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Oakwood School FY2023 filing

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N Hollywood, CA501(c)(3)Since 1951EducationEIN 95-1698608Revenue $46.0M in FY2023

On file with the IRSoakwoodschool.org11600 Magnolia Blvd, 91601-3015 · N Hollywood, CATax-exempt since Sep 1952School — 170(b)(1)(A)(ii)

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In lieu of a mission statement, Oakwood School has adopted a statement of philosophy. See schedule o for details.in summary, Oakwood school's statement of philosophy states that IT intends an Oakwood education:1. To guide students toward mastery in their academic, artistic, and athletic endeavors2. To spark passion3. To cultivate depth of character4. To help students gain self-knowledge5. To foster a sense of community

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
81¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$2.1M 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 $4.2M a year · 9% 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
81%
of spending
Looks good: 81% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$2.1M
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
Cash reserves
3 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 2.9 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
14
named funders · $1.1M
Looks good: 14 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$32.9M
25% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 25% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
27
of 27 voting members
Looks good: 27 of 27 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$46.0M
+5% vs prior year
Spent
$45.5M
To programs
81%
Net assets
$100.0M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$46.0M
FY2023▲ +5%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$40.0M
FY2021$40.5M
FY2022$43.7M
FY2023$46.0M
FY2024$54.9M
FY2025$57.6M
Expenses
$45.5M
FY2023▲ +10%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$36.0M
FY2021$36.9M
FY2022$41.5M
FY2023$45.5M
FY2024$47.4M
FY2025$50.3M
Net assets
$100.0M
FY2023▲ +7%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$81.8M
FY2021$96.2M
FY2022$93.5M
FY2023$100.0M
FY2024$112.8M
FY2025$125.9M

From the FY2023 Form 990 (year ending June 2023) · 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 1952.

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Where the money goes

81 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 81% · $37.0M Management & general 14% · $6.5M Fundraising 4% · $2.0M

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

35 people listed on the 990; $2.1M paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2022); the FY2023 filing did not itemize Part VII
Jaime a Dominguez
Head of School
$621,461Pt VII · Sec A
Christopher B Thomas
Chief Operating Officer
$320,476Pt VII · Sec A
Karen M Bowland
Dir of Finance
$216,975Pt VII · Sec A
Craig D Arteaga-Johnson
Senior Advancement Strategist
$191,603Pt VII · Sec A
Wendy J Weicker
Director of Support Services
$183,406Pt VII · Sec A
Denise F Ross
Principal, Elementary School
$179,615Pt VII · Sec A
David E Hammett
Mathematics Dept Chair
$168,389Pt VII · Sec A
William L Tift JR
Principal, High School
$168,342Pt VII · Sec A

Jaime a Dominguez’s $732K as Head of School is at the 96th 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
Jaime a Dominguez$732,194$707,232$621,461$566,746$549,567$279,044
James a Astman PHD———$232,254$232,433$440,648
Christopher B Thomas$353,983$340,465$320,476$301,531$290,411$279,240
Karen M Bowland$239,963$226,825$216,975$207,404$199,953$192,687
Craig D Arteaga-Johnson$209,144$200,166$191,603———
Wendy J Weicker$198,021$193,897$183,406———
Denise F Ross$196,719$187,888$179,615———
Angelique M Hardy$192,401$178,521————

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 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Provides elementary and secondary education to students.

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1 program · $37.0M · in their own filed words · FY2022
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Oakwood school provides elementary and secondary educational services that are rich in the arts, sciences and humanities, and challenging to its students' creative and intellectual capacities.

$37.0Mprogram 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 · funders on record
Grants received · FY2024
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundFY2024$450K
American Gift FundFY2024$225K
Donor Advised Charitable Giving INCFY2024$76K
American Online Giving Foundation INCFY2024$72K
Santa Barbara FoundationFY2024$60K
Vanguard Charitable Endowment ProgramFY2024$51K
American Endowment FoundationFY2024$49K
Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust INCFY2024$31K
Total grants receivedfrom 14 funders$1.1M
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By the numbers

The FY2023 990, line by line.

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1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$46.0M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$41.5M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$3.2M
Other incomeLn 4–11$768K
Money outPt IX
$45.5M
Ln 25
Programscol B$37.0M
Managementcol C$6.5M
Fundraisingcol D$2.0M
Owns and owesPt X
$100.0M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$11.0M
Total assetsLn 16$132.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$32.9M
PeoplePt VI, VII
35
listed · VII A
PaidVII A8
Voting boardVI 1a27
IndependentVI 1b27
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$3.2M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$188K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$60K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$41.5M
Investment incomeLn 3$647K
Other incomeLn 4–11$768K
Gains on assetsLn 7−$20K
Total revenueLn 12$46.0M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$58
SavingsLn 2$11.0M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$11.0M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$71.5M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$42.9M
Other assetsLn 15$6.1M
Total assetsLn 16$132.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$32.9M
Net assetsLn 32$100.0M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5410
VolunteersI 6150
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 FY23End FY23
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$23.0M$11.0M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$53.5M$71.5M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$42.9M$42.9M
Total assetsLn 16$129.3M$132.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$35.8M$32.9M
Net assetsLn 32$93.5M$100.0M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$5.1M$5.1M
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$2.0M$628K$1.2M$141K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$19.2M$15.6M$2.5M$1.1M
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$979K$798K$121K$60K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$3.5M$2.9M$479K$154K
Payroll taxesLn 10$1.5M$1.2M$226K$82K
Legal feesLn 11b$37K$37K
Accounting feesLn 11c$86K$86K
Investment management feesLn 11f$217K$217K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$637K$607K$18K$12K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$283K$78K$205K
Office expensesLn 13$386K$6K$315K$65K
Information technologyLn 14$899K$864K$27K$8K
OccupancyLn 16$1.3M$1.2M$36K$25K
TravelLn 17$6K$6K
InterestLn 20$212K$202K$6K$4K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$2.6M$2.5M$72K$50K
InsuranceLn 23$299K$285K$8K$6K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$4.4M$4.3M$51K$21K
All other expensesLn 24e$1.9M$888K$981K$33K
Total functional expensesLn 25$45.5M$37.0M$6.5M$2.0M

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $57.6M$50.3M$7.3M$125.9M 990 PDF
FY2024 $54.9M$47.4M$7.4M$112.8M 990 PDF
FY2023 Viewing $46.0M$45.5M$578K$100.0M 990 PDF
FY2022 $43.7M$41.5M$2.3M$93.5M 990 PDF
FY2021 $40.5M$36.9M$3.6M$96.2M 990 PDF
FY2020 $40.0M$36.0M$4.0M$81.8M 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 FY2023 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $46,047,137 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $4,071,500$3,172,612
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $39,252,144$41,459,150
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $148,494$647,438
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $247,081$767,937
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $43,719,219$46,047,137
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $4,812,018$5,090,660
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $25,121,683$27,157,965
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $9,500$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $11,525,816$13,220,529
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $41,469,017$45,469,154
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $2,250,202$577,983
Part VI · Governance 27 of 27 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body27
VI-1b Independent voting members27
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 $46,047,137 across 10 lines filed
VIII-1c Fundraising events$60,345
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$3,112,267
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$188,321
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$3,172,612
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $41,459,150$41,459,150
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $667,113$667,113
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossExcluded from tax $239,615$239,615
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax −$19,675−$19,675
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax $528,322$528,322
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $41,459,150 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $1,415,375$46,047,137
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $45,469,154 across 20 lines filed
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $5,090,660$5,090,660
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $628,315 · Management $1,190,356 · Fundraising $140,751$1,959,422
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $15,570,486 · Management $2,509,704 · Fundraising $1,121,729$19,201,919
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $798,307 · Management $120,607 · Fundraising $60,025$978,939
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $2,903,770 · Management $478,532 · Fundraising $153,712$3,536,014
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $1,173,822 · Management $225,953 · Fundraising $81,896$1,481,671
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $36,776$36,776
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $86,064$86,064
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $216,734$216,734
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $607,082 · Management $17,710 · Fundraising $12,231$637,023
IX-12 Advertising and promotionManagement $77,850 · Fundraising $205,418$283,268
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $5,646 · Management $314,878 · Fundraising $65,414$385,938
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $864,106 · Management $27,059 · Fundraising $7,821$898,986
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $1,226,818 · Management $35,752 · Fundraising $24,847$1,287,417
IX-17 TravelManagement $5,607$5,607
IX-20 InterestPrograms $202,200 · Management $5,898 · Fundraising $4,074$212,172
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $2,462,020 · Management $71,820 · Fundraising $49,602$2,583,442
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $284,561 · Management $8,301 · Fundraising $5,733$298,595
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $4,313,871 · Management $51,485 · Fundraising $21,177$4,386,533
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $887,827 · Management $981,016 · Fundraising $33,131$1,901,974
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $37,019,491 · Management $6,462,102 · Fundraising $1,987,561$45,469,154
Part X · Balance sheet $132,822,875 assets, 19 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $536$58
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $22,990,314$11,046,490
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $48,259$250,925
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $96,224$70,536
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $562,198$966,559
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $42,894,626$42,917,281
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $37,582,885$57,953,036
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $15,904,753$13,552,360
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $9,205,930$6,065,630
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $129,285,725$132,822,875
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $2,924,593$3,040,144
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $18,446,613$18,545,155
X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $5,546,787$4,667,630
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $7,011,642$5,102,240
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $35,798,589$32,859,028
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $80,561,947$85,056,259
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $12,925,189$14,907,588
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $93,487,136$99,963,847
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $129,285,725$132,822,875
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $99,963,847 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$46,047,137
XI-2 Total expenses$45,469,154
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$577,983
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$93,487,136
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$5,898,728
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$99,963,847

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2023 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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