Laura Baker School Association

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Northfield, MN501(c)(3)Since 1977EIN 41-1291483

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To provide housing and other services to adults and children with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Our mission is to respect the life choices and dreams of people with developmental disabilities and help them reach their goals.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
86¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 275 volunteers and 240 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
2 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $212K a year · 3% of revenue · last 6 filings
Concern: a surplus in 2 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
86%
of spending
Looks good: 86% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$149K
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
<1 mo
of spending, in cash
Concern: 0.2 months of spending in cash; under 2 weeks.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
13
named funders · $255K
Looks good: 13 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$1.8M
39% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 39% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
15
of 16 voting members
Looks good: 15 of 16 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$7.7M
+9% vs prior year
Spent
$8.0M
To programs
86%
Net assets
$2.8M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$7.7M
FY2025▲ +9%
Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$6.5M
FY2021$7.1M
FY2022$5.7M
FY2023$6.0M
FY2024$7.1M
FY2025$7.7M
Expenses
$8.0M
FY2025▲ +6%
Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$6.0M
FY2021$6.2M
FY2022$5.9M
FY2023$7.6M
FY2024$7.6M
FY2025$8.0M
Net assets
$2.8M
FY2025▼ -10%
Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$4.6M
FY2021$5.6M
FY2022$5.2M
FY2023$3.7M
FY2024$3.1M
FY2025$2.8M

From the FY2025 Form 990 · 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 May 1979.

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

Where the money goes

86 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 86% · $6.9M Management & general 12% · $926K Fundraising 3% · $234K

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

19 people listed on the 990; $149K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director
$111,819Pt VII · Sec A
Former CFO
$28,285Pt VII · Sec A
$8,835Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Trustee
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 6 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Sandra Gerdes$111,819$112,998$109,145$102,235$100,759$105,591
Candi Lemarr—$61,939$3,600———
Paul Jurewicz————$54,391$57,524
Scott Blum$28,285$24,630————
Christina Severson$8,835—————
Danial Varley———$975——

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

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 15aYes

Programs and updates

Offers housing and support services for adults and children with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

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2 program services account for $6.9M of program spending, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2025.
01

Oak Street Residential Services

An intermediate care facility for persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities. These services are licensed by the minnesota dept of health (icf-dd and supervised living facility) and the minnesota dept of human services (consolidated standards for licensed programs serving people with intellectual and developmental…

$6.9Mprogram expense
02

Laura Baker School

In 2016, we closed our private school and now lease that space to the torrey pines direct primary care which is a membership based medicine practice. In addition some of the space is leased to elsa kraus, LLC which offers counseling and therapy services

Pt IX · col B

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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
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By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$7.7M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$6.3M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.4M
Investment incomeLn 3$701
Money outPt IX
$8.0M
Ln 25
Programscol B$6.9M
Managementcol C$926K
Fundraisingcol D$234K
Owns and owesPt X
$2.8M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$108K
Total assetsLn 16$4.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.8M
PeoplePt VI, VII
19
listed · VII A
PaidVII A3
Voting boardVI 1a16
IndependentVI 1b15
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.4M
Government grantsLn 1e$294K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$36K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$475K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$6.3M
Investment incomeLn 3$701
Total revenueLn 12$7.7M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$95K
SavingsLn 2$13K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$108K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$3K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$3.2M
Other assetsLn 15$652K
Total assetsLn 16$4.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.8M
Net assetsLn 32$2.8M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5240
VolunteersI 6275
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
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$126K$108K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$3K$3K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$3.4M$3.2M
Total assetsLn 16$4.6M$4.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.4M$1.8M
Net assetsLn 32$3.1M$2.8M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$149K$137K$9K$3K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$5.0M$4.6M$305K$103K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$34K$30K$3K$819
Other employee benefitsLn 9$130K$127K$842$2K
Payroll taxesLn 10$412K$359K$47K$7K
Legal feesLn 11b$9K$9K
Accounting feesLn 11c$127K$1K$126K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$8K$5K$3K
Office expensesLn 13$13K$3K$10K$140
OccupancyLn 16$331K$328K$3K$172
TravelLn 17$32K$32K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$45K$4K$41K$245
InterestLn 20$33K$33K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$191K$146K$45K
InsuranceLn 23$124K$37K$87K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$1.2M$946K$184K$83K
All other expensesLn 24e$155K$98K$24K$32K
Total functional expensesLn 25$8.0M$6.9M$926K$234K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $7.7M$8.0M−$312K$2.8M 990 PDF
FY2024 $7.1M$7.6M−$560K$3.1M 990 PDF
FY2023 $6.0M$7.6M−$1.6M$3.7M 990 PDF
FY2022 $5.7M$5.9M−$224K$5.2M 990 PDF
FY2021 $7.1M$6.2M$913K$5.6M 990 PDF
FY2020 $6.5M$6.0M$510K$4.6M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
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Part VIII · Statement of revenue $7,730,433 across 11 lines filed
VIII-1c Fundraising events$474,754
VIII-1e Government grants$294,464
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$614,458
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$36,283
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,383,676
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $6,349,408$6,349,408
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $701$701
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossRelated to mission $68,650$68,650
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax −$78,793−$78,793
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $6,791$6,791
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $6,424,849 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax −$78,092$7,730,433
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $8,042,370 across 17 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $136,883 · Management $9,011 · Fundraising $3,045$148,939
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $4,629,918 · Management $304,779 · Fundraising $102,998$5,037,695
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $30,125 · Management $2,737 · Fundraising $819$33,681
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $126,890 · Management $842 · Fundraising $1,979$129,711
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $359,190 · Management $46,607 · Fundraising $6,608$412,405
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $9,098$9,098
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $1,227 · Management $125,767$126,994
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $4,827 · Fundraising $2,798$7,625
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $2,679 · Management $9,749 · Fundraising $140$12,568
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $327,761 · Management $2,851 · Fundraising $172$330,784
IX-17 TravelPrograms $32,315$32,315
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $4,072 · Management $40,753 · Fundraising $245$45,070
IX-20 InterestManagement $33,135$33,135
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $145,897 · Management $45,378$191,275
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $36,934 · Management $86,717$123,651
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $945,939 · Management $184,040 · Fundraising $82,751$1,212,730
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $98,195 · Management $24,045 · Fundraising $32,454$154,694
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $6,882,852 · Management $925,509 · Fundraising $234,009$8,042,370
Part X · Balance sheet $4,586,979 assets, 15 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearing$95,206
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $125,968$13,151
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $40,410$0
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $515,118$589,341
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $77,442$68,433
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $3,354,193$3,165,668
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $3,426$3,304
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $434,883$651,876
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $4,551,440$4,586,979
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $918,492$1,277,084
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $1,427,793$1,775,397
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $3,103,327$2,791,762
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $20,320$19,820
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $3,123,647$2,811,582
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $4,551,440$4,586,979
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $2,811,582 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$7,730,433
XI-2 Total expenses$8,042,370
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$311,937
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$3,123,647
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments−$128
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$2,811,582

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