Hathaway Brown School

“Form 990 review - a copy of the form 990 is provided to the audit committee before it is filed with the internal revenue service. The audit committee has authority to act on behalf of the governing board of trustees. The form 990 is reviewed by an independent accounting firm with the audit committee and they approve the form for accuracy and completeness prior to its filing. In addition, a copy of the form 990, with donors' names and addresses redacted from schedule b, is provided to all board members via the board portal on the school's website, prior to its filing.”

“Distribution of form 990 to governing body - as noted above, the school distributes a copy of form 990 to all board members through its secure internet portal but redacts the names and addresses of donors from schedule b. The school has chosen not to disclose the identities of its donors, particularly in cases in which the donor wishes to remain anonymous. As such, we are required to answer the question on line 11a "no" even though the board receives all of form 990 except for donors' names and addresses.”

“Monitoring and enforcement of conflict policy - conflict of interest forms are completed by all members of the governing body on an annual basis. All conflict relationships are reviewed and any board member with a conflicting interest is excluded from decisions on those transactions and voting on those issues.”

“Compensation review and approval - the compensation for the head of school of hathaway brown school is determined after a review of local, regional and national comparable compensation for independent schools, and a review of the form 990 of other similar organizations. The final compensation decision is approved by the compensation committee of the board of trustees and documented with a written employment contract. The committee members are independent of the head of school.”

“Availability of documents - the form 990 is made available to the public via guidestar and also by request. All other governing documents, policies, and financial statements are available upon request.”

“Hathaway brown is a dynamic and compassionate community dedicated to excellence in the education of girls. For us, educational excellence includes, but reaches well beyond, superb preparation for college. The true mission of the school, as reflected in our motto, "non scholae sed vitae discimus," is preparation for life. We strive to foster in the minds of our students an abiding passion for learning and in their hearts a constant devotion to strong character and public service. Our theme for the 19-20 school year was "building the future." there is a great need for women of vision and courage who are empowered for leadership in a multicultural and globalized society. We seek to answer that need by inspiring our students to rise to these challenges and achieve their utmost potential in everything they do. Forming the lives of the girls in our care is our primary calling, hathaway brown embraces broader aspirations as well: to help shape a future of unbounded possibility for women; to stand among the country's leading schools in educational innovation; and to be such a force for the common good beyond our campus that we are respected as a civic treasure.”