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Academy Northwest FY2020 filing

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Marysville, WA501(c)(3)Since 1989Education EIN 57-1175571Revenue $283K in FY2020

On file with the IRSacademynw.com514 State Ave Ste 109, 98270-4556 · Marysville, WATax-exempt since Apr 2006Publicly supported — 509(a)(2)

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Academy Northwest serves as a private school and homeschool extension. Services include professional consultation to parents, certified instruction to students, and opportunities for students to participate in special events.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
62¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$48K 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
3 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $10K a year · 3% of revenue · last 6 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
62%
of spending
Worth a look: 62% of spending went to programs; under 65%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$48K
to officers and key staff · 18% of spending
Fine: pay to officers and key staff is 18% of spending; 15% to 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
17 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 16.7 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $183
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$107K
28% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 28% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
5
of 7 voting members
Looks good: 5 of 7 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$283K
Spent
$262K
To programs
62%
Net assets
$278K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$283K
FY2020
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$283K
FY2021$306K
FY2022$278K
FY2023$279K
FY2024$262K
FY2025$278K
Expenses
$262K
FY2020
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$262K
FY2021$299K
FY2022$315K
FY2023$305K
FY2024$304K
FY2025$258K
Net assets
$278K
FY2020
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$278K
FY2021$284K
FY2022$247K
FY2023$221K
FY2024$179K
FY2025$199K

From the FY2020 Form 990 (year ending August 2020) · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Apr 2006.

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

Where the money goes

62 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 62% · $163K Management & general 38% · $99K

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

8 people listed on the 990; $48K 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
$37,500Pt VII · Sec A
$10,680Pt VII · Sec A
Phil Weight
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Brandy Vizmanos-Garcia’s $39K as Director is at the 30th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1613 $100K–1M 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 · 4 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Denise Sumner$10,550$20,306$24,587$38,496$39,390$37,500
Brandy Vizmanos-Garcia$38,815$36,174$28,160$12,000——
Candice B Childs—————$10,680
Cathryn McGrew$6,772—————

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 2Yes
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

Programs and updates

Provides educational services and support for private and home-schooled students.

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3 programs · $159K · in their own filed words · FY2019
01

Academy Northwest serves as a private school and homeschool extension. Services include professional consultation to parents, certified instruction to students and opportunities for students to participate in special events.

$146Kprogram expense
02

Academy Northwest provides teacher training programs. All of the programs provide clock hours for teachers to keep their certificates current. These training programs cover a variety of relevant topics that teachers are interested in learning more about.

$10Kprogram expense
03

Academy Northwest provides a bookstore where teachers and parents have access to excellent homeschooling and teaching resources that are needed to successfully provide education to their students and children.

$2Kprogram 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 · FY2023
Amazonsmile FoundationFY2023$183
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$183

By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

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1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$283K
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$283K
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$448
Money outPt IX
$262K
Ln 25
Programscol B$163K
Managementcol C$99K
Owns and owesPt X
$278K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$364K
Total assetsLn 16$385K
LiabilitiesLn 26$107K
PeoplePt VI, VII
8
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
Voting boardVI 1a7
IndependentVI 1b5
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$448
Fees for servicesLn 2g$283K
Total revenueLn 12$283K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$363K
SavingsLn 2$1K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$364K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$380
Total assetsLn 16$385K
LiabilitiesLn 26$107K
Net assetsLn 32$278K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 59
VolunteersI 612
Fiscal year endsHeaderAugust
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY20End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$306K$364K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$933$380
Total assetsLn 16$315K$385K
LiabilitiesLn 26$59K$107K
Net assetsLn 32$256K$278K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$4K$4K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$142K$88K$53K
Payroll taxesLn 10$12K$7K$5K
Legal feesLn 11b$110$110
Accounting feesLn 11c$15K$13K$2K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$1K$1K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$6K$3K$3K
Office expensesLn 13$15K$4K$11K
Information technologyLn 14$3K$2K$1K
OccupancyLn 16$47K$31K$16K
TravelLn 17$2K$1K$951
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$594$594
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$553$553
InsuranceLn 23$2K$2K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$11K$7K$4K
Total functional expensesLn 25$262K$163K$99K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $278K$258K$20K$199K 990 PDF
FY2024 $262K$304K−$42K$179K 990 PDF
FY2023 $279K$305K−$26K$221K 990 PDF
FY2022 $278K$315K−$37K$247K 990 PDF
FY2021 $306K$299K$6K$284K 990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing $283K$262K$22K$278K 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 O · Explanations
See the full FY2020 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $283,139 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,223$448
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $223,928$282,691
I-10 Investment incomePrior year −$144$0
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $225,007$283,139
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$4,000
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $138,457$153,403
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $103,675$104,235
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $242,132$261,638
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$17,125$21,501
Part VI · Governance 5 of 7 board members independent, 4 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body7
VI-1b Independent voting members5
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $283,139 across 4 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $45 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$448
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$448
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $282,646$282,646
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $282,691 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$283,139
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $261,638 across 15 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $4,000$4,000
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $88,405 · Management $53,105$141,510
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $7,360 · Management $4,533$11,893
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $110$110
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $13,062 · Management $1,896$14,958
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $1,250$1,250
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $3,039 · Management $2,871$5,910
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $4,210 · Management $11,284$15,494
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $1,595 · Management $1,107$2,702
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $31,067 · Management $16,253$47,320
IX-17 TravelPrograms $1,256 · Management $951$2,207
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsManagement $594$594
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationManagement $553$553
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $1,892$1,892
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $7,361 · Management $3,884$11,245
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $162,605 · Management $99,033 · Fundraising $0$261,638
Part X · Balance sheet $385,189 assets, 13 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $304,664$362,503
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $1,003$1,003
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $1,030$1,286
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $3,907$3,885
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $3,441$16,132
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $933$380
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $314,978$385,189
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $28,241$15,413
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $30,331$62,410
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $0$29,459
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $58,572$107,282
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $256,406$277,907
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $314,978$385,189
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $277,907 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$283,139
XI-2 Total expenses$261,638
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$21,501
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$256,406
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$277,907

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2020 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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