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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by MCDONOGH SCHOOL INCORPORATED.

Totals

Total revenue
$99,306,105
Total expenses
$71,516,868
Contributions and grants received
$4,351,808
Grants paid
$7,936,825
Program service revenue
$63,931,064
Investment income
$30,286,534
Other revenue
$736,699
Total assets, end of year
$329,632,272
Total liabilities, end of year
$54,229,756
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$275,402,516
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$58,190,615
Management and general expenses
$9,822,832
Fundraising expenses
$3,503,421
Program service expenses (Part III)
$58,190,615

Program services were 81.4% 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

    $117,647

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $4,234,161

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $132,536

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TUITION AND FEES

    total $57,850,066 · related or exempt $57,850,066

  • 2b · Program service revenue: INSTRUCTIONAL CAMPS

    total $3,005,038 · related or exempt $3,005,038

  • 2c · Program service revenue: STUDENT SUPPORT

    total $1,287,979 · related or exempt $1,287,979

  • 2d · Program service revenue: RIDING PROGRAM/HORSE SHOWS

    total $877,429 · related or exempt $845,032 · unrelated business $32,397

  • 2e · Program service revenue: CAMPUS HOUSING

    total $648,217 · related or exempt $648,217

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $262,335 · related or exempt $262,335

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $2,474,409 · unrelated business -$14,819 · excluded $2,489,228

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $110,503 · excluded $110,503

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $712,776

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $352,673

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $360,103

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $360,103 · excluded $360,103

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $256,533,384 · other assets $50,845

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

    securities $228,772,104 · other assets $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $27,761,280 · other assets $50,845

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $27,812,125 · excluded $27,812,125

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $35,876

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

    $117,647

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $86,166

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$50,290 · excluded -$50,290

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $456,130

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $245,189

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $210,941 · excluded $210,941

  • 11a · Other revenue: REBATE REVENUE

    total $51,883 · excluded $51,883

  • 11b · Other revenue: OPERATIONS REBATE

    total $6,238 · excluded $6,238

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $47,321 · excluded $47,321

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $105,442

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $7,936,825 · program services $7,936,825

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $1,710,840 · management and general $1,221,545 · fundraising $489,295

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $28,792,027 · program services $25,473,541 · management and general $2,232,014 · fundraising $1,086,472

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $1,387,477 · program services $1,136,324 · management and general $187,280 · fundraising $63,873

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $8,621,759 · program services $6,908,247 · management and general $1,042,965 · fundraising $670,547

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $2,159,420 · program services $1,762,539 · management and general $291,032 · fundraising $105,849

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $284,578 · program services $5,425 · management and general $279,153

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $149,509 · management and general $149,509

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $55,220 · fundraising $55,220

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $33,654 · management and general $33,654

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $188,532 · management and general $188,532

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $108,607 · program services $41,059 · management and general $67,548

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $369,320 · program services $218,831 · management and general $104,728 · fundraising $45,761

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $644,322 · program services $58,933 · management and general $585,389

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $4,292,670 · program services $3,457,198 · management and general $648,854 · fundraising $186,618

  • 17 · Travel

    total $89,521 · program services $36,864 · management and general $42,506 · fundraising $10,151

  • 20 · Interest

    total $726,581 · program services $580,794 · management and general $112,843 · fundraising $32,944

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $5,231,305 · program services $4,208,587 · management and general $791,612 · fundraising $231,106

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $884,124 · program services $156,359 · management and general $727,765

  • 24a · Other expenses: DINING MEALS

    total $2,195,233 · program services $1,751,405 · management and general $343,535 · fundraising $100,293

  • 24b · Other expenses: ACADEMIC SUPPORT AND SU

    total $1,220,203 · program services $1,220,203

  • 24c · Other expenses: HORSE SHOW AND EQUINE S

    total $785,279 · program services $781,560 · management and general $2,879 · fundraising $840

  • 24d · Other expenses: UBIT TAX EXPENSE

    total $229 · management and general $229

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $3,649,633 · program services $2,455,921 · management and general $769,260 · fundraising $424,452

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $3,489,262 · end of year $4,622,550

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $33,175,461 · end of year $30,528,934

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $5,944,991 · end of year $3,718,671

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $652,254 · end of year $454,427

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $7,846 · end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $318,272 · end of year $328,465

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $2,190,555 · end of year $2,003,452

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

    $181,630,125

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

    $67,045,222

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $111,811,946 · end of year $114,584,903

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $136,129,959 · end of year $23,859,891

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $12,981,269 · end of year $141,415,824

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $8,221,473 · end of year $8,115,155

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $2,830,907 · end of year $3,325,033

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $22,859,029 · end of year $23,196,272

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    beginning of year $29,958,645 · end of year $26,916,204

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $1,247,812 · end of year $792,247

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $144,626,310 · end of year $154,432,864

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $113,400,585 · end of year $120,969,652

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

SITUATED ON A BEAUTIFUL 800-ACRE CAMPUS IN OWINGS MILLS MD, MCDONOGH SCHOOL IS A COEDUCATIONAL, COLLEGE PREPARATORY, INDEPENDENT PREKINDERGARTEN THROUGH 12 SCHOOL WITH AN OPTIONAL FIVE-DAY BOARDING PROGRAM FOR STUDENTS IN GRADES 9-12. MCDONOGH SCHOOL IS A COMMUNITY THAT FINDS JOY IN WORK, IN PLAY, IN DISCOVERY, AND IN THE REALIZATION OF PERSONAL POTENTIAL. STRONG, MUTUALLY RESPECTFUL RELATIONSHIPS INSPIRE A PASSION FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING, A DEDICATION TO PERSONAL INTEGRITY, AND A COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE. EMBRACING DIVERSITY OF BACKGROUND, CULTURE, AND THOUGHT, THE SCHOOL BUILDS UPON ITS FOUNDER'S ORIGINAL MISSION TO PROVIDE LIFE-ALTERING OPPORTUNITIES AND TO DEVELOP IN STUDENTS THE WILL "TO DO THE GREATEST POSSIBLE AMOUNT OF GOOD."

Activities or mission (Part I)

PROVIDE EXCEPTIONAL EDUCATION INSPIRING A PASSION FOR LEARNING, GROWTH & A COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE.

  • MCDONOGH SCHOOL IS A HIGHLY REGARDED COEDUCATIONAL, INDEPENDENT SCHOOL WITH APPROXIMATELY 1,460 STUDENTS IN PRE-KINDERGARTEN THROUGH TWELFTH GRADE. AN OPTIONAL FIVE-DAY BOARDING PROGRAM IS AVAILABLE FOR STUDENTS IN GRADES 9-12. MCDONOGH'S ACADEMIC PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO FOSTER A LOVE OF LEARNING. THE LOWER SCHOOL PROVIDES A SOLID FOUNDATION WITH AN EMPHASIS ON READING, WRITING, AND MATHEMATICS. TEACHERS WELCOME CHILDREN AS INDIVIDUALS, TAILORING THE ACADEMIC CURRICULUM TO DEVELOP THEIR FULL POTENTIAL-INTELLECTUALLY, PHYSICALLY, SOCIALLY, AND EMOTIONALLY. THE MIDDLE SCHOOL BUILDS ON THAT FOUNDATION WITH APPRECIATION FOR THE INTELLECTUAL, PHYSICAL, SOCIAL, AND EMOTIONAL NEEDS OF YOUNG ADOLESCENTS. STUDENTS LEARN THE ELEMENTS OF RESPONSIBLE SCHOLARSHIP IN READING, ENGLISH, WORLD LANGUAGES, MATHEMATICS, SCIENCE, SOCIAL STUDIES, AND TECHNOLOGY. THE UPPER SCHOOL COMBINES RIGOROUS ACADEMICS WITH A WIDE VARIETY OF EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES. IN AN ENVIRONMENT THAT FOSTERS VERSATILITY, STUDENTS SELECT HONORS AND ADVANCED COURSES, DEVELOP THEIR ATHLETIC AND ARTISTIC ABILITIES, LEARN LEADERSHIP AND TEAMWORK SKILLS, AND GRADUATE WELL PREPARED FOR COLLEGE.FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 10A:THE POLICIES DESCRIBED IN PART VI, SECTION B, LINES 10A-16B APPLY TO MCDONOGH SCHOOL, INC. AND ITS AFFILIATE AS LISTED BELOW: FOLIO NETWORK, LLC

    Expenses $58,190,615 · Grants $7,936,825 · Revenue $63,898,667

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Michael W Cummings

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • H Stacey Boyer

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Curtis H Cornwell

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Irvin Deandrei Drummond

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Arthur H Adler

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Robert A Bavar

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Richard I Berman

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Wallace E Boston Jr

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Donald B Christian

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Leigh Ann Curl MD

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Erika Seth Davis

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Brandon M Etheridge

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael S Fader

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael L Falcone

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kristin F Finkelstein

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Brett Ingerman

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Elizabeth M Insley

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Joshua P Jones-Dilworth

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Akhila Kosaraju

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jennifer L McKinnell

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Paul M Meurer

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Farah Qureshi Nur

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Steven S Oh

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Joshua R Perry

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Fernanda L Pio Roda

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Patricia B Raksin

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sudhir R Rao

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Shawn W Robinson

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David D Rothschild

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Patricia S Schuster

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Richard B Silberstein

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Craig A Thompson

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David J Farace

    HEAD OF SCHOOL

    Total calculated
    $669,436
    From this org
    $507,355
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $162,081
    Hours/week
    60

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $506,065
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $1,290
    Deferred
    $24,433
    Nontaxable benefits
    $137,648
    Filer's total
    $669,436
  • Sherri Voelkel

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $296,405
    From this org
    $244,423
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $51,982
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $242,443
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $1,980
    Deferred
    $16,285
    Nontaxable benefits
    $35,697
    Filer's total
    $296,405
  • Kathryn Mueller

    ASSOCIATE HEAD OF SCHOOL

    Total calculated
    $289,724
    From this org
    $253,655
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $36,069
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $251,854
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $1,801
    Deferred
    $16,145
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,924
    Filer's total
    $289,724
  • Kerry Johnston

    DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $272,850
    From this org
    $189,421
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $83,429
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $188,731
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $690
    Deferred
    $12,305
    Nontaxable benefits
    $71,124
    Filer's total
    $272,850
  • Jack Hardcastle

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $264,860
    From this org
    $176,516
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $88,344
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $176,216
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $300
    Deferred
    $13,452
    Nontaxable benefits
    $74,892
    Filer's total
    $264,860
  • Eunice Deegan

    CO-DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS

    Total calculated
    $158,015
    From this org
    $136,632
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,383
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $131,192
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $5,440
    Deferred
    $9,834
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,549
    Filer's total
    $158,015
  • Merritt A Livermore

    HEAD OF UPPER SCHOOL

    Total calculated
    $270,676
    From this org
    $155,713
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $114,963
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $155,023
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $690
    Deferred
    $12,027
    Nontaxable benefits
    $102,936
    Filer's total
    $270,676
  • Kevin Costa

    DIRECTOR OF INNOVATION LEARNING

    Total calculated
    $202,660
    From this org
    $141,036
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $61,624
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $139,838
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $1,198
    Deferred
    $9,819
    Nontaxable benefits
    $51,805
    Filer's total
    $202,660
  • Robyn Little

    HEAD OF MIDDLE SCHOOL

    Total calculated
    $157,173
    From this org
    $137,279
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,894
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $136,862
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $417
    Deferred
    $8,781
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,113
    Filer's total
    $157,173
  • Gregory Waters

    HVAC TECHNICIAN

    Total calculated
    $174,630
    From this org
    $135,429
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $39,201
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $135,407
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $22
    Deferred
    $7,763
    Nontaxable benefits
    $31,438
    Filer's total
    $174,630

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 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 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 1A
AS A CONDITION OF EMPLOYMENT, THE FOLLOWING MCDONOGH EMPLOYEES ARE PROVIDED HOUSING FOR THE CONVENIENCE AND BENEFIT OF THE SCHOOL. DAVID J. FARACE, HEAD OF SCHOOL, KATHRYN MUELLER, ASSOCIATE HEAD OF SCHOOL AND MERRITT LIVERMORE, HEAD OF UPPER SCHOOL. THE VALUE OF THE NONTAXABLE HOUSING IS INCLUDED IN NONTAXABLE BENEFITS. AS A NONTAXABLE FRINGE BENEFIT, MEMBERSHIP FEES WERE PAID FOR DAVID J. FARACE, THE HEAD OF SCHOOL, IN THE AMOUNT OF $14,384.

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.

  • FOLIO NETWORK LLC

    SCHOOL PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL SOFTWARE · MD · income $110,503 · assets $1,754,538

    Directly controlled by MCDONOGH SCHOOL INCORPORATED

Related corporations and trusts

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

  • CHARITABLE REMAINDER UNITRUST (9)

    T · CHARITABLE REMAINDER UNITRUST · MD

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
13 May 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202611339349307456

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