Totals
- Total revenue
- $49,159,894
- Total expenses
- $49,400,247
- Contributions and grants received
- $1,636,587
- Grants paid
- $2,862,528
- Program service revenue
- $45,234,635
- Investment income
- $2,061,727
- Other revenue
- $226,945
- Total assets, end of year
- $116,179,287
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $53,566,907
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $62,612,380
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $44,452,717
- Management and general expenses
- $3,562,267
- Fundraising expenses
- $1,385,263
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $44,452,717
Program services were 90.0% 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.
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1c · Fundraising events
$85,448
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$1,551,139
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1g · Noncash contributions included above
$334,833
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2a · Program service revenue: Tuition and fees
total $42,980,138 · related or exempt $42,980,138
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2b · Program service revenue: Food service revenue
total $1,173,394 · related or exempt $1,173,394
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2c · Program service revenue: Extended day, other revenue
total $769,541 · related or exempt $769,541
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2d · Program service revenue: Summer school tuition
total $311,562 · related or exempt $311,562
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3 · Investment income
total $1,771,263 · excluded $1,771,263
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6a · Gross rents
real property $8,850
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6b · Less rental expenses
real property $0
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6c · Rental income or loss
real property $8,850
-
6d · Net rental income or loss
total $8,850 · excluded $8,850
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7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory
securities $37,032,891
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7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses
securities $36,742,427
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7c · Gain or loss
securities $290,464
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7d · Net gain or loss
total $290,464 · excluded $290,464
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8a · Fundraising events: gross income
$248,683
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8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c
$85,448
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8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses
$105,448
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $143,235 · excluded $143,235
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10a · Gross sales of inventory
$311,582
-
10b · Cost of goods sold
$236,722
-
10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $74,860 · related or exempt $74,860
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $2,862,528 · program services $2,862,528
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $744,640 · program services $392,912 · management and general $292,864 · fundraising $58,864
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $23,577,682 · program services $21,668,226 · management and general $1,363,605 · fundraising $545,851
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $1,699,437 · program services $1,533,320 · management and general $115,130 · fundraising $50,987
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $3,103,963 · program services $2,800,556 · management and general $210,281 · fundraising $93,126
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $1,780,176 · program services $1,605,215 · management and general $121,317 · fundraising $53,644
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11b · Fees: legal
total $155,317 · management and general $155,317
-
11c · Fees: accounting
total $60,531 · management and general $60,531
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11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $149,675 · fundraising $149,675
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11g · Fees: other
total $1,171,045 · program services $889,192 · management and general $272,872 · fundraising $8,981
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $184,898 · management and general $184,898
-
13 · Office expenses
total $1,302,419 · program services $580,266 · management and general $466,983 · fundraising $255,170
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14 · Information technology
total $795,184 · program services $643,200 · management and general $110,832 · fundraising $41,152
-
16 · Occupancy
total $2,456,028 · program services $2,417,649 · management and general $29,453 · fundraising $8,926
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17 · Travel
total $280,583 · program services $276,377 · management and general $3,228 · fundraising $978
-
20 · Interest
total $1,170,780 · program services $1,153,227 · management and general $13,471 · fundraising $4,082
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $3,597,120 · program services $3,543,190 · management and general $41,387 · fundraising $12,543
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23 · Insurance
total $532,484 · program services $523,856 · management and general $6,621 · fundraising $2,007
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24a · Other expenses: Food services
total $1,192,787 · program services $1,192,787
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24b · Other expenses: Instr. activities
total $949,702 · program services $949,702
-
24c · Other expenses: Student activities
total $510,148 · program services $510,148
-
24d · Other expenses: Equipment expenses
total $504,598 · program services $477,150 · management and general $16,761 · fundraising $10,687
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24e · All other expenses
total $618,522 · program services $433,216 · management and general $96,716 · fundraising $88,590
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $1,908,552 · end of year $2,063,419
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $4,853,211 · end of year $5,678,174
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $3,138,179 · end of year $2,531,999
-
4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $91,786 · end of year $171,577
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $187,214 · end of year $448,312
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$103,789,196
-
10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$44,971,060
-
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $55,878,526 · end of year $58,818,136
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $55,485,615 · end of year $46,360,502
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $199,602 · end of year $107,168
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $3,198,438 · end of year $2,216,283
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19 · Deferred revenue
beginning of year $23,683,121 · end of year $18,730,043
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20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities
beginning of year $31,436,487 · end of year $30,599,076
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21 · Escrow or custodial account liability
beginning of year $1,247,505 · end of year $1,612,331
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $436,798 · end of year $409,174
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $49,055,900 · end of year $53,570,081
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $12,684,436 · end of year $9,042,299
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
See Schedule OThe mission of The John Cooper School is to provide a challenging education in a caring environment to a diverse group of select students, enabling them to become critical & creative thinkers, effective communicators, responsible citizens and leaders, and lifetime learners.
Activities or mission (Part I)
An independent, co-educational primary and secondary school located in The Woodlands, TX.
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Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.
Expenses $44,452,717 · Grants $2,862,528 · Revenue $45,309,495
As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here. A text marked withheld matched a screen for wording that may name a private individual, such as an honorific or "in memory of". Most of what it withholds names no one; it is withheld so that what does is never shown.
Listed in Part VII
-
Beth Griffith
Board Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
-
Cole Pate
Vice Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
-
Lindsey Cooksen
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Brad McGovern
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Ralph Alexander
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Robert Barnwell
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Becky Bayless
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Bryan Brown
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Jennie Hughes
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Cliff Justice
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Brian Petrauskas
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Carlos Ramirez
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Doug Rock
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Jennifer Ruckman
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Pat Shea
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Ally Seder
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Angie Signorelli
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Stephen Popp
Head of School
- Total calculated
- $629,894
- From this org
- $561,597
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $68,297
- Hours/week
- 60
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $412,181
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $149,416
- Deferred
- $46,196
- Nontaxable benefits
- $22,101
- Filer's total
- $629,894
-
Chris Patterson
CFO
- Total calculated
- $337,057
- From this org
- $288,712
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $48,345
- Hours/week
- 60
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $288,712
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $26,188
- Nontaxable benefits
- $22,157
- Filer's total
- $337,057
-
Melvin Williams Jr
Associate Head of School
- Total calculated
- $296,865
- From this org
- $248,281
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $48,584
- Hours/week
- 50
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $248,281
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $33,916
- Nontaxable benefits
- $14,668
- Filer's total
- $296,865
-
Christen Wilson
Director of Advancement
- Total calculated
- $236,775
- From this org
- $204,000
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $32,775
- Hours/week
- 50
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $204,000
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $29,731
- Nontaxable benefits
- $3,044
- Filer's total
- $236,775
-
John Hoye
Director of Athletics
- Total calculated
- $212,727
- From this org
- $171,725
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $41,002
- Hours/week
- 50
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $171,725
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $26,681
- Nontaxable benefits
- $14,321
- Filer's total
- $212,727
-
Elisa Inman
Head of Middle School
- Total calculated
- $201,333
- From this org
- $162,611
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $38,722
- Hours/week
- 50
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $162,611
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $25,820
- Nontaxable benefits
- $12,902
- Filer's total
- $201,333
-
Laura Schroeder
Director of College Counseling
- Total calculated
- $200,360
- From this org
- $162,183
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $38,177
- Hours/week
- 50
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $162,183
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $25,382
- Nontaxable benefits
- $12,795
- Filer's total
- $200,360
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
- 1a · Health or social club dues or initiation fees
- 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
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
The filer's explanations (Part III)
- Part I, Line 1a
- Stephen Popp's taxable compensation includes a housing allowance of $48,000, a car allowance of $12,000, and health club dues of $1,900.
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
- 5 March 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.5
- Source object
- 202620649349301652
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