Clearwater School FY2021 filing

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Bothell, WA501(c)(3)EducationEIN 91-1392816Revenue $334K in FY2021

On file with the IRSclearwaterschool.com1510 196th St Se, 98012-7107 · Bothell, WATax-exempt since Aug 1996School — 170(b)(1)(A)(ii)

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Provide education to students age 4 through 19 in an independent school. Provide democratic education through participating in governance of the school. Provide parent education. Support the natural environment. Support our greater community through education, culture, and mutual aid. Respond to the COVID-19 pandemic in our school community and greater geographical area.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
100¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX

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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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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 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $106K a year · 14% of revenue · last 5 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
100%
of spending
Looks good: 100% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Cash reserves
18 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 18.0 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $50K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$618K
44% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 44% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
39
of 45 voting members
Looks good: 39 of 45 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$334K
Spent
$277K
To programs
100%
Net assets
$778K
By yearFY2021–FY2025
Revenue
$334K
FY2021
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2021$334K
FY2022$605K
FY2023$856K
FY2024$880K
FY2025$981K
Expenses
$277K
FY2021
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2021$277K
FY2022$619K
FY2023$805K
FY2024$737K
FY2025$688K
Net assets
$778K
FY2021
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2021$778K
FY2022$753K
FY2023$807K
FY2024$951K
FY2025$1.3M

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 Aug 1996.

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Where the money goes

100 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 100% · $277K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

12 people listed on the 990.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2020); the FY2021 filing did not itemize Part VII
Assembly President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Assembly and School Meeting Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Assembly Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
School Meeting Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Trustee
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Trustee
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
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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 children and parents, supports the environment and community, and responds to crises.

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3 programs · $277K · in their own filed words · FY2020
01

Provided education to approximately 45 students through online and in person school.

$275Kprogram expense
02

Provide mutual aid to members of Snohomish County including food delivery and technical support to navigate systems for accessing resources. Supporting vaccination program by scheduling appointments and working at community clinics.

$3Kprogram expense
03

Provide parent education and support through one on one meetings and workshops to our community.

Pt IX · col B

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 · FY2024
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$50K
Grants paid · 2 grants · $198K · 2021–2022
Grief to ActionCA · FY2022$50,000
Grief to ActionCA · FY2021$148,098

By the numbers

The FY2021 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$334K
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$247K
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$87K
Investment incomeLn 3$269
Money outPt IX
$277K
Ln 25
Programscol B$277K
Owns and owesPt X
$778K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$416K
Total assetsLn 16$1.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$618K
PeoplePt VI, VII
12
listed · VII A
PaidVII A0
Voting boardVI 1a45
IndependentVI 1b39
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$87K
Government grantsLn 1e$71K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$0
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$0
Fees for servicesLn 2g$247K
Investment incomeLn 3$269
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$334K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$183K
SavingsLn 2$233K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$416K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$980K
Total assetsLn 16$1.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$618K
Net assetsLn 32$778K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 57
VolunteersI 620
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 FY21End FY21
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$364K$416K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$1.0M$980K
Total assetsLn 16$1.4M$1.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$645K$618K
Net assetsLn 32$720K$778K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$0$0$0$0
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0$0$0$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$163K$163K$0$0
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$5K$5K$0$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$17K$17K$0$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$14K$14K$0$0
Management feesLn 11a$0$0$0$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0$0$0$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$1K$1K$0$0
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0$0$0$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0$0$0$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$0$0$0$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$0$0$0$0
Office expensesLn 13$505$505$0$0
Information technologyLn 14$3K$3K$0$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0$0$0$0
OccupancyLn 16$5K$5K$0$0
TravelLn 17$36$36$0$0
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0$0$0$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0$0$0$0
InterestLn 20$33K$33K$0$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0$0$0$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$21K$21K$0$0
InsuranceLn 23$11K$11K$0$0
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$3K$3K$0$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$277K$277K$0$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $981K$688K$293K$1.3M 990 PDF
FY2024 $880K$737K$143K$951K 990 PDF
FY2023 $856K$805K$51K$807K 990 PDF
FY2022 $605K$619K−$15K$753K 990 PDF
FY2021 Viewing $334K$277K$57K$778K 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 FY2021 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $334,338 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $79,995$86,780
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $532,970$247,289
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $278$269
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $613,243$334,338
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $346,143$199,190
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $276,201$78,226
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $622,344$277,416
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$9,101$56,922
Part VI · Governance 39 of 45 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body45
VI-1b Independent voting members39
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 $334,338 across 15 lines filed
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$0
VIII-1b Membership dues$0
VIII-1c Fundraising events$0
VIII-1d Related organizations$0
VIII-1e Government grants$71,360
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$15,420
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$0
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$86,780
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $247,289 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$247,289
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $269 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$269
VIII-5 RoyaltiesRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsUnrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $247,558 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$334,338
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $277,416 across 30 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $0$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $0$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $0$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for membersPrograms $0$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-6 Pay of disqualified personsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $162,901 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$162,901
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $4,674 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$4,674
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $17,438 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$17,438
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $14,177 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$14,177
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $1,455 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$1,455
IX-11d Lobbying feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $0$0
IX-11f Investment management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $505 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$505
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $3,379 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$3,379
IX-15 RoyaltiesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $5,046 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$5,046
IX-17 TravelPrograms $36 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$36
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officialsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-20 InterestPrograms $32,651 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$32,651
IX-21 Payments to affiliatesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $20,743 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$20,743
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $11,097 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$11,097
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $3,314 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$3,314
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $277,416 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$277,416
Part X · Balance sheet $1,395,952 assets, 20 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $213,819$182,799
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $149,909$233,345
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $0$0
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $0$0
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $0$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $0$0
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $1,000,551$979,808
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $0$0
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $0$0
X-13 Program-related investmentsStart of year $0$0
X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $0$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $1,364,309$1,395,952
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $5,783$2,284
X-18 Grants payableStart of year $0$0
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $0$0
X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $0$0
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $644,630$618,394
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $719,679$777,558
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,364,309$1,395,952
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $777,558 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$334,338
XI-2 Total expenses$277,416
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$56,922
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$719,679
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$0
XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities$0
XI-7 Investment expenses$0
XI-8 Prior period adjustments$957
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$777,558

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