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Moravian Academy nurtures the joyful spirit of each learner and empowers inclusive global citizens to think critically, communicate effectively, lead with integrity, and strive for excellence.

Form 990 Part I, line 1, FY2025. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 24-0829838) · Dispute this line
501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
85¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 295 volunteers and 370 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
Download 990
IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
The IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
The latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
3 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $705K a year · 2% of revenue · last 6 filings
A surplus in 3 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
85%
of spending
85% of spending went to programs.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$1.3M
to officers and key staff · 4% of spending
Pay to officers and key staff is 4% of spending.
Part VII, Section A
0.2 mo
of spending, in cash
Plus $34.8M in investments, Pt X · Ln 11–13
0.2 months of spending in cash.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $10K
1 funder names it on their filings.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$7.9M
16% of total assets
Liabilities are 16% of assets.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
17
of 17 voting members
17 of 17 voting members are independent.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
Revenue
$33.2M
+3% vs prior year
Spent
$36.0M
To programs
85%
Net assets
$41.3M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$33.2M
FY2025▲ +3%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$23.8M
FY2021$34.2M
FY2022$25.2M
FY2023$33.1M
FY2024$32.2M
FY2025$33.2M
Expenses
$36.0M
FY2025▲ +2%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$23.4M
FY2021$22.6M
FY2022$24.3M
FY2023$35.8M
FY2024$35.4M
FY2025$36.0M
Net assets
$41.3M
FY2025▼ -1%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$38.3M
FY2021$43.6M
FY2022$39.6M
FY2023$41.9M
FY2024$41.8M
FY2025$41.3M

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

Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Oct 1957.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

85 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 85% · $30.6M Management & general 12% · $4.3M Fundraising 3% · $1.2M

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

24 people listed on the 990; $1.3M paid to officers and key staff (Part VII, Section A).

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Head of School
$408,844Pt VII · Sec A
Director of Institutional
$194,885Pt VII · Sec A
Associate Head of School
$188,969Pt VII · Sec A
Director of Stretegic Partnerships and External PR
$143,354Pt VII · Sec A
Director of Downtown Campu
$135,023Pt VII · Sec A
Director of the Merle-Smith Campus
$134,792Pt VII · Sec A
$133,000Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

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

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Adrianne Finley Odell$408,844$367,969————
Jeffrey Zemsky——$270,858$251,145——
Jeff Zemsky————$228,315$199,092
Armistead Webster—$205,593————
Robert Zaiser$194,885$182,348$185,287$180,315$177,030$175,030
Lara Diefenderfer Wulff$188,969—————
Adrianne N Finley Odell——$178,852———
Dianne Hurley———$177,625$109,064—

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

Programs and updates

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2 programs · $30.6M · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

The education of over 861 students in grades pre-kindergarten through 12 in the Moravian tradition. The Moravian Academy experience provides a strong academic foundation in preparation for college, develops self-respect, dignity and concern for others, develops creativity, and an appreciation of aesthetic values, develops physical…

Form 990 Part III, line 4, FY2024. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 24-0829838) · Dispute this line
$30.3Mprogram expense
02

Summer Programming

Lehigh valley summerbridge assists 7th to 9th grade students with academic potential and limited resources to enter and succeed in college preparatory programs. At lehigh valley summerbridge, high school and college students teach and mentor middle school students.

Form 990 Part III, line 4, FY2024. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 24-0829838) · Dispute this line
$277Kprogram 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 · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$10K
Grants paid · 3 grants · $11.5M · 2019–2021
Unitemized GrantFY2021$3,848,349
Unitemized GrantFY2020$3,984,314
Unitemized GrantFY2019$3,646,065

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$33.2M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$29.0M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.9M
Investment incomeLn 3$762K
Money outPt IX
$36.0M
Ln 25
Programscol B$30.6M
Managementcol C$4.3M
Fundraisingcol D$1.2M
Owns and owesPt X
$41.3M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$460K
Total assetsLn 16$49.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$7.9M
PeoplePt VI, VII
24
listed · VII A
PaidVII A7
Voting boardVI 1a17
IndependentVI 1b17
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.9M
Government grantsLn 1e$23K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$121K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$141K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$29.0M
Investment incomeLn 3$762K
Other incomeLn 4–11$569K
Gains on assetsLn 7$412K
Total revenueLn 12$33.2M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$292K
SavingsLn 2$168K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$460K
Pledges and grants receivableLn 3$962K
Accounts receivableLn 4$236K
Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesLn 9$414K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$12.4M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$34.8M
Total assetsLn 16$49.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$7.9M
Net assetsLn 32$41.3M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5370
VolunteersI 6295
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3More from this return
Abroad and in kindSch F, M
Noncash gifts receivedSch M Pt I$121K
EndowmentSch D · Pt V
LineFY25FY24FY23FY22FY21
End of yearLn 1g$26.6M$24.6M$27.2M$23.4M$26.8M
AddedLn 1b$304K$758K$2.5M$619K$328K
SpentLn 1d–1f$925K$5.8M$1.1M$855K$855K
4Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$938K$460K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$33.4M$34.8M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$13.8M$12.4M
Total assetsLn 16$50.0M$49.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$8.2M$7.9M
Net assetsLn 32$41.8M$41.3M
5Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$7.7M$7.7M
Pay of officers and key staff (Part IX, line 5)Ln 5$439K$439K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$14.7M$12.1M$1.9M$714K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$3.5M$3.2M$223K$91K
Management feesLn 11a$386K$385K$500
Advertising and promotionLn 12$131K$2K$79K$50K
Office expensesLn 13$158K$74K$37K$47K
Information technologyLn 14$582K$422K$148K$12K
OccupancyLn 16$2.4M$2.0M$241K$121K
TravelLn 17$330K$326K$4K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$134K$90K$35K$9K
InterestLn 20$212K$212K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$1.8M$1.5M$185K$93K
InsuranceLn 23$211K$6K$205K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$3.0M$2.9M$79K
All other expensesLn 24e$369K$167K$161K$41K
Total functional expensesLn 25$36.0M$30.6M$4.3M$1.2M

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest ViewingFiled with the IRS May 11, 2026 $33.2M$36.0M−$2.8M$41.3M 990 PDF
FY2024Filed with the IRS May 15, 2025 $32.2M$35.4M−$3.2M$41.8M 990 PDF
FY2023Filed with the IRS Mar 9, 2024 $33.1M$35.8M−$2.7M$41.9M 990 PDF
FY2022Filed with the IRS May 15, 2023 $25.2M$24.3M$904K$39.6M 990 PDF
FY2021Filed with the IRS May 16, 2022 $34.2M$22.6M$11.6M$43.6M 990 PDF
FY2020Filed with the IRS May 17, 2021 $23.8M$23.4M$395K$38.3M 990 PDF

Schedules filed Part IV

A · Public support B · Donors D · Assets and endowments E · Schools G · Fundraising I · Grants J · Pay M · Noncash O · Explanations R · Related orgs
See the full FY2025 990
Part I · Summary $33,204,152 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $2,961,899$2,888,383
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $28,538,039$28,984,483
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $479,922$1,174,559
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $194,873$156,727
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $32,174,733$33,204,152
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $7,640,756$7,669,509
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $18,328,011$18,689,856
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $9,400,450$9,680,663
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $35,369,217$36,040,028
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$3,194,484−$2,835,876
Part VI · Governance 17 of 17 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body17
VI-1b Independent voting members17
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 $33,204,152 across 12 lines filed
VIII-1c Fundraising events$140,624
VIII-1e Government grants$22,840
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$2,724,919
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$121,300
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$2,888,383
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $28,984,483$28,984,483
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $762,102$762,102
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossExcluded from tax −$56,339−$56,339
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $412,457$412,457
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax −$131,909−$131,909
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $344,975$344,975
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $28,984,483 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $1,331,286$33,204,152
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $36,040,028 across 16 lines filed
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $7,669,509$7,669,509
IX-5 Pay of officers and key staff (Part IX, line 5)Management $438,792$438,792
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $12,137,311 · Management $1,860,246 · Fundraising $713,889$14,711,446
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $3,225,694 · Management $223,233 · Fundraising $90,691$3,539,618
IX-11a Management feesManagement $385,069 · Fundraising $500$385,569
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $1,600 · Management $78,657 · Fundraising $50,451$130,708
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $74,229 · Management $36,851 · Fundraising $47,369$158,449
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $421,997 · Management $147,657 · Fundraising $12,105$581,759
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $2,025,537 · Management $241,287 · Fundraising $120,643$2,387,467
IX-17 TravelPrograms $326,221 · Management $4,000$330,221
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $89,537 · Management $34,639 · Fundraising $9,486$133,662
IX-20 InterestManagement $211,755$211,755
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $1,535,954 · Management $185,464 · Fundraising $92,733$1,814,151
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $6,031 · Management $205,404$211,435
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $2,887,448 · Management $78,793$2,966,241
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $167,491 · Management $161,053 · Fundraising $40,702$369,246
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $30,568,559 · Management $4,292,900 · Fundraising $1,178,569$36,040,028
Part X · Balance sheet $49,233,935 assets, 18 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $779,132$291,645
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $159,281$168,397
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $948,119$962,443
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $384,631$235,575
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $451,883$414,390
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $13,834,039$12,352,677
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $33,265,510$34,666,091
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $143,236$142,717
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $49,965,831$49,233,935
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $3,519,964$2,949,673
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $169,904$226,382
X-23 Secured mortgages and notes payableStart of year $1,185,584$1,161,902
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $3,330,594$3,560,303
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $8,206,046$7,898,260
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $14,493,644$11,977,348
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $27,266,141$29,358,327
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $41,759,785$41,335,675
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $49,965,831$49,233,935
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $41,335,675 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$33,204,152
XI-2 Total expenses$36,040,028
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$2,835,876
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$41,759,785
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$2,411,766
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$41,335,675

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