Emerson School INC: FY2024 Nonprofit Profile & Form 990 (EIN 23-7442766)

David Feldman’s $260K as Head of School is at the 55th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3683 $10–100M 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 · 8 named individuals · Part VII

Name	FY2025	FY2024	FY2023	FY2022	FY2021
John Huber	—	—	—	$325,037	$224,276
David Feldman	$259,988	$88,094	—	—	—
Edward Hollinger	—	$130,854	$224,207	$110,467	—
Andy Zimmer	$152,028	$130,249	$123,275	$112,270	—
Marchell Burgess	$143,736	$111,134	—	—	—
Mariah Mallett	$140,822	$46,177	—	—	—
Terry Langston	$132,332	$111,685	—	—	—
Jessica Hoag	$120,813	—	—	—	—

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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Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Emerson School INC is an education nonprofit based in Ann Arbor, MI, formed in 1973.

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3 programs · $8.4M · in their own filed words · FY2023

01

Education of approximately 336 students.

$7.8Mprogram expense

02

After-school child care program

$307Kprogram expense

03

Summer program

$285Kprogram 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 · FY2024

Community Foundation of Tampa Bay INCFY2024$100K

Donor Advised Charitable Giving INCFY2024$91K

American Online Giving Foundation INCFY2024$30K

Raymond James Charitable Endowment FundFY2024$16K

Total grants receivedfrom 4 funders$238K

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1The main four

Money inPt VIII

$9.6M

Ln 12

Fees for servicesLn 2g$9.1M

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$443K

Investment incomeLn 3$161K

Money outPt IX

$10.4M

Ln 25

Programscol B$8.4M

Managementcol C$1.4M

Fundraisingcol D$550K

Owns and owesPt X

$8.6M

net assets · Ln 32

Cash and savingsLn 1–2$6.5M

Total assetsLn 16$13.1M

LiabilitiesLn 26$4.5M

PeoplePt VI, VII

19

listed · VII A

PaidVII A6

Voting boardVI 1a13

IndependentVI 1b13

2In more detail

Revenue in detailPt VIII

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$443K

Noncash giftsLn 1g$104K

Fundraising eventsLn 1c$163K

Fees for servicesLn 2g$9.1M

Investment incomeLn 3$161K

Gains on assetsLn 7$7K

Total revenueLn 12$9.6M

Assets in detailPt X, end of year

CashLn 1$3.3M

SavingsLn 2$3.2M

Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$6.5M

Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$5.9M

Other assetsLn 15$486K

Total assetsLn 16$13.1M

LiabilitiesLn 26$4.5M

Net assetsLn 32$8.6M

OperationsPt I, VI

EmployeesI 5143

VolunteersI 675

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 FY24	End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2	$6.7M	$6.5M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c	$6.0M	$5.9M
Total assetsLn 16	$13.3M	$13.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26	$4.0M	$4.5M
Net assetsLn 32	$9.3M	$8.6M

4Every line

Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line

Line	Total	Programs	Management	Fundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2	$909K	$909K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5	$510K	$396K	$90K	$23K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7	$5.2M	$4.2M	$766K	$225K
Other employee benefitsLn 9	$1.1M	$866K	$162K	$47K
Payroll taxesLn 10	$426K	$343K	$64K	$19K
Legal feesLn 11b	$58K		$58K
Accounting feesLn 11c	$39K		$39K
Investment management feesLn 11f	$7K	$7K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g	$572K	$255K	$139K	$177K
Advertising and promotionLn 12	$45K	$38K		$7K
Office expensesLn 13	$93K	$74K	$18K	$817
OccupancyLn 16	$390K	$366K	$17K	$6K
InterestLn 20	$3K	$3K	$108	$27
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22	$480K	$456K	$19K	$5K
InsuranceLn 23	$45K	$43K	$2K	$451
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24	$502K	$398K	$66K	$38K
All other expensesLn 24e	$72K	$71K		$1K
Total functional expensesLn 25	$10.4M	$8.4M	$1.4M	$550K

Filing history

Year	Money in	Money out	In minus out	Net assets	Download
FY2025 Latest	$10.8M	$10.8M	$45K	$8.6M	990 PDF
FY2024 Viewing	$9.6M	$10.4M	−$790K	$8.6M	990 PDF
FY2023	$9.2M	$9.0M	$233K	$9.3M	990 PDF
FY2022	$9.9M	$8.1M	$1.8M	$9.1M	990 PDF
FY2021	$6.9M	$7.0M	−$124K	$7.3M	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 O · Explanations

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Part I · Summary $9,616,316 revenue, 12 lines filed

I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $514,558$442,504

I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $8,632,343$9,052,531

I-10 Investment incomePrior year $49,271$160,671

I-11 Other revenuePrior year $20,173−$39,390

I-12 Total revenuePrior year $9,216,345$9,616,316

I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $885,545$909,140

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

I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $6,400,853$7,191,553

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

I-17 Other expensesPrior year $1,696,907$2,305,480

I-18 Total expensesPrior year $8,983,305$10,406,173

I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $233,040−$789,857

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 $9,616,316 across 9 lines filed

VIII-1c Fundraising events$162,825

VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$279,679

VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$103,537

VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$442,504

VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $9,052,531$9,052,531

VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $153,825$153,825

VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $6,846$6,846

VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax −$39,390−$39,390

VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $9,052,531 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $121,281$9,616,316

Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $10,406,173 across 17 lines filed

IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $909,140$909,140

IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $396,204 · Management $90,493 · Fundraising $23,303$510,000

IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $4,190,147 · Management $765,968 · Fundraising $225,378$5,181,493

IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $865,885 · Management $161,697 · Fundraising $46,950$1,074,532

IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $342,901 · Management $64,034 · Fundraising $18,593$425,528

IX-11b Legal feesManagement $58,407$58,407

IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $39,490$39,490

IX-11f Investment management feesPrograms $6,860$6,860

IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $254,928 · Management $139,359 · Fundraising $177,250$571,537

IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $37,974 · Fundraising $7,488$45,462

IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $73,765 · Management $18,481 · Fundraising $817$93,063

IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $366,486 · Management $17,253 · Fundraising $5,806$389,545

IX-20 InterestPrograms $2,576 · Management $108 · Fundraising $27$2,711

IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $455,534 · Management $19,180 · Fundraising $4,795$479,509

IX-23 InsurancePrograms $42,870 · Management $1,805 · Fundraising $451$45,126

IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $397,875 · Management $65,791 · Fundraising $37,928$501,594

IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $71,011 · Fundraising $1,165$72,176

IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $8,414,156 · Management $1,442,066 · Fundraising $549,951$10,406,173

Part X · Balance sheet $13,130,012 assets, 15 lines filed

Asset lines not itemized here account for $15,600; see the IRS return.

X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $3,101,393$3,258,631

X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $3,635,937$3,248,563

X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $78,617$70,505

X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $95,829$123,076

X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $5,966,675$5,927,215

X-15 Other assetsStart of year $430,640$486,422

X-16 Total assetsStart of year $13,309,091$13,130,012

X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $1,249,201$1,409,758

X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $2,683,719$2,896,984

X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $0$206,944

X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $3,983,526$4,546,266

X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $9,239,920$8,425,282

X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $85,645$158,464

X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $9,325,565$8,583,746

X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $13,309,091$13,130,012

Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $8,583,746 net assets at year end

XI-1 Total revenue$9,616,316

XI-2 Total expenses$10,406,173

XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$789,857

XI-4 Net assets at start of year$9,325,565

XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$48,038

XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0

XI-10 Net assets at end of year$8,583,746

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2024 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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