Gow School: FY2021 Nonprofit Profile & Form 990 (EIN 16-1034793)

Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020	$12.5M
FY2021	$12.4M
FY2022	$14.7M
FY2023	$12.9M
FY2024	$10.9M
FY2025	$10.4M

Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020	$11.9M
FY2021	$12.2M
FY2022	$11.9M
FY2023	$12.4M
FY2024	$15.5M
FY2025	$11.8M

Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020	$43.0M
FY2021	$50.2M
FY2022	$49.3M
FY2023	$51.9M
FY2024	$49.3M
FY2025	$25.3M

Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Dec 1974.

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Where the money goes

76 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

76%

20%

Program services 76% · $9.2M Management & general 20% · $2.5M Fundraising 4% · $488K

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

27 people listed on the 990; $489K 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

M Bradley Rogers JR

Headmaster

$266,714Pt VII · Sec A

Gayle Hutton

Director of Development

$122,718Pt VII · Sec A

Katie Tierney

CFO/Dir. of Business Opera

$99,989Pt VII · Sec A

Steven J Ibbotson

Treasurer

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Lawrence M Ross

Secretary

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Tammy Baker

Trustee

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Al R Chircop

Trustee

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Mary Ann Coulson

Trustee

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII

Name	FY2025	FY2024	FY2023	FY2022	FY2021	FY2020
M Bradley Rogers JR	—	$265,853	$282,405	$272,997	$266,714	$255,725
John Munro	$267,145	$154,061	—	—	—	—
Douglas Cotter	—	$173,775	$105,891	—	—	—
Katie Tierney	$142,680	$135,305	$131,338	$110,656	$99,989	$97,153
Robin Marshman	$130,420	$128,468	$108,856	—	—	—
Gayle Hutton	$119,000	$117,128	$112,156	$113,697	$122,718	$119,940
Luke Salerno	$121,348	$117,589	$101,850	—	—	—
Jeffrey Poblocki	$106,695	$101,229	—	—	—	—

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

Teaches students with dyslexia and language-based learning challenges.

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2 programs · $9.2M · in their own filed words · FY2020

01

Gow offers an accredited college preparatory curriculum for the education of young men and women grades 6-12 using a multisensory format in a technology rich environment with classes in reconstructive language, english, math, science, history, business, economics, fine and performing arts, health, computer science, and robotics.

$8.6Mprogram expense

02

The gow school also offers a traditional summer school program experience for boys and girls ages 8-16. The 5-WEEK session offers a specially designed curriculum for students who have experienced academic difficulties or have language-based learning disabilities which may include dyslexia, central auditory processing disorder…

$553Kprogram 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

Alex J Ettl FoundationFY2025$10K

Hodder Family FoundationFY2025$5K

Alicia Watchorn Snyder Foundation INCFY2025$1K

Sharp FoundationFY2025$500

Total grants receivedfrom 4 funders$16K

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By the numbers

The FY2021 990, line by line.

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1The main four

Money inPt VIII

$12.4M

Ln 12

Fees for servicesLn 2g$10.3M

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.7M

Investment incomeLn 3$274K

Money outPt IX

$12.2M

Ln 25

Programscol B$9.2M

Managementcol C$2.5M

Fundraisingcol D$488K

Owns and owesPt X

$50.2M

net assets · Ln 32

Cash and savingsLn 1–2$5.0M

Total assetsLn 16$53.3M

LiabilitiesLn 26$3.1M

PeoplePt VI, VII

27

listed · VII A

PaidVII A3

Voting boardVI 1a25

IndependentVI 1b24

2In more detail

Revenue in detailPt VIII

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.7M

Government grantsLn 1e$465K

Fees for servicesLn 2g$10.3M

Investment incomeLn 3$274K

Other incomeLn 4–11$60K

Gains on assetsLn 7$130K

Total revenueLn 12$12.4M

Assets in detailPt X, end of year

CashLn 1$2.1M

SavingsLn 2$2.9M

Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$5.0M

InvestmentsLn 11–13$27.8M

Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$16.2M

Other assetsLn 15$3.0M

Total assetsLn 16$53.3M

LiabilitiesLn 26$3.1M

Net assetsLn 32$50.2M

OperationsPt I, VI

EmployeesI 5124

VolunteersI 625

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

Line	Start FY21	End FY21
Cash and savingsLn 1–2	$4.1M	$5.0M
InvestmentsLn 11–13	$21.3M	$27.8M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c	$16.8M	$16.2M
Total assetsLn 16	$45.3M	$53.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26	$2.3M	$3.1M
Net assetsLn 32	$43.0M	$50.2M

4Every line

Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line

Line	Total	Programs	Management	Fundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2	$2.0M	$2.0M
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3	$82K	$82K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7	$4.3M	$3.3M	$896K	$171K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8	$39K	$30K	$8K	$2K
Other employee benefitsLn 9	$1.4M	$762K	$577K	$65K
Payroll taxesLn 10	$309K	$239K	$58K	$13K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g	$150K		$150K
Advertising and promotionLn 12	$174K		$174K
Office expensesLn 13	$56K		$36K	$20K
Information technologyLn 14	$277K	$277K
OccupancyLn 16	$422K	$358K	$51K	$13K
TravelLn 17	$38K	$29K	$8K	$674
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22	$992K	$750K	$179K	$63K
InsuranceLn 23	$160K		$160K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24	$1.5M	$1.4M	$133K	$15K
All other expensesLn 24e	$215K	$41K	$50K	$125K
Total functional expensesLn 25	$12.2M	$9.2M	$2.5M	$488K

Filing history

Year	Money in	Money out	In minus out	Net assets	Download
FY2025 Latest	$10.4M	$11.8M	−$1.4M	$25.3M	990 PDF
FY2024	$10.9M	$15.5M	−$4.7M	$49.3M	990 PDF
FY2023	$12.9M	$12.4M	$463K	$51.9M	990 PDF
FY2022	$14.7M	$11.9M	$2.8M	$49.3M	990 PDF
FY2021 Viewing	$12.4M	$12.2M	$198K	$50.2M	990 PDF
FY2020	$12.5M	$11.9M	$584K	$43.0M	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 F · Foreign J · Pay O · Explanations

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Part I · Summary $12,359,637 revenue, 12 lines filed

I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,511,073$1,696,829

I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $10,784,654$10,328,604

I-10 Investment incomePrior year $119,256$273,734

I-11 Other revenuePrior year $35,597$60,470

I-12 Total revenuePrior year $12,450,580$12,359,637

I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $1,949,412$2,045,007

I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0

I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $5,884,897$6,091,022

I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0

I-17 Other expensesPrior year $4,032,308$4,025,241

I-18 Total expensesPrior year $11,866,617$12,161,270

I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $583,963$198,367

Part VI · Governance 24 of 25 board members independent, no flags

VI-1a Voting members of the governing body25

VI-1b Independent voting members24

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 $12,359,637 across 7 lines filed

Lines not itemized here account for $60,470 of total revenue; see the IRS return.

VIII-1e Government grants$464,991

VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$1,231,838

VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,696,829

VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $10,328,604$10,328,604

VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $144,226$144,226

VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $129,508$129,508

VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $10,389,074 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $273,734$12,359,637

Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $12,161,270 across 16 lines filed

IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $1,963,407$1,963,407

IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $81,600$81,600

IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $3,271,119 · Management $896,076 · Fundraising $171,451$4,338,646

IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $29,544 · Management $7,968 · Fundraising $1,697$39,209

IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $762,380 · Management $576,586 · Fundraising $65,092$1,404,058

IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $238,503 · Management $57,936 · Fundraising $12,670$309,109

IX-11g Other fees for servicesManagement $150,240$150,240

IX-12 Advertising and promotionManagement $173,579$173,579

IX-13 Office expensesManagement $35,564 · Fundraising $20,186$55,750

IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $277,168$277,168

IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $358,447 · Management $50,604 · Fundraising $12,651$421,702

IX-17 TravelPrograms $29,459 · Management $8,226 · Fundraising $674$38,359

IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $749,678 · Management $178,969 · Fundraising $63,226$991,873

IX-23 InsuranceManagement $160,204$160,204

IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $1,391,960 · Management $133,458 · Fundraising $15,491$1,540,909

IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $41,113 · Management $49,791 · Fundraising $124,553$215,457

IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $9,194,378 · Management $2,479,201 · Fundraising $487,691$12,161,270

Part X · Balance sheet $53,317,071 assets, 19 lines filed

X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $2,243,097$2,077,806

X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $1,809,311$2,946,389

X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $114,189$865,628

X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $164,220$69,672

X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $60,700$47,148

X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $342,230$319,085

X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $16,808,088$16,215,964

X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $5,375,303$6,690,691

X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $15,923,757$21,093,400

X-15 Other assetsStart of year $2,430,125$2,991,288

X-16 Total assetsStart of year $45,271,020$53,317,071

X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $459,694$444,769

X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $1,221,441$1,764,588

X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $604,363$905,350

X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $2,285,498$3,114,707

X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $27,328,563$29,178,155

X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $15,656,959$21,024,209

X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $42,985,522$50,202,364

X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $45,271,020$53,317,071

Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $50,202,364 net assets at year end

XI-1 Total revenue$12,359,637

XI-2 Total expenses$12,161,270

XI-3 Revenue less expenses$198,367

XI-4 Net assets at start of year$42,985,522

XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$1,050,186

XI-9 Other changes in net assets$5,968,289

XI-10 Net assets at end of year$50,202,364

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2021 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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Gow School FY2021 filing

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Is it real?

Where the money goes

Who runs it and what they're paid

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII

Questions the 990 asks

Programs and updates

Questions for Gow School

Funders

Grants

By the numbers

Filing history

Schedules filed Part IV