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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by NORTHWESTERN PREPARATORY SCHOOL.

Totals

Total revenue
$497,429
Total expenses
$606,275
Contributions and grants received
$0
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$491,407
Investment income
$6,022
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$2,007,386
Total liabilities, end of year
$5,339
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,002,047
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$554,875
Management and general expenses
$51,400
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$554,875

Program services were 91.5% 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.

  • 2a · Program service revenue: STUDENT FEES FOR SCHOO

    total $491,407 · related or exempt $491,407

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $6,022 · excluded $6,022

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $224,014 · program services $184,811 · management and general $39,203

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $37,312 · program services $37,312

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $4,243 · program services $3,606 · management and general $637

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $4,250 · management and general $4,250

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $4,966 · program services $2,483 · management and general $2,483

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $263,295 · program services $263,295

  • 17 · Travel

    total $21,291 · program services $21,291

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $15,960 · program services $15,960

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $14,659 · program services $12,354 · management and general $2,305

  • 24a · Other expenses: STORAGE

    total $8,524 · program services $6,393 · management and general $2,131

  • 24b · Other expenses: EDUCATION/ACADEMY PREP

    total $2,777 · program services $2,777

  • 24c · Other expenses: TELEPHONE

    total $2,263 · program services $2,172 · management and general $91

  • 24d · Other expenses: PAYROLL FEES

    total $2,062 · program services $1,753 · management and general $309

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $659 · program services $668 · management and general -$9

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $784,524 · end of year $404,719

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $148,260 · end of year $428,553

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

    $448,169

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

    $432,499

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $31,630 · end of year $15,670

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $772,424 · end of year $1,158,444

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $2,393 · end of year $5,339

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $1,734,445 · end of year $2,002,047

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO ASSIST THE YOUNG PEOPLE OF OUR COUNTRY WHO DESIRE TO SERVE OUR COUNTRY AS MILITARY OFFICERS BY OFFERING A DISCIPLINED PROGRAM THAT WILL HELP THEM REACH THEIR POTENTIAL IN ACADEMICS, ATHLETICS, PERSONAL INTEGRITY AND CIVILITY. OUR INTENSE, DEMANDING ENVIRONMENT ENABLES THEM TO INCREASE THEIR SAT AND ACT SCORES, TO BUILD A STRONG FOUNDATION IN CLASSES THAT WILL BENEFIT THEM AT THE US SERVICE ACADEMIES OR ROTC AND TO MAXIMIZE THEIR PHYSICAL FITNESS, WHILE FOLLOWING THE HONOR CODE AND WORKING ON TEAM BUILDING.

Activities or mission (Part I)

EDUCATE AND PREPARE STUDENTS WHO ARE 18 YEARS OLD IN ORDER FOR THEM TO BE MORE COMPETITIVE IN APPLICATIONS FOR APPOINTMENTS TO THE US SERVICE ACADEMIES (AIR FORCE, NAVY, WEST POINT, MERCHANT MARINE OR COAST GUARD) OR FOR ROTC/UNIVERSITY ADMISSIONS. CONCENTRATION IS ON MATH, ENGLISH, CHEMISTRY, PHYSICS, PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, DISCIPLINE, LEADERSHIP, AND THE HONOR CODE IN A COHESIVE DORM ENVIRONMENT. 54 STUDENTS IN 2023.

  • 54 STUDENTS ENROLLED. 48 APPOINTED TO THE US AIR FORCE ACADEMY, US NAVAL ACADEMY, AND US MILITARY ACADEMY. ONE STUDENT ENLISTED IN THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS. FIVE STUDENTS ENTERED COLLEGE AND ROTC PROGRAMS. AN ADDITIONAL STUDENT FROM 2022 WAS APPOINTED TO THE US AIR FORCE ACADEMY. EACH STUDENT SPENT 896 HOURS IN CLASS. THE CURRICULUM INCLUDED COLLEGE-LEVEL COURSES IN CHEMISTRY, ADVANCED MATH TOPICS, PHYSICS, GRAMMAR AND LINGUISTICS, CURRENT EVENTS, THE READING PROGRAM, VOCABULARY SKILLS AND THE PHYSICAL CONDITIONING PROGRAM. IN ADDITION, INSTRUCTORS ADVISED STUDENTS IN METHODS OF EFFECTIVE STUDYING, MEMORIZATION, TIME MANAGEMENT, GOAL SETTING, ORGANIZATION AND PRODUCTIVE HABITS, ALONG WITH LESSONS IN ETIQUETTE AND PROTOCOL. GUIDELINES FOR DRESS IN BUSINESS CASUAL AND MORE FORMAL ATTIRE WERE ESTABLISHED, ALONG WITH STANDARDS OF HYGIENE AND PERSONAL CHOICES LIKE HAIRCUTS, JEWELRY AND TATTOOS. CLASSES WITH MANDATORY ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENTS WERE CONDUCTED ON SEXUAL HARASSMENT, THE HONOR CODE, AND MILITARY CAREERS AND OPPORTUNITIES. NORTHWESTERN PREPARATORY SCHOOL COORDINATED SPEAKERS FROM MANY FORMER STUDENTS WHO ARE CADETS, MIDSHIPMEN AND OFFICERS AND SPOKE TO EDUCATE, ENCOURAGE AND ADVISE STUDENTS. STUDENTS CHOOSING TO ATTEND CHURCH WERE DRIVEN BY NORTHWESTERN PREP STAFF TO THE APPROPRIATE CHURCH. WHEN A STUDENT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION, THE SCHOOL FURNISHED THE TRANSPORTATION AND A STAFF MEMBER ACCOMPANIED THE STUDENT TO THE MEDICAL FACILITY.EACH STUDENT WAS COUNSELED WITH REGARDS TO HIS OR HER CHOICE OF ACADEMIES, UNIVERSITIES OR ROTC PROGRAMS. STAFF MEMBERS ALSO WORKED WITH STUDENTS ADVISING THEM IN THEIR APPLICATIONS FOR THEIR NOMINATIONS TO THEIR CONGRESSMEN, SENATORS, THE VICE PRESIDENT, THE PRESIDENT AND THE VARIOUS ACADEMIES. STAFF MEMBERS PROVIDED OVER 500 REQUESTED EVALUATIONS OF PERFORMANCE, ACADEMIC ABILITY, PHYSICAL FITNESS STANDARDS, CHARACTERISTICS OF HONOR, WORK ETHIC, INTEGRITY, LEADERSHIP, COMMUNITY INTERACTION, OR OTHER APPLICABLE TRAITS. NORTHWESTERN PREPARATORY REMAINED AVAILABLE AND OFFERED SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT ONCE THE STUDENTS REACHED THE ACADEMY, THEIR ROTC UNITS OR THEIR OTHER COMMISSIONING SOURCES. NORTHWESTERN PREPARATORY SCHOOL WAS CONTACTED BY ORGANIZATIONS THAT PERFORMED BACKGROUND CHECKS FOR SECURITY PURPOSES ON THOSE ENTERING THE ACADEMIES OR ROTC PROGRAMS. FORMER GRADUATES WHO ARE NOW OFFICERS NEEDED ADDITIONAL CLEARANCES FOR HIGHER LEVEL SECURITY ASSIGNMENTS IN THEIR CAREERS, NORTHWESTERN PREP PROVIDED THEM TO THE OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT, THE FBI AND OTHER INVESTIGATIVE BODIES. COMPLETE RECOMMENDATIONS WITH COLOR PHOTO ID'S AND TRANSCRIPTS WERE KEPT ON FILE FOR EACH FORMER STUDENT. STAFF MEMBERS ALSO GAVE APPROXIMATELY 50 PERSONAL INTERVIEWS TO INVESTIGATIVE PERSONNEL TO ASSIST STUDENTS IN REACHING THOSE HIGH LEVELS OF SECURITY CLEARANCE FOR THEIR ADULT CAREERS. NORTHWESTERN PREP MAINTAINED A THOROUGH DATABASE WHICH ALLOWED STUDENTS TO CONTACT EACH OTHER AND FORM NETWORKS IN A MIX OF ALL FORMER CLASSES OF GRADUATES WHILE THEY WERE ON ASSIGNMENTS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD OR WERE JOINING A PARTICULAR SERVICE COMMUNITY.

    Expenses $554,875 · Revenue $491,407

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • SUZANNE DURBECK

    PRESIDENT, MATH INSTRUCTOR

    Total calculated
    $112,007
    From this org
    $112,007
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    50

  • DANIEL DURBECK

    DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS/DEAN

    Total calculated
    $112,007
    From this org
    $112,007
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • ANDREW DOWNES

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • PETER PEROTTE

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
12 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202433179349307588

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