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THE NORTHWEST SCHOOL OF THE ARTS HUMANITIES AND ENVIRONMENT

EIN 91-1061146 SEATTLE, WA

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Revenue 2023
$23,375,238
Expenses 2023
$24,070,879

Program services were 82.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B200
Classification
2000
Street
1415 SUMMIT AVE

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 NORTHWEST SCHOOL OFFERS A FACULTY WHO ENGAGE EACH STUDENT IN SEQUENTIAL, CROSS-DISCIPLINARY STUDY IN THE HUMANITIES, SCIENCES AND THE ARTS. WE ARE A DIVERSE COMMUNITY OF PEOPLE WHO CHALLENGE EACH OTHER TO LEARN IN A HEALTHY, CREATIVE AND COLLABORATIVE ATMOSPHERE OF RESPECT FOR OURSELVES, OTHERS AND THE ENVIRONMENT. WE GRADUATE STUDENTS WITH HISTORICAL, SCIENTIFIC, ARTISTIC AND GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE, ENABLING THEM TO THINK AND ACT WITH INTEGRITY, BELIEVING THEY HAVE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON THE WORLD.

Activities or mission (Part I)

WE OFFER AN OUTSTANDING INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE PREPARATORY PROGRAM FOR GRADES 6-12.

  • AT THE NORTHWEST SCHOOL, WE OFFER AN INTERDISCIPLINARY LIBERAL ARTS PROGRAM WHICH INCLUDES AN EXPANSIVE STUDY OF MATHEMATICS, SCIENCE, HUMANITIES, ARTS, AND MODERN LANGUAGES. BY EXPLORING SOCIETAL ISSUES, CUTTING EDGE IDEAS, AND INNOVATIVE METHODS ACROSS THESE SUBJECT AREAS, OUR STUDENTS LEARN TO READ CRITICALLY, WRITE COGENTLY, THINK CREATIVELY, AND SOLVE COMPLEX PROBLEMS. THROUGH THIS PROGRAM OF STUDY, STUDENTS DEVELOP THE SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE, AND CONFIDENCE TO EMBRACE THE EXPECTATIONS OF COLLEGE AND BEYOND.OUR EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHY IS GROUNDED IN THE CONVICTION THAT STUDENTS REQUIRE NOT ONLY ACADEMIC PREPARATION, BUT ALSO A STRONG SENSE OF SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY. THROUGH OUR COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAM, WHICH HAS PRIORITIZED SOCIAL JUSTICE, ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY, AND A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE, FOR OVER 40 YEARS, WE INSTILL IN EACH STUDENT A DEEP UNDERSTANDING OF THEIR ROLE IN SOCIETY AND THE WORLD. WE BELIEVE THAT EVERY STUDENT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE, AND WE STRIVE TO FOSTER A SENSE OF AGENCY AND PURPOSE IN EACH OF THEM. OUR COLLEGE PREPARATORY PROGRAM IS FOR STUDENTS IN GRADES 6-12. APPROXIMATELY 420 STUDENTS ATTEND THE SCHOOL AND OVER 10% ARE FROM SIX DIFFERENT COUNTRIES.

    Expenses $19,939,157 · Grants $3,421,262 · Revenue $21,702,784

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.

  • Julie Lyss

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Dan Raymond

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Alan Caplan

    VICE-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Dwayne King

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Jamie Cardenas Jr

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Tosh Drake

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Oceania Eagan

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Katharine Gregg

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Glenn Hare

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Carlton Harris

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Tiffany Kelly-Gray

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Gladys Ly-Au Young

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • John Lynch

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Mahtab Mahmoodzadeh

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Morva McDonald

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Val Nelson

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Emily Parker

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Gwendolyn Payton

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Darya Saber

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Steve Schlemmer

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Jonathan Warren

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Lowell Weiss

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Ray Wilson

    HEAD OF SCHOOL

    Total calculated
    $386,926
    From this org
    $330,248
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $56,678
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $330,248
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $19,800
    Nontaxable benefits
    $36,878
    Filer's total
    $386,926
  • Fernando Viana

    DIRECTOR OF FINANCE & OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $284,356
    From this org
    $249,286
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $35,070
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $249,286
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $14,059
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,011
    Filer's total
    $284,356
  • James Joseph

    UPPER SCHOOL DIRECTOR THRU 12/23

    Total calculated
    $209,525
    From this org
    $187,512
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,013
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $187,512
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,820
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,193
    Filer's total
    $209,525

The first 25 listed. 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
    $23,375,238
    Expenses
    $24,070,879
    Contributions
    $725,926
    Grants paid
    $3,421,262
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $23,222,549
    Expenses
    $24,360,101
    Contributions
    $1,173,419
    Grants paid
    $3,765,367

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

  • 2023 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2022 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $23,666,685
    Expenses
    $23,577,711
    Assets (EOY)
    $76,047,059
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $22,972,982
    Expenses
    $22,750,979
    Assets (EOY)
    $79,999,966
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $23,367,861
    Expenses
    $23,354,221
    Assets (EOY)
    $72,657,027
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $22,726,886
    Expenses
    $21,955,598
    Assets (EOY)
    $74,051,760
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $22,610,633
    Expenses
    $20,854,248
    Assets (EOY)
    $73,487,291
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $21,104,256
    Expenses
    $19,087,393
    Assets (EOY)
    $66,281,331
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $21,099,915
    Expenses
    $17,755,905
    Assets (EOY)
    $63,502,799
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $19,933,583
    Expenses
    $17,324,099
    Assets (EOY)
    $63,624,713

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.

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

Disregarded entities on its 2023 return

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.