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← OJAI VALLEY SCHOOL

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by OJAI VALLEY SCHOOL.

Totals

Total revenue
$18,772,228
Total expenses
$20,683,926
Contributions and grants received
$2,566,165
Grants paid
$3,580,746
Program service revenue
$16,081,799
Investment income
$2,100
Other revenue
$122,164
Total assets, end of year
$47,404,611
Total liabilities, end of year
$29,997,588
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$17,407,023
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$18,101,925
Management and general expenses
$2,332,038
Fundraising expenses
$249,963
Program service expenses (Part III)
$18,101,925

Program services were 87.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,566,165

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $157,500

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TUITION, BOARD, MISC

    total $16,081,799 · related or exempt $16,081,799

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $572 · excluded $572

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $1,528

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $1,528

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $1,528 · related or exempt $1,528

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $177,142

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $54,978

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $122,164 · excluded $122,164

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $3,580,746 · program services $3,580,746

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $503,873 · program services $411,774 · management and general $80,988 · fundraising $11,111

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $7,669,703 · program services $6,267,825 · management and general $1,232,758 · fundraising $169,120

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $135,915 · program services $269,209 · management and general -$135,198 · fundraising $1,904

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $1,493,527 · program services $1,181,345 · management and general $272,198 · fundraising $39,984

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $602,010 · program services $481,781 · management and general $107,394 · fundraising $12,835

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $899 · management and general $899

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $12,434 · management and general $12,434

  • 20 · Interest

    total $695,819 · program services $509,923 · management and general $185,896

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,380,783 · program services $1,380,783

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,435,725 · program services $1,435,725

  • 24a · Other expenses: UTILITIES

    total $705,771 · program services $705,771

  • 24b · Other expenses: STUDENT ATHLETICS

    total $399,210 · program services $399,210

  • 24c · Other expenses: FOOD SERVICE

    total $396,760 · program services $396,760

  • 24d · Other expenses: MAINTENANCE EXPENSE

    total $287,309 · program services $287,309

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $1,383,442 · program services $793,764 · management and general $574,669 · fundraising $15,009

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,266,057 · end of year $2,538,141

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $225,858 · end of year $573,484

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $2,507,485 · end of year $2,559,703

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $79,816 · end of year $79,816

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $715,219 · end of year $722,002

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $57,439,598

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $19,603,389

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $38,729,657 · end of year $37,836,209

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $2,483,734 · end of year $8,110

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $3,336,651 · end of year $3,087,146

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $273,101 · end of year $178,796

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $14,306,566 · end of year $13,444,516

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $12,834,624 · end of year $14,074,412

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $2,676,504 · end of year $2,299,864

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $16,719,773 · end of year $17,353,402

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,533,909 · end of year $53,621

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

OPERATION OF A BOARDING SCHOOL

  • OPERATION OF A BOARDING AND DAY SCHOOL OFFERING SECONDARY AND COLLEGE PREPARATORY CURRICULUM, GRADES PRE-K TO 12. GRANTED HIGHEST LEVEL OF ACCREDITATION BY WESTERN ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES.

    Expenses $18,101,925

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Gail Ordway

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Kimberly Cluff

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Craig Marcus

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Patricia H Farber

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • James Casey

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Sally McClenahan Dyer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Nicholas Thacher

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • John B Denault III

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Osumane Fofona

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Robert G Cooper

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Gretchen Schuette

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Bob Zheng

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Vahagn Nahabedian

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Andrew Helman

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Katharine Wang

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Lars Kuelling

    HEAD OF SCHOOL

    Total calculated
    $343,063
    From this org
    $297,282
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $45,781
    Hours/week
    0.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $297,282
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $45,781
    Filer's total
    $343,063
  • Tracy Wilson

    ADVANCEMENT DIRECT

    Total calculated
    $213,768
    From this org
    $171,317
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $42,451
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $171,317
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $42,451
    Filer's total
    $213,768
  • Laurie Clark

    HEAD OF LC

    Total calculated
    $209,071
    From this org
    $168,419
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $40,652
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $168,419
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $40,652
    Filer's total
    $209,071
  • Robert Cendejas

    BUSINESS OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $254,892
    From this org
    $206,600
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $48,292
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $206,600
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $48,292
    Filer's total
    $254,892
  • Craig Floyd

    HEAD OF UC

    Total calculated
    $215,475
    From this org
    $172,583
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $42,892
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $172,583
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $42,892
    Filer's total
    $215,475

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 1a · Discretionary spending account
  • 1a · Housing allowance or residence for personal use
  • 1a · Personal services (maid, chauffeur, chef)
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 1A
HOUSING AND MAID SERVICE IS PROVIDED FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF THE EMPLOYER SINCE THE ORGANIZATION IS A BOARDING SCHOOL WITH MINOR CHILDREN ON THE PREMISES AS WELL AS A STABLE WITH HORSES AND A FACILITY FOR WHICH THE EMPLOYEE HAS RESPONSIBILITY FOR SUPERVISING ON A 24/7 AS NEEDED BASIS. CERTAIN EMPLOYEE ARE THEREFORE HOUSED IN SCHOOL OWNED HOUSING ON OR ADJACENT TO THE SCHOOL CAMPUS.

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
14 July 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202611959349302361

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