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GROTON SCHOOL: Form 990, tax year 2009

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Organization
GROTON SCHOOL (EIN 04-2104265)
Tax period
2009-07-01 to 2010-06-30
Filed
2011-02-15
IRS object ID
201130469349300938
Schema version
2009v1.2
Source
Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header ReturnHeader

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Timestamp2011-02-15T10:34:21-07:00Timestamp
Tax Period End Date2010-06-30TaxPeriodEndDate
Return Type990ReturnType
Tax Period Begin Date2009-07-01TaxPeriodBeginDate

Filer Filer

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EIN042104265EIN

Name Name

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Business Name Line1GROTON SCHOOLBusinessNameLine1
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Name ControlGROTNameControl
Phone9784483363Phone

US Address USAddress

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Address Line1PO Box 991AddressLine1
CityGrotonCity
StateMAState
ZIP Code01450ZIPCode

Officer Officer

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NameJ Hale SmithName
TitleChief Financial OfficerTitle
Phone9784487566Phone
Date Signed2011-02-15DateSigned
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Tax Year2009TaxYear
Build TS2016-02-24 21:20:13ZBuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

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ZIP Code01450ZIPCode
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Year Formation1884YearFormation
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Activity Or Mission DescriptionGroton provides college and university preparatory education for students in grades eight to twelve.ActivityOrMissionDescription
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Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (31 entries)

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Richard G Woolworth Jr
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Thomas Kalaris
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Mark McC Collins Jr
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Diana V Chigas
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D D Willard Gardiner Jr
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Pauline Cross Reeve
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William N Thorndike Jr
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Charles A Anton
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James A Bundy
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Henry P Davis
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Jennifer Ayer Sandell
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Stephen G Hill
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Jonathan D Klein
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Victoria Smith Walsh
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Franz F Colloredo Mansfeld
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Grant A Gund
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Andrew S Paul
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Ann Bakewell Woodward
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James H Higgins III
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Dr Lori D Hill
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Chartwells
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Contributor Info ContributorInfo

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Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

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End Of Year Balance265642371EndOfYearBalance

Current Year Minus1 Year CurrentYearMinus1Year

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Beginning Of Year Balance291284441BeginningOfYearBalance
Contributions2674640Contributions
Investment Earnings Or Losses-40111672InvestmentEarningsOrLosses
Grants Or Scholarships2106706GrantsOrScholarships
Other Expenditures9256689OtherExpenditures
Administrative Expenses0AdministrativeExpenses
End Of Year Balance242484014EndOfYearBalance
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Board Designated EOY Balance0.57BoardDesignatedEOYBalance
Permanent Endowment EOY Balance0.21PermanentEndowmentEOYBalance
Term Endowment EOY Balance0.22TermEndowmentEOYBalance
Endowments Held By Unrelated Orgs0EndowmentsHeldByUnrelatedOrgs
Endowments Held By Related Orgs0EndowmentsHeldByRelatedOrgs

Land Land

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis0InvestmentCostOrOtherBasis
Other Cost Or Other Basis3862194OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Book Value3862194BookValue

Buildings Buildings

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis0InvestmentCostOrOtherBasis
Other Cost Or Other Basis137559468OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation49882884Depreciation
Book Value87676584BookValue

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovements

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis0InvestmentCostOrOtherBasis
Other Cost Or Other Basis0OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation0Depreciation
Book Value0BookValue

Equipment Equipment

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis0InvestmentCostOrOtherBasis
Other Cost Or Other Basis8878437OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation6362326Depreciation
Book Value2516111BookValue

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildings

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis0InvestmentCostOrOtherBasis
Other Cost Or Other Basis7131660OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation4180363Depreciation
Book Value2951297BookValue
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Of Book Value Land Buildings97006186TotalOfBookValueLandBuildings

Closely Held Equity Interests CloselyHeldEquityInterests

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Book Value0BookValue
Method Of ValuationFMethodOfValuation

Other Securities OtherSecurities (5 entries)

DescriptionDescriptionBook ValueBookValueMethod Of ValuationMethodOfValuation
Hedge Funds77732898F
US Bond Funds12803060F
Real Asset Funds12486806F
Private Equity Funds6701964F
Venture Capital Funds7092760F
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Of Book Value Securities116817488TotalOfBookValueSecurities

Other Assets OtherAssets

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
DescriptionBond Proceeds Held by TrusteeDescription
Book Value179BookValue
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Other Assets179TotalBookValueOtherAssets
Federal Income Tax Liability0FederalIncomeTaxLiability

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilities

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
DescriptionInterest Rate Swap AgreementsDescription
Amount$8,435,086Amount
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Of Amounts8435086TotalOfAmounts
Total Revenue33851932TotalRevenue
Total Expenses35661362TotalExpenses
Excess Or Deficit For Year-1809430ExcessOrDeficitForYear
Net Unrealized GL On Investments20909442NetUnrealizedGLOnInvestments
Donated Services And Facilities0DonatedServicesAndFacilities
Investment Expenses0InvestmentExpenses
Prior Period Adjustments0PriorPeriodAdjustments
Other-$2,417,472OtherAmount
Total Adjustments18491970TotalAdjustments
Excess Or Deficit Per FS16682540ExcessOrDeficitPerFS
Tot Revenue Etc Audited Fincl Stmt48638703TotRevenueEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Net Unrealized Gains Investments20909442NetUnrealizedGainsInvestments
Donated Srvc And Use Of Facilities0DonatedSrvcAndUseOfFacilities
Recoveries Of Prior Year Grants0RecoveriesOfPriorYearGrants
Other Revenues-6150372OtherRevenues
Revenue Not Rptd F99014759070RevenueNotRptdF990
Revenue Subtotal33879633RevenueSubtotal
Investment Expenses Not Included0InvestmentExpensesNotIncluded
Other Revenues Not Included-27701OtherRevenuesNotIncluded
Revenue Not Rptd On Fin Stmt-27701RevenueNotRptdOnFinStmt
Total Revenue Per Form99033851932TotalRevenuePerForm990
Tot Expenses Etc Audited Fincl Stmt31956163TotExpensesEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Donated Services Use Of Facilities0DonatedServicesUseOfFacilities
Prior Year Adjustments0PriorYearAdjustments
Losses Reported0LossesReported
Other Expenses Included2445173OtherExpensesIncluded
Expenses Not Rptd F9902445173ExpensesNotRptdF990
Expenses Subtotal29510990ExpensesSubtotal
Investment Expenses Not Included21525897InvestmentExpensesNotIncluded2
Other Expenses Not Included4624475OtherExpensesNotIncluded
Expenses Not Rptd On Fin Stmt6150372ExpensesNotRptdOnFinStmt
Total Expenses Per Form99035661362TotalExpensesPerForm990

Form990 Schedule D Part XIV Form990ScheduleDPartXIV (7 entries)

IdentifierIdentifierReturn ReferenceReturnReferenceExplanationExplanation
SchD_P05_S00_L04Schedule D, Part V, Line 4To support the educational mission of the school.
SchD_P10_S00_L00Schedule D, Part XThe School follows FASB ASC 740, Income Taxes, which clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes by prescribing the recognition threshold a tax position is required to meet before being recognized in the financial statements. It also provides guidance on derecognition, classification, interest and penalties, accounting in interim periods, disclosure, and transition. Management believes that the School has no material uncertain tax positions.
SchD_P11_S00_L08Schedule D, Part XI, Line 8Change in accrued pension liability $(152,414), unrealized gain (loss) swaps $(2,518,724), change in value-split interest $253,666.
SchD_P12_S00_L02dSchedule D, Part XII, Line 2dInvestment management fees ($1,253,035), other professional services ($179,843), bank charges ($59,482), annuity payments ($11,492), federal tax payments on investments ($20,696), state tax payments on investments ($1,349), financial aid ($4,624,475).
SchD_P12_S00_L04bSchedule D, Part XII, Line 4bRental expenses of ($27,701) are associated with unrelated business income.
SchD_P13_S00_L02dSchedule D, Part XIII, Line 2dChange in accrued pension liability $152,414, rental expenses associated with unrelated business income $27,701, interest rate swap agreements $2,518,724, change in value split interest agreements ($253,666).
SchD_P13_S00_L04bSchedule D, Part XIII, Line 4bFinancial aid of 4,624,475 is reflected as a net to tuition.

Schedule E IRS990ScheduleE

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Nondiscriminatory Policy Stmt1NondiscriminatoryPolicyStmt
Policy Statement In Brochures Etc1PolicyStatementInBrochuresEtc
Policy Publ Via Broadcast Media1PolicyPublViaBroadcastMedia
Pub Via Broadcast Media ExplnThe school's application, which can be mailed upon request or accessed through the school's website at www.groton.org, clearly stipulates that Groton does not discriminate on the basis of gender, race, color, disability, religion, sexual orientation, or national origin in the administration of the school's admission policies and financial aid programs.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 I IRS990ScheduleI

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Records Maintained1RecordsMaintained

Recipient Table RecipientTable

Recipient Name Business RecipientNameBusiness

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1Town of GrotonBusinessNameLine1

Address US AddressUS

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1173 Main StreetAddressLine1
CityGrotonCity
StateMAState
ZIP Code01450ZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
EIN Of Recipient046001164EINOfRecipient
IRC SectionGovernment EntityIRCSection
Amount Of Cash Grant100000AmountOfCashGrant
Purpose Of GrantThe contribution was made to help the Town of Groton subsidize their annual operating costs.PurposeOfGrant
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Nbr Of501 C3 And Govt Grants5TotalNbrOf501C3AndGovtGrants
Total Nbr Of Other Organizations4TotalNbrOfOtherOrganizations

Form990 Schedule I Part III Form990ScheduleIPartIII (5 entries)

Type Of GrantTypeOfGrantNumber Of RecipientsNumberOfRecipientsAmount Of Cash GrantAmountOfCashGrantAmount Of Non Cash AssistanceAmountOfNonCashAssistanceMethod Of ValuationMethodOfValuationDescription Of Non Cash AssistanceDescriptionOfNonCashAssistance
Tuition Grant13904624475Total credits applied to tuitionCredits are applied to tuition bill as a means of subsidizing the overall tuition costs to qualified students attending Groton School.
Incidental Grant32062510Credits are applied to monthly billCredits are applied to tuition bill as a means of subsidizing the overall incidental costs to qualified students attending Groton School.
Travel Grant17488113626Total travel credits that are applied to annual billing.Credits are applied to the monthly incidental bill when travel related charges are posted as a means of subsidizing the overall travel costs for qualified boarding students attending Groton School.
Laptop Grant32360680Payments made to purchase laptops for qualified students.
Parent Travel Grant41121940Payments made to travel agent for airline travel.

Form990 Schedule I Part IV Form990ScheduleIPartIV

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
IdentifierSchI_P01_S00_L02Identifier
Return ReferenceSchedule I, Part I, Line 2ReturnReference
ExplanationThe school works directly with town officials and local charitable organizations to assess future needs and the use of current and past monetary grants. The school also makes several other small donations throughout the year based on charitable purpose, historical relationship, and current needs. These one time contributions are not typically monitored by the CFO and the Headmaster. Financial aid grants are awarded annually to qualified students and are applied as credits to the tuition bill up to the amount of the grant for the current academic year.Explanation

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Travel For CompanionsXTravelForCompanions
Discretionary Spending AccountXDiscretionarySpendingAccount
Housing Allowance Or ResidenceXHousingAllowanceOrResidence
Payments For Use Of ResidenceXPaymentsForUseOfResidence
Club Dues Or FeesXClubDuesOrFees
Personal ServicesXPersonalServices
Written Policy Re T And E Expenses1WrittenPolicyReTAndEExpenses
Substantiation Required1SubstantiationRequired
Compensation CommitteeXCompensationCommittee
Compensation SurveyXCompensationSurvey
Board Or Committee ApprovalXBoardOrCommitteeApproval
Severance Payment0SeverancePayment
Supplemental Nonqual Retire Plan1SupplementalNonqualRetirePlan
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 (5 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
Richard B Commons
292516000219040656880633470443455000
J Hale Smith
19483100000383790438260277036000
John MacEachern
18815400000370840441190269357000
John Niles
104037000196130168800106420151172000
Ian M Gracey
10072500000164300944590211614000

Form990 Schedule J Part III Form990ScheduleJPartIII (2 entries)

IdentifierIdentifierReturn ReferenceReturnReferenceExplanationExplanation
SchJ_P01_S00_L01aSchedule J, Part I, Line 1aFaculty are required to live in on-campus housing as a condition of employment. The Headmaster's home includes some space that is reserved for school related meetings and student activities. The cost of maintaining this allotted space is paid by the school and recorded as an operating expense. The Headmaster's contract, which is approved by the President and the Compensation Committee, includes the cost of a social club and residential house cleaning. These costs are recorded by the school as taxable benefits and reported on the W-2. The school will only pay for the cost of a traveling spouse when they are also participating in school related fundraising events.
SchJ_P01_S00_L04Schedule J, Part I, Line 4The Headmaster's contracts, which is approved by the President and the Compensation Committee, included an annual $35,000 deferred compensation contribution. The school deposited the initial payment to a qualified 457(b) plan up to the annual IRS limit of $16,500. The remaining balance of $18,500 was deposited to a non-qualified 457(f) plan.

Schedule K IRS990ScheduleK

Form990 Schedule K Part I Form990ScheduleKPartI

Issuer Name IssuerName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1Massachusetts Development Finance AgencyBusinessNameLine1
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Issuer EIN043431814IssuerEIN
CUSIP Number57583RMR3CUSIPNumber
Date Issued2007-05-24DateIssued
Issue Price10000000IssuePrice
Description Of PurposeBuilding and Structure RenovationsDescriptionOfPurpose
Defeased0Defeased
On Behalf Of Issuer0OnBehalfOfIssuer

Form990 Schedule K Part II Form990ScheduleKPartII

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Proceeds10000000TotalProceeds
Amount In Reserve Fund9850000AmountInReserveFund
Amount Defeased0AmountDefeased
Amount Unspent20000AmountUnspent
Issuance Costs From Proceeds130000IssuanceCostsFromProceeds
Working Capital Expenditures0WorkingCapitalExpenditures
Capital Expenditures9800000CapitalExpenditures
Year Of Subst Completion2009YearOfSubstCompletion
Current Refunding0CurrentRefunding
Advance Refunding0AdvanceRefunding
Final Allocation Made1FinalAllocationMade
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 Others0PrcntgePrvtBusinessUseByOthers
Percentage Of Prvt Business Re UBI0PercentageOfPrvtBusinessReUBI
Total Private Business Use0TotalPrivateBusinessUse
Post Issuance Compliance Procdrs1PostIssuanceComplianceProcdrs

Form990 Schedule K Part IV Form990ScheduleKPartIV

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form8038 T Filed0Form8038TFiled
Variable Rate Issue1VariableRateIssue
Hedge Identified In Books And Recds1HedgeIdentifiedInBooksAndRecds

Name Of Hedge Provider NameOfHedgeProvider

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1The Bank of New YorkBusinessNameLine1
Business Name Line240 Year SwapBusinessNameLine2
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Term Of Hedge3.59TermOfHedge
Gross Proceeds Invested In GIC0GrossProceedsInvestedInGIC
Gross Proceeds Invested0GrossProceedsInvested
Exception To Rebate1ExceptionToRebate

Schedule L IRS990ScheduleL

Form990 Schedule L Part IV Form990ScheduleLPartIV

Name Of Interested Person NameOfInterestedPerson

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Name PersonLindsay CommonsNamePerson
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
RelationshipHeadmaster's WifeRelationship
Amount Of Transaction30930AmountOfTransaction
Description Of TransactionSalary for co-hosting eventsDescriptionOfTransaction
Sharing Of Revenues0SharingOfRevenues

Schedule M IRS990ScheduleM

Securities Publicly Traded SecuritiesPubliclyTraded

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Non Cash CheckboxXNonCashCheckbox
Number Of Contributions104NumberOfContributions
Noncash Contribs Rptd F990628551NoncashContribsRptdF990
Method Of Determining RevenuesFMVMethodOfDeterminingRevenues
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Number Of8283 Received0NumberOf8283Received
Any Property That Must Be Held0AnyPropertyThatMustBeHeld
Review Process Unusual NC Gifts1ReviewProcessUnusualNCGifts
Third Parties Used0ThirdPartiesUsed

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (4 entries)

IdentifierIdentifierReturn ReferenceReturnReferenceExplanationExplanation
F990_P06_S0B_L11Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11A draft of the public disclosure version of the form 990 was distributed electronically as a PDF transmission to each member of the Audit Committee prior to the January 2011 board meeting. The Committee performed a thorough review of the draft prior to presenting it to the full board. Each trustee was given the opportunity to ask questions and suggest possible revisions. Upon completion of the review, the board voted to accept the draft Form 990 including requested revisions.
F990_P06_S0B_L12cForm 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12cAll school officers, Key Employees, and members of the Board of Trustees are required annually to read the conflict of interest policy and sign the document. This signature indicates an understanding of the guidelines and an assurance to the Board that they are in compliance with the policy. Any potential conflict must be disclosed and reviewed by the President of the Board to determine if further action is required.
F990_P06_S0B_L15Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15An employment contract between the Headmaster and the school is updated periodically and renewed annually. Each year, the President and Compensation Committee review the Headmaster's and other senior administrator's salaries and benefits. Annual salary and benefit offerings are discussed with the Headmaster and reported to the full Board. The annual salary and benefit offerings for the Chief Financial Officer are made by the Headmaster. All salaries and benefit offerings for the remaining school employees are updated annually and approved by the Chief Financial Officer of the Headmaster up to the budget limits set by the Board of Trustees.
F990_P06_S0C_L19Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19The financial statements can be viewed on-line by going to www.DisclosureUSA.org, an independently operated website. The Conflict of Interest Policy and the Governing Documents may be viewed any time upon request.

Reasonable Cause Explanation ReasonableCauseExplanation

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
ExplanationThe form 8868, an Application for Extension of Time to File an Exempt Organization Return, was filed on November 10, 2010. This extension provides the School's Board of Directors the time necessary to complete a thorough review of the return.Explanation