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KESTREL SCHOOLS INC

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2024 · Form 990 · revenue $540K · expenses $188K · assets $2.4M

EIN
86-0969887
Address
2150 E SOUTHERN AVE, TEMPE, AZ 85282-7504
Website
WWW.KESTRELHIGHSCHOOL.COM
NTEE code
B25
Subsection
501(c)(3)
Ruling year
2000
Cross-check
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Mission

EDUCATION - THE SCHOOL'S MISSION IS TO PROVIDE QUALITY EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES BY RECOGNIZING INDIVIDUAL STUDENT NEEDS.

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

2 people paid across every filing: current people first, then by total pay from this organization. Organizations counts every nonprofit each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsLatest year payTotal pay from hereOrganizations
Steve Durand PRESIDENT/EX2017-2024 $55,106$220,944 2
William Sawner (former) VICE PRESIDE2017-2018 $14,424$20,890 1

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

6 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsHrs/wk (latest)CompensationOrganizations
Travis Durand DIRECTOR2022-2024 1 $0 reported 1
Tyler Mosley DIRECTOR2021-2024 1 $0 reported 4
William Nielsen DIRECTOR2017-2024 1 $0 reported 1
Gayle Samuels DIRECTOR2017-2024 1 $0 reported 1
Randall Babick (former) DIRECTOR2017-2021 1 $0 reported 4
Taylor Bellson (former) DIRECTOR2017-2020 1 $0 reported 1

People by year

2024 · 5 people listed · 1 paid, $55K · 4 employees
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
STEVE DURAND PRESIDENT/EX15 $55,106$0$0 $55,1062
TRAVIS DURAND DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
TYLER MOSLEY DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $04
WILLIAM NIELSEN DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
GAYLE SAMUELS DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
2023 · 5 people listed · 1 paid, $39K · 5 employees
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
STEVE DURAND PRESIDENT/EX15 $39,354$0$0 $39,3542
TRAVIS DURAND DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
TYLER MOSLEY DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $04
WILLIAM NIELSEN DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
GAYLE SAMUELS DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
2022 · 5 people listed · 1 paid, $35K · 5 employees · 4 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
STEVE DURAND PRESIDENT/EX15 $35,484$0$0 $35,4842
TRAVIS DURAND DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
TYLER MOSLEY DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $04
WILLIAM NIELSEN DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
GAYLE SAMUELS DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
2021 · 5 people listed · 1 paid, $34K · 5 employees
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
STEVE DURAND PRESIDENT/EX15 $34,000$0$0 $34,0002
RANDALL BABICK DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $04
TYLER MOSLEY DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $04
WILLIAM NIELSEN DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
GAYLE SAMUELS DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
2020 · 5 people listed · 1 paid, $19K · 5 employees
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
STEVE DURAND PRESIDENT/EX15 $18,692$0$0 $18,6922
RANDALL BABICK DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $04
TAYLOR BELLSON DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
WILLIAM NIELSEN DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
GAYLE SAMUELS DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
2019 · 5 people listed · 1 paid, $18K · 6 employees
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
STEVE DURAND PRESIDENT/EX15 $18,000$0$0 $18,0002
RANDALL BABICK DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $04
TAYLOR BELLSON DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
WILLIAM NIELSEN DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
GAYLE SAMUELS DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
2018 · 6 people listed · 2 paid, $35K · 6 employees
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
STEVE DURAND PRESIDENT/EX15 $20,308$0$0 $20,3082
WILLIAM SAWNER VICE PRESIDE3 $14,424$0$0 $14,4241
WILLIAM NIELSEN DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
GAYLE SAMUELS DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
RANDALL BABICK DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $04
TAYLOR BELLSON DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
2017 · 6 people listed · 1 paid, $6K · 6 employees
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
WILLIAM SAWNER VICE PRESIDE3 $6,466$0$0 $6,4661
STEVE DURAND PRESIDENT/EX15 $0$0$0 $02
WILLIAM NIELSEN DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
GAYLE SAMUELS DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
RANDALL BABICK DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $04
TAYLOR BELLSON DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01

Highest-paid independent contractors

No independent contractors reported.

Who gave

Contributor names are not public for this form type.

Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

RevenueExpensesAssetsNet assetsContributionsProgram revenueOfficer payEmployeesVolunteers
2024 · Form 990 period ending 2025-06-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$540,400$188,135 $2,388,108$2,344,361 $425,898$0 $55,1064-
2023 · Form 990 period ending 2024-06-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$488,389$194,253 $2,013,729$1,992,096 $426,940$0 $39,3545-
2022 · Form 990 period ending 2023-06-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$508,822$158,716 $1,719,633$1,697,960 $475,614$0 $35,48454
2021 · Form 990 period ending 2022-06-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$419,011$174,295 $1,363,139$1,347,854 $418,247$0 $34,0005-
2020 · Form 990 period ending 2021-06-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$353,088$142,023 $1,121,122$1,103,138 $333,645$0 $18,6925-
2019 · Form 990 period ending 2020-06-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$315,382$155,547 $918,539$892,073 $305,450$0 $18,0006-
2018 · Form 990 period ending 2019-06-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$310,189$173,637 $738,395$732,238 $303,962$0 $34,7326-
2017 · Form 990 period ending 2018-06-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$290,404$167,185 $599,991$595,686 $289,314$0 $6,4666-

Funders of this organization

1 grantor reported grants to this organization, $500 in all, tax years 2014 to 2014. Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV

GrantorTypeMatchYears givenGrantsTotalLatest yearLatest year's amountGrants
VIOLET G YOUNG CHARITABLE TRUST Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “KESTREL SCHOOLS INC” 2014 1$500 2014$500
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Where the money went

Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.

2024 · Form 990 · $188,135 spent · pay $103,365 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Pay: officers, directors, trustees, key employees $55,106$33,064$22,042- 29.3%
Other salaries and wages $40,904$37,260$3,644- 21.7%
Fees: accounting $31,020-$31,020- 16.5%
Fees: other services $18,225$18,225-- 9.7%
Occupancy $17,780$16,891$889- 9.5%
Office expenses $10,093$2,183$7,910- 5.4%
Payroll taxes $7,355$5,390$1,965- 3.9%
Advertising and promotion $4,099-$4,099- 2.2%
Insurance $2,953$2,805$148- 1.6%
Travel $600-$600- 0.3%
Total$188,135100%

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2023 · Form 990 · $194,253 spent · pay $104,361 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Other salaries and wages $57,483$46,886$10,597- 29.6%
Pay: officers, directors, trustees, key employees $39,354$23,612$15,742- 20.3%
Fees: accounting $29,270-$29,270- 15.1%
Fees: other services $28,223$26,115$2,108- 14.5%
Occupancy $17,262$16,399$863- 8.9%
Office expenses $11,459$10,957$502- 5.9%
Payroll taxes $7,422$5,407$2,015- 3.8%
Advertising and promotion $1,820$1,420$400- 0.9%
Insurance $1,336$1,269$67- 0.7%
Travel $522$341$181- 0.3%
Other employee benefits $102$102-- 0.1%
Total$194,253100%

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2022 · Form 990 · $158,716 spent · pay $72,792 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Pay: officers, directors, trustees, key employees $35,484$21,290$14,194- 22.4%
Other salaries and wages $31,952$31,952-- 20.1%
Fees: accounting $28,110-$28,110- 17.7%
Fees: other services $22,300$22,300-- 14.1%
Occupancy $16,800$15,960$840- 10.6%
Office expenses $10,967$10,469$498- 6.9%
Payroll taxes $4,626$3,540$1,086- 2.9%
Insurance $3,844$3,844-- 2.4%
Advertising and promotion $3,440-$3,440- 2.2%
Other employee benefits $730$730-- 0.5%
Travel $463-$463- 0.3%
Total$158,716100%

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2021 · Form 990 · $174,295 spent · pay $74,330 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Other salaries and wages $34,446$34,446-- 19.8%
Pay: officers, directors, trustees, key employees $34,000$20,400$13,600- 19.5%
Fees: accounting $26,360-$26,360- 15.1%
Fees: other services $19,107$19,107-- 11.0%
Occupancy $17,536$16,659$877- 10.1%
Information technology $17,194$17,194-- 9.9%
Office expenses $16,425$15,738$687- 9.4%
Payroll taxes $5,236$4,196$1,040- 3.0%
Insurance $2,829$2,829-- 1.6%
Other employee benefits $648$648-- 0.4%
Advertising and promotion $344-$344- 0.2%
Travel $170-$170- 0.1%
Total$174,295100%

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2020 · Form 990 · $142,023 spent · pay $59,843 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Other salaries and wages $36,457$36,457-- 25.7%
Fees: accounting $27,150-$27,150- 19.1%
Occupancy $21,642$20,343$1,299- 15.2%
Pay: officers, directors, trustees, key employees $18,692$3,738$14,954- 13.2%
Fees: other services $18,100$18,000$100- 12.7%
Office expenses $11,015$4,088$6,927- 7.8%
Payroll taxes $4,133$3,075$1,058- 2.9%
Insurance $3,794$3,794-- 2.7%
Other employee benefits $561$552$9- 0.4%
Advertising and promotion $479-$479- 0.3%
Total$142,023100%

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2019 · Form 990 · $155,547 spent · pay $65,265 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Other salaries and wages $40,394$38,488$1,906- 26.0%
Fees: accounting $31,784-$31,784- 20.4%
Occupancy $23,466$22,095$1,371- 15.1%
Fees: other services $22,263$19,394$2,869- 14.3%
Pay: officers, directors, trustees, key employees $18,000$3,600$14,400- 11.6%
Office expenses $8,466$2,077$6,389- 5.4%
Payroll taxes $4,467$3,220$1,247- 2.9%
Insurance $3,959$3,959-- 2.5%
Other employee benefits $2,404$1,761$643- 1.5%
Advertising and promotion $344-$344- 0.2%
Total$155,547100%

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2018 · Form 990 · $173,637 spent · pay $74,238 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Pay: officers, directors, trustees, key employees $34,732$6,462$28,270- 20.0%
Other salaries and wages $32,904$32,904-- 18.9%
Fees: accounting $32,700-$32,700- 18.8%
Fees: other services $27,016$25,164$1,852- 15.6%
Occupancy $25,758$24,351$1,407- 14.8%
Office expenses $10,969$7,582$3,387- 6.3%
Payroll taxes $5,178$3,015$2,163- 3.0%
Insurance $2,383$2,383-- 1.4%
Other employee benefits $1,424$1,388$36- 0.8%
Advertising and promotion $448-$448- 0.3%
Travel $125$125-- 0.1%
Total$173,637100%

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2017 · Form 990 · $167,185 spent · pay $71,671 · grants $0 · events $790
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Other salaries and wages $59,320$55,020$4,300- 35.5%
Fees: accounting $29,102-$29,102- 17.4%
Occupancy $24,572$24,200$372- 14.7%
Fees: other services $20,908$20,908-- 12.5%
Office expenses $10,280$6,415$3,865- 6.1%
Pay: officers, directors, trustees, key employees $6,466$6,466-- 3.9%
Insurance $6,460-$6,460- 3.9%
Payroll taxes $5,178$4,840$338- 3.1%
Other (as described)STUDENT TRANSPORTATION $2,911$2,911-- 1.7%
Conferences, conventions and meetings $790$790-- 0.5%
Other employee benefits $707$661$46- 0.4%
Travel $415$415-- 0.2%
Advertising and promotion $76-$76- 0.0%
Total$167,185100%

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