Nonprofit · EIN 48-0914282
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL INC
Tax-exempt · WICHITA, KS 67207
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2025 | 990 | $9,824,158 | $9,957,042 | -$132,884 | $14,795,208 | $7,283,741 | $7,511,467 |
| June 30, 2024 | 990 (amended) | $10,741,050 | $11,356,316 | -$615,266 | $15,315,920 | $7,901,066 | $7,414,854 |
| June 30, 2023 | 990 | $11,240,213 | $10,695,831 | $544,382 | $15,487,228 | $7,699,128 | $7,788,100 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $1,984,275
- Program service revenue
- $6,824,668
- Investment income
- $9,064
- Other revenue
- $1,006,151
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $852
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $329,674
- Other salaries and wages
- $5,748,558
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $7,064,854
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Legal fees
- $31,881
- Accounting fees
- $28,078
- Occupancy
- $679,189
- Depreciation
- $819,106
- Program services (functional)
- $7,862,908
- Management and general (functional)
- $1,990,625
- Fundraising (functional)
- $103,509
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $15,879,416
- Total assets, end of year
- $14,795,208
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $7,283,741
- Net assets, end of year
- $7,511,467
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $7,946,887
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $7,451,244
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $60,223
- Gross receipts
- $9,824,158
- Employees
- 240
- Volunteers
- 100
- Year formed
- 1980
- State of legal domicile
- KS
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 | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAUL DRUZINSKY | INTERIM HEAD OF SCHOOL Officer | 40 | $104,167 | $0 |
| RONDA GOODE | CHIEF BUDGETING OFFICER Officer | 40 | $88,509 | $11,132 |
| MATTHEW TELLER | BOARD CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JOHN STEERE | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JIM GARVEY | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| STEPHANIE FARBER | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| CAREEM GLADNEY | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ALEX LEARNED | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| LINDSEY LITZNER | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| CAROLINA BELTRAN | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ASHLEY ROBBINS | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| MEGAN STROOT | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JUSTIN FERNANDEZ | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| KRISTIN FARHA | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| LAURA UNREIN | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
2 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEIGH ANN PERSONDEK | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| PAUL WITTE | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended June 30, 2024: 16 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| TERRELL DAVIS | HEAD OF SCHOOL Officer | 40 | $185,910 |
| RONDA GOODE | CHIEF BUDGETING OFFICER Officer | 40 | $83,194 |
| CHRIS ADDINGTON | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| TIM AZIERE | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| STEPAHNIE FARBER | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| CAREEM GLADNEY | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DERRICK IDBEIS | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| LINDSEY LITZNER | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ANDREW MANESS | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ANDRENA SCHOLL | BOARD CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| MARCIA SMOLA | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MEGAN STROOT | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JUSTIN FERNANDEZ | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| KRISTEN FARHA | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MATTHEW TELLER | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JAMES GARVEY | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended June 30, 2023: 15 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| TERRELL DAVIS | HEAD OF SCHOOL Officer | 40 | $128,034 |
| RONDA GOODE | CHIEF BUDGETING OFFICER Officer | 40 | $37,878 |
| CHRIS ADDINGTON | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| TIM AZIERE | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| STEPAHNIE FARBER | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| CAREEM GLADNEY | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DERRICK IDBEIS | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| LINDSEY LITZNER | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ANDREW MANESS | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ANDRENA SCHOLL | BOARD CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| MARCIA SMOLA | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MEGAN STROOT | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JUSTIN FERNANDEZ | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| KRISTEN FARHA | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MATTHEW TELLER | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 8313 E DOUGLAS AVE, WICHITA, KS 67207-1213
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- PETER BROWN, 8317 E DOUGLAS AVE, WICHITA, KS 67207
- Signed the 990
- RONDA GOODE, CHIEF BUDGETING OFFICER
- Phone
- (316) 686-0152
- Website
- WWW.THEINDEPENDENTSCHOOL.COM
- Return prepared by
- MARR AND COMPANY PC
Mission
TO PROVIDE A SUPERIOR, INDEPENDENT, COLLEGE PREPATORY EDUCATION, SERVING A DIVERSE STIDENT POPULATION IN A SAFE SUPPORTIVE, COMMUNITY, CONDUCIVE TO THE INTELLECTUAL, EMOTIONAL AND PHYSICAL GROWTH OF EACH INDEPENDENT STUDENT.
Program accomplishments
- PROVIDED PRIVATE EDUCATION TO APPROXIMATELY 500 STUDENTS FROM 6 WEEKS THROUGH 12TH GRADE.Expenses $7,862,908 · grants $852 · revenue $7,754,819
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
- 48-0914282
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- School
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Accounting year ends
- June
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $14,795,208
- Income (IRS master file)
- $9,824,158
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | June 2025 | $9,824,158 | $9,957,042 | $14,795,208 | IRS |
| 990 | June 2024 | $10,741,050 | $11,356,316 | $15,315,920 | XML |
| 990 | June 2023 | $11,240,213 | $10,695,831 | $15,487,228 | XML |
| 990 | June 2022 | $8,274,560 | $9,092,675 | $14,025,784 | IRS |
| 990 | June 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2019 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
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 48-0914282).
Questions about INDEPENDENT SCHOOL INC
- What is the EIN of INDEPENDENT SCHOOL INC?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of INDEPENDENT SCHOOL INC is 48-0914282.
- Is INDEPENDENT SCHOOL INC tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3).
- Are donations to INDEPENDENT SCHOOL INC tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does INDEPENDENT SCHOOL INC 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 INDEPENDENT SCHOOL INC 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 INDEPENDENT SCHOOL INC 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 INDEPENDENT SCHOOL INC?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 names PETER BROWN.
- Who are the officers and directors of INDEPENDENT SCHOOL INC?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 lists 17 people; 2 received compensation from the organization, the highest $104,167 (PAUL DRUZINSKY, INTERIM HEAD OF SCHOOL).
- How much revenue does INDEPENDENT SCHOOL INC have?
- On its 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $9,824,158, expenses of $9,957,042 and total assets of $14,795,208 at year end.
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