Chatham Hall FY2024 filing

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Chatham, VA501(c)(3)Since 1894EducationEIN 54-0505878

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Chatham Hall prepares girls for college and for productive lives. Our rigorous educational program encourages intellectual growth, creativity, and personal responsibility. We foster the intellect and character of each student and, through our honor code, live in a community of trust. Grounded in its episcopal heritage, the school welcomes students of all faiths and backgrounds. Chatham Hall is at the forefront of all-girls education. We value academic excellence, inspire integrity, and instill global responsibility in tomorrow's leaders.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
76¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$991K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2024 · 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
4 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $4.4M a year · 23% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
76%
of spending
Looks good: 76% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$991K
to officers and key staff · 7% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 7% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
5 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 5.2 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
4
named funders · $42K
Looks good: 4 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$8.2M
8% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 8% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
20
of 20 voting members
Looks good: 20 of 20 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$25.0M
+70% vs prior year
Spent
$14.9M
To programs
76%
Net assets
$97.8M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$25.0M
FY2024▲ +70%
Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$20.9M
FY2021$21.1M
FY2022$20.5M
FY2023$14.7M
FY2024$25.0M
FY2025$14.1M
Expenses
$14.9M
FY2024▼ -2%
Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$14.7M
FY2021$14.0M
FY2022$14.5M
FY2023$15.2M
FY2024$14.9M
FY2025$16.6M
Net assets
$97.8M
FY2024▲ +7%
Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$76.6M
FY2021$91.0M
FY2022$89.1M
FY2023$91.0M
FY2024$97.8M
FY2025$97.4M

From the FY2024 Form 990 (year ending June 2024) · 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 1930.

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Where the money goes

76 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 76% · $11.3M Management & general 19% · $2.8M Fundraising 5% · $810K

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; $991K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2023); the FY2024 filing did not itemize Part VII
$354,960Pt VII · Sec A
Acting Head of School
$204,078Pt VII · Sec A
Assistant Head for Advancement
$160,491Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Financial Officer
$156,495Pt VII · Sec A
Academic Dean
$115,336Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Jennifer Hiltwine’s $160K as Chief Financial Officer is at the 20th 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

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Rachel a Connell—$354,960$234,029$235,605$206,923$131,732
Christian Proctor$102,953$204,078————
Christine Knight—$160,491$154,172$145,544$141,180$136,568
Jennifer Hiltwine$160,483$156,495$147,796$137,526$121,661—
Sara Stephenson$138,832—————
Brett Chappell—————$129,542
Suzanne Buck—————$122,446
Martha Griswold$118,219$115,336$109,274$104,174$102,364$101,371

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 girls for college and life through rigorous education, fostering intellect, creativity, and responsibility.

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1 program · $11.3M · in their own filed words · FY2023
01

Chatham hall is a boarding school of approximately 150 students, founded in 1894 serves grade 9-12. Chatham hall delivers a rigorous educational program encouraging intellectual growth, creativity and personal responsibility.

$11.3Mprogram 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
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By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$25.0M
Ln 12
Investment incomeLn 3$10.6M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$8.3M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$6.2M
Money outPt IX
$14.9M
Ln 25
Programscol B$11.3M
Managementcol C$2.8M
Fundraisingcol D$810K
Owns and owesPt X
$97.8M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$6.5M
Total assetsLn 16$106.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$8.2M
PeoplePt VI, VII
25
listed · VII A
PaidVII A5
Voting boardVI 1a20
IndependentVI 1b20
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$6.2M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$1.7M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$8.3M
Investment incomeLn 3$10.6M
Gains on assetsLn 7$9.6M
Total revenueLn 12$25.0M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$284K
SavingsLn 2$6.2M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$6.5M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$68.5M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$27.4M
Other assetsLn 15$152K
Total assetsLn 16$106.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$8.2M
Net assetsLn 32$97.8M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5129
VolunteersI 6142
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 FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$6.6M$6.5M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$67.5M$68.5M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$17.1M$27.4M
Total assetsLn 16$95.4M$106.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$4.4M$8.2M
Net assetsLn 32$91.0M$97.8M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$3.4M$3.4M
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$4.5M$3.1M$981K$406K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$236K$154K$58K$24K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$542K$436K$74K$32K
Payroll taxesLn 10$337K$234K$73K$30K
Legal feesLn 11b$59K$59K
Accounting feesLn 11c$48K$48K
Investment management feesLn 11f$431K$431K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$831K$447K$315K$69K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$208K$150K$57K
Office expensesLn 13$138K$113K$19K$7K
Information technologyLn 14$136K$17K$118K$960
OccupancyLn 16$391K$344K$47K
TravelLn 17$176K$84K$45K$47K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$69K$39K$22K$8K
InterestLn 20$56K$51K$5K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$1.0M$1.0M
InsuranceLn 23$276K$56K$216K$4K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$1.7M$1.4M$237K$80K
All other expensesLn 24e$357K$254K$103K
Total functional expensesLn 25$14.9M$11.3M$2.8M$810K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $14.1M$16.6M−$2.5M$97.4M 990 PDF
FY2024 Viewing $25.0M$14.9M$10.1M$97.8M 990 PDF
FY2023 $14.7M$15.2M−$446K$91.0M 990 PDF
FY2022 $20.5M$14.5M$5.9M$89.1M 990 PDF
FY2021 $21.1M$14.0M$7.2M$91.0M 990 PDF
FY2020 $20.9M$14.7M$6.3M$76.6M 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 FY2024 990 (5 parts)
Part I · Summary $24,952,347 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $4,194,355$6,183,122
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $7,397,461$8,314,229
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $2,181,786$10,569,576
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $934,625−$114,580
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $14,708,227$24,952,347
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $3,213,187$3,381,869
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $6,433,291$5,572,815
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $5,507,875$5,935,637
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $15,154,353$14,890,321
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$446,126$10,062,026
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $24,952,347 across 8 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$6,183,122
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$1,657,473
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$6,183,122
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $8,314,229$8,314,229
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $957,022$957,022
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission −$11,994 · Excluded from tax $9,624,548$9,612,554
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Unrelated business −$51,077 · Excluded from tax −$63,503−$114,580
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $8,302,235 · Unrelated business −$51,077 · Excluded from tax $10,518,067$24,952,347
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $14,890,321 across 20 lines filed
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $3,381,869$3,381,869
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $3,072,029 · Management $980,738 · Fundraising $405,706$4,458,473
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $153,510 · Management $57,537 · Fundraising $24,469$235,516
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $436,328 · Management $73,932 · Fundraising $31,950$542,210
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $233,820 · Management $73,278 · Fundraising $29,518$336,616
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $59,437$59,437
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $47,700$47,700
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $430,603$430,603
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $447,028 · Management $314,640 · Fundraising $69,109$830,777
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $150,285 · Management $57,312$207,597
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $112,711 · Management $18,709 · Fundraising $6,756$138,176
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $16,968 · Management $118,289 · Fundraising $960$136,217
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $344,454 · Management $47,030$391,484
IX-17 TravelPrograms $83,937 · Management $45,411 · Fundraising $47,071$176,419
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $38,664 · Management $21,973 · Fundraising $7,921$68,558
IX-20 InterestPrograms $51,221 · Management $5,132$56,353
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $1,019,212$1,019,212
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $56,100 · Management $215,585 · Fundraising $4,189$275,874
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $1,423,675 · Management $236,549 · Fundraising $80,100$1,740,324
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $254,228 · Fundraising $102,678$356,906
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $11,276,039 · Management $2,803,855 · Fundraising $810,427$14,890,321
Part X · Balance sheet $106,009,143 assets, 21 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $198,595$283,799
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $6,368,435$6,197,763
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $3,805,429$3,290,002
X-4 Accounts receivable$7,293
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $20,927$20,850
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $216,459$179,873
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $17,119,416$27,377,607
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $57,790,036$32,317,423
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $9,712,991$36,182,737
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $163,923$151,796
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $95,396,211$106,009,143
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $191,750$164,109
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $2,711,281$2,490,572
X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $1,468,931$1,158,063
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $16,784$4,389,918
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $25,887$6,014
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $4,414,633$8,208,676
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $23,294,132$25,302,062
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $67,687,446$72,498,405
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $90,981,578$97,800,467
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $95,396,211$106,009,143
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $97,800,467 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$24,952,347
XI-2 Total expenses$14,890,321
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$10,062,026
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$90,981,578
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments−$3,253,908
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$10,771
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$97,800,467

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