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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by POTOMAC SCHOOL.

Totals

Total revenue
$60,262,732
Total expenses
$56,336,191
Contributions and grants received
$4,923,269
Grants paid
$5,817,219
Program service revenue
$52,574,800
Investment income
$1,140,245
Other revenue
$1,624,418
Total assets, end of year
$227,941,058
Total liabilities, end of year
$73,810,814
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$154,130,244
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$47,393,798
Management and general expenses
$6,977,515
Fundraising expenses
$1,964,878
Program service expenses (Part III)
$47,393,798

Program services were 84.1% 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

    $17,616

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $4,905,653

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $156,823

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TUITION

    total $48,529,271 · related or exempt $48,529,271

  • 2b · Program service revenue: SUMMER PROGRAMS

    total $2,489,003 · related or exempt $2,489,003

  • 2c · Program service revenue: TRANSPORTATION

    total $1,072,151 · related or exempt $1,065,475 · unrelated business $6,676

  • 2d · Program service revenue: ENRICHMENT PROGRAM

    total $306,944 · related or exempt $306,944

  • 2e · Program service revenue: EXTENDED DAY

    total $113,826 · related or exempt $113,826

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $63,605 · related or exempt $63,605

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $605,318 · excluded $605,318

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $3,150

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $3,150

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $3,150 · excluded $3,150

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $6,545,981 · other assets $2,550

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

    securities $5,997,473 · other assets $16,131

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $548,508 · other assets -$13,581

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $534,927 · excluded $534,927

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $1,686,482

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

    $17,616

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $234,130

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $1,452,352 · excluded $1,452,352

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $168,916 · excluded $168,916

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $168,916

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $5,817,219 · program services $5,817,219

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $1,350,098 · program services $1,176,826 · management and general $123,679 · fundraising $49,593

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $23,687,544 · program services $20,705,356 · management and general $2,104,972 · fundraising $877,216

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $1,697,035 · program services $1,426,727 · management and general $214,422 · fundraising $55,886

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $4,189,268 · program services $3,521,992 · management and general $529,317 · fundraising $137,959

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $1,774,400 · program services $1,567,914 · management and general $146,539 · fundraising $59,947

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $103,777 · program services $68,370 · management and general $31,566 · fundraising $3,841

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $67,290 · program services $44,332 · management and general $20,468 · fundraising $2,490

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $47,671 · fundraising $47,671

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $97,222 · management and general $97,222

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,451,604 · program services $975,291 · management and general $436,347 · fundraising $39,966

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $66,101 · program services $43,940 · management and general $20,286 · fundraising $1,875

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $768,525 · program services $476,447 · management and general $135,252 · fundraising $156,826

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $700,975 · program services $521,799 · management and general $164,383 · fundraising $14,793

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $1,978,469 · program services $1,373,653 · management and general $554,885 · fundraising $49,931

  • 17 · Travel

    total $340,937 · program services $340,937

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $490,332 · program services $307,008 · management and general $28,577 · fundraising $154,747

  • 20 · Interest

    total $989,821 · program services $658,462 · management and general $304,003 · fundraising $27,356

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $4,544,708 · program services $3,023,292 · management and general $1,395,815 · fundraising $125,601

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $450,030 · program services $318,346 · management and general $120,813 · fundraising $10,871

  • 24a · Other expenses: SUMMER PROGRAM

    total $1,767,752 · program services $1,767,752

  • 24b · Other expenses: DEPARTMENT EXPENSES

    total $1,720,185 · program services $1,693,440 · management and general $24,537 · fundraising $2,208

  • 24c · Other expenses: FOOD & ENTERTAINMENT

    total $1,567,494 · program services $1,042,750 · management and general $481,424 · fundraising $43,320

  • 24d · Other expenses: BAD DEBTS

    total $103,701 · program services $37,553 · management and general $17,338 · fundraising $48,810

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $564,033 · program services $484,392 · management and general $25,670 · fundraising $53,971

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $300 · end of year $800

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $51,264,048 · end of year $53,763,488

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $2,175,389 · end of year $2,648,747

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $225,377 · end of year $113,079

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $71,333 · end of year $61,096

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $743,580 · end of year $1,026,476

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

    $155,754,908

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

    $54,141,540

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $103,327,330 · end of year $101,613,368

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $27,037 · end of year $41,774

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $43,013,233 · end of year $45,354,932

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $20,846,532 · end of year $23,317,298

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $3,917,544 · end of year $4,366,883

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $23,816,861 · end of year $25,146,820

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    beginning of year $21,828,255 · end of year $20,533,303

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $3,620,800 · end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $21,914,435 · end of year $23,763,808

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $138,315,109 · end of year $144,774,449

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $8,281,155 · end of year $9,355,795

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

AT THE POTOMAC SCHOOL, WE BELIEVE THAT INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT, LOVE OF LEARNING, AND STRENGTH OF CHARACTER ARE COMPLEMENTARY, AND EQUALLY ESSENTIAL, EDUCATIONAL GOALS. WITH A FIRM COMMITMENT TO OUR CORE VALUES AND A RIGOROUS ACADEMIC PROGRAM, WE PREPARE STUDENTS TO LEAD LIVES OF PURPOSE, ACHIEVEMENT, AND GENEROSITY OF SPIRIT.

  • PROVIDING EDUCATION FROM KINDERGARTEN TO THE TWELFTH GRADE FOR APPROXIMATELY 1070 STUDENTS.

    Expenses $47,393,798 · Grants $5,817,219 · Revenue $52,574,800

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • SAMEER BHARGAVA

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • NORMA C RAMSEY

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • TANYA LR LA FORCE

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • MARTIN W SUMNER

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • NOHA ABDALLA

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • NATALIE F BUSH

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • MINA C FALTAS

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • MICHAEL L DAVIS

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • ELLEN M DWYER

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • YOUSEF AL OTAIBA

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • CHRISTOPHER D GRAHAM

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • VICTORIA J DAVIS

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • REED LANDRY

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • MARYANNE LAVAN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • KIMBERLY A KURYEA

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • STEFANIE A THOMAS

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • JAMES H ROONEY

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • ERIC W ROSENTHAL

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • JAMES FLEMING

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • PATRICIA POTTS

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • PAUL SHERIDAN JR

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • WON KIM

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • CHARLES O ROSSOTTI

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • JOHN J KOWALIK

    HEAD OF SCHOOL

    Total calculated
    $861,978
    From this org
    $698,812
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $163,166
    Hours/week
    60

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $589,804
    Bonus
    $1,500
    Other
    $107,508
    Deferred
    $62,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $102,781
    Filer's total
    $864,093
  • DYANA CONROY

    CFO/COO

    Total calculated
    $440,333
    From this org
    $362,089
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $78,244
    Hours/week
    60

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $313,134
    Bonus
    $1,500
    Other
    $47,455
    Deferred
    $48,800
    Nontaxable benefits
    $34,109
    Filer's total
    $444,998
  • BARBARA OVERSTREET

    DIRECTOR OF ADVANCEMENT

    Total calculated
    $289,983
    From this org
    $248,991
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $40,992
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $243,971
    Bonus
    $1,500
    Other
    $3,520
    Deferred
    $20,107
    Nontaxable benefits
    $22,990
    Filer's total
    $292,088
  • TIMOTHY JAEGER

    ASSOCIATE HEAD OF SCHOOL

    Total calculated
    $402,717
    From this org
    $269,525
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $133,192
    Hours/week
    60

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $234,674
    Bonus
    $1,500
    Other
    $33,351
    Deferred
    $44,475
    Nontaxable benefits
    $90,770
    Filer's total
    $404,770
  • JOHN MATHEWS

    HEAD OF MIDDLE SCHOOL

    Total calculated
    $281,966
    From this org
    $194,878
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $87,088
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $179,066
    Bonus
    $1,500
    Other
    $14,312
    Deferred
    $16,950
    Nontaxable benefits
    $72,405
    Filer's total
    $284,233
  • DOUGLAS MCLANE

    HEAD OF UPPER SCHOOL

    Total calculated
    $263,771
    From this org
    $178,760
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $85,011
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $176,691
    Bonus
    $1,500
    Other
    $569
    Deferred
    $13,718
    Nontaxable benefits
    $75,007
    Filer's total
    $267,485
  • DONNETTE ECHOLS

    HEAD OF LOWER SCHOOL

    Total calculated
    $210,943
    From this org
    $177,398
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $33,545
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $162,598
    Bonus
    $1,500
    Other
    $13,300
    Deferred
    $11,891
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,521
    Filer's total
    $214,810

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 · Tax indemnification and gross-up payments
  • 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 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 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
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 1A
JOHN KOWALIK RECEIVED GROSS-UPS IN THE AMOUNT OF $8,871 RELATED TO INSURANCE BENEFITS. THE SCHOOL COMPENSATES THE HEAD OF SCHOOL AND VARIOUS DEPARTMENT HEADS. THE SCHOOL PROVIDES THE HEAD OF SCHOOL AND VARIOUS DEPARTMENT HEADS WITH HOUSING. THE RENTAL VALUE REFLECTS THE FAIR MARKET VALUE FOR COMPARABLE HOUSES IN THE AREA. THE TRANSACTIONS WERE APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES WITH ADEQUATE DOCUMENTATION. FOLLOWING EMPLOYEES RECEIVED NONTAXABLE HOUSING ALLOWANCE: JOHN KOWALIK - $68,979 TIMOTHY JAEGER - $60,000 JOHN MATHEWS - $41,421 DOUGLAS MCLANE - $48,000 DONNETTE ECHOLS RECEIVED TAXABLE HOUSING AND RELOCATION BENEFITS IN THE AMOUNT OF $12,500.
PART I, LINE 4B
FOLLOWING EMPLOYEES PARTICIPATE IN A SUPPLEMENTAL NONQUALIFIED RETIREMENT PLAN 457(F) AND THE SCHOOL CONTRIBUTED FOLLOWING AMOUNTS DURING THE CALENDAR YEAR. JOHN KOWALIK - $18,200 DYANA CONROY - $25,000 TIMOTHY JAEGER - $25,000 FOLLOWING EMPLOYEES RECEIVED A PAYMENT FROM A SUPPLEMENTAL NONQUALIFIED RETIREMENT PLAN 457(F) DURING THE CALENDAR YEAR. DYANA CONROY - $29,289 TIMOTHY JAEGER - $26,121 JOHN MATHEWS - $13,409
PART I, LINE 7
THE AMOUNT LISTED IN SCHEDULE J PART II COLUMN B(II) REPRESENTS RETENTION BONUS PAID TO ALL EMPLOYEES.

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
2022
Filed
11 May 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202411339349300321

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