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Filing year 2023

THE COVE SCHOOL INC

Northbrook, Illinois·EIN 39-0930993·NTEE B28Z · Education·3
Total revenue
$14.1M
Total assets
$17.2M
Total expenses
$12.2M
Reported officers
25
Mission

DAY SCHOOL THAT PROVIDES HIGHLY INDIVIDUALIZED EDUCATION AND LIFE STRATEGIES FOR CHILDREN WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 7 reported individuals · Filing year 2023

Executive Director
$319k
$353k
Base
$286k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$17k
Director of Advancement
highest compensated employee
$194k
$215k
Base
$179k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$13k
Director of Finance/admin
director (operational)
$185k
$205k
Base
$169k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$14k
Director of Admissions
highest compensated employee
$166k
$184k
Base
$153k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$12k
Speech Pathologist
highest compensated employee
$139k
$154k
Building Manager
highest compensated employee
$136k
$151k
Principal (elem/jh)
highest compensated employee
$134k
$149k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Plus 18 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Education

Up 4%
from 2022

From $306k in 2022 to $319k in 2023.

$306k
2022
$319k
2023
In today's dollarsEst.
Up 1% in real terms$350k to $353k

Estimated with Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Highest reported compensation in each year. Volunteer board members and partial-year payouts are filtered out.
Financial trend

Revenue and expenses over time

THE COVE SCHOOL INC reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$12.7M
$11M
2022
$14.1M
$12.2M
2023
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What Education executives earn in Illinois

Comparable education organizations in Illinois pay their highest-earning executive a median of $79,978.

25th percentile
$25k
Median
$79,978
75th percentile
$195k
90th percentile
$368k

These are education sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 362 organizations across 362 filings (2021 – 2023).

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