2026-03-14T13:56:45-04:00 2025-06-30 990 2024-07-01 941408159 Berkwood School BERK 5108836990 1809 BANCROFT WAY Berkeley CA 947031711 April Hines Finance Director 4153095949 2026-03-15 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Love Weinstock 1809 BANCROFT WAY Berkeley CA 947031711 6544136 false X www.berkwood.org X 1951 CA K-8 education using a hands-on development curriculum that promotes deep and intuitive learning. Students achieve academic excellence by becoming critical thinkers and creative problem solvers. 12 0 28 83 0 0 137681 171461 4514053 4189267 43217 3441 92492 579967 4787443 4944136 1305962 1248844 0 0 3069194 2565691 0 0 8001 930929 991652 5306085 4806187 -518642 137949 4717577 3452705 4251594 2893955 465983 558750 Berkwood Hedge School provides a hands-on developmental curriculum that promotes deep and intuitive learning. Students achieve academic excellence by becoming critical thinkers and creative problem solvers. Our teachers meet the needs of every child inspiring the joy of learning academic success intellectual excitement emotional well-being and creativity. Students leave Berkwood Hedge School prepared for success in high school and beyond. Our small cooperative community of students families and educators is committed to preserving the environment and promoting social justice within the school culture and the larger community. We are committed to strengthening diversity of all types including cultural ethnic racial learning style economic gender and family structure. false false 3425090 1248844 3695292 Berkwood Hedge School operates a Kindergarten through eighth-grade full-time education program. Our schools constructivist approach is based on the understanding that children construct their knowledge of the world through active and collaborative exploration of their learning environment. Each day in our classrooms childrens natural curiosity motivates them to learn and grow as individuals. Our experienced teachers create child-centered environments with lively discussion collaboration social interaction and play. They understand that learning happens on a developmental continuum unique to each student and children proceed on individual timelines. The curriculum is built around themes that interest children and connect to their lives. Students are given time to question experiment and reflect deeply on the ideas they encounter as they explore literature mathematics science and the arts. Critical thinking skills develop as children actively pursue meaning independently and cooperatively. Through careful observation as well as more formal assessments teachers develop an awareness of what each child needs to help create meaning and understanding at every stage. Using this knowledge teachers provide tools experiences and purposeful instruction that challenge and engage students at just the right level helping all students learn and progress throughout the year. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3425090 true true false false false false false false false false true false false true true false false false true false false false false false false false false false true true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 16 0 true 28 true false false false false false false false false 12 0 false false false false false false false true true false false true true true true true true true true false CA X X Business Office 5108836990 1809 BANCROFT WAY Berkeley CA 947031711 Love Weinstock Ex-officio Trustee Head of School 40.00 0.00 X X X 260491 0 0 Alison Hall Maring Chair of the Board of Trustees 10.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Rob von Behren Treasurer 10.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Alexandra Dutton Secretary 10.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Garen Corbett Trustee 5.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Chris Deegan Trustee 5.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Lissette Dominguez Trustee 5.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Ethan Escowitz Trustee 5.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Dan Glass Trustee 5.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Jeffrey Kasowitz Trustee 5.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Alia Lilienstein Trustee 5.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Jennifer Lyle Trustee 15.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Jessica Wan Trustee 5.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 260491 0 0 1 false true false 0 0 14623 0 0 156838 0 171461 Elementary and Secondary Schools 611110 3919247 3919247 0 0 Elementary and Secondary Schools 611110 129587 129587 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 140433 140433 0 0 4189267 3441 3441 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1600000 0 1600000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14623 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 579967 579967 0 0 579967 4944136 4772675 0 0 0 0 1248844 1248844 0 0 0 0 260491 0 260491 0 0 0 0 0 1931673 1169371 762302 0 38441 20506 17935 0 205647 109699 95948 0 129439 69046 60393 0 200 0 200 0 29600 0 29600 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4556 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11211 11059 152 0 194397 144491 46461 3445 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 280727 266691 14036 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 70691 0 70691 0 0 0 0 0 190516 180990 9526 0 22991 21841 1150 0 School supplies - curriculum 91740 87185 0 0 Repairs and maintenance 99579 95367 4212 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4806187 3425090 1373097 8001 0 0 0 0 239096 534774 18057 18079 6223 0 78989 329738 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2711213 1558791 2371010 1152422 100683 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1903519 1417692 4717577 3452705 119057 159099 0 0 861334 1046462 0 0 0 0 0 0 1105459 0 0 0 2165744 1688394 4251594 2893955 X 451885 550750 14098 8000 465983 558750 4717577 3452705 137949 0 0 0 -45182 0 X true X false false X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 549483 549483 1413379 1212611 200768 0 0 748351 346180 402171 0 1152422 Operating Leases right-of-use asset 1417692 1417692 0 Accrued wages and related liabilities 165431 Retirement plan payable 38201 Operating lease liabilities 1484762 1688394 true true true true true true true false false false false false false false false false false true Part I | PartandLinenumber:,Explanation:| Part1Line3,The school posts its nondiscriminatory statement on its public web page printed admissions materials for prospective families employment materials and financial aid request materials.| true Tuition remission based on economic need 73 1248844 0 other None Part I Line 2 The school uses a financial aid calculating system provided and supported by our professional organization the National Association of Independent Schools. Documentary evidence of financial need such as federal income tax returns is required within this financial assistance system. Based on documented income family size and the cost of tuition the system calculates the amount a family can expect to contribute to their childs education. Tuition grants are then awarded based on this financial system. Grants are not dispensed to qualifying families; instead a deduction on the total tuition payable is calculated so that the school can effectively monitor the application of its financial aid awards. X true true X X X X X false false false false false false false false false Love Weinstock Ex-officio Trustee Head of School 260491 0 0 0 0 0 7832 0 0 0 268323 0 0 0 Part I & Part II | PartandLinenumber:,Explanation:| Part I Line 1,General discretionary account for the Head of School. School reimbursement policies and processes are followed: a receipt is collected and all expenditures must have a business-related purpose. The Board Chair or the Board Treasurer reviews the expenditures monthly. Typically discretionary expenditures by the Head of School are for professional development all-school field trips and to supplement classroom budgets that are fully expended before years end.| Doing Business As Names Berkwood Hedge School Part VI, Line 11a The Form 990 is reviewed and approved by the Head of School the Treasurer and the Board of Trustees before filing with the Internal Revenue Service. Part VI, Line 12c At the beginning of each new school year the members of the Board of Trustees review the Conflict of Interest policy and complete a conflict of interest statement that is then reviewed by the Board Chair and by the Head of School an Ex Officio member of the Board. Part VI, Line 15 The Board of Trustees reviews and approves the Head of Schools compensation and the compensation of other key employees of the organization directors of Finance Enrollment & Admissions Operations Development & Communications. The details are documented in written contracts. The Board sets compensation for the Head of School and other key employees following reviews of similar-sized organizations using their Form 990 filings and surveys conducted by our professional organizations. Comparative salary data is compiled by and retrieved from our professional organizations and the school uses this data to benchmark all employee salaries during the budgeting process. The Head of School first formulates the compensation details for key employees. The proposals are reviewed and approved by the Finance Committee of the Board before being presented to the full Board for final review and approval. The Head of Schools compensation is first formulated by the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees and then presented to the full Board of Trustees for review and final approval. Part VI, Line 19 These documents are available for review at the schools administrative offices upon request to the school. Fiscal year-end summary financial information is published in our annual report which is sent to each registered students households and upon request to other interested parties. Our filings are also available online from a third party with which we have no business relationship.