Provision of quality k12 educational program within a safe, diverse and challenging environment.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
83¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$1.4M 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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FY2020 · 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
4 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $1.3M a year · 4% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
83%
of spending
Looks good: 83% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$1.4M
to officers and key staff · 6% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 6% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
4 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 4.4 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $100K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$14.8M
30% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 30% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
19
of 19 voting members
Looks good: 19 of 19 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$24.5M
Spent
$23.5M
To programs
83%
Net assets
$34.7M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$24.5M
FY2020
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$24.5M
FY2021$27.0M
FY2022$28.6M
FY2023$35.3M
FY2024$31.8M
FY2025$33.6M
Expenses
$23.5M
FY2020
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$23.5M
FY2021$25.6M
FY2022$27.4M
FY2023$30.2M
FY2024$32.2M
FY2025$33.9M
Net assets
$34.7M
FY2020
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$34.7M
FY2021$39.5M
FY2022$37.6M
FY2023$43.3M
FY2024$44.7M
FY2025$45.4M

From the FY2020 Form 990 (year ending June 2020) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Sep 1970.

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Where the money goes

83 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 83% · $19.6M Management & general 12% · $2.9M Fundraising 4% · $992K

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

27 people listed on the 990; $1.4M paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2019); the FY2020 filing did not itemize Part VII
Former Head of School
$375,897Pt VII · Sec A
Head of School
$200,457Pt VII · Sec A
Dir. of Bus. and Finance
$152,940Pt VII · Sec A
Director of Studies
$144,070Pt VII · Sec A
Director of Advancement
$133,430Pt VII · Sec A
Head of Upper School
$129,365Pt VII · Sec A
Director of Admission
$122,740Pt VII · Sec A
Head of Middle School
$112,665Pt VII · Sec A

G Christopher Jones’s $350K as Former Head of School is at the 73rd 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
G Christopher Jones$350,219$443,840$441,170$409,176$393,909—
Matthew Gossage—————$375,897
Matt Gossage$241,548$120,828————
Amy Hunt$201,335—————
Christopher G Jones—————$200,457
Whitney Brown$187,796$178,420$167,134$155,783$144,898$152,940
Michael Drew$180,368—————
Fabio Hurtado$169,109$161,873$147,571$134,208$136,108$144,070

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
  • Loans to or from officersSch L · Pt II1 listed

Programs and updates

Educates students from junior kindergarten through 12th grade, fostering academic excellence and character development.

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1 program · $19.6M · in their own filed words · FY2019
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Instruction

Primary and secondary education which benefits students without regard to race, religion, or national origin. The school served approximately 1001 students during the 2019-2020 school YEAR.SPECIAL programs, including after school programs and summer CAMP.AUXILIARY services, including bus transportation for students and a school store.

$19.6Mprogram expense

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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$100K
Grants paid · 8 grants · $16.0M · 2021–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$2,931,742
Unitemized GrantFY2024$1,595,771
Unitemized GrantFY2023$2,645,788
Unitemized GrantFY2023$1,451,591
Unitemized GrantFY2022$2,240,143
Unitemized GrantFY2022$1,538,007
Unitemized GrantFY2021$2,200,668
Unitemized GrantFY2021$1,360,225

By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$24.5M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$22.3M
Investment incomeLn 3$1.2M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$912K
Money outPt IX
$23.5M
Ln 25
Programscol B$19.6M
Managementcol C$2.9M
Fundraisingcol D$992K
Owns and owesPt X
$34.7M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$8.7M
Total assetsLn 16$49.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$14.8M
PeoplePt VI, VII
27
listed · VII A
PaidVII A8
Voting boardVI 1a19
IndependentVI 1b19
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$912K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$86K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$22.3M
Investment incomeLn 3$1.2M
Other incomeLn 4–11$35K
Gains on assetsLn 7$879K
Total revenueLn 12$24.5M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$8.1M
SavingsLn 2$592K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$8.7M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$12.0M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$26.3M
Other assetsLn 15$269K
Total assetsLn 16$49.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$14.8M
Net assetsLn 32$34.7M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5416
VolunteersI 675
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 FY20End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$9.2M$8.7M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$11.8M$12.0M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$27.0M$26.3M
Total assetsLn 16$50.8M$49.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$16.3M$14.8M
Net assetsLn 32$34.5M$34.7M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$3.2M$3.2M
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$542K$542K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$11.4M$9.9M$1.0M$446K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$715K$632K$54K$29K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$704K$622K$53K$28K
Payroll taxesLn 10$866K$765K$66K$35K
Legal feesLn 11b$19K$19K
Accounting feesLn 11c$36K$36K
Investment management feesLn 11f$62K$62K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$449K$449K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$296K$296K
Office expensesLn 13$354K$313K$27K$14K
Information technologyLn 14$249K$220K$19K$10K
OccupancyLn 16$1.1M$938K$81K$42K
InterestLn 20$251K$196K$46K$9K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$2.0M$1.5M$367K$69K
InsuranceLn 23$175K$154K$13K$7K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$948K$948K
All other expensesLn 24e$196K$173K$15K$8K
Total functional expensesLn 25$23.5M$19.6M$2.9M$992K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $33.6M$33.9M−$334K$45.4M 990 PDF
FY2024 $31.8M$32.2M−$380K$44.7M 990 PDF
FY2023 $35.3M$30.2M$5.1M$43.3M 990 PDF
FY2022 $28.6M$27.4M$1.1M$37.6M 990 PDF
FY2021 $27.0M$25.6M$1.4M$39.5M 990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing $24.5M$23.5M$1.0M$34.7M 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 M · Noncash J · Pay O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $24,487,535 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,354,650$912,102
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $22,392,624$22,334,169
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $483,858$1,205,950
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $62,493$35,314
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $24,293,625$24,487,535
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $2,982,351$3,208,018
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $14,470,420$14,198,032
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $6,124,780$6,079,640
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $23,577,551$23,485,690
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $716,074$1,001,845
Part VI · Governance 19 of 19 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body19
VI-1b Independent voting members19
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 $24,487,535 across 8 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $34,684 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$912,102
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$85,642
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$912,102
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $22,334,169$22,334,169
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $327,437$327,437
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossExcluded from tax $630$630
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $878,513$878,513
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $22,368,853 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $1,206,580$24,487,535
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $23,485,690 across 19 lines filed
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $3,208,018$3,208,018
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffManagement $542,220$542,220
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $9,888,741 · Management $1,036,626 · Fundraising $446,324$11,371,691
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $631,810 · Management $54,279 · Fundraising $28,516$714,605
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $622,287 · Management $53,461 · Fundraising $28,087$703,835
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $765,381 · Management $65,755 · Fundraising $34,545$865,681
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $19,382$19,382
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $35,600$35,600
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $61,587$61,587
IX-11g Other fees for servicesManagement $448,962$448,962
IX-12 Advertising and promotionFundraising $295,534$295,534
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $312,928 · Management $26,884 · Fundraising $14,124$353,936
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $220,253 · Management $18,922 · Fundraising $9,941$249,116
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $938,277 · Management $80,608 · Fundraising $42,349$1,061,234
IX-20 InterestPrograms $195,830 · Management $46,463 · Fundraising $8,731$251,024
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $1,548,598 · Management $367,422 · Fundraising $69,046$1,985,066
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $154,425 · Management $13,267 · Fundraising $6,970$174,662
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $947,849$947,849
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $173,015 · Management $14,864 · Fundraising $7,809$195,688
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $19,607,412 · Management $2,886,302 · Fundraising $991,976$23,485,690
Part X · Balance sheet $49,466,650 assets, 19 lines filed
Asset lines not itemized here account for $75,000; see the IRS return.
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $8,178,512$8,077,902
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $974,212$592,377
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $1,023,476$802,250
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $988,412$1,012,682
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $86,229$29,332
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $337,032$281,965
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $27,027,756$26,309,342
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $11,758,367$12,017,182
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $404,668$268,618
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $50,778,664$49,466,650
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $1,661,408$1,501,425
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $7,193,421$6,841,680
X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $4,023,275$3,415,188
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $868,493$864,682
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $16,300,404$14,795,148
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $31,202,808$31,647,249
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $3,275,452$3,024,253
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $34,478,260$34,671,502
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $50,778,664$49,466,650
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $34,671,502 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$24,487,535
XI-2 Total expenses$23,485,690
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$1,001,845
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$34,478,260
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments−$724,605
XI-9 Other changes in net assets−$83,998
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$34,671,502

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