Pluralistic Schools INC: FY2020 Nonprofit Profile & Form 990 (EIN 95-2703050)

Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020	$9.7M
FY2021	$10.4M
FY2022	$11.2M
FY2023	$10.0M
FY2024	$10.3M
FY2025	$10.1M

Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020	$8.9M
FY2021	$8.9M
FY2022	$9.2M
FY2023	$10.5M
FY2024	$10.7M
FY2025	$11.0M

Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020	$35.0M
FY2021	$42.1M
FY2022	$38.1M
FY2023	$39.3M
FY2024	$41.2M
FY2025	$43.6M

Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Feb 1972.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

69 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

69%

26%

Program services 69% · $6.1M Management & general 26% · $2.3M Fundraising 5% · $417K

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

25 people listed on the 990; $1.7M 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

Joel M Pelcyger

Head of School

$640,750Pt VII · Sec A

Alan L Ball

Dir of Institutional Advancement

$185,544Pt VII · Sec A

Nancy N Harding

Asst. Head for Teaching and Learning

$181,044Pt VII · Sec A

Marguerite S Rosenfeld

Dir of Finance and Operations

$167,660Pt VII · Sec A

Thomas J Harney

Dir of Finance and Operations

$156,717Pt VII · Sec A

Elizabeth S Kemp

Dir of Admissions

$119,569Pt VII · Sec A

Amanda Perla

Dir of Communications

$117,427Pt VII · Sec A

Genevieve Mow

Child Development Specialist

$108,544Pt VII · Sec A

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

Name	FY2025	FY2024	FY2023	FY2022	FY2021	FY2020
Joel Pelcyger End 063022	—	—	$1,011,752	—	—	—
Joel M Pelcyger	—	—	—	$665,750	$640,750	$640,750
Susannah Wolf	$472,140	—	—	—	—	—
Susannah Wolf Start 07123	—	$260,594	—	—	—	—
Deirdre Gainor	$222,180	—	—	—	—	—
Alan Ball	$202,250	—	—	—	—	—
Alan L Ball	—	$197,315	$192,373	$190,576	$185,544	$185,544
Nancy N Harding	—	$197,073	$194,500	$189,500	$181,044	$181,044

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
Loans to or from officersSch L · Pt II1 listed

Programs and updates

Educates elementary students in kindergarten through sixth grade.

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1 program · $6.1M · in their own filed words · FY2019

01

During the 2019-20 academic year, the school provided elementary school education to approximately 220 students in grades kindergarten through sixth.

$6.1Mprogram 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 · FY2024

Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management INCFY2024$51K

California Community FoundationFY2024$30K

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundFY2024$26K

National Philanthropic TrustFY2024$25K

American Online Giving Foundation INCFY2024$21K

Charities Aid Foundation AmericaFY2024$8K

Ground Breakers INCFY2024$1K

Total grants receivedfrom 7 funders$162K

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Grants paid · 6 grants · $9.4M · 2019–2024

Unitemized GrantFY2024$1,883,950

Unitemized GrantFY2023$1,918,812

Unitemized GrantFY2022$1,390,429

Unitemized GrantFY2021$1,440,300

Unitemized GrantFY2020$1,440,390

Unitemized GrantFY2019$1,349,027

By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

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1The main four

Money inPt VIII

$9.7M

Ln 12

Fees for servicesLn 2g$8.0M

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$969K

Investment incomeLn 3$665K

Money outPt IX

$8.9M

Ln 25

Programscol B$6.1M

Managementcol C$2.3M

Fundraisingcol D$417K

Owns and owesPt X

$35.0M

net assets · Ln 32

Cash and savingsLn 1–2$2.1M

Total assetsLn 16$39.5M

LiabilitiesLn 26$4.4M

PeoplePt VI, VII

25

listed · VII A

PaidVII A9

Voting boardVI 1a18

IndependentVI 1b16

2In more detail

Revenue in detailPt VIII

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$969K

Noncash giftsLn 1g$16K

Fees for servicesLn 2g$8.0M

Investment incomeLn 3$665K

Other incomeLn 4–11$54K

Total revenueLn 12$9.7M

Assets in detailPt X, end of year

CashLn 1$1.1M

SavingsLn 2$1.1M

Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$2.1M

InvestmentsLn 11–13$22.6M

Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$14.0M

Other assetsLn 15$481K

Total assetsLn 16$39.5M

LiabilitiesLn 26$4.4M

Net assetsLn 32$35.0M

OperationsPt I, VI

EmployeesI 561

VolunteersI 6130

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

Line	Start FY20	End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2	$1.8M	$2.1M
InvestmentsLn 11–13	$20.3M	$22.6M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c	$14.4M	$14.0M
Total assetsLn 16	$37.4M	$39.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26	$3.7M	$4.4M
Net assetsLn 32	$33.8M	$35.0M

4Every line

Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line

Line	Total	Programs	Management	Fundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2	$1.3M	$1.3M
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5	$942K	$401K	$475K	$67K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7	$3.7M	$2.7M	$880K	$150K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8	$209K	$159K	$40K	$10K
Other employee benefitsLn 9	$672K	$356K	$293K	$23K
Payroll taxesLn 10	$283K	$203K	$67K	$14K
Legal feesLn 11b	$7K		$7K
Accounting feesLn 11c	$28K		$28K
Investment management feesLn 11f	$35K		$35K
Advertising and promotionLn 12	$87K		$87K
Information technologyLn 14	$105K	$82K	$14K	$9K
OccupancyLn 16	$290K	$228K	$58K	$4K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19	$36K	$29K	$5K	$2K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22	$508K	$400K	$101K	$7K
InsuranceLn 23	$81K	$22K	$56K	$3K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24	$450K	$163K	$162K	$125K
All other expensesLn 24e	$72K	$31K	$39K	$2K
Total functional expensesLn 25	$8.9M	$6.1M	$2.3M	$417K

Filing history

Year	Money in	Money out	In minus out	Net assets	Download
FY2025 Latest	$10.1M	$11.0M	−$846K	$43.6M	990 PDF
FY2024	$10.3M	$10.7M	−$425K	$41.2M	990 PDF
FY2023	$10.0M	$10.5M	−$577K	$39.3M	990 PDF
FY2022	$11.2M	$9.2M	$2.0M	$38.1M	990 PDF
FY2021	$10.4M	$8.9M	$1.6M	$42.1M	990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing	$9.7M	$8.9M	$791K	$35.0M	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 I · Summary $9,673,213 revenue, 12 lines filed

I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $994,022$968,618

I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $7,872,291$7,985,177

I-10 Investment incomePrior year $698,648$665,280

I-11 Other revenuePrior year $81,742$54,138

I-12 Total revenuePrior year $9,646,703$9,673,213

I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $1,303,523$1,349,027

I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0

I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $5,306,307$5,833,696

I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0

I-17 Other expensesPrior year $1,821,705$1,699,273

I-18 Total expensesPrior year $8,431,535$8,881,996

I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $1,215,168$791,217

Part VI · Governance 16 of 18 board members independent, no flags

VI-1a Voting members of the governing body18

VI-1b Independent voting members16

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 $9,673,213 across 7 lines filed

VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$968,618

VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$16,420

VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$968,618

VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $7,985,177$7,985,177

VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $665,280$665,280

VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax $54,138$54,138

VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $7,985,177 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $719,418$9,673,213

Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $8,881,996 across 17 lines filed

IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $1,349,027$1,349,027

IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $400,740 · Management $474,940 · Fundraising $66,790$942,470

IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $2,697,477 · Management $880,122 · Fundraising $149,844$3,727,443

IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $159,095 · Management $39,730 · Fundraising $9,815$208,640

IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $355,871 · Management $292,732 · Fundraising $23,047$671,650

IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $202,729 · Management $66,967 · Fundraising $13,797$283,493

IX-11b Legal feesManagement $7,156$7,156

IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $27,900$27,900

IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $34,863$34,863

IX-12 Advertising and promotionManagement $86,563$86,563

IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $82,099 · Management $13,683 · Fundraising $9,473$105,255

IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $228,056 · Management $57,563 · Fundraising $4,223$289,842

IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $28,811 · Management $4,980 · Fundraising $1,778$35,569

IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $400,045 · Management $100,974 · Fundraising $7,408$508,427

IX-23 InsurancePrograms $21,893 · Management $55,948 · Fundraising $3,243$81,084

IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $163,049 · Management $162,178 · Fundraising $125,228$450,455

IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $30,979 · Management $38,904 · Fundraising $2,276$72,159

IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $6,119,871 · Management $2,345,203 · Fundraising $416,922$8,881,996

Part X · Balance sheet $39,469,761 assets, 17 lines filed

Asset lines not itemized here account for $74,713; see the IRS return.

X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $393,930$1,064,244

X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $1,401,459$1,051,602

X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $123,519$115,104

X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $3,000$42,877

X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $91,529$31,102

X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $14,402,347$14,020,486

X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $20,285,083$22,588,245

X-15 Other assetsStart of year $661,993$481,388

X-16 Total assetsStart of year $37,437,573$39,469,761

X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $357,880$788,345

X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $3,311,592$2,815,516

X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payable$818,300

X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $3,669,472$4,422,161

X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $33,709,107$34,870,161

X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $58,994$177,439

X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $33,768,101$35,047,600

X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $37,437,573$39,469,761

Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $35,047,600 net assets at year end

XI-1 Total revenue$9,673,213

XI-2 Total expenses$8,881,996

XI-3 Revenue less expenses$791,217

XI-4 Net assets at start of year$33,768,101

XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$488,282

XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0

XI-10 Net assets at end of year$35,047,600

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2020 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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