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School for Field Studies Inc.

990 • Fiscal year 2018 • EIN 04-2711596

Sep 01, 2017 to Aug 31, 2018 • Filed on Jun 25, 2019

Organization Profilewww.fieldstudies.org

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100 Cummings Center Suite 534-GBeverly, MA 01915

(978) 741-3544

Siviq Scores

Precomputed percentiles for this filing year versus similar nonprofits in the same peer cohort.

Liabilities / Assets

83rd percentile

0.72x

Higher debt load relative to assets than 83% of similar nonprofits.

2018 filings • 501(c)3 • $10M-$25M nonprofits • Source year 2018

Liabilities / Revenue

63rd percentile

0.39x

Higher debt load relative to revenue than 63% of similar nonprofits.

2018 filings • 501(c)3 • $10M-$25M nonprofits • Source year 2018

Net Margin

43rd percentile

1.4%

Higher net margin than 43% of similar nonprofits.

2018 filings • 501(c)3 • $10M-$25M nonprofits • Source year 2018

Top Officer Pay

62nd percentile

$212,487

Higher top officer pay than 62% of similar nonprofits.

Top officer pay equals 2.1% of source-year revenue.

2018 filings • 501(c)3 • $10M-$25M nonprofits • Source year 2018

Asset Growth

86th percentile

22%

Faster asset growth than 86% of similar nonprofits.

2018 filings • 501(c)3 • $10M-$25M nonprofits • Annualized from 2017 to 2018

Revenue Growth

29th percentile

-2.8%

Faster revenue growth than 29% of similar nonprofits.

2018 filings • 501(c)3 • $10M-$25M nonprofits • Annualized from 2017 to 2018

Balance Sheet
Liabilities / Assets83rd percentile

Assets

Up

$5,497,956

Up $977,095 (+22%) from 2017

Net Assets

Up

$1,515,447

Up $333,266 (+28%) from 2017

Liabilities

Up

$3,982,509

Up $643,829 (+19%) from 2017

Revenue And Expenses
Liabilities / Revenue63rd percentileNet Margin43rd percentile

Revenue

Down

$10,161,138

Down $297,690 (-2.8%) from 2017

Expenses

Down

$10,020,649

Down $279,891 (-2.7%) from 2017

Net Income

Down

$140,489

Down $17,799 (-11%) from 2017

Historical Trend

Balance Sheet Trend

Asset Growth86th percentile

The highlighted filing sits inside the broader history for assets, liabilities, and net assets.

$15M$10M$5.0M$0Assets 2010: $6,003,935Liabilities 2010: $2,713,642Net Assets 2010: $3,290,2932010Assets 2011: $6,273,559Liabilities 2011: $2,888,533Net Assets 2011: $3,385,0262011Assets 2012: $5,317,519Liabilities 2012: $2,492,976Net Assets 2012: $2,824,5432012Assets 2013: $5,330,855Liabilities 2013: $2,885,237Net Assets 2013: $2,445,6182013Assets 2014: $5,513,997Liabilities 2014: $3,325,335Net Assets 2014: $2,188,6622014Assets 2015: $4,467,810Liabilities 2015: $3,592,397Net Assets 2015: $875,4132015Assets 2016: $4,600,542Liabilities 2016: $3,609,709Net Assets 2016: $990,8332016Assets 2017: $4,520,861Liabilities 2017: $3,338,680Net Assets 2017: $1,182,1812017Assets 2018: $5,497,956Liabilities 2018: $3,982,509Net Assets 2018: $1,515,4472018Assets 2019: $5,065,183Liabilities 2019: $4,354,096Net Assets 2019: $711,0872019Assets 2020: $5,272,541Liabilities 2020: $1,669,751Net Assets 2020: $3,602,7902020Assets 2021: $5,278,394Liabilities 2021: $2,320,973Net Assets 2021: $2,957,4212021Assets 2022: $6,829,658Liabilities 2022: $4,268,451Net Assets 2022: $2,561,2072022Assets 2023: $9,791,139Liabilities 2023: $6,483,801Net Assets 2023: $3,307,3382023Assets 2024: $11,197,484Liabilities 2024: $7,866,199Net Assets 2024: $3,331,2852024

Highlighted filing

2018

Assets$5,497,956
Liabilities$3,982,509
Net Assets$1,515,447
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Operations Trend

Revenue Growth29th percentile

Revenue, expenses, and net income across loaded years, with this filing highlighted.

$15M$10M$5.0M$0-$5.0MExpenses 2010: $6,255,3622010Expenses 2011: $7,599,5622011Expenses 2012: $7,973,6052012Revenue 2013: $8,452,910Expenses 2013: $8,762,761Net Income 2013: -$309,8512013Revenue 2014: $8,694,552Expenses 2014: $9,057,409Net Income 2014: -$362,8572014Revenue 2015: $8,665,537Expenses 2015: $9,827,874Net Income 2015: -$1,162,3372015Revenue 2016: $9,841,869Expenses 2016: $9,733,669Net Income 2016: $108,2002016Revenue 2017: $10,458,828Expenses 2017: $10,300,540Net Income 2017: $158,2882017Revenue 2018: $10,161,138Expenses 2018: $10,020,649Net Income 2018: $140,4892018Revenue 2019: $10,850,878Expenses 2019: $11,658,454Net Income 2019: -$807,5762019Revenue 2020: $13,040,888Expenses 2020: $10,201,249Net Income 2020: $2,839,6392020Revenue 2021: $3,036,035Expenses 2021: $3,856,325Net Income 2021: -$820,2902021Revenue 2022: $8,382,638Expenses 2022: $8,597,324Net Income 2022: -$214,6862022Revenue 2023: $13,456,830Expenses 2023: $12,771,318Net Income 2023: $685,5122023Revenue 2024: $14,110,313Expenses 2024: $14,231,185Net Income 2024: -$120,8722024

Highlighted filing

2018

Revenue$10,161,138
Expenses$10,020,649
Net Income$140,489
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Filing Snapshot
Filing Period
Sep 1, 2017 to Aug 31, 2018
Signed
Jun 25, 2019
Return Version
2017v2.0
Gross Receipts
$11,203,804
Mission and Program Overview

Mission

Sfs creates transformative study abroad experiences through field-based learning and research. Our educational programs explore the human and ecological dimensions of the complex environmental problems faced by our local partners, contributing to sustainable solutions in the places where we live and work. The sfs community is part of a growing network of individuals and institutions committed to environmental stewardship.

SFS creates transformative study abroad experiences through field-based learning and research. Our educational programs explore the human and ecological dimensions of the complex environmental problems faced by our local partners, contributing to sustainable solutions in the places where we live and work. The SFS community is part of a growing network of individuals and institutions committed to environmental stewardship. To provide credited college courses in environmental studies to undergraduate students.

Balance Sheet Detail
LineBeginningEndChange
Assets
Land, Buildings, and Equipment, Net$1,918,960$2,189,354▲ $270,394
Savings and Temporary Cash Investments$36,066$1,001,626▲ $965,560
Investments in Publicly Traded Securities$1,353,559$815,425▼ $538,134
Cash and Non-Interest-Bearing Accounts$262,269$531,241▲ $268,972
Prepaid Expenses and Deferred Charges$290,442$400,250▲ $109,808
Other Notes and Loans Receivable, Net$374,075$391,123▲ $17,048
Accounts Receivable-$2,231-
Pledges and Grants Receivable$120,200$1,416▼ $118,784
Receivable From Disqualified Prsn$0$0→ $0
Receivables From Officers Etc$0$0→ $0
Investments Other Securities$0$0→ $0
Investments Program Related$0$0→ $0
Intangible Assets$0$0→ $0
Inventories for Sale or Use$0$0→ $0
Loans From Officers Directors$0$0→ $0
Total Assets$4,520,861$5,497,956▲ $977,095
Other Assets Total$165,290$165,290→ $0
Liabilities
Deferred Revenue$2,610,132$3,335,698▲ $725,566
Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses$368,594$367,063▼ $1,531
Mortgage Notes Payable Secured by Investment Property$330,000$255,000▼ $75,000
Other Liabilities$29,954$24,748▼ $5,206
Grants Payable$0$0→ $0
Unsecured Notes Loans Payable$0$0→ $0
Escrow Account Liability$0$0→ $0
Tax Exempt Bond Liabilities$0$0→ $0
Total Liabilities$3,338,680$3,982,509▲ $643,829
Net Assets / Fund Balance
Temporarily Rstr Net Assets$372,486$995,542▲ $623,056
Permanently Rstr Net Assets$596,597$620,860▲ $24,263
Unrestricted Net Assets$213,098$-100,955▼ $314,053
Total Net Assets Fund Balance$1,182,181$1,515,447▲ $333,266
Total Liabilities and Net Assets / Fund Balance$4,520,861$5,497,956▲ $977,095

Asset Categories

AssetBook ValueDepreciationBasis
Buildings$1,378,095$996,852$2,374,947
Equipment$281,968$1,448,943$1,730,911
Other Land Buildings$140,176$298,722$438,898
Land$389,115-$389,115
Leasehold Improvements$0$55,246$55,246

Endowment Activity

PeriodBeginningContrib.Gain/LossOther UsesEnd
2017$1,277,879$1,123,063▲ $62,271$1,056,350$1,400,128
2016$1,404,486$478,138▲ $44,389$646,704$1,277,879
2015$1,301,828$1,235,178▲ $6,392$1,135,691$1,404,486
2014$1,403,267$350,925▼ $57,051$389,998$1,301,828
2013$1,321,068$202,671▲ $88,798$200,000$1,403,267
Compensation and Service Providers
Top Officer Pay62nd percentile

Employees

NameTitleFull / Part TimeBaseOtherTotal
James CramerPresidentFT$189,517$22,970$212,487

Board Members and Trustees

NameTitle
Terry AndreasChair
John WaggettVice Chair
Cliff RobertsTrustee
Darren AronofskyTrustee
Eric OlsonTrustee
Jacquelyn MillerTrustee
James TozerTrustee
Michael MarsTrustee
Shaun MartinTrustee
Sonal DalalTrustee
Tomoko HaberTrustee
Victor ImbimboTrustee
James JacksonTreasurer
Revenue and Support

Revenue Composition

Contributions and Grants
$1,663,131
Program Service Revenue
$8,178,260
Investment Income
$319,747
Other Revenue
$0
All Other Contributions
$1,663,131
Change in Net Assets
$140,489

Noncash Contribution Practices

Property subject to holding requirements
No
Reviewed unusual noncash gifts
No
Third parties used for noncash contributions
No

Noncash Contributions

Contribution TypeContribution CountReported AmountValuation Method
Securities Publicly Traded3$1,101,829Market Value
Total Noncash Contributions3$1,101,829-

Audited Revenue Reconciliation

Revenue per Audited Statements
$10,154,403
Revenue Not Reported on Financial Statements
$6,735
Revenue Not Reported on Form 990
$192,777
Other Revenue Adjustments
$0
Total Revenue per Audited Statements
$10,347,180
Total Revenue per Form 990
$10,161,138
Expenses and Functional Allocation

Major Expense Lines

Line ItemAmount
Salaries, Compensation, and Employee Benefits$4,950,077
Other Expenses$4,557,594
Grants and Similar Amounts Paid$512,978
Total Fundraising Expense$113,138
Professional Fundraising Fees$0

Functional Expense Allocation

Line ItemProgramManagementFundraisingTotal
Other Salaries and Wages$3,434,019$434,741$56,313$3,925,073
Travel$1,020,793$93,639$5,730$1,120,162
Occupancy$667,760$30,946$4,919$703,625
Fees for Services Other$475,658$42,009$1,574$519,241
Grants to Domestic Individuals$512,978--$512,978
Office Expenses$337,893$141,318$5,953$485,164
Other Expenses$474,678$0$0$474,678
Other Employee Benefits$271,633$84,891$13,041$369,565
Payroll Taxes$285,858$72,669$3,899$362,426
All Other Expenses$195,441$16,795-$212,236
Depreciation Depletion$207,228$906$129$208,263
Current Officers, Directors, Trustees, and Key Employees$137,541$48,430$7,748$193,719
Information Technology$18,266$171,202$0$189,468
Insurance$158,582$5,433$776$164,791
Pension Plan Contributions$77,689$18,791$2,814$99,294
Advertising$90,065$30$3,154$93,249
Conferences and Meetings$79,004$6,738$5,962$91,704
Fees for Services Accounting$0$44,649$0$44,649
Interest$13,476$22,343-$35,819
Fees for Service Investment Mgmnt Fees$6,735--$6,735
Fees for Services Legal$1,310$19$0$1,329
Total Functional Expenses$8,670,199$1,237,312$113,138$10,020,649

Audited Expense Reconciliation

Line ItemAmount
Total Expenses per Form 990$10,020,649
Expenses per Audited Statements$10,013,914
Total Expenses per Audited Statements$10,013,914
Expenses Not Reported on Financial Statements$6,735
Expenses Not Reported on Form 990$0
Other Expense Adjustments$0
International Activity

International Summary

Offices
6
Employees
115
Spending
$5,536,688

International Compliance

Activity in boycott countries
No
Foreign corporation ownership
No
Foreign partnership interest
No
Interest in foreign trust
No
Passive foreign investment company interest
No
Transfers to foreign corporations
No

International Activities

RegionActivityServicesOfficesEmployeesSpending
Central America and the CaribbeanProgram Services1) Sustaining Tropical Ecosystems 2) Conservation 3) Marine Resources Management344$2,359,907
South AsiaProgram Services1) Conserving eastern Himalayan forests and rural likelihoods 2) Conservation Water & Development in Changing Climate021$1,138,038
Sub-Saharan AfricaProgram Services1) Community Wildlife Management126$917,413
East Asia and the PacificProgram Services1) Rainforest Management111$725,232
South AmericaProgram Services1) Conservation and Development in western Amazonia113$396,098
Fundraising, Events, and Gaming
Fundraising activities
No
Gaming activities
No
Professional fundraiser used
No

Fundraising and Gaming Totals

Line ItemAmount
Professional Fundraising Fees$0
Political and Lobbying Activity
Political campaign activity
No
Lobbying activity
No
Subject to proxy tax
No
Insider Transactions and Loans

Loans and Receivables

Line ItemBeginningEndChange
Loans from Officers, Directors, Trustees, and Key Employees$0$0→ $0
Receivables from Disqualified Persons$0$0→ $0
Receivables from Officers, Directors, Trustees, and Key Employees$0$0→ $0
Debt and Bond Financing

Other Reported Liabilities

LiabilityAmount
Capital Lease Obligations$24,748
Governance and Compliance

Governance Checklist

Compiled or reviewed by an accountant
No
Annual disclosure for covered persons
Yes
Audit committee
Yes
Backup withholding compliance
Yes
Business relationship with family members
No
Business relationship with organization members
No
Material changes to governing documents
No
Compensation from other sources disclosed
No
CEO compensation reviewed
Yes
Other officer compensation reviewed
Yes
Conflict-of-interest policy
Yes
Audited financial statements prepared
No
Key decisions subject to board approval
No
Management duties delegated
No

Governance Explanations

Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11B

“A copy of the Form 990 is distributed to the School's Finance Committee, which is comprised of 4 members of the School's Board, for their review and approval.”

Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12C

“The school requires key employees, officers and committee members to complete an Annual Disclosure form to ensure all Conflict of Interest relationships, if any, are disclosed. If there is a conflict of interest relationship to be considered, the school will reference its Conflict of Interest policy prior to entering into any transactions or arrangements. Additionally, the School encourages personnel to inform the appropriate key employees, trustees, officers, etc. when the individual becomes aware of a possible conflict of interest to which the School may not be aware. In addition the person with conflict does not participate in deliberations on the potential or vote on the matter.”

Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15

“The School use CompAnalyst to compare annual market rate. Members of the Board of trustees meet annually to determine the compensation within the school. Compensation levels are set by the Board, which authorizes a compensation pool in the budget for the fiscal year, and whose Executive Committee reviews and authorizes the compensation of the President. the president authorizes the compensation of those who report directly to him/her and whose performances he/she reviews annually.”

Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19

“The school makes its governing documents and its financial statements available to the public upon request.”

Filing and Contact Details

Filer

Filer Name
School for Field Studies Inc
EIN
04-2711596
Phone
9787413544
Address
100 Cummings Center Suite 534-G, Beverly, MA 01915

Signing Officer

Name
James Cramer
Title
President
Phone
9782195150
Signed
2019-06-25

Organization Details

Principal Officer
James Cramer
Formed
1980
Legal Domicile
Ma
Voting Board Members
14
Independent Board Members
14
Employees
58
Volunteers
25
Supplemental Narrative

Additional Explanations

Form 990, Part XII, Line 2C

“The School has a Finance Committee which meets during the year to review the audit as presented by independent auditors and draft financial statements prior to publishing. the school's independent auditors are selected at the discretion of the Finance Committee.”

Financial Statement Notes

Schedule D, Part V, Line 4

“The School's temporarily restricted and quasi endowment funds are used to offset the operations and special projects in future years. Permanently restricted endowments funds are comprised of scholarship funds whose earnings may be used to offset scholarships awarded in the future years.”

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2018 • Form 990Detailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.

Open filing
Assets
$5,497,956
Liabilities
$3,982,509
Net assets
$1,515,447
Revenue
$10,161,138
Expenses
$10,020,649
Net income
$140,489
Balance SheetOperations
YearAssetsLiabilitiesNet AssetsRevenueExpensesNet Income
2024Detailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.$11.2$7.87$3.33$14.1$14.2$0.12
2023Detailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.$9.79$6.48$3.31$13.5$12.8$0.69
2022XML pending. An XML filing is linked for this year, but detailed extraction is still pending.$6.83$4.27$2.56$8.38$8.60$0.21
2021XML pending. An XML filing is linked for this year, but detailed extraction is still pending.$5.28$2.32$2.96$3.04$3.86$0.82
2020XML pending. An XML filing is linked for this year, but detailed extraction is still pending.$5.27$1.67$3.60$13.0$10.2$2.84
2019XML pending. An XML filing is linked for this year, but detailed extraction is still pending.$5.07$4.35$0.71$10.9$11.7$0.81
2018Detailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.$5.50$3.98$1.52$10.2$10.0$0.14
2017XML pending. An XML filing is linked for this year, but detailed extraction is still pending.$4.52$3.34$1.18$10.5$10.3$0.16
2016XML pending. An XML filing is linked for this year, but detailed extraction is still pending.$4.60$3.61$0.99$9.84$9.73$0.11
2015Import issue. A filing source exists for this year, but detailed import did not complete cleanly.$4.47$3.59$0.88$8.67$9.83$1.16
2014Detailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.$5.51$3.33$2.19$8.69$9.06$0.36
2013Facts available. Structured filing facts are available, but richer extracted sections are limited.$5.33$2.89$2.45$8.45$8.76$0.31
2012Facts available. Structured filing facts are available, but richer extracted sections are limited.$5.32$2.49$2.82$7.97
2011Facts available. Structured filing facts are available, but richer extracted sections are limited.$6.27$2.89$3.39$7.60
2010Facts available. Structured filing facts are available, but richer extracted sections are limited.$6.00$2.71$3.29$6.26