High Point Academy awakens the joy of learning in each child. The school provides a nurturing environment that enables each student to flourish academically, emotionally, morally, physically, and socially. The challenging curriculum provides a traditional and balanced approach to ensure that students acquire tools for analytical thinking. With faculty and family support, students develop the ability to pursue and organize knowledge throughout a lifetime.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
70¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 50 volunteers and 80 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
6 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $1.0M a year · 12% of revenue · last 6 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 6 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
70%
of spending
Fine: 70% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$1.1M
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
2 mo
of spending, in cash
Plus $15.7M in investments, Pt X · Ln 11–13
Fine: 2.4 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
3
named funders · $43K
Looks good: 3 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$1.2M
5% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 5% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
13
of 13 voting members
Looks good: 13 of 13 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$10.6M
+19% vs prior year
Spent
$9.1M
To programs
70%
Net assets
$22.1M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$10.6M
FY2025▲ +19%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$7.3M
FY2021$8.0M
FY2022$7.5M
FY2023$8.0M
FY2024$8.9M
FY2025$10.6M
Expenses
$9.1M
FY2025▲ +20%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$6.4M
FY2021$7.1M
FY2022$6.9M
FY2023$7.1M
FY2024$7.6M
FY2025$9.1M
Net assets
$22.1M
FY2025▲ +11%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$14.4M
FY2021$16.9M
FY2022$16.3M
FY2023$17.5M
FY2024$19.8M
FY2025$22.1M

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

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Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Feb 1973.

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Where the money goes

70 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 70% · $6.4M Management & general 28% · $2.6M Fundraising 2% · $174K

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

20 people listed on the 990; $1.1M 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
Head of School
$296,732Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Financial Officer
$183,772Pt VII · Sec A
Assistant Head of School
$164,468Pt VII · Sec A
Director of Teaching and Learning
$121,597Pt VII · Sec A
Classroom Teacher
$118,098Pt VII · Sec A
Classroom Teacher
$114,663Pt VII · Sec A
Facilities Director
$109,630Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Joseph Campanella’s $297K as Head of School is at the 64th 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 · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Joseph Campanella$296,732$281,272————
Gary Stern————$276,788$265,104
Kristin Haines——$206,966$145,839$141,282$138,075
Debra Daniels$183,772$177,545$171,467$167,330$153,559$142,522
Kristin a Haines$164,468—————
Haines Kristin a—$160,226————
Timothy Burns———$155,708——
Joey Campanella——$133,613———

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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Educates children from kindergarten through eighth grade.

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1 program · $6.4M · in their own filed words · FY2024
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High point academy provided quality education to approximately 355 children, grades kindergarten to eight. On average, 95-100% of the graduating class are accepted into freshman classes of outstanding independent (private) secondary schools primarily in the local area

$6.4Mprogram 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 · FY2024
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Grants paid · 6 grants · $1.4M · 2019–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$297,427
Unitemized GrantFY2023$229,953
Unitemized GrantFY2022$238,627
Unitemized GrantFY2021$243,636
Unitemized GrantFY2020$228,307
Unitemized GrantFY2019$154,665

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$10.6M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$8.3M
Other incomeLn 4–11$1.2M
Investment incomeLn 3$602K
Money outPt IX
$9.1M
Ln 25
Programscol B$6.4M
Managementcol C$2.6M
Fundraisingcol D$174K
Owns and owesPt X
$22.1M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.8M
Total assetsLn 16$23.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.2M
PeoplePt VI, VII
20
listed · VII A
PaidVII A7
Voting boardVI 1a13
IndependentVI 1b13
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$517K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$6K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$73K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$8.3M
Investment incomeLn 3$602K
Other incomeLn 4–11$1.2M
Total revenueLn 12$10.6M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$1.8M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$1.8M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$15.7M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$5.4M
Other assetsLn 15$263K
Total assetsLn 16$23.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.2M
Net assetsLn 32$22.1M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 580
VolunteersI 650
Fiscal year endsHeaderJuly
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$1.2M$1.8M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$13.8M$15.7M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$5.7M$5.4M
Total assetsLn 16$21.2M$23.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.4M$1.2M
Net assetsLn 32$19.8M$22.1M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$297K$297K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$572K$520K$52K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$4.5M$3.4M$998K$72K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$248K$189K$55K$4K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$497K$356K$130K$11K
Payroll taxesLn 10$368K$252K$108K$9K
Management feesLn 11a$58K$58K
Legal feesLn 11b$56K$56K
Accounting feesLn 11c$35K$35K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$524K$459K$64K$2K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$28K$25K$3K
Office expensesLn 13$93K$35K$57K$1K
Information technologyLn 14$104K$54K$50K
OccupancyLn 16$1.2M$939K$217K$15K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$45K$30K$14K$1K
InterestLn 20$5K$4K$923$62
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$383K$307K$71K$5K
InsuranceLn 23$117K$2K$116K
Total functional expensesLn 25$9.1M$6.4M$2.6M$174K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $10.6M$9.1M$1.5M$22.1M 990 PDF
FY2024 $8.9M$7.6M$1.3M$19.8M 990 PDF
FY2023 $8.0M$7.1M$933K$17.5M 990 PDF
FY2022 $7.5M$6.9M$560K$16.3M 990 PDF
FY2021 $8.0M$7.1M$982K$16.9M 990 PDF
FY2020 $7.3M$6.4M$829K$14.4M 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 $10,604,102 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $524,332$516,850
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $7,944,643$8,276,439
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $422,778$602,429
I-11 Other revenuePrior year −$14,697$1,208,384
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $8,877,056$10,604,102
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $229,953$297,427
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $5,578,537$6,195,349
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $1,785,555$2,617,856
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $7,594,045$9,110,632
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $1,283,011$1,493,470
Part VI · Governance 13 of 13 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body13
VI-1b Independent voting members13
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 $10,604,102 across 9 lines filed
VIII-1c Fundraising events$73,251
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$443,599
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$6,095
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$516,850
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $8,276,439$8,276,439
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $602,429$602,429
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax −$9,525−$9,525
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $1,217,909$1,217,909
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $8,276,439 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $1,810,813$10,604,102
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $9,110,632 across 18 lines filed
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $297,427$297,427
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffManagement $519,676 · Fundraising $51,829$571,505
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $3,440,414 · Management $997,913 · Fundraising $71,715$4,510,042
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $189,224 · Management $54,720 · Fundraising $4,376$248,320
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $356,286 · Management $130,211 · Fundraising $10,805$497,302
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $251,844 · Management $107,571 · Fundraising $8,765$368,180
IX-11a Management feesManagement $57,888$57,888
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $55,559$55,559
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $34,920$34,920
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $458,632 · Management $64,200 · Fundraising $1,534$524,366
IX-12 Advertising and promotionManagement $24,884 · Fundraising $2,821$27,705
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $35,240 · Management $56,799 · Fundraising $1,285$93,324
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $54,373 · Management $49,553$103,926
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $938,511 · Management $216,612 · Fundraising $14,556$1,169,679
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $29,656 · Management $14,401 · Fundraising $1,032$45,089
IX-20 InterestPrograms $3,976 · Management $923 · Fundraising $62$4,961
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $307,211 · Management $71,307 · Fundraising $4,791$383,309
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $1,622 · Management $115,508$117,130
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $6,364,416 · Management $2,572,645 · Fundraising $173,571$9,110,632
Part X · Balance sheet $23,302,906 assets, 14 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $1,165,004$1,806,253
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $117,883$120,280
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $5,667,499$5,396,360
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $13,845,116$15,716,649
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $371,825$263,364
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $21,167,327$23,302,906
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $318,197$273,484
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $694,000$720,150
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $357,299$248,867
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $1,369,496$1,242,501
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $19,276,403$21,505,146
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $521,428$555,259
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $19,797,831$22,060,405
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $21,167,327$23,302,906
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $22,060,405 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$10,604,102
XI-2 Total expenses$9,110,632
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$1,493,470
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$19,797,831
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$769,104
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$22,060,405

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