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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by CARLTHORP SCHOOL.

Totals

Total revenue
$16,552,001
Total expenses
$16,795,851
Contributions and grants received
$3,169,996
Grants paid
$944,370
Program service revenue
$11,905,097
Investment income
$1,078,345
Other revenue
$398,563
Total assets, end of year
$64,200,964
Total liabilities, end of year
$9,961,085
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$54,239,879
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$13,607,505
Management and general expenses
$2,382,445
Fundraising expenses
$805,901
Program service expenses (Part III)
$13,607,505

Program services were 81.0% 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

    $460,930

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,709,066

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $464,760

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TUITION/TUTORING FEES

    total $11,464,151 · related or exempt $11,464,151

  • 2b · Program service revenue: WORKSHOPS AND ACTIVITIES

    total $440,946 · related or exempt $440,946

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1,078,345 · excluded $1,078,345

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $500,139

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $328,512

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $171,627

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $171,627 · excluded $171,627

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $723,305

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

    $460,930

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $502,249

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $221,056 · excluded $221,056

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS INCOME

    total $5,880 · excluded $5,880

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $5,880

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $944,370 · program services $944,370

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $966,619 · program services $274,676 · management and general $553,555 · fundraising $138,388

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $8,247,275 · program services $7,192,240 · management and general $728,969 · fundraising $326,066

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $356,459 · program services $315,786 · management and general $27,489 · fundraising $13,184

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $1,068,864 · program services $970,095 · management and general $63,602 · fundraising $35,167

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $676,747 · program services $562,221 · management and general $82,871 · fundraising $31,655

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $187,450 · management and general $187,450

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $89,113 · management and general $89,113

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $236,805 · program services $111,484 · management and general $125,321

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $52,989 · management and general $52,989

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $178,313 · program services $64,982 · management and general $88,195 · fundraising $25,136

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $169,783 · program services $152,805 · management and general $16,978

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $79,760 · program services $71,784 · management and general $7,976

  • 17 · Travel

    total $93,343 · management and general $93,343

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $129,676 · program services $129,676

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $887,971 · program services $799,174 · management and general $88,797

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $247,131 · program services $222,418 · management and general $24,713

  • 24a · Other expenses: REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE

    total $625,542 · program services $562,988 · management and general $62,554

  • 24b · Other expenses: AUXILIARY PROGRAMS EXPE

    total $537,225 · program services $537,225

  • 24c · Other expenses: PROGRAM ACTIVITIES

    total $457,993 · program services $457,993

  • 24d · Other expenses: CLASSROOM SUPPLIES

    total $226,234 · program services $226,234

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $336,189 · program services $11,354 · management and general $88,530 · fundraising $236,305

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $544,892 · end of year $395,449

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $18,639,603 · end of year $18,685,581

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $180,507 · end of year $148,683

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $402,671 · end of year $515,391

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

    $23,434,416

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

    $6,772,878

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $17,147,881 · end of year $16,661,538

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $24,090,915 · end of year $27,794,322

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $610,906 · end of year $449,234

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $9,248,888 · end of year $9,511,851

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $48,137,097 · end of year $51,076,771

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,009,578 · end of year $3,163,108

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

CARLTHORP SCHOOL IS AN INDEPENDENT, NONPROFIT DAY SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN IN GRADES K-6. CARLTHORP SCHOOL PROVIDES A STRONG ACADEMIC FOUNDATION IN A DIVERSE AND NURTURING SCHOOL COMMUNITY THAT EMPHASIZES TRADITIONAL VALUES, DISCIPLINED WORK HABITS, AND EXCELLENCE IN ORDER TO PREPARE OUR STUDENTS TO ACHIEVE THEIR HIGHEST POTENTIAL IN EDUCATION AND LIFE.CARLTHORP SCHOOL, ESTABLISHED IN 1939, IS THE OLDEST INDEPENDENT SCHOOL IN SANTA MONICA. THOUGH THE BREADTH OF OUR CURRICULUM HAS RADICALLY EXPANDED IN THE LAST 86 YEARS, OUR BASIC PHILOSOPHY REMAINS THE SAME. WE FOCUS ON THE CHILD AS A WHOLE, HELPING THE CHILD TO GROW ACADEMICALLY, SOCIALLY, AND ETHICALLY - ALL WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF A TRADITIONALLY ACADEMIC SCHOOL. THE SCHOOL'S TRADITIONAL APPROACH TO EDUCATION, COUPLED WITH POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT IN A CARING WHOLESOME ENVIRONMENT PREPARES CHILDREN TO EXCEL IN TODAY'S COMPETITIVE SOCIETY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

INDEPENDENT NONPROFIT DAY SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN IN GRADES K-6.

  • CARLTHORP SCHOOL IS ACCREDITED BY THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS, THE CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS AND THE WESTERN ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES. CARLTHORP SCHOOL RECEIVED THE "NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND" NATIONAL BLUE RIBBON OF EXCELLENCE AWARD. 100% OF CARLTHORP SCHOOL'S 2025 GRADUATING CLASS ATTEND THE SECONDARY SCHOOL OF THEIR FIRST CHOICE.THE SCHOOL IS TRADITIONALLY AND ACADEMICALLY ORIENTED. THE CURRICULUM IS WELL-ROUNDED AND A SOLID ACADEMIC FOUNDATION IN MATH, READING, AND ENGLISH IS STRESSED. TEACHERS UTILIZE DIVERSE TEACHING MODALITIES AND STRATEGIES. WITH TWO CLASSES AT EACH GRADE LEVEL OF 20 STUDENTS IN EACH CLASS, EACH STUDENT FROM KINDERGARTEN THROUGH SIXTH GRADE RECEIVED INDIVIDUAL ATTENTION. THOROUGHNESS, ACCURACY AND RESPONSIBILITY ARE STRESSED IN ALL SCHOOLWORK, AND SPECIAL ATTENTION IS GIVEN TO NECESSARY PREPARATION FOR ENTRANCE TO PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECONDARY SCHOOLS. DURING THE 2024-25 SCHOOL YEAR, THE SCHOOL SERVED APPROXIMATELY 280 STUDENTS.

    Expenses $13,607,505 · Grants $944,370 · Revenue $11,905,097

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Nola Rae Cronan

    HEAD OF SCHOOL

    Total calculated
    $538,233
    From this org
    $480,990
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $57,243
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $365,989
    Bonus
    $1,000
    Other
    $114,001
    Deferred
    $16,800
    Nontaxable benefits
    $40,443
    Filer's total
    $538,233
  • Steven Springer

    ASSC HEAD OF SCHOOL (LEFT JUNE 2025)

    Total calculated
    $364,085
    From this org
    $303,732
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $60,353
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $302,232
    Bonus
    $1,500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $16,313
    Nontaxable benefits
    $44,040
    Filer's total
    $364,085
  • Kenneth Parr

    DIR. OF FINANCE/SEC./TREAS.

    Total calculated
    $376,470
    From this org
    $278,204
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $98,266
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $245,579
    Bonus
    $1,500
    Other
    $31,125
    Deferred
    $16,611
    Nontaxable benefits
    $81,655
    Filer's total
    $376,470
  • Amanda Sasso

    DEAN OF ACADEMICS

    Total calculated
    $229,672
    From this org
    $207,608
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,064
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $206,308
    Bonus
    $1,300
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $12,698
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,366
    Filer's total
    $229,672
  • Maureen Pollack

    DIRECTOR OF ADVANCEMENT

    Total calculated
    $228,574
    From this org
    $203,567
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,007
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $203,567
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $11,480
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,527
    Filer's total
    $228,574
  • Andre Morris

    HEAD, SCI., INNOV. & SPCL PROG.

    Total calculated
    $187,387
    From this org
    $167,955
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,432
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $166,455
    Bonus
    $1,500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,923
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,509
    Filer's total
    $187,387
  • Nicola Meyer

    LIBRARIAN

    Total calculated
    $153,070
    From this org
    $129,920
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,150
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $127,420
    Bonus
    $2,500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,276
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,874
    Filer's total
    $153,070
  • Aaron Lewis

    BOARD CHAIR/TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Joshua Bertman

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Michael Bundy

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Subha Chudgar

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Stefanie Huie

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Timothy Jackman

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Jarred Kennedy

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Sherman Ma

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Mark McKee

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Cara Moreno

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Dorothy Menzies

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Kerry O'Neill

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Ellen Schwarzman

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Varun Soni

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Hannah Taylor Skvarla

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

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 · Tax indemnification and gross-up payments
  • 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

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
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 1A
GROSSED-UP TUITION REIMBURSEMENT PAYMENTS WERE MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SCHOOL'S TUITION REIMBURSEMENT POLICY FOR OFFICERS AND KEY EMPLOYEES, WHICH HAS BEEN MEMORIALIZED IN WRITING.

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.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

  • 416 SAN VICENTE LLC

    HOLDING TITLE OF REAL PROPERTY · CA · income $500,139 · assets $12,039,474

    Directly controlled by CARLTHORP SCHOOL

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
10 July 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202601949349301355

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