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← LITTLE RED SCHOOL HOUSE INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by LITTLE RED SCHOOL HOUSE INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$42,603,142
Total expenses
$44,919,086
Contributions and grants received
$3,628,161
Grants paid
$10,358,990
Program service revenue
$37,945,197
Investment income
$644,065
Other revenue
$385,719
Total assets, end of year
$53,006,679
Total liabilities, end of year
$28,319,064
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$24,687,615
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$34,273,666
Management and general expenses
$9,668,402
Fundraising expenses
$977,018
Program service expenses (Part III)
$34,273,666

Program services were 76.3% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $340,837

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $433,825

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,853,499

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $462,609

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TUITION

    total $36,579,049 · related or exempt $36,579,049

  • 2b · Program service revenue: SUMMER CAMP FEES

    total $597,139 · related or exempt $597,139

  • 2c · Program service revenue: AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM

    total $523,456 · related or exempt $523,456

  • 2d · Program service revenue: OTHER FEES

    total $245,553 · related or exempt $245,553

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $466,276 · excluded $466,276

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $367,725

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $367,725

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $367,725 · excluded $367,725

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $4,598,626 · other assets $160,864

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

    securities $4,420,837 · other assets $160,864

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $177,789 · other assets $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $177,789 · excluded $177,789

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $200,435

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $340,837

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $200,435

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS INCOME

    total $16,659 · related or exempt $16,659

  • 11b · Other revenue: BAD DEBT RECOVERIES

    total $1,335 · related or exempt $1,335

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $17,994

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $10,358,990 · program services $10,358,990

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $1,943,111 · program services $1,301,295 · management and general $547,712 · fundraising $94,104

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $17,569,068 · program services $12,346,855 · management and general $4,738,908 · fundraising $483,305

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $1,200,212 · program services $826,999 · management and general $336,585 · fundraising $36,628

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $2,403,738 · program services $1,642,458 · management and general $688,472 · fundraising $72,808

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $1,429,478 · program services $984,974 · management and general $400,880 · fundraising $43,624

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $294,843 · management and general $294,843

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $94,560 · management and general $94,560

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $138,779 · management and general $138,779

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $572,748 · management and general $571,130 · fundraising $1,618

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $395,665 · management and general $266,900 · fundraising $128,765

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $435,055 · program services $435,055

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $1,841,992 · program services $1,291,631 · management and general $507,104 · fundraising $43,257

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $55,089 · program services $30,423 · management and general $24,666

  • 20 · Interest

    total $614,950 · program services $423,728 · management and general $172,455 · fundraising $18,767

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,774,134 · program services $1,222,458 · management and general $497,534 · fundraising $54,142

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $387,874 · management and general $387,874

  • 24a · Other expenses: LUNCHROOM &FOOD SERVICE

    total $1,391,943 · program services $1,391,943

  • 24b · Other expenses: STUDENT ACTIVITY-TRIPS

    total $1,171,241 · program services $1,171,241

  • 24c · Other expenses: CLASSROOM SUPPLIES

    total $471,845 · program services $471,845

  • 24d · Other expenses: SUMMER CAMP SUPPLIES

    total $330,938 · program services $330,938

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $42,833 · program services $42,833

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $3,000 · end of year $3,000

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $2,329,137 · end of year $2,563,721

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,807,557 · end of year $1,628,859

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $224,592 · end of year $51,930

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $715,027 · end of year $427,926

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

    $53,039,478

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

    $31,632,455

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $22,036,163 · end of year $21,407,023

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $23,097,415 · end of year $24,374,562

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $1,182,169 · end of year $1,224,593

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,497,678 · end of year $1,325,065

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $2,483,737 · end of year $2,881,692

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $11,792,733 · end of year $12,470,841

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    beginning of year $7,675,637 · end of year $7,531,745

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $3,988,013 · end of year $3,920,127

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $1,863,170 · end of year $1,514,659

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $21,906,048 · end of year -$366,384

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,183,400 · end of year $25,053,999

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

SEE SCHEDULE OA LEADER IN PROGRESSIVE EDUCATION SINCE 1921, LREI TEACHES CHILDREN TO BE INDEPENDENT THINKERS WHO WORK TOGETHER TO SOLVE COMPLEX PROBLEMS. STUDENTS GRADUATE FROM OUR DIVERSE COMMUNITY AS ACTIVE PARTICIPANTS IN OUR DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY, WITH THE CREATIVITY, INTEGRITY, AND COURAGE TO BRING MEANINGFUL CHANGE TO THE WORLD.

  • AT LREI (LITTLE RED SCHOOL HOUSE & ELISABETH IRWIN HIGH SCHOOL) WE UNDERSTAND THAT STUDENTS LEARN BEST WHEN THEY ARE ENGAGED. OUR PROGRESSIVE PROGRAM IS ROOTED IN A FUNDAMENTAL LOVE OF LEARNING AND A CONNECTION TO THE REAL WORLD. OUR TEACHERS, EXPERTS IN THEIR FIELDS, ENCOURAGE CHILDREN TO USE THEIR CURIOSITY, COMPASSION AND IMAGINATION TO THINK DEEPLY AND TO PARTICIPATE IN FINDING SOLUTIONS TO REAL PROBLEMS. (SEE SCHEDULE O FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION) WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE WORLD AROUND US PARTICULARLY OUR EVER VIBRANT HOME, NEW YORK CITY IS THE BEST PLACE TO LEARN. YOU'LL FIND OUR STUDENTS ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT GREEN DESIGN AT THE HIGH LINE, FILMING A DOCUMENTARY ON CONEY ISLAND'S BOARDWALK AND VOLUNTEERING AT THE LOCAL FOOD PANTRY WE'VE PARTNERED WITH FOR YEARS. WE PROVIDE A RICH AND CHALLENGING PROGRESSIVE PROGRAM FOR BRIGHT, INQUISITIVE STUDENTS WHO BRING A RANGE OF ABILITIES AND INTERESTS TO THEIR COLLECTIVE STUDY OF THE WORLD. OUR SCHOOL IS A COMMUNITY BUILT ON UNDERSTANDING AND RESPECT FOR OTHERS. LIKE NEW YORK CITY, THIS COMMUNITY IS DIVERSE IN EVERY SENSE, WITH A VARIETY OF FAMILY STRUCTURES AND BELIEFS, AS WELL AS OTHER, MORE FAMILIAR DEFINITIONS OF DIVERSITY (RACIAL, ETHNIC, SOCIOECONOMIC, RELIGIOUS). OUR INTERDISCIPLINARY CURRICULUM AND SCHOOLWIDE SOCIAL JUSTICE INITIATIVES PROMOTE UNDERSTANDING OF MANY CULTURES. AS INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IS ENCOURAGED AND REWARDED, OUR PROGRAM UNDERSCORES THE VALUE OF SHARED GOALS AND COOPERATION IN MASTERING DIFFICULT TASKS. BY THE TIME LREI STUDENTS GRADUATE, THEY ARE READY TO MAKE THEIR MARKS ON THEIR UNIVERSITY CAMPUSES BECAUSE THEY HAVE LEARNED TO BE ACTIVE CITIZENS IN THEIR SCHOOL, CITY AND GLOBAL COMMUNITIES.

    Expenses $34,273,666 · Grants $10,358,990 · Revenue $37,945,197

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Anh-Van Nguyen

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Susie Scher

    VICE-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Louis Sharpe

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Shoy McKen

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jonathan Rosen

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ceci Loebl Van Blerkom

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Amanda W Goodwin

    TRUSTEE, MS HUMANITIES TEACHER

    Total calculated
    $155,181
    From this org
    $125,985
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,196
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $125,985
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $12,179
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,017
    Filer's total
    $155,181
  • Amy Zimmerman

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Anne Marie Denson

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Chakshu Patel

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dawn Eig

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Eve Stuart

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Francis Greenburger

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Harriette Thomas

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Helena Tubis

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Hope Reeves

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jason Bruno

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jennifer Rogoff

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jennifer Sagum

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jerelyn Rodriguez Williams

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jessie C Kirk

    TRUSTEE, LS LEAD TEACHER

    Total calculated
    $128,874
    From this org
    $103,683
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,191
    Hours/week
    40
  • Julia Heaton

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kai-Anasa George

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kasey Picayo

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Maren Berthelsen

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Paul Williams

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Pinky Fung

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Robert Gutmann

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Robert Rosenthal

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rodney White

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sean Paroff

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Yukie Ohta

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Eunu Chun

    TRUSTEE (THROUGH 6/30/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jamal Young

    TRUSTEE (THROUGH 6/30/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ken Cornick

    TRUSTEE (THROUGH 6/30/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Charlene E Cruz-Cerdas

    TRUSTEE, HS HISTORY TEACHER

    Total calculated
    $134,077
    From this org
    $114,911
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,166
    Hours/week
    40
  • Kellie Ferguson

    TRUSTEE (THROUGH 6/30/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ruth Jurgensen

    TRUSTEE (THROUGH 6/30/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dave Olsen

    TRUSTEE (THROUGH 6/30/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Halee Sage

    TRUSTEE (THROUGH 6/30/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kimbrough Towles

    TRUSTEE (THROUGH 6/30/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Phil Kassen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $647,612
    From this org
    $584,001
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $63,611
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $584,001
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $50,738
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,873
    Filer's total
    $647,612
  • Joshua Marks

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $334,950
    From this org
    $294,263
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $40,687
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $294,263
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $27,214
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,473
    Filer's total
    $334,950
  • Jennifer R Weil

    DIRECTOR OF ADVANCEMENT

    Total calculated
    $261,588
    From this org
    $196,712
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $64,876
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $196,712
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $20,765
    Nontaxable benefits
    $44,111
    Filer's total
    $261,588
  • Allison W Isbell

    ASSISTANT DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $251,924
    From this org
    $199,932
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $51,992
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $199,932
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $18,392
    Nontaxable benefits
    $33,600
    Filer's total
    $251,924
  • Kalil T Oldham

    DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY

    Total calculated
    $223,776
    From this org
    $205,525
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,251
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $205,525
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $17,528
    Nontaxable benefits
    $723
    Filer's total
    $223,776
  • Margaret D Andrews

    ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL

    Total calculated
    $198,356
    From this org
    $168,672
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,684
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $168,672
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $16,211
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,473
    Filer's total
    $198,356
  • Adele D Pelz

    DEPT CHAIR MODERN LANGUAGE

    Total calculated
    $183,682
    From this org
    $168,750
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,932
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $168,750
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $14,932
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $183,682
  • Robert Romero

    DIRECTOR OF FACILITIES

    Total calculated
    $307,854
    From this org
    $273,566
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $34,288
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $273,566
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $16,227
    Nontaxable benefits
    $18,061
    Filer's total
    $307,854
  • Carey Socol

    DIRECTOR OF COLLEGE COUNSELING

    Total calculated
    $196,270
    From this org
    $175,373
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,897
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $175,373
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $3,588
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,309
    Filer's total
    $196,270

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

  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 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

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
24 February 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202600559349301815

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