The River School

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Financial Vulnerability Assessment (Tuckman-Chang)

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Financial Trends

Organization Details

Formation Year

1999

Legal Domicile

Principal Officer

Nancy Mellon

Phone

2023373554

Tax Period

2024-09-01 to 2025-08-31

The River School, founded in 1999, is a mid-sized nonprofit in the Education sector that reported $12.1M in total revenue in fiscal year 2024. Revenue decreased 8% compared to the prior year.

Mission

Independent school offering programs for infants, toddlers, preschool, and elementary school aged children with and without hearing loss.

Program Service Accomplishments

Program 1

Expenses: $9,825,236 Revenue: $9,753,693

Operation of an independent school that offers programs for infants, toddlers, preschool, and elementary school aged children (220 children) with and without hearing loss, provides clinical services to children in the community in audiology, speech-language pathology, occupational therapy, educational assessment and tutoring, serves as a site for field studies, and provides specialized family education and support.

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Trantor Score

Financial Health Score (300–850) · Liquidity · Solvency · Sustainability · Efficiency

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Liquidity (40%) • Solvency (30%) • Sustainability (20%) • Efficiency (10%)

Financial Overview (2024)

Revenue Breakdown

Contributions & Grants $1,610,385

Program Service Revenue $9,753,693

Investment Income $714,323

Other Revenue $7,265

TOTAL REVENUE $12,085,666

Expense Breakdown

Grants Paid $1,545,577

Salaries & Benefits $8,837,103

Fundraising Expenses $621,327

Program Expenses $9,825,236

Other Expenses $1,893,717

TOTAL EXPENSES $12,278,897

Year-over-Year Comparison

	2024	2023	Change
Revenue	$12,085,666	$13,207,083	-0.1%
Expenses	$12,278,897	$11,649,456	+0.1%
Net Income	$-193,231	$1,557,627	-1.1%

Key Indicators

✗ Grants to Organizations ✓ Grants to Individuals ✗ Lobbying ✗ Political Activity ✗ Foreign Activities ✗ Donor Advised Fund ✓ Schedule B Required

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Financial Health Indicators

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Governance

Voting Members

Independent Members

Employees

113

Volunteers

140

Governance Policies

✗ Conflict of Interest Policy

✗ Whistleblower Policy

✗ Document Retention Policy

Special Practices & Reported Activities

✓ Operated a School

✗ Operated a Hospital

✗ Provided First Class Travel

✗ Reported Conflict of Interest

✗ Reported Asset Diversion

✗ Excess Benefit Transaction

✗ Made Political Expenditures

✗ Engaged in Lobbying

✗ Operated Donor Advised Fund

✗ Maintained Art Collections

✗ Filed Form 720

Compensation of Officers, Directors & Key Employees

Total Officers

$623,268

Total Directors

$459,554

Key Employees

Highest Compensated

reported

Name	Title	Hours/Week	Role	Reportable Comp	Other Comp	Total
Nancy Mellon	Head of School/Vice President	40.00	Officer Director	$434,057	$25,497	$459,554
Meredith Ouellette	Clinical Director	40.00	Highest	$193,928	$6,932	$200,860
Jennifer Lynch	Dir Advancement	40.00	Highest	$163,324	$3,437	$166,761
Megan Campbell	Director of Admission & Enrollment Management	40.00	Highest	$156,557	$15,482	$172,039
Christine Lopez	CFO (Until May 2025)	40.00	Officer	$151,435	$12,279	$163,714
Robert Kuklewicz	CFO (Started April 2025)	40.00	Officer	$0	$0	$0
Erin Royer Shetter	Director of Philanthropy	40.00	Highest	$146,011	$15,360	$161,371
Marie Wright	Assistant Head of School	40.00	Highest	$143,040	$15,277	$158,317
Charlie Munzig	Board Member	2.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
Andre Cheng MD	Board Member	2.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
Mary Carpenter	Board Member	2.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
Colleen Green	Board Member	2.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
Terrance Green	Board Member	2.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
Nicolle Rippeon	Board Member	2.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
Nancy Herman	Board Member	2.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
Jaynie Lilley	Board Member	2.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
Valdis Lenss	Board Member	2.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
Leigh McCue-Weil	Board Member	2.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
Julianna Goldman	Board Member	2.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
Yonatan Alemu	Board Member	2.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
Casey Seidenberg	President	2.00	Officer Director	$0	$0	$0
Rachel Weller	Vice President	2.00	Officer Director	$0	$0	$0
Eric Gaier	Treasurer	2.00	Officer Director	$0	$0	$0
Nowell Rush	Secretary	2.00	Officer Director	$0	$0	$0

Note: Compensation data is self-reported by the organization on their Form 990. "Reportable Comp" includes salary, bonuses, and other reportable compensation from the organization and related organizations. "Other Comp" includes benefits, deferred compensation, and non-taxable benefits.

Historical Data

Year	Revenue	Expenses	Assets	Net Income
2025	$12,085,666	$12,278,897	$26,053,665	$-193,231
2024	$13,207,083	$11,649,456	$27,624,110	$1,557,627
2023	$13,775,618	$9,786,336	$26,215,214	$3,989,282
2022	$11,521,164	$8,333,603	$20,761,473	$3,187,561
2021	$8,911,681	$7,593,823	$18,141,919	$1,317,858
2020	$8,966,462	$7,469,071	$15,559,735	$1,497,391
2019	$9,534,134	$7,406,596	$14,123,279	$2,127,538