St Johns School FY2021 filing

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St. John's School provides talented students in grades K-12 with a rigorous college preparatory curriculum and a wealth of enrichment opportunities carefully designed to prepare students for lives of leadership, service, and personal fulfillment.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
78¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$2.8M 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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FY2021 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
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Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
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Surplus or deficit
5 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $15.3M a year · 21% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 5 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
78%
of spending
Looks good: 78% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$2.8M
to officers and key staff · 5% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 5% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
27 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 27.2 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $120K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$242.8M
56% of total assets
Fine: liabilities are 56% of assets; 50% to 65%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
22
of 22 voting members
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Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$53.7M
-8% vs prior year
Spent
$59.4M
To programs
78%
Net assets
$190.4M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$53.7M
FY2021▼ -8%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$58.6M
FY2021$53.7M
FY2022$61.8M
FY2023$66.0M
FY2024$88.2M
FY2025$117.1M
Expenses
$59.4M
FY2021▲ +10%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$54.0M
FY2021$59.4M
FY2022$60.2M
FY2023$59.0M
FY2024$59.3M
FY2025$61.7M
Net assets
$190.4M
FY2021▲ +6%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$179.5M
FY2021$190.4M
FY2022$174.8M
FY2023$188.9M
FY2024$224.3M
FY2025$285.3M

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: FY2025. IRS ruling in Sep 1947.

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Where the money goes

78 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 78% · $46.2M Management & general 20% · $11.7M Fundraising 2% · $1.5M

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

33 people listed on the 990; $2.8M 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
$717,571Pt VII · Sec A
$312,277Pt VII · Sec A
$271,206Pt VII · Sec A
Assoc. Head of School
$223,163Pt VII · Sec A
Upper Sch Head
$216,360Pt VII · Sec A
Facilities Dir
$202,862Pt VII · Sec A
US Math Teacher
$194,119Pt VII · Sec A
Lower Sch Head
$174,627Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Mark Desjardins——$285,225$2,269,895$717,571$696,639
Daniel J Alig$522,069$493,801$469,029$227,263——
L Greg Swan$234,761$350,400$330,285$327,554$312,277$297,424
Mark Dini——$164,947$280,824$271,206$247,807
Christine M Curran$272,939$264,016$248,690$239,769$223,163$216,917
Richard a Still$239,445$231,450——$202,862$180,532
Eugene P Cannon—————$239,190
Hollis M Amley———$231,386$216,360$187,147

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

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1 program · $46.2M · in their own filed words · FY2020
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St. John's School provides approximately 1,420 talented students in grades K-12 with a rigorous college preparatory curriculum and a wealth of enrichment opportunities carefully designed to prepare students for lives of leadership, service, and personal fulfillment.The School seeks to develop the whole person in preparation for a…

$46.2Mprogram 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$120K
Grants paid · 6 grants · $24.8M · 2019–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$4,485,564
Unitemized GrantFY2023$4,226,130
Unitemized GrantFY2022$4,088,963
Unitemized GrantFY2021$3,786,328
Unitemized GrantFY2020$4,165,306
Unitemized GrantFY2019$4,081,552

By the numbers

The FY2021 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$53.7M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$43.7M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$5.4M
Investment incomeLn 3$4.2M
Money outPt IX
$59.4M
Ln 25
Programscol B$46.2M
Managementcol C$11.7M
Fundraisingcol D$1.5M
Owns and owesPt X
$190.4M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$134.6M
Total assetsLn 16$433.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$242.8M
PeoplePt VI, VII
33
listed · VII A
PaidVII A11
Voting boardVI 1a22
IndependentVI 1b22
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$5.4M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$440K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$43.7M
Investment incomeLn 3$4.2M
Other incomeLn 4–11$325K
Gains on assetsLn 7$2.3M
Total revenueLn 12$53.7M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$16.1M
SavingsLn 2$118.5M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$134.6M
Pledges and grants receivableLn 3$1.6M
Accounts receivableLn 4$185K
Inventories for sale or useLn 8$463K
Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesLn 9$505K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$194.7M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$101.1M
Other assetsLn 15$159K
Total assetsLn 16$433.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$242.8M
Net assetsLn 32$190.4M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5555
VolunteersI 6500
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3More from this return
BondsSch K, Pt X
Tax-exempt bond debt owedX 20$95.1M
Bond issues listedSch K Pt I2
Raised by those issuesSch K Pt I$126.0M
Abroad and in kindSch F, M
Noncash gifts receivedSch M Pt I$440K
Investment feesPt IX, Sch D
Investment fees, as reportedPt IX 11f$400K
Share of the $100.6M endowmentSch D 1g0.40%
Typical, median of 1,806 orgs0.44%
EndowmentSch D · Pt V
LineFY21FY20FY19FY18FY17
End of yearLn 1g$100.6M$80.2M$79.4M$78.5M$75.8M
Given inLn 1b$4.2M$2.0M$452K$1.3M$2.5M
SpentLn 1d–1f$3.2M$3.2M$3.4M$3.0M$3.1M
4Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY21End FY21
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$141.9M$134.6M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$79.7M$101.1M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$198.7M$194.7M
Total assetsLn 16$423.3M$433.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$243.9M$242.8M
Net assetsLn 32$179.5M$190.4M
5Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$4.2M$4.2M
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$2.0M$631K$706K$637K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$24.6M$22.4M$1.8M$364K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$1.2M$888K$275K$21K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$3.4M$2.9M$428K$73K
Payroll taxesLn 10$1.7M$1.3M$331K$61K
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$91K$91K
Accounting feesLn 11c$60K$60K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$7K$7K
Investment management feesLn 11f$400K$400K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$863K$397K$447K$19K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$0
Office expensesLn 13$2.1M$1.7M$278K$115K
Information technologyLn 14$700K$247K$452K
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$2.1M$1.9M$146K$22K
TravelLn 17$0
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$113K$92K$15K$5K
InterestLn 20$8.1M$3.0M$5.1M
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$6.2M$5.2M$935K$59K
InsuranceLn 23$612K$558K$48K$6K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$824K$634K$156K$34K
All other expensesLn 24e$163K$68K$51K$43K
Total functional expensesLn 25$59.4M$46.2M$11.7M$1.5M

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 LatestFiled with the IRS Feb 3, 2026 $117.1M$61.7M$55.3M$285.3M 990 PDF
FY2024Filed with the IRS Mar 21, 2025 $88.2M$59.3M$28.9M$224.3M 990 PDF
FY2023Filed with the IRS Feb 7, 2024 $66.0M$59.0M$7.0M$188.9M 990 PDF
FY2022 $61.8M$60.2M$1.6M$174.8M 990 PDF
FY2021 ViewingFiled with the IRS Feb 9, 2022 $53.7M$59.4M−$5.8M$190.4M 990 PDF
FY2020Filed with the IRS Feb 1, 2021 $58.6M$54.0M$4.6M$179.5M 990 PDF

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
See the full FY2021 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $53,650,003 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $7,710,993$5,419,680
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $45,035,395$43,683,293
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $5,350,459$4,222,500
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $508,818$324,530
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $58,605,665$53,650,003
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $4,081,552$4,165,306
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $30,617,931$32,912,508
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $3,858$6,600
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $19,257,173$22,331,129
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $53,960,514$59,415,543
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $4,645,151−$5,765,540
Part VI · Governance 22 of 22 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body22
VI-1b Independent voting members22
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 $53,650,003 across 11 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $155,998 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$5,419,680
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$439,667
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$5,419,680
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $43,683,293$43,683,293
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $1,920,913$1,920,913
VIII-5 Royalties$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossExcluded from tax $2,850$2,850
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $2,301,587$2,301,587
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$0
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $166,092 · Unrelated business −$410$165,682
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $44,005,383 · Unrelated business −$410 · Excluded from tax $4,225,350$53,650,003
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $59,415,543 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $4,165,306$4,165,306
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipients$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $630,828 · Management $705,698 · Fundraising $636,672$1,973,198
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $22,444,808 · Management $1,770,086 · Fundraising $363,616$24,578,510
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $888,143 · Management $275,027 · Fundraising $21,301$1,184,471
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $2,946,138 · Management $428,451 · Fundraising $73,274$3,447,863
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $1,336,898 · Management $330,679 · Fundraising $60,889$1,728,466
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $90,721$90,721
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $59,780$59,780
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $6,600$6,600
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $400,224$400,224
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $396,901 · Management $447,276 · Fundraising $19,055$863,232
IX-12 Advertising and promotion$0
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $1,693,041 · Management $277,593 · Fundraising $114,868$2,085,502
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $247,121 · Management $452,381$699,502
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $1,948,813 · Management $146,399 · Fundraising $21,683$2,116,895
IX-17 Travel$0
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $92,009 · Management $15,229 · Fundraising $5,382$112,620
IX-20 InterestPrograms $2,999,391 · Management $5,120,492$8,119,883
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $5,191,193 · Management $934,592 · Fundraising $58,739$6,184,524
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $557,696 · Management $48,171 · Fundraising $6,310$612,177
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $633,651 · Management $156,170 · Fundraising $33,713$823,534
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $68,321 · Management $51,082 · Fundraising $43,132$162,535
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $46,240,258 · Management $11,710,051 · Fundraising $1,465,234$59,415,543
Part X · Balance sheet $433,263,538 assets, 26 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $5,204$16,142,281
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $141,907,018$118,455,815
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $1,998,336$1,591,349
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $279,910$184,989
X-5 Loans to officers and key people$0
X-6 Loans to other insiders$0
X-7 Notes and loans receivable$0
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $273,721$463,288
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $222,754$505,054
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $198,718,368$194,688,553
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $61,703,993$78,113,411
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $17,996,814$22,960,167
X-13 Program-related investments$0
X-14 Intangible assets$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $212,120$158,631
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $423,318,238$433,263,538
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $5,450,572$7,492,273
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $32,332,173$33,913,092
X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $99,763,121$95,066,515
X-21 Escrow or custodial accountsStart of year $555,225$562,254
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $105,766,785$105,798,531
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $243,867,876$242,832,665
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $102,519,795$98,778,150
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $76,930,567$91,652,723
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $179,450,362$190,430,873
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $423,318,238$433,263,538
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $190,430,873 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$53,650,003
XI-2 Total expenses$59,415,543
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$5,765,540
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$179,450,362
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$16,789,397
XI-9 Other changes in net assets−$43,346
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$190,430,873

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