2019-05-07T18:23:39-05:00 2018-06-30 BKD LLP 655 Third Avenue 1200 New York NY 10017 990 2017-07-01 131740483 Riverdale Country School Inc % DANIEL P SCHULTZ RIVE 7185192726 5250 Fieldston Road Bronx NY 10471 DANIEL P SCHULTZ CFO/DIRECTOR OF FINA 7185192726 2018-10-22 true Aaron Shapiro P01333816 2128674000 167.68.126.162 26511920191275000022 2019-05-07 P 674A50B43A73F6FB32B158B5D35A1FBBFCB6150C AA081CA9EBCB26667D05DC7D0EA836463BDCC5C6 2017 2019-02-21 02:37:17Z DANIEL P SCHULTZ 5250 FIELDSTON ROAD BRONX NY 10471 76396565 false X WWW.RIVERDALE.EDU X 1930 NY EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES PRE-K THROUGH 12TH GRADE. 31 30 598 30 -17854 -1874 15799117 11424796 58206695 61123703 645948 784689 1312934 1721881 75964694 75055069 8985145 9283645 0 0 41252694 43517051 0 0 2097798 20078051 21209754 70315890 74010450 5648804 1044619 226603597 232339024 94651963 96390003 131951634 135949021 Riverdale Country School is a Pre-K through Grade 12 independent school in New York City committed to empowering lifelong learners by developing minds, building character, and creating community in order to change our world for the good. false false 57209614 9283645 61123703 Founded in 1907, the School is situated on two campuses encompassing 27.5 acres in the Riverdale section of the Bronx. About 80% of the faculty hold advanced degrees. The School seeks a diverse population. In 2018, the School had an enrollment of 1,170; students of color represented 39% of that total. Financial assistance, totaling approximately $9.3 million, was awarded to nearly 20% of the student body. Students travel to the School from more than 100 zip codes; about 85% live in Manhattan or the Bronx with others coming from Brooklyn, Queens, Westchester County, New Jersey, and Connecticut. In 2017-2018, the School furthered its commitment to the following community values: - Student life: Riverdale's department of student life -- led by Christina Young, MSEd, LC at the Middle and Upper Schools and by Jessica Delgado at the Lower School -- aims to support our students' character development and serve as a guiding influence as they make meaning and discover purpose in their own lives. Character education strengthens core values that support the ethical, intellectual, and social-emotional development of all learners. Continued growth and personal development are foundations that will allow our students to thrive and sustain high levels of achievement over time. We engage our students in activities and discussions designed to strengthen their self- and social awareness, ethical decision-making, problem-solving, and overall wellbeing through academic and co-curricular experiences. The student life program provides both formal and informal classroom support and parent education for the following areas of development: -Identity and Belonging -Social and Emotional Learning -Health and Wellness -Learning How To Learn - Engagement with local and global communities: Riverdale benefits from collaborations with other civic, educational, and cultural organizations in New York, across the nation, and around the globe. The School strives to be a learning hub whereby our faculty and students engage in learning with local and global communities. During the 2017-2018 school year, Riverdale students participated in numerous global and domestic travel opportunities. Over spring break, Middle Schoolers took part in a ten-day Spanish exchange, while Upper Schoolers traveled to South Africa & Namibia; St. Petersburg, Russia; Rome, Italy; and Bears Ears National Monument in Utah as part of an outdoor expedition. In June, students participated in additional educational travel experiences, including a two-week astrophysics exploration of the Colorado Rockies; a three-week combined ecology and outdoor leadership expedition to the Alaskan Arctic; a two-week visit to Ecuador and the Galapagos; and a two-week cultural and linguistic immersion into Western China and the Silk Road. Through the school's Zagat Global Fellows Program, educators from New Zealand, South Africa, China, England, and Bangladesh have come to the campus to learn about the school's programs and pedagogy, and Riverdale faculty have made reciprocal trips. In addition, through Riverdale's education consultancy group, Plussed+, Riverdale began work this year helping to establish and promote a new school in Hanoi, Vietnam, and developing an international education platform that promotes character-education research and practice in Shenzhen, China. - Service learning: Riverdale students volunteer regularly with Bronx community groups, such as the Riverdale Neighborhood House and Part Of The Solution. The School also plans and hosts annual events for Best Buddies, LSA Family Health Services, and City Meals on Wheels. In addition, the School makes yearly service trips to Alabama, Detroit, and New Orleans, and has ongoing relationships with groups such as the Harriet Tubman Charter School and Habitat for Humanity in New Orleans. Riverdale's partnerships include formal relationships with national and international educational organizations that are aligned with the school's character-based education mission as well as groups that offer professional-development opportunities for teachers around the world. In order to share this work more effectively and develop a venture-based way to incubate and share ideas more broadly at scale, Riverdale has developed a learning-design studio known as Plussed+. This consultancy works with educators nationally and globally to share educational ideas and help other schools develop the capacity to discover and shape their efforts to innovate and improve the learning of all students. Plussed+ has a team of part-time and fully dedicated staff creating various modules based on work at Riverdale and beyond that can be exported to other school settings. International Partnerships: - International Positive Education Network (IPEN): Head of School Dominic A.A. Randolph is a member of IPEN's board and a speaker at its annual international conference in Dubai. - Educational Collaborative for International Schools (ECIS): Riverdale hosted an ECIS Curriculum Design and Leadership conference in 2018. - IDEO: Riverdale, and more recently Plussed+, has partnered with this international design firm on a number of projects, including the Design Thinking for Educators Toolkit; the Purpose Project, an app to help students identify their interests and purpose; and the Teachers Guild, a collaborative of educators seeking to design new solutions to problems in education. - Global Online Academy: Riverdale is a member of this organization, which is expanding learning opportunities worldwide through online courses. - Round Square: Riverdale is a member of this international network of schools offering programs to promote character strengths. - LINEglobal: Head of School Dominic A.A. Randolph is a member of the Board of Directors of this organization that promotes exchanges between educators in India and the United States. National Partnerships: - Character Lab: Head of School Dominic A.A. Randolph is the co-founder of this research organization based at the University of Pennsylvania that supports research into the development of character skills and trains teachers to incorporate evidence into their classroom activities. - Mastery Transcript Consortium (MTC): Riverdale is a founding school of this organization that is developing a new high school transcript that reflects individual skills, strengths, and interests. - Caring Schools Common Good Campaign: Riverdale partnered with this initiative sponsored by the Harvard Graduate School of Education to promote social-emotional learning in schools. - Enrollment Management Association: Director of Admission and Enrollment Jenna King is on the Board of Trustees of this organization that studies enrollment practices of independent schools. - Character Skills Snapshot: Riverdale is a founding school of this initiative that is developing standardized testing to identify character strengths and skills. - National Association of Independent Schools: Riverdale is a active member of this organization, leading professional development workshops, attending conferences, and writing for its publications. - National Network of Schools in Partnership: Riverdale is a member of this group that fosters collaboration among independent, public, parochial, and charter schools. 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PART XI, LINE 2D: RENTAL EXPENSES: 63,901 COST OF GOODS SOLD: 66,839 PART XI, LINE 4B: FINANCIAL AID: 9,173,906 PART XII, LINE 2D: RENTAL EXPENSES: 63,901 COST OF GOODS SOLD: 66,839 PART XII, LINE 4B: FINANCIAL AID: 9,173,906 true true true true true true true false false false false false false false false true false true PART I, LINE 3 RIVERDALE COUNTRY SCHOOL IS A MEMBER OF THE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL ADMISSION ASSOCIATION OF GREATER NEW YORK (ISAAGNY). TWICE A YEAR, ISAAGNY LISTS ALL MEMBER SCHOOLS AND THEIR RACIALLY NON-DISCRIMINATORY POLICY IN THE NEW YORK TIMES. ADDITIONALLY, THE SCHOOL PUBLICIZES ITS POLICY IN ALL ITS ADMISSIONS CATALOGUES AND BROCHURES AS WELL AS IN ITS ANNUAL STUDENT HANDBOOK. 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THE RECOMMENDED CONTRIBUTION MAY THEN BE ADJUSTED AT THE DISCRETION OF THE FINANCIAL AID DIRECTOR FOR SUCH THINGS AS COST OF LIVING, UNUSUAL EXPENSES, AND ASSET PROTECTION. THE FINANCIAL AID COMMITTEE MAKES A FINAL DECISION BASED ON THE FINANCIAL AID DIRECTOR'S ADJUSTED FINANCIAL AID AWARDS WHICH ARE BASED ON ESTIMATES ARE THEN CHECKED AGAINST FAMILIES'S FILED TAXES IN THE SPRING AND TED AS NEEDED. CONSIDERATION OF FUNDING FROM OTHER PARTS OF THE FINANCIAL AID BUDGET IS ALSO GIVEN TO SUCH "EXTRA" COSTS. 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X 28 374349 SELLING PRICE false true false PART I, COLUMN (B): THE ORGANIZATION IS REPORTING THE NUMBER OF CONTRIBUTIONS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B THE COMPLETE 990 IS REVIEWED BY THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER AND FINANCE STAFF. IT IS THEN PRESENTED IN ITS ENTIRETY, EXCEPT FOR SCHEDULE B (SCHEDULE OF CONTRIBUTORS) DUE TO THE PRIVACY OF THE DONOR, TO THE AUDIT COMMITTEE AND CIRCULATED TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES PRIOR TO SUBMISSION. HENCE, THE QUESTION HAS BEEN ANSWERED NO. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C ON AN ANNUAL BASIS BOARD MEMBERS AND OFFICERS ARE REQUIRED TO COMPLETE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST DISCLOSURE. AT THE FIRST BOARD MEETING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD DISTRIBUTES THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST FORM TO EACH MEMBER AT THE END OF THAT SESSION. EACH CONFLICT OF INTEREST FORM IS COLLECTED AND REVIEWED. IF A CONFLICT OF INTEREST IS IDENTIFIED, THE BOARD WILL REVIEW THE ITEM AND DETERMINE WHETHER TO ALLOW THE ACTIVITY, OR EXCLUDE THE INDIVIDUALS FROM ITEMS INVOLVING THEIR CONFLICT. WHEN ANY MATTER IN WHICH A BOARD MEMBER OR OFFICER HAS AN INTEREST COMES BEFORE THE BOARD FOR DECISION OR APPROVAL, THAT INTEREST SHALL BE IMMEDIATELY DISCLOSED TO THE BOARD BY THAT BOARD MEMBER OR OFFICER AND THE PERSON IN CONFLICT SHALL RECUSE HIMSELF/HERSELF FROM ANY DISCUSSION OR VOTE RELATING THERETO. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15A AN INDEPENDENT COMPENSATION CONSULTANT IS USED. ADDITIONALLY, IT IS ALSO REVIEWED BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD AND THE CHAIR OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE. THE LAST REVIEW TOOK PLACE IN JUNE 2014. SUBSEQUENT TO FISCAL YEAR END, THE PROCESS WAS LAST DONE IN APRIL 2019. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15B THE COMPENSATION FOR OTHER OFFICERS AND KEY EMPLOYEES ARE REVIEWED BY THE SCHOOL'S COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS COMMITTEE. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 TRANSPARENCY IS VERY IMPORTANT TO RIVERDALE COUNTRY SCHOOL. AS SUCH, RIVERDALE COUNTRY SCHOOL PROVIDES CERTAIN DOCUMENTS, POLICIES AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC UPON REQUEST. PLUSSED LLC 5250 FIELDSTON ROAD BRONX NY 10471 352564750 EDUCATIONAL NY 1449015 254596 RIVERDALE CS