Garrison Forest School INC: FY2022 Nonprofit Profile & Form 990 (EIN 52-0591516)

Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020	$24.7M
FY2021	$29.9M
FY2022	$27.5M
FY2023	$36.5M
FY2024	$30.3M
FY2025	$28.7M

Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020	$25.3M
FY2021	$25.8M
FY2022	$27.4M
FY2023	$28.7M
FY2024	$31.6M
FY2025	$33.5M

Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020	$77.2M
FY2021	$83.7M
FY2022	$77.9M
FY2023	$88.4M
FY2024	$90.7M
FY2025	$89.7M

Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Jan 1939.

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Where the money goes

81 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

81%

16%

Program services 81% · $22.3M Management & general 16% · $4.3M Fundraising 3% · $851K

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

36 people listed on the 990; $1.1M paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2021); the FY2022 filing did not itemize Part VII

Chris Hughes

Head of School

$232,983Pt VII · Sec A

Deanna Gamber

Associate Head of School

$186,020Pt VII · Sec A

Stacy Mohn

CFO/COO

$158,847Pt VII · Sec A

Reema Khanchandani

Head of Upper School

$121,770Pt VII · Sec A

Jessica Morgan

Athletic Director

$110,443Pt VII · Sec A

Robert Ammons

Director of IT

$109,280Pt VII · Sec A

Andrea Perry

Dean of Special Programs

$108,041Pt VII · Sec A

Carolyn Lewis

Dir of Community Life & Inclusion

$107,628Pt VII · Sec A

Christopher Hughes’s $314K as Head of School is at the 67th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3683 $10–100M education nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

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

Name	FY2025	FY2024	FY2023	FY2022	FY2021	FY2020
Christopher Hughes	$314,302	—	—	—	—	—
Chris Hughes	—	$269,101	$234,178	$232,983	$229,732	$221,385
Stacy Mohn	$192,679	$206,279	$168,487	$158,847	$150,847	$150,128
Maryann Jones	$190,753	$183,408	—	—	—	—
Deanna Gamber	—	—	$119,746	$186,020	$186,695	$183,444
Reema Khanchandani	—	—	—	$121,770	$103,571	—
Earl Ely	$120,926	—	—	—	—	—
Carolyn Lewis	—	$120,753	$108,198	$107,628	$105,347	—

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 2Yes
Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

Programs and updates

Educates students to thrive in a complex, changing world, inside and outside the classroom.

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2 programs · $22.3M · in their own filed words · FY2021

01

Educational and General

Includes instruction, student support services and plant maintenance to serve 525 students at the school.

$16.5Mprogram expense

02

Auxiliary Enterprises

Includes student activities, summer activities and stables. Activities are available to all students. Some activities are available to the general public.

$5.7Mprogram 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 · FY2025

Elizabeth Welsh@young Memorial Scholarship Charitable TrustFY2025$332K

T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving INCFY2025$157K

Folds of Honor FoundationFY2025$10K

Hebb Family Private FoundationFY2025$2K

Total grants receivedfrom 4 funders$500K

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Grants paid · 13 grants · $31.1M · 2019–2024

Unitemized GrantFY2024$5,796,573

Unitemized GrantFY2024$61,380

Unitemized GrantFY2023$6,270,453

Unitemized GrantFY2023$67,211

Unitemized GrantFY2022$5,040,441

Unitemized GrantFY2022$76,375

Unitemized GrantFY2021$4,658,569

Unitemized GrantFY2021$87,175

Unitemized GrantFY2020$4,424,537

Unitemized GrantFY2020$31,078

Unitemized GrantFY2019$3,909,373

Unitemized GrantFY2019$690,033

Unitemized GrantFY2019$30,000

By the numbers

The FY2022 990, line by line.

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1The main four

Money inPt VIII

$27.5M

Ln 12

Fees for servicesLn 2g$19.5M

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$5.5M

Investment incomeLn 3$2.2M

Money outPt IX

$27.4M

Ln 25

Programscol B$22.3M

Managementcol C$4.3M

Fundraisingcol D$851K

Owns and owesPt X

$77.9M

net assets · Ln 32

Cash and savingsLn 1–2$3.5M

Total assetsLn 16$95.6M

LiabilitiesLn 26$17.8M

PeoplePt VI, VII

36

listed · VII A

PaidVII A8

Voting boardVI 1a28

IndependentVI 1b28

2In more detail

Revenue in detailPt VIII

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$5.5M

Government grantsLn 1e$1.0M

Noncash giftsLn 1g$522K

Fundraising eventsLn 1c$51K

Fees for servicesLn 2g$19.5M

Investment incomeLn 3$2.2M

Other incomeLn 4–11$253K

Gains on assetsLn 7$626K

Total revenueLn 12$27.5M

Assets in detailPt X, end of year

CashLn 1$2K

SavingsLn 2$3.5M

Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$3.5M

InvestmentsLn 11–13$44.2M

Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$31.3M

Other assetsLn 15$15.1M

Total assetsLn 16$95.6M

LiabilitiesLn 26$17.8M

Net assetsLn 32$77.9M

OperationsPt I, VI

EmployeesI 5270

VolunteersI 6150

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 FY22	End FY22
Cash and savingsLn 1–2	$3.3M	$3.5M
InvestmentsLn 11–13	$51.8M	$44.2M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c	$33.1M	$31.3M
Total assetsLn 16	$103.3M	$95.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26	$19.6M	$17.8M
Net assetsLn 32	$83.7M	$77.9M

4Every line

Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line

Line	Total	Programs	Management	Fundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2	$4.7M	$4.7M
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3	$111K	$111K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5	$723K	$518K	$173K	$32K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7	$9.7M	$6.5M	$2.7M	$497K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8	$438K	$337K	$84K	$17K
Other employee benefitsLn 9	$2.0M	$1.8M	$210K	$42K
Payroll taxesLn 10	$761K	$586K	$145K	$29K
Legal feesLn 11b	$34K		$34K
Accounting feesLn 11c	$48K		$48K
Investment management feesLn 11f	$1K		$1K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g	$944K	$921K	$18K	$5K
Advertising and promotionLn 12	$199K		$199K
Office expensesLn 13	$2.5M	$2.3M	$171K	$3K
Information technologyLn 14	$551K	$418K	$110K	$22K
OccupancyLn 16	$486K	$474K	$7K	$5K
TravelLn 17	$32K		$26K	$6K
InterestLn 20	$356K	$292K	$60K	$3K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22	$2.4M	$2.4M	$36K	$24K
InsuranceLn 23	$349K	$265K	$70K	$14K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24	$663K	$581K	$39K	$43K
All other expensesLn 24e	$298K		$189K	$109K
Total functional expensesLn 25	$27.4M	$22.3M	$4.3M	$851K

Filing history

Year	Money in	Money out	In minus out	Net assets	Download
FY2025 Latest	$28.7M	$33.5M	−$4.8M	$89.7M	990 PDF
FY2024	$30.3M	$31.6M	−$1.3M	$90.7M	990 PDF
FY2023	$36.5M	$28.7M	$7.8M	$88.4M	990 PDF
FY2022 Viewing	$27.5M	$27.4M	$128K	$77.9M	990 PDF
FY2021	$29.9M	$25.8M	$4.1M	$83.7M	990 PDF
FY2020	$24.7M	$25.3M	−$526K	$77.2M	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 F · Foreign M · Noncash J · Pay O · Explanations

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Part I · Summary $27,531,054 revenue, 12 lines filed

I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $6,972,309$5,488,722

I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $16,222,727$19,549,585

I-10 Investment incomePrior year $6,657,256$2,239,755

I-11 Other revenuePrior year $35,997$252,992

I-12 Total revenuePrior year $29,888,289$27,531,054

I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $4,561,735$4,857,194

I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0

I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $13,082,690$13,651,115

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

I-17 Other expensesPrior year $8,129,728$8,894,718

I-18 Total expensesPrior year $25,774,153$27,403,027

I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $4,114,136$128,027

Part VI · Governance 28 of 28 board members independent, 2 to look at

VI-1a Voting members of the governing body28

VI-1b Independent voting members28

VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes

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

VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes

VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes

VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes

Part VIII · Statement of revenue $27,531,054 across 11 lines filed

Lines not itemized here account for $618,819 of total revenue; see the IRS return.

VIII-1c Fundraising events$51,090

VIII-1e Government grants$1,026,708

VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$4,410,924

VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$521,868

VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$5,488,722

VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $18,416,676 · Unrelated business $400,617 · Excluded from tax $97,737$18,915,030

VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $1,613,500$1,613,500

VIII-6 Net rental income or lossExcluded from tax $274,214$274,214

VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $626,255$626,255

VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax −$5,486−$5,486

VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $19,051,231 · Unrelated business $400,617 · Excluded from tax $2,590,484$27,531,054

Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $27,403,027 across 21 lines filed

IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $4,745,744$4,745,744

IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $111,450$111,450

IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $518,119 · Management $172,581 · Fundraising $32,404$723,104

IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $6,548,725 · Management $2,658,265 · Fundraising $496,826$9,703,816

IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $337,467 · Management $83,644 · Fundraising $16,729$437,840

IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $1,773,402 · Management $210,183 · Fundraising $42,037$2,025,622

IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $586,339 · Management $145,328 · Fundraising $29,066$760,733

IX-11b Legal feesManagement $33,512$33,512

IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $47,838$47,838

IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $1,212$1,212

IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $921,133 · Management $17,956 · Fundraising $5,047$944,136

IX-12 Advertising and promotionManagement $198,869$198,869

IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $2,341,679 · Management $170,731 · Fundraising $3,320$2,515,730

IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $418,425 · Management $110,112 · Fundraising $22,022$550,559

IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $474,089 · Management $7,294 · Fundraising $4,862$486,245

IX-17 TravelManagement $26,011 · Fundraising $5,944$31,955

IX-20 InterestPrograms $292,344 · Management $59,979 · Fundraising $3,326$355,649

IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $2,358,566 · Management $36,286 · Fundraising $24,190$2,419,042

IX-23 InsurancePrograms $265,304 · Management $69,817 · Fundraising $13,963$349,084

IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $580,841 · Management $39,299 · Fundraising $42,712$662,852

IX-24e All other expensesManagement $189,266 · Fundraising $108,769$298,035

IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $22,273,627 · Management $4,278,183 · Fundraising $851,217$27,403,027

Part X · Balance sheet $95,641,395 assets, 18 lines filed

X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $2,500$2,500

X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $3,279,690$3,519,358

X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $274,537$1,285,869

X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $200,671$338,468

X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $33,083,944$31,267,807

X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $19,158,555$15,456,614

X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $32,685,830$28,700,979

X-15 Other assetsStart of year $14,640,817$15,069,800

X-16 Total assetsStart of year $103,326,544$95,641,395

X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $1,581,675$1,417,545

X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $4,019,534$2,899,250

X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $6,535,929$6,537,551

X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $7,431,377$6,849,047

X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $19,625,079$17,754,992

X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $31,797,731$31,058,494

X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $51,903,734$46,827,909

X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $83,701,465$77,886,403

X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $103,326,544$95,641,395

Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $77,886,403 net assets at year end

XI-1 Total revenue$27,531,054

XI-2 Total expenses$27,403,027

XI-3 Revenue less expenses$128,027

XI-4 Net assets at start of year$83,701,465

XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments−$5,943,089

XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0

XI-10 Net assets at end of year$77,886,403

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2022 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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