The Brearley School FY2021 filing

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New York, NY501(c)(3)Since 1884EducationEIN 13-1623915Revenue $54.7M in FY2021

On file with the IRSbrearley.org610 East 83rd Street, 10028-7902 · New York, NYTax-exempt since Nov 1946Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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Private educational institution in new york city that provides a quality education to girls in grades k-12.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
66¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$3.0M 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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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
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IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
6 of 7
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $5.9M a year · 10% of revenue · last 7 filings
Fine: a surplus in 6 of the last 7 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 7 filings
Spent on programs
66%
of spending
Fine: 66% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$3.0M
to officers and key staff · 6% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 6% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
8 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 7.8 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $2K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$75.7M
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
$54.7M
-19% vs prior year
Spent
$54.2M
To programs
66%
Net assets
$295.6M
By yearFY2019–FY2025
Revenue
$54.7M
FY2021▼ -19%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2019$50.8M
FY2020$67.3M
FY2021$54.7M
FY2022$64.3M
FY2023$56.1M
FY2024$68.2M
FY2025$69.3M
Expenses
$54.2M
FY2021▲ +10%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2019$45.9M
FY2020$49.4M
FY2021$54.2M
FY2022$53.5M
FY2023$57.6M
FY2024$62.0M
FY2025$66.4M
Net assets
$295.6M
FY2021▲ +13%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2019$258.7M
FY2020$261.0M
FY2021$295.6M
FY2022$265.4M
FY2023$275.9M
FY2024$301.6M
FY2025$322.9M

From the FY2021 Form 990 (year ending June 2021) · 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 1946.

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Where the money goes

66 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 66% · $36.0M Management & general 29% · $16.0M Fundraising 4% · $2.3M

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

33 people listed on the 990; $3.0M paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2020); the FY2021 filing did not itemize Part VII
Head of School
$860,606Pt VII · Sec A
$651,590Pt VII · Sec A
Director of Development
$307,141Pt VII · Sec A
Asst. Head for Academic Li
$274,849Pt VII · Sec A
Head of Lower School
$243,967Pt VII · Sec A
Director of College Advisi
$231,593Pt VII · Sec A
Director of Facilities
$224,534Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Technology Officer
$220,288Pt VII · Sec A

Jane Foley Fried’s $958K as Head of School (to 6/25) is at the 99th 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
Jane Foley Fried$957,520$922,302$1,036,862$903,372$860,606$805,388
Rahul Tripathi$503,489$486,573$467,998$488,724$651,590$403,830
James E Mulkin$400,254$338,677$319,524$289,834$274,849$245,065
Anne Bergen———$317,824$307,141$297,513
Phoebe Geer$312,190$300,910$271,202$160,176——
Maria-Anna Zimmermann$277,735$265,862$254,876$244,408$243,967$226,721
Doris Coleman$245,103$275,291$233,538$228,222$224,534$209,731
Carolyn Clark$271,333$273,636$250,520$240,091$231,593$216,871

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

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  • 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 girls in New York City from kindergarten through twelfth grade.

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1 program · $36.0M · in their own filed words · FY2020
01

The brearley school challenges girls of adventurous intellect to think critically and creatively and prepares them for active, responsible citizenship in a democratic society. Within a diverse community and in partnership with dedicated faculty who teach across three divisions, students in classes k through xii develop a command of many…

$36.0Mprogram expense

Funders

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 · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$2K

By the numbers

The FY2021 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$54.7M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$41.7M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$8.1M
Investment incomeLn 3$4.6M
Money outPt IX
$54.2M
Ln 25
Programscol B$36.0M
Managementcol C$16.0M
Fundraisingcol D$2.3M
Owns and owesPt X
$295.6M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$35.3M
Total assetsLn 16$371.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$75.7M
PeoplePt VI, VII
33
listed · VII A
PaidVII A8
Voting boardVI 1a25
IndependentVI 1b25
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$8.1M
Government grantsLn 1e$327K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$1.6M
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$539K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$41.7M
Investment incomeLn 3$4.6M
Other incomeLn 4–11$279K
Gains on assetsLn 7$4.0M
Total revenueLn 12$54.7M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$2K
SavingsLn 2$35.3M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$35.3M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$173.8M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$153.6M
Other assetsLn 15$496K
Total assetsLn 16$371.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$75.7M
Net assetsLn 32$295.6M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5376
VolunteersI 6176
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 FY21End FY21
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$31.2M$35.3M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$140.6M$173.8M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$153.4M$153.6M
Total assetsLn 16$343.2M$371.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$82.2M$75.7M
Net assetsLn 32$261.0M$295.6M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$6.9M$6.9M
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$2.4M$1.8M$465K$120K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$21.5M$16.3M$4.2M$1.1M
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$1.8M$1.3M$342K$88K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$3.9M$2.9M$758K$195K
Payroll taxesLn 10$1.7M$1.3M$333K$86K
Legal feesLn 11b$140K$140K
Accounting feesLn 11c$205K$205K
Investment management feesLn 11f$390K$390K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$667K$111K$503K$53K
Information technologyLn 14$738K$171K$567K
OccupancyLn 16$580K$548K$32K
TravelLn 17$177K$48K$128K$339
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$181K$167K$13K$1K
InterestLn 20$1.7M$1.7M
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$3.7M$2.8M$719K$185K
InsuranceLn 23$562K$562K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$6.9M$1.4M$5.0M$463K
All other expensesLn 24e$193K$193K
Total functional expensesLn 25$54.2M$36.0M$16.0M$2.3M

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $69.3M$66.4M$2.9M$322.9M 990 PDF
FY2024 $68.2M$62.0M$6.2M$301.6M 990 PDF
FY2023 $56.1M$57.6M−$1.5M$275.9M 990 PDF
FY2022 $64.3M$53.5M$10.7M$265.4M 990 PDF
FY2021 Viewing $54.7M$54.2M$450K$295.6M 990 PDF
FY2020 $67.3M$49.4M$17.9M$261.0M 990 PDF
FY2019 $50.8M$45.9M$4.9M$258.7M 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
See the full FY2021 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $54,677,601 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $14,538,416$8,144,835
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $39,330,225$41,662,382
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $12,866,974$4,591,374
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $520,803$279,010
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $67,256,418$54,677,601
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $6,142,442$6,867,218
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $30,026,999$31,292,868
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $7,075$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $13,184,725$16,067,707
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $49,361,241$54,227,793
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $17,895,177$449,808
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 $54,677,601 across 12 lines filed
VIII-1c Fundraising events$538,534
VIII-1e Government grants$327,171
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$7,279,130
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$1,583,737
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$8,144,835
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $41,662,382$41,662,382
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $550,783$550,783
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossExcluded from tax $261,169$261,169
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $4,040,591$4,040,591
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$0
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Unrelated business $17,841$17,841
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $41,662,382 · Unrelated business $17,841 · Excluded from tax $4,852,543$54,677,601
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $54,227,793 across 19 lines filed
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $6,867,218$6,867,218
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $1,808,122 · Management $464,525 · Fundraising $119,514$2,392,161
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $16,267,502 · Management $4,179,288 · Fundraising $1,075,254$21,522,044
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $1,329,973 · Management $341,683 · Fundraising $87,909$1,759,565
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $2,949,544 · Management $757,768 · Fundraising $194,960$3,902,272
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $1,297,668 · Management $333,384 · Fundraising $85,774$1,716,826
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $139,912$139,912
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $204,789$204,789
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $390,000$390,000
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $111,304 · Management $502,843 · Fundraising $53,310$667,457
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $171,272 · Management $566,923$738,195
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $548,277 · Management $32,189$580,466
IX-17 TravelPrograms $48,355 · Management $128,061 · Fundraising $339$176,755
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $166,735 · Management $13,098 · Fundraising $1,320$181,153
IX-20 InterestManagement $1,671,385$1,671,385
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $2,797,058 · Management $718,593 · Fundraising $184,881$3,700,532
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $561,529$561,529
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $1,417,173 · Management $4,982,351 · Fundraising $463,077$6,862,601
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $192,933$192,933
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $35,973,134 · Management $15,988,321 · Fundraising $2,266,338$54,227,793
Part X · Balance sheet $371,332,515 assets, 19 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $8,714$2,000
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $31,187,151$35,310,479
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $9,486,429$6,025,876
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $6,036,769$586,887
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $2,018,847$1,586,287
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $153,411,786$153,569,402
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $55,455,155$56,190,195
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $85,141,085$117,565,190
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $460,493$496,199
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $343,206,429$371,332,515
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $6,057,365$5,947,526
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $25,846,803$18,959,983
X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $48,845,865$48,891,573
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $1,470,591$1,936,536
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $82,220,624$75,735,618
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $188,659,824$211,390,307
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $72,325,981$84,206,590
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $260,985,805$295,596,897
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $343,206,429$371,332,515
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $295,596,897 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$54,677,601
XI-2 Total expenses$54,227,793
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$449,808
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$260,985,805
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$34,757,048
XI-9 Other changes in net assets−$595,764
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$295,596,897

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