Gesher School INC FY2021 filing

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Fairfax, VA501(c)(3)Since 1982EducationEIN 54-1201968Revenue $4.6M in FY2021

On file with the IRSgesher-jds.org4800 Mattie Moore CT, 22030-5568 · Fairfax, VATax-exempt since Nov 1983School — 170(b)(1)(A)(ii)

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At Gesher Jewish Day School we inspire our students to be passionate about learning, practice justice, kindness and respect, aspire to a life guided by Jewish values, torah and community.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
81¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$79K 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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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
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
2 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $347K a year · 7% of revenue · last 5 filings
Concern: a surplus in 2 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
81%
of spending
Looks good: 81% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$79K
to officers and key staff · 2% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 2% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
3 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 2.6 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $15K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$5.8M
50% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 50% 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
$4.6M
+38% vs prior year
Spent
$4.6M
To programs
81%
Net assets
$5.8M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$4.6M
FY2021▲ +38%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$3.4M
FY2021$4.6M
FY2022$5.4M
FY2023$6.3M
FY2024$5.3M
FY2024$5.1M
Expenses
$4.6M
FY2021▲ +4%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$4.4M
FY2021$4.6M
FY2022$5.5M
FY2023$6.0M
FY2024$6.2M
FY2024$6.0M
Net assets
$5.8M
FY2021▲ +2%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$5.6M
FY2021$5.8M
FY2022$5.7M
FY2023$5.8M
FY2024$4.9M
FY2024$4.0M

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: FY2024. IRS ruling in Nov 1983.

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Where the money goes

81 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 81% · $3.7M Management & general 13% · $614K Fundraising 5% · $241K

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

19 people listed on the 990; $79K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2020); the FY2021 filing did not itemize Part VII
Head of School
$79,043Pt VII · Sec A
VP of Strategic Planning
$0Pt VII · Sec A
VP of Development
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Aviva Walls’s $163K as Head of School is at the 71st 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 · 6 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Aviva Walls$163,033$155,600$149,022$148,460$79,043—
Daniel Finkel—————$124,574
Shiri Rozenberg$109,788—————
Colleen Richardson$101,000—————
Melanie Eisen$101,000—————
Michelle Newman-Lomasky——$86,063$82,025——

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

Inspires students to learn passionately, practice justice and kindness, and live by Jewish values.

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1 program · $3.7M · in their own filed words · FY2020
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Gesher's curriculum is designed to educate junior k, elementary, and middle school students in both general and jewish studies. The general studies curriculum stresses reading, language arts, mathematics, science and social studies.

$3.7Mprogram 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
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$15K
Grants paid · 5 grants · $4.8M · 2019–2023
Unitemized GrantFY2023$1,171,903
Unitemized GrantFY2022$1,026,993
Unitemized GrantFY2021$957,964
Unitemized GrantFY2020$806,423
Unitemized GrantFY2019$874,166

By the numbers

The FY2021 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$4.6M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$3.2M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.3M
Other incomeLn 4–11$86K
Money outPt IX
$4.6M
Ln 25
Programscol B$3.7M
Managementcol C$614K
Fundraisingcol D$241K
Owns and owesPt X
$5.8M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$998K
Total assetsLn 16$11.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$5.8M
PeoplePt VI, VII
19
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a17
IndependentVI 1b17
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.3M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$24K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$3.2M
Investment incomeLn 3$11K
Other incomeLn 4–11$86K
Gains on assetsLn 7$9K
Total revenueLn 12$4.6M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$910K
SavingsLn 2$88K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$998K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$302K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$9.6M
Other assetsLn 15$0
Total assetsLn 16$11.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$5.8M
Net assetsLn 32$5.8M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 565
VolunteersI 630
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$992K$998K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$238K$302K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$9.8M$9.6M
Total assetsLn 16$11.6M$11.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$6.0M$5.8M
Net assetsLn 32$5.6M$5.8M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$806K$806K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$168K$124K$32K$12K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$1.8M$1.3M$336K$126K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$111K$83K$21K$8K
Payroll taxesLn 10$147K$109K$28K$10K
Accounting feesLn 11c$24K$24K
Investment management feesLn 11f$373$373
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$0$0$0$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$14K$14K
Office expensesLn 13$69K$59K$7K$3K
Information technologyLn 14$39K$32K$5K$2K
OccupancyLn 16$296K$219K$56K$21K
TravelLn 17$157K$157K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$21K$10K$11K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$408K$302K$77K$29K
InsuranceLn 23$26K$19K$5K$2K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$489K$424K$47K$18K
All other expensesLn 24e$22K$21K$827$326
Total functional expensesLn 25$4.6M$3.7M$614K$241K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 $5.3M$6.2M−$910K$4.9M 990 PDF
FY2023 $6.3M$6.0M$244K$5.8M 990 PDF
FY2022 $5.4M$5.5M−$78K$5.7M 990 PDF
FY2021 Viewing $4.6M$4.6M$60K$5.8M 990 PDF
FY2020 $3.4M$4.4M−$1.1M$5.6M 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
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Part I · Summary $4,640,970 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $728,989$1,299,730
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $2,488,256$3,244,328
I-10 Investment incomePrior year −$5,424$11,222
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $153,194$85,690
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $3,365,015$4,640,970
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $874,166$806,423
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $2,143,910$2,208,500
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $1,399,826$1,565,625
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $4,417,902$4,580,548
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$1,052,887$60,422
Part VI · Governance 17 of 17 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body17
VI-1b Independent voting members17
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 $4,640,970 across 9 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$1,299,730
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$23,612
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,299,730
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $3,244,328$3,244,328
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $2,409$2,409
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossExcluded from tax $49,044$49,044
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $8,813$8,813
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $36,646$36,646
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $3,244,328 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $96,912$4,640,970
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $4,580,548 across 18 lines filed
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $806,423$806,423
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $124,278 · Management $31,575 · Fundraising $11,870$167,723
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $1,320,554 · Management $335,507 · Fundraising $126,131$1,782,192
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $82,538 · Management $20,969 · Fundraising $7,884$111,391
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $109,067 · Management $27,710 · Fundraising $10,417$147,194
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $24,400$24,400
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $373$373
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $14,124$14,124
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $59,161 · Management $7,451 · Fundraising $2,800$69,412
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $32,070 · Management $4,951 · Fundraising $1,861$38,882
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $218,999 · Management $55,641 · Fundraising $20,917$295,557
IX-17 TravelPrograms $157,438$157,438
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $9,744 · Fundraising $10,922$20,666
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $302,200 · Management $76,778 · Fundraising $28,865$407,843
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $19,108 · Management $4,805 · Fundraising $1,806$25,719
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $424,070 · Management $47,001 · Fundraising $17,670$488,741
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $21,317 · Management $827 · Fundraising $326$22,470
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $3,725,491 · Management $613,588 · Fundraising $241,469$4,580,548
Part X · Balance sheet $11,529,094 assets, 17 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $992,099$910,309
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investments$87,824
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $495,493$562,414
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $7,809$1,404
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $21,420$22,113
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $9,841,299$9,642,742
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $237,531$302,288
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $0$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $11,595,651$11,529,094
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $210,197$402,482
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $107,619$172,740
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $14,793$34,359
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $5,951,811$5,770,724
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $4,868,838$4,715,257
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $775,002$1,043,113
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $5,643,840$5,758,370
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $11,595,651$11,529,094
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $5,758,370 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$4,640,970
XI-2 Total expenses$4,580,548
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$60,422
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$5,643,840
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$54,108
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$5,758,370

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