Winston Preparatory School
Legal name: The Winston Preparatory School
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 133085860
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- New York, NY, USA
- Phone
- 212-496-8400 (NY), 203-229-0465 (CT), 973-500-6480 (NJ)
- Rating
- 77
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Specialized Education Institutions
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $51,007,576
- Expenses
- $47,490,211
- Assets
- $102,402,298
- Liabilities
- $62,879,665
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
26 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- SCOTT BEZSYLKO (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- SCOTT BEZSYLKO (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $881,933 total reported compensation
- BETH SUGERMAN (CHIEF ENROLLMENT OFFICER): $648,090 total reported compensation
- DANIEL DEGNAN (CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER): $613,039 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Facilitate the independence and meaningful participation of students with specific learning disorders through a Continuous Feedback System that develops skill acquisition and the Qualities of a Sustainable and Independent Learner. Winston Preparatory School, founded in 1981, is a network of campuses both physical and virtual offering students with learning differences, including dyslexia, executive functioning difficulties (ADHD), and nonverbal learning disorders (NVLD), a highly individualized, holistic, and responsive education. Our nationally-recognized model serves students ages 8-21, along with offering a multi-faceted gap year program for students who are not yet ready for college or the workplace. In addition, our newest venture includes one-to-one support for college students. Mission Statement Facilitate the independence and meaningful participation of students with specific...
What it reported doing in 2024
The winston preparatory school is a private fully accredited school for children with learning disabilities. The school had approximately 619 students during the 2024/2025 school year.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 93% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 68
- Transparency & Controls: 74
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 53
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 72%; rating input score 72
- Program expense ratio: 78.5%; rating input score 78
- Fundraising efficiency: $4.62 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Pass
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Missing
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 6.9%; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.16; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.61; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 12.2%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 9.8% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 8.8% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 10.8% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 2 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 72% of revenue deployed · 78.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $37.3M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $882K · 26 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 3 contractors listed · $529K reported
- Consistency: 32 of 32 current checks pass
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
- Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 17 filed money-flow records
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 19/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 2/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 27/100.