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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by NEW YORK INSTITUTE FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$70,171,791
Total expenses
$32,206,695
Contributions and grants received
$27,761,208
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$40,931,861
Other revenue
$1,478,722
Total assets, end of year
$259,029,779
Total liabilities, end of year
$6,564,597
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$252,465,182
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$27,214,303
Management and general expenses
$4,918,136
Fundraising expenses
$74,256
Program service expenses (Part III)
$27,214,303

Program services were 84.5% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $27,671,568

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $89,640

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1,924,481 · excluded $1,924,481

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $180,042,316

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

    securities $141,034,936

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $39,007,380

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $39,007,380 · excluded $39,007,380

  • 11a · Other revenue: PARTNERSHIP NET INCOME

    total $918,715 · excluded $918,715

  • 11b · Other revenue: CAPITAL PROGRAM

    total $558,501 · related or exempt $558,501

  • 11c · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $1,506 · related or exempt $1,506

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $1,478,722

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $335,552 · program services $305,542 · management and general $30,010

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $14,924,049 · program services $13,596,074 · management and general $1,327,975

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $1,865,311 · program services $1,680,898 · management and general $184,413

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $7,015,296 · program services $6,321,732 · management and general $693,564

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $1,148,609 · program services $1,035,052 · management and general $113,557

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $133,559 · management and general $133,559

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $91,106 · management and general $91,106

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $74,313 · management and general $74,313

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $74,256 · fundraising $74,256

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $1,317,626 · management and general $1,317,626

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $119,669 · program services $83,824 · management and general $35,845

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $334,322 · program services $53,913 · management and general $280,409

  • 17 · Travel

    total $24,344 · program services $14,633 · management and general $9,711

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $30,896 · program services $26,077 · management and general $4,819

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,533,294 · program services $1,254,586 · management and general $278,708

  • 24a · Other expenses: FACILITIES ALLOCATION

    total $2,154,201 · program services $2,128,997 · management and general $25,204

  • 24b · Other expenses: PROGRAM SUPPLIES

    total $246,563 · program services $246,563

  • 24c · Other expenses: CONTRACTUAL DIRECT SERV

    total $229,037 · program services $229,037

  • 24d · Other expenses: STAFF RECRUITING

    total $112,269 · program services $2,540 · management and general $109,729

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $442,423 · program services $234,835 · management and general $207,588

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,603,110 · end of year $2,249,303

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $22,429,833 · end of year $71,536,473

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $469,719 · end of year $304,485

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $8,328,665 · end of year $4,974,557

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $20,154 · end of year $62,552

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

    $44,902,020

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

    $28,334,374

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $16,777,321 · end of year $16,567,646

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $161,476,569 · end of year $136,630,155

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $23,630,359 · end of year $26,704,608

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,583,163 · end of year $1,124,111

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $1,647,316 · end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $6,710,798 · end of year $5,440,486

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $223,765,617 · end of year $251,388,642

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,028,836 · end of year $1,076,540

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE MISSION OF THE NEW YORK INSTITUTE FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION IS TO PROVIDE QUALITY EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND SUPPORT TO STUDENTS AND FAMILIES IN A SAFE CARING ENVIRONMENT TO AWAKEN AND INSPIRE STUDENT CURIOSITY, LIFELONG LEARNING AND FULFILLMENT.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO PROVIDE QUALITY EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS & SUPPORT TO STUDENTS & FAMILIES.

  • THE SCHERMERHORN PROGRAM - SEE SCHEDULE O

    Expenses $19,910,978 · Revenue $560,007

  • THE READINESS PROGRAM - SEE SCHEDULE O

    Expenses $7,303,325

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Roseanne K Silberman

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Donna O'Hare Brayton

    VICE PRESIDENT & SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Paul B Yellin

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • William L Musser Jr

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Valerie Capers

    BOARD TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Edward F Cox

    BOARD TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Thomas A D Ettinghausen

    BOARD TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Samuel Morgan

    BOARD TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Alessandro G Olivieri

    BOARD TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bernadette M Kappen

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $318,324
    From this org
    $303,506
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,818
    Hours/week
    36.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $303,506
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,818
    Filer's total
    $318,324
  • Irene Fernandez Gomez

    PRINCIPAL READINESS PGM

    Total calculated
    $212,501
    From this org
    $183,237
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,264
    Hours/week
    36.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $183,237
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $29,264
    Filer's total
    $212,501
  • Mark Sobieski

    DIRECTOR OF FISCAL AFFAIRS

    Total calculated
    $198,063
    From this org
    $152,281
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $45,782
    Hours/week
    36.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $152,281
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $12,183
    Nontaxable benefits
    $33,599
    Filer's total
    $198,063
  • Margherita Manz

    PRINCIPAL SCHERMERHORN PGM

    Total calculated
    $186,225
    From this org
    $152,626
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $33,599
    Hours/week
    36.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $152,626
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $33,599
    Filer's total
    $186,225
  • Lauren Vitro

    COORDINATOR OF HEALTH SVCS

    Total calculated
    $166,492
    From this org
    $153,404
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,088
    Hours/week
    36.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $153,404
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,088
    Filer's total
    $166,492
  • Lois Dougan

    FORMER PUPIL PERSONNEL SVCS COORD

    Total calculated
    $414,436
    From this org
    $391,285
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,151
    Hours/week
    36.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $391,285
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $23,151
    Filer's total
    $414,436

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

  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 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 4B
THE INSTITUTE PROVIDES A SUPPLEMENTAL DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN UNDER SECTION 457(B) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE FOR EMPLOYEES WHOSE BENEFIT ACCRUALS ARE FROZEN IN THE RETIREMENT PLAN FOR EMPLOYEES OF THE NEW YORK INSTITUTE FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION.
PART II - LINE 1
THE INSTITUTE NOTES THAT LOIS DOUGAN, FORMER PUPIL PERSONNEL SERVICES COORDINATOR, WAS NOT EMPLOYED BY THE INSTITUTE DURING FISCAL YEAR ENDING 6/30/2025. MS. DOUGAN'S COMPENSATION, VIA FORM W-2, WAS BASED PRIMARILY ON THE PAYOUT FROM THE SUPPLEMENTAL DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN BY THE INSTITUTE.
PART II - COLUMN (C)
WHEN EMPLOYEES BECOME ELIGIBLE FOR PARTICIPATION IN NEW YORK STATE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM, THE STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT ASSUMES RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE COST OF SUCH PARTICIPATION. THE STATE CONTRIBUTION IS DETERMINED BY EACH EMPLOYEE'S BASE SALARY MULTIPLIED BY THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM'S RATE. THE ACTUARIAL DATA RELATED TO THE PENSION PLAN WAS NOT READILY AVAILABLE FROM THE NEW YORK STATE AND LOCAL RETIREMENT SYSTEM (NYSLRS). DUE TO THE LACK OF AVAILABLE DATA, THE INSTITUTE IS NOT ABLE TO PROVIDE THE ANNUAL INCREASE OR DECREASE IN ACTUARIAL VALUE FROM NYSLRS FOR EACH EMPLOYEE LISTED ON SCHEDULE J, COLUMN (C).

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
1 May 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202601289349301140

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