Public Charity

SCIENCE AND ARTS ACADEMY

SCIENCE AND ARTS ACADEMY is a Public Charity headquartered in DES PLAINES, IL. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $8.4M revenue, $8.9M expenses, $13.0M total assets. 17 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $250K, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 363838771 DES PLAINES, IL Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$8.4M
Total Expenses$8.9M
Total Assets$13.0M
Grant Records17
Funding Total$250K
Filing Years2020–2025

Mission

TO EDUCATE GIFTED CHILDREN IN AN ACADEMICALLY DIFFERENTIATED AND ENRICHED ENVIRONMENT WHILE RECOGNIZING THE UNIQUE DEVELOPMENT OF EACH CHILD. OUR SUPPORTIVE COMMUNITY ENCOURAGES STUDENTS TO EMBRACE THEIR POTENTIAL AND CULTIVATES THEIR ACADEMIC ABILITIES, CREATIVE TALENTS, AND EMOTIONAL GROWTH.

Where $100 goes at Science and Arts Academy

How Science and Arts Academy divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 7 years.

$78 Programs the work itself
$20 Management running the organization
$2 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $78 for programs

$78
Science and Arts Academy (saa) believes that every gifted child has the right to an education that is appropriate to his or her potential
All program spending · Reported in the filing: 238 students
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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.

Officers & Directors

DIRECTOR OF ASSESSMENT Ama R Thompson
TRUSTEE Andrew Simnick
VICE CHAIR Bert Gutierrez-Wynne
HEAD OF SCHOOL Conrad Wildsmith
FORMER INTERIM HEAD OF SCHOOL Edward Hollinger Exit 6302024
TRUSTEE Ellen Apley

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Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$154,253 10 grants
Education
$60,500 3 grants
Food Assistance & Nutrition
$20,000 1 grant
Arts & Culture
$15,000 2 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $8.4M $8.9M $13.0M
2024 $8.4M $9.0M $14.1M
2023 $8.0M $8.2M $14.7M
2021 $7.1M $6.7M $13.7M
2020 $6.4M $6.6M $13.4M

Between 2020 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $6.4M to $8.4M (+30%), with total assets most recently reported at $13.0M.

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