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BUSH SCHOOL

EIN 91-0161095 SEATTLE, WA

Revenue 2023
$38,221,828
Expenses 2023
$35,791,144

Program services were 80.5% 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
3400 E HARRISON ST

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 BUSH SCHOOL HAS BEEN IN EXISTENCE SINCE 1924. IT IS AN ACCREDITED INDEPENDENT SCHOOL THAT PROVIDES INNOVATIVE AND EXPERIENTIAL INSTRUCTION TO CHILDREN FROM KINDERGARTEN THROUGH TWELFTH GRADE. IT HAS THREE DIVISIONS THAT ARE ORGANIZED AROUND THE DEVELOPMENT MILESTONES REACHED DURING EARLY CHILDHOOD, YOUNG ADOLESCENCE AND EMERGING ADULTHOOD. THE LOWER SCHOOL SPANS GRADES KINDERGARTEN THROUGH FIVE, THE MIDDLE SCHOOL SERVES GRADES SIX THROUGH EIGHT, AND THE UPPER SCHOOL EDUCATES GRADES NINE THROUGH TWELVE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO SPARK IN STUDENTS OF DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS AND TALENTS A PASSION FOR LEARNING, ACCOMPLISHMENT, AND CONTRIBUTION TO THEIR COMMUNITIES.

  • THE BUSH SCHOOL PROVIDES INNOVATIVE EXPERIENTIAL EDUCATION TO 707 STUDENTS FROM KINDERGARTEN THROUGH TWELFTH GRADE. BUSH PREPARES STUDENTS FOR A LIFETIME OF LEARNING, FOCUSING ON DIRECT EXPERIENCES, COLLABORATION, AND CONTRIBUTION TO OUR LOCAL, NATIONAL, AND INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITIES. THE BUSH SCHOOL IS ACCREDITED BY THE NORTHWEST ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS, THE NORTHWEST ACCREDITATION COMMISSION, AND THE STATE OF WASHINGTON.

    Expenses $26,587,570 · Grants $5,335,972 · Revenue $28,948,333

  • AUXILIARY PROGRAM REVENUE INCLUDES INCOME FROM OUR EXTENDED DAY AND SUMMER PROGRAMS. AUXILIARY EXPENSES ARE FOR THE SAME PROGRAMS.

    Expenses $2,208,640 · Revenue $2,285,704

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.

  • PERCY ABRAM

    HEAD OF SCHOOL

    Total calculated
    $511,422
    From this org
    $471,315
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $40,107
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $350,758
    Bonus
    $120,557
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $33,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,107
    Filer's total
    $511,422

  • RATHER STANTON

    CFO & COO

    Total calculated
    $275,209
    From this org
    $262,534
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,675
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $262,434
    Bonus
    $100
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,568
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,107
    Filer's total
    $275,209

  • MATTHEW LAI

    DIRECTOR OF UPPER SCHOOL

    Total calculated
    $225,687
    From this org
    $208,186
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,501
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $190,586
    Bonus
    $17,600
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,394
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,107
    Filer's total
    $225,687

  • SHARON HURT

    DIRECTOR OF DEV. & STRATEG

    Total calculated
    $223,276
    From this org
    $201,108
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,168
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $201,008
    Bonus
    $100
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $15,061
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,107
    Filer's total
    $223,276

  • SARAH SMITH

    AHOS FOR ACADEMICS

    Total calculated
    $215,359
    From this org
    $198,354
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,005
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $198,254
    Bonus
    $100
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,898
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,107
    Filer's total
    $215,359

  • JO ITO

    DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS

    Total calculated
    $180,726
    From this org
    $157,053
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,673
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $156,953
    Bonus
    $100
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $15,412
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,261
    Filer's total
    $180,726

  • ADAM CHOICE

    DIRECTOR OF ENROLLMENT MANAGEMENT

    Total calculated
    $170,061
    From this org
    $152,245
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,816
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $152,145
    Bonus
    $100
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,555
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,261
    Filer's total
    $170,061

  • SHAWNA SKJONSBERG-FOTOPOULOS

    DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES

    Total calculated
    $167,985
    From this org
    $150,565
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,420
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $150,465
    Bonus
    $100
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,941
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,479
    Filer's total
    $167,985

  • AMANDA GEISMANN

    CONTROLLER

    Total calculated
    $160,165
    From this org
    $145,816
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,349
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $145,716
    Bonus
    $100
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,088
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,261
    Filer's total
    $160,165

  • ALIYA VIRANI

    DIRECTOR OF LOWER SCHOOL

    Total calculated
    $156,161
    From this org
    $147,254
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,907
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $147,154
    Bonus
    $100
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,907
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $156,161

  • MELISSA LANCTOT

    DIR. OF CC & STUDENT SUCCESS

    Total calculated
    $155,572
    From this org
    $135,047
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,525
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $134,947
    Bonus
    $100
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $13,418
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,107
    Filer's total
    $155,572

  • CHRISTINE MILLER

    UPPER SCHOOL FAC. & DEAN

    Total calculated
    $150,562
    From this org
    $131,904
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,658
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $131,804
    Bonus
    $100
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $11,597
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,061
    Filer's total
    $150,562

  • ETHAN DELAVAN

    DIR. OF TECH & EXT. PROG.

    Total calculated
    $148,914
    From this org
    $127,909
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,005
    Hours/week
    40

  • LISA CARROLL

    PRESIDENT/CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • SALONE HABIBUDDIN

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • KARIM LESSARD

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • AMY FERNANDES

    CO-TREASURER, CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • ATUL BALI

    CO-TREASURER, CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • WESLEY BURNS

    CHAIR, INVESTMENT COMMITTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • JULIE OKERSTROM

    CHAIR, DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • QUENTIN STREETS

    CHAIR, DEI

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • JUDI YATES

    CO-CHAIR, CDDTF

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • KATHY O'KELLEY

    CO-CHAIR, CDDTF

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • CHRIS CHICKADEL

    CO-CHAIR, CCTF

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • EMILY ALHADEFF

    CO-CHAIR - CCTF

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

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
    $38,221,828
    Expenses
    $35,791,144
    Contributions
    $4,931,431
    Grants paid
    $5,335,972
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $34,927,423
    Expenses
    $32,730,181
    Contributions
    $4,227,079
    Grants paid
    $4,972,284

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
    $32,464,051
    Expenses
    $28,237,738
    Assets (EOY)
    $88,249,884

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $33,051,809
    Expenses
    $25,476,072
    Assets (EOY)
    $78,878,554

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $31,213,281
    Expenses
    $24,966,139
    Assets (EOY)
    $64,352,035

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $30,437,068
    Expenses
    $24,570,253
    Assets (EOY)
    $56,816,184

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $24,212,618
    Expenses
    $22,785,599
    Assets (EOY)
    $50,961,674

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $24,212,618
    Expenses
    $22,785,599
    Assets (EOY)
    $50,961,674

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $22,877,348
    Expenses
    $21,768,640
    Assets (EOY)
    $49,052,251

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $21,436,765
    Expenses
    $20,400,571
    Assets (EOY)
    $46,366,446

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $19,634,156
    Expenses
    $19,275,458
    Assets (EOY)
    $46,690,993

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $19,259,560
    Expenses
    $18,681,958
    Assets (EOY)
    $46,736,053

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 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.