philanthropy.org | 990 Resource | FAQ Verify yourself
Sign in

The Summit School FY2020 filing

Tax-deductible

Pittsburgh, PA501(c)(3)Since 1996Education EIN 25-1782296Revenue $17.8M in FY2020

On file with the IRStheacademyschools.com900 Agnew Rd, 15227-3902 · Pittsburgh, PATax-exempt since Feb 2000School — 170(b)(1)(A)(ii)

Claim this org

(tell your story, add context, and more)

What claiming does How does your 990 look to donors? Take the 10-Question Audit

To educate and rehabilitate adjudicated youth.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
92¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$449K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

Before you give

FY2020 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
Download 990
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
5 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $500K a year · 3% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 5 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
92%
of spending
Looks good: 92% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$449K
to officers and key staff · 2% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 2% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
3 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 3.1 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $20K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$7.5M
61% of total assets
Fine: liabilities are 61% of assets; 50% to 65%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
7
of 7 voting members
Looks good: 7 of 7 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
Looks goodFineWorth a lookConcernNo data yetTap a box for the reason.
Revenue
$17.8M
Spent
$18.6M
To programs
92%
Net assets
$4.7M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$17.8M
FY2020
Tap a bar for its year
Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$17.8M
FY2021$14.5M
FY2022$14.1M
FY2023$15.9M
FY2024$20.2M
FY2025$19.6M
Expenses
$18.6M
FY2020
Tap a bar for its year
Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$18.6M
FY2021$12.2M
FY2022$14.1M
FY2023$15.7M
FY2024$19.1M
FY2025$19.3M
Net assets
$4.7M
FY2020
Tap a bar for its year
Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$4.7M
FY2021$7.0M
FY2022$7.0M
FY2023$7.2M
FY2024$8.3M
FY2025$8.5M

From the FY2020 Form 990 (year ending June 2020) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

Give Claim
You’re viewing the FY2020 filing — not the latest on file. See the latest (FY2025) →

Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Feb 2000.

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

Where the money goes

92 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 92% · $17.0M Management & general 8% · $1.6M

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

Something off? Claim to add context

Who runs it and what they're paid

12 people listed on the 990; $449K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2019); the FY2020 filing did not itemize Part VII
$134,362Pt VII · Sec A
$120,853Pt VII · Sec A
John McCloud
Former Executive Director
$114,058Pt VII · Sec A
Harold Stasik
Executive Director
$80,100Pt VII · Sec A
Dick Roberts
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

William Sharpe’s $140K as Varsity Basketball Coach is at the 12th 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

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Salvador Costanzo——$139,814———
William Sharpe$139,625$127,322$122,746——$120,853
Samuel Costanzo———$123,201$134,791$134,362
John McCloud—————$114,058
Dane Bargerstock$102,218—————
Rindi Zihmer$101,438—————
Harold Stasik$95,521$89,741$86,890—$84,538$80,100
Harry Stasik———$86,115——

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.

See The Summit School executive salaries →

On this list? Claim this org

Something off? Claim to add context

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 15aNo

Programs and updates

Educates and rehabilitates adjudicated youth.

Questions for The Summit School

Tap to ask. The Summit School sees how many people are interested.

Your first name shows with your question. The Summit School answers here, for everyone.

Provided by the organization

Know this org? Add your story

3 programs · $17.0M · in their own filed words · FY2019
01

Inpatient drug and alcohol program providing educational and rehabilitative services to adjudicated youth

$10.2Mprogram expense
02

Residential treatment program providing educational and rehabilitative services to adjudicated youth.

$6.2Mprogram expense
03

Safe harbor program providing residential facility for males in need of emergency care services.

$594Kprogram 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
Csc Academy INCFY2023$11K
National Association for the Exchange of Industrial Resources IFY2023$9K
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$20K

By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

Download 990
from philanthropy.org
1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$17.8M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$17.2M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$461K
Investment incomeLn 3$101K
Money outPt IX
$18.6M
Ln 25
Programscol B$17.0M
Managementcol C$1.6M
Owns and owesPt X
$4.7M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$4.8M
Total assetsLn 16$12.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$7.5M
PeoplePt VI, VII
12
listed · VII A
PaidVII A4
Voting boardVI 1a7
IndependentVI 1b7
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$461K
Government grantsLn 1e$461K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$17.2M
Investment incomeLn 3$101K
Other incomeLn 4–11$54K
Gains on assetsLn 7$7K
Total revenueLn 12$17.8M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$4.8M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$4.8M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$2.4M
Total assetsLn 16$12.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$7.5M
Net assetsLn 32$4.7M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5209
VolunteersI 67
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 FY20End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$975K$4.8M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$2.7M$2.4M
Total assetsLn 16$10.2M$12.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$4.7M$7.5M
Net assetsLn 32$5.5M$4.7M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$242K$223K$19K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$135K$124K$11K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$8.6M$7.9M$670K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$910K$835K$74K
Payroll taxesLn 10$765K$702K$62K
Legal feesLn 11b$234K$30K$204K
Accounting feesLn 11c$19K$2K$17K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$68K$68K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$2.5M$2.5M
Advertising and promotionLn 12$134K$134K
Office expensesLn 13$288K$215K$73K
OccupancyLn 16$619K$520K$99K
InterestLn 20$91K$91K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$588K$535K$53K
InsuranceLn 23$1.1M$1.0M$103K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$2.3M$2.2M$85K
All other expensesLn 24e$24K$11K$14K
Total functional expensesLn 25$18.6M$17.0M$1.6M$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $19.6M$19.3M$251K$8.5M 990 PDF
FY2024 $20.2M$19.1M$1.1M$8.3M 990 PDF
FY2023 $15.9M$15.7M$111K$7.2M 990 PDF
FY2022 $14.1M$14.1M$56K$7.0M 990 PDF
FY2021 $14.5M$12.2M$2.3M$7.0M 990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing $17.8M$18.6M−$812K$4.7M 990 PDF

More to add? Claim this org

Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations
See the full FY2020 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $17,789,163 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $453,721$460,903
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $19,585,949$17,173,025
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $107,789$100,895
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $11,512$54,340
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $20,158,971$17,789,163
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $10,748,071$10,626,095
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $9,179,709$7,974,951
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $19,927,780$18,601,046
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $231,191−$811,883
Part VI · Governance 7 of 7 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body7
VI-1b Independent voting members7
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
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $17,789,163 across 7 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$460,903
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$460,903
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $17,173,025$17,173,025
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $93,815$93,815
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $7,080$7,080
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $54,340$54,340
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $17,173,025 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $155,235$17,789,163
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $18,601,046 across 17 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $223,123 · Management $19,017$242,140
IX-6 Pay of disqualified personsPrograms $123,935 · Management $10,583$134,518
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $7,904,950 · Management $670,040$8,574,990
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $835,471 · Management $74,264$909,735
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $702,287 · Management $62,425$764,712
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $30,027 · Management $203,830$233,857
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $1,870 · Management $16,914$18,784
IX-11d Lobbying feesManagement $67,766$67,766
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $2,518,874$2,518,874
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $134,402$134,402
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $215,036 · Management $73,137$288,173
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $520,245 · Management $98,678$618,923
IX-20 InterestPrograms $90,711$90,711
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $534,963 · Management $52,868$587,831
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $1,006,542 · Management $103,374$1,109,916
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $2,196,227 · Management $85,205$2,281,432
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $10,525 · Management $13,757$24,282
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $17,049,188 · Management $1,551,858 · Fundraising $0$18,601,046
Part X · Balance sheet $12,154,037 assets, 13 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $975,093$4,769,850
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $52,928$213,284
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $6,026,656$4,298,787
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $396,177$445,585
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $2,739,768$2,426,531
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $10,191,426$12,154,037
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $2,938,222$2,764,091
X-19 Deferred revenue$2,037,600
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $1,262,259$2,336,880
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $4,689,483$7,463,977
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $5,501,943$4,690,060
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $5,501,943$4,690,060
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $10,191,426$12,154,037
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $4,690,060 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$17,789,163
XI-2 Total expenses$18,601,046
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$811,883
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$5,501,943
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$4,690,060

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2020 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

Similar organizations you could support · Compare with another nonprofit

Names, privacy, and removal requests More

The names, titles, and compensation shown on this page are reproduced from IRS Form 990 filings, which are public records.

Philanthropy.org does not alter the content of those filings. All information appears exactly as reported by the filing organization for the tax year shown.

We publish only information contained in the public IRS filing — and less than the filing contains. Our profile pages do not display street addresses, telephone numbers, personal email addresses, or other personal contact information, even where the filing includes them.

Many people share the same name. A name shown on this page reflects only what one organization reported in one IRS filing for one tax year. It should not be interpreted as identifying any other individual with the same or a similar name.

If you are no longer affiliated with the organization, your name will generally stop appearing in future IRS filings once the organization no longer reports you. Pages for tax years in which you were reported remain published because those filings remain part of the public record.

Philanthropy.org does not alter or remove IRS filing records. Removing a page from this website would not remove the underlying IRS filing, which remains publicly available from the IRS and other publishers of the same information.

If you believe the IRS filing itself is inaccurate, corrections must be made by the filing organization or the IRS directly.

Your org? Add context

Made it to the end? Claim this org

All figures are derived from public IRS Form 990 filings and are presented without evaluation of any organization. philanthropy.org does not rate, score, or rank organizations, including the pay comparisons above.