Far Brook School: Nonprofit Profile, Financials & Form 990 (EIN 22-1487185)

Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020	$9.5M
FY2021	$11.1M
FY2022	$11.8M
FY2023	$12.6M
FY2024	$13.8M
FY2025	$18.7M

Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020	$9.8M
FY2021	$9.9M
FY2022	$11.2M
FY2023	$11.6M
FY2024	$13.0M
FY2025	$14.5M

Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020	$18.5M
FY2021	$21.4M
FY2022	$20.4M
FY2023	$22.3M
FY2024	$23.9M
FY2025	$29.3M

Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Oct 1954.

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Where the money goes

72 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

72%

19%

Program services 72% · $10.4M Management & general 19% · $2.7M Fundraising 9% · $1.3M

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

26 people listed on the 990; $1.7M 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

Amy Ziebarth

Head of School

$448,629Pt VII · Sec A

Minelly Saladin

Director of Finance and Operations

$211,164Pt VII · Sec A

Mary E Lacey

Director of Diversity

$172,739Pt VII · Sec A

Melissa Williams

Director of Strategic Operations

$165,233Pt VII · Sec A

Suzanne Glatt

Director of Development

$163,214Pt VII · Sec A

Meredith Palmer

Director of Human Resources

$155,703Pt VII · Sec A

Marisa Lambert Director of

Strategic Life & Engagements

$132,739Pt VII · Sec A

Eric Castro

Director of Information Technology

$127,189Pt VII · Sec A

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

Name	FY2025	FY2024	FY2023	FY2022	FY2021	FY2020
Amy Ziebarth	$448,629	$398,625	$347,951	$356,340	$330,300	$342,787
Minelly Saladin	$211,164	$204,587	$191,464	$182,594	$183,219	$170,456
Nicole Engelke	—	$190,932	$161,497	$163,224	$158,387	$152,787
Mary E Lacey	$172,739	$156,571	$143,782	$140,984	$140,330	$136,907
Melissa Williams	$165,233	$154,159	$132,138	—	—	—
Suzanne Glatt	$163,214	$156,193	$152,153	$148,522	$148,459	$140,301
Meredith Palmer	$155,703	—	—	—	—	—
Donna Deltz	—	—	—	$150,314	—	—

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

Programs and updates

Educates children nursery through eighth grade in a supportive community fostering learning, creativity, and individuality.

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1 program · $10.4M · in their own filed words · FY2024

01

Far brook school is an independent day school located in short hills, new jersey. The school provides elementary education for boys and girls in nursery through grade EIGHT.OUR approach to education embraces the following tenets of progressive EDUCATION:1.

$10.4Mprogram expense

Funders

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 · FY2024

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundFY2024$46K

Maher Charitable FoundationFY2024$44K

American Online Giving Foundation INCFY2024$30K

Florence & Paul Derosa Memorial Fund for the Arts INCFY2024$25K

Vanguard Charitable Endowment ProgramFY2024$18K

Soros Fund Charitable FoundationFY2024$4K

Verizon FoundationFY2024$2K

Jpmorgan Chase FoundationFY2024$500

Total grants receivedfrom 9 funders$170K

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Grants paid · 6 grants · $7.2M · 2019–2024

Unitemized GrantFY2024$1,525,366

Unitemized GrantFY2023$1,131,546

Unitemized GrantFY2022$932,234

Unitemized GrantFY2021$1,171,578

Unitemized GrantFY2020$1,139,919

Unitemized GrantFY2019$1,319,826

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

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1The main four

Money inPt VIII

$18.7M

Ln 12

Fees for servicesLn 2g$11.1M

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$6.9M

Investment incomeLn 3$506K

Money outPt IX

$14.5M

Ln 25

Programscol B$10.4M

Managementcol C$2.7M

Fundraisingcol D$1.3M

Owns and owesPt X

$29.3M

net assets · Ln 32

Cash and savingsLn 1–2$4.5M

Total assetsLn 16$36.6M

LiabilitiesLn 26$7.3M

PeoplePt VI, VII

26

listed · VII A

PaidVII A9

Voting boardVI 1a18

IndependentVI 1b17

2In more detail

Revenue in detailPt VIII

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$6.9M

Noncash giftsLn 1g$1.7M

Fees for servicesLn 2g$11.1M

Investment incomeLn 3$506K

Other incomeLn 4–11$74K

Gains on assetsLn 7−$238

Total revenueLn 12$18.7M

Assets in detailPt X, end of year

CashLn 1$444K

SavingsLn 2$4.1M

Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$4.5M

InvestmentsLn 11–13$14.7M

Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$12.6M

Other assetsLn 15$9K

Total assetsLn 16$36.6M

LiabilitiesLn 26$7.3M

Net assetsLn 32$29.3M

OperationsPt I, VI

EmployeesI 5169

VolunteersI 650

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 FY25	End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2	$1.2M	$4.5M
InvestmentsLn 11–13	$15.5M	$14.7M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c	$12.8M	$12.6M
Total assetsLn 16	$30.3M	$36.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26	$6.4M	$7.3M
Net assetsLn 32	$23.9M	$29.3M

4Every line

Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line

Line	Total	Programs	Management	Fundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2	$1.5M	$1.5M
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5	$978K	$345K	$534K	$99K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6	$107K	$107K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7	$6.1M	$4.4M	$1.3M	$377K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8	$258K	$200K	$45K	$13K
Other employee benefitsLn 9	$1.2M	$827K	$306K	$84K
Payroll taxesLn 10	$632K	$431K	$160K	$42K
Legal feesLn 11b	$19K		$19K
Accounting feesLn 11c	$37K		$37K
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e	$507K			$507K
Investment management feesLn 11f	$30K		$30K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g	$164K	$119K	$41K	$4K
Advertising and promotionLn 12	$92K	$36K		$56K
Office expensesLn 13	$175K	$67K	$64K	$44K
Information technologyLn 14	$235K	$131K	$39K	$65K
OccupancyLn 16	$124K	$119K	$4K
TravelLn 17	$106K	$106K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19	$116K	$88K	$17K	$11K
InterestLn 20	$142K	$142K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22	$751K	$663K	$89K
InsuranceLn 23	$75K	$68K	$7K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24	$999K	$982K	$17K
All other expensesLn 24e	$123K	$48K	$28K	$47K
Total functional expensesLn 25	$14.5M	$10.4M	$2.7M	$1.3M

Filing history

Year	Money in	Money out	In minus out	Net assets	Download
FY2025 Latest Viewing	$18.7M	$14.5M	$4.2M	$29.3M	990 PDF
FY2024	$13.8M	$13.0M	$858K	$23.9M	990 PDF
FY2023	$12.6M	$11.6M	$999K	$22.3M	990 PDF
FY2022	$11.8M	$11.2M	$615K	$20.4M	990 PDF
FY2021	$11.1M	$9.9M	$1.1M	$21.4M	990 PDF
FY2020	$9.5M	$9.8M	−$304K	$18.5M	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

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Part I · Summary $18,659,968 revenue, 12 lines filed

I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,984,612$6,943,775

I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $11,039,333$11,136,386

I-10 Investment incomePrior year $795,420$505,724

I-11 Other revenuePrior year −$1,657$74,083

I-12 Total revenuePrior year $13,817,708$18,659,968

I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $1,131,546$1,525,366

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

I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $8,575,687$9,285,705

I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$506,531

I-17 Other expensesPrior year $3,252,175$3,186,848

I-18 Total expensesPrior year $12,959,408$14,504,450

I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $858,300$4,155,518

Part VI · Governance 17 of 18 board members independent, no flags

VI-1a Voting members of the governing body18

VI-1b Independent voting members17

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 $18,659,968 across 10 lines filed

Lines not itemized here account for −$912 of total revenue; see the IRS return.

VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$6,943,775

VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$1,659,794

VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$6,943,775

VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $11,136,386$11,136,386

VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $505,962$505,962

VIII-6 Net rental income or lossExcluded from tax $20,362$20,362

VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax −$238−$238

VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax $8,456$8,456

VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $46,177$46,177

VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $11,135,474 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $580,719$18,659,968

Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $14,504,450 across 23 lines filed

IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $1,525,366$1,525,366

IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $344,745 · Management $534,152 · Fundraising $98,979$977,876

IX-6 Pay of disqualified personsPrograms $106,807$106,807

IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $4,414,754 · Management $1,301,571 · Fundraising $377,414$6,093,739

IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $200,484 · Management $44,544 · Fundraising $13,384$258,412

IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $827,230 · Management $306,004 · Fundraising $83,571$1,216,805

IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $430,502 · Management $159,686 · Fundraising $41,878$632,066

IX-11b Legal feesManagement $19,324$19,324

IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $36,900$36,900

IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $506,531$506,531

IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $30,000$30,000

IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $118,656 · Management $40,974 · Fundraising $4,445$164,075

IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $35,951 · Fundraising $55,579$91,530

IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $67,049 · Management $63,757 · Fundraising $43,728$174,534

IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $131,101 · Management $38,829 · Fundraising $65,328$235,258

IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $119,380 · Management $4,433$123,813

IX-17 TravelPrograms $105,600$105,600

IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $88,368 · Management $16,509 · Fundraising $11,256$116,133

IX-20 InterestPrograms $142,388$142,388

IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $662,511 · Management $88,811$751,322

IX-23 InsurancePrograms $67,812 · Management $6,703$74,515

IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $981,618 · Management $17,188$998,806

IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $47,548 · Management $27,679 · Fundraising $47,423$122,650

IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $10,417,870 · Management $2,737,064 · Fundraising $1,349,516$14,504,450

Part X · Balance sheet $36,574,941 assets, 15 lines filed

X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $477,854$443,785

X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $681,123$4,073,148

X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $675,345$4,732,135

X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $113,624$79,744

X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $12,823,485$12,583,497

X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $15,527,480$14,653,820

X-15 Other assetsStart of year $0$8,812

X-16 Total assetsStart of year $30,320,372$36,574,941

X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $1,226,883$1,293,706

X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $1,935,186$3,019,429

X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $6,394,697$7,299,136

X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $14,525,248$14,119,260

X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $9,400,427$15,156,545

X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $23,925,675$29,275,805

X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $30,320,372$36,574,941

Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $29,275,805 net assets at year end

XI-1 Total revenue$18,659,968

XI-2 Total expenses$14,504,450

XI-3 Revenue less expenses$4,155,518

XI-4 Net assets at start of year$23,925,675

XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$1,194,612

XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0

XI-10 Net assets at end of year$29,275,805

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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