VERMONT COMMONS SCHOOL: Form 990, tax year 2018

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Organization
VERMONT COMMONS SCHOOL (EIN 04-3371660)
Tax period
2018-07-01 to 2019-06-30
Filed
2019-10-24
IRS object ID
201902979349300910
Schema version
2018v3.1
Source
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Info In Schedule O Part XIYes (X)InfoInScheduleOPartXIInd
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss$324,843ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets$852OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Method Of Accounting AccrualYes (X)MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or ReviewfalseAccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS AuditedYes (true)FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Separate Basis Fincl StmtYes (X)SeparateBasisFinclStmtInd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Audit CommitteeYes (true)AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit RequiredfalseFederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
SchoolYes (X)SchoolInd
Other Support Sum$0OtherSupportSumAmt
Public Support CY1700PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support Total509$0PublicSupportTotal509Amt
Public Support CY5090PublicSupportCY509Pct
Investment Income CY0InvestmentIncomeCYPct

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

CY Endwmt Fund CYEndwmtFundGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance$29,702BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses$852InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Administrative Expenses$0AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance$30,554EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus1 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus1YrEndwmtFundGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance$27,733BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses$1,969InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Administrative Expenses$0AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance$29,702EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus2 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus2YrEndwmtFundGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance$23,878BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses$4,095InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Administrative Expenses$240AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance$27,733EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus3 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus3YrEndwmtFundGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance$24,545BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses-$312InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Administrative Expenses$355AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance$23,878EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus4 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus4YrEndwmtFundGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance$24,049BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses$903InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Administrative Expenses$407AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance$24,545EndYearBalanceAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Board Designated Balance EOY0.00000BoardDesignatedBalanceEOYPct
Prmnnt Endowment Balance EOY1.00000PrmnntEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Term Endowment Balance EOY0.00000TermEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Endowments Held Unrelated OrgYes (true)EndowmentsHeldUnrelatedOrgInd
Endowments Held Related OrgfalseEndowmentsHeldRelatedOrgInd

Land LandGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis$0InvestmentCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Other Cost Or Other Basis$184,712OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Book Value$184,712BookValueAmt

Buildings BuildingsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis$0InvestmentCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Other Cost Or Other Basis$2,899,691OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$595,889DepreciationAmt
Book Value$2,303,802BookValueAmt

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovementsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis$0InvestmentCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Other Cost Or Other Basis$0OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$0DepreciationAmt
Book Value$0BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis$0InvestmentCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Other Cost Or Other Basis$182,429OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$97,861DepreciationAmt
Book Value$84,568BookValueAmt

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis$0InvestmentCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Other Cost Or Other Basis$176,772OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$166,505DepreciationAmt
Book Value$10,267BookValueAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings$2,583,349TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt
Footnote TextYes (X)FootnoteTextInd
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt$2,674,778TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Other Revenue$852OtherRevenueAmt
Revenue Not Reported$852RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal$2,673,926RevenueSubtotalAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990$2,673,926TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt$2,349,083TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Expenses Subtotal$2,349,083ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990$2,349,083TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (3 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
Pt V, Line 4Earnings from the donor-restricted permanent fund at the Vermont Community Foundation ("Beneficial Interest in Assets held by Others") are for the general operating needs of the School.
Pt XI, Line 2dChange in Beneficial Interest in Assets Held by Others.
Pt X, Line 2"The Organization believes it has appropriate support for any tax positions taken and, as such, does not have any "uncertain tax positions" that are material to its financial statements."

Schedule E IRS990ScheduleE

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Nondiscriminatory Policy StmtYes (true)NondiscriminatoryPolicyStmtInd
Policy Stmt In Brochures EtcYes (true)PolicyStmtInBrochuresEtcInd
Plcy Pblczd Via Broadcast MediaYes (true)PlcyPblczdViaBroadcastMediaInd
Maintain Racial Comp RecsYes (true)MaintainRacialCompRecsInd
Maintain Scholarships RecsYes (true)MaintainScholarshipsRecsInd
Maintain Cpy Of Brochures EtcYes (true)MaintainCpyOfBrochuresEtcInd
Maintain Cpy Of All SolYes (true)MaintainCpyOfAllSolInd
Discriminate Race Stdnts RghtsfalseDiscriminateRaceStdntsRghtsInd
Discriminate Race Admiss PlcyfalseDiscriminateRaceAdmissPlcyInd
Discriminate Race Emplm FcultyfalseDiscriminateRaceEmplmFcultyInd
Discriminate Race SchsfalseDiscriminateRaceSchsInd
Discriminate Race Educ PlcyfalseDiscriminateRaceEducPlcyInd
Discriminate Race Use Of FcltsfalseDiscriminateRaceUseOfFcltsInd
Discriminate Race Athlt ProgfalseDiscriminateRaceAthltProgInd
Discriminate Race Other ActyfalseDiscriminateRaceOtherActyInd
Government Financial Aid RcvdfalseGovernmentFinancialAidRcvdInd
Government Financial Aid RvkdfalseGovernmentFinancialAidRvkdInd
Compliance With Rev Proc7550Yes (true)ComplianceWithRevProc7550Ind

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form And Line ReferenceLine 3FormAndLineReferenceDesc
ExplanationVermont Commons School publicizes its racially nondiscriminatory policies through newspaper notices and inclusions of the policy in catalogs and admission applications. See comments on Page 1.ExplanationTxt

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Fundraising Event Information FundraisingEventInformationGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Event1Burger & BandEvent1Nm
Gross Receipts Event1$16,282GrossReceiptsEvent1Amt
Charitable Contri Event1$12,922CharitableContriEvent1Amt
Gross Revenue Event1$3,360GrossRevenueEvent1Amt
Cash Prizes Event1$0CashPrizesEvent1Amt
Non Cash Prizes Event1$1,000NonCashPrizesEvent1Amt
Rent Facility Costs Event1$2,844RentFacilityCostsEvent1Amt
Food And Beverage Event1$2,843FoodAndBeverageEvent1Amt
Entertainment Event1$800EntertainmentEvent1Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event1$674OtherDirectExpensesEvent1Amt
Gross Receipts Total$16,282GrossReceiptsTotalAmt
Charitable Contributions Tot$12,922CharitableContributionsTotAmt
Gross Revenue Total Events$3,360GrossRevenueTotalEventsAmt
Cash Prizes Total Events$0CashPrizesTotalEventsAmt
Non Cash Prizes Total Events$1,000NonCashPrizesTotalEventsAmt
Rent Fclty Costs Total Events$2,844RentFcltyCostsTotalEventsAmt
Food And Beverage Total Events$2,843FoodAndBeverageTotalEventsAmt
Entertainment Total Events$800EntertainmentTotalEventsAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Total Events$674OthDirectExpnssTotalEventsAmt
Direct Expense Summary Events$8,161DirectExpenseSummaryEventsAmt
Net Income Summary-$4,801NetIncomeSummaryAmt

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form990 Of Other OrganizationsYes (X)Form990OfOtherOrganizationsInd
Written Employment ContractYes (X)WrittenEmploymentContractInd
Compensation SurveyYes (X)CompensationSurveyInd
Board Or Committee ApprovalYes (X)BoardOrCommitteeApprovalInd
Severance PaymentfalseSeverancePaymentInd
Supplemental Nonqual Rtr PlanfalseSupplementalNonqualRtrPlanInd
Equity Based Comp ArrngmfalseEquityBasedCompArrngmInd
Comp Based On Revenue Of Flng OrgfalseCompBasedOnRevenueOfFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd On Rev Related OrgsfalseCompBsdOnRevRelatedOrgsInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Flng OrgfalseCompBsdNetEarnsFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Rltd OrgsfalseCompBsdNetEarnsRltdOrgsInd
Any Non Fixed PaymentsfalseAnyNonFixedPaymentsInd
Initial Contract ExceptionfalseInitialContractExceptionInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
PersonDexter MahaffeyPersonNm
Base Compensation Filing Org$161,224BaseCompensationFilingOrgAmt
Compensation Based On Rltd Orgs$0CompensationBasedOnRltdOrgsAmt
Bonus Filing Organization$0BonusFilingOrganizationAmount
Bonus Related Organizations$0BonusRelatedOrganizationsAmt
Other Compensation Filing Org$0OtherCompensationFilingOrgAmt
Other Compensation Rltd Orgs$0OtherCompensationRltdOrgsAmt
Deferred Compensation Flng Org$4,045DeferredCompensationFlngOrgAmt
Deferred Comp Rltd Orgs$0DeferredCompRltdOrgsAmt
Nontaxable Benefits Filing Org$42,360NontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmt
Nontaxable Benefits Rltd Orgs$0NontaxableBenefitsRltdOrgsAmt
Total Compensation Filing Org$207,629TotalCompensationFilingOrgAmt
Total Compensation Rltd Orgs$0TotalCompensationRltdOrgsAmt
Comp Report Prior990 Filing Org$0CompReportPrior990FilingOrgAmt
Comp Report Prior990 Rltd Orgs$0CompReportPrior990RltdOrgsAmt

Schedule L IRS990ScheduleL

Loans Btwn Org Interested Prsn LoansBtwnOrgInterestedPrsnGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
PersonP StarbuckPersonNm
Relationship With OrgFormer Trustee's SpRelationshipWithOrgTxt
Loan PurposeCapitalLoanPurposeTxt
Loan To OrganizationYes (X)LoanToOrganizationInd
Original Principal$1,400,000OriginalPrincipalAmt
Balance Due$1,031,443BalanceDueAmt
DefaultfalseDefaultInd
Board Or Committee ApprovalYes (true)BoardOrCommitteeApprovalInd
Written AgreementYes (true)WrittenAgreementInd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Balance Due$1,031,443TotalBalanceDueAmt

Bus Tr Involve Interested Prsn BusTrInvolveInterestedPrsnGrp

Name Of Interested NameOfInterested

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
PersonPammella StarbuckPersonNm
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Relationship DescriptionFormer Trustee's SpouseRelationshipDescriptionTxt
Transaction$1,031,443TransactionAmt
TransactionLoan as described above.TransactionDesc
Sharing Of RevenuesfalseSharingOfRevenuesInd

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (6 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
Pt XILine 9 - $852 change in beneficial interest in assets held by others.
Pt VI, Line 11bA first draft of Form 990 is reviewed by the Business Manager and Head of School with a final draft, in PDF format, made available to the Board prior to filing.
Pt VI, Line 12cThe conflict of interest policy requires annual disclosure of any potential conflicts by Trustees and is monitored by the Officers of the Organization and by the Head of School.
Pt VI, Line 15aThe Board uses formal and informal comparability data and annually approves the compensation of the Head of School.
Pt VI, Line 15bThe School has no other paid officers or key employees but if it did it would set their compensation using the procedures discussed immediately above.
Pt VI, Line 19The Organization makes its governing documents and financial statements available to the general public upon request.

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