2024-04-22T11:22:35-05:00 2023-06-30 363321958 DESMOND & AHERN LTD 10827 S WESTERN AVENUE CHICAGO IL 606433206 990 2022-07-01 362171680 Avery Coonley School AVER 6309690800 1400 Maple Ave Downers Grove IL 60515 Kirsty Montgomery PHD Head of School 6309690800 2024-04-22 1 Kirsty Montgomery PHD 999009999 1 Mel Padillo P03172019 7737794720 2024-04-22 2 AAL1 IAL1 2022 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z Kirsty Montgomery PHD 1400 Maple Ave Downers Grove IL 60515 11970949 0 X www.averycoonley.org X 1951 IL The Avery Coonley School elevates high-achieving and gifted learners through immersion in a mutually talented community where intellect, curiosity, and creativity are enhanced by optimal challenge. 17 17 150 362 0 0 616706 1487462 9224670 9830558 249759 221022 123475 138529 10214610 11677571 845605 871548 0 0 6131473 6939757 0 0 318539 2966828 3362421 9943906 11173726 270704 503845 18999451 20088819 5453123 5771379 13546328 14317440 X The Avery Coonley School elevates high-achieving and gifted learners through immersion in a mutually talented community where intellect, curiosity, and creativity are enhanced by optimal challenge. 0 0 9175069 871548 9847635 Avery Coonley School (ACS) is an elementary school (junior kindergarten through 8th grade) for gifted and academically advanced students. ACS has been kindling the minds of these learners for over 100 years. ACS is a place where gifted students collaborate with peers who are equally curious, energized by each other's creativity, and enjoy academic challenge all day. ACS provides the opportunity to delve deeper into a plethora of topics with highly skilled teachers, and the opportunity to interact every day with other children who are academically advanced, providing an incredibly rich environment for social, emotional, and academic development. All faculty engage in extensive professional development. They have presented and conducted trainings across the United States on everything from gifted education to integrating educational technology into the curriculum. In addition, ACS offers a thriving summer program. Students choose from more than 130 exciting and enriching offerings open to children in preschool through eighth grade. Academically and physically challenging courses and an individualized hands-on approach are hallmarks of the ACS summer program. 9175069 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 26 0 1 150 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 X Geraldine White 6309690800 1400 Maple Ave Downers Grove IL 60515 Kirsty Montgomery PHD Head of Schhool 40.00 X X 211967 0 24995 Nancy Doris Trustee 1.00 X 0 0 0 William Atwood Trustee 0.50 X 0 0 0 Jeff Chen Trustee-Asst Treasurer 1.00 X X 0 0 0 Brian Gilmartin Trustee 0.50 X 0 0 0 Raj Goyal Trustee 0.50 X 0 0 0 Jennifer Reenan Trustee-Vice-Chair 1.00 X X 0 0 0 Sue Gould Trustee 0.50 X 0 0 0 Jacqueline Gupta Trustee 0.50 X 0 0 0 John Harrast Trustee 0.50 X 0 0 0 Gerald Jablonski Trustee- Treasurer 1.00 X X 0 0 0 Kevin Petersen Trustee 0.50 X 0 0 0 Brendan Sheehy Trustee-Past Chair 1.00 X X 0 0 0 Julie Swinehart Trustee 1.00 X 0 0 0 Prasad Veluchamy Trustee 1.00 X 0 0 0 Lisa Vaughan Trustee-Asst Secretary 1.00 X X 0 0 0 Margery Davis Trustee 0.50 X 0 0 0 Shilpa Gokhale Trustee 0.50 X 0 0 0 Peter Brown CFO 40.00 X 168650 0 39870 Carolyn Johnson Director of Development & 40.00 X 105823 0 20829 Lisa Wiltz Lower School Head 40.00 X 109137 0 25237 Kathy Gallo Comptroller 40.00 X 102695 0 18457 Paul Druzinsky Former Headmaster 40.00 X 140713 0 13482 838985 0 142870 6 1 1 0 Storbeck Search LLC 1400 N Providence Rd Suite 300 Media PA 19063 Head and other employee searches 110645 1 118100 358431 1010931 294882 1487462 Tuition 611710 8959747 8959747 Programs 611710 821577 821577 Fees 611710 49234 49234 9830558 240172 240172 37826 0 37826 37826 37826 200000 219150 -19150 -19150 -19150 157854 118100 74228 83626 83626 Miscellaneous 611710 17077 17077 17077 11677571 9847635 0 342474 871548 871548 589216 389137 200079 5143163 4426061 545130 171972 226323 190111 29422 6790 571804 480316 74334 17154 409251 343771 53203 12277 33093 33093 62765 62765 29654 29654 27360 27360 282178 202658 79520 132439 65563 43709 23167 392407 375607 16800 171998 121193 47329 3476 14253 14253 99867 59920 29960 9987 679131 590844 81496 6791 106525 92677 12783 1065 Repairs and maintenance 666611 483550 168979 14082 Student services 428729 428729 Other 135267 3312 106991 24964 Professional growth 100144 50072 40058 10014 11173726 9175069 1680118 318539 2002849 230910 300080 556865 4307 375070 104377 72000 129800 66678 21329360 11909816 7741000 9419544 8717038 9367752 18999451 20088819 630946 770947 1093722 1380913 3728455 3434819 0 184700 5453123 5771379 X 10753155 11474748 2793173 2842692 13546328 14317440 18999451 20088819 503845 267267 0 X X 0 1 X 1 0 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 7586339 113173 266419 371525 7594406 8071293 69337 -391102 163189 7586339 7536878 97228 696067 258880 8071293 7329601 231076 40260 64059 7536878 6798078 444617 89453 2547 7329601 0.62570 0.35870 0.01560 0 0 939626 939626 16707628 8999576 7708052 3499941 2910240 589701 182165 182165 9419544 Obligation under finance lease 184700 184700 X 11870416 267267 752552 74228 1094047 10776369 29654 871548 901202 11677571 11099304 752552 74228 826780 10272524 29654 871548 901202 11173726 Part V, Line 4: The school will use the funds for various school related purposes. Part X, Line 2: BASED ON THE EVALUATION OF THE SCHOOL'S TAX POSITIONS, MANAGEMENT BELIEVES ALL POSITIONS WOULD BE UPHELD UNDER AN EXAMINATION; THEREFORE, NO PROVISION FOR THE TAX EFFECTS OF UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS HAS BEEN RECORDED FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2022. Part XI, Line 2d - Other Adjustments: Special event direct expenses 74,228. Part XI, Line 4b - Other Adjustments: Financial aid netted against revenue on financial statements 871,548. Part XII, Line 2d - Other Adjustments: Special event direct expenses 74,228. Part XII, Line 4b - Other Adjustments: Financial aid netted against revenue on financial statements 871,548. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Schedule E, Part I, Line 3 School website and brochures Annual Auction 275954 118100 157854 10619 20442 43167 275954 118100 157854 10619 20442 43167 74228 83626 1 Scholarships based on financial need 65 871548 Part I, Line 2: The organization keeps files containing parent applications, financial statements, tax returns, sss forms, correspondence, etc. X X X X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kirsty Montgomery PHD Head of Schhool 211967 0 0 0 0 0 7500 0 17495 0 236962 0 0 0 Peter Brown CFO 168650 0 0 0 0 0 8801 0 31069 0 208520 0 0 0 Paul Druzinsky Former Headmaster 140713 0 0 0 0 0 6254 0 7228 0 154195 0 0 0 A Village of Downers Grove IL 366005857 2013-12-17 6000000 Construction of Education Facility 0 0 0 A 2565181 6000000 95424 4282574 1622002 2020 1 0 0 1 A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A 0 Paul Druzinsky Headmaster Family expenses X 192000 72000 0 1 1 72000 Schedule L, Part II, Loans to and from Interested Persons: X 1 24490 Publicly traded security X Construction Buildout 1 260700 Appraised value X Grand piano 1 9692 Appraised value 0 0 0 Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11b The Board reviews the form 990 prior to its filing. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12c The organization requires an annual assessment of any potential conflicts of interest. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15 The process for determining compensation requires review by the Board and the use of comparable data, as well as contemporaneous substantiation of the deliberation and decision. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19 The organization makes its governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements available to the public upon request. Form 990, Part XII, line 2c: The process has not changed from the prior year.