The Barstow School: FY2021 Nonprofit Profile & Form 990 (EIN 44-0546207)

Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020	$16.9M
FY2021	$20.6M
FY2022	$33.5M
FY2023	$22.8M
FY2024	$23.1M
FY2025	$23.9M

Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020	$17.0M
FY2021	$15.7M
FY2022	$18.0M
FY2023	$21.2M
FY2024	$23.4M
FY2025	$26.2M

Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020	$14.7M
FY2021	$22.9M
FY2022	$35.0M
FY2023	$37.0M
FY2024	$38.0M
FY2025	$35.8M

Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Nov 1943.

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

Where the money goes

72 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

72%

24%

Program services 72% · $11.2M Management & general 24% · $3.7M Fundraising 5% · $726K

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; $1.2M paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2020); the FY2021 filing did not itemize Part VII

Shane a Foster

President

$345,195Pt VII · Sec A

Judith C Yount

Senior Advisor to the President

$160,514Pt VII · Sec A

Carolyne S Lehr

Vice President - Finance

$143,514Pt VII · Sec A

Thomas Nierman

Head of Campus

$120,129Pt VII · Sec A

Elizabeth Bartow

Director of Campus Operations

$115,249Pt VII · Sec A

Scott Daniel

Director of Technology

$113,595Pt VII · Sec A

Jennifer Dreiling

VP for External Advancement

$110,825Pt VII · Sec A

Scott Hill

Director of College Counseling

$103,984Pt VII · Sec A

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

Name	FY2025	FY2024	FY2023	FY2022	FY2021	FY2020
Shane Foster	$486,742	$485,048	$542,182	—	—	—
Shane a Foster	—	—	—	$460,036	$345,195	$332,552
Sharon McKibben	$224,164	$192,867	—	—	—	—
Elizabeth Bartow	$168,296	$160,779	$134,265	$116,249	$115,249	$112,899
Judith C Yount	—	—	—	—	$160,514	$149,782
Carolyne Lehr	—	—	$155,653	—	—	—
Thomas Niermann	$146,731	$150,177	$141,621	$132,836	—	—
Carolyne S Lehr	—	—	—	$147,564	$143,514	$139,654

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

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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

Educates students for college in a private, co-educational setting.

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1 program · $11.2M · in their own filed words · FY2020

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The barstow school provided college preparatory education to 761 students (31 of which were international students) and graduated 66 SENIORS.THE global education initiative offered 704 high school students, 201 middle school students and 324 primary students in china the opportunity to be taught by american instructors and eventually…

$11.2Mprogram 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 · FY2024

Greater Kansas City Community FoundationFY2024$288K

Ewing Marion Kauffman FoundationFY2024$225K

Kompass Kapital Foundation 12152014FY2024$75K

Backstrom Family FoundationFY2024$45K

Donor Advised Charitable Giving INCFY2024$22K

United Way of Greater Kansas City INCFY2024$15K

Norquist-Robinson FoundationFY2024$15K

Norman C Schultz FoundationFY2024$12K

Total grants receivedfrom 15 funders$732K

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Grants paid · 2 grants · $3.9M · 2023–2024

Unitemized GrantFY2024$2,042,581

Unitemized GrantFY2023$1,826,040

By the numbers

The FY2021 990, line by line.

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1The main four

Money inPt VIII

$20.6M

Ln 12

Fees for servicesLn 2g$14.6M

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$5.5M

Investment incomeLn 3$535K

Money outPt IX

$15.7M

Ln 25

Programscol B$11.2M

Managementcol C$3.7M

Fundraisingcol D$726K

Owns and owesPt X

$22.9M

net assets · Ln 32

Cash and savingsLn 1–2$2.2M

Total assetsLn 16$36.0M

LiabilitiesLn 26$13.1M

PeoplePt VI, VII

25

listed · VII A

PaidVII A8

Voting boardVI 1a17

IndependentVI 1b17

2In more detail

Revenue in detailPt VIII

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$5.5M

Government grantsLn 1e$3.9M

Noncash giftsLn 1g$8K

Fundraising eventsLn 1c$45K

Fees for servicesLn 2g$14.6M

Investment incomeLn 3$535K

Other incomeLn 4–11$35K

Gains on assetsLn 7$300K

Total revenueLn 12$20.6M

Assets in detailPt X, end of year

CashLn 1$2.0M

SavingsLn 2$199K

Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$2.2M

InvestmentsLn 11–13$17.5M

Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$13.2M

Other assetsLn 15$1.9M

Total assetsLn 16$36.0M

LiabilitiesLn 26$13.1M

Net assetsLn 32$22.9M

OperationsPt I, VI

EmployeesI 5458

VolunteersI 615

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 FY21	End FY21
Cash and savingsLn 1–2	$915K	$2.2M
InvestmentsLn 11–13	$13.9M	$17.5M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c	$13.7M	$13.2M
Total assetsLn 16	$29.4M	$36.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26	$14.7M	$13.1M
Net assetsLn 32	$14.7M	$22.9M

4Every line

Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line

Line	Total	Programs	Management	Fundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5	$1.4M	$508K	$649K	$251K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7	$7.3M	$6.0M	$1.1M	$261K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8	$420K	$268K	$138K	$14K
Other employee benefitsLn 9	$943K	$681K	$204K	$58K
Payroll taxesLn 10	$603K	$453K	$117K	$33K
Legal feesLn 11b	$50K		$50K
Accounting feesLn 11c	$78K		$78K
Investment management feesLn 11f	$52K		$52K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g	$57K	$34K	$19K	$4K
Advertising and promotionLn 12	$64K	$13K	$52K
Office expensesLn 13	$248K	$166K	$78K	$4K
Information technologyLn 14	$244K	$74K	$170K	$532
OccupancyLn 16	$1.3M	$1.2M	$152K	$12K
TravelLn 17	$109K	$51K	$9K	$50K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19	$21K	$2K	$18K	$458
InterestLn 20	$396K		$396K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22	$1.3M	$1.2M	$80K	$12K
InsuranceLn 23	$134K		$134K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24	$634K	$526K	$89K	$19K
All other expensesLn 24e	$258K	$101K	$150K	$6K
Total functional expensesLn 25	$15.7M	$11.2M	$3.7M	$726K

Filing history

Year	Money in	Money out	In minus out	Net assets	Download
FY2025 Latest	$23.9M	$26.2M	−$2.3M	$35.8M	990 PDF
FY2024	$23.1M	$23.4M	−$255K	$38.0M	990 PDF
FY2023	$22.8M	$21.2M	$1.6M	$37.0M	990 PDF
FY2022	$33.5M	$18.0M	$15.5M	$35.0M	990 PDF
FY2021 Viewing	$20.6M	$15.7M	$5.0M	$22.9M	990 PDF
FY2020	$16.9M	$17.0M	−$69K	$14.7M	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 I · Summary $20,616,227 revenue, 12 lines filed

I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,304,830$5,465,727

I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $15,194,031$14,580,926

I-10 Investment incomePrior year $323,199$535,028

I-11 Other revenuePrior year $61,096$34,546

I-12 Total revenuePrior year $16,883,156$20,616,227

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 $11,065,329$10,717,324

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

I-17 Other expensesPrior year $5,886,472$4,948,820

I-18 Total expensesPrior year $16,951,801$15,666,144

I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$68,645$4,950,083

Part VI · Governance 17 of 17 board members independent, no flags

VI-1a Voting members of the governing body17

VI-1b Independent voting members17

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 $20,616,227 across 11 lines filed

Lines not itemized here account for −$6,065 of total revenue; see the IRS return.

VIII-1c Fundraising events$44,860

VIII-1e Government grants$3,870,404

VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$1,550,463

VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$7,894

VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$5,465,727

VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $14,580,926$14,580,926

VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $235,446$235,446

VIII-6 Net rental income or lossExcluded from tax $15,500$15,500

VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $299,582$299,582

VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax $25,111$25,111

VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $14,580,926 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $569,574$20,616,227

Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $15,666,144 across 20 lines filed

IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $507,934 · Management $648,880 · Fundraising $251,375$1,408,189

IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $6,018,080 · Management $1,063,935 · Fundraising $260,814$7,342,829

IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $267,843 · Management $138,385 · Fundraising $14,205$420,433

IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $681,116 · Management $204,121 · Fundraising $57,926$943,163

IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $453,007 · Management $116,879 · Fundraising $32,824$602,710

IX-11b Legal feesManagement $50,353$50,353

IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $77,572$77,572

IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $52,358$52,358

IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $33,916 · Management $18,778 · Fundraising $4,087$56,781

IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $12,593 · Management $51,516$64,109

IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $166,076 · Management $77,552 · Fundraising $3,946$247,574

IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $73,970 · Management $169,993 · Fundraising $532$244,495

IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $1,185,278 · Management $151,519 · Fundraising $11,933$1,348,730

IX-17 TravelPrograms $50,765 · Management $8,610 · Fundraising $49,879$109,254

IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $2,308 · Management $18,049 · Fundraising $458$20,815

IX-20 InterestManagement $396,015$396,015

IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $1,161,471 · Management $80,446 · Fundraising $12,489$1,254,406

IX-23 InsuranceManagement $134,380$134,380

IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $525,965 · Management $89,157 · Fundraising $18,946$634,068

IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $101,411 · Management $150,158 · Fundraising $6,341$257,910

IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $11,241,733 · Management $3,698,656 · Fundraising $725,755$15,666,144

Part X · Balance sheet $36,041,263 assets, 19 lines filed

X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $826,663$1,951,416

X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $87,908$199,215

X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $103,488$357,000

X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $435,715$469,713

X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $50,367$3,601

X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $325,919$496,382

X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $13,669,885$13,177,092

X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $13,911,371$17,523,896

X-15 Other assetsStart of year $36,035$1,862,948

X-16 Total assetsStart of year $29,447,351$36,041,263

X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $1,866,158$1,930,146

X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $1,714,189$2,375,487

X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $9,088,344$8,827,590

X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $2,037,657$0

X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $14,706,348$13,133,223

X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $9,742,815$16,088,051

X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $4,998,188$6,819,989

X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $14,741,003$22,908,040

X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $29,447,351$36,041,263

Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $22,908,040 net assets at year end

XI-1 Total revenue$20,616,227

XI-2 Total expenses$15,666,144

XI-3 Revenue less expenses$4,950,083

XI-4 Net assets at start of year$14,741,003

XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$3,216,954

XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0

XI-10 Net assets at end of year$22,908,040

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2021 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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