
Total functional expensesLn 25$6.7M$5.1M$1.6M$3K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $6.4M$6.7M−$335K$142K 990 PDF
FY2024 $6.6M$6.3M$260K$477K 990 PDF
FY2023 $5.3M$5.5M−$207K$216K 990 PDF
FY2022 $4.6M$5.1M−$466K$423K 990 PDF
FY2021 $4.4M$4.5M−$66K$889K 990 PDF
FY2020 $4.8M$4.8M$39K$955K 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 O · Explanations
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $6,394,323 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $296,057$153,715
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $6,187,740$6,120,002
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $56,245$47,053
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $30,322$73,553
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $6,570,364$6,394,323
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $883,731$858,345
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $3,864,508$4,265,395
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $1,561,715$1,605,416
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $6,309,954$6,729,156
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $260,410−$334,833
Part VI · Governance 10 of 13 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body13
VI-1b Independent voting members10
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes
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 $6,394,323 across 6 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$153,715
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$153,715
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $6,120,002$6,120,002
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $47,053$47,053
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $73,553$73,553
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $6,193,555 · Excluded from tax $47,053$6,394,323
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $6,729,156 across 16 lines filed
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $858,345$858,345
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $2,864,370 · Management $760,460$3,624,830
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $59,511 · Management $15,872$75,383
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $238,078 · Management $59,354$297,432
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $214,200 · Management $53,550$267,750
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $13,944$13,944
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $276,660$276,660
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $30,056 · Management $10,164 · Fundraising $437$40,657
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $84,606 · Management $20,345 · Fundraising $2,041$106,992
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $75,108 · Management $1,717$76,825
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $292,929 · Management $240,744$533,673
IX-20 InterestManagement $50,458$50,458
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $106,259 · Management $26,565$132,824
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $26,611 · Management $79,835$106,446
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $219,136$219,136
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $45,649 · Management $1,686 · Fundraising $466$47,801
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $5,114,858 · Management $1,611,354 · Fundraising $2,944$6,729,156
Part X · Balance sheet $4,009,564 assets, 15 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $1,621,380$1,634,245
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $904$904
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $28,252$35,178
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred charges$5,489
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $2,364,123$2,295,499
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $1,324$38,249
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $4,015,983$4,009,564
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $245,742$608,070
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $1,813,228$1,793,215
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $468,703$518,601
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $3,539,376$3,867,790
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $319,537$98,986
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $157,070$42,788
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $476,607$141,774
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $4,015,983$4,009,564
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $141,774 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$6,394,323
XI-2 Total expenses$6,729,156
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$334,833
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$476,607
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$141,774

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