Trinity Nursery School for Tots

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Naeyc accredited & licensed by the state of pennsylvania as an independent, private, academic preschool for children ages 2 to 6 years old, with optional enrichment programs. Licensed as a child care center by the department of human services in 2020.

Form 990 Part I, line 1, FY2025. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 23-2228017) · Dispute this line
501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
71¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 50 volunteers and 43 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
Listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
The IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
The latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
4 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $72K a year · 9% of revenue · last 5 filings
A surplus in 4 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
71%
of spending
71% of spending went to programs.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$106K
to officers and key staff · 13% of spending
Pay to officers and key staff is 13% of spending.
Part VII, Section A
8.4 mo
of spending, in cash
8.4 months of spending in cash.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $244
1 funder names it on their filings.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$138K
21% of total assets
Liabilities are 21% of assets.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
16
of 18 voting members
16 of 18 voting members are independent.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
Revenue
$876K
+6% vs prior year
Spent
$818K
To programs
71%
Net assets
$520K
By yearFY2021–FY2025
Revenue
$876K
FY2025▲ +6%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2021$652K
FY2022$874K
FY2023$751K
FY2024$826K
FY2025$876K
Expenses
$818K
FY2025▲ +9%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2021$570K
FY2022$678K
FY2023$799K
FY2024$752K
FY2025$818K
Net assets
$520K
FY2025▲ +12%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2021$226K
FY2022$423K
FY2023$389K
FY2024$463K
FY2025$520K

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

Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Feb 1984.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

71 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 71% · $581K Management & general 29% · $238K

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

20 people listed on the 990; $106K paid to officers and key staff (Part VII, Section A).

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
School Director
$61,767Pt VII · Sec A
School Administrator
$34,790Pt VII · Sec A
School Treasurer
$9,547Pt VII · Sec A
Interim School Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Co-VP/Co-Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Co-VP/Co-Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Co VP/Co-Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Shearerie Welsh’s $62K as School Director is at the 54th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1612 $100K–1M 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 · 5 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Shearerie Welsh$61,767$64,290$31,226——
Susan Alrutz———$60,740$54,906
Mary Cassidy$34,790$36,956$38,190$37,991$41,275
Carol Landi$9,547$10,276$9,497$4,455—
Ann Zipkin————$8,377

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 young children ages 2-6 with optional enrichment programs.

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1 program · $581K · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Naeyc accredited and licensed by the state of pennsylvania as a private, academic school with enrollment of 147 in our preschool classes and "parents & toddlers" program. The school's curriculum includes introducing reading skills, poetry, language arts, math, arts & crafts, as well as weekly music and gym classes.

Form 990 Part III, line 4, FY2024. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 23-2228017) · Dispute this line
$581Kprogram 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 · FY2023
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$244

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$876K
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$832K
Investment incomeLn 3$18K
Other incomeLn 4–11$15K
Money outPt IX
$818K
Ln 25
Programscol B$581K
Managementcol C$238K
Owns and owesPt X
$520K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$570K
Total assetsLn 16$658K
LiabilitiesLn 26$138K
PeoplePt VI, VII
20
listed · VII A
PaidVII A3
Voting boardVI 1a18
IndependentVI 1b16
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$12K
Government grantsLn 1e$6K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$0
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$0
Fees for servicesLn 2g$832K
Investment incomeLn 3$18K
Other incomeLn 4–11$15K
Total revenueLn 12$876K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$188
SavingsLn 2$570K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$570K
Accounts receivableLn 4$71K
Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesLn 9$16K
Other assetsLn 15$2K
Total assetsLn 16$658K
LiabilitiesLn 26$138K
Net assetsLn 32$520K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 543
VolunteersI 650
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
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$513K$570K
Total assetsLn 16$526K$658K
LiabilitiesLn 26$63K$138K
Net assetsLn 32$463K$520K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0$0
Pay of officers and key staff (Part IX, line 5)Ln 5$165K$0$165K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$408K$404K$4K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$5K$4K$982
Other employee benefitsLn 9$17K$17K
Payroll taxesLn 10$40K$30K$10K
Management feesLn 11a$6K$6K
Legal feesLn 11b$4K$4K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$2K$2K
Office expensesLn 13$11K$4K$7K
Information technologyLn 14$9K$9K
OccupancyLn 16$81K$64K$16K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$1K$1K
InsuranceLn 23$11K$11K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$58K$55K$2K$0
All other expensesLn 24e$1K$1K
Total functional expensesLn 25$818K$581K$238K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest ViewingFiled with the IRS Jan 23, 2026 $876K$818K$57K$520K 990 PDF
FY2024Filed with the IRS Jan 15, 2025 $826K$752K$74K$463K 990 PDF
FY2023Filed with the IRS Apr 18, 2024 $751K$799K−$48K$389K 990 PDF
FY2022Filed with the IRS Feb 21, 2023 $874K$678K$197K$423K 990 PDF
FY2021Filed with the IRS Feb 9, 2022 $652K$570K$82K$226K 990 PDF

Schedules filed Part IV

A · Public support I · Grants O · Explanations
See the full FY2025 990
Part I · Summary $875,791 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $31,928$11,567
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $763,772$831,880
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $12,481$17,758
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $17,894$14,586
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $826,075$875,791
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $2,989$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $581,155$634,748
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $168,296$183,577
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $752,440$818,325
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $73,635$57,466
Part VI · Governance 16 of 18 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body18
VI-1b Independent voting members16
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $875,791 across 13 lines filed
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$0
VIII-1b Membership dues$0
VIII-1c Fundraising events$0
VIII-1d Related organizations$0
VIII-1e Government grants$6,000
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$5,567
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$0
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$11,567
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $831,880 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$831,880
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $17,758 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$17,758
VIII-5 RoyaltiesRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsUnrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $14,586$14,586
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $849,638 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $14,586$875,791
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $818,325 across 19 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $0$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $0$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $0$0
IX-5 Pay of officers and key staff (Part IX, line 5)Programs $0 · Management $165,196$165,196
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $403,954 · Management $3,590$407,544
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $4,362 · Management $982$5,344
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $16,634$16,634
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $30,406 · Management $9,624$40,030
IX-11a Management feesManagement $6,467$6,467
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $3,844$3,844
IX-12 Advertising and promotionManagement $1,736$1,736
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $4,340 · Management $6,511$10,851
IX-14 Information technologyManagement $9,279$9,279
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $64,494 · Management $16,123$80,617
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsManagement $1,427$1,427
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $10,546$10,546
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $55,155 · Management $2,355 · Fundraising $0$57,510
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $1,300$1,300
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $580,645 · Management $237,680 · Fundraising $0$818,325
Part X · Balance sheet $657,667 assets, 19 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $142$188
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $512,591$569,668
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $0$0
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $4,217$70,509
X-5 Loans to officers and key peopleStart of year $0$0
X-6 Loans to other insidersStart of year $0$0
X-7 Notes and loans receivableStart of year $0$0
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $0$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $6,045$15,787
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $2,876$1,515
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $525,871$657,667
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $3,589$9,135
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $59,634$128,418
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $63,223$137,553
X-29 Capital stock or trust principalStart of year $94,956$94,956
X-30 Paid-in or capital surplusStart of year $0$0
X-31 Retained earnings or endowmentStart of year $367,692$425,158
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $462,648$520,114
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $525,871$657,667
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $520,114 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$875,791
XI-2 Total expenses$818,325
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$57,466
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$462,648
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$0
XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities$0
XI-7 Investment expenses$0
XI-8 Prior period adjustments$0
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$520,114

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