Public Charity

THE BAY SCHOOL

THE BAY SCHOOL, of SANTA CRUZ, CA, is a Public Charity tracked in Imperigo's IRS 990 database. The 2025 filing shows $5.5M in revenue, $5.7M in expenses, $6.0M in total assets. 7 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $89K, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 943313535 SANTA CRUZ, CA Elementary & Secondary Schools NTEE: B20 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$5.5M
Total Expenses$5.7M
Total Assets$6.0M
Grant Records7
Funding Total$89K
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

FOUNDED IN 1998, THE BAY SCHOOL'S MISSION IS TO PROVIDE SCIENTIFICALLY BASED EDUCATIONAL SERVICES AND TO CONTRIBUTE TO RESEARCH THAT SERVES CHILDREN WITH AUTISM. THE YEAR-ROUND SCHOOL EDUCATES STUDENTS BETWEEN THE AGES OF FIVE AND TWENTY-TWO REGARDLESS OF THEIR RACE, NATIONAL OR ETHNIC ORIGIN, GENDER OR RELIGION.

Where $100 goes at The Bay School

How The Bay School divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 9 years.

$89 Programs the work itself
$11 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 $89 for programs

$89
The Bay School, a may center school, is a nonpublic, nonprofit school dedicated to providing education and intervention services to individuals with autism spectrum disorders (asd) and their…
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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.

Sample Grants Received

$9,200
$9,200
2023
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
$15,000
2022
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
$15,000
2021
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
$15,000

Showing up to 5 of 7 total records — full history available with membership.

Officers & Directors

ASSISTANT SECRETARY Heather Bombard
PRESIDENT, DIRECTOR Lauren C Solotar
TREASURER, DIRECTOR (UNTIL 12/28/24) Michael Tobin
VICE CHAIRPERSON, DIRECTOR Nancy Nager
TREASURER, DIRECTOR (AS OF 07/15/24) Natasa Vucetic
CHAIRPERSON, DIRECTOR Richard Wichmann

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Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$88,672 7 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $5.5M $5.7M $6.0M
2024 $5.2M $5.5M $5.7M
2023 $4.7M $5.2M $8.7M
2022 $4.1M $4.6M $4.7M
2021 $4.1M $4.6M $4.5M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $4.1M to $5.5M (+34%), with total assets most recently reported at $6.0M.

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