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COLUMBIA GRAMMAR & PREPARATORY SCHOOL: Form 990, tax year 2009

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Organization
COLUMBIA GRAMMAR & PREPARATORY SCHOOL (EIN 13-0590970)
Tax period
2009-07-01 to 2010-06-30
Filed
2011-05-13
IRS object ID
201121339349300802
Schema version
2009v1.7
Source
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Return header ReturnHeader

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Timestamp2011-05-13T05:41:07-05:00Timestamp
Tax Period End Date2010-06-30TaxPeriodEndDate

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Business Name Line1LOEB & TROPER LLPBusinessNameLine1

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Address Line1655 THIRD AVENUE 12TH FLOORAddressLine1
CityNEW YORKCity
StateNYState
ZIP Code10017ZIPCode
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Return Type990ReturnType
Tax Period Begin Date2009-07-01TaxPeriodBeginDate

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EIN130590970EIN

Name Name

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Phone2127496200Phone

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Address Line15 WEST 93RD STREETAddressLine1
CityNEW YORKCity
StateNYState
ZIP Code10025ZIPCode

Officer Officer

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Namesharonah volkowitzName
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Date Signed2011-05-12DateSigned
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NameFREDERICK H ROTHMANName
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Tax Year2009TaxYear
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Form 990 IRS990

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State Legal DomicileNYStateLegalDomicile
Activity Or Mission DescriptionTHE SCHOOL PROVIDES A CONTINUOUS EDUCATION PROGRAM FOR BOYS AND GIRLSFROM PRESCHOOL THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL.ActivityOrMissionDescription
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Mission DescriptionFOUNDED IN 1764, COLUMBIA GRAMMAR & PREPARATORY SCHOOL IS COMMITTED TO A RIGOROUS AND COMPREHENSIVE COLLEGE PREPARATORY CURRICULUM WITH A SERIOUS EMPHASIS ON ART, MUSIC AND DRAMA. THE ACADEMIC PROGRAM IS STRUCTURED AND BALANCED WITHIN THE LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES IN ORDER TO DEVELOP A STUDENTS INTELLECTUAL POTENTIAL TO ITS FULLEST FOR COLLEGE AND BEYOND. THE PROGRAM INCLUDES ENGLISH, LANGUAGE ARTS, FOREIGN LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION, MATHEMATICS, THE SCIENCES, CURRENT AND HISTORICAL SOCIAL STUDIES, PHYSICAL EDUCATION, TECHNOLOGY, AND THE FINE ARTS. AT THE SAME TIME, THE SCHOOL RECOGNIZES ITS FUNDAMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY TO DEVELOP GOOD CHARACTER, STANDARDS OF CONDUCT AND A SENSE OF SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY WITHIN THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY. THE DEVELOPMENT OF GOOD CITIZENSHIP IN OUR STUDENTS IS REGARDED AS A CRUCIAL AND INTEGRAL PART OF THEIR EDUCATION.MissionDescription
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Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (36 entries)

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Nancy Olnick Spanu
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Andrew Zaro
Treasurer0.50XX000
Sandra Eggers
Secretary0.50XX000
Dr Lawrence Howard
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MArtin Halbfinger
vice president0.50XX000
Frederic Mack
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Carolyn Rowan
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Craig Effron
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Daniel Dienst
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Daniel Nir
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David Wassong
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Dr Arturo Constantiner
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Ellen Crown
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Emanuel Weintraub
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Harriet Croman
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Jerry Heymann
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Kathy Chazen
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Kevin Davis
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Laurence Gluck
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Lisa West
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Micharl Bebon
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Neil Crespi
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Richard Mishaan
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Rona Kirsh Davis
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Steve Martin
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Audit Committee1AuditCommittee
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Federal Grant Audit Required0FederalGrantAuditRequired

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

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Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Info ContributorInfo

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Contributor NumberRESTRICTEDContributorNumber

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CityRESTRICTEDCity
StateRESTRICTEDState
ZIP CodeRESTRICTEDZIPCode
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Aggregate ContributionsRESTRICTEDAggregateContributions

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Current Year CurrentYear

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Contributions97320Contributions
Investment Earnings Or Losses6110InvestmentEarningsOrLosses
Other Expenditures6110OtherExpenditures
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Current Year Minus1 Year CurrentYearMinus1Year

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Endowments Held By Unrelated Orgs0EndowmentsHeldByUnrelatedOrgs
Endowments Held By Related Orgs0EndowmentsHeldByRelatedOrgs

Land Land

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Book Value638159BookValue

Buildings Buildings

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Other Cost Or Other Basis40226477OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation15589602Depreciation
Book Value24636875BookValue

Equipment Equipment

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Depreciation7244539Depreciation
Book Value1268637BookValue

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildings

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Book Value14902637BookValue
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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Total Revenue49441926TotalRevenue
Total Expenses44734124TotalExpenses
Excess Or Deficit For Year4707802ExcessOrDeficitForYear
Total Adjustments0TotalAdjustments
Excess Or Deficit Per FS4707802ExcessOrDeficitPerFS
Tot Revenue Etc Audited Fincl Stmt44567406TotRevenueEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Other Revenues31528OtherRevenues
Revenue Not Rptd F99031528RevenueNotRptdF990
Revenue Subtotal44535878RevenueSubtotal
Other Revenues Not Included4906048OtherRevenuesNotIncluded
Revenue Not Rptd On Fin Stmt4906048RevenueNotRptdOnFinStmt
Total Revenue Per Form99049441926TotalRevenuePerForm990
Tot Expenses Etc Audited Fincl Stmt39859604TotExpensesEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Other Expenses Included31528OtherExpensesIncluded
Expenses Not Rptd F99031528ExpensesNotRptdF990
Expenses Subtotal39828076ExpensesSubtotal
Other Expenses Not Included4906048OtherExpensesNotIncluded
Expenses Not Rptd On Fin Stmt4906048ExpensesNotRptdOnFinStmt
Total Expenses Per Form99044734124TotalExpensesPerForm990

Form990 Schedule D Part XIV Form990ScheduleDPartXIV (6 entries)

IdentifierIdentifierReturn ReferenceReturnReferenceExplanationExplanation
Part V, Line 4:Description of Intended Use of Endowment Funds:Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School's endowment consists of individual donor-restricted endowment funds established for Scholarships, The Learning Resource Center and Teacher Enrichments.
Part X:Description of Uncertain Tax Positions Under FIN 48:Effective July 1, 2009, the School adopted the provision pertaining to uncertain tax positions, ASC 740, and has determined that there are no material uncertain tax positions that require recognition or disclosure in the financial statements.
Part XII, Line 2d - Other Adjustments:rental expenses: 31528.
Part XII, Line 4b - Other Adjustments:scholarships: 4906048.
Part XIII, Line 2d - Other Adjustments:rental expenses: 31528.
Part XIII, Line 4b - Other Adjustments:scholarships: 4906048.

Schedule E IRS990ScheduleE

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Nondiscriminatory Policy Stmt1NondiscriminatoryPolicyStmt
Policy Statement In Brochures Etc1PolicyStatementInBrochuresEtc
Policy Publ Via Broadcast Media1PolicyPublViaBroadcastMedia
Pub Via Broadcast Media ExplnColumbia Grammar is part of an association of schools (The Guild for Independent Schools) that publishes a joint policy for all of their member schools in the NY Times.PubViaBroadcastMediaExpln
Maint Racial Composition Records1MaintRacialCompositionRecords
Maint Scholarships Records1MaintScholarshipsRecords
Maint Copies Of Brochures Etc1MaintCopiesOfBrochuresEtc
Maint Copies Of All Solicitations1MaintCopiesOfAllSolicitations
Discriminate Race Students Rights0DiscriminateRaceStudentsRights
Discriminate Race Admiss Policies0DiscriminateRaceAdmissPolicies
Discriminate Race Emplmn Faculty0DiscriminateRaceEmplmnFaculty
Discriminate Race Scholarships0DiscriminateRaceScholarships
Discriminate Race Educ Policies0DiscriminateRaceEducPolicies
Discriminate Race Use Of Fclts0DiscriminateRaceUseOfFclts
Discriminate Race Athletic Prog0DiscriminateRaceAthleticProg
Discriminate Race Other Acty0DiscriminateRaceOtherActy
Government Financial Aid Received0GovernmentFinancialAidReceived
Government Financial Aid Revoked0GovernmentFinancialAidRevoked
Compliance With Rev Proc75501ComplianceWithRevProc7550

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Events Information EventsInformation

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Name Of Event1Spring BenefitNameOfEvent1
Gross Receipts Event11058498GrossReceiptsEvent1
Charitable Contributions Event1943177CharitableContributionsEvent1
Gross Revenue Event1115321GrossRevenueEvent1
Rent Facility Costs Event199754RentFacilityCostsEvent1
Name Of Event2Columbia on IceNameOfEvent2
Gross Receipts Event273635GrossReceiptsEvent2
Charitable Contributions Event223235CharitableContributionsEvent2
Gross Revenue Event250400GrossRevenueEvent2
Rent Facility Costs Event28710RentFacilityCostsEvent2
Food And Beverage Event235020FoodAndBeverageEvent2
Other Direct Expenses Event23956OtherDirectExpensesEvent2
Total Number Of Other Events1TotalNumberOfOtherEvents
Gross Receipts Other Events96935GrossReceiptsOtherEvents
Charitable Contrib Other Events27720CharitableContribOtherEvents
Gross Revenue Other Events69215GrossRevenueOtherEvents
Food And Beverage Other Events5487FoodAndBeverageOtherEvents
Entertainment Other Events4439EntertainmentOtherEvents
Gross Receipts Total1229068GrossReceiptsTotal
Charitable Contributions Total994132CharitableContributionsTotal
Gross Revenue Total Events234936GrossRevenueTotalEvents
Rent Facility Costs Total Events108464RentFacilityCostsTotalEvents
Food And Beverage Total Events40507FoodAndBeverageTotalEvents
Entertainment Total Events4439EntertainmentTotalEvents
Other Direct Expenses Total Events3956OtherDirectExpensesTotalEvents
Direct Expense Summary Events157366DirectExpenseSummaryEvents
Net Income Summary77570NetIncomeSummary

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Records Maintained1RecordsMaintained

Form990 Schedule I Part III Form990ScheduleIPartIII

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Type Of GrantScholarships / Tuition AssistanceTypeOfGrant
Number Of Recipients210NumberOfRecipients
Amount Of Cash Grant4906048AmountOfCashGrant

Form990 Schedule I Part IV Form990ScheduleIPartIV

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
IdentifierProcedure for Monitoring Grants in the U.S.:Identifier
Return ReferencePart I, Line 2:ReturnReference
ExplanationSchedule I, Part I, Line 2: Grants are given as scholarships based on financial need. All applicants must fill out a form and submit the required documentation in order to establish need. This is then reviewed by CGPS and scholarship amounts are awarded. Since no actual cash is issued there is no chance for the scholarship to be diverted from its intended use.Explanation

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Housing Allowance Or ResidenceXHousingAllowanceOrResidence
Written Policy Re T And E Expenses1WrittenPolicyReTAndEExpenses
Substantiation Required1SubstantiationRequired
Compensation CommitteeXCompensationCommittee
Independent ConsultantXIndependentConsultant
Form990 Of Other OrganizationsXForm990OfOtherOrganizations
Written Employment ContractXWrittenEmploymentContract
Compensation SurveyXCompensationSurvey
Board Or Committee ApprovalXBoardOrCommitteeApproval
Severance Payment0SeverancePayment
Supplemental Nonqual Retire Plan0SupplementalNonqualRetirePlan
Equity Based Comp Arrangement0EquityBasedCompArrangement
Comp Based On Revenue Of Filing Org0CompBasedOnRevenueOfFilingOrg
Comp Based On Revenue Related Orgs0CompBasedOnRevenueRelatedOrgs
Comp Based Net Earnings Filing Org0CompBasedNetEarningsFilingOrg
Comp Based Net Earnings Relate Orgs0CompBasedNetEarningsRelateOrgs
Any Non Fixed Payments0AnyNonFixedPayments
Initial Contract Exception0InitialContractException

Form990 Schedule J Part II Form990ScheduleJPartII (11 entries)

Base Compensation Filing OrgBaseCompensationFilingOrgComp Based On Related OrgsCompBasedOnRelatedOrgsBonus Filing OrgBonusFilingOrgBonus Related OrgsBonusRelatedOrgsOther Compensation Filing OrgOtherCompensationFilingOrgOther Compensation Related OrgsOtherCompensationRelatedOrgsDeferred Comp Filing OrgDeferredCompFilingOrgDeferred Comp Related OrgsDeferredCompRelatedOrgsNontaxable Benefits Filing OrgNontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgNontaxable Benefits Related OrgsNontaxableBenefitsRelatedOrgsTotal Compensation Filing OrgTotalCompensationFilingOrgTotal Compensation Related OrgsTotalCompensationRelatedOrgsComp Report Prior990 Filing OrgCompReportPrior990FilingOrgComp Report Prior990 Related OrgsCompReportPrior990RelatedOrgs
Sharonah Volkowitz
17184400000130620155420200448000
Dr Richard Soghoian
474453000750000277320204790597664000
Sue Kilmer
25908800000210940155420295724000
Stanley Seidman
223224000001745801990240881000
Simone Hristidis
24219600000183100198060280312000
Mikrut Mieczyslaw
20708800000174610198060244355000
Isaac Capers
19582200000762102960203739000
Henry Haimowitz
16913800000131800154450197763000
Monica Markovits
1910030000014318075580212879000
david morss
1642780000011794076250183697000
Peter Reynolds
3422080000027377079940377579000

Form990 Schedule J Part III Form990ScheduleJPartIII

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Return ReferencePart I, Line 1aReturnReference
ExplanationDr. Soghoian received a $75,000 housing allowance that is included in his wages on his W-2.Explanation

Schedule K IRS990ScheduleK

Form990 Schedule K Part I Form990ScheduleKPartI

Issuer Name IssuerName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1New York City Industrial Development AgencyBusinessNameLine1
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Issuer EIN132906040IssuerEIN
CUSIP Number64971c3b8CUSIPNumber
Date Issued2004-08-18DateIssued
Issue Price5000000IssuePrice
Description Of PurposeAcquisition and renovation of civic facility located at 36 West 94th StreetDescriptionOfPurpose
Defeased0Defeased
On Behalf Of Issuer0OnBehalfOfIssuer

Form990 Schedule K Part II Form990ScheduleKPartII

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Proceeds5000000TotalProceeds
Amount In Reserve Fund252000AmountInReserveFund
Issuance Costs From Proceeds168250IssuanceCostsFromProceeds
Capital Expenditures4999748CapitalExpenditures
Year Of Subst Completion2005YearOfSubstCompletion
Current Refunding0CurrentRefunding
Advance Refunding0AdvanceRefunding
Final Allocation Made0FinalAllocationMade
Adequate Books And Recds Maintaind1AdequateBooksAndRecdsMaintaind

Form990 Schedule K Part III Form990ScheduleKPartIII

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Owning Bond Financed Property0OwningBondFinancedProperty
Any Lease Arrangements0AnyLeaseArrangements
Mngment Cntrct Bond Financd Prprty0MngmentCntrctBondFinancdPrprty
Any Research Agreements0AnyResearchAgreements
Bond Counsel Routinely Engaged0BondCounselRoutinelyEngaged
Prcntge Prvt Business Use By Others0.00000PrcntgePrvtBusinessUseByOthers
Percentage Of Prvt Business Re UBI0.00000PercentageOfPrvtBusinessReUBI
Total Private Business Use0.00000TotalPrivateBusinessUse
Post Issuance Compliance Procdrs0PostIssuanceComplianceProcdrs

Form990 Schedule K Part IV Form990ScheduleKPartIV

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form8038 T Filed0Form8038TFiled
Variable Rate Issue0VariableRateIssue
Hedge Identified In Books And Recds0HedgeIdentifiedInBooksAndRecds
Gross Proceeds Invested In GIC0GrossProceedsInvestedInGIC
Gross Proceeds Invested0GrossProceedsInvested
Exception To Rebate0ExceptionToRebate

Schedule M IRS990ScheduleM

Securities Publicly Traded SecuritiesPubliclyTraded

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Non Cash CheckboxXNonCashCheckbox
Number Of Contributions8NumberOfContributions
Noncash Contribs Rptd F990115604NoncashContribsRptdF990
Method Of Determining Revenuesmarket value of stockMethodOfDeterminingRevenues
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Any Property That Must Be Held0AnyPropertyThatMustBeHeld
Review Process Unusual NC Gifts0ReviewProcessUnusualNCGifts
Third Parties Used0ThirdPartiesUsed

Form990 Schedule M Part II Form990ScheduleMPartII

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
IdentifierMethod for Determining Number of Contributors:Identifier
Return ReferencePart I, Column (b):ReturnReference
Explanationorganization is reporting the number of contributors.Explanation

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (5 entries)

IdentifierIdentifierExplanationExplanation
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11The final copy of the 990 was distributed to the Board prior to its filing for review and discussion.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12cAnnually, all Board Members and Key Employees have to review and sign CGPS' conflict of interest statement and disclose any conflicts. If there are any conflicts disclosed, then other members of the Board would determine how it needs to be handled and notify the appropriate parties to question this.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15CGPS hired lawyers and outside consultants to review the compensation paid at CGPS in comparison to the compensation paid for the equivalent job and length of experience at other private schools. The process was last performed in December 2008.
Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19Governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements are not available to the public unless a specific request (with reason as to why they are needed) is made and approved.
form 990, part xi, line 2c:the process has not changed from the prior year