Pierrepont School INC FY2021 filing

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Westport, CT501(c)(3)Since 1999EducationEIN 52-2336109Revenue $6.4M in FY2021

On file with the IRSpierrepontschool.org1 Sylvan Rd N, 06880-2938 · Westport, CTTax-exempt since Nov 2002School — 170(b)(1)(A)(ii)

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The school's primary purpose is to provide educational services for gifted children of School age.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
92¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX

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FY2021 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
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
5 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $225K a year · 4% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 5 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
92%
of spending
Looks good: 92% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Cash reserves
6 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 6.1 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $75K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$2.7M
68% of total assets
Worth a look: liabilities are 68% of assets; over 65%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
4
of 4 voting members
Looks good: 4 of 4 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$6.4M
+9% vs prior year
Spent
$5.8M
To programs
92%
Net assets
$1.2M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$6.4M
FY2021▲ +9%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$5.9M
FY2021$6.4M
FY2022$6.1M
FY2023$5.9M
FY2024$5.6M
FY2025$6.3M
Expenses
$5.8M
FY2021▲ +8%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$5.4M
FY2021$5.8M
FY2022$6.1M
FY2023$6.0M
FY2024$5.5M
FY2025$6.1M
Net assets
$1.2M
FY2021▲ +692%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020−$210K
FY2021$1.2M
FY2022$1.3M
FY2023$1.5M
FY2024$1.5M
FY2025$1.7M

From the FY2021 Form 990 (year ending June 2021) · 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 Nov 2002.

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Where the money goes

92 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 92% · $5.3M Management & general 6% · $376K Fundraising 2% · $107K

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

3 people listed on the 990.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2020); the FY2021 filing did not itemize Part VII
Head Board T
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Head of Scho
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Ryan Song’s $250K as Head of Scho is at the 91st percentile of top reported officer pay among 3395 $1–10M 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

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Ryan Song$250,000———
Anna Alemani$171,151$112,217$112,034$110,007
Liam O'Rourke$168,538$112,804$112,034$113,839
Nancy M Webber——$153,450$153,450
Annabelle Wilson$112,818———
Federica La Nave—$112,217$112,034$107,207
Sarah Marchesi—$107,217$112,034$89,590
Bruce M King——$107,052$110,843

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 15aNo

Programs and updates

Educates gifted school-aged children.

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1 program · $5.3M · in their own filed words · FY2020
01

Education of Children

Costs of supplies and other expenses

$5.3Mprogram 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
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$75K

By the numbers

The FY2021 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$6.4M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$5.6M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$852K
Investment incomeLn 3$3K
Money outPt IX
$5.8M
Ln 25
Programscol B$5.3M
Managementcol C$376K
Fundraisingcol D$107K
Owns and owesPt X
$1.2M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$3.0M
Total assetsLn 16$3.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$2.7M
PeoplePt VI, VII
3
listed · VII A
PaidVII A0
Voting boardVI 1a4
IndependentVI 1b4
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$852K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$5.6M
Investment incomeLn 3$3K
Total revenueLn 12$6.4M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$2.5M
SavingsLn 2$473K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$3.0M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$208K
Other assetsLn 15$122
Total assetsLn 16$3.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$2.7M
Net assetsLn 32$1.2M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 554
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 FY21End FY21
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$2.4M$3.0M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$71K$208K
Total assetsLn 16$3.1M$3.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$3.3M$2.7M
Net assetsLn 32−$210K$1.2M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$3.5M$3.4M$106K$71K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$176K$167K$5K$4K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$654K$621K$20K$13K
Payroll taxesLn 10$282K$268K$8K$6K
Legal feesLn 11b$22K$22K
Accounting feesLn 11c$873$873
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$437K$329K$103K$5K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$11$11
Office expensesLn 13$66K$43K$18K$4K
Information technologyLn 14$2K$800$1K$200
OccupancyLn 16$516K$436K$77K$3K
TravelLn 17$14K$7K$7K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$29K$29K
InsuranceLn 23$34K$34K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$44K$36K$7K$2K
Total functional expensesLn 25$5.8M$5.3M$376K$107K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $6.3M$6.1M$169K$1.7M 990 PDF
FY2024 $5.6M$5.5M$42K$1.5M 990 PDF
FY2023 $5.9M$6.0M−$72K$1.5M 990 PDF
FY2022 $6.1M$6.1M$63K$1.3M 990 PDF
FY2021 Viewing $6.4M$5.8M$635K$1.2M 990 PDF
FY2020 $5.9M$5.4M$517K−$210K 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 $6,446,190 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $499,744$851,773
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $5,342,003$5,591,415
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $213$3,002
I-11 Other revenue$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $5,841,960$6,446,190
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $3,475,926$4,645,894
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $959,610$1,165,768
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $4,435,536$5,811,662
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $1,406,424$634,528
Part VI · Governance 4 of 4 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body4
VI-1b Independent voting members4
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
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
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $6,446,190 across 5 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$851,773
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$851,773
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $5,591,415$5,591,415
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $3,002$3,002
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $5,594,417$6,446,190
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $5,811,662 across 15 lines filed
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $3,357,210 · Management $106,017 · Fundraising $70,678$3,533,905
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $167,487 · Management $5,289 · Fundraising $3,526$176,302
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $620,942 · Management $19,609 · Fundraising $13,072$653,623
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $267,961 · Management $8,462 · Fundraising $5,641$282,064
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $21,957$21,957
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $873$873
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $328,926 · Management $102,907 · Fundraising $5,160$436,993
IX-12 Advertising and promotionFundraising $11$11
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $43,269 · Management $18,240 · Fundraising $4,290$65,799
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $800 · Management $1,000 · Fundraising $200$2,000
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $436,258 · Management $77,447 · Fundraising $2,606$516,311
IX-17 TravelPrograms $7,037 · Management $7,037$14,074
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $29,269$29,269
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $34,146$34,146
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $35,593 · Management $7,005 · Fundraising $1,737$44,335
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $5,328,898 · Management $375,843 · Fundraising $106,921$5,811,662
Part X · Balance sheet $3,934,856 assets, 13 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $2,446,985$2,491,362
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investments$473,493
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $620,355$729,965
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred charges$32,339
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $70,882$207,575
X-15 Other assets$122
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $3,138,222$3,934,856
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $46,787$53,562
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $2,557,780$2,635,525
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $3,348,602$2,689,087
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year −$210,380$1,245,769
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year −$210,380$1,245,769
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $3,138,222$3,934,856
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,245,769 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$6,446,190
XI-2 Total expenses$5,811,662
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$634,528
XI-4 Net assets at start of year−$210,380
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$112,792
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$708,829
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,245,769

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