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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by CHOATE ROSEMARY HALL FOUNDATION INCORPORATED.

Totals

Total revenue
$105,173,140
Total expenses
$99,937,721
Contributions and grants received
$38,643,031
Grants paid
$15,162,741
Program service revenue
$62,536,919
Investment income
$3,773,054
Other revenue
$220,136
Total assets, end of year
$862,290,013
Total liabilities, end of year
$95,376,943
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$766,913,070
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$86,025,047
Management and general expenses
$8,715,984
Fundraising expenses
$5,196,690
Program service expenses (Part III)
$86,025,047

Program services were 86.1% 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)

    $6,920,310

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $31,722,721

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $3,861,569

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TUITION AND FEES

    total $56,051,170 · related or exempt $56,051,170

  • 2b · Program service revenue: SUMMER PROGRAMS

    total $5,275,601 · related or exempt $5,275,601

  • 2c · Program service revenue: STUDENT ACTIVITIES

    total $346,561 · related or exempt $346,561

  • 2d · Program service revenue: APPLICATION FEES

    total $334,100 · related or exempt $334,100

  • 2e · Program service revenue: HEALTH CENTER/COUNSELING

    total $15,940 · related or exempt $15,940

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $513,547 · related or exempt $513,547

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $3,700,609 · unrelated business $110,340 · excluded $3,590,269

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $18,209,185 · other assets $61,829

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

    securities $18,168,869 · other assets $29,700

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $40,316 · other assets $32,129

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $72,445 · excluded $72,445

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $373,815

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $463,212

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total -$89,397 · excluded -$89,397

  • 11a · Other revenue: EVENT AND RINK RENTALS

    total $309,533 · unrelated business $309,533

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $309,533

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $15,162,741 · program services $15,162,741

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $1,382,675 · program services $233,530 · management and general $682,086 · fundraising $467,059

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $51,762 · management and general $25,881 · fundraising $25,881

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $27,473,455 · program services $22,369,920 · management and general $2,352,925 · fundraising $2,750,610

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $3,526,698 · program services $2,966,632 · management and general $283,250 · fundraising $276,816

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $6,528,884 · program services $5,877,831 · management and general $411,681 · fundraising $239,372

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $1,989,733 · program services $1,605,443 · management and general $193,591 · fundraising $190,699

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $8,565,044 · program services $8,171,186 · management and general $192,049 · fundraising $201,809

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $112,691 · program services $101,422 · management and general $11,269

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $420,250 · management and general $420,250

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $2,434,963 · management and general $2,434,963

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $2,431,554 · program services $1,831,095 · management and general $316,328 · fundraising $284,131

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $133,308 · program services $42,571 · management and general $90,657 · fundraising $80

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $2,802,162 · program services $2,256,159 · management and general $391,151 · fundraising $154,852

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $246,912 · program services $239,229 · management and general $3,525 · fundraising $4,158

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $5,350 · program services $5,350

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $2,261,299 · program services $2,190,588 · management and general $50,575 · fundraising $20,136

  • 17 · Travel

    total $2,060,433 · program services $1,786,633 · management and general $70,931 · fundraising $202,869

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $318,522 · program services $289,854 · management and general $17,332 · fundraising $11,336

  • 20 · Interest

    total $962,171 · program services $942,420 · management and general $11,105 · fundraising $8,646

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $12,886,957 · program services $12,618,713 · management and general $152,373 · fundraising $115,871

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,909,694 · program services $1,377,393 · management and general $494,555 · fundraising $37,746

  • 24a · Other expenses: MAINTENANCE & REPAIR

    total $5,522,733 · program services $5,413,995 · management and general $59,930 · fundraising $48,808

  • 24b · Other expenses: OUTSIDE RENTALS

    total $226,692 · program services $133,443 · management and general $3,041 · fundraising $90,208

  • 24c · Other expenses: MINOR EQUIP. PURCHASE

    total $160,478 · program services $147,618 · management and general $8,456 · fundraising $4,404

  • 24d · Other expenses: GIFTS & RECOGNITION

    total $147,235 · program services $69,288 · management and general $34,294 · fundraising $43,653

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $213,325 · program services $191,993 · management and general $3,786 · fundraising $17,546

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $54,708,384 · end of year $54,195,897

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $29,238,136 · end of year $29,107,181

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $27,436,638 · end of year $29,462,858

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $6,537 · end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $2,476,157 · end of year $2,374,373

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

    $404,420,214

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

    $214,476,723

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $182,167,991 · end of year $189,943,491

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $50,685,146 · end of year $55,693,538

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $453,136,875 · end of year $494,189,103

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $775,946 · end of year $7,323,572

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $6,188,873 · end of year $11,033,875

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $45,437,603 · end of year $47,103,823

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    beginning of year $35,747,839 · end of year $34,513,055

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $2,589,209 · end of year $2,726,190

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $309,089,507 · end of year $330,222,113

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $401,578,779 · end of year $436,690,957

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO PROVIDE A QUALITY SECONDARY INDEPENDENT SCHOOL EDUCATION TO APPROXIMATELY 850 STUDENTS PER YEAR.

  • THE SCHOOL EDUCATES (ACADEMICALLY, RESIDENTIALLY AND ATHLETICALLY) APPROXIMATELY 850 STUDENTS THROUGH THE EFFORTS OF DEDICATED FACULTY AND STAFF.

    Expenses $33,053,356 · Revenue $62,536,919

  • THE SCHOOL MAINTAINS ABOUT 1.4 MILLION SQUARE FEET OF RESIDENTIAL, ACADEMIC AND ATHLETIC SPACE FOR A COMMUNITY OF OVER 1,000 MEMBERS. THE MAJORITY OF THIS EXPENSE REFLECTS THE DEPRECIATION ON THE SCHOOL PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT, WHICH HAS A CURRENT ACCOUNTING VALUE OF $182.9 MILLION.

    Expenses $21,600,688

  • THE SCHOOL DISCOUNTS TUITION IN THE FORM OF FINANCIAL AID AT AN APPROXIMATE RATE OF 26.5% IN AN EFFORT TO RECRUIT AND RETAIN THE MOST TALENTED STUDENT BODY. THE SCHOOL RECOGNIZES THAT A DIVERSE STUDENT BODY BETTERS THE OVERALL EXPERIENCE FOR ALL INVOLVED, AND THAT WHILE NOT EVERYONE CAN CONTRIBUTE FINANCIALLY IN TERMS OF TUITION, EVERYONE HAS SOMETHING TO OFFER THE CHOATE ROSEMARY HALL COMMUNITY.

    Expenses $15,162,741 · Grants $15,162,741

  • MANAGEMENT FEES FOR FOOD SERVICE AND HOUSEKEEPING EXPENSES

    Expenses $8,171,185

  • PROFESSIONAL SERVICE EXPENSES

    Expenses $2,076,487

  • OFFICE AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY EXPENSES

    Expenses $2,495,387

  • ALL OTHER PROGRAM RELATED EXPENSES, INCLUDING ADVERTISING, ROYALTIES, INTEREST PAYMENTS, OUTSIDE RENTALS, ETC.

    Expenses $3,465,203

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Alexander D Curtis

    HEAD OF SCHOOL

    Total calculated
    $967,729
    From this org
    $745,680
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $222,049
    Hours/week
    60

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $605,868
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $139,812
    Deferred
    $156,453
    Nontaxable benefits
    $65,596
    Filer's total
    $967,729
  • Danya Alsaady

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Kenneth G Bartels

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Caroline T Brown

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Marc E Brown

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Seth J Brufsky

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Yahonnes S Cleary

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • George F Colony

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Elizabeth M Ferreira

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Katherine B Forrest

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • David Fraze

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Kirsten M Garlinghouse

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Gunther S Hamm

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Elizabeth A Hogan

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jungwook Ryan Hong

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Kelly Green Kahn

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Daniel G Kelly Jr

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Christian B McGrath

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Takashi Murata

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • George F Pyne IV

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • M Anne Sa'Adah

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Patrick T Durbin

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $450,761
    From this org
    $317,460
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $133,301
    Hours/week
    60

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $317,460
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $79,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $53,801
    Filer's total
    $450,761
  • Jennifer Elliott

    HEAD OF STUDENT AND ACADEMIC LIFE

    Total calculated
    $354,255
    From this org
    $269,779
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $84,476
    Hours/week
    60

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $269,779
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $30,675
    Nontaxable benefits
    $53,801
    Filer's total
    $354,255
  • Anne Bergen

    CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $351,638
    From this org
    $283,591
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $68,047
    Hours/week
    60

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $283,591
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $41,065
    Nontaxable benefits
    $26,982
    Filer's total
    $351,638
  • Mari Jones

    DIR. OF DEV. & ALUMNI RELATIONS

    Total calculated
    $345,350
    From this org
    $301,516
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $43,834
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $145,092
    Bonus
    $60,000
    Other
    $96,424
    Deferred
    $23,390
    Nontaxable benefits
    $20,444
    Filer's total
    $345,350
  • Kathryn Levesque

    DEAN OF FACULTY

    Total calculated
    $259,197
    From this org
    $203,672
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $55,525
    Hours/week
    60

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $192,500
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $11,172
    Deferred
    $28,875
    Nontaxable benefits
    $26,650
    Filer's total
    $259,197
  • Mariam Cohen Jennings

    MEDICAL DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $254,242
    From this org
    $196,893
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $57,349
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $196,893
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $30,036
    Nontaxable benefits
    $27,313
    Filer's total
    $254,242

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 · First-class or charter travel
  • 1a · Housing allowance or residence for personal use
  • 1a · Personal services (maid, chauffeur, chef)
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 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

  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 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
THE HEAD OF SCHOOL IS ALLOWED FIRST CLASS TRAVEL UNDER LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES CONNECTED TO SCHEDULE AND DISTANCE TRAVELED. THIS IS NOT TREATED AS TAXABLE. THE FACULTY RECEIVE HOUSING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SCHOOL'S HOUSING POLICY. THE SCHOOL'S SENIOR LEADERSHIP AND FACULTY RESIDE ON CAMPUS AS A CONDITION OF EMPLOYMENT FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF THE EMPLOYER. AS A CONDITION OF EMPLOYMENT, THE SCHOOL REQUIRES SENIOR LEADERSHIP TO RESIDE ON CAMPUS AND CONSIDER THEIR HOME AS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE CAMPUS ENVIRONMENT; TO OPEN THEIR HOME FOR STUDENTS AND ADVISEES; AND TO ASSUME DORMITORY OR OTHER RESIDENTIAL LIFE SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES AS ASSIGNED. SENIOR LEADERSHIP IS ON CALL 24/7. THE VALUE OF HOUSING IS REPORTED IN SCHEDULE J, PART II, COLUMN (D) AND IS TREATED AS NON-TAXABLE. ALL FACULTY ARE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE SERVICES TOWARD THE RESIDENTIAL LIFE PROGRAM AT CHOATE ROSEMARY HALL. THE SCHOOL DOES NOT REIMBURSE EXPENSES FOR HOUSING. THE HEAD OF SCHOOL MAY SEEK REIMBURSEMENT FOR CERTAIN PERSONAL PROFESSIONAL SERVICES SUCH AS FINANCIAL PLANNING AND TAX COUNSELING WHICH ARE TREATED AS NON-TAXABLE. THE HEAD OF SCHOOL RESIDENCE RECEIVES HOUSEKEEPING SERVICES IN CONNECTION WITH ITS REGULAR USE FOR SCHOOL EVENTS, AND AS SUCH, IT IS NOT TAXABLE.
PART I, LINE 1B
THE SCHOOL REQUIRES THAT ITS SENIOR LEADERSHIP RESIDE ON CAMPUS AS A CONDITION OF EMPLOYMENT FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF THE EMPLOYER. ALL FACULTY ARE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE SERVICES TOWARD THE RESIDENTIAL LIFE PROGRAM AT CHOATE ROSEMARY HALL. THE SCHOOL DOES NOT REIMBURSE EXPENSES FOR HOUSING AND PERSONAL SERVICES. FACULTY RECEIVE HOUSING AS A CONDITION OF EMPLOYMENT FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF THE EMPLOYER AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SCHOOL'S FACULTY HOUSING POLICY.
PART I, LINES 4A-B
LINE 4A: THE HEAD OF SCHOOL AND THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER PARTICIPATE IN A SECTION PARTICIPATES IN A SECTION 457(F) PLAN THAT HAS A SUBSTANTIAL RISK OF FORFEITURE. LINE 4B: MARI JONES HAS A SEPARATION AGREEMENT FOR $96,424, AS REPORTED IN PART II, COLUMN (B)(III).
PART I, LINE 7
MARI JONES RECEIVED A BONUS WHICH WAS PAID OUT TO DEVELOPMENT STAFF FOR CAPITAL CAMPAIGN WORK.

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.

Related partnerships

Part III: related organizations taxable as a partnership, with the filer's share.

  • CRH INVESTMENTS HOLDINGS LP

    EXCLUDED · INVESTING · DE · 100% owned · share of income $8,476,129 · share of assets $473,673,340

    Directly controlled by GEM LP

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

  • CHARITABLE REMAINDER TRUST (1)

    T · CHARITABLE TRUST · CT

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
12 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202511339349302241

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