The mission of the Hillside School is to maximize the potential of children with learning disabilities through excellence in education.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
81¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 40 volunteers and 32 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
1 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $221K a year · 10% of revenue · last 5 filings
Concern: a surplus in 1 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
81%
of spending
Looks good: 81% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$173K
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
<1 mo
of spending, in cash
Plus $6.3M in investments, Pt X · Ln 11–13
Fine: 0.7 months of spending in cash, plus $6.3M in investments.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
3
named funders · $235K
Looks good: 3 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$504K
7% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 7% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
13
of 13 voting members
Looks good: 13 of 13 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$3.0M
+40% vs prior year
Spent
$2.8M
To programs
81%
Net assets
$6.8M
By yearFY2021–FY2025
Revenue
$3.0M
FY2025▲ +40%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2021$2.1M
FY2022$1.7M
FY2023$1.8M
FY2024$2.2M
FY2025$3.0M
Expenses
$2.8M
FY2025▲ +10%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2021$2.2M
FY2022$2.3M
FY2023$2.1M
FY2024$2.5M
FY2025$2.8M
Net assets
$6.8M
FY2025▲ +8%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2021$8.0M
FY2022$6.4M
FY2023$6.5M
FY2024$6.2M
FY2025$6.8M

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

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Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Mar 1983.

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Where the money goes

81 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 81% · $2.2M Management & general 14% · $390K Fundraising 5% · $133K

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; $173K 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
Head of School
$173,003Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President
$0Pt 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 · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Mr Jason Seggern$173,003$157,500$74,041——
Ms Donna Henry———$129,023$125,824

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 children with learning disabilities to help them reach their full potential.

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1 program · $2.2M · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Education of elementary and middle school age children with learning disabilitiesthe purpose and philosophy of this school shall be to provide superior educational instruction to K-8TH grade school children so as to assist each student in managing learning disabilities in an atmosphere which not only emphasizes knowledge and the skills…

$2.2Mprogram 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 · FY2024
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Grants paid · 5 grants · $1.6M · 2020–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$473,520
Unitemized GrantFY2023$350,949
Unitemized GrantFY2022$220,000
Unitemized GrantFY2021$319,510
Unitemized GrantFY2020$266,550

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$3.0M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$1.6M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.0M
Investment incomeLn 3$423K
Money outPt IX
$2.8M
Ln 25
Programscol B$2.2M
Managementcol C$390K
Fundraisingcol D$133K
Owns and owesPt X
$6.8M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$166K
Total assetsLn 16$7.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$504K
PeoplePt VI, VII
14
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a13
IndependentVI 1b13
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.0M
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$66K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$1.6M
Investment incomeLn 3$423K
Gains on assetsLn 7$266K
Total revenueLn 12$3.0M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$161K
SavingsLn 2$5K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$166K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$6.3M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$769K
Total assetsLn 16$7.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$504K
Net assetsLn 32$6.8M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 532
VolunteersI 640
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$84K$166K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$5.6M$6.3M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$754K$769K
Total assetsLn 16$6.5M$7.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$232K$504K
Net assetsLn 32$6.2M$6.8M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$474K$474K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$202K$50K$101K$50K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$1.2M$1.1M$115K$11K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$52K$47K$4K$181
Other employee benefitsLn 9$74K$64K$8K$1K
Payroll taxesLn 10$111K$90K$16K$5K
Legal feesLn 11b$472$472
Accounting feesLn 11c$20K$20K
Investment management feesLn 11f$42K$42K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$22K$22K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$40K$40K
Office expensesLn 13$10K$10K
Information technologyLn 14$71K$41K$30K
OccupancyLn 16$170K$161K$7K$2K
TravelLn 17$13K$10K$3K
InterestLn 20$2K$2K$339$90
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$108K$102K$4K$1K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$106K$44K$61K
All other expensesLn 24e$22K$14K$7K$1K
Total functional expensesLn 25$2.8M$2.2M$390K$133K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $3.0M$2.8M$245K$6.8M 990 PDF
FY2024 $2.2M$2.5M−$351K$6.2M 990 PDF
FY2023 $1.8M$2.1M−$357K$6.5M 990 PDF
FY2022 $1.7M$2.3M−$564K$6.4M 990 PDF
FY2021 $2.1M$2.2M−$76K$8.0M 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 J · Pay O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $3,004,350 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $408,030$1,042,090
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $1,091,707$1,552,905
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $661,364$422,993
I-11 Other revenuePrior year −$9,283−$13,638
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $2,151,818$3,004,350
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $350,949$473,520
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $1,557,555$1,660,817
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $594,358$625,455
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $2,502,862$2,759,792
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$351,044$244,558
Part VI · Governance 13 of 13 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body13
VI-1b Independent voting members13
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 $3,004,350 across 8 lines filed
VIII-1c Fundraising events$65,536
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$976,554
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,042,090
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $1,552,905$1,552,905
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $156,648$156,648
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $266,345$266,345
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax −$13,638−$13,638
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $1,552,905 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $409,355$3,004,350
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $2,759,792 across 19 lines filed
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $473,520$473,520
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $50,430 · Management $100,857 · Fundraising $50,430$201,717
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $1,096,157 · Management $114,812 · Fundraising $11,250$1,222,219
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $47,195 · Management $4,358 · Fundraising $181$51,734
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $64,201 · Management $8,259 · Fundraising $1,456$73,916
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $90,299 · Management $16,387 · Fundraising $4,545$111,231
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $472$472
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $19,625$19,625
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $41,868$41,868
IX-11g Other fees for servicesManagement $22,000$22,000
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $40,237$40,237
IX-13 Office expensesManagement $9,881$9,881
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $40,616 · Management $30,196$70,812
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $161,240 · Management $6,789 · Fundraising $1,697$169,726
IX-17 TravelPrograms $9,603 · Management $3,431$13,034
IX-20 InterestPrograms $1,831 · Management $339 · Fundraising $90$2,260
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $102,146 · Management $4,301 · Fundraising $1,076$107,523
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $44,469 · Fundraising $61,325$105,794
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $14,372 · Management $6,649 · Fundraising $1,202$22,223
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $2,236,316 · Management $390,224 · Fundraising $133,252$2,759,792
Part X · Balance sheet $7,262,623 assets, 16 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $45,601$160,606
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $38,612$5,367
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $14,492$4,813
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $1,063$1,063
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $9,400$8,500
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $753,800$768,712
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $5,615,083$6,313,562
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $6,478,051$7,262,623
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $166,574$281,386
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $65,004$122,770
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payable$100,000
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $231,578$504,156
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $3,935,428$3,864,520
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $2,311,045$2,893,947
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $6,246,473$6,758,467
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $6,478,051$7,262,623
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $6,758,467 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$3,004,350
XI-2 Total expenses$2,759,792
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$244,558
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$6,246,473
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$267,436
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$6,758,467

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