Whitfield School cultivates ethical, confident, successful students in a community of innovation, collaboration, and trust.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
86¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 200 volunteers and 148 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
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IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
4 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $1.3M a year · 9% of revenue · last 5 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 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
$890K
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
4 mo
of spending, in cash
Plus $16.1M in investments, Pt X · Ln 11–13
Looks good: 4.4 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
14
named funders · $370K
Looks good: 14 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$8.9M
23% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 23% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
20
of 20 voting members
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Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$18.5M
+29% vs prior year
Spent
$14.0M
To programs
86%
Net assets
$29.2M
By yearFY2021–FY2025
Revenue
$18.5M
FY2025▲ +29%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2021$12.4M
FY2022$12.3M
FY2023$12.5M
FY2024$14.4M
FY2025$18.5M
Expenses
$14.0M
FY2025▲ +5%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2021$11.6M
FY2022$11.9M
FY2023$12.8M
FY2024$13.4M
FY2025$14.0M
Net assets
$29.2M
FY2025▲ +25%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2021$21.3M
FY2022$19.3M
FY2023$21.9M
FY2024$23.4M
FY2025$29.2M

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending June 2025) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Where the money goes

86 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 86% · $12.1M Management & general 8% · $1.1M Fundraising 6% · $862K

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

25 people listed on the 990; $890K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
Head of School
$289,453Pt VII · Sec A
Director of Finance and Operations
$133,962Pt VII · Sec A
Director of Development
$132,047Pt VII · Sec A
Principal
$116,418Pt VII · Sec A
Athletic Director
$114,774Pt VII · Sec A
Director of Admissions
$103,844Pt VII · Sec A
Trustee
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Chair, Board of Trustees
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
John C Cunningham$289,453$293,296$141,004——
John Delautre——$141,429$237,957$212,620
Ruth Greathouse—$177,991$174,447$169,749$166,513
Emily Klimek——$159,395$154,530$151,624
Robert Kampen$133,962$102,050$102,910——
Kathleen Kelly$132,047————
David Lauer—$117,817$113,616$110,199$106,437
Sara Ringe$116,418————

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

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Educates students to be ethical, confident, and successful through innovation and collaboration.

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2 programs · $12.1M · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Instruction

Whitfield School is an independent, coeducational, college-preparatory day school for students in grades 6-12. Located on a 25-acre campus in west St. Louis County, Whitfield's demanding academic program coupled with the support of a dedicated, world-class faculty prepares graduates for both the college experience and life beyond.

$11.0Mprogram expense
02

Auxiliary Services

includes a luncheon program for 413 students and approximately 85 faculty and staff; a campus store which provides learning materials, snacks, and spirit wear; and administration of student tutoring, transportation, and housing (for international students only) programs.

$1.1Mprogram 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 · 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
$18.5M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$9.9M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$7.5M
Investment incomeLn 3$572K
Money outPt IX
$14.0M
Ln 25
Programscol B$12.1M
Managementcol C$1.1M
Fundraisingcol D$862K
Owns and owesPt X
$29.2M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$5.2M
Total assetsLn 16$38.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$8.9M
PeoplePt VI, VII
25
listed · VII A
PaidVII A6
Voting boardVI 1a20
IndependentVI 1b20
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$7.5M
Government grantsLn 1e$0
Noncash giftsLn 1g$94K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$237K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$9.9M
Investment incomeLn 3$572K
Other incomeLn 4–11$542K
Gains on assetsLn 7$118K
Total revenueLn 12$18.5M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$281K
SavingsLn 2$4.9M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$5.2M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$16.1M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$9.4M
Other assetsLn 15$1.0M
Total assetsLn 16$38.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$8.9M
Net assetsLn 32$29.2M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5148
VolunteersI 6200
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$4.7M$5.2M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$14.8M$16.1M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$9.8M$9.4M
Total assetsLn 16$32.1M$38.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$8.7M$8.9M
Net assetsLn 32$23.4M$29.2M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$421K$72K$278K$72K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0$0$0$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$6.4M$5.6M$356K$393K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$269K$226K$25K$18K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$444K$372K$41K$30K
Payroll taxesLn 10$499K$418K$46K$34K
Management feesLn 11a$0$0$0$0
Legal feesLn 11b$6K$0$6K$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$76K$0$76K$0
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0$0$0$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$88K$88K
Investment management feesLn 11f$0$0$0$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$0$0$0$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$241K$229K$0$12K
Office expensesLn 13$814K$624K$60K$130K
Information technologyLn 14$302K$269K$18K$15K
RoyaltiesLn 15$0$0$0$0
OccupancyLn 16$1.2M$1.1M$69K$23K
TravelLn 17$8K$5K$798$2K
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0$0$0$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$26K$26K$0$0
InterestLn 20$143K$132K$9K$3K
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0$0$0$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$1.5M$1.4M$91K$30K
InsuranceLn 23$230K$211K$14K$5K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$1.4M$1.4M$6K$5K
All other expensesLn 24e$26K$23K$1K$1K
Total functional expensesLn 25$14.0M$12.1M$1.1M$862K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $18.5M$14.0M$4.5M$29.2M 990 PDF
FY2024 $14.4M$13.4M$979K$23.4M 990 PDF
FY2023 $12.5M$12.8M−$244K$21.9M 990 PDF
FY2022 $12.3M$11.9M$416K$19.3M 990 PDF
FY2021 $12.4M$11.6M$826K$21.3M 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 J · Pay O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $18,504,131 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $2,850,922$7,450,542
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $9,553,115$9,939,793
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $1,059,891$571,768
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $900,755$542,028
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $14,364,683$18,504,131
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 $7,716,141$8,023,013
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $122,950$88,215
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $5,546,633$5,917,184
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $13,385,724$14,028,412
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $978,959$4,475,719
Part VI · Governance 20 of 20 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body20
VI-1b Independent voting members20
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $18,504,131 across 16 lines filed
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$0
VIII-1b Membership dues$0
VIII-1c Fundraising events$236,621
VIII-1d Related organizations$0
VIII-1e Government grants$0
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$7,213,921
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$94,476
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$7,450,542
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $9,939,793 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$9,939,793
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $454,017 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$454,017
VIII-5 RoyaltiesRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission $117,751 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$117,751
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsUnrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $542,028 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$542,028
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $11,053,589 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$18,504,131
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $14,028,412 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $0$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $0$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $0$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for membersPrograms $0$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $71,500 · Management $278,000 · Fundraising $71,500$421,000
IX-6 Pay of disqualified personsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $5,641,357 · Management $356,097 · Fundraising $392,656$6,390,110
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $225,847 · Management $25,068 · Fundraising $18,350$269,265
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $372,388 · Management $41,333 · Fundraising $30,256$443,977
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $418,255 · Management $46,424 · Fundraising $33,982$498,661
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $0 · Management $6,248 · Fundraising $0$6,248
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $0 · Management $76,389 · Fundraising $0$76,389
IX-11d Lobbying feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $88,215$88,215
IX-11f Investment management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $228,930 · Management $0 · Fundraising $12,049$240,979
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $623,669 · Management $59,941 · Fundraising $130,051$813,661
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $269,013 · Management $18,146 · Fundraising $15,273$302,432
IX-15 RoyaltiesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $1,063,455 · Management $69,356 · Fundraising $23,119$1,155,930
IX-17 TravelPrograms $4,791 · Management $798 · Fundraising $2,395$7,984
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officialsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $26,435 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$26,435
IX-20 InterestPrograms $131,686 · Management $8,588 · Fundraising $2,863$143,137
IX-21 Payments to affiliatesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $1,392,091 · Management $90,789 · Fundraising $30,263$1,513,143
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $211,169 · Management $13,772 · Fundraising $4,591$229,532
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $1,365,322 · Management $5,539 · Fundraising $4,662$1,375,523
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $23,108 · Management $1,389 · Fundraising $1,294$25,791
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $12,069,016 · Management $1,097,877 · Fundraising $861,519$14,028,412
Part X · Balance sheet $38,137,674 assets, 24 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $140,691$281,270
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $4,593,176$4,901,223
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $1,679,293$6,080,092
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $80,902$123,801
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $31,312$39,017
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $255,204$218,601
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $9,828,247$9,369,551
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $14,533,112$15,891,762
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $229,495$230,743
X-13 Program-related investmentsStart of year $0$0
X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $0$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $758,075$1,001,614
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $32,129,507$38,137,674
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $1,078,651$1,013,990
X-18 Grants payableStart of year $0$0
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $3,326,096$3,517,065
X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $0$0
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $1,272,839$1,518,035
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $8,730,323$8,945,037
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $11,126,194$16,968,482
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $12,272,990$12,224,155
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $23,399,184$29,192,637
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $32,129,507$38,137,674
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $29,192,637 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$18,504,131
XI-2 Total expenses$14,028,412
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$4,475,719
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$23,399,184
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$1,317,734
XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities$0
XI-7 Investment expenses$0
XI-8 Prior period adjustments$0
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$29,192,637

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