The Williams School

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Norfolk, VA501(c)(3)EIN 51-0201345Revenue $3.8M in FY2025

On file with the IRSthewilliamsschool.org419 Colonial Ave, 23507-2209 · Norfolk, VATax-exempt since Oct 1976School — 170(b)(1)(A)(ii)

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The Williams School builds with each child the foundation for academic, moral and social success

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
82¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 60 volunteers and 76 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
0 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $512K a year · 14% of revenue · last 6 filings
Concern: a surplus in 0 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
82%
of spending
Looks good: 82% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$157K
to officers and key staff · 4% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 4% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
<1 mo
of spending, in cash
Concern: 0.3 months of spending in cash; under 2 weeks.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
3
named funders · $125K
Looks good: 3 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$886K
13% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 13% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
13
of 13 voting members
Looks good: 13 of 13 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$3.8M
+0.2% vs prior year
Spent
$4.4M
To programs
82%
Net assets
$5.8M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$3.8M
FY2025+0.2%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$3.2M
FY2021$3.9M
FY2022$3.4M
FY2023$3.2M
FY2024$3.8M
FY2025$3.8M
Expenses
$4.4M
FY2025▲ +8%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$4.0M
FY2021$4.0M
FY2022$4.2M
FY2023$3.7M
FY2024$4.1M
FY2025$4.4M
Net assets
$5.8M
FY2025▼ -6%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$7.5M
FY2021$7.7M
FY2022$6.4M
FY2023$6.1M
FY2024$6.2M
FY2025$5.8M

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending June 2025) · 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 Oct 1976.

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

Where the money goes

82 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 82% · $3.6M Management & general 15% · $642K Fundraising 3% · $139K

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

14 people listed on the 990; $157K 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
$156,818Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member/Trustee
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member/Trustee
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member/Trustee
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member/Trustee
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Kelly Hedrick$156,818$152,250$75,000———
Margaret Moore———$136,185$140,220$148,641

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

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1 program · $3.6M · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

The williams school is an independent k-8 coeducational dayschool. The chief purpose of the school is to promote LEARNING.THE williams school places demands on its students with the entirestaff doing all they can to encourage the child to realize his orher full academic potential.

$3.6Mprogram 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 · received and paid
Grants received · FY2024
Total grants receivedfrom 3 funders$125K
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Grants paid · 6 grants · $1.8M · 2019–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$262,325
Unitemized GrantFY2023$217,525
Unitemized GrantFY2022$288,205
Unitemized GrantFY2021$329,685
Unitemized GrantFY2020$322,174
Unitemized GrantFY2019$359,907

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$3.8M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$3.5M
Investment incomeLn 3$157K
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$151K
Money outPt IX
$4.4M
Ln 25
Programscol B$3.6M
Managementcol C$642K
Fundraisingcol D$139K
Owns and owesPt X
$5.8M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$125K
Total assetsLn 16$6.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$886K
PeoplePt VI, VII
14
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a13
IndependentVI 1b13
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$151K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$3.5M
Investment incomeLn 3$157K
Other incomeLn 4–11$61K
Gains on assetsLn 7$75K
Total revenueLn 12$3.8M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$125K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$125K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$3.2M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$3.2M
Total assetsLn 16$6.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$886K
Net assetsLn 32$5.8M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 576
VolunteersI 660
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
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$328K$125K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$3.0M$3.2M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$3.3M$3.2M
Total assetsLn 16$7.1M$6.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$921K$886K
Net assetsLn 32$6.2M$5.8M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$262K$262K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$157K$121K$30K$6K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$2.5M$1.9M$473K$99K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$187K$144K$35K$7K
Payroll taxesLn 10$192K$148K$37K$8K
Accounting feesLn 11c$28K$28K
Investment management feesLn 11f$8K$8K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$16K$16K
Office expensesLn 13$9K$9K
Information technologyLn 14$25K$25K
OccupancyLn 16$57K$57K$171$57
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$249K$248K$748$249
InsuranceLn 23$54K$54K$163$54
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$472K$459K$12K$2K
All other expensesLn 24e$175K$157K$1K$16K
Total functional expensesLn 25$4.4M$3.6M$642K$139K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $3.8M$4.4M−$555K$5.8M 990 PDF
FY2024 $3.8M$4.1M−$248K$6.2M 990 PDF
FY2023 $3.2M$3.7M−$518K$6.1M 990 PDF
FY2022 $3.4M$4.2M−$807K$6.4M 990 PDF
FY2021 $3.9M$4.0M−$102K$7.7M 990 PDF
FY2020 $3.2M$4.0M−$840K$7.5M 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
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $3,824,697 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $483,212$150,780
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $3,144,188$3,456,037
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $113,419$156,910
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $77,289$60,970
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $3,818,108$3,824,697
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $217,525$262,325
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $2,784,080$3,023,429
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $1,064,389$1,093,493
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $4,065,994$4,379,247
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$247,886−$554,550
Part VI · Governance 13 of 13 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body13
VI-1b Independent voting members13
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 $3,824,697 across 7 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$150,780
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$150,780
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $3,456,037$3,456,037
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $82,230$82,230
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $74,680$74,680
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax $60,970$60,970
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $3,538,267 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $135,650$3,824,697
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $4,379,247 across 15 lines filed
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $262,325$262,325
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $120,750 · Management $29,795 · Fundraising $6,273$156,818
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $1,915,323 · Management $472,613 · Fundraising $99,497$2,487,433
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $143,804 · Management $35,484 · Fundraising $7,470$186,758
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $148,163 · Management $36,560 · Fundraising $7,697$192,420
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $27,517$27,517
IX-11f Investment management feesPrograms $7,619$7,619
IX-11g Other fees for servicesManagement $16,471$16,471
IX-13 Office expensesManagement $9,461$9,461
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $24,637$24,637
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $56,862 · Management $171 · Fundraising $57$57,090
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $248,497 · Management $748 · Fundraising $249$249,494
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $54,136 · Management $163 · Fundraising $54$54,353
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $458,654 · Management $11,821 · Fundraising $1,614$472,089
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $157,081 · Management $1,230 · Fundraising $16,451$174,762
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $3,597,851 · Management $642,034 · Fundraising $139,362$4,379,247
Part X · Balance sheet $6,691,801 assets, 14 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $328,137$124,810
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $156,984$17,265
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $125,272$89,174
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $40,788$32,604
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $3,324,485$3,197,377
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $3,012,842$3,230,571
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $7,078,935$6,691,801
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $135,569$51,778
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $785,651$833,996
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $921,220$885,774
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $2,947,625$2,692,152
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $3,210,090$3,113,875
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $6,157,715$5,806,027
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $7,078,935$6,691,801
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $5,806,027 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$3,824,697
XI-2 Total expenses$4,379,247
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$554,550
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$6,157,715
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$202,862
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$5,806,027

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