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FIELD SCHOOL

EIN 81-2218513 CHICAGO, IL

Revenue 2024
$7,195,225
Expenses 2024
$5,941,403

Program services were 83.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B20
Classification
1200
Street
535 N PARKSIDE 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 · 2024

Mission

THE FIELD SCHOOL IS A DIVERSE, CLASSICAL SCHOOL THAT FEEDS THE HEARTS AND MINDS OF CHILDREN THROUGH RIGOROUS STUDY ROOTED IN A CHRIST-CENTERED ENVIRONMENT. STUDENTS GROW INTELLECTUALLY, SOCIALLY AND SPIRITUALLY, DEEPENING THEIR PASSION FOR LIFELONG LEARNING, SELFLESS SERVICE, AND A DESIRE FOR LASTING RELATIONSHIPS AMID DIVERSE COMMUNITY.

  • THE FIELD SCHOOL IS A DIVERSE CLASSICAL SCHOOL THAT FEEDS THE HEARTS AND MINDS OF CHILDREN THROUGH RIGOROUS STUDY ROOTED IN A CHRIST-CENTERED ENVIRONMENT. STUDENTS GROW INTELLECTUALLY, SOCIALLY AND SPIRITUALLY, DEEPENING THEIR PASSION FOR LIFELONG LEARNING, SELFLESS SERVICE, AND A DESIRE FOR LASTING RELATIONSHIPS AMID DIVERSE COMMUNITY. THE SCHOOL PROVIDED LEARNING FOR 277 STUDENTS, OF VARIOUS BACKGROUNDS, FROM PRE-KINDERGARTEN THROUGH FIFTH GRADE.

    Expenses $4,981,780 · Grants $1,829,901 · Revenue $4,131,045

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

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • DANA COOPER

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • NEIL TAN

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • PHIL NUSSBAUM

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 1 related

  • JOHN SEARLS

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • LAUREN AKINLAWON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CORTLANDT ARMSTRONG

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARK BODETTE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ALEXANDRA CUETO

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JACKIE JOHNSON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JEFF MCCALL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ADRIENNE OTKINS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MATT RITSMAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LISA SMITH

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JEREMY MANN

    EX-OFFICIO

    Total calculated
    $155,675
    From this org
    $131,570
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,105
    Hours/week
    40 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $131,570
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $3,947
    Nontaxable benefits
    $20,158
    Filer's total
    $155,675

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

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $7,195,225
    Expenses
    $5,941,403
    Contributions
    $3,017,045
    Grants paid
    $1,829,901
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $8,845,056
    Expenses
    $6,752,136
    Contributions
    $4,249,736
    Grants paid
    $2,947,000
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $6,612,053
    Expenses
    $5,931,705
    Contributions
    $2,609,329
    Grants paid
    $2,837,384

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
    $3,036,909
    Expenses
    $2,278,458
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,206,039

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,349,344
    Expenses
    $1,595,756
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,622,004

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,325,266
    Expenses
    $1,088,607
    Assets (EOY)
    $807,611

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $756,101
    Expenses
    $661,563
    Assets (EOY)
    $453,216

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.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2019

Tax period
1 August 2019 to 31 July 2020
Principal officer
Rickey Peterson
Mailing address
931 Lake StreetOak Park IL 60301
Website
www.THEFIELDSCHOOL.ORG

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 26 October 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

Grants made

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Grants received

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

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2024 return

Declared as related by

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 13 October 2026 and read 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.