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NORTHERN LIGHT SCHOOL

EIN 94-3097690 OAKLAND, CA

Revenue 2024
$4,443,399
Expenses 2024
$5,321,681

Program services were 55.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B20
Classification
2000
Street
3710 DORISA 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 SCHOOL IS COMMITTED TO PROVIDING A HIGH QUALITY EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN FROM ALL SOCIOECONOMIC AND CULTURAL BACKGROUNDS. THE FACULTY AND STAFF CREATE AN ATMOSPHERE WHERE EVERY CHILD CAN GROW ACADEMICALLY, EMOTIONALLY, PHYSICALLY AND SPIRITUALLY TO BECOME HEALTHY, PRODUCTIVE MEMBERS OF THEIR FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES. THE FOCUS IS ON ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AS WELL AS NON-VIOLENCE, ACCEPTANCE OF DIFFERENCES, RESPECT FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, AND MORAL ADVANCEMENT OF HUMANITY SO THAT THE CHILDREN DEVELOP AN UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF OTHERS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Northern Light School is committed to providing a high quality education for children from all socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds.

  • NORTHERN LIGHT SCHOOL IS A LEADING INDEPENDENT OAKLAND, CA NON PROFIT, PRESCHOOL THROUGH GRADE 8 ORGANIZATION THAT PROVIDES EXCELLENT EDUCATION TO CHILDREN FROM ACROSS THE BAY AREA. AT NORTHERN LIGHT SCHOOL, WE ARE COMMITTED TO BEING A BAY AREA SCHOOL THAT BUILDS A SCHOOL FAMILY AND IS DEDICATED TO OFFERING CHILDREN AN EXCELLENT EDUCATION THAT WILL ENHANCE NOT ONLY THEIR ACADEMIC GROWTH BUT ALSO THEIR EMOTIONAL, PHYSICAL, AND SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT. OUR FACULTY IS HERE TO TEACH AND NURTURE THE CHILDREN IN AN ENVIRONMENT OF CHALLENGES, EXPLORATION, STRUCTURE AND LOVE. NORTHERN LIGHT SCHOOL IS DESIGNED TO BENEFIT ALL OF US: CHILDREN, FACULTY, FAMILIES AND THE COMMUNITY.

    Expenses $2,934,609 · Grants $1,250,185 · Revenue $2,561,833

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.

  • Tonya Taylor

    Dir. of Students

    Total calculated
    $137,395
    From this org
    $122,843
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,552
    Hours/week
    40

  • Jill Diaz

    Dir. of Admissions & MKT

    Total calculated
    $131,952
    From this org
    $117,440
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,512
    Hours/week
    40

  • MOLLY HARRINGTON

    FRONT OFFICE MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $105,449
    From this org
    $97,436
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,013
    Hours/week
    40

  • Mary Anton

    Exec Dir/Acting HOS(8/24-6/25)

    Total calculated
    $37,500
    From this org
    $37,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    15

  • Sanjev deSilva

    Head of School

    Total calculated
    $20,252
    From this org
    $19,688
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $564
    Hours/week
    40

  • Liz Wright

    CHAIR of FINANCE(THRU 11/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • ANN HETERELENDY

    PRESIDENT (Thru 12/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • HEATHER MARTINEZ QUITIGUA

    Gov Char/PRESIDENT (Eff 12/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Ann Hertelendy

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Will Nervis

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Joel Parrott

    Treasurer (Eff. 12/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Mike Pivovaroff

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    15

  • MONIKA BAUERLEIN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    15

  • DICK BRADFORD

    TRUSTEE (Thru 6/2025)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    15

  • BRIAN GADSDEN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $4,443,399
    Expenses
    $5,321,681
    Contributions
    $1,618,325
    Grants paid
    $1,250,185
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $4,647,526
    Expenses
    $5,435,104
    Contributions
    $1,677,043
    Grants paid
    $1,440,191
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $7,126,279
    Expenses
    $5,148,446
    Contributions
    $4,700,984
    Grants paid
    $1,127,934

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
    $5,875,811
    Expenses
    $5,522,166
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,035,826

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,833,759
    Expenses
    $4,448,173
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,264,584

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,790,269
    Expenses
    $4,080,701
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,096,076

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,424,164
    Expenses
    $3,995,664
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,981,217

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,477,342
    Expenses
    $3,892,381
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,193,545

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,997,307
    Expenses
    $2,855,995
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,724,382

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,523,168
    Expenses
    $2,720,041
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,487,739

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.

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

  • Exemption revoked 15 November 2018, reinstated 15 November 2018.

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.