Nonprofit · EIN 65-0745152
SARASOTA SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCE INC
Tax-exempt · SARASOTA, FL 34236
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2025 | 990 | $9,938,338 | $8,672,973 | $1,265,365 | $18,077,959 | $12,567,302 | $5,510,657 |
| June 30, 2024 | 990 | $9,195,713 | $8,289,494 | $906,219 | $17,406,093 | $13,160,798 | $4,245,295 |
| June 30, 2023 | 990 | $8,690,582 | $8,068,975 | $621,607 | $12,012,958 | $8,673,882 | $3,339,076 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $27,968
- Program service revenue
- $9,600,032
- Investment income
- $25,547
- Net gain from sales of assets
- -$2,614
- Net income from fundraising events
- $64,926
- Other revenue
- $284,791
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Other salaries and wages
- $3,776,792
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $5,351,958
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Accounting fees
- $57,270
- Occupancy
- $884,146
- Travel
- $13,707
- Depreciation
- $672,249
- Program services (functional)
- $6,521,950
- Management and general (functional)
- $2,151,023
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $17,406,093
- Total assets, end of year
- $18,077,959
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $12,567,302
- Net assets, end of year
- $5,510,657
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $13,452,444
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $5,510,657
- Gross receipts
- $10,018,554
- Employees
- 0
- Volunteers
- 70
- Year formed
- 1997
- State of legal domicile
- FL
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TARA TAHMOSH | SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR Officer | 40 | $188,763 | $27,444 |
| CARL WILLIAMS | ASST. SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR Officer | 40 | $170,942 | $24,820 |
| KYLIE GANNON | ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL Officer | 40 | $137,076 | $23,944 |
| MICHAELA MACDONALD | MEMBER AT LARGE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| TAMEKA HOWARD | MEMBER AT LARGE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| TERRENCE MCGANNON | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| MATT WENZEL | MEMBER AT LARGE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| WADE MCVAY | MEMBER AT LARGE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| DANES SOLOMON | PTSS REPRESENTATIVE Trustee or director | 40 | $0 | $0 |
| DR MARILYN HIGHLAND | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 1.5 | $0 | $0 |
| STEVE W KAMM | VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| SUSAN WILHEM | SECRETARY Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended June 30, 2024: 14 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TARA TAHMOSH | SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR Officer | 40 | $177,002 | $19,660 |
| CARL WILLIAMS | ASST. SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR Officer | 40 | $159,179 | $18,363 |
| KYLIE GANNON | ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL Officer | 40 | $126,315 | $16,527 |
| MICHAELA MACDONALD | MEMBER AT LARGE Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| LEE DELIETO JR | MEMBER AT LARGE Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| TERRENCE MCGANNON | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| MATT WENZEL | MEMBER AT LARGE Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| ANGELA BAILEY | MEMBER AT LARGE Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| DANES SOLOMON | PTSS REPRESENTATIVE Trustee or director | 40 | $0 | $0 |
| DR MARILYN HIGHLAND | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| STEVE W KAMM | VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| NICHOLAS COLE | MEMBER AT LARGE Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| SUSAN WILHEM | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| ANGELA SHIDELER | MEMBER AT LARGE Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended June 30, 2023: 15 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TARA TAHMOSH | SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR Officer | 40 | $162,978 | $29,670 |
| CARL WILLIAMS | ASST. SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR Officer | 40 | $144,895 | $31,863 |
| KYLIE GANNON | ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL Officer | 40 | $116,003 | $14,836 |
| MICHAELA MACDONALD | MEMBER AT LARGE Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| LEE DELIETO JR | MEMBER AT LARGE Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| TERRENCE MCGANNON | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| MATT WENZEL | MEMBER AT LARGE Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| ANGELA BAILEY | MEMBER AT LARGE Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| EMILY STROUD | PTSS REPRESENTATIVE Trustee or director | 40 | $0 | $0 |
| DR MARILYN HIGHLAND | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| STEVE W KAMM | VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| NICHOLAS COLE | MEMBER AT LARGE Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| SUSAN WILHEM | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| ANGELA SHIDELER | MEMBER AT LARGE Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| MEGAN TENNIMON | MEMBER AT LARGE Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 717 CENTRAL AVE, SARASOTA, FL 34236-4018
- In care of
- % THOMAS R LARSON
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- MARILYN HIGHLAND, 717 CENTRAL AVENUE, SARASOTA, FL 34236
- Signed the 990
- MARILYN HIGHLAND, PRESIDENT
- Phone
- (941) 330-1855
- Website
- WWW.SSAS.ORG
- Return prepared by
- CAVANAUGH & CO LLP
Mission
TO PROVIDE A SMALL, INTIMATE ENVIRONMENT OF ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AND ENRICHMENT, UTILIZING COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS AND TRADITIONAL AND INNOVATIVE TEACHING METHODS.
Program accomplishments
- TO PROVIDE LIFELONG LEARNING SKILLS, USING THE EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHY OF THE HOLISTIC APPROACH TO THE "WHOLE" CHILD, SO THAT OUR STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO RELATE SAID LEARNING IN ALL OF THE DEVELOPMENTAL DOMAINS TO WHATEVER OCCUPATION THEY CHOOSE AND SUBSEQUENTLY GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE. TO EDUCATE EVERY CHILD VIA THE INTERDISCIPLINARY, MULTICULTURAL CURRICULUM.Expenses $6,521,950 · revenue $9,819,897
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
- 65-0745152
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- School
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 1997
- Accounting year ends
- June
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Education (B20P)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $18,077,959
- Income (IRS master file)
- $10,018,554
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | June 2025 | $9,938,338 | $8,672,973 | $18,077,959 | IRS |
| 990 | June 2024 | $9,195,713 | $8,289,494 | $17,406,093 | IRS |
| 990 | June 2023 | $8,690,582 | $8,068,975 | $12,012,958 | XML |
| 990 | June 2022 | $8,002,425 | $7,072,684 | $11,519,023 | IRS |
| 990 | June 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2020 | – | – | – | 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 65-0745152).
Questions about SARASOTA SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCE INC
- What is the EIN of SARASOTA SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCE INC?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of SARASOTA SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCE INC is 65-0745152.
- Is SARASOTA SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCE INC tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1997.
- Are donations to SARASOTA SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCE INC tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does SARASOTA SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCE 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 SARASOTA SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCE 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 SARASOTA SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCE 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 SARASOTA SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCE INC?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 names MARILYN HIGHLAND.
- Who are the officers and directors of SARASOTA SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCE INC?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 lists 12 people; 3 received compensation from the organization, the highest $188,763 (TARA TAHMOSH, SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR).
- How much revenue does SARASOTA SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCE INC have?
- On its 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $9,938,338, expenses of $8,672,973 and total assets of $18,077,959 at year end.
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