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NORTHWESTERN PREPARATORY SCHOOL INC

NORTHWESTERN PREPARATORY SCHOOL INC (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $2,483,364 to it, the largest being The Falcon Foundation ($2,483,364). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$582k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$2.5M
Net assets
$2.3M
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 81%
01What it does

What Northwestern Preparatory School Inc does

Mission

To assist the young people of our country who desire to serve as military officers and to emphasize scholarship, personal integrity, leadership and physical fitness. To increase their sat and act scores, to build a strong foundation in classes that will benefit them at the us service academies or rotc and to maximize their physical fitness, while following the honor code and working on team building.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Program

  1. Staff advised students in methods of effective studying, memorization, time management, goal setting, organization and productive habits, along with lessons in etiquette and protocol. Guidelines were set for appearance and for dress in business casual and more formal attire. Due to california fires and the us forest service mandate for evacuation for three weeks, classes were remote for three weeks and in-person for eleven weeks. Classes were held six days per week and covered math, english, chemistry, physics, physical conditioning, vocabulary and study hall. 53 students were in the program. 45 received appointments to us service academies and eight entered colleges. Seminars were conducted on sexual harassment, honor code, military careers and opportunities. Outside speakers were often invited to conduct seminars. Students choosing to attend church were driven by northwestern prep staff to the appropriate church. When a student required medical attention, the school furnished the transportation and a staff member to accompany the student. Each student was counseled with regards to his or her choice of academies, universities or rotc programs. Staff members also worked with…

    $575,667 spent$575,613 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $575,667.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($694k) Expenses 100 ($640k) Net assets 100 ($838k)2018 Revenue 117 ($815k) Expenses 110 ($706k) Net assets 111 ($930k)2019 Revenue 112 ($774k) Expenses 106 ($679k) Net assets 146 ($1.2M)2020 Revenue 63 ($436k) Expenses 58 ($369k) Net assets 195 ($1.6M)2021 Revenue 103 ($716k) Expenses 92 ($589k) Net assets 241 ($2.0M)2022 Revenue 92 ($640k) Expenses 100 ($642k) Net assets 207 ($1.7M)2023 Revenue 72 ($497k) Expenses 95 ($606k) Net assets 239 ($2.0M)2024 Revenue 84 ($582k) Expenses 101 ($647k) Net assets 273 ($2.3M)
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Revenue (84)Expenses (101)Net assets (273)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $1.2M to $1.6M (+34%).

$838k
$931k
$1.2M
$1.6M
$2.0M
$1.7M
$2.0M
$2.3M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2020 11% · 2021 7%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$54k
’17
$108k
’18
$95k
’19
$67k
’20
$127k
’21
−$3k
’22
−$109k
’23
−$64k
’24
15
months of
reserve

Leadership and staff

The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.

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Listed44444444
Joined·+0+0+0+0+0+0+0
No longer listed·0000000
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $270k → $281k.

Funder
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total
$2.5M
funders
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of NORTHWESTERN PREPARATORY SCHOOL INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

Where its funders are

NORTHWESTERN PREPARATORY SCHOOL INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 1 state in all.

CO

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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California out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

89% of spending goes to programs.

Program 89%Management 11%Fundraising 0%

Governance

4
board members
50%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

CA

Screen this organization

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Questions and answers

Who funds NORTHWESTERN PREPARATORY SCHOOL INC?
NORTHWESTERN PREPARATORY SCHOOL INC (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $2,483,364 to it, the largest being The Falcon Foundation ($2,483,364). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does NORTHWESTERN PREPARATORY SCHOOL INC have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $2,483,364 in grants to NORTHWESTERN PREPARATORY SCHOOL INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of NORTHWESTERN PREPARATORY SCHOOL INC?
The Falcon Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $2,483,364 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like NORTHWESTERN PREPARATORY SCHOOL INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing