Blue School

New York, NYUnknown exempt organizationEIN 27-0753913Revenue $81K in FY2024

On file with the IRSblueschool.org241 Water Street · New York, NY

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Blue school's mission is to develop and share an inquiry-based approach to education that fosters creativity, promotes academic excellence, nurtures human relationships and inspires a lifelong passion for learning.

Run by 100 volunteers and 147 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2024 · Form 990-EZIndependent: from IRS data, not the org
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Latest return
FY2024
latest Form 990-EZ
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
0 of 4
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $6.6M a year · 48% of revenue · last 4 filings
Concern: a surplus in 0 of the last 4 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 4 filings
Named funders
3
named funders · $2.6M
Looks good: 3 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$0
total owed
No data yet: the filing does not give total assets.
Pt X · Ln 26
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Revenue
$81K
-98% vs prior year
Net assets
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By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$81K
FY2024▼ -98%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$18.1M
FY2021$16.7M
FY2022$14.8M
FY2023$5.3M
FY2024$81K
Expenses
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FY2024
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$26.0M
FY2021$29.3M
FY2022$15.4M
FY2023$10.4M
FY2024Not on file
Net assets
$0
FY2024▲ +100%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020−$34.6M
FY2021−$47.1M
FY2022−$47.6M
FY2023−$49.3M
FY2024$0

From the FY2024 Form 990 (year ending August 2024) · see the original

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Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024.

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

Who runs it and what they're paid

12 people listed on the 990-EZ.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2023); the FY2024 filing did not itemize Part VII
Trustee, Co-Founder
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Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Noah Reinhardt$400,696$200,300——
Virginia Farrar——$238,199$287,945
Michael Jackson$229,011$228,218$228,565$185,797
Tu Harris$196,202$188,825——
Lauren Kardos—$116,313$186,765$172,530
Patricia a Lynch——$160,927$186,524
Rebecca Skinner—$185,442$139,473—
Laura Camien—$113,067$168,212$145,865

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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Develops and shares an inquiry-based educational approach fostering creativity and lifelong learning.

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1 program · $7.1M · in their own filed words · FY2022
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Blue school is a n-8 school in downtown manhattan. Spanning the foundational first decade of life, the blue school education provides for a rich and unique range of integrated academic, social and artistic experiences.

$7.1Mprogram expense

Funders

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 3 funders$2.6M
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Grants paid · 6 grants · $13.5M · 2019–2022
Unitemized GrantFY2022$74,046
Unitemized GrantFY2022$34,901
Unitemized GrantFY2021$4,505,349
Unitemized GrantFY2021$50,175
Unitemized GrantFY2020$4,456,114
Unitemized GrantFY2019$4,418,823

By the numbers

The FY2024 990-EZ, line by line.

1The main four
Money in
$81K
Other income$81K
Owns and owes
$0
net assets
Liabilities$0
People
12
listed
Paid0
2In more detail
Revenue in detail
Other income$81K
Total revenue$81K
Assets in detailEnd of year
Liabilities$0
Net assets$0
Operations
Employees147
Volunteers100
Fiscal year endsAugust

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest Viewing $81K$0 990 PDF
FY2023 $5.3M$10.4M−$5.1M−$49.3M 990 PDF
FY2022 $14.8M$15.4M−$593K−$47.6M 990 PDF
FY2021 $16.7M$29.3M−$12.5M−$47.1M 990 PDF
FY2020 $18.1M$26.0M−$8.0M−$34.6M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons

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

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