EPIC Academy has a shared commitment for our students to pursue excellence and high expectations for postsecondary success, working towards college and career readiness through a variety of pathways.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
74¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 7 volunteers and 40 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
3 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $317K a year · 5% of revenue · last 6 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
74%
of spending
Fine: 74% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$662K
to officers and key staff · 12% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 12% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
<1 mo
of spending, in cash
Worth a look: 0.7 months of spending in cash; under 1.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $5K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$970K
37% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 37% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
7
of 7 voting members
Looks good: 7 of 7 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$4.1M
-27% vs prior year
Spent
$5.7M
To programs
74%
Net assets
$1.7M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$4.1M
FY2025▼ -27%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$6.9M
FY2021$7.6M
FY2022$8.0M
FY2023$9.3M
FY2024$5.7M
FY2025$4.1M
Expenses
$5.7M
FY2025▼ -19%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$6.6M
FY2021$7.6M
FY2022$8.5M
FY2023$7.9M
FY2024$7.1M
FY2025$5.7M
Net assets
$1.7M
FY2025▼ -49%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$3.8M
FY2021$3.9M
FY2022$3.3M
FY2023$4.7M
FY2024$3.2M
FY2025$1.7M

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending June 2025) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Sep 2007.

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Where the money goes

74 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 74% · $4.3M Management & general 25% · $1.4M Fundraising 1% · $63K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

11 people listed on the 990; $662K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
Executive Director
$236,165Pt VII · Sec A
Senior Director of Finance and Administration
$155,555Pt VII · Sec A
Principal
$139,749Pt VII · Sec A
Learning Behavior Specialist
$130,905Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Leeandra Khan’s $236K as Executive Director is at the 89th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3394 $1–10M education nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Leeandra Khan$236,165$232,707$211,863$201,193$109,826—
Kevyn Harmon$155,555$147,727$118,919———
Andromeda Bellamy———$141,162$128,719$115,625
Kyla Matthews$139,749$134,241————
Ayola Showola$130,905$114,391$106,170———
Roshaun Bowens——$122,245———
Christian Feaman———$107,400$109,171$108,286
Kendra Simmons————$108,294—

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

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Offers college prep education to high school students.

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1 program · $4.3M · in their own filed words · FY2024
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Rigorous college curriculum to prepare students for college and career success. Student enrollment is approximately 260 students. EPIC Academy (the "Academy") was formed to provide educational services to high school students with a rigorous college preparatory curriculum.

$4.3Mprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2022
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$5K
Grants paid · 6 grants · $195K · 2019–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$17,000
Unitemized GrantFY2023$16,959
Unitemized GrantFY2022$16,211
Unitemized GrantFY2021$49,571
Unitemized GrantFY2020$62,803
Unitemized GrantFY2019$32,018

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$4.1M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$3.0M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.1M
Investment incomeLn 3$10K
Money outPt IX
$5.7M
Ln 25
Programscol B$4.3M
Managementcol C$1.4M
Fundraisingcol D$63K
Owns and owesPt X
$1.7M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$340K
Total assetsLn 16$2.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$970K
PeoplePt VI, VII
11
listed · VII A
PaidVII A4
Voting boardVI 1a7
IndependentVI 1b7
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.1M
Government grantsLn 1e$1.0M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$3.0M
Investment incomeLn 3$10K
Other incomeLn 4–11$35
Total revenueLn 12$4.1M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$0
SavingsLn 2$340K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$340K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$2.1M
Other assetsLn 15$0
Total assetsLn 16$2.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$970K
Net assetsLn 32$1.7M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 540
VolunteersI 67
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.5M$340K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$2.2M$2.1M
Total assetsLn 16$3.8M$2.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$625K$970K
Net assetsLn 32$3.2M$1.7M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$17K$17K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$225K$165K$59K$2K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$3.1M$2.3M$808K$44K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$150K$109K$39K$2K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$479K$319K$154K$6K
Payroll taxesLn 10$136K$99K$35K$2K
Legal feesLn 11b$1K$677$339
Accounting feesLn 11c$80K$53K$27K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$0$0$0$0
Office expensesLn 13$24K$21K$3K$19
Information technologyLn 14$109K$108K$632
OccupancyLn 16$277K$277K$73
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$76K$76K$764
InsuranceLn 23$86K$83K$3K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$914K$635K$272K$7K
All other expensesLn 24e$0$0$0$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$5.7M$4.3M$1.4M$63K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $4.1M$5.7M−$1.6M$1.7M 990 PDF
FY2024 $5.7M$7.1M−$1.4M$3.2M 990 PDF
FY2023 $9.3M$7.9M$1.3M$4.7M 990 PDF
FY2022 $8.0M$8.5M−$582K$3.3M 990 PDF
FY2021 $7.6M$7.6M$49K$3.9M 990 PDF
FY2020 $6.9M$6.6M$288K$3.8M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support J · Pay O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $4,149,453 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $2,017,595$1,144,237
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $3,583,910$2,995,355
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $21,830$9,826
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $28,795$35
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $5,652,130$4,149,453
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $16,959$17,000
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $5,515,791$4,129,587
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $1,550,139$1,567,090
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $7,082,889$5,713,677
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$1,430,759−$1,564,224
Part VI · Governance 7 of 7 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body7
VI-1b Independent voting members7
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $4,149,453 across 7 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$1,041,209
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$103,028
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,144,237
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $2,995,355$2,995,355
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $9,826$9,826
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $35$35
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $2,995,390 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $9,826$4,149,453
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $5,713,677 across 16 lines filed
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $17,000$17,000
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $164,501 · Management $58,589 · Fundraising $2,253$225,343
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $2,288,008 · Management $807,507 · Fundraising $43,928$3,139,443
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $109,091 · Management $38,527 · Fundraising $2,052$149,670
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $318,886 · Management $154,178 · Fundraising $5,999$479,063
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $99,177 · Management $35,025 · Fundraising $1,866$136,068
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $677 · Management $339$1,016
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $53,298 · Management $26,709$80,007
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $21,127 · Management $2,721 · Fundraising $19$23,867
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $108,130 · Management $632$108,762
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $276,843 · Management $73$276,916
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $75,600 · Management $764$76,364
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $83,109 · Management $3,084$86,193
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $635,112 · Management $272,194 · Fundraising $6,659$913,965
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $4,250,559 · Management $1,400,342 · Fundraising $62,776$5,713,677
Part X · Balance sheet $2,626,878 assets, 14 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $1,032,103$0
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $480,449$339,844
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $101,656$157,233
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $31,015$0
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $2,199,805$2,129,801
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $1,000$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $3,846,028$2,626,878
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $558,552$763,906
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $66,774$206,494
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $625,326$970,400
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $3,187,661$1,623,437
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $33,041$33,041
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $3,220,702$1,656,478
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $3,846,028$2,626,878
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,656,478 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$4,149,453
XI-2 Total expenses$5,713,677
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$1,564,224
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$3,220,702
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,656,478

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