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← JOHN COOPER SCHOOL

Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by JOHN COOPER SCHOOL.

Totals

Total revenue
$47,177,052
Total expenses
$41,710,670
Contributions and grants received
$5,321,385
Grants paid
$2,150,716
Program service revenue
$40,259,679
Investment income
$1,442,423
Other revenue
$153,565
Total assets, end of year
$115,507,532
Total liabilities, end of year
$59,944,863
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$55,562,669
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$37,452,054
Management and general expenses
$3,074,124
Fundraising expenses
$1,184,492
Program service expenses (Part III)
$37,452,054

Program services were 89.8% 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

    $166,423

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $5,154,962

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $204,018

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Tuition and fees

    total $38,303,236 · related or exempt $38,303,236

  • 2b · Program service revenue: Food service revenue

    total $1,109,332 · related or exempt $1,109,332

  • 2c · Program service revenue: Extended day, other revenue

    total $567,459 · related or exempt $567,459

  • 2d · Program service revenue: Summer school tuition

    total $279,652 · related or exempt $279,652

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1,074,064 · excluded $1,074,064

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $24,204,980

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

    securities $23,836,621

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $368,359

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $368,359 · excluded $368,359

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $293,248

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

    $166,423

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $208,808

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $84,440 · excluded $84,440

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $315,830

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $246,705

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $69,125 · related or exempt $69,125

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $2,150,716 · program services $2,150,716

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $658,531 · program services $358,780 · management and general $246,824 · fundraising $52,927

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $19,597,645 · program services $17,859,012 · management and general $1,124,920 · fundraising $613,713

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $1,403,151 · program services $1,261,952 · management and general $95,021 · fundraising $46,178

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $2,423,541 · program services $2,179,659 · management and general $164,122 · fundraising $79,760

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $1,485,845 · program services $1,338,767 · management and general $100,632 · fundraising $46,446

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $97,384 · management and general $97,384

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $55,641 · management and general $55,641

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $15,790 · management and general $15,790

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $713,205 · program services $501,899 · management and general $196,682 · fundraising $14,624

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $146,060 · management and general $146,060

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $844,825 · program services $368,946 · management and general $375,228 · fundraising $100,651

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $811,051 · program services $661,947 · management and general $108,820 · fundraising $40,284

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $2,468,463 · program services $2,429,436 · management and general $29,950 · fundraising $9,077

  • 17 · Travel

    total $247,823 · program services $243,808 · management and general $3,081 · fundraising $934

  • 20 · Interest

    total $1,181,896 · program services $1,162,746 · management and general $14,696 · fundraising $4,454

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $2,962,037 · program services $2,914,045 · management and general $36,830 · fundraising $11,162

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $364,577 · program services $358,670 · management and general $4,533 · fundraising $1,374

  • 24a · Other expenses: Food services

    total $1,153,826 · program services $1,153,826

  • 24b · Other expenses: Instr. activities

    total $937,931 · program services $937,931

  • 24c · Other expenses: Student activities

    total $751,793 · program services $751,793

  • 24d · Other expenses: Equipment purchases

    total $303,396 · program services $279,757 · management and general $14,829 · fundraising $8,810

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $935,543 · program services $538,364 · management and general $243,081 · fundraising $154,098

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $2,976,785 · end of year $1,412,056

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $5,930,545 · end of year $2,912,104

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,033,489 · end of year $4,344,881

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $126,197 · end of year $158,419

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $96,706 · end of year $148,029

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

    $85,752,021

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

    $39,373,700

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $48,619,350 · end of year $46,378,321

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $50,021,056 · end of year $59,862,616

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $291,106

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $2,166,000 · end of year $2,043,896

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $22,223,825 · end of year $23,622,804

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    beginning of year $33,119,573 · end of year $32,194,720

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $1,161,608 · end of year $1,427,671

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $745,087 · end of year $655,772

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $44,214,836 · end of year $45,827,443

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $5,173,199 · end of year $9,735,226

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

See Shedule 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.

  • Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.

    Expenses $37,452,054 · Grants $2,150,716 · Revenue $40,328,804

As filed on the 2022 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
  • Brian Petrauskas

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Yvette Aquino

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Becky Bayless

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Stacey Bourque

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Bryan Brown

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Gerald Glenn

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jennie Hughes

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Mike Minarovic

    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
  • Angie Signorelli

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Stephen Popp

    Head of School

    Total calculated
    $371,212
    From this org
    $327,420
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $43,792
    Hours/week
    60

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $290,438
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $36,982
    Deferred
    $24,400
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,392
    Filer's total
    $371,212
  • Chris Patterson

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $267,230
    From this org
    $239,921
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,309
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $239,921
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,597
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,712
    Filer's total
    $267,230
  • Teresa Robson

    Lower School Head

    Total calculated
    $184,841
    From this org
    $156,006
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,835
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $156,006
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $12,480
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,355
    Filer's total
    $184,841
  • Troye Skipworth

    Advancement Director

    Total calculated
    $204,494
    From this org
    $175,963
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,531
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $175,963
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $14,077
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,454
    Filer's total
    $204,494
  • Melvin Williams

    Assoc. Head of School

    Total calculated
    $204,084
    From this org
    $173,712
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $30,372
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $173,712
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $13,897
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,475
    Filer's total
    $204,084
  • John Hoye

    Athletics Director

    Total calculated
    $176,865
    From this org
    $152,040
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,825
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $152,040
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $12,163
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,662
    Filer's total
    $176,865
  • Laura Schroeder

    Dir. of College Counseling

    Total calculated
    $179,207
    From this org
    $148,263
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $30,944
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $148,263
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $11,861
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,083
    Filer's total
    $179,207
  • Rodney Lisembee

    Chief Technology Officer

    Total calculated
    $171,231
    From this org
    $148,254
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,977
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $148,254
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $11,860
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,117
    Filer's total
    $171,231
  • Michael Maher

    Former Head of School

    Total calculated
    $475,420
    From this org
    $417,895
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $57,525
    Hours/week
    0

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $341,909
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $75,986
    Deferred
    $44,400
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,125
    Filer's total
    $475,420

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
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan

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
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

Part I, Line 1a
Michael Maher's compensation includes a housing allowance of $9,000 and a car allowance of $4,800. Stephen Popp's compensation includes health club dues of $2,300.
Part I, Line 4b
The 2022 calendar year compensation amounts reported on Part II include a $20,000 contribution to a Section 457(f) plan for the benefit of Michael Maher.

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
15 February 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202430469349302293

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