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REDWOOD DAY SCHOOL

EIN 94-2289521 OAKLAND, CA

Revenue 2024
$17,680,104
Expenses 2024
$17,644,734

Program services were 87.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B24Z
Classification
2000
Street
3245 SHEFFIELD 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

REDWOOD DAY INSPIRES STUDENTS TO REACH FOR THEIR NEXT CHALLENGE, EMBRACE DIFFERENCES AND DEVELOP THE INTELLECTUAL AND EMOTIONAL COURAGE TO BE READY FOR ANYTHING.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO PROVIDE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN IN GRADES K THROUGH 8.

  • REDWOOD DAY SCHOOL IS AN INDEPENDENT, DIVERSE KINDERGARTEN THROUGH EIGHTH GRADE CO-EDUCATIONAL SCHOOL THAT COMBINES CHALLENGING ACADEMICS, DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION, AND A KEEN AWARENESS OF CHILDREN'S SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT. OUR INTIMATE LEARNING COMMUNITY OF APPROXIMATELY 423 STUDENTS SITS ON 3.5 ACRES IN THE HEART OF OAKLAND AND ENCOURAGES STUDENTS TO DISCOVER AND NURTURE THEIR STRENGTHS AS INDIVIDUAL LEARNERS WHO THRIVE ACADEMICALLY, CONTRIBUTE TO SOCIETY, AND LEAD HEALTHY, MEANINGFUL LIVES. THROUGH KEEN ATTENTION TO DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION AND VARIED TEACHING METHODOLOGIES, OUR PROGRAM EFFECTIVELY SUPPORTS A WIDE RANGE OF STUDENTS. OUR PARENTS AND GUARDIANS ACTIVELY SUPPORT THE PROGRAM IN MYRIAD WAYS, FROM PARTICIPATING IN THE PARENT GUARDIAN ASSOCIATION, VARIOUS COMMITTEES, TO IN-CLASS AND AROUND SCHOOL VOLUNTEERING. REDWOOD DAY SCHOOL IS TRULY A VILLAGE, A STRONG COMMUNITY OF COMMITTED EDUCATORS AND FAMILIES WHO BELIEVE IN THE SCHOOL'S MISSION TO NURTURE EVERY CHILD INTELLECTUALLY AND EMOTIONALLY.

    Expenses $15,392,631 · Grants $2,620,727 · Revenue $16,493,155

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.

  • Jordan Karp

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Elyse Whitehead

    VICE-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Monica Espinosa

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Louise Bedsworth

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Mar Brandt

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Brandi Cantanese

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Nitin Gupta

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Sarah Wilson Hannah

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Catherne Hunter

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Benjamin Jones

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Jared Liederman

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Ayanna Brown

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Geoff Rhizor

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Dalbir Singh

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Ashminder Singh

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Mark Sopp

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Susan Webster

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • John Loeser

    HEAD OF SCHOOL

    Total calculated
    $488,291
    From this org
    $435,997
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $52,294
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $435,997
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $30,520
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,774
    Filer's total
    $488,291
  • Deann Hays

    CFO/COO

    Total calculated
    $288,339
    From this org
    $247,537
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $40,802
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $247,537
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $17,328
    Nontaxable benefits
    $23,474
    Filer's total
    $288,339
  • Anthony Cifra

    LOWER SCHOOL DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $195,918
    From this org
    $171,780
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,138
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $171,780
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $12,025
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,113
    Filer's total
    $195,918
  • Sanjev Desilva

    DIRECTOR OF EQUITY & BELONGING

    Total calculated
    $183,582
    From this org
    $160,250
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,332
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $160,250
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $11,218
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,114
    Filer's total
    $183,582
  • Adonica Powell

    CONTROLLER

    Total calculated
    $174,584
    From this org
    $146,535
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,049
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $146,535
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,257
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,792
    Filer's total
    $174,584
  • Laurie Ransom

    DIR OF CURRICULUM & INSTRUCTION

    Total calculated
    $168,460
    From this org
    $146,119
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,341
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $146,119
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,228
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,113
    Filer's total
    $168,460
  • Robert Eiffler

    DIRECTOR OF AUXILIARY PROGRAMS

    Total calculated
    $171,356
    From this org
    $142,800
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,556
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $142,800
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,996
    Nontaxable benefits
    $18,560
    Filer's total
    $171,356

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
    $17,680,104
    Expenses
    $17,644,734
    Contributions
    $706,012
    Grants paid
    $2,620,727
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $17,917,525
    Expenses
    $16,528,074
    Contributions
    $849,012
    Grants paid
    $2,099,223
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $16,468,829
    Expenses
    $14,892,238
    Contributions
    $961,227
    Grants paid
    $1,940,830

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
    $15,038,373
    Expenses
    $13,657,106
    Assets (EOY)
    $29,255,913
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $15,586,027
    Expenses
    $13,467,079
    Assets (EOY)
    $28,979,067
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $13,471,859
    Expenses
    $12,470,034
    Assets (EOY)
    $28,949,207
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $13,050,416
    Expenses
    $12,577,077
    Assets (EOY)
    $27,923,942
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $12,866,359
    Expenses
    $11,949,277
    Assets (EOY)
    $28,142,137
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $12,866,359
    Expenses
    $11,949,277
    Assets (EOY)
    $28,142,137
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $11,987,003
    Expenses
    $11,351,446
    Assets (EOY)
    $26,932,050
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $11,082,681
    Expenses
    $10,074,139
    Assets (EOY)
    $25,042,466
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $11,681,083
    Expenses
    $9,955,402
    Assets (EOY)
    $17,466,301
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $10,103,788
    Expenses
    $9,183,130
    Assets (EOY)
    $15,062,430

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 13 October 2026 and read 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.