Willowwind School is a joyful learning community where children develop their unique potential through child-led inquiry.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
69¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$96K 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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FY2023 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
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
4 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $139K a year · 8% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
69%
of spending
Fine: 69% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$96K
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
5 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 5.2 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $757
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$2.4M
84% of total assets
Concern: liabilities are 84% of assets; over 80%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
10
of 10 voting members
Looks good: 10 of 10 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$1.9M
-0.2% vs prior year
Spent
$1.7M
To programs
69%
Net assets
$457K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$1.9M
FY2023-0.2%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$1.2M
FY2021$1.5M
FY2022$1.9M
FY2023$1.9M
FY2024$1.8M
FY2025$1.8M
Expenses
$1.7M
FY2023▲ +11%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$1.2M
FY2021$1.3M
FY2022$1.5M
FY2023$1.7M
FY2024$1.7M
FY2025$1.9M
Net assets
$457K
FY2023▲ +253%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020−$483K
FY2021−$296K
FY2022$129K
FY2023$457K
FY2024$488K
FY2025$420K

From the FY2023 Form 990 (year ending June 2023) · 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 1975.

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Where the money goes

69 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 69% · $1.1M Management & general 30% · $502K Fundraising 1% · $19K

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

12 people listed on the 990; $96K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2022); the FY2023 filing did not itemize Part VII
Head of School (ended 6/30)
$95,675Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board of Trustees
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board of Trustees
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board of Trustees
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board of Trustees
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board of Trustees
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Stacy Stoyanoff’s $119K as Head of School is at the 44th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3394 $1–10M 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 · 3 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Stacy Stoyanoff$119,217$62,054————
Michelle Beninga——$95,675$92,250$94,583$90,690
Anne Ehlinger$72,805$65,246————

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 15aNo

Programs and updates

Educates elementary students, offering before and after school programs with supervised activities and snacks.

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3 programs · $1.1M · in their own filed words · FY2022
01

Academic preschool and elementary school program for children grades preschool through 6TH grade. Late august through late may. From 8:00 / 8:15 am - 3:15 / 3:30 PM. At willowwind, we believe that providing students with regular opportunities to interact with art is imperative for both personal and academic growth.

$930Kprogram expense
02

Summer program is for children grades preschool through 6TH grade. Summer at willowwind school is an engaging and enriching educational experience for children. It is designed to suit a wide variety of interests by providing opportunities to learn and play through nature, arts, stem, theater, and more.

$138Kprogram expense
03

Before and after school program is for children grades preschool through 6TH grade. Supervised activities, and snacks are provided. From 7:30-8:30AM and 3:00-6:00PM, monday through friday.

$73Kprogram 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 · FY2023
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$757
Grants paid · 14 grants · $669K · 2019–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$84,020
Unitemized GrantFY2024$18,820
Unitemized GrantFY2023$80,961
Unitemized GrantFY2023$8,420
Unitemized GrantFY2022$72,398
Unitemized GrantFY2022$31,050
Unitemized GrantFY2021$91,931
Unitemized GrantFY2021$18,000
Unitemized GrantFY2020$87,250
Unitemized GrantFY2020$87,250
Unitemized GrantFY2020$10,500
Unitemized GrantFY2020$10,500
Unitemized GrantFY2019$41,777
Unitemized GrantFY2019$26,045

By the numbers

The FY2023 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$1.9M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$1.8M
Other incomeLn 4–11$77K
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$51K
Money outPt IX
$1.7M
Ln 25
Programscol B$1.1M
Managementcol C$502K
Fundraisingcol D$19K
Owns and owesPt X
$457K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$724K
Total assetsLn 16$2.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$2.4M
PeoplePt VI, VII
12
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a10
IndependentVI 1b10
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$51K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$1.8M
Investment incomeLn 3$2K
Other incomeLn 4–11$77K
Total revenueLn 12$1.9M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$724K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$724K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$2.1M
Other assetsLn 15$24K
Total assetsLn 16$2.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$2.4M
Net assetsLn 32$457K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 557
VolunteersI 655
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY23End FY23
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$613K$724K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$2.1M$2.1M
Total assetsLn 16$2.7M$2.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$2.6M$2.4M
Net assetsLn 32$129K$457K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$156K$156K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$114K$57K$57K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$730K$470K$260K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$11K$8K$4K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$37K$23K$14K
Payroll taxesLn 10$74K$51K$23K
Legal feesLn 11b$257$257
Accounting feesLn 11c$5K$5K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$58K$58K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$19K$19K
Office expensesLn 13$9K$9K
Information technologyLn 14$37K$37K
OccupancyLn 16$25K$25K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$6K$6K
InterestLn 20$92K$79K$13K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$107K$102K$5K
InsuranceLn 23$20K$20K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$146K$113K$33K
All other expensesLn 24e$14K$14K
Total functional expensesLn 25$1.7M$1.1M$502K$19K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $1.8M$1.9M−$81K$420K 990 PDF
FY2024 $1.8M$1.7M$98K$488K 990 PDF
FY2023 Viewing $1.9M$1.7M$263K$457K 990 PDF
FY2022 $1.9M$1.5M$425K$129K 990 PDF
FY2021 $1.5M$1.3M$186K−$296K 990 PDF
FY2020 $1.2M$1.2M−$60K−$483K 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 O · Explanations
See the full FY2023 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $1,924,307 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $211,950$51,484
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $1,715,144$1,794,015
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $521$1,548
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$77,260
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,927,615$1,924,307
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $109,931$155,612
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $898,918$966,786
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $493,293$538,544
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $1,502,142$1,660,942
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $425,473$263,365
Part VI · Governance 10 of 10 board members independent, 3 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body10
VI-1b Independent voting members10
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $1,924,307 across 6 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$51,484
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$51,484
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $1,794,015$1,794,015
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $1,548$1,548
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $77,260$77,260
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $1,794,015 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $78,808$1,924,307
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,660,942 across 19 lines filed
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $155,612$155,612
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $56,754 · Management $56,753$113,507
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $470,416 · Management $260,021$730,437
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $7,540 · Management $3,888$11,428
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $23,116 · Management $13,863$36,979
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $51,337 · Management $23,098$74,435
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $257$257
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $5,300$5,300
IX-11g Other fees for servicesManagement $57,675$57,675
IX-12 Advertising and promotionFundraising $18,508$18,508
IX-13 Office expensesManagement $9,175$9,175
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $36,715$36,715
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $24,972$24,972
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $5,628$5,628
IX-20 InterestPrograms $79,314 · Management $13,171$92,485
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $101,542 · Management $5,314$106,856
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $20,144$20,144
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $113,323 · Management $33,010$146,333
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $14,496$14,496
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,140,765 · Management $501,669 · Fundraising $18,508$1,660,942
Part X · Balance sheet $2,830,654 assets, 14 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $612,849$723,783
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $15,838$15,163
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $3,290$3,700
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $2,113,067$2,063,679
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $0$24,329
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $2,745,044$2,830,654
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $142,353$79,248
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $221,686$190,808
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $492,466$481,593
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $4,238$28,380
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $2,615,773$2,373,906
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $129,271$456,748
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $129,271$456,748
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $2,745,044$2,830,654
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $456,748 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$1,924,307
XI-2 Total expenses$1,660,942
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$263,365
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$129,271
XI-8 Prior period adjustments$50,330
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$13,782
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$456,748

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