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← BREWSTER ACADEMY

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by BREWSTER ACADEMY.

Totals

Total revenue
$35,947,435
Total expenses
$30,685,202
Contributions and grants received
$7,041,311
Grants paid
$7,243,782
Program service revenue
$27,463,120
Investment income
$1,149,499
Other revenue
$293,505
Total assets, end of year
$105,786,634
Total liabilities, end of year
$29,025,848
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$76,760,786
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$25,785,784
Management and general expenses
$3,915,465
Fundraising expenses
$983,953
Program service expenses (Part III)
$25,785,784

Program services were 84.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Listed in Part VII

  • Roy Ballentine

    Chairman

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Arthur W Coviello Jr

    Vice Chairman

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Brian Ballentine

    Second Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Robert Mueller

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Carlos Noble

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Richard Blackburn

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Ronn Bronzetti

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Richard Carlson

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Martha Cassidy

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Scott Curvey

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • George J Dohrmann III

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Karen Fix

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Gabrielle Joy Gatta

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Peter Grayson

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Joan Hill

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Kirk Koenigsbauer

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jean Regnier

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Andrew Reyes

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Rev Nancy Spencer Smith

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Steven Webster

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Richard Wood II

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Kristy M Kerin

    Head of School

    Total calculated
    $582,362
    From this org
    $480,067
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $102,295
    Hours/week
    60

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $335,012
    Bonus
    $90,367
    Other
    $54,688
    Deferred
    $69,150
    Nontaxable benefits
    $33,145
    Filer's total
    $582,362

  • Susan Harrington

    Chief Financial Officer

    Total calculated
    $225,453
    From this org
    $198,556
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,897
    Hours/week
    60

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $183,556
    Bonus
    $15,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $13,013
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,884
    Filer's total
    $225,453

  • Craig Gemmell

    President

    Total calculated
    $458,926
    From this org
    $317,172
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $141,754
    Hours/week
    5 + 55 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $187,396
    Bonus
    $126,176
    Other
    $3,600
    Deferred
    $88,417
    Nontaxable benefits
    $53,337
    Filer's total
    $458,926

  • Peter Gilligan

    Chief Tech. & Operations Officer

    Total calculated
    $243,928
    From this org
    $194,197
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $49,731
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $170,197
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $24,000
    Deferred
    $14,350
    Nontaxable benefits
    $35,381
    Filer's total
    $243,928

  • Nicholas Wilbur

    Director of Enrollment Management

    Total calculated
    $193,562
    From this org
    $153,042
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $40,520
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $142,042
    Bonus
    $10,000
    Other
    $1,000
    Deferred
    $10,401
    Nontaxable benefits
    $30,119
    Filer's total
    $193,562

  • James Reilly

    Asst. Head of School - Campus Life

    Total calculated
    $166,293
    From this org
    $155,414
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,879
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $131,414
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $24,000
    Deferred
    $10,879
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $166,293

  • Tyler Butler

    Director of Finance/Financial Aid

    Total calculated
    $134,878
    From this org
    $123,554
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,324
    Hours/week
    50

  • John Northrop

    Director of Advancement

    Total calculated
    $178,928
    From this org
    $112,901
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $66,027
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $112,901
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,352
    Nontaxable benefits
    $56,675
    Filer's total
    $178,928

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
  • 1a · Housing allowance or residence for personal use
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 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
Housing was provided to the Head of School, Director of Enrollment Management, Chief Financial Officer, Director of Advancement and Dean of Teaching and Learning.
Part I, Line 4b
Craig Gemmell, President, and Kristy Kerin, Head of School, participate in a 457f plan. Brewster Academy contributed $42,000 and $22,000, respectively, on their behalf into the plan.
Part I, Line 7
Craig Gemmell, President of Brewster & BAI, Nick Wilbur, Director of Enrollment Management, Kristy Kerin, Head of School, Susan Harrington, Chief Financial Officer and Amanda Welsh, Director of Marketing received a bonus during the year based on goals established in their contracts that were met during the prior year or in recognition of outstanding performance and service above and beyond their assigned duties.1

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

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 corporations and trusts

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

  • The John Brewster Trust

    T · Perpetual Trust · NH · 70% owned · share of income $710,197 · share of assets $9,274,661 · controlled entity

  • BA International LLC

    C · Educational Services · NH · 100% owned · share of assets $126,463 · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by Brewster Academy

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
31 January 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202630449349300948

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