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← OUR SISTERS SCHOOL INC

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by OUR SISTERS SCHOOL INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,995,341
Total expenses
$2,071,104
Contributions and grants received
$2,827,010
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$25,904
Investment income
$142,427
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$27,960,976
Total liabilities, end of year
$2,282,372
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$25,678,604
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,467,534
Management and general expenses
$328,878
Fundraising expenses
$274,692
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,467,534

Program services were 70.9% 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

    $114,145

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,712,865

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $265,292

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM FEES

    total $25,904 · related or exempt $25,904

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $142,427 · related or exempt $142,427

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $79,704

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

    $114,145

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $79,704

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,195,720 · program services $850,558 · management and general $167,896 · fundraising $177,266

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $25,714 · program services $10,844 · management and general $9,570 · fundraising $5,300

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $82,879 · program services $66,978 · management and general $5,464 · fundraising $10,437

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $119,385 · program services $76,834 · management and general $28,747 · fundraising $13,804

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $300 · program services $300

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $38,000 · management and general $38,000

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $33,038 · management and general $33,038

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $20,911 · program services $19,038 · management and general $303 · fundraising $1,570

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $7,243 · program services $1,148 · management and general $4,507 · fundraising $1,588

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $131,523 · program services $118,371 · management and general $6,576 · fundraising $6,576

  • 17 · Travel

    total $20 · management and general $20

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $31,550 · program services $28,304 · management and general $1,626 · fundraising $1,620

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $16,854 · program services $13,483 · management and general $3,371

  • 24a · Other expenses: ACADEMIC AND INSTRUCTIO

    total $172,164 · program services $172,164

  • 24b · Other expenses: REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE

    total $78,579 · program services $70,721 · management and general $3,929 · fundraising $3,929

  • 24c · Other expenses: ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT

    total $51,370 · program services $12,970 · management and general $1,555 · fundraising $36,845

  • 24d · Other expenses: UTILITIES

    total $25,877 · program services $23,289 · management and general $1,294 · fundraising $1,294

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $39,977 · program services $2,532 · management and general $22,982 · fundraising $14,463

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $412,973 · end of year $262,411

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $4,072,188 · end of year $4,638,771

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $55,000 · end of year $30,000

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $28,182 · end of year $500

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $34,011 · end of year $34,163

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

    $619,172

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

    $179,220

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $361,375 · end of year $439,952

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $17,699,318 · end of year $20,461,341

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $2,187,148 · end of year $2,093,838

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $111,905 · end of year $131,489

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $2,222,670 · end of year $2,150,883

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $21,425,191 · end of year $25,279,147

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,090,429 · end of year $399,457

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

EDUCATE AND INSPIRE ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED GIRLS FROM THE NEW BEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS AREA. EMPOWER GIRLS WITH VALUABLE LIFE SKILLS AND A MINDSET OF ACHIEVEMENT BY PROVIDING A SAFE, SUPPORTIVE, AND ACADEMICALLY CHALLENGING ENVIRONMENT.

  • OUR SISTERS' SCHOOL PROVIDES A TUITION FREE INDEPENDENT MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED GIRLS LIVING IN THE NEW BEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS AREA. THE SCHOOL SEEKS TO EMPOWER GIRLS WITH VALUABLE LIFE SKILLS TO STRIVE FOR EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION. THE SCHOOL PROVIDES A SAFE, SUPPORTIVE, ACADEMICALLY CHALLENGING ENVIRONMENT, AN EXTENDED DAY PROGRAM AND EXPERIENTAL LEARNING EXPERIENCES. THESE SERVICES HELP THE STUDENTS DEVELOP SKILLS TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN HIGH SCHOOL, COLLEGE AND BEYOND. THERE ARE CURRENTLY 72 ENROLLED STUDENTS IN THE SCHOOL.

    Expenses $1,467,534 · Revenue $168,331

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Princess Bomba

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Mary Berg

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Alison Coolidge Boreiko

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Rachel Charrier

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Alice Flint

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Hope Jeffrey

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Merita Hopkins

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Tony Jaccaci

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Per Loftberg

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Serge Moniz

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Faith Morningstar

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Jane Reynolds

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Cecelia Armstrong

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Young Un

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Marcy Wintrub

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Martha Sullivan

    CO-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Kerry Lynch

    CO-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Elizabeth Kellogg

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Rayana Grace

    CLERK

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Joe McDonough

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Sarah Herman

    HEAD OF SCHOOL

    Total calculated
    $123,176
    From this org
    $103,030
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,146
    Hours/week
    40

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
15 January 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202520159349301172

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