The Pine School is an independent college preparatory school, Kindergarten through 12th Grade. We promote academic, artistic, and athletic excellence in a close-knit learning environment that extends from the classroom to our expansive natural campus and beyond. Our challenging curriculum cultivates intellectual curiosity and honors each student's voice as we strive for inclusivity. From a strong sense of community and connection, Pine School students become inspired and prepared to navigate a complex and changing world.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
87¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$210K 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
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IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
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IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
6 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $3.0M a year · 19% of revenue · last 6 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 6 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
87%
of spending
Looks good: 87% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$210K
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
5 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 4.7 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $1K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$10.2M
63% of total assets
Fine: liabilities are 63% of assets; 50% to 65%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
21
of 21 voting members
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Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$10.3M
Spent
$9.9M
To programs
87%
Net assets
$5.9M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$10.3M
FY2020
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$10.3M
FY2021$13.0M
FY2022$13.5M
FY2023$15.1M
FY2024$17.2M
FY2025$25.5M
Expenses
$9.9M
FY2020
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$9.9M
FY2021$10.2M
FY2022$11.2M
FY2023$13.6M
FY2024$15.3M
FY2025$16.4M
Net assets
$5.9M
FY2020
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$5.9M
FY2021$9.0M
FY2022$11.0M
FY2023$12.6M
FY2024$14.8M
FY2025$24.1M

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 Aug 1970.

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Where the money goes

87 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 87% · $8.6M Management & general 9% · $910K Fundraising 4% · $422K

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

21 people listed on the 990; $210K 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
Head of School
$209,839Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Trustee
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Trustee
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Trustee
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Binney P Caffrey’s $303K as Head of School is at the 66th 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 · 6 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Binney P Caffrey$303,497$296,797$250,679$230,872$223,669$209,839
John Boyer$127,500$118,500$112,353$109,473$103,625—
Kelly Carlson$112,115$125,000————
Kelly Hilton-Green$114,240$115,200$104,339$106,665——
Jeffrey Shirk$111,000—————
Paul Needham—$109,500————

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

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  • 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 Kindergarten through 12th grade, fostering academic, artistic, and athletic excellence.

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1 program · $8.6M · in their own filed words · FY2019
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The Pine School is a college preparatory nonsectarian day school which provides a superior college preparatory education for children of kindergarten age through 12th grade by providing instruction and student activities. Average enrollment is over 360 students.

$8.6Mprogram 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$1K
Grants paid · 8 grants · $5.4M · 2023–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$1,355,909
Unitemized GrantFY2024$633,400
Unitemized GrantFY2024$299,694
Unitemized GrantFY2024$241,138
Unitemized GrantFY2023$1,688,123
Unitemized GrantFY2023$589,625
Unitemized GrantFY2023$360,284
Unitemized GrantFY2023$231,848

By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$10.3M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$9.6M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$967K
Investment incomeLn 3$3K
Money outPt IX
$9.9M
Ln 25
Programscol B$8.6M
Managementcol C$910K
Fundraisingcol D$422K
Owns and owesPt X
$5.9M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$3.8M
Total assetsLn 16$16.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$10.2M
PeoplePt VI, VII
21
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a21
IndependentVI 1b21
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$967K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$28K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$162K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$9.6M
Investment incomeLn 3$3K
Gains on assetsLn 7−$101K
Total revenueLn 12$10.3M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$53K
SavingsLn 2$3.8M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$3.8M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$2.4M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$9.8M
Other assetsLn 15−$239K
Total assetsLn 16$16.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$10.2M
Net assetsLn 32$5.9M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5121
VolunteersI 615
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$4.9M$3.8M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$2.7M$2.4M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$8.3M$9.8M
Total assetsLn 16$16.1M$16.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$10.4M$10.2M
Net assetsLn 32$5.7M$5.9M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$2.2M$2.2M
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$222K$181K$27K$15K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$4.2M$3.4M$507K$276K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$61K$49K$7K$4K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$360K$292K$44K$24K
Payroll taxesLn 10$304K$247K$37K$20K
Legal feesLn 11b$6K$6K
Accounting feesLn 11c$42K$42K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$2K$2K
Office expensesLn 13$79K$24K$55K
OccupancyLn 16$345K$295K$32K$18K
TravelLn 17$47K$40K$6K
InterestLn 20$225K$183K$27K$15K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$350K$284K$42K$23K
InsuranceLn 23$157K$128K$19K$10K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$1.2M$1.2M$12K
All other expensesLn 24e$78K$18K$49K$12K
Total functional expensesLn 25$9.9M$8.6M$910K$422K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $25.5M$16.4M$9.1M$24.1M 990 PDF
FY2024 $17.2M$15.3M$1.9M$14.8M 990 PDF
FY2023 $15.1M$13.6M$1.5M$12.6M 990 PDF
FY2022 $13.5M$11.2M$2.2M$11.0M 990 PDF
FY2021 $13.0M$10.2M$2.9M$9.0M 990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing $10.3M$9.9M$385K$5.9M 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 $10,292,974 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $967,179$966,736
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $9,666,663$9,609,895
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $104,626$2,834
I-11 Other revenuePrior year −$189,789−$286,491
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $10,548,679$10,292,974
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $2,270,300$2,230,850
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $5,161,784$5,128,865
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $2,828,456$2,548,542
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $10,260,540$9,908,257
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $288,139$384,717
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 $10,292,974 across 10 lines filed
VIII-1c Fundraising events$162,145
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$804,591
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$27,672
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$966,736
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $9,609,895$9,609,895
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $104,057$104,057
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax −$101,223−$101,223
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax −$26,521−$26,521
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax −$259,970−$259,970
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $9,609,895 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax −$283,657$10,292,974
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $9,908,257 across 17 lines filed
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $2,230,850$2,230,850
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $180,831 · Management $26,967 · Fundraising $14,670$222,468
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $3,399,515 · Management $506,957 · Fundraising $275,769$4,182,241
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $49,260 · Management $7,346 · Fundraising $3,995$60,601
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $292,413 · Management $43,606 · Fundraising $23,721$359,740
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $246,955 · Management $36,827 · Fundraising $20,033$303,815
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $5,667$5,667
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $41,863$41,863
IX-11g Other fees for servicesManagement $2,400$2,400
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $23,743 · Management $55,394$79,137
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $295,308 · Management $32,316 · Fundraising $17,579$345,203
IX-17 TravelPrograms $40,383 · Fundraising $6,443$46,826
IX-20 InterestPrograms $182,701 · Management $27,246 · Fundraising $14,821$224,768
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $284,462 · Management $42,421 · Fundraising $23,076$349,959
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $127,936 · Management $19,079 · Fundraising $10,378$157,393
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $1,204,422 · Management $12,460$1,216,882
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $17,806 · Management $49,090 · Fundraising $11,548$78,444
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $8,576,585 · Management $909,639 · Fundraising $422,033$9,908,257
Part X · Balance sheet $16,049,195 assets, 17 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $30,967$52,519
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $4,841,957$3,791,137
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $25,324$24,062
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $28,469$42,041
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $95,328$118,336
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $8,341,749$9,845,012
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $2,682,797$2,414,732
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $88,201−$238,644
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $16,134,792$16,049,195
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $470,600$570,717
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $3,477,494$2,372,899
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payable$990,100
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $10,390,552$10,188,303
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $803,965$2,393,073
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $4,940,275$3,467,819
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $5,744,240$5,860,892
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $16,134,792$16,049,195
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $5,860,892 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$10,292,974
XI-2 Total expenses$9,908,257
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$384,717
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$5,744,240
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments−$268,065
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$5,860,892

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