Seagull Schools INC FY2020 filing

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Seagull Schools provides children an exceptional start to their educational journey. We do this in partnership with our learning community (families, students, teachers, kupuna) by: Ensuring we use nationally-recognized best practices in early childhood learning and care. Learning through play and having fun! Providing affordable, accessible educational opportunities of the highest quality. Recognizing individual needs and interests to create personalized learning opportunities. Building connections and engaging with our local community.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
91¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$203K 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
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
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
5 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $1.9M a year · 16% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 5 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
91%
of spending
Looks good: 91% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$203K
to officers and key staff · 2% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 2% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
4 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 4.5 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $173
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$6.1M
35% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 35% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
12
of 12 voting members
Looks good: 12 of 12 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$8.7M
Spent
$10.1M
To programs
91%
Net assets
$11.3M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$8.7M
FY2020
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$8.7M
FY2021$8.6M
FY2022$12.5M
FY2023$13.6M
FY2024$14.7M
FY2025$13.9M
Expenses
$10.1M
FY2020
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$10.1M
FY2021$7.9M
FY2022$8.6M
FY2023$10.0M
FY2024$11.7M
FY2025$12.5M
Net assets
$11.3M
FY2020
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$11.3M
FY2021$12.0M
FY2022$15.9M
FY2023$19.5M
FY2024$22.5M
FY2025$23.9M

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 Jan 1974.

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Where the money goes

91 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 91% · $9.2M Management & general 7% · $747K Fundraising 2% · $154K

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

15 people listed on the 990; $203K 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
$168,205Pt VII · Sec A
$17,499Pt VII · Sec A
$17,380Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Megan McCorriston’s $185K as CEO is at the 30th 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 · 3 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Megan McCorriston$184,746$189,533$197,416$174,836$179,993$168,205
Julie Upton$138,478$125,083$135,720$113,788$105,642$17,380
Peter Heimerdinger$112,707$100,837$114,133$93,105$81,732$17,499

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 · $9.2M · in their own filed words · FY2019
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Operated five childcare centers and an elderly care center, all of which closed temporarily due to COVID-19, and re-opened in the may of 2020. The only exception is the elderly care facility. This program is suspended for safety reasons and a re-opening date is being planned in the future. Food services were provided at each facility.

$9.2Mprogram 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 · FY2023
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$173

Federal money

Single Audit · Federal Audit Clearinghouse · money spent from federal programs
Year ending Jun 2025 · $1.7M federal money spent
Child Care and Development Block GrantDepartment of Health and Human Services · ALN 93.575 · Through State of Hawaii Department of Human Services (dhs)$1.3M
Child and Adult Care Food ProgramDepartment of Agriculture · ALN 10.558 · Direct$386K

The auditor reported no findings.

Year ending Jun 2024 · $1.8M federal money spent
Child Care and Development Block GrantDepartment of Health and Human Services · ALN 93.575 · Through State of Hawaii Department of Human Service (dhs)$1.4M
Child and Adult Care Food ProgramDepartment of Agriculture · ALN 10.558 · Direct$369K

The auditor reported no findings.

Year ending Jun 2023 · $4.5M federal money spent
Child Care and Development Block GrantDepartment of Health and Human Services · ALN 93.575 · Through State of Hawaii Department of Health and Human Services (dhs)$4.2M
Child and Adult Care Food ProgramDepartment of Agriculture · ALN 10.558 · Direct$351K

The auditor reported no findings.

Year ending Jun 2021 · $1.3M federal money spent
Coronavirus Capital Projects Fund ProgramDepartment of the Treasury · ALN 21.029 · Through Hawaii Community Foundation$919K
Child and Adult Care Food ProgramDepartment of Agriculture · ALN 10.558 · Through Hawaii Department of Education$230K
Child Care and Development Block GrantDepartment of Health and Human Services · ALN 93.575 · Through Hawaii Department of Human Services$152K

The auditor reported no findings.

By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$8.7M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$8.2M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$411K
Investment incomeLn 3$25K
Money outPt IX
$10.1M
Ln 25
Programscol B$9.2M
Managementcol C$747K
Fundraisingcol D$154K
Owns and owesPt X
$11.3M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$3.7M
Total assetsLn 16$17.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$6.1M
PeoplePt VI, VII
15
listed · VII A
PaidVII A3
Voting boardVI 1a12
IndependentVI 1b12
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$411K
Government grantsLn 1e$283K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$8.2M
Investment incomeLn 3$25K
Other incomeLn 4–11$24K
Total revenueLn 12$8.7M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$2.6M
SavingsLn 2$1.2M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$3.7M
Accounts receivableLn 4$111K
Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesLn 9$98K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$13.5M
Total assetsLn 16$17.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$6.1M
Net assetsLn 32$11.3M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5181
VolunteersI 630
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$3.6M$3.7M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$13.9M$13.5M
Total assetsLn 16$17.8M$17.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$4.9M$6.1M
Net assetsLn 32$12.8M$11.3M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$189K$99K$72K$17K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$5.4M$4.9M$382K$97K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$1.3M$1.2M$88K$22K
Payroll taxesLn 10$412K$352K$49K$12K
Accounting feesLn 11c$43K$43K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$122K$96K$26K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$16K$16K
Office expensesLn 13$255K$235K$20K
Information technologyLn 14$50K$47K$4K
OccupancyLn 16$222K$185K$37K
TravelLn 17$20K$12K$7K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$7K$3K$4K
InterestLn 20$145K$145K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$445K$445K
InsuranceLn 23$59K$58K$2K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$1.2M$1.1M$6K$6K
All other expensesLn 24e$217K$210K$7K
Total functional expensesLn 25$10.1M$9.2M$747K$154K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 LatestFiled with the IRS May 13, 2026 $13.9M$12.5M$1.4M$23.9M 990 PDF
FY2024Filed with the IRS May 15, 2025 $14.7M$11.7M$3.0M$22.5M 990 PDF
FY2023Filed with the IRS May 15, 2024 $13.6M$10.0M$3.6M$19.5M 990 PDF
FY2022Filed with the IRS May 15, 2023 $12.5M$8.6M$3.9M$15.9M 990 PDF
FY2021Filed with the IRS May 16, 2022 $8.6M$7.9M$723K$12.0M 990 PDF
FY2020 ViewingFiled with the IRS May 14, 2021 $8.7M$10.1M−$1.4M$11.3M 990 PDF

Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support J · Pay O · Explanations
See the full FY2020 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $8,688,300 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $475,896$410,832
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $9,551,575$8,228,618
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $50,740$24,619
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $31,639$24,231
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $10,109,850$8,688,300
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 $7,471,240$7,321,247
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $2,992,242$2,755,625
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $10,463,482$10,076,872
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$353,632−$1,388,572
Part VI · Governance 12 of 12 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body12
VI-1b Independent voting members12
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 $8,688,300 across 9 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$282,976
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$127,856
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$410,832
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $8,228,618$8,228,618
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $24,619$24,619
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossExcluded from tax $8,000$8,000
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax $15,057$15,057
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $1,174$1,174
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $8,228,618 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $48,850$8,688,300
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $10,076,872 across 17 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $99,411 · Management $72,385 · Fundraising $16,820$188,616
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $4,924,500 · Management $382,373 · Fundraising $96,869$5,403,742
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $1,206,707 · Management $87,841 · Fundraising $21,960$1,316,508
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $351,746 · Management $48,508 · Fundraising $12,127$412,381
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $43,261$43,261
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $96,221 · Management $26,071$122,292
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $15,549$15,549
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $235,023 · Management $20,257$255,280
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $46,677 · Management $3,695$50,372
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $185,030 · Management $37,085$222,115
IX-17 TravelPrograms $12,454 · Management $7,252$19,706
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $2,964 · Management $4,266$7,230
IX-20 InterestPrograms $144,547$144,547
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $444,643$444,643
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $57,677 · Management $1,707$59,384
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $1,143,138 · Management $5,689 · Fundraising $5,820$1,154,647
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $210,008 · Management $6,591$216,599
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $9,176,295 · Management $746,981 · Fundraising $153,596$10,076,872
Part X · Balance sheet $17,415,353 assets, 15 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $700,354$2,594,928
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $2,884,480$1,150,374
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $251,942$111,333
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $78,178$97,532
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $13,856,854$13,461,186
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $17,771,808$17,415,353
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $381,758$519,219
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $337,647$111,938
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $3,436,977$3,334,172
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $773,350$2,136,991
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $4,929,732$6,102,320
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $12,776,276$11,255,269
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $65,800$57,764
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $12,842,076$11,313,033
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $17,771,808$17,415,353
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $11,313,033 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$8,688,300
XI-2 Total expenses$10,076,872
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$1,388,572
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$12,842,076
XI-8 Prior period adjustments−$140,471
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$11,313,033

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