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THE HEIGHTS INC

EIN 52-1128002 POTOMAC, MD

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Revenue 2023
$25,783,805
Expenses 2023
$23,123,194

Program services were 81.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
Classification
1200
Street
10400 SEVEN LOCKS RD

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE HEIGHTS SCHOOL IS A PRIVATE, INDEPENDENT, PREPARATORY SCHOOL FOR BOYS, GRADES THREE TO TWELVE. THE SCHOOL ASSISTS PARENTS IN THE INTELLECTUAL, MORAL, PHYSICAL AND SPIRITUAL EDUCATION OF THEIR SONS. DEDICATED FACULTY IMPART RIGOROUS ACADEMIC TRAINING IN ALL THE MAJOR AREAS OF THE LIBERAL ARTS. FORMATION IN VIRTUE FOSTERS RESPECT FOR EVERY PERSON, A DESIRE TO SERVE GOD AND OTHERS, AND AN OPTIMISTIC ATTITUDE TOWARDS LIFE'S CHALLENGES. THE SCHOOL'S CHRISTIAN ORIENTATION AND SPIRITUAL FORMATION ARE ENTRUSTED TO OPUS DEI, A PERSONAL PRELATURE OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH.

Activities or mission (Part I)

ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL FOR BOYS GRADES 3-12

  • PROVIDE ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION TO 600 BOYS, GRADES 3-12 OVER COURSE OF 170-DAY SCHOOL YEAR. SERVICE PROGRAM INCLUDES CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION, EXTRACURRICULAR PROGRAMS, AND FAMILY SUPPORT ACTIVITIES.

    Expenses $18,730,935 · Grants $4,073,971 · Revenue $20,564,261

  • PROVIDE SUMMER CAMP ACTIVITIES TO 450 BOYS, AGES 4-16 DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS OF JUNE, JULY AND AUGUST. SERVICE PROGRAM INCLUDES CAMPS FOR ATHLETICS, ACADEMIC AND ENRICHMENT SUBJECTS.

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

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Andy Perez-Benzo

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Anthony Falcone

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Daniel Beatty

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Eddy Moss

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • John Messenger

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Katherine Reitz

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Kristina Archeval

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Lawrence Olsen

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Lee Goodwin

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Michael Ferguson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Patrick R Kilner

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Timothy Carney

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Xavier Arguello

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Alvaro De Vicente

    HEADMASTER

    Total calculated
    $252,710
    From this org
    $230,830
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,880
    Hours/week
    55

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $230,830
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $11,542
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,338
    Filer's total
    $252,710

  • James McNiff

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $184,848
    From this org
    $131,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $53,848
    Hours/week
    55

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $131,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,550
    Nontaxable benefits
    $47,298
    Filer's total
    $184,848

  • Andrew Reed

    MIDDLE SCHOOL HEAD

    Total calculated
    $303,008
    From this org
    $233,067
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $69,941
    Hours/week
    55

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $233,067
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $11,653
    Nontaxable benefits
    $58,288
    Filer's total
    $303,008

  • Colin Gleason

    LOWER SCHOOL HEAD

    Total calculated
    $250,775
    From this org
    $180,223
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $70,552
    Hours/week
    55

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $180,223
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,011
    Nontaxable benefits
    $61,541
    Filer's total
    $250,775

  • Gerard Babendreier

    TEACHER

    Total calculated
    $229,046
    From this org
    $198,305
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $30,741
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $198,305
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,915
    Nontaxable benefits
    $20,826
    Filer's total
    $229,046

  • William James

    BUSINESS MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $349,467
    From this org
    $191,499
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $157,968
    Hours/week
    55

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $191,499
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,575
    Nontaxable benefits
    $148,393
    Filer's total
    $349,467

  • Thomas Royals

    ASSISTANT HEADMASTER

    Total calculated
    $213,976
    From this org
    $177,495
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $36,481
    Hours/week
    55

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $177,495
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,875
    Nontaxable benefits
    $27,606
    Filer's total
    $213,976

  • Philip J McGovern

    FORMER CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $310,862
    From this org
    $269,802
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $41,060
    Hours/week
    60

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $269,802
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $13,490
    Nontaxable benefits
    $27,570
    Filer's total
    $310,862

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $25,783,805
    Expenses
    $23,123,194
    Contributions
    $4,192,576
    Grants paid
    $4,073,971
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $23,129,392
    Expenses
    $21,410,692
    Contributions
    $3,356,273
    Grants paid
    $3,792,259

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $21,762,530
    Expenses
    $19,986,821
    Assets (EOY)
    $28,496,015

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $19,692,089
    Expenses
    $18,648,398
    Assets (EOY)
    $26,705,519

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $17,577,031
    Expenses
    $17,418,377
    Assets (EOY)
    $26,208,997

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $17,571,378
    Expenses
    $17,738,101
    Assets (EOY)
    $26,275,790

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $17,626,391
    Expenses
    $16,031,076
    Assets (EOY)
    $26,424,930

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $16,252,533
    Expenses
    $14,910,472
    Assets (EOY)
    $25,188,416

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $15,592,203
    Expenses
    $14,484,155
    Assets (EOY)
    $24,020,751

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $13,752,923
    Expenses
    $14,313,494
    Assets (EOY)
    $22,679,294

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $12,909,903
    Expenses
    $13,923,988
    Assets (EOY)
    $23,146,493

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $12,378,087
    Assets (EOY)
    $24,269,248

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.