Governor Dummer Academy the Governor's Academy
Overview
Mission
Together, we teach and learn skills that foster the courage to discover our voices, develop old and new passions, practice balance in the pursuit of excellence, and collaborate in building vibrant, inclusive, and sustainable communities.
What it reported doing in 2024
The governor's academy operates an independent secondary boarding and day school enrolling over 400 domestic and international students. The academy combines centuries of tradition with a dedication to educational innovation. Students flourish in a diverse community distinguished by connections with teachers and peers and defined by a commitment to achieving excellence in academics, athletics, and arts. Academy graduates are life-long learners who embrace their civic duty and global responsibility.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 76% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 77% for direct work, and 23% for grants.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 042103564
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
- Headquarters
- Byfield, MA, USA
- Rating
- 79
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Education
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 69
- Transparency & Controls: 76
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 78
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 77%; rating input score 77
- Program expense ratio: 73.6%; rating input score 74
- Fundraising efficiency: $2.79 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
- Foreign activity oversight: Scored; rating input score 0
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
- Public monitoring controls: Limited
- Public policy transparency: Limited
- Public financial transparency: Limited
- Impact reporting controls: Limited
- Public relationship transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Public governance controls: Limited
- Zakat policy transparency: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 26.5%; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
- Operating reserve ratio: 4.6; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.15; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 4.9%; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 2.9% per year; rating input score 100; 21st percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 4.9% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 2.5% per year; rating input score 100; 17th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 77% of revenue deployed · 73.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 24 of 24 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $30.2M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $557K · 34 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 37 of 37 current checks pass
- Schedules: 11 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, grants, and executive pay
- Filing history: 16 annual filings from 2009 to 2024
- Money network: 9 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.