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← MARY C WHEELER SCHOOL INC

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by MARY C WHEELER SCHOOL INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$49,601,472
Total expenses
$45,155,844
Contributions and grants received
$4,947,620
Grants paid
$5,354,675
Program service revenue
$37,687,026
Investment income
$6,820,311
Other revenue
$146,515
Total assets, end of year
$155,076,176
Total liabilities, end of year
$44,555,232
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$110,520,944
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$33,506,606
Management and general expenses
$10,287,095
Fundraising expenses
$1,362,143
Program service expenses (Part III)
$33,506,606

Program services were 74.2% 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

    $4,947,620

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $132,606

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TUITION AND FEES

    total $36,089,568 · related or exempt $36,089,568

  • 2b · Program service revenue: SUMMER CAMP

    total $1,287,954 · related or exempt $1,287,954

  • 2c · Program service revenue: DAYCARE AND AFTER SCHO

    total $309,504 · related or exempt $309,504

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $2,300,488 · excluded $2,300,488

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $142,818

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $142,818

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $142,818 · excluded $142,818

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $4,519,823

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

    securities $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $4,519,823

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $4,519,823 · excluded $4,519,823

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $23,064

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $19,367

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $3,697 · related or exempt $3,697

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $5,354,675 · program services $5,354,675

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $1,081,575 · program services $837,588 · management and general $202,735 · fundraising $41,252

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $19,100,503 · program services $14,798,765 · management and general $3,575,967 · fundraising $725,771

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $1,073,113 · program services $827,870 · management and general $203,093 · fundraising $42,150

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $6,148,480 · program services $4,743,342 · management and general $1,163,638 · fundraising $241,500

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $1,035,748 · program services $799,044 · management and general $196,022 · fundraising $40,682

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $94,599 · management and general $94,599

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $62,407 · management and general $62,407

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $28,700 · fundraising $28,700

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $126,074 · management and general $126,074

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,775,262 · program services $257,219 · management and general $1,503,092 · fundraising $14,951

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $9,915 · program services $9,915

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $757,707 · program services $499,082 · management and general $178,993 · fundraising $79,632

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $234,506 · program services $34,602 · management and general $199,904

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $729,076 · program services $626,294 · management and general $102,782

  • 17 · Travel

    total $353,770 · program services $319,341 · management and general $23,145 · fundraising $11,284

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $102,739 · management and general $102,739

  • 20 · Interest

    total $592,293 · program services $345,485 · management and general $246,808

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $2,900,930 · program services $2,465,791 · management and general $435,139

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $270,136 · program services $229,616 · management and general $40,520

  • 24a · Other expenses: BAD DEBT EXPENSE

    total $1,293,981 · management and general $1,293,981

  • 24b · Other expenses: STUDENT SERVICES AND AC

    total $416,538 · program services $416,538

  • 24c · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT RENTAL

    total $386,204 · program services $175,785 · management and general $210,419

  • 24d · Other expenses: ACADEMICS

    total $307,415 · program services $307,415

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $919,498 · program services $458,239 · management and general $325,038 · fundraising $136,221

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $2,168,065 · end of year $1,238,439

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $3,344,549 · end of year $15,091,980

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $3,551,072 · end of year $3,096,862

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $25,662,382 · end of year $27,126,274

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $683,095 · end of year $690,054

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $86,595 · end of year $80,035

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $572,434 · end of year $686,446

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

    $81,674,926

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

    $37,808,766

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $43,604,932 · end of year $43,866,160

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $50,490,148 · end of year $55,395,165

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $7,111,177 · end of year $7,712,094

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $92,667

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $2,754,707 · end of year $3,131,029

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $27,921,775 · end of year $29,659,296

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    end of year $11,000,000

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $43,966 · end of year $41,706

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $155,701 · end of year $115,701

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $582,000 · end of year $607,500

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $58,390,395 · end of year $57,447,611

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $47,425,905 · end of year $53,073,333

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

WHEELER IS AN INDEPENDENT, COLLEGE PREPARATORY DAY SCHOOL SERVING STUDENTS NURSERY THROUGH GRADE 12 WHOSE MISSION IS DERIVED FROM THE IDEAL OF ITS FOUNDER, MARY C WHEELER, "TO LEARN OUR POWERS AND BE ANSWERABLE FOR THEIR USE."

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE WHEELER SCHOOL IS A CO-ED INDEPENDENT DAY SCHOOL FOR NURSERY THROUGH 12TH GRADE STUDENTS.

  • PROVIDING EDUCATIONAL SERVICES TO STUDENTS ATTENDING NURSERY THROUGH 12TH GRADE. THE SCHOOL ENROLLED 809 STUDENTS FOR THE YEAR OF WHICH 95 STUDENTS GRADUATED FROM THE CLASS OF 2024 AND 99% OF THOSE GRADUATING PURSUED A COLLEGE EDUCATION. ADMINISTRATION, FACULTY AND STAFF PARTICIPATED IN SCHOOL SUPPORTED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS. A STRONG VOLUNTEER GROUP OF PARENTS AND ALUMNI HELPED THE SCHOOL IN ITS FUNDRAISING AND ADMISSIONS ACTIVITIES.

    Expenses $32,426,606 · Grants $5,354,675 · Revenue $36,093,265

  • WHEELER SUMMER CAMP AND PROGRAMS PROVIDE BOTH WHEELER STUDENTS AND CHILDREN FROM THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES, EDUCATIONAL, ENRICHMENT, RECREATIONAL AND ATHLETIC BASED ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAMMING. SUMMER CAMP AND PROGRAMS INTRODUCE CHILDREN TO THE WHEELER SCHOOL AND CAMP EXPERIENCES. IN 2024, 895 CHILDREN PARTICIPATED IN THE PROGRAM. WHEELER SUMMER CAMP AND PROGRAMS PROVIDE NON-TUITION REVENUE TO SUPPORT ANNUAL OPERATIONS.

    Expenses $849,883 · Revenue $1,287,954

  • AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS SERVICE WHEELER STUDENTS IN NURSERY THROUGH GRADE 5. APPROXIMATELY 70 STUDENTS WERE ENROLLED PER DAY IN AGE APPROPRIATE ACTIVITIES. ADDITIONALLY LATE DAY OPTIONS ARE AVAILABLE FOR OUR NURSERY AND PRE-K STUDENTS.

    Expenses $230,117 · Revenue $309,504

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Asheesh Advani

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Valerie Allen

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Greg Altman

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Daniel Becker

    VICE-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Matt Coen

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • John Clarke

    ALUMNI BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Matthew Finkelstein

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Alisia St Florian

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Robin Glancy

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Kathleen Carney- Godley

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Sergio Gonzalez

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Kathryn Goodfellow

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Sean Adu-Gyamfi

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Constance Howes

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Vanessa Krex

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Eve Veliz-Moran

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Shankar Prasad

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • William Prescott

    BOARD MEMBER, HEAD EMERITU

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Kate Edwards Paglia

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Paige Roberts

    PARENTS ASSOCIATION CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Stephen Rosa

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Russell Shippee

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Sandra Smith

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Mete Tunca

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Allison Gaines Pell

    HEAD OF SCHOOL

    Total calculated
    $636,816
    From this org
    $473,769
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $163,047
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $473,769
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $45,600
    Nontaxable benefits
    $117,447
    Filer's total
    $636,816
  • Kathleen Wilson

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $272,656
    From this org
    $224,625
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $48,031
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $224,625
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $15,826
    Nontaxable benefits
    $32,205
    Filer's total
    $272,656
  • Ian Moorhouse

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $238,931
    From this org
    $221,824
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,107
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $221,824
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $15,631
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,476
    Filer's total
    $238,931
  • Anna Curtis

    DIRECTOR OF ENROLLMENT

    Total calculated
    $255,893
    From this org
    $165,354
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $90,539
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $165,354
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $11,683
    Nontaxable benefits
    $78,856
    Filer's total
    $255,893
  • Neeltje Henneman

    HEAD OF UPPER SCHOOL

    Total calculated
    $191,578
    From this org
    $165,883
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,695
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $165,883
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $11,776
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,919
    Filer's total
    $191,578
  • Francis McCarthy

    HEAD OF HAMILTON SCHOOL

    Total calculated
    $247,949
    From this org
    $200,697
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $47,252
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $200,697
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $14,210
    Nontaxable benefits
    $33,042
    Filer's total
    $247,949
  • Rachel Spaulding

    HEAD OF ADVANCEMENT

    Total calculated
    $286,339
    From this org
    $211,106
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $75,233
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $211,106
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $15,075
    Nontaxable benefits
    $60,158
    Filer's total
    $286,339
  • Young Un

    DIRECTOR OF STRATEGIC INNO

    Total calculated
    $221,512
    From this org
    $166,520
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $54,992
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $166,520
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $12,950
    Nontaxable benefits
    $42,042
    Filer's total
    $221,512

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 · 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
HEAD OF SCHOOL ALLISON GAINES PELL, AS A CONDITION OF EMPLOYMENT IN ORDER TO PROPERLY DISCHARGE HER RESPONSIBILITIES, AND FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF THE SCHOOL, IS REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN HER RESIDENCE IN A LOCAL HOME WHICH IS CONTIGUOUS TO CAMPUS AND IS OWNED BY THE SCHOOL.

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
2023
Filed
22 October 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202412979349301616

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