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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by UNIVERSITY PREPARATORY ACADEMY.

Totals

Total revenue
$36,146,863
Total expenses
$30,997,985
Contributions and grants received
$4,125,738
Grants paid
$4,254,162
Program service revenue
$29,415,482
Investment income
$2,673,678
Other revenue
-$68,035
Total assets, end of year
$166,542,321
Total liabilities, end of year
$80,554,487
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$85,987,834
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$25,724,511
Management and general expenses
$3,974,280
Fundraising expenses
$1,299,194
Program service expenses (Part III)
$25,724,511

Program services were 83.0% 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

    $866,464

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $3,259,274

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $227,400

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TUITION AND FEES

    total $29,298,531 · related or exempt $29,298,531

  • 2b · Program service revenue: FORFEITED DEPOSITS

    total $79,831 · related or exempt $79,831

  • 2c · Program service revenue: APPLICATION FEES

    total $37,120 · related or exempt $37,120

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $2,673,678 · excluded $2,673,678

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $49,100

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

    $866,464

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $117,135

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$68,035 · excluded -$68,035

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $4,254,162 · program services $4,254,162

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $1,709,188 · program services $741,847 · management and general $855,550 · fundraising $111,791

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $12,903,944 · program services $10,970,533 · management and general $1,423,889 · fundraising $509,522

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $668,852 · program services $579,501 · management and general $59,837 · fundraising $29,514

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $1,604,471 · program services $1,242,560 · management and general $285,229 · fundraising $76,682

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $1,155,380 · program services $926,034 · management and general $175,374 · fundraising $53,972

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $26,849 · management and general $26,849

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $65,138 · management and general $65,138

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $104,985 · management and general $104,985

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $445,742 · program services $143,441 · management and general $217,605 · fundraising $84,696

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $101,945 · program services $88,188 · management and general $8,786 · fundraising $4,971

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,984,976 · program services $1,659,082 · management and general $169,125 · fundraising $156,769

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $1,564,449 · program services $1,368,299 · management and general $125,273 · fundraising $70,877

  • 17 · Travel

    total $309,577 · program services $305,633 · management and general $1,193 · fundraising $2,751

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $278,605 · program services $209,980 · management and general $55,716 · fundraising $12,909

  • 20 · Interest

    total $656,156 · program services $567,610 · management and general $56,551 · fundraising $31,995

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $2,213,743 · program services $1,915,007 · management and general $190,791 · fundraising $107,945

  • 24a · Other expenses: STUDENT ACTIVITIES

    total $343,246 · program services $308,109 · management and general $4,750 · fundraising $30,387

  • 24b · Other expenses: BUS PASSES

    total $254,039 · program services $254,039

  • 24c · Other expenses: DUES

    total $179,398 · program services $130,261 · management and general $47,785 · fundraising $1,352

  • 24d · Other expenses: AWARDS, GIFTS, CONTRIB.

    total $55,833 · program services $31,202 · management and general $18,978 · fundraising $5,653

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $117,307 · program services $29,023 · management and general $80,876 · fundraising $7,408

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $2,977,134 · end of year $3,362,181

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $26,014,237 · end of year $27,323,164

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $3,652,722 · end of year $3,875,987

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $17,693,167 · end of year $20,532,076

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $352,245 · end of year $378,476

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

    $97,754,405

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

    $26,728,410

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $57,040,051 · end of year $71,025,995

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $35,702,698 · end of year $39,398,960

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $612,156 · end of year $523,505

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $148,479 · end of year $121,977

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $7,959,433 · end of year $3,749,857

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $24,963,677 · end of year $28,114,148

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    beginning of year $32,443,706 · end of year $48,315,328

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $401,655 · end of year $375,154

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $61,267,182 · end of year $69,576,705

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $17,157,236 · end of year $16,411,129

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

UNIVERSITY PREPARATORY ACADEMY IS COMMITTED TO DEVELOPING EACH STUDENT'S POTENTIAL TO BECOME AN INTELLECTUALLY COURAGEOUS AND SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE CITIZEN OF THE WORLD.

Activities or mission (Part I)

INDEPENDENT SCHOOL PROVIDING PRIVATE EDUCATION TO STUDENTS GRADES 6 THROUGH 12 FOUNDED 1976.

  • INDEPENDENT SCHOOL PROVIDING PRIVATE EDUCATION TO STUDENTS GRADES 6 THROUGH 12. ACCREDITED WITH NORTHWEST ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS AND THE STATE OF WASHINGTON. COMMITTED TO DEVELOPING EACH STUDENT'S POTENTIAL TO BECOME AN INTELLECTUALLY COURAGEOUS AND SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE CITIZEN OF THE WORLD.

    Expenses $25,724,511 · Grants $4,254,162 · Revenue $29,415,482

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Christina Zembruski

    FACULTY/TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $108,645
    From this org
    $92,811
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,834
    Hours/week
    45
  • Ninevah Lowery

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Scotland Nash

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Jennifer Zell

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jarrad Harford

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Krysia Johnson

    PGA PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Richard Anderson

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Juli Cook

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Steven De Beer

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jamie Evans

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Charles Frischer

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Terry Froggatt

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Van Katzman

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Patricia Landy

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Thong Le

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Russell Normann

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Kathy Park

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Sujal Patel

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Timothy Richey

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Dani Ruthfield

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Casey Schuchart

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Andrew Selby

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Blake Titcomb

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jeremy Wacksman

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Robin Waterman

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Ronnie Codrington-Cazeau

    HEAD OF SCHOOL

    Total calculated
    $511,276
    From this org
    $479,129
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $32,147
    Hours/week
    60

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $416,129
    Bonus
    $63,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $23,100
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,047
    Filer's total
    $511,276
  • Susan Lansverk

    ASST. HEAD FOR FIN. & OP.

    Total calculated
    $350,199
    From this org
    $318,563
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $31,636
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $317,313
    Bonus
    $1,250
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $22,299
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,337
    Filer's total
    $350,199
  • Edward Billingslea

    ASST. HEAD OF SCHOOL

    Total calculated
    $216,990
    From this org
    $198,650
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,340
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $197,400
    Bonus
    $1,250
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,203
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,137
    Filer's total
    $216,990
  • Susie Wu

    DIRECTOR OF UPPER SCHOOL

    Total calculated
    $196,722
    From this org
    $175,126
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,596
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $173,876
    Bonus
    $1,250
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $12,259
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,337
    Filer's total
    $196,722
  • Ryan Hannon

    DIRECTOR OF ENROLLMENT MANAGEMENT

    Total calculated
    $203,097
    From this org
    $185,850
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,247
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $184,600
    Bonus
    $1,250
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,710
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,537
    Filer's total
    $203,097
  • Kelly Herrington

    DIRECTOR OF COLLEGE COUNSELING

    Total calculated
    $194,039
    From this org
    $172,619
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,420
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $171,369
    Bonus
    $1,250
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $12,083
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,337
    Filer's total
    $194,039
  • Rebecca Moe

    DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS

    Total calculated
    $189,871
    From this org
    $167,041
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,830
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $165,791
    Bonus
    $1,250
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $11,693
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,137
    Filer's total
    $189,871
  • Amy Spivey

    DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

    Total calculated
    $182,191
    From this org
    $161,546
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,645
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $160,296
    Bonus
    $1,250
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $11,308
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,337
    Filer's total
    $182,191
  • Liz Van Hoy

    DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $178,974
    From this org
    $164,366
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,608
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $163,116
    Bonus
    $1,250
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $3,471
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,137
    Filer's total
    $178,974
  • Joel Sohn

    FORMER KEY EMPLOYEE

    Total calculated
    $112,486
    From this org
    $100,899
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,587
    Hours/week
    0

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $100,899
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,063
    Nontaxable benefits
    $4,524
    Filer's total
    $112,486

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 · Discretionary spending account
  • 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
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 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
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 1A
RONNIE CODRINGTON CAZEAU, HEAD OF SCHOOL, HAD A DISCRETIONARY SPENDING ACCOUNT FOR SCHOOL RELATED EXPENSES. SHE WAS REIMBURSED FOR THESE EXPENSES UPON PROVIDING RECEIPTS. THESE PAYMENTS WERE NOT TREATED AS TAXABLE COMPENSATION.
PART I, LINE 7
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS DETERMINED AND APPROVED THE BONUS FOR THE HEAD OF SCHOOL. THE HEAD OF SCHOOL DETERMINED AND APPROVED THE BONUSES FOR FACULTY, STAFF, AND ADMINISTRATION.

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
2023
Filed
13 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202511349349312561

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