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← WOODWARD ACADEMY INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by WOODWARD ACADEMY INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$142,506,393
Total expenses
$104,919,323
Contributions and grants received
$5,111,447
Grants paid
$12,270,160
Program service revenue
$92,127,594
Investment income
$44,504,637
Other revenue
$762,715
Total assets, end of year
$315,635,252
Total liabilities, end of year
$84,382,308
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$231,252,944
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$91,439,172
Management and general expenses
$10,365,012
Fundraising expenses
$3,115,139
Program service expenses (Part III)
$91,439,172

Program services were 87.2% 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

    $112,960

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $4,998,487

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $216,844

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TUITION AND FEES

    total $89,910,284 · related or exempt $89,910,284

  • 2b · Program service revenue: AUXILIARY ACTIVITIES

    total $2,217,310 · related or exempt $2,217,310

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $5,792,442 · excluded $5,792,442

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $624,403

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $518,952

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $105,451 · personal property $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $105,451 · unrelated business $26,627 · excluded $78,824

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $185,588,429 · other assets $23,916

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

    securities $146,830,550 · other assets $69,600

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $38,757,879 · other assets -$45,684

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $38,712,195 · excluded $38,712,195

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $115,966

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

    $112,960

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $93,901

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $22,065 · excluded $22,065

  • 9a · Gaming: gross income

    $0

  • 9b · Gaming: direct expenses

    $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $1,146,653

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $619,414

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $527,239 · related or exempt $527,239

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS INCOME

    total $107,960 · excluded $107,960

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $107,960

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $12,221,480 · program services $12,221,480

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $48,680 · program services $48,680

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $2,506,694 · management and general $1,928,537 · fundraising $578,157

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $47,764,124 · program services $42,399,592 · management and general $3,909,685 · fundraising $1,454,847

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $2,143,541 · program services $1,918,581 · management and general $163,252 · fundraising $61,708

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $7,334,197 · program services $6,564,488 · management and general $558,572 · fundraising $211,137

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $3,583,916 · program services $3,207,791 · management and general $272,951 · fundraising $103,174

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $430,341 · management and general $430,341

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $74,225 · management and general $74,225

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $254,358 · management and general $254,358

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $931,047 · management and general $381,228 · fundraising $549,819

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,200,541 · program services $330,029 · management and general $870,512

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $1,105,424 · program services $1,001,160 · management and general $66,350 · fundraising $37,914

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $3,643,929 · program services $3,407,199 · management and general $217,103 · fundraising $19,627

  • 17 · Travel

    total $471,401 · program services $305,113 · management and general $123,992 · fundraising $42,296

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $3,230,309 · program services $3,230,309

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $5,092,689 · program services $5,026,102 · management and general $48,395 · fundraising $18,192

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,227,024 · program services $1,120,418 · management and general $85,623 · fundraising $20,983

  • 24a · Other expenses: INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

    total $5,204,619 · program services $5,204,619

  • 24b · Other expenses: TRANSPORTATION

    total $2,468,000 · program services $2,468,000

  • 24c · Other expenses: FOOD SERVICE

    total $2,349,747 · program services $2,271,188 · management and general $137,777 · fundraising -$59,218

  • 24d · Other expenses: SUMMER PROGRAM

    total $432,826 · program services $432,826

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $1,200,211 · program services $281,597 · management and general $842,111 · fundraising $76,503

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $23,087,853 · end of year $25,091,190

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $713,283 · end of year $941,704

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $818,997 · end of year $520,407

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $141,717 · end of year $610,914

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $640,279 · end of year $775,773

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

    $249,393,181

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

    $114,570,762

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $135,827,228 · end of year $134,822,419

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $152,363,096 · end of year $152,176,027

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $566,692 · end of year $590,807

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $832,344 · end of year $106,011

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $11,899,907 · end of year $11,952,567

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $11,780,595 · end of year $10,843,622

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    beginning of year $65,729,584 · end of year $57,468,903

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $3,487,500 · end of year $3,037,500

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $855,830 · end of year $1,079,716

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $194,911,236 · end of year $201,829,481

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $26,326,837 · end of year $29,423,463

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

WOODWARD ACADEMY PROVIDES COLLEGE PREPARATORY EDUCATION FOR STUDENTS IN PRE-K THROUGH GRADE 12. WOODWARD INTENTIONALLY BRINGS TOGETHER STUDENTS FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS, PERSPECTIVES, AND EXPERIENCES, CREATING A RICHER LEARNING COMMUNITY AND EXCEPTIONAL ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITIES. WOODWARD'S STUDENTS AND GRADUATES ARE CARING AND COMPASSIONATE GLOBAL CITIZENS WHO ARE A MICROCOSM OF WHAT THE WORLD SHOULD BE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

WOODWARD ACADEMY PROVIDES COLLEGE PREPARATORY EDUCATION FOR STUDENTS IN PRE-K THROUGH GRADE 12.

  • Provided college preparatory education for approximately 2,705 students in pre-K through grade 12 at one of the largest independent schools in the continental United States. Woodward creates opportunities for each child to thrive and is the most diverse independent school in Atlanta. Students learn organically from exposure to perspectives different from their own and they are immersed in intentional programs to teach tolerance, respect, and compassion.

    Expenses $91,439,172 · Grants $12,270,160 · Revenue $92,654,833

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Dr F Stuart Gulley

    President - retired 06/30/25

    Total calculated
    $843,437
    From this org
    $731,285
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $112,152
    Hours/week
    40 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $658,642
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $72,643
    Deferred
    $95,700
    Nontaxable benefits
    $18,312
    Filer's total
    $845,297
  • Dr Christopher Freer

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $390,231
    From this org
    $307,738
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $82,493
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $307,738
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $19,205
    Nontaxable benefits
    $64,404
    Filer's total
    $391,347
  • Nigel Traylor

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $334,557
    From this org
    $301,620
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $32,937
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $301,620
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $18,135
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,895
    Filer's total
    $334,650
  • Louise D Mann

    VP OF FINANCE/CFO

    Total calculated
    $320,693
    From this org
    $288,949
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $31,744
    Hours/week
    40 + 2 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $288,949
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $16,965
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,895
    Filer's total
    $321,809
  • Nija Meyer

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $304,323
    From this org
    $259,869
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $44,454
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $259,869
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $16,398
    Nontaxable benefits
    $28,149
    Filer's total
    $304,416
  • Lee Conner

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $292,938
    From this org
    $243,715
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $49,223
    Hours/week
    40 + 10 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $243,715
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $14,540
    Nontaxable benefits
    $35,613
    Filer's total
    $293,868
  • Jonathan Merrill

    Administrator

    Total calculated
    $249,784
    From this org
    $218,199
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $31,585
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $218,199
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $13,708
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,970
    Filer's total
    $249,877
  • Edward Rutledge

    Administrator

    Total calculated
    $243,400
    From this org
    $215,528
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,872
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $215,528
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $12,665
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,994
    Filer's total
    $244,187
  • Dana Phillips

    Administrator

    Total calculated
    $216,088
    From this org
    $160,285
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $55,803
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $160,285
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,893
    Nontaxable benefits
    $46,550
    Filer's total
    $216,728
  • Dr Jose Fernandez

    Administrator

    Total calculated
    $207,251
    From this org
    $181,703
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,548
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $181,703
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $11,526
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,714
    Filer's total
    $207,943
  • Elaine Carroll

    Administrator

    Total calculated
    $191,421
    From this org
    $166,162
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,259
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $166,162
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,057
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,295
    Filer's total
    $191,514
  • Dr Xavier A Duralde

    Chairman

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related
  • Mary S Moore

    Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related
  • Justin H Alexander

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Calvin R Allen Jr

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Simon E Arpiarian

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Gerald R Benjamin

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Aditya Bhoopathy

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Kenneth L Blank

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Ronald M Brill

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Monica Howard Douglas

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Suzanna Sanchez Doyle

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Dr Russell K Gore

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • William H Gray IV

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Riah W Greathouse

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Ryan T Gunnigle

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Rodney S Harrison

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Jo Cranford Hodges

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Ben F Johnson III

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Gregory S Lewis

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • C Brad Marsh

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Belinda MJ Morris

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Garnet M Nygren

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Dr Vicki R Palmer

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Beth H Paradies

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Stephen E Roberts

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • LaKesha M Robinson

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Lauren Z Schlossberg

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • S Paul Shailendra

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Ricardo L Simon

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • James E Sutherland Jr

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Matthew D Wilson

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

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
  • 1a · Health or social club dues or initiation fees
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan

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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 1A
Housing Allowance: The president is paid a housing allowance each year - $72,000 for 2024 calendar year - all included in taxable compensation. One vice president lives on campus in housing provided for the benefit of Woodward Academy and as a condition of the individual's employment, and therefore treated as nontaxable. Another vice president lives off campus in housing owned by Woodward Academy and rented to the individual at a reasonable, subsidized rent, and therefore treated as nontaxable, as well. SOCIAL CLUB DUES: THE SCHOOL PAYS DUES FOR THE PRESIDENT'S MEMBERSHIP IN A LOCAL BUSINESS/SOCIAL CLUB. THE PAYMENTS OF WHICH ARE TREATED AS A NONTAXABLE BENEFIT BECAUSE THE MEMBERSHIP IS USED FOR SCHOOL BUSINESS PURPOSES ONLY.
PART I, LINE 4B
WOODWARD ACADEMY CONTRIBUTED $75,000 TO THE SUPPLEMENTAL NON-QUALIFIED RETIREMENT PLANS FOR DR. F. STUART GULLEY. AMOUNTS IN THE PLAN VEST OVER TIME BASED ON THE NUMBER OF YEARS OF SERVICE.

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.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

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.

  • CHARITABLE REMAINDER TRUST

    TRUST · INVESTMENT · GA · 100% owned · share of income $0 · share of assets $106,004

    Directly controlled by CIBC PRIVATE

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
15 April 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202640449349301729

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