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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by SHIPLEY SCHOOL.

Totals

Total revenue
$44,903,514
Total expenses
$42,237,256
Contributions and grants received
$8,375,981
Grants paid
$7,953,967
Program service revenue
$32,952,514
Investment income
$3,321,380
Other revenue
$253,639
Total assets, end of year
$107,961,819
Total liabilities, end of year
$24,407,585
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$83,554,234
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$36,891,236
Management and general expenses
$3,683,992
Fundraising expenses
$1,662,028
Program service expenses (Part III)
$36,891,236

Program services were 87.3% 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

    $137,814

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $4,338,114

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $3,900,053

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $181,668

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TUITION & FEES

    total $30,687,301 · related or exempt $30,687,301

  • 2b · Program service revenue: CAFETERIA SALES/ LUNCH

    total $1,333,394 · related or exempt $1,333,394

  • 2c · Program service revenue: LOWER SCHOOL AFTER CARE PROGRAMS

    total $348,649 · related or exempt $348,649

  • 2d · Program service revenue: SQUASH PROGRAM

    total $297,985 · related or exempt $297,985

  • 2e · Program service revenue: SUMMER ENRICHMENT CAMP

    total $158,712 · related or exempt $158,712

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $126,473 · related or exempt $126,473

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $2,145,687 · excluded $2,145,687

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $157,972

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $185,299

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property -$27,327

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total -$27,327 · excluded -$27,327

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $15,504,221

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

    securities $14,328,528

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $1,175,693

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $1,175,693 · excluded $1,175,693

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $0

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

    $137,814

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $71,265

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$71,265 · excluded -$71,265

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $171,834

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $180,096

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total -$8,262 · excluded -$8,262

  • 11a · Other revenue: TUTORING

    total $102,290 · related or exempt $102,290

  • 11b · Other revenue: SUMMER SPORTS CAMP

    total $35,500 · related or exempt $35,500

  • 11c · Other revenue: BOOKFAIR

    total $3,744 · related or exempt $3,744

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $218,959 · excluded $218,959

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $360,493

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $7,953,967 · program services $7,953,967

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $1,036,449 · management and general $1,036,449

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $17,135,476 · program services $15,145,842 · management and general $1,138,086 · fundraising $851,548

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $868,888 · program services $802,350 · management and general $21,427 · fundraising $45,111

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $2,744,949 · program services $2,404,095 · management and general $208,746 · fundraising $132,108

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $1,256,496 · program services $1,110,601 · management and general $83,453 · fundraising $62,442

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $140,981 · program services $122,962 · management and general $11,106 · fundraising $6,913

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $34,914 · program services $30,452 · management and general $2,750 · fundraising $1,712

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $189,307 · management and general $189,307

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $118,893 · program services $103,697 · management and general $9,366 · fundraising $5,830

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $144,649 · program services $126,161 · management and general $11,395 · fundraising $7,093

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,045,024 · program services $919,614 · management and general $115,507 · fundraising $9,903

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $687,442 · program services $601,627 · management and general $52,891 · fundraising $32,924

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $2,001,691 · program services $1,745,849 · management and general $157,685 · fundraising $98,157

  • 17 · Travel

    total $445,817 · program services $435,843 · management and general $7,539 · fundraising $2,435

  • 20 · Interest

    total $596,601 · program services $520,347 · management and general $46,998 · fundraising $29,256

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $2,833,098 · program services $2,470,991 · management and general $223,180 · fundraising $138,927

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $344,027 · program services $300,056 · management and general $27,101 · fundraising $16,870

  • 24a · Other expenses: LUNCHES

    total $884,294 · program services $771,270 · management and general $69,661 · fundraising $43,363

  • 24b · Other expenses: ATHLETIC EXPENSE

    total $353,581 · program services $353,581

  • 24c · Other expenses: AUXILLARY

    total $289,575 · program services $289,575

  • 24d · Other expenses: BOARD CONTINGENCY

    total $241,889 · management and general $241,889

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $889,248 · program services $682,356 · management and general $29,456 · fundraising $177,436

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $4,943,372 · end of year $2,320,541

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $13,523,718 · end of year $10,036,597

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $236,600 · end of year $509,887

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $31,413 · end of year $42,227

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $1,068,187 · end of year $12,854,088

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

    $93,806,956

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

    $57,954,232

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $38,470,940 · end of year $35,852,724

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $42,283,604 · end of year $43,409,507

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $2,504,324 · end of year $2,738,779

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $205,505 · end of year $197,469

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $3,985,012 · end of year $3,246,481

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $2,147,518 · end of year $2,273,327

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $19,030,970 · end of year $18,617,579

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $187,088 · end of year $270,198

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $46,718,758 · end of year $49,669,148

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $31,198,317 · end of year $33,885,086

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE SHIPLEY SCHOOL, A PRE-KINDERGARTEN THROUGH 12 COEDUCATIONAL DAY SCHOOL, IS COMMITTED TO EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE AND DEDICATED TO DEVELOPING IN EACH STUDENT A LOVE OF LEARNING AND A COMPASSIONATE PARTICIPATION IN THE WORLD.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE SHIPLEY SCHOOL IS A PRE-KINDERGARTEN THROUGH 12 COEDUCATIONAL DAY SCHOOL.

  • THE SHIPLEY SCHOOL PROVIDES A PRIVATE SCHOOL EDUCATION TO STUDENTS RANGING FROM PREKINDERGARTEN TO GRADE 12. THERE WERE 730 STUDENTS ENROLLED AT THE SCHOOL DURING THE 2024-2025 ACADEMIC YEAR. THE SCHOOL IS ACCREDITED BY THE PENNSYLVANIA ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS AND THE MIDDLE STATES ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES AND SCHOOLS. SHIPLEY PREPARES STUDENTS TO BE THEIR BEST SELVES AND MAKE A POSITIVE IMPACT IN THE WORLD BY PROVIDING A BALANCED EDUCATION THAT CENTERS STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, INDIVIDUAL WELL-BEING, AND A THRIVING COMMUNITY.

    Expenses $36,891,236 · Grants $7,953,967 · Revenue $33,094,048

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Steven Lisk

    INTERIM HEAD OF SCHOOL

    Total calculated
    $341,861
    From this org
    $281,447
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $60,414
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $268,732
    Bonus
    $715
    Other
    $12,000
    Deferred
    $15,950
    Nontaxable benefits
    $44,464
    Filer's total
    $341,861
  • Lloyd Snyder

    TRUSTEE ERMERITUS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.8
  • Mimi Keller Drake

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.8
  • Michelle Allen

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.8
  • Michele Turner

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.8
  • Melissa Zadnik

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.8
  • Melissa Bergen

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.8
  • Kathy Dawson

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.8
  • Ellie Macgibbon

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.8
  • Kyle Lissack

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.8
  • Katrina Sherrerd

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.8
  • Mary Patterson McPherson

    HONORARY TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.8
  • Greg Coleman

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.8
  • Gordon Cooney

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.8
  • Susanna Lachs

    TRUSTEE ERMERITUS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.8
  • Prashant Bhuyan

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.8
  • Adam Spector

    TRUSTEE ERMERITUS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.8
  • Elizabeth Hucker

    TRUSTEE ERMERITUS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.8
  • Gerald Renthal

    TRUSTEE ERMERITUS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.8
  • David Palmer

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.8
  • Akinwole Garrett

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.8
  • Allison Grant

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.8
  • Amanda Ulrich

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.8
  • Devin Aronstam

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.8
  • Antonette Dulay-Tiongco

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.8
  • Anne Vasquez

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.8
  • Benjamin Willner

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.8
  • Brooksley Wylie

    TRUSTEE ERMERITUS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.8
  • Bryant Horsley

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.8
  • Colin Kelton

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.8
  • Ada Anderson Strasenburgh

    HONORARY TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.8
  • Zachary Walker

    CFO ( UNTIL MARCH 2025)

    Total calculated
    $283,193
    From this org
    $258,063
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,130
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $210,348
    Bonus
    $47,715
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $11,666
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,464
    Filer's total
    $283,193
  • Patrick Daly

    ACTING CFO

    Total calculated
    $125,426
    From this org
    $105,227
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,199
    Hours/week
    40
  • Andrew Snyder

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.8
  • Audrey Schnur

    ASST HEAD OF SCHOOL FOR CO

    Total calculated
    $273,678
    From this org
    $260,679
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,999
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $236,564
    Bonus
    $24,115
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $12,999
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $273,678
  • Chris Lengthorn

    DIRECTOR OF SQUASH

    Total calculated
    $218,660
    From this org
    $199,982
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,678
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $120,990
    Bonus
    $78,992
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,778
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,900
    Filer's total
    $218,660
  • Shane Kinsella

    ASST HEAD OF SCHOOL FOR ED

    Total calculated
    $228,299
    From this org
    $191,919
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $36,380
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $191,204
    Bonus
    $715
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $11,110
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,270
    Filer's total
    $228,299
  • Kriston Ryan

    HEAD OF UPPER SCHOOL

    Total calculated
    $194,099
    From this org
    $163,605
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $30,494
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $162,890
    Bonus
    $715
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,134
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,360
    Filer's total
    $194,099
  • Bipin Prakash

    DIRECTOR OF TECHNOLOGY

    Total calculated
    $182,154
    From this org
    $152,113
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $30,041
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $138,398
    Bonus
    $13,715
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,777
    Nontaxable benefits
    $22,264
    Filer's total
    $182,154
  • Michael Turner

    SENIOR ADVISOR

    Total calculated
    $835,219
    From this org
    $775,546
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $59,673
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $676,546
    Bonus
    $87,000
    Other
    $12,000
    Deferred
    $18,975
    Nontaxable benefits
    $40,698
    Filer's total
    $835,219

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 · Housing allowance or residence for personal use
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment

Answered no

  • 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
THE HEADMASTER OF THE SCHOOL IS PROVIDED WITH ON-CAMPUS HOUSING. THE HOUSING IS A CONDITION OF HIS EMPLOYMENT AND NOT PART OF HIS TAXABLE INCOME.
PART I, LINE 4A
PER CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENTS SIGNED BY THE ORGANIZATION, A SEVERANCE PACKAGE PAID TO AN EMPLOYEE IS NOT OPEN FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION. THIS INFORMATION WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE TAX AUTHORITIES UPON REQUEST.

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
6 May 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202611269349303371

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