Brownell-Talbot School: Nonprofit Profile, Financials & Form 990 (EIN 47-0376595)

Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020	$9.0M
FY2021	$9.2M
FY2022	$10.1M
FY2023	$10.7M
FY2024	$11.0M
FY2025	$10.4M

Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020	$8.3M
FY2021	$8.0M
FY2022	$9.2M
FY2023	$10.5M
FY2024	$11.0M
FY2025	$11.6M

Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020	$19.1M
FY2021	$22.8M
FY2022	$21.7M
FY2023	$23.5M
FY2024	$25.0M
FY2025	$25.2M

Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Oct 1941.

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Where the money goes

80 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

80%

14%

Program services 80% · $9.2M Management & general 14% · $1.6M Fundraising 6% · $720K

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

23 people listed on the 990; $767K 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

Dr Kristi Gibbs

Head of School

$285,223Pt VII · Sec A

Dr Crystal Vaught

Asst Head of Academics Thru 12/24

$123,631Pt VII · Sec A

Shruti Beckmann

Chief Financial Officer

$110,057Pt VII · Sec A

Joseph Rotert Director of

Facilities and Campus Safety

$104,892Pt VII · Sec A

Megan Hunter

Chief Communications Officer

$96,835Pt VII · Sec A

Julie Smith

Chief Academic Officer

$46,000Pt VII · Sec A

Christopher R Hedican

Chair

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Jerry Reimer

Treasurer

$0Pt VII · Sec A

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

Name	FY2025	FY2024	FY2023	FY2022	FY2021	FY2020
Dr Kristi Gibbs	$285,223	$270,582	$249,153	$253,570	$216,134	$211,079
Shannon Gilroy	—	$170,901	$157,356	$134,771	$114,241	$107,862
Shari Jensen	—	$133,997	$122,746	$123,293	$101,863	$103,092
Dr Crystal Vaught	$123,631	$123,450	$113,267	—	—	—
Shruti Beckmann	$110,057	—	—	—	—	—
Jason Smith	—	—	—	—	—	$106,785
Joseph Rotert Director of	$104,892	—	—	—	—	—
Megan Hunter	$96,835	—	—	—	—	—

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

Prepares students for college through rigorous academics and personalized support.

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3 programs · $8.4M · in their own filed words · FY2024

01

Educational Services

Operation of college preparatory school for approximately 450 students from preschool through grade twelve.

$6.5Mprogram expense

02

Auxiliary Activities

Activities supplemental to instructional learning that exist primarily for the benefit of students and require payment of a user fee (E.G. Before and after care, food service, and summer programs).

$1.2Mprogram expense

03

Student Activities

Extracurricular educational development experiences (E.G. Fine arts, athletics, speech, robotics, etc.) that support and enhance instructional learning.

$660Kprogram 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 · FY2025

Lori & David Scott FoundationFY2025$40K

Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$40K

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

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1The main four

Money inPt VIII

$10.4M

Ln 12

Fees for servicesLn 2g$8.9M

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.6M

Investment incomeLn 3$310K

Money outPt IX

$11.6M

Ln 25

Programscol B$9.2M

Managementcol C$1.6M

Fundraisingcol D$720K

Owns and owesPt X

$25.2M

net assets · Ln 32

Cash and savingsLn 1–2$2.7M

Total assetsLn 16$27.4M

LiabilitiesLn 26$2.2M

PeoplePt VI, VII

23

listed · VII A

PaidVII A6

Voting boardVI 1a17

IndependentVI 1b17

2In more detail

Revenue in detailPt VIII

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.6M

Government grantsLn 1e$481K

Noncash giftsLn 1g$9K

Fundraising eventsLn 1c$580K

Fees for servicesLn 2g$8.9M

Investment incomeLn 3$310K

Gains on assetsLn 7−$338K

Total revenueLn 12$10.4M

Assets in detailPt X, end of year

CashLn 1$2K

SavingsLn 2$2.7M

Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$2.7M

InvestmentsLn 11–13$14.3M

Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$9.4M

Other assetsLn 15$503K

Total assetsLn 16$27.4M

LiabilitiesLn 26$2.2M

Net assetsLn 32$25.2M

OperationsPt I, VI

EmployeesI 5216

VolunteersI 6100

Fiscal year endsHeaderJune

Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes

Whistleblower policyVI 13No

Records policyVI 14Yes

3Year over year

Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B

Line	Start FY25	End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2	$3.4M	$2.7M
InvestmentsLn 11–13	$13.1M	$14.3M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c	$9.9M	$9.4M
Total assetsLn 16	$27.2M	$27.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26	$2.2M	$2.2M
Net assetsLn 32	$25.0M	$25.2M

4Every line

Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line

Line	Total	Programs	Management	Fundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5	$569K	$218K	$193K	$158K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7	$6.0M	$4.9M	$590K	$427K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8	$226K	$185K	$27K	$14K
Other employee benefitsLn 9	$699K	$553K	$93K	$53K
Payroll taxesLn 10	$470K	$367K	$64K	$39K
Legal feesLn 11b	$9K		$9K
Accounting feesLn 11c	$57K		$57K
Investment management feesLn 11f	$21K		$21K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g	$294K	$128K	$165K	$387
Advertising and promotionLn 12	$131K	$131K
Office expensesLn 13	$306K	$51K	$247K	$8K
Information technologyLn 14	$141K	$121K	$20K
OccupancyLn 16	$521K	$474K	$36K	$10K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22	$298K	$271K	$21K	$6K
InsuranceLn 23	$209K	$179K	$25K	$5K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24	$1.6M	$1.6M	$722
All other expensesLn 24e	$36K		$36K
Total functional expensesLn 25	$11.6M	$9.2M	$1.6M	$720K

Filing history

Year	Money in	Money out	In minus out	Net assets	Download
FY2025 Latest Viewing	$10.4M	$11.6M	−$1.1M	$25.2M	990 PDF
FY2024	$11.0M	$11.0M	−$168	$25.0M	990 PDF
FY2023	$10.7M	$10.5M	$181K	$23.5M	990 PDF
FY2022	$10.1M	$9.2M	$892K	$21.7M	990 PDF
FY2021	$9.2M	$8.0M	$1.2M	$22.8M	990 PDF
FY2020	$9.0M	$8.3M	$742K	$19.1M	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 $10,443,992 revenue, 12 lines filed

I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,379,120$1,570,333

I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $8,780,985$8,873,715

I-10 Investment incomePrior year $876,786−$27,779

I-11 Other revenuePrior year −$30,502$27,723

I-12 Total revenuePrior year $11,006,389$10,443,992

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 $7,288,875$7,916,895

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

I-17 Other expensesPrior year $3,717,682$3,644,537

I-18 Total expensesPrior year $11,006,557$11,561,432

I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$168−$1,117,440

Part VI · Governance 17 of 17 board members independent, 1 to look at

VI-1a Voting members of the governing body17

VI-1b Independent voting members17

VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo

VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo

VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes

VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes

VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes

Part VIII · Statement of revenue $10,443,992 across 11 lines filed

Lines not itemized here account for $571,540 of total revenue; see the IRS return.

VIII-1c Fundraising events$579,884

VIII-1e Government grants$480,524

VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$509,925

VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$9,138

VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,570,333

VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $8,318,287$8,318,287

VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $310,466$310,466

VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax −$338,245−$338,245

VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax −$10,169−$10,169

VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $21,780$21,780

VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $8,895,495 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax −$21,836$10,443,992

Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $11,561,432 across 17 lines filed

IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $217,740 · Management $193,428 · Fundraising $157,608$568,776

IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $4,936,299 · Management $590,225 · Fundraising $427,223$5,953,747

IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $184,936 · Management $26,524 · Fundraising $14,113$225,573

IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $553,288 · Management $93,340 · Fundraising $52,542$699,170

IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $367,155 · Management $63,583 · Fundraising $38,891$469,629

IX-11b Legal feesManagement $8,579$8,579

IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $57,112$57,112

IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $21,325$21,325

IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $127,970 · Management $165,192 · Fundraising $387$293,549

IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $130,679$130,679

IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $51,124 · Management $247,148 · Fundraising $7,804$306,076

IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $120,697 · Management $20,356$141,053

IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $474,303 · Management $36,485 · Fundraising $10,425$521,213

IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $270,972 · Management $20,844 · Fundraising $5,955$297,771

IX-23 InsurancePrograms $178,604 · Management $25,176 · Fundraising $4,830$208,610

IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $1,621,756 · Management $722$1,622,478

IX-24e All other expensesManagement $36,092$36,092

IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $9,235,523 · Management $1,606,131 · Fundraising $719,778$11,561,432

Part X · Balance sheet $27,414,259 assets, 18 lines filed

X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $2,294$2,294

X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $3,361,729$2,740,853

X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $6,975$12,113

X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $298,136$189,199

X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $11,214$18,930

X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $153,511$188,274

X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $9,945,611$9,437,165

X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $13,075,203$14,322,737

X-15 Other assetsStart of year $392,387$502,694

X-16 Total assetsStart of year $27,247,060$27,414,259

X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $1,170,275$1,050,858

X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $959,039$1,058,591

X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $85,736$63,362

X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $2,215,050$2,172,811

X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $14,151,625$13,355,254

X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $10,880,385$11,886,194

X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $25,032,010$25,241,448

X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $27,247,060$27,414,259

Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $25,241,448 net assets at year end

XI-1 Total revenue$10,443,992

XI-2 Total expenses$11,561,432

XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$1,117,440

XI-4 Net assets at start of year$25,032,010

XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$1,326,878

XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0

XI-10 Net assets at end of year$25,241,448

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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