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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by NORTHWESTERN PREPARATORY SCHOOL.

Totals

Total revenue
$582,235
Total expenses
$646,575
Contributions and grants received
$0
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$575,613
Investment income
$6,622
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$2,296,706
Total liabilities, end of year
$5,334
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,291,372
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$575,667
Management and general expenses
$70,908
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$575,667

Program services were 89.0% 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.

  • 2a · Program service revenue: STUDENT FEES FOR SCHOO

    total $575,613 · related or exempt $575,613

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $6,610 · excluded $6,610

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $5,114

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

    securities $5,102

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $12

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $12 · excluded $12

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $266,442 · program services $219,815 · management and general $46,627

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $43,027 · program services $43,027

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $42,618 · program services $36,197 · management and general $6,421

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $9,117 · management and general $9,117

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $6,552 · program services $3,276 · management and general $3,276

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $210,002 · program services $210,002

  • 17 · Travel

    total $16,376 · program services $16,376

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $15,670 · program services $15,670

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $20,765 · program services $17,203 · management and general $3,562

  • 24a · Other expenses: CLASSROOM SUPPLIES

    total $7,641 · program services $7,641

  • 24b · Other expenses: STORAGE

    total $6,488 · program services $4,866 · management and general $1,622

  • 24c · Other expenses: PAYROLL FEES

    total $1,877 · program services $1,594 · management and general $283

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $404,719 · end of year $633,257

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $428,553 · end of year $147,691

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

    $396,097

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

    $396,097

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $15,670 · end of year $0

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $1,158,444 · end of year $1,514,764

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $994

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $5,339 · end of year $5,334

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $2,002,047 · end of year $2,291,372

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO ASSIST THE YOUNG PEOPLE OF OUR COUNTRY WHO DESIRE TO SERVE AS MILITARY OFFICERS AND TO EMPHASIZE SCHOLARSHIP, PERSONAL INTEGRITY, LEADERSHIP AND PHYSICAL FITNESS. TO INCREASE THEIR SAT AND ACT SCORES, TO BUILD A STRONG FOUNDATION IN CLASSES THAT WILL BENEFIT THEM AT THE US SERVICE ACADEMIES OR ROTC AND TO MAXIMIZE THEIR PHYSICAL FITNESS, WHILE FOLLOWING THE HONOR CODE AND WORKING ON TEAM BUILDING.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO WORK WITH THE US SERVICE ACADEMIES TO COUNSEL/EDUCATE 18+ YEAR OLDS TO ENABLE THEM TO BE MORE COMPETITIVE IN US SERVICE ACADEMY AND UNIVERSITY APPLICATIONS. STUDENTS APPLIED TO THE US SERVICE ACADEMIES: AIR FORCE, NAVY, WEST POINT, MERCHANT MARINE AND COAST GUARD. THEY ALSO APPLIED TO ROTC/UNIVERSITY ADMISSIONS. MENTOR AND PROVIDE A NETWORK FOR 3,000 FORMER STUDENTS IN THEIR MILITARY CAREERS. TO COMPLETE INTERVIEWS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FORMER STUDENTS TO RECEIVE SECURITY CLEARANCES THROUGH THE FBI AND OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT.

  • STAFF ADVISED STUDENTS IN METHODS OF EFFECTIVE STUDYING, MEMORIZATION, TIME MANAGEMENT, GOAL SETTING, ORGANIZATION AND PRODUCTIVE HABITS, ALONG WITH LESSONS IN ETIQUETTE AND PROTOCOL. GUIDELINES WERE SET FOR APPEARANCE AND FOR DRESS IN BUSINESS CASUAL AND MORE FORMAL ATTIRE. DUE TO CALIFORNIA FIRES AND THE US FOREST SERVICE MANDATE FOR EVACUATION FOR THREE WEEKS, CLASSES WERE REMOTE FOR THREE WEEKS AND IN-PERSON FOR ELEVEN WEEKS. CLASSES WERE HELD SIX DAYS PER WEEK AND COVERED MATH, ENGLISH, CHEMISTRY, PHYSICS, PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, VOCABULARY AND STUDY HALL. 53 STUDENTS WERE IN THE PROGRAM. 45 RECEIVED APPOINTMENTS TO US SERVICE ACADEMIES AND EIGHT ENTERED COLLEGES. SEMINARS WERE CONDUCTED ON SEXUAL HARASSMENT, HONOR CODE, MILITARY CAREERS AND OPPORTUNITIES. OUTSIDE SPEAKERS WERE OFTEN INVITED TO CONDUCT SEMINARS. STUDENTS CHOOSING TO ATTEND CHURCH WERE DRIVEN BY NORTHWESTERN PREP STAFF TO THE APPROPRIATE CHURCH. WHEN A STUDENT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION, THE SCHOOL FURNISHED THE TRANSPORTATION AND A STAFF MEMBER TO ACCOMPANY THE STUDENT. EACH STUDENT WAS COUNSELED WITH REGARDS TO HIS OR HER CHOICE OF ACADEMIES, UNIVERSITIES OR ROTC PROGRAMS. STAFF MEMBERS ALSO WORKED WITH STUDENTS ADVISING THEM IN THEIR APPLICATIONS FOR THEIR NOMINATIONS TO THEIR CONGRESSMEN, SENATORS, THE VICE PRESIDENT, THE PRESIDENT ANDTHE VARIOUS ACADEMIES. STAFF MEMBERS PROVIDED REQUESTED EVALUATIONS OF PERFORMANCE, ACADEMIC ABILITY, PHYSICAL FITNESS STANDARDS, CHARACTERISTICS OF HONOR, WORK ETHIC, INTEGRITY, LEADERSHIP, COMMUNITY INTERACTION, OR OTHER APPLICABLE TRAITS. NORTHWESTERN PREPARATORY REMAINED AVAILABLE AND OFFERED SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT ONCE THE STUDENTS REACHED THE ACADEMY, THEIR ROTC UNITS OR THEIR OTHER COMMISSIONING SOURCES. NORTHWESTERN PREPARATORY SCHOOL WAS CONTACTED BY ORGANIZATIONS THAT PERFORMED BACKGROUND CHECKS FOR SECURITY PURPOSES ON THOSE ENTERING THE ACADEMIES/ROTC PROGRAMS. ALSO, FORMER STUDENTS, NOW OFFICERS, NEEDED ADDITIONAL CLEARANCES FOR HIGHER LEVEL SECURITY ASSIGNMENTS. NORTHWESTERN PREP PROVIDED THEM TO THE OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT, THE FBI AND OTHER INVESTIGATIVE BODIES. COMPLETE RECOMMENDATIONS WITH COLOR PHOTO ID'S AND TRANSCRIPTS ARE KEPT ON FILE FOR EACH OF THE 3,000 FORMER STUDENTS. NORTHWESTERN PREP MAINTAINS A THOROUGH DATABASE WHICH ALLOWS STUDENTS TO CONTACT FORM NETWORKS WITH ALL FORMER CLASSES OF GRADUATES WHILE ON ASSIGNMENTS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD AND WHEN JOINING A PARTICULAR MILITARY SERVICE COMMUNITY.

    Expenses $575,667 · Revenue $575,613

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Suzanne Durbeck

    PRESIDENT, MATH INSTRUCTOR

    Total calculated
    $133,221
    From this org
    $133,221
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    50

  • Daniel Durbeck

    DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS/DEAN

    Total calculated
    $133,221
    From this org
    $133,221
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Andrew Downes

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Peter Perotte

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
13 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202503189349307475

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