Sea Crest School INC FY2020 filing

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Half Moon Bay, CA501(c)(3)Since 1996EducationEIN 94-3250488

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Sea Crest School is dedicated to providing the best in innovative education (continues sch o) (continues from page 1) to inspire and empower our learners to engage curiosity, express creativity, act with compassion and lead with courage.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
67¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$690K 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
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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 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $301K a year · 4% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
67%
of spending
Fine: 67% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$690K
to officers and key staff · 13% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 13% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
13 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 13.0 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
$6.4M
56% of total assets
Fine: liabilities are 56% of assets; 50% to 65%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
16
of 16 voting members
Looks good: 16 of 16 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$5.4M
Spent
$5.4M
To programs
67%
Net assets
$5.0M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$5.4M
FY2020
Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$5.4M
FY2021$5.7M
FY2022$7.1M
FY2023$8.5M
FY2024$9.5M
FY2025$10.7M
Expenses
$5.4M
FY2020
Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$5.4M
FY2021$5.7M
FY2022$6.7M
FY2023$8.3M
FY2024$9.1M
FY2025$9.9M
Net assets
$5.0M
FY2020
Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$5.0M
FY2021$5.5M
FY2022$5.8M
FY2023$6.0M
FY2024$6.5M
FY2025$7.4M

From the FY2020 Form 990 (year ending June 2020) · 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 Jul 1997.

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Where the money goes

67 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 67% · $3.6M Management & general 30% · $1.6M Fundraising 3% · $158K

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; $690K 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 (to 6/30/20)
$290,013Pt VII · Sec A
Director of Advancement
$115,730Pt VII · Sec A
Director of Lower School
$110,814Pt VII · Sec A
Director of Middle School
$103,197Pt VII · Sec A
Dir. of Fin. & Oper. (fr 7/1/19)
$70,240Pt VII · Sec A
Trustee
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Lauren Miller’s $385K as Head of School is at the 78th 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

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Lauren Miller$385,484$369,014$344,109$284,500$131,083—
Tekakwitha Pernambuco-Wise————$159,909$290,013
Jacquie Cuvelier$169,761$152,274$141,057$164,430$149,430$70,240
Michelle Giacotto$156,595$143,980$132,980$125,081$116,564$110,814
Mishel Gantz$153,257—————
Leslie Richardson$148,396$125,127$114,128———
Morgan Pierce$123,794$137,105$127,830———
Ambar Pina$132,251$128,205$122,695$122,295$119,135$115,730

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

Inspires and empowers learners through innovative education, fostering curiosity, creativity, compassion, and courage.

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2 programs · $3.6M · in their own filed words · FY2019
01

Sea crest school, inc. (the "school"), founded in 1996, is an accredited, non-sectarian independent school located in half moon bay, california. The school provides quality education to approximately 225 students from junior kindergarten through eighth grade.

$3.6Mprogram expense
02

Auxiliary services provide extended day programs for athletics, art, music, innovation and other enrichment programs, supervised by extended day program teachers and coaches.

$26Kprogram 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 · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$1K

By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$5.4M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$4.8M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$479K
Investment incomeLn 3$53K
Money outPt IX
$5.4M
Ln 25
Programscol B$3.6M
Managementcol C$1.6M
Fundraisingcol D$158K
Owns and owesPt X
$5.0M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$5.9M
Total assetsLn 16$11.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$6.4M
PeoplePt VI, VII
21
listed · VII A
PaidVII A5
Voting boardVI 1a16
IndependentVI 1b16
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$479K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$34K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$65K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$4.8M
Investment incomeLn 3$53K
Other incomeLn 4–11$33K
Total revenueLn 12$5.4M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$146K
SavingsLn 2$5.7M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$5.9M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$47K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$5.3M
Total assetsLn 16$11.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$6.4M
Net assetsLn 32$5.0M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 577
VolunteersI 6225
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$5.6M$5.9M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$44K$47K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$5.1M$5.3M
Total assetsLn 16$10.9M$11.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$6.0M$6.4M
Net assetsLn 32$4.9M$5.0M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$649K$649K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$476K$32K$396K$48K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$2.3M$1.9M$353K$57K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$156K$125K$25K$6K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$302K$243K$49K$10K
Payroll taxesLn 10$210K$150K$51K$10K
Legal feesLn 11b$19K$19K
Accounting feesLn 11c$37K$37K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$43K$9K$34K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$8K$8K
Office expensesLn 13$10K$10K
Information technologyLn 14$6K$6K
OccupancyLn 16$235K$38K$197K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$47K$16K$30K
InterestLn 20$121K$121K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$351K$239K$112K
InsuranceLn 23$106K$47K$59K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$297K$136K$135K$26K
Total functional expensesLn 25$5.4M$3.6M$1.6M$158K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $10.7M$9.9M$829K$7.4M 990 PDF
FY2024 $9.5M$9.1M$373K$6.5M 990 PDF
FY2023 $8.5M$8.3M$237K$6.0M 990 PDF
FY2022 $7.1M$6.7M$401K$5.8M 990 PDF
FY2021 $5.7M$5.7M−$7K$5.5M 990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing $5.4M$5.4M−$29K$5.0M 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
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Part VIII · Statement of revenue $5,372,159 across 10 lines filed
VIII-1c Fundraising events$64,711
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$413,894
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$34,344
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$478,605
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $4,808,385$4,808,385
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $52,549$52,549
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossExcluded from tax $29,845$29,845
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$0
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $2,775$2,775
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $4,808,385 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $85,169$5,372,159
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $5,401,182 across 18 lines filed
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $648,996$648,996
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $31,878 · Management $396,369 · Fundraising $47,818$476,065
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $1,919,865 · Management $352,781 · Fundraising $57,375$2,330,021
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $124,843 · Management $24,933 · Fundraising $6,418$156,194
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $242,799 · Management $48,652 · Fundraising $10,287$301,738
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $149,513 · Management $50,622 · Fundraising $9,771$209,906
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $18,917$18,917
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $37,034$37,034
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $8,815 · Management $33,799$42,614
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $8,391$8,391
IX-13 Office expensesManagement $9,657$9,657
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $5,598$5,598
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $38,020 · Management $196,571$234,591
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $16,290 · Management $30,228$46,518
IX-20 InterestManagement $120,754$120,754
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $238,955 · Management $112,014$350,969
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $47,123 · Management $58,746$105,869
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $135,827 · Management $135,230 · Fundraising $26,293$297,350
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $3,616,913 · Management $1,626,307 · Fundraising $157,962$5,401,182
Part X · Balance sheet $11,357,198 assets, 17 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $107,490$146,287
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $5,503,632$5,722,511
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $103,347$14,389
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $31,812$46,838
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $90,394$55,117
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $5,052,329$5,325,351
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $44,411$46,705
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $10,933,415$11,357,198
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $256,146$261,233
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $1,746,778$1,725,492
X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $3,985,064$3,882,950
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payable$498,000
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $5,987,988$6,367,675
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $4,174,614$4,934,920
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $770,813$54,603
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $4,945,427$4,989,523
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $10,933,415$11,357,198
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $4,989,523 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$5,372,159
XI-2 Total expenses$5,401,182
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$29,023
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$4,945,427
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$73,119
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$4,989,523

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