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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by PRINCETON DAY SCHOOL INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$47,829,935
Total expenses
$50,745,873
Contributions and grants received
$2,337,204
Grants paid
$6,289,888
Program service revenue
$42,730,522
Investment income
$2,973,220
Other revenue
-$211,011
Total assets, end of year
$187,009,335
Total liabilities, end of year
$59,130,252
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$127,879,083
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$42,169,649
Management and general expenses
$6,614,146
Fundraising expenses
$1,962,078
Program service expenses (Part III)
$42,169,649

Program services were 83.1% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,337,204

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $268,887

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TUITION

    total $41,605,332 · related or exempt $41,605,332

  • 2b · Program service revenue: SUMMER PROGRAMS

    total $819,587 · related or exempt $819,587

  • 2c · Program service revenue: STAY & PLAY

    total $108,799 · related or exempt $108,799

  • 2d · Program service revenue: AFTER SCHOOL COURSES

    total $91,786 · related or exempt $91,786

  • 2e · Program service revenue: MUSIC LESSONS

    total $47,286 · related or exempt $47,286

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $57,732 · related or exempt $57,732

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $2,474,319 · excluded $2,474,319

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $610,982

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $918,903

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property -$307,921

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total -$307,921 · excluded -$307,921

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $6,122,173

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

    securities $5,623,272

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $498,901

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $498,901 · excluded $498,901

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $114,295

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $52,378

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $61,917 · excluded $61,917

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER REVENUE

    total $34,993 · related or exempt $34,993

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $34,993

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $6,289,888 · program services $6,289,888

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $852,152 · program services $253,900 · management and general $522,082 · fundraising $76,170

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $6,506 · management and general $6,506

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $23,564,197 · program services $19,388,721 · management and general $3,190,218 · fundraising $985,258

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $1,790,714 · program services $1,452,803 · management and general $257,533 · fundraising $80,378

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $6,014,246 · program services $4,879,185 · management and general $778,063 · fundraising $356,998

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $1,710,608 · program services $1,395,108 · management and general $241,486 · fundraising $74,014

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $87,150 · management and general $87,150

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $44,000 · management and general $44,000

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $4,000 · fundraising $4,000

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $115,467 · management and general $115,467

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $90,714 · management and general $90,714

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $95,431 · program services $5,802 · management and general $89,629

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,919,111 · program services $1,160,457 · management and general $532,363 · fundraising $226,291

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $1,088,074 · program services $969,150 · management and general $91,435 · fundraising $27,489

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $731,721 · program services $636,740 · management and general $70,470 · fundraising $24,511

  • 17 · Travel

    total $235,184 · program services $167,998 · management and general $58,927 · fundraising $8,259

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $32,039 · program services $32,039

  • 20 · Interest

    total $776,926 · program services $776,926

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $2,549,349 · program services $2,389,316 · management and general $118,734 · fundraising $41,299

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $470,825 · program services $406,243 · management and general $47,916 · fundraising $16,666

  • 24a · Other expenses: REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE

    total $1,754,544 · program services $1,596,656 · management and general $117,143 · fundraising $40,745

  • 24b · Other expenses: PROF. DEVELOPMENT

    total $334,829 · program services $276,205 · management and general $58,624

  • 24c · Other expenses: UNCOLLECTIBLE PROMISES

    total $95,686 · management and general $95,686

  • 24d · Other expenses: AUXILIARY SUPPLIES

    total $92,512 · program services $92,512

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $4,799,660 · end of year $3,862,618

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $1,649,141

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,395,114 · end of year $816,113

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $24,688,452 · end of year $26,691,603

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $4,929 · end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $122,397 · end of year $163,247

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $398,563 · end of year $576,328

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

    $95,914,529

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

    $38,569,536

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $57,539,240 · end of year $57,344,993

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $89,197,024 · end of year $94,671,859

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,070,771 · end of year $1,233,433

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $3,465,932 · end of year $3,272,926

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $33,516,611 · end of year $35,608,191

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    beginning of year $19,279,138 · end of year $19,136,876

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $1,607,035 · end of year $1,112,259

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $62,390,400 · end of year $63,744,384

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $58,957,034 · end of year $64,134,699

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

CULTIVATING INTELLECTUAL VITALITY AND STRENGTH OF CHARACTER WITHIN A COMMUNITY OF COMPASSION, SHARED RESPONSIBILITY, AND PLAY. PRINCETON DAY SCHOOL ASPIRES TO EMPOWER EACH STUDENT TO ACT WITH WISDOM AND PURPOSE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

CULTIVATING INTELLECTUAL VITALITY AND STRENGTH OF CHARACTER WITHIN A COMMUNITY

  • PRINCETON DAY SCHOOL IS AN INDEPENDENT EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION SERVING APPROXIMATELY 970 STUDENTS IN GRADES PREK THROUGH 12. PDS BRINGS TOGETHER A DIVERSE COMMUNITY WHERE INTELLECTUAL VITALITY, STRENGTH OF CHARACTER, AND JOY IN DISCOVERY FLOURISH.

    Expenses $42,169,649 · Grants $6,289,888 · Revenue $42,765,515

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Kelley Nicholson-Flynn

    HEAD OF SCHOOL

    Total calculated
    $395,380
    From this org
    $316,549
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $78,831
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $233,105
    Bonus
    $50,000
    Other
    $33,444
    Deferred
    $12,375
    Nontaxable benefits
    $66,456
    Filer's total
    $395,380
  • Christopher Bobbitt

    CHAIR/PART-TIME INSTRUCTOR

    Total calculated
    $14,280
    From this org
    $14,280
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Ashley Aitken-Davies

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jacob Silverman

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Anna Horner

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Sanford Bing

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jixin Dai

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Beth Geter-Douglass

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Georgia B Gosnell

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dylan Leith

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Cynthia Linville

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Amanda Maher

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Wesley Markham

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lee Maschler

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Paris McLean

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kavita Morris

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Howard Powers

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Anita Shah

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John C Wellemeyer

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dulany H Gibson

    ASSISTANT HOS FINANCE & OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $373,643
    From this org
    $268,485
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $105,158
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $267,317
    Bonus
    $1,168
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $28,474
    Nontaxable benefits
    $76,684
    Filer's total
    $373,643
  • Jon Ostendorf

    CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $333,066
    From this org
    $234,298
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $98,768
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $232,788
    Bonus
    $1,510
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $18,042
    Nontaxable benefits
    $80,726
    Filer's total
    $333,066
  • Renee Price

    ASST HOS/HEAD OF MIDDLE SCHOOL

    Total calculated
    $304,252
    From this org
    $219,611
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $84,641
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $218,465
    Bonus
    $1,146
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $16,823
    Nontaxable benefits
    $67,818
    Filer's total
    $304,252
  • Sandy Wang

    HEAD OF LOWER SCHOOL

    Total calculated
    $293,921
    From this org
    $218,629
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $75,292
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $217,493
    Bonus
    $1,136
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $16,861
    Nontaxable benefits
    $58,431
    Filer's total
    $293,921
  • Anthony McKinley

    DIRECTOR OF DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION

    Total calculated
    $209,585
    From this org
    $178,120
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $31,465
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $176,984
    Bonus
    $1,136
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $18,199
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,266
    Filer's total
    $209,585
  • Lisa S Surace

    ASSOCIATE HEAD OF SCHOOL

    Total calculated
    $265,750
    From this org
    $238,192
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,558
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $237,044
    Bonus
    $1,148
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $25,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $2,558
    Filer's total
    $265,750
  • Paul J Stellato

    FORMER HEAD OF SCHOOL

    Total calculated
    $806,464
    From this org
    $744,152
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $62,312
    Hours/week
    0

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $453,551
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $290,601
    Deferred
    $15,250
    Nontaxable benefits
    $47,062
    Filer's total
    $806,464

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 · Personal services (maid, chauffeur, chef)
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception
  • 9 · Followed the rebuttable-presumption procedure

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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 1A
HOUSING IS PROVIDED TO THE HEAD OF SCHOOL (HOS), ASSISTANT HOS FOR FINANCE & OPERATIONS, AND THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER, AS THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES FEELS THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THESE POSITIONS REQUIRE A CONTINUOUS PRESENCE ON CAMPUS. THIS HOUSING MEETS THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE GUIDELINES FOR EXCLUSION FROM TAXABLE INCOME. HOUSE CLEANING IS PROVIDED TO THE HOS AND ASSISTANT HOS FOR FINANCE & OPERATIONS AS PART OF A CONTINUOUS MAINTENANCE PROGRAM FOR THE HOUSES AND IS NOT INCLUDED IN TAXABLE INCOME.
PART I, LINE 4B
PAUL J. STELLATO, FORMER HEAD OF SCHOOL - $284,101 DISTRIBUTION KELLEY NICHOLSON- FLYNN, HEAD OF SCHOOL - $20,000 CONTRIBUTION
PART I, LINE 7
TWO BONUSES WERE PAID DURING THE YEAR. THE FIRST WAS APPROVED BY THE HEAD OF SCHOOL, WHO DID NOT PARTICIPATE IN THIS BONUS. THE SECOND WAS THE HEAD OF SCHOOL'S SIGNING BONUS THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. BOTH BONUSES WERE INCLUDED IN TAXABLE COMPENSATION AND ARE REPORTED IN SCHEDULE J, PART II, COLUMN (B).
PART I, LINE 8
COMPENSATION FOR KELLEY NICHOLSON-FLYNN, HEAD OF SCHOOL, IS SUBJECT TO AN INITIAL WRITTEN EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT FOR THE PERIOD JULY 1, 2023 TO JUNE 30, 2027.

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
5 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202511269349302326

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