Nonprofit · EIN 45-4093008
CITY OF FOUNTAINS SCHOOL
Tax-exempt · KANSAS CITY, MO 64114
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2025 | 990 | $670,033 | $742,354 | -$72,321 | $397,336 | $0 | $397,336 |
| June 30, 2024 | 990 | $769,256 | $636,013 | $133,243 | $322,316 | $0 | $322,316 |
| June 30, 2023 | 990 | $504,917 | $252,867 | $252,050 | $421,829 | $0 | $421,829 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $35,125
- Program service revenue
- $625,837
- Investment income
- $9,071
- Other revenue
- $0
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $118,631
- Other salaries and wages
- $443,548
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $562,179
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Occupancy
- $38,198
- Travel
- $4,860
- Program services (functional)
- $668,118
- Management and general (functional)
- $74,236
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $322,316
- Total assets, end of year
- $397,336
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $0
- Net assets, end of year
- $397,336
- Gross receipts
- $670,033
- Employees
- 24
- Volunteers
- 50
- Year formed
- 2011
- State of legal domicile
- MO
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daniela Hindman | Presider Trustee or director, Officer | 35 | $47,757 |
| Kari Cottell | Director Trustee or director | 29 | $39,119 |
| Layla Olberding | Faculty Chair Trustee or director | 28 | $31,755 |
| Stephen Flanery | Co-Presider Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| Jill Paton | Scribe Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| Shannon Berry | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended June 30, 2024: 7 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daniela Hindman | Presider Trustee or director, Officer | 35 | $38,935 |
| Layla Olberding | Faculty Chair Trustee or director | 28 | $28,662 |
| Kari Cottell | Director Trustee or director | 29 | $27,382 |
| Stephen Flanery | Co-Presider Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| Jill Paton | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| Dennis Dunmeyer | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| Shannon Berry | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended June 30, 2023: 4 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daniela Hindman | President Trustee or director, Officer | 35 | $34,769 |
| Kristen Bowlin | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 35 | $34,171 |
| Kari Cottrell | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 24 | $22,949 |
| Dennis Dunmeyer | Director Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- PO BOX 140441, KANSAS CITY, MO 64114-7441
- In care of
- % KARI COTTRELL
- Mailing address (990-N for 2013)
- PO Box 140441, Kansas City MO 64114
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- Kari Cottrell, PO Box 140441, Kansas City, MO 64114
- Principal officer (990-N for 2013)
- Dory Wheatley, PO Box 140441, Kansas City MO 64114
- Signed the 990
- Kari Cottrell, Treasurer
- Phone
- (816) 839-5756
- Return prepared by
- Kientz & Penick CPAs LLC
Mission
The City of Fountains School (the School) has a mission which honors the wonder and importance of childhood by (a) engaging and educating the head, heart and hands, (b) fostering creative innovative individuals capable of free independent thought, (c) and nourishing each child's relationship with the natural world and its rhythms thus cultivating a lifelong reverence for what is good beautiful and true.The School integrates arts with academics offering a developmentally appropriate curriculum inspired by Waldorf educational pedagogy. The School educates children to become individual creative thinkers from early childhood through 8th grade. The School's curriculum is filled with the basics such as reading, writing, arithmetic, history and science. It is enriched with music, art, movement, games, nature, exploration, foreign language and handwork classes.
Program accomplishments
- The School's grades program provides an interdisciplinary approach to a wide range of academic subjects including mathematics, grammar, botany, zoology, chemistry, physics, physiology, history and geography in blocks that span multiple weeks per subject. Teachers strive to bring the subjects alive first within themselves and then through their presentation to awaken the enthusiasm and interest of the students.Additionally, students learn through specialty subject classes such as music, foreign language, movement and handwork. The program ran the first Tuesday after Labor Day through the last Friday before Memorial Day.During the year ended June 30, 2025, the grades program served 61 students running from the first Tuesday after Labor Day through the last Friday before Memorial Day with a weekly schedule of Monday to Thursday 8:30 am to 2:55 pm.Expenses $394,217 · revenue $369,270
- The School's early childhood program offers two mixed-age Kingergarten classes (ages 3.5 to 6 years old) and a Parent-Child class (infants to 3.5 years old).The School provides a nurturing environment for the children and gives them ample opportunity to learn through play and purposeful activities. Reverence is held for both the natural world and the unfolding child. The day is structured in a rhythmic movement that engages the head, heart and hands.Parents in the Parent-Child class are able to practice mindful parenting while learning about Waldorf Education and child development. Parents are also given the opportunity to connect with one another as the children learn through age-appropriate play.During the year ended June 30, 2025, the early childhood program served 45 kindergarten students and 35 parent-child families running from the first Tuesday after Labor Day through the last Friday before Memorial Day with a weekly schedule of Monday to Friday 8:45 am to 3:00 pm.Expenses $220,896 · revenue $206,917
- The School's enrichment program provides an opportunity for homeschooling families to incorporate education inspired by the Waldorf approach into their curricula and homeschool. This program provides the grades students with additional opportunity to come another day to further their education. Each enrichment program class follows a daily Waldorf-inspired rhythm including main lessons, movement, social and outdoor time.During the year ended June 30, 2025, the enrichment program served 33 students running from the first Tuesday after Labor Day through the last Friday before Memorial Day with a weekly schedule of meeting three times per week from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm.Expenses $53,005 · revenue $49,650
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in June, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | June 30, 2026 | November 16, 2026 | Not due yet |
| 2024 | June 30, 2025 | November 17, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | June 30, 2024 | November 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 45-4093008
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 2014
- Accounting year ends
- June
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Education (B99)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $397,336
- Income (IRS master file)
- $670,033
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | June 2025 | $670,033 | $742,354 | $397,336 | IRS |
| 990 | June 2024 | $769,256 | $636,013 | $322,316 | XML |
| 990 | June 2023 | $504,917 | $252,867 | $421,829 | XML |
| 990 | June 2022 | $409,887 | $414,679 | $114,882 | IRS |
| 990 | June 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990-N for 2013 Officer: Dory Wheatley | June 30, 2014 | ≤ $50,000 receipts | – | – | e-Postcard |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 45-4093008).
Questions about CITY OF FOUNTAINS SCHOOL
- What is the EIN of CITY OF FOUNTAINS SCHOOL?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of CITY OF FOUNTAINS SCHOOL is 45-4093008.
- Is CITY OF FOUNTAINS SCHOOL tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2014.
- Are donations to CITY OF FOUNTAINS SCHOOL tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does CITY OF FOUNTAINS SCHOOL file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of CITY OF FOUNTAINS SCHOOL due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending June 30, 2026) is due November 16, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did CITY OF FOUNTAINS SCHOOL last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended June 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of CITY OF FOUNTAINS SCHOOL?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 names Kari Cottrell.
- Who are the officers and directors of CITY OF FOUNTAINS SCHOOL?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 lists 6 people; 3 received compensation from the organization, the highest $47,757 (Daniela Hindman, Presider).
- How much revenue does CITY OF FOUNTAINS SCHOOL have?
- On its 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $670,033, expenses of $742,354 and total assets of $397,336 at year end.
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