Mission
Private Montessori based elementary school
Public Charity
Forest Bluff School
Forest Bluff School, of Lake Bluff, IL, is a Public Charity tracked in Imperigo's IRS 990 database. The 2025 filing shows $5.1M in revenue, $2.5M in expenses, $21.4M in total assets. 7 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $94K, appear in IRS filings.
EIN: 363188563
Lake Bluff, IL
Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$5.1M
Total Expenses$2.5M
Total Assets$21.4M
Grant Records7
Funding Total$94K
Filing Years2020–2025
Where $100 goes at Forest Bluff School
How Forest Bluff School divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 8 years.
$87
Programs
the work itself
$13
Management
running the organization
$0
Fundraising
none reported
No fundraising costs are reported. That often means fundraising runs through a separate affiliated organization that files its own return.
Inside the $87 for programs
$87
Forest Bluff School is a private, Montessori based, school servicing Lake Forest/Lake Bluff, Illinois communities
Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.
Sample Grants Received
GENERAL
$5,814
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
$16,300
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
$10,000
HEALTH
$7,000
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
$25,000
Showing up to 5 of 7 total records — full history available with membership.
Officers & Directors
President
Helen Lynn Jessen
Vice president
Margaret Jessen Kelley
Director
Mark Ahern
Director
Ned Jessen
Secretary
Paula Lillard
Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.
Top Grant Purposes
Financial Trends
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $5.1M | $2.5M | $21.4M |
| 2024 | $6.6M | $2.5M | $17.6M |
| 2023 | $2.9M | $2.3M | $14.2M |
| 2021 | $2.0M | $2.2M | $14.3M |
| 2020 | $2.0M | $1.8M | $11.8M |
Between 2020 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $2.0M to $5.1M (+152%), with total assets most recently reported at $21.4M.
Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.