The Langley School INC

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McLean, VA501(c)(3)Since 1942EducationEIN 54-0673568

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The Langley School fosters purposeful inquiry-based and social-emotional learning for children in preschool through grade eight in a joyful, connected community. We empower all students as curious, confident, and resilient leaders, thinkers, and creators.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
79¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 100 volunteers and 157 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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FY2024 · 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
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
4 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $2.3M a year · 10% of revenue · last 5 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
79%
of spending
Looks good: 79% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$1.5M
to officers and key staff · 6% of spending
Top officer’s pay higher than 86% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 6% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
8 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 7.7 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $50K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$41.1M
44% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 44% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
17
of 17 voting members
Looks good: 17 of 17 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$27.5M
+5% vs prior year
Spent
$25.2M
To programs
79%
Net assets
$53.3M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$27.5M
FY2024▲ +5%
Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$22.7M
FY2021$18.6M
FY2022$26.4M
FY2023$24.2M
FY2024$26.3M
FY2024$27.5M
Expenses
$25.2M
FY2024▲ +5%
Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$19.9M
FY2021$19.6M
FY2022$20.7M
FY2023$22.3M
FY2024$24.1M
FY2024$25.2M
Net assets
$53.3M
FY2024▲ +6%
Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$39.4M
FY2021$39.9M
FY2022$43.8M
FY2023$46.8M
FY2024$50.2M
FY2024$53.3M

From the FY2024 Form 990 · 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: FY2024. IRS ruling in Aug 1949.

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

Where the money goes

79 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 79% · $19.9M Management & general 18% · $4.6M Fundraising 2% · $603K

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

24 people listed on the 990; $1.5M paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Head of School
$468,672Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Financial Officer
$263,281Pt VII · Sec A
Dir Student Support/Sel
$172,568Pt VII · Sec A
Head of Middle School
$169,887Pt VII · Sec A
Dir Marketing & Comm
$162,027Pt VII · Sec A
Dir of Development
$160,680Pt VII · Sec A
Dir of Transportation/Sec
$151,682Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Michele Claeys’s $469K as Head of School is at the 86th 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

NameFY2024FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Elinor Scully———$318,250$472,873$466,397
Michele Claeys$468,672$426,385$404,969$187,212——
Gregory Bokman$263,281$253,472$247,813$233,301$220,174$208,940
Sarah Beck——$200,034$192,930$136,928—
Phillip Petru———$181,500$172,131$178,201
Ayesha Flaherty————$177,914$172,312
Sarah Sumwalt$172,568$167,165$163,885$136,320——
Emily Dutton$169,887$162,543$155,153———

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

Educates students from preschool through 8th grade.

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1 program · $19.9M · in their own filed words · FY2024
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Operation of an independent school for grades preschool through 8TH serving over 500 students.

$19.9Mprogram 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
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$50K
Grants paid · 14 grants · $13.4M · 2019–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$2,476,680
Unitemized GrantFY2024$31,351
Unitemized GrantFY2024$22,484
Unitemized GrantFY2023$2,185,955
Unitemized GrantFY2023$60,243
Unitemized GrantFY2023$18,907
Unitemized GrantFY2022$2,099,392
Unitemized GrantFY2022$20,920
Unitemized GrantFY2021$2,260,821
Unitemized GrantFY2021$17,176
Unitemized GrantFY2020$2,195,151
Unitemized GrantFY2020$11,902
Unitemized GrantFY2019$2,040,275
Unitemized GrantFY2019$4,295

By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$27.5M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$23.8M
Investment incomeLn 3$2.3M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.3M
Money outPt IX
$25.2M
Ln 25
Programscol B$19.9M
Managementcol C$4.6M
Fundraisingcol D$603K
Owns and owesPt X
$53.3M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$16.1M
Total assetsLn 16$94.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$41.1M
PeoplePt VI, VII
24
listed · VII A
PaidVII A7
Voting boardVI 1a17
IndependentVI 1b17
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.3M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$76K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$234K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$23.8M
Investment incomeLn 3$2.3M
Other incomeLn 4–11$30K
Gains on assetsLn 7$294K
Total revenueLn 12$27.5M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$500
SavingsLn 2$16.1M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$16.1M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$36.8M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$32.3M
Total assetsLn 16$94.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$41.1M
Net assetsLn 32$53.3M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5157
VolunteersI 6100
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
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$25.8M$16.1M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$23.9M$36.8M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$32.4M$32.3M
Total assetsLn 16$90.4M$94.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$40.2M$41.1M
Net assetsLn 32$50.2M$53.3M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$100$100
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$2.5M$2.5M
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$871K$646K$202K$23K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$11.6M$8.6M$2.6M$310K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$881K$627K$236K$18K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$2.0M$1.4M$527K$40K
Payroll taxesLn 10$876K$623K$235K$18K
Legal feesLn 11b$50K$2K$48K$332
Accounting feesLn 11c$71K$71K
Investment management feesLn 11f$72K$72K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$156K$38K$77K$40K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$139K$74K$49K$16K
Office expensesLn 13$250K$133K$88K$29K
Information technologyLn 14$400K$389K$9K$2K
OccupancyLn 16$946K$920K$21K$5K
TravelLn 17$316K$315K$542
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$27K$15K$10K$3K
InterestLn 20$545K$530K$12K$3K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$1.7M$1.6M$37K$9K
InsuranceLn 23$265K$258K$6K$1K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$1.2M$999K$195K$45K
All other expensesLn 24e$343K$183K$120K$39K
Total functional expensesLn 25$25.2M$19.9M$4.6M$603K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 $26.3M$24.1M$2.2M$50.2M 990 PDF
FY2023 $24.2M$22.3M$1.9M$46.8M 990 PDF
FY2022 $26.4M$20.7M$5.7M$43.8M 990 PDF
FY2021 $18.6M$19.6M−$963K$39.9M 990 PDF
FY2020 $22.7M$19.9M$2.8M$39.4M 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 (4 parts)
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $27,493,367 across 9 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $5,475 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1c Fundraising events$234,100
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$1,086,508
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$76,044
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,320,608
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $23,818,123$23,818,123
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $2,031,467$2,031,467
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $293,647$293,647
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax $24,047$24,047
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $23,818,123 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $2,354,636$27,493,367
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $25,169,874 across 22 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $100$100
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $2,530,515$2,530,515
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $645,801 · Management $202,008 · Fundraising $22,726$870,535
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $8,628,509 · Management $2,634,489 · Fundraising $310,492$11,573,490
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $626,866 · Management $236,003 · Fundraising $17,821$880,690
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $1,399,050 · Management $526,716 · Fundraising $39,772$1,965,538
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $623,490 · Management $234,732 · Fundraising $17,725$875,947
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $1,544 · Management $48,189 · Fundraising $332$50,065
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $71,079$71,079
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $72,115$72,115
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $38,496 · Management $77,030 · Fundraising $40,414$155,940
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $74,121 · Management $48,797 · Fundraising $15,962$138,880
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $133,326 · Management $87,774 · Fundraising $28,711$249,811
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $389,269 · Management $8,897 · Fundraising $2,225$400,391
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $920,284 · Management $20,844 · Fundraising $5,211$946,339
IX-17 TravelPrograms $315,079 · Management $542$315,621
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $14,554 · Management $9,582 · Fundraising $3,134$27,270
IX-20 InterestPrograms $529,805 · Management $12,134 · Fundraising $3,033$544,972
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $1,607,042 · Management $36,804 · Fundraising $9,201$1,653,047
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $257,901 · Management $5,860 · Fundraising $1,464$265,225
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $999,380 · Management $195,183 · Fundraising $45,116$1,239,679
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $182,814 · Management $120,421 · Fundraising $39,390$342,625
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $19,917,946 · Management $4,649,199 · Fundraising $602,729$25,169,874
Part X · Balance sheet $94,382,528 assets, 16 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $500$500
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $25,770,933$16,147,710
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $381,368$164,406
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $7,734,825$8,603,260
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $276,337$289,535
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $32,412,810$32,333,129
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $23,857,760$36,843,988
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $90,434,533$94,382,528
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $1,935,089$1,849,000
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $18,978,774$20,395,925
X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $19,311,174$18,816,045
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $40,225,037$41,060,970
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $42,242,967$44,537,318
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $7,966,529$8,784,240
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $50,209,496$53,321,558
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $90,434,533$94,382,528
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $53,321,558 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$27,493,367
XI-2 Total expenses$25,169,874
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$2,323,493
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$50,209,496
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$788,569
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$53,321,558

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2024 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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