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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by RIVERS SCHOOL CORPORATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$45,867,933
Total expenses
$45,362,860
Contributions and grants received
$5,977,168
Grants paid
$7,458,044
Program service revenue
$38,507,688
Investment income
$899,780
Other revenue
$483,297
Total assets, end of year
$128,206,705
Total liabilities, end of year
$29,036,150
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$99,170,555
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$36,407,859
Management and general expenses
$6,510,374
Fundraising expenses
$2,444,627
Program service expenses (Part III)
$36,407,859

Program services were 80.3% 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

    $32,417

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $18,300

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $5,926,451

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $245,707

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TUITION INCOME

    total $33,796,860 · related or exempt $33,796,860

  • 2b · Program service revenue: RIVERS SCHOOL CONSERVATORY

    total $3,499,615 · related or exempt $3,499,615

  • 2c · Program service revenue: SUMMER CAMPS

    total $607,143 · related or exempt $607,143

  • 2d · Program service revenue: SCHOOL ACTIVITIES

    total $604,070 · related or exempt $604,070

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $711,798 · excluded $711,798

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $101,682

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $113,650

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property -$11,968

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total -$11,968 · excluded -$11,968

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $16,269,270 · other assets $15,931

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

    securities $16,097,219 · other assets $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $172,051 · other assets $15,931

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $187,982 · related or exempt $15,931 · excluded $172,051

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $41,540

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

    $32,417

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $65,247

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$23,707 · excluded -$23,707

  • 9a · Gaming: gross income

    $5,455

  • 9b · Gaming: direct expenses

    $877

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $4,578 · excluded $4,578

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $121,470

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $139,174

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total -$17,704 · related or exempt -$17,704

  • 11a · Other revenue: ATHLETIC FACILITY RENTS

    total $332,958 · unrelated business $332,958

  • 11b · Other revenue: MISC. INCOME

    total $154,716 · related or exempt $154,716

  • 11c · Other revenue: NEXTEL RENTAL

    total $44,424 · related or exempt $44,424

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $532,098

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $7,458,044 · program services $7,458,044

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $1,380,060 · program services $70,807 · management and general $992,910 · fundraising $316,343

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $18,934,376 · program services $15,315,677 · management and general $2,551,837 · fundraising $1,066,862

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $1,332,785 · program services $1,056,137 · management and general $194,673 · fundraising $81,975

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $2,157,716 · program services $1,658,985 · management and general $340,641 · fundraising $158,090

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $1,437,857 · program services $1,085,250 · management and general $257,204 · fundraising $95,403

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $40,870 · management and general $40,870

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $73,150 · management and general $73,150

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $32,350 · fundraising $32,350

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $35,781 · management and general $35,781

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $31,444 · management and general $31,444

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $17,382 · program services $25 · management and general $17,347 · fundraising $10

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $365,268 · program services $273,951 · management and general $73,054 · fundraising $18,263

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $959,010 · program services $681,915 · management and general $253,847 · fundraising $23,248

  • 20 · Interest

    total $358,817 · program services $358,817

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $3,843,022 · program services $3,378,437 · management and general $427,019 · fundraising $37,566

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $369,552 · program services $265,977 · management and general $94,885 · fundraising $8,690

  • 24a · Other expenses: LUNCH PROGRAM

    total $1,231,120 · program services $1,046,452 · management and general $123,112 · fundraising $61,556

  • 24b · Other expenses: UTILITIES

    total $890,078 · program services $700,969 · management and general $173,243 · fundraising $15,866

  • 24c · Other expenses: INSTRUCTION MATERIALS

    total $631,937 · program services $631,937

  • 24d · Other expenses: OTHER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES

    total $532,220 · program services $532,220

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $3,250,021 · program services $1,892,259 · management and general $829,357 · fundraising $528,405

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $16,536,430 · end of year $11,176,452

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $331,024 · end of year $224,321

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,099,963 · end of year $1,240,688

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $170,054 · end of year $154,336

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $51,953 · end of year $41,630

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $671,086 · end of year $704,215

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

    $101,265,370

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

    $50,178,903

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $54,049,729 · end of year $51,086,467

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $2,495,205 · end of year $1,549,566

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $46,199,547 · end of year $61,276,084

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $688,227 · end of year $752,946

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $2,279,980 · end of year $2,340,762

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $12,405,052 · end of year $12,914,641

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $13,614,147 · end of year $13,271,970

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $412,635 · end of year $508,777

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $68,757,395 · end of year $70,633,897

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $24,824,009 · end of year $28,536,658

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE RIVERS SCHOOL IS A COED COLLEGE PREPARATORY DAY SCHOOL FOR GRADES 6 THROUGH 12. RIVERS INSPIRES EVERY STUDENT TO PURSUE EXCELLENCE, THRIVE IN A COMMUNITY OF CONNECTION AND BELONGING, AND CREATE THEIR OWN PATH TO A LIFE OF IMPACT AND PURPOSE. CORE VALUESGUIDED BY OUR PHILOSOPHY OF EXCELLENCE WITH HUMANITY, WE VALUE:INTEGRITY - WE ARE COMMITTED TO ALIGNING OUR ACTIONS WITH OUR VALUES IN THE CONTINUING PURSUIT OF COURAGE, HONESTY, AND TRUTH.PERSEVERANCE - WE EMBRACE CHALLENGES AND MAKE SPACE FOR DISCOMFORT AS WE BUILD RESILIENCE AND SUPPORT INDIVIDUAL AND COLLECTIVE GROWTH.EMPATHY - WE SEEK TO UNDERSTAND AND CONNECT WITH ONE ANOTHER TO FOSTER A COMMUNITY OF MUTUAL RESPECT AND CARE.CURIOSITY - WE PRIORITIZE LEARNING THAT IS GROUNDED IN OUR NATURAL SENSE OF WONDER AND SHAPED BY EXPLORING COMPLEX QUESTIONS IN AN ONGOING PROCESS OF DISCOVERY.JOY - WE DELIGHT IN ENGAGING WITH OUR WORK AND WITH EACH OTHER, CELEBRATING OUR PASSIONS AND THE FULLEST EXPRESSION OF OURSELVES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE RIVERS SCHOOL IS A COED COLLEGE PREPARATORY DAY SCHOOL FOR GRADES 6 THROUGH 12. RIVERS INSPIRES EVERY STUDENT TO PURSUE EXCELLENCE, THRIVE IN A COMMUNITY OF CONNECTION AND BELONGING, AND CREATE THEIR OWN PATH TO A LIFE OF IMPACT AND PURPOSE.

  • SCHOOL PROGRAM - THE INSTRUCTION OF 534 STUDENTS - GRADE 6-12. THE SCHOOL YEAR RUNS FROM SEPTEMBER TO JUNE.

    Expenses $31,761,974 · Grants $7,228,752 · Revenue $33,796,860

  • MUSIC CONSERVATORY - OFFERS PREMIER CLASSICAL AND JAZZ MUSIC EDUCATION AND PERFORMANCE PROGRAMS THAT DEVELOP THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF ARTISTIC AND TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT IN STUDENT MUSICIANS OF ALL AGES

    Expenses $3,164,587 · Grants $229,292 · Revenue $3,499,615

  • SUMMER CAMP PROGRAM - THE INSTRUCTION AND SUPERVISION OF CAMPERS IN ARTS, CRAFTS, AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES.

    Expenses $341,525 · Revenue $607,143

  • OTHER SCHOOL PROGRAMS - VARIOUS EXTRA - CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES.

    Expenses $1,139,773 · Revenue $801,437

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Alan D Rose Jr

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5
  • Alison Hall

    CLERK

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.8
  • Alison Monaghan

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.8
  • Andrew C Delinsky

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.8
  • Chris Lee

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.8
  • Derrick Rossi

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.8
  • James Croom

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.8
  • John Maldonado

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.8
  • Jonathan H Paul

    VICE PRESIDENT - TERMED 6/4/25

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5
  • Julie Condron

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.8
  • Julie Lee

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.8
  • Kathryn Fagin

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.8
  • Kenneth Stillwell

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.8
  • Kiera Carlisle

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.8
  • Louise Cummings

    OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.8
  • Lucius Taylor

    TRUSTEE - ELECTED 6/4/25

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.8
  • Marc Carter

    TRUSTEE - ELECTED 6/4/25

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.8
  • Marc Rosenfeld

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.8
  • Mark Benjamin

    OFFICER - ELECTED 6/4/25

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.8
  • Meghan G Swenson

    OFFICER - ELECTED 6/4/25

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.8
  • Michael Lee

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.8
  • Penelope R Fireman

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.8
  • Peter Walter

    VICE PRESIDENT - ELECTED 6/4/25

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.8
  • Rachel Hunter-Goldman

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.8
  • Roger Randall

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Samia Kirmani

    TRUSTEE - ELECTED 6/4/25

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.8
  • Scott Holmes

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.8
  • Sheila Hiatt

    OFFICER - TERMED 6/4/25

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.8
  • Susan Janosky

    TRUSTEE - TERMED 6/24/25

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.8
  • Susan Rapple

    TRUSTEE - TERMED 6/24/25

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.8
  • Jonathan D Wasserman

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $293,312
    From this org
    $268,495
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,817
    Hours/week
    60

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $268,495
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $24,472
    Nontaxable benefits
    $345
    Filer's total
    $293,312
  • Joan Whalen

    ASSISTANT CLERK

    Total calculated
    $120,249
    From this org
    $88,283
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $31,966
    Hours/week
    37.5
  • Ryan S Dahlem

    HEAD OF SCHOOL

    Total calculated
    $704,104
    From this org
    $540,421
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $163,683
    Hours/week
    60

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $482,360
    Bonus
    $25,000
    Other
    $33,061
    Deferred
    $55,309
    Nontaxable benefits
    $108,374
    Filer's total
    $704,104
  • Kristen Kelleher

    ASSOC HEAD SCHOOL DEVEL&EX

    Total calculated
    $354,636
    From this org
    $271,702
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $82,934
    Hours/week
    60

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $271,702
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $24,765
    Nontaxable benefits
    $58,169
    Filer's total
    $354,636
  • Colette Porter

    DIRECTOR OF MARKETING & CO

    Total calculated
    $174,305
    From this org
    $163,727
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,578
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $163,727
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,664
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,914
    Filer's total
    $174,305
  • James M Long

    ASSISTANT HEAD OF SCHOOL

    Total calculated
    $237,771
    From this org
    $183,749
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $54,022
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $183,749
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $17,994
    Nontaxable benefits
    $36,028
    Filer's total
    $237,771
  • Jenny Jun-Lei Kravitz

    DIRECTOR OF EQUITY & INCLUSION

    Total calculated
    $225,326
    From this org
    $163,400
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $61,926
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $163,400
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $3,892
    Nontaxable benefits
    $58,034
    Filer's total
    $225,326
  • Melissa Anderson

    HEAD OF UPPER SCHOOL

    Total calculated
    $316,644
    From this org
    $188,825
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $127,819
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $188,825
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $11,921
    Nontaxable benefits
    $115,898
    Filer's total
    $316,644
  • Yassine Talhaoui

    DIRECTOR OF ADMISSIONS

    Total calculated
    $193,523
    From this org
    $170,215
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,308
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $170,215
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $11,074
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,234
    Filer's total
    $193,523
  • Edward V Parsons

    FORMER HEAD OF SCHOOL - TERMED 6/

    Total calculated
    $247,596
    From this org
    $233,333
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,263
    Hours/week
    0

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $233,333
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,263
    Filer's total
    $247,596

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 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment

Answered no

  • 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 4A
EDWARD V. PARSONS $233,333
SCHEDULE J, PART I LINE 1A-HOUSING ALLOWANCE OR RESIDENCE FOR PERSONAL USE:
AS PART OF HIS DUTIES AS HEAD OF SCHOOL, RYAN DAHLEM IS REQUIRED TO STAY ON CAMPUS IN A SCHOOL OWNED HOUSE. INCLUDED IN MR. DAHLEM'S SCHEDULE J PART II COLUMN (D) NONTAXABLE BENEFITS IS AN AMOUNT FOR 5% OF THE VALUE OF THE HOUSE.

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
7 May 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202611339349301436

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