Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by ALZAR SCHOOL INC.

Totals

Total revenue: $6,317,456
Total expenses: $4,323,922
Contributions and grants received: $3,432,137
Grants paid: $401,206
Program service revenue: $2,680,759
Investment income: $207,930
Other revenue: -$3,370
Total assets, end of year: $18,675,151
Total liabilities, end of year: $3,081,054
Net assets or fund balances, end of year: $15,594,097
Program services expenses (Part IX): $3,084,540
Management and general expenses: $1,042,348
Fundraising expenses: $197,034
Program service expenses (Part III): $3,084,540

Program services were 71.3% 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

$21,622
1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

$3,410,515
1g · Noncash contributions included above

$16,986
2a · Program service revenue: TUITION & RELATED SERV

total $2,460,036 · related or exempt $2,460,036
2b · Program service revenue: RAFTING INCOME

total $175,723 · related or exempt $54,551 · unrelated business $121,172
2c · Program service revenue: STUDENT ACCOUNT INCOME

total $45,000 · related or exempt $45,000
3 · Investment income

total $85,902 · excluded $85,902
7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

securities $614,920
7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

securities $490,765 · other assets $2,127
7c · Gain or loss

securities $124,155 · other assets -$2,127
7d · Net gain or loss

total $122,028 · excluded $122,028
8a · Fundraising events: gross income

$0
8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

$21,622
8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

$17,522
8c · Net income from fundraising events

total -$17,522 · excluded -$17,522
10a · Gross sales of inventory

$5,822
10b · Cost of goods sold

$2,093
10c · Net income from sales of inventory

total $3,729 · related or exempt $3,729
11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS INCOME

total $10,423 · excluded $10,423
11e · Other revenue, total

$10,423

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

2 · Grants to domestic individuals

total $401,206 · program services $401,206
5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

total $361,689 · program services $81,269 · management and general $217,013 · fundraising $63,407
7 · Other salaries and wages

total $1,243,833 · program services $964,628 · management and general $225,079 · fundraising $54,126
9 · Other employee benefits

total $242,803 · program services $145,867 · management and general $77,822 · fundraising $19,114
10 · Payroll taxes

total $128,272 · program services $68,741 · management and general $47,141 · fundraising $12,390
11b · Fees: legal

total $9,377 · management and general $9,377
11c · Fees: accounting

total $28,914 · management and general $28,914
11f · Fees: investment management

total $10,286 · management and general $10,286
11g · Fees: other

total $23,109 · management and general $23,109
12 · Advertising and promotion

total $54,846 · management and general $35,946 · fundraising $18,900
13 · Office expenses

total $12,170 · program services $8,154 · management and general $3,164 · fundraising $852
14 · Information technology

total $53,159 · program services $35,617 · management and general $13,821 · fundraising $3,721
16 · Occupancy

total $98,087 · program services $73,124 · management and general $18,643 · fundraising $6,320
17 · Travel

total $391,217 · program services $347,835 · management and general $43,382
20 · Interest

total $46,675 · management and general $46,675
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

total $310,634 · program services $310,634
23 · Insurance

total $182,155 · management and general $182,155
24a · Other expenses: FOOD & SUPPLIES

total $408,410 · program services $400,894 · management and general $7,516
24b · Other expenses: STUDENT PROGRAM EXPENSE

total $107,300 · program services $107,300
24c · Other expenses: STAFF DEVELOPMENT

total $67,415 · program services $67,415
24d · Other expenses: TAXES, FEES, PERMITS &

total $60,453 · program services $5,366 · management and general $52,305 · fundraising $2,782
24e · All other expenses

total $81,912 · program services $66,490 · fundraising $15,422

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

beginning of year $1,621,842 · end of year $2,944,045
2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

beginning of year $437,547 · end of year $1,259,261
3 · Pledges and grants receivable

beginning of year $1,043,199 · end of year $1,061,505
4 · Accounts receivable

beginning of year $525,539 · end of year $595,146
8 · Inventories for sale or use

beginning of year $7,258 · end of year $11,725
9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

beginning of year $83,834 · end of year $49,701
10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

$13,231,309
10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

$2,163,799
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

beginning of year $11,083,028 · end of year $11,067,510
11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

beginning of year $2,052,889 · end of year $1,620,658
15 · Other assets

beginning of year $105,600 · end of year $65,600
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

beginning of year $71,388 · end of year $73,924
19 · Deferred revenue

beginning of year $1,120,976 · end of year $982,594
23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

beginning of year $2,143,657 · end of year $2,024,536
27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

beginning of year $12,193,317 · end of year $11,846,613
28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

beginning of year $1,431,398 · end of year $3,747,484

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

ITS MISSION IS TO BUILD LEADERS WHO POSITIVELY IMPACT THE WORLD. IT DOES THIS EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH OPERATING A SCHOOL, OFFERING EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING FOR VARIOUS DIFFERENT AGES INCLUDING YOUTH, TEENAGERS, AND ADULTS, AND FACILITATING EXPERIENCES IN THE OUTDOORS AND INTERNATIONAL SETTINGS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

WE BUILD LEADERS WHO POSITIVELY IMPACT THE WORLD.

ALZAR DEVELOPS LEADERS THROUGH IMMERSION PROGRAMS. ALZAR PROGRAMS SIT AT THE CONFLUENCE OF ENGAGING ACADEMICS, CULTURAL EXCHANGE, AND OUTDOOR ADVENTURE. WE FACILITATE A LEARNING COMMUNITY THAT FOSTERS SELF-CONFIDENCE, GROWTH, AND INDEPENDENCE. WE HAVE WATCHED STUDENTS FIND THEIR VOICE, BECOME AWARE OF EDUCATION ACROSS ACADEMIC DISCIPLINES AND CULTURES, AND DISCOVER THEY ARE CAPABLE OF MORE THAN THEY IMAGINED. AS AN EXTENSION TO OUR PROGRAMS WE BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER AND LEARN THROUGH SHARED EXPERIENCES ON RIVERS AND MOUNTAINS.

Expenses $3,084,540 · Grants $401,206 · Revenue $2,563,316

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

Listed in Part VII

CALLIN O'BRIEN FEENEY

PRESIDENT

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
KATIE ANDREWS

VICE PRESIDENT

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
BARRY SULLIVAN

TREASURER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
SHAUNA ARNOLD

SECRETARY

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
KIMBERLY TANABE

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
SHELLY LUKE WILLE

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
MIKE MCINTYRE

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
TUCKER SCHRAGE

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
CECILIA VALDES

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
PHILIP HENDERSON

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
TED KALMUS

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
KRISTIN BIERLE

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$214,371

From this org

$153,803

From related orgs

$0

Other

$60,568

Hours/week

40

Schedule J breakdown matched by us

Base

$134,167

Bonus

$19,636

Other

$0

Deferred

$8,148

Nontaxable benefits

$52,420

Filer's total

$214,371
SEAN BIERLE

HEAD OF SCHOOL

Total calculated

$209,922

From this org

$153,803

From related orgs

$0

Other

$56,119

Hours/week

40

Schedule J breakdown matched by us

Base

$134,167

Bonus

$19,636

Other

$0

Deferred

$8,148

Nontaxable benefits

$47,971

Filer's total

$209,922

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 · Housing allowance or residence for personal use
1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
3 · Written employment contract
3 · Compensation survey or study
3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
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 1B: SCHOOL HOUSING IS PROVIDED TO THE HEAD OF SCHOOL, SEAN BIERLE, AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, KRISTIN BIERLE, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SCHOOL. THIS BENEFIT IS NOT TREATED AS TAXABLE COMPENSATION FOR THE INDIVIDUALS.

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.

BASE PATAGONIA

EDUCATIONAL · CI · income $122,115 · assets $2,328,769

Directly controlled by ALZAR SCHOOL INC
CONFLUENCES RIVER EXPEDITIONS LLC

EDUCATIONAL · ID · income $189,748 · assets $261,972

Directly controlled by ALZAR SCHOOL INC
WATERSHED EXPERIENCES LLC

EDUCATIONAL · ID · income $0 · assets $0

Directly controlled by ALZAR SCHOOL INC

Provenance

Return type: form_990
Tax year: 2023
Filed: 27 March 2025
IRS schema version: 2023v6.0
Source object: 202510929349301251

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