Thales Academy is an independent school serving students from pre-kindergarten to twelfth grade.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
97¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 147 volunteers and 975 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
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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
5 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $16.2M a year · 30% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 5 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
97%
of spending
Looks good: 97% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$112K
to officers and key staff · 0.2% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 0% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
<1 mo
of spending, in cash
Plus $31.9M in investments, Pt X · Ln 11–13
Fine: 0.3 months of spending in cash, plus $31.9M in investments.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
4
named funders · $3.2M
Looks good: 4 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$37.6M
18% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 18% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
4
of 4 voting members
Looks good: 4 of 4 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$84.6M
+19% vs prior year
Spent
$56.7M
To programs
97%
Net assets
$170.1M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$84.6M
FY2025▲ +19%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$18.6M
FY2021$55.5M
FY2022$53.4M
FY2023$43.5M
FY2024$71.2M
FY2025$84.6M
Expenses
$56.7M
FY2025▲ +18%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$23.3M
FY2021$27.3M
FY2022$32.6M
FY2023$41.6M
FY2024$47.9M
FY2025$56.7M
Net assets
$170.1M
FY2025▲ +18%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$64.0M
FY2021$98.2M
FY2022$115.7M
FY2023$120.3M
FY2024$144.1M
FY2025$170.1M

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 Apr 2009.

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Where the money goes

97 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 97% · $55.0M Management & general 3% · $1.5M Fundraising 0% · $177K

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

5 people listed on the 990; $112K 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
Director of Academics
$111,749Pt VII · Sec A
President & Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary-Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Ashley K Bahor’s $112K as Director of Academics is at the 5th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3683 $10–100M 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 · 3 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Timothy C Hall————$60,511$130,242
Ashley K Bahor$111,749—————
Hilery Herman-Pagliolo—$89,814$83,357$78,070$72,902—

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 2Yes
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Educates students from pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade.

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1 program · $55.0M · in their own filed words · FY2024
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Operated school facilities in apex, cary, holly springs, knightdale, raleigh, rolesville, wake forest, and waxhaw, north carolina, franklin, tennessee and glen allen, virginia. These schools have the combined capacity to teach 7,180 students.

$55.0Mprogram expense

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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 · FY2024
Total grants receivedfrom 4 funders$3.2M
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Grants paid · 13 grants · $1.5M · 2019–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$227,144
Unitemized GrantFY2024$20,000
Unitemized GrantFY2023$199,106
Unitemized GrantFY2023$15,000
Unitemized GrantFY2022$237,869
Unitemized GrantFY2022$22,500
Unitemized GrantFY2021$177,566
Unitemized GrantFY2021$18,000
Unitemized GrantFY2020$255,163
Unitemized GrantFY2020$15,500
Unitemized GrantFY2019$301,124
Unitemized GrantFY2019$18,200

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$84.6M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$43.9M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$36.8M
Investment incomeLn 3$3.7M
Money outPt IX
$56.7M
Ln 25
Programscol B$55.0M
Managementcol C$1.5M
Fundraisingcol D$177K
Owns and owesPt X
$170.1M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.6M
Total assetsLn 16$207.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$37.6M
PeoplePt VI, VII
5
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a4
IndependentVI 1b4
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$36.8M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$18.8M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$43.9M
Investment incomeLn 3$3.7M
Other incomeLn 4–11$247K
Gains on assetsLn 7$1.3M
Total revenueLn 12$84.6M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$1.6M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$1.6M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$31.9M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$168.4M
Other assetsLn 15$2.1M
Total assetsLn 16$207.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$37.6M
Net assetsLn 32$170.1M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5975
VolunteersI 6147
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$855K$1.6M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$24.0M$31.9M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$152.8M$168.4M
Total assetsLn 16$184.2M$207.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$40.0M$37.6M
Net assetsLn 32$144.1M$170.1M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$247K$247K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$119K$119K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$30.5M$30.2M$247K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$811K$793K$19K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$1.7M$1.7M$26K
Payroll taxesLn 10$2.4M$2.4M$28K
Management feesLn 11a$437K$437K
Legal feesLn 11b$41K$41K
Accounting feesLn 11c$25K$25K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$736K$718K$19K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$177K$177K
Office expensesLn 13$445K$415K$30K
Information technologyLn 14$261K$234K$26K
OccupancyLn 16$1.5M$1.4M$20K
TravelLn 17$156K$78K$78K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$76K$76K
InterestLn 20$499K$493K$6K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$9.1M$9.1M
InsuranceLn 23$203K$198K$5K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$6.6M$6.5M$127K
All other expensesLn 24e$674K$458K$217K
Total functional expensesLn 25$56.7M$55.0M$1.5M$177K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $84.6M$56.7M$27.9M$170.1M 990 PDF
FY2024 $71.2M$47.9M$23.3M$144.1M 990 PDF
FY2023 $43.5M$41.6M$1.9M$120.3M 990 PDF
FY2022 $53.4M$32.6M$20.8M$115.7M 990 PDF
FY2021 $55.5M$27.3M$28.2M$98.2M 990 PDF
FY2020 $18.6M$23.3M−$4.7M$64.0M 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 M · Noncash O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $84,614,285 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $32,483,371$36,779,586
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $37,333,594$43,925,618
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $905,575$3,661,728
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $485,582$247,353
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $71,208,122$84,614,285
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $214,306$247,144
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $30,557,767$35,538,251
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $17,144,778$20,899,832
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $47,916,851$56,685,227
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $23,291,271$27,929,058
Part VI · Governance 4 of 4 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body4
VI-1b Independent voting members4
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes
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 $84,614,285 across 9 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$36,779,586
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$18,798,494
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$36,779,586
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $42,004,549 · Excluded from tax $1,921,069$43,925,618
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $2,399,525$2,399,525
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossExcluded from tax $155,350$155,350
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $1,262,203$1,262,203
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $92,003$92,003
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $42,004,549 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $5,830,150$84,614,285
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $56,685,227 across 21 lines filed
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $247,144$247,144
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffManagement $118,600$118,600
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $30,235,658 · Management $247,402$30,483,060
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $792,505 · Management $18,548$811,053
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $1,656,850 · Management $26,500$1,683,350
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $2,413,888 · Management $28,300$2,442,188
IX-11a Management feesManagement $436,838$436,838
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $40,892$40,892
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $24,800$24,800
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $717,759 · Management $18,663$736,422
IX-12 Advertising and promotionFundraising $177,102$177,102
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $415,347 · Management $29,839$445,186
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $234,473 · Management $26,053$260,526
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $1,442,268 · Management $20,172$1,462,440
IX-17 TravelPrograms $78,091 · Management $78,091$156,182
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $75,608$75,608
IX-20 InterestPrograms $493,396 · Management $5,753$499,149
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $9,123,247$9,123,247
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $198,123 · Management $5,186$203,309
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $6,456,690 · Management $127,179$6,583,869
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $457,528 · Management $216,734$674,262
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $55,038,575 · Management $1,469,550 · Fundraising $177,102$56,685,227
Part X · Balance sheet $207,687,710 assets, 15 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $855,069$1,575,854
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $247,855$1,324,404
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $127,605$182,294
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $2,847,466$2,154,580
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $152,799,671$168,432,615
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $24,028,035$31,871,800
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $3,278,074$2,146,163
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $184,183,775$207,687,710
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $6,549,412$4,866,754
X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $30,994,544$28,841,523
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $2,494,221$3,852,355
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $40,038,177$37,560,632
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $144,145,598$170,127,078
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $144,145,598$170,127,078
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $184,183,775$207,687,710
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $170,127,078 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$84,614,285
XI-2 Total expenses$56,685,227
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$27,929,058
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$144,145,598
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments−$815,667
XI-9 Other changes in net assets−$1,131,911
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$170,127,078

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