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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by TRUSTEES OF THE LAWRENCEVILLE SCHOOL.

Totals

Total revenue
$102,401,842
Total expenses
$113,273,297
Contributions and grants received
$23,470,252
Grants paid
$16,684,675
Program service revenue
$60,959,822
Investment income
$16,265,018
Other revenue
$1,706,750
Total assets, end of year
$1,141,223,432
Total liabilities, end of year
$115,371,788
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,025,851,644
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$84,441,895
Management and general expenses
$21,244,859
Fundraising expenses
$7,586,543
Program service expenses (Part III)
$84,441,895

Program services were 74.5% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $23,470,252

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $574,231

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TUITION AND FEES

    total $59,346,033 · related or exempt $59,346,033

  • 2b · Program service revenue: AUXILIARY PROGRAM

    total $1,613,789 · related or exempt $1,613,789

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $5,140,836 · unrelated business -$1,237,076 · excluded $6,377,912

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $174,122

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $9,478

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $164,644

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $164,644 · excluded $164,644

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $107,829,174

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

    securities $96,526,591 · other assets $178,401

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $11,302,583 · other assets -$178,401

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $11,124,182 · unrelated business $943,834 · excluded $10,180,348

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $370,938

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $261,120

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $109,818 · related or exempt $109,818

  • 11a · Other revenue: SUMMER CAMP PROGRAMS

    total $560,078 · unrelated business $560,078

  • 11b · Other revenue: ICE RINK

    total $348,773 · unrelated business $348,773

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $523,437 · excluded $523,437

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $1,432,288

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $106,000 · program services $106,000

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $16,578,675 · program services $16,578,675

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $2,336,398 · program services $51,904 · management and general $1,546,980 · fundraising $737,514

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $32,464,760 · program services $24,065,931 · management and general $5,120,081 · fundraising $3,278,748

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $3,597,618 · program services $2,771,909 · management and general $447,748 · fundraising $377,961

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $9,445,782 · program services $7,043,197 · management and general $1,438,397 · fundraising $964,188

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $2,491,785 · program services $1,746,699 · management and general $453,912 · fundraising $291,174

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $303,830 · management and general $299,547 · fundraising $4,283

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $204,493 · management and general $204,493

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $23,286 · fundraising $23,286

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $5,395,037 · management and general $5,395,037

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $3,250,720 · program services $2,318,946 · management and general $887,738 · fundraising $44,036

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $187,106 · program services $20,111 · management and general $3,888 · fundraising $163,107

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $2,966,040 · program services $1,690,130 · management and general $1,071,426 · fundraising $204,484

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $1,998,797 · program services $74,280 · management and general $1,655,631 · fundraising $268,886

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $3,949,409 · program services $2,973,953 · management and general $926,853 · fundraising $48,603

  • 17 · Travel

    total $2,109,869 · program services $1,779,518 · management and general $131,200 · fundraising $199,151

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $78,152 · program services $48,980 · management and general $22,750 · fundraising $6,422

  • 20 · Interest

    total $2,094,510 · program services $1,980,988 · management and general $88,101 · fundraising $25,421

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $13,274,483 · program services $12,555,011 · management and general $558,362 · fundraising $161,110

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,312,424 · program services $1,241,291 · management and general $55,204 · fundraising $15,929

  • 24a · Other expenses: FOOD SERVICE

    total $3,863,040 · program services $3,863,040

  • 24b · Other expenses: NON-CAPITALIZED REPAIRS

    total $1,950,824 · program services $1,845,090 · management and general $82,057 · fundraising $23,677

  • 24c · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $1,510,743 · program services $806,427 · management and general $573,976 · fundraising $130,340

  • 24d · Other expenses: EVENTS

    total $984,680 · program services $346,024 · management and general $94,670 · fundraising $543,986

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $794,836 · program services $533,791 · management and general $186,808 · fundraising $74,237

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $14,623,430 · end of year $3,389,733

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $28,584,388 · end of year $32,959,756

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $49,690,848 · end of year $29,467,305

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $2,233,037 · end of year $1,641,314

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    beginning of year $132,798

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $2,900,291 · end of year $2,872,541

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $96,260 · end of year $127,639

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $821,125 · end of year $1,204,253

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

    $532,193,545

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

    $193,231,969

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $308,706,083 · end of year $338,961,576

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $169,536,102 · end of year $218,495,256

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $495,144,028 · end of year $511,358,433

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $174,919 · end of year $745,626

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $27,348,026 · end of year $20,491,114

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $15,119,360 · end of year $16,596,344

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    beginning of year $41,870,300 · end of year $41,656,809

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $779,572 · end of year $596,538

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $33,853,898 · end of year $36,030,983

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $365,219,971 · end of year $414,860,284

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $588,452,182 · end of year $610,991,360

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THROUGH HOUSE AND HARKNESS, THE LAWRENCEVILLE SCHOOL CHALLENGES A DIVERSE COMMUNITY OF PROMISING YOUNG PEOPLE TO LEAD LIVES OF LEARNING, INTEGRITY, AND HIGH PURPOSE. OUR MISSION IS TO INSPIRE THE BEST IN EACH TO SEEK THE BEST FOR ALL.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE LAWRENCEVILLE SCHOOL AIMS TO CHALLENGE A DIVERSE COMMUNITY OF PROMISING YOUNG PEOPLE TO LEAD LIVES OF LEARNING, INTEGRITY, AND HIGH PURPOSE.

  • STUDENT SERVICES: IN 1936, EDUCATIONAL PHILANTHROPIST EDWARD S. HARKNESS HELPED LAWRENCEVILLE RECONFIGURE THE SCHOOL'S CLASSROOMS AROUND OVAL 'HARKNESS' TABLES THAT REPLACED LECTURE AND MEMORIZATION WITH SHARED INQUIRY AND DISCOVERY. BY CONNECTING THE RIGOROUS INTELLECTUAL CULTURE AROUND THE HARKNESS TABLE TO OUTSTANDING EXPERIENTIAL AND EXTRACURRICULAR OPPORTUNITIES SPANNING ACADEMIC, ATHLETIC, ARTISTIC, CULTURAL, SCIENTIFIC, SERVICE, AND SOCIAL ENDEAVORS, LAWRENCEVILLE DEEPENS UNDERSTANDING, REINFORCES SELF-CONFIDENCE, SPAWNS CREATIVITY, AND FOSTERS INITIATIVE AND LEADERSHIP. WE EMPOWER STUDENTS TO LEARN AND THINK FOR THEMSELVES, AND TO SUBJECT PRELIMINARY UNDERSTANDING TO CRITICAL REVIEW. LAWRENCEVILLE ENCOURAGES STUDENTS TO PUT IN THE WORK, PURSUE THEIR PASSIONS, AND DEVELOP THEIR TALENTS, INSPIRING THE BEST IN EACH TO SEEK THE BEST FOR ALL.

    Expenses $84,441,895 · Grants $16,684,675 · Revenue $61,069,640

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Murray Stephen S

    HEAD OF SCHOOL/ASST. SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $1,105,397
    From this org
    $770,914
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $334,483
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $746,994
    Bonus
    $10,000
    Other
    $13,920
    Deferred
    $201,250
    Nontaxable benefits
    $133,233
    Filer's total
    $1,105,397
  • Weiss Jonathan G

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Mellet Celeste M

    VICE-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Braswell Porter

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Brody Hyman J

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Cahill Vincent J

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Clifford Michael P

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Fang Jean S

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Ferguson Jane

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Frumkin Joseph

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Gaw Goodwin

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Griswold Benjamin

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Kirby Jefferson

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Mabry Marcus B

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Moore Katherine A

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Pujadas Juan

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Robbins William

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Schankler Corrente

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Shaw Leucretia Brown

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Tapiero Daniel M

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Tatum Lisa Skeete

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Tsai Joseph C

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Viswanathan Meera S PhD

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Volpp Kevin Dr PhD

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Voris Alexandra Buckley

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Waldron John E

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Wilkinson Elizabeth G

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Zochowski T Robert Jr

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Hammond Benjamin C

    CFAO/SECRETARY/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $878,334
    From this org
    $603,676
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $274,658
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $349,540
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $254,136
    Deferred
    $91,250
    Nontaxable benefits
    $183,408
    Filer's total
    $878,334
  • Barnes Mary Kate

    DIRECTOR OF ADVANCMENT

    Total calculated
    $794,910
    From this org
    $645,142
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $149,768
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $376,342
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $268,800
    Deferred
    $91,250
    Nontaxable benefits
    $58,518
    Filer's total
    $794,910
  • Devine Peter

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $706,929
    From this org
    $522,272
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $184,657
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $248,960
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $273,312
    Deferred
    $82,221
    Nontaxable benefits
    $102,436
    Filer's total
    $706,929
  • Isaacson Marcia

    GENERAL COUNSEL/DIR. OF RM/ASST. SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $335,760
    From this org
    $290,025
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $45,735
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $219,067
    Bonus
    $50,000
    Other
    $20,958
    Deferred
    $29,120
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,615
    Filer's total
    $335,760
  • Beaver Skylar

    DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $316,541
    From this org
    $255,370
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $61,171
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $202,990
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $52,380
    Deferred
    $45,769
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,402
    Filer's total
    $316,541
  • Carter Gregory

    DIRECTOR OF PRINCIPAL AND LEADERSHIP GIFTS

    Total calculated
    $289,789
    From this org
    $230,298
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $59,491
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $116,394
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $113,904
    Deferred
    $34,769
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,722
    Filer's total
    $289,789
  • Gore John

    SENIOR PHILANTHROPIC ADVISER

    Total calculated
    $298,061
    From this org
    $254,812
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $43,249
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $166,741
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $88,071
    Deferred
    $20,263
    Nontaxable benefits
    $22,986
    Filer's total
    $298,061
  • Buckles Gregory B

    DEAN OF ENROLLMENT MANAGEMENT

    Total calculated
    $364,014
    From this org
    $234,616
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $129,398
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $234,616
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $79,327
    Nontaxable benefits
    $50,071
    Filer's total
    $364,014

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 · Personal services (maid, chauffeur, chef)
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

Answered no

  • 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
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 1A
OCCUPANCY OF CAMPUS HOUSING IS REQUIRED FOR CERTAIN EMPLOYEES AS A CONDITION OF EMPLOYEMENT. SINCE THIS CONDITION IS FOR THE SCHOOL'S BENEFIT, IT IS TREATED AS A NON-TAXABLE BENEFIT TO THE EMPLOYEE, PER SECTION P.L. 115-97 OF THE IRS CODE. THE HEAD OF SCHOOL'S RESIDENCE ALSO SERVES AS A LOCATION TO HOST MANY SCHOOL EVENTS. THE VALUE OF CAMPUS HOUSING IS INCLUDED AS NOTAXABLE BENEFITS IN PART II, COLUMN (D) FOR THE FOLLOWING LISTED INDIVIDUALS: STEPHEN S. MURRAY, PETER DEVINE, MARY KATE BARNES, BENJAMIN C. HAMMOND, AND GREGORY BUCKLES. THE SCHOOL ALSO PAYS FOR CERTAIN TAX AND FINANCE SERVICES FOR AND PROVIDES AN AUTOMOBILE TO THE HEAD OF SCHOOL. THE VALUE OF THESE AMOUNTS IS INCLUDED AS OTHER REPORTABLE COMPENSATION ON PART II, COLUMN (B)(III).
PART I, LINES 4A-B
JOHN GORE RECEIVED A PAYMENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH A SIGNED AGREEMENT AT SEPARATION FROM THE SCHOOL. THIS AMOUNT IS REPORTED AS OTHER REPORTABLE COMPENSATION ON PART II, COLUMN (B)(III). THE FOLLOWING AMOUNTS WERE ACCRUED FOR THE PARTICIPANTS IN THE 457(F) DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN DURING CALENDAR YEAR 2023 AND INCLUDED IN SCHEDULE J, PART II, COLUMN C: STEPHEN S. MURRAY: $160,000 BENJAMIN C. HAMMOND: $50,000 MARY KATE BARNES: $50,000 GREGORY BUCKLES: $50,000 PETER DEVINE: $50,000 MARQUIS SCOTT: $50,000 EMILIE KOSOFF: $75,000 GREGORY CARTER: $20,000 SKYLAR BEAVER: $20,000 CERTAIN OF THESE INDIVIDUALS HAD AMOUNTS THAT VESTED DURING 2023. VESTED AMOUNTS ARE INCLUDED SCHEDULE J, PART II, COLUMNS (B)(III) AND COLUMN F.
PART I, LINE 7
BONUSES ARE PAID TO INDIVIDUALS BASED ON PERFORMANCE METRICS AND ARE APPROVED BY THE EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE BOARD AND REPORTED TO THE FULL BOARD. BONUS AMOUNTS ARE INCLUDED IN PART II, COLUMN B.

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
9 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202521309349301032

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