Ravenscroft School INC

Tax-deductible

Raleigh, NC501(c)(3)Since 1951EducationEIN 56-6001583Revenue $43.5M in FY2024

On file with the IRSravenscroft.org7409 Falls of Neuse Rd, 27615-5316 · Raleigh, NCTax-exempt since Nov 1971School — 170(b)(1)(A)(ii)

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Operation of an independent nonprofit School that includes preschool through grade twelve.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
66¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 100 volunteers and 459 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
Download 990
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 $1.1M a year · 3% of revenue · last 5 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
66%
of spending
Fine: 66% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$1.8M
to officers and key staff · 4% of spending
Top officer’s pay higher than 92% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 4% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
6 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 6.3 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $12K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$39.5M
45% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 45% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
21
of 21 voting members
Looks good: 21 of 21 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$43.5M
+6% vs prior year
Spent
$42.7M
To programs
66%
Net assets
$48.4M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$43.5M
FY2024▲ +6%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$33.1M
FY2021$36.2M
FY2022$36.4M
FY2023$37.9M
FY2024$41.1M
FY2024$43.5M
Expenses
$42.7M
FY2024▲ +5%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$31.6M
FY2021$33.2M
FY2022$34.9M
FY2023$38.7M
FY2024$40.7M
FY2024$42.7M
Net assets
$48.4M
FY2024▲ +4%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$32.8M
FY2021$42.4M
FY2022$41.7M
FY2023$44.4M
FY2024$46.6M
FY2024$48.4M

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 Nov 1971.

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

Where the money goes

66 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 66% · $28.2M Management & general 32% · $13.5M Fundraising 2% · $969K

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

29 people listed on the 990; $1.8M paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Former Head of School
$566,993Pt VII · Sec A
$241,840Pt VII · Sec A
Head of School
$226,811Pt VII · Sec A
Director of Athletics
$189,400Pt VII · Sec A
Ahos - Institutional Advan
$177,223Pt VII · Sec A
Ahos - Student Affairs
$152,485Pt VII · Sec A
Director of Finance
$141,015Pt VII · Sec A
Head of Upper School
$140,091Pt VII · Sec A

Doreen C Kelly’s $567K as Former Head of School is at the 92nd 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
Doreen C Kelly$566,993$601,417$597,024$573,550$485,563$445,449
George L Johnson——$226,188$297,486$275,160$265,078
Gregory S Hodges$241,840$239,713————
Derrick D Willard$226,811—————
Edward J Gonet$189,400$204,178$150,934$144,826$139,068$135,221
Justin Brandon—$202,451$171,009———
Philip C Higginson——$200,107$184,625$166,113$160,749
Colleen M Ramsden————$188,575$167,076

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 children from preschool through twelfth grade in an independent school setting.

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1 program · $28.2M · in their own filed words · FY2024
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All facets of primary & secondary education including auxiliary operations, summer programs, scholarships and financial assistance.

$28.2Mprogram 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$12K
Grants paid · 18 grants · $20.2M · 2019–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$3,547,756
Unitemized GrantFY2024$131,040
Unitemized GrantFY2024$113,419
Unitemized GrantFY2023$3,256,632
Unitemized GrantFY2023$123,730
Unitemized GrantFY2023$68,790
Unitemized GrantFY2022$3,029,720
Unitemized GrantFY2022$121,036
Unitemized GrantFY2022$63,830
Unitemized GrantFY2021$3,069,802
Unitemized GrantFY2021$116,658
Unitemized GrantFY2021$57,723
Unitemized GrantFY2020$3,202,728
Unitemized GrantFY2020$104,617
Unitemized GrantFY2020$31,953
Unitemized GrantFY2019$3,002,587
Unitemized GrantFY2019$101,828
Unitemized GrantFY2019$29,370

By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$43.5M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$39.1M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.1M
Investment incomeLn 3$2.0M
Money outPt IX
$42.7M
Ln 25
Programscol B$28.2M
Managementcol C$13.5M
Fundraisingcol D$969K
Owns and owesPt X
$48.4M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$22.4M
Total assetsLn 16$88.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$39.5M
PeoplePt VI, VII
29
listed · VII A
PaidVII A8
Voting boardVI 1a21
IndependentVI 1b21
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.1M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$324K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$82K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$39.1M
Investment incomeLn 3$2.0M
Other incomeLn 4–11$273K
Gains on assetsLn 7$933K
Total revenueLn 12$43.5M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
SavingsLn 2$22.4M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$22.4M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$29.9M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$29.3M
Other assetsLn 15$5.1M
Total assetsLn 16$88.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$39.5M
Net assetsLn 32$48.4M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5459
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$21.2M$22.4M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$27.7M$29.9M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$29.6M$29.3M
Total assetsLn 16$85.6M$88.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$39.0M$39.5M
Net assetsLn 32$46.6M$48.4M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$3.8M$3.8M
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$909K$909K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$17.0M$14.1M$2.4M$486K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$900K$688K$188K$24K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$1.9M$1.6M$339K$54K
Payroll taxesLn 10$1.4M$1.0M$339K$36K
Legal feesLn 11b$33K$33K
Accounting feesLn 11c$59K$59K
Investment management feesLn 11f$129K$129K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$2.3M$4K$2.3M$6K
Office expensesLn 13$336K$155K$153K$28K
Information technologyLn 14$400K$245K$136K$19K
OccupancyLn 16$643K$333K$310K
TravelLn 17$391K$333K$45K$12K
InterestLn 20$539K$539K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$2.8M$2.3M$559K$24K
InsuranceLn 23$447K$393K$40K$13K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$5.8M$2.9M$2.9M$7K
All other expensesLn 24e$2.7M$384K$2.0M$260K
Total functional expensesLn 25$42.7M$28.2M$13.5M$969K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 $41.1M$40.7M$422K$46.6M 990 PDF
FY2023 $37.9M$38.7M−$750K$44.4M 990 PDF
FY2022 $36.4M$34.9M$1.5M$41.7M 990 PDF
FY2021 $36.2M$33.2M$3.0M$42.4M 990 PDF
FY2020 $33.1M$31.6M$1.5M$32.8M 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 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $43,524,626 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $2,093,351$2,146,029
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $37,228,573$39,081,203
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $1,470,793$2,023,921
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $279,561$273,473
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $41,072,278$43,524,626
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $3,449,152$3,792,215
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $21,207,070$22,216,741
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $15,994,109$16,664,467
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $40,650,331$42,673,423
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $421,947$851,203
Part VI · Governance 21 of 21 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body21
VI-1b Independent voting members21
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 $43,524,626 across 11 lines filed
VIII-1c Fundraising events$81,927
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$2,064,102
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$324,148
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$2,146,029
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $39,081,203$39,081,203
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $1,091,196$1,091,196
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossExcluded from tax $167,724$167,724
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $932,725$932,725
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax −$6,000−$6,000
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $111,749$111,749
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $39,192,952 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $2,185,645$43,524,626
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $42,673,423 across 19 lines filed
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $3,792,215$3,792,215
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffManagement $908,590$908,590
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $14,125,385 · Management $2,436,838 · Fundraising $485,935$17,048,158
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $687,604 · Management $188,460 · Fundraising $23,791$899,855
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $1,556,877 · Management $338,792 · Fundraising $53,937$1,949,606
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $1,035,911 · Management $338,778 · Fundraising $35,843$1,410,532
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $33,099$33,099
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $59,138$59,138
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $128,887$128,887
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $3,759 · Management $2,339,325 · Fundraising $5,998$2,349,082
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $154,807 · Management $152,639 · Fundraising $28,212$335,658
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $244,922 · Management $135,783 · Fundraising $19,398$400,103
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $332,690 · Management $310,002$642,692
IX-17 TravelPrograms $333,431 · Management $45,409 · Fundraising $12,266$391,106
IX-20 InterestManagement $538,504$538,504
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $2,255,319 · Management $558,711 · Fundraising $24,147$2,838,177
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $393,412 · Management $40,235 · Fundraising $13,412$447,059
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $2,895,364 · Management $2,939,293 · Fundraising $6,585$5,841,242
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $383,548 · Management $2,016,403 · Fundraising $259,769$2,659,720
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $28,195,244 · Management $13,508,886 · Fundraising $969,293$42,673,423
Part X · Balance sheet $87,964,579 assets, 18 lines filed
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $21,213,924$22,395,042
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $1,455,140$1,057,377
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $204,878$175,630
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $89,073$54,096
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $2,689$0
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $29,621,658$29,345,604
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $27,712,670$29,878,260
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $5,253,556$5,058,570
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $85,553,588$87,964,579
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $1,793,922$1,966,918
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $17,358,504$17,839,981
X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $18,612,488$18,095,473
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $1,113,570$1,261,349
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $38,970,042$39,549,038
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $22,930,341$23,330,698
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $23,653,205$25,084,843
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $46,583,546$48,415,541
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $85,553,588$87,964,579
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $48,415,541 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$43,524,626
XI-2 Total expenses$42,673,423
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$851,203
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$46,583,546
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$1,331,085
XI-9 Other changes in net assets−$350,293
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$48,415,541

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

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