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.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
83¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$1.2M paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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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
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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
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
83%
of spending
Looks good: 83% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$1.2M
to officers and key staff · 3% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 3% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
<1 mo
of spending, in cash
Plus $30.3M in investments, Pt X · Ln 11–13
Fine: 0.1 months of spending in cash, plus $30.3M in investments.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $10K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$5.6M
12% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 12% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
20
of 20 voting members
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Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$33.1M
+31% vs prior year
Spent
$35.8M
To programs
83%
Net assets
$41.9M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$33.1M
FY2023▲ +31%
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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
$35.8M
FY2023▲ +47%
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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
$41.9M
FY2023▲ +6%
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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 FY2023 Form 990 (year ending June 2023) · 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 Oct 1957.

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Where the money goes

83 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 83% · $29.7M Management & general 13% · $4.6M Fundraising 4% · $1.4M

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

28 people listed on the 990; $1.2M paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2022); the FY2023 filing did not itemize Part VII
Former Head of School
$270,858Pt VII · Sec A
Director of Development
$185,287Pt VII · Sec A
$178,852Pt VII · Sec A
Director of Enrollment Management
$139,696Pt VII · Sec A
Director of Merle Smith Campus
$127,030Pt VII · Sec A
Director of Annual Giving and Special Campaigns
$120,370Pt VII · Sec A
Assistant Head of School
$113,151Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Financial and Operations Officer
$105,404Pt 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

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  • 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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2 programs · $29.7M · in their own filed words · FY2022
01

The education of over 900 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…

$29.4Mprogram 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.

$374Kprogram 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 · 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 FY2023 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$33.1M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$27.7M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$3.2M
Investment incomeLn 3$2.1M
Money outPt IX
$35.8M
Ln 25
Programscol B$29.7M
Managementcol C$4.6M
Fundraisingcol D$1.4M
Owns and owesPt X
$41.9M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$371K
Total assetsLn 16$47.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$5.6M
PeoplePt VI, VII
28
listed · VII A
PaidVII A8
Voting boardVI 1a20
IndependentVI 1b20
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$3.2M
Government grantsLn 1e$322K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$187K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$27.7M
Investment incomeLn 3$2.1M
Other incomeLn 4–11$240K
Gains on assetsLn 7$1.3M
Total revenueLn 12$33.1M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$2K
SavingsLn 2$369K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$371K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$30.3M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$15.1M
Other assetsLn 15$0
Total assetsLn 16$47.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$5.6M
Net assetsLn 32$41.9M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5370
VolunteersI 6295
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 FY23End FY23
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.0M$371K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$27.3M$30.3M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$11.9M$15.1M
Total assetsLn 16$42.7M$47.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$3.1M$5.6M
Net assetsLn 32$39.6M$41.9M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$7.7M$7.7M
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$315K$315K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$14.0M$11.3M$2.1M$654K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$3.7M$3.0M$538K$193K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$506K$506K$215
Advertising and promotionLn 12$156K$16K$140K
Office expensesLn 13$276K$30K$98K$148K
Information technologyLn 14$353K$148K$187K$17K
OccupancyLn 16$2.5M$2.1M$254K$127K
TravelLn 17$416K$410K$6K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$122K$92K$15K$15K
InterestLn 20$88K$87K$901
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$1.9M$1.6M$192K$96K
InsuranceLn 23$137K$4K$132K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$3.2M$3.0M$165K$27K
All other expensesLn 24e$386K$343K$40K$2K
Total functional expensesLn 25$35.8M$29.7M$4.6M$1.4M

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $33.2M$36.0M−$2.8M$41.3M 990 PDF
FY2024 $32.2M$35.4M−$3.2M$41.8M 990 PDF
FY2023 Viewing $33.1M$35.8M−$2.7M$41.9M 990 PDF
FY2022 $25.2M$24.3M$904K$39.6M 990 PDF
FY2021 $34.2M$22.6M$11.6M$43.6M 990 PDF
FY2020 $23.8M$23.4M$395K$38.3M 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 J · Pay O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $33,130,928 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $3,909,807$3,150,529
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $19,985,613$27,688,877
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $1,077,757$2,051,166
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $253,482$240,356
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $25,226,659$33,130,928
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $3,848,349$7,682,004
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $12,894,113$18,074,821
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $7,580,695$10,039,844
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $24,323,157$35,796,669
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $903,502−$2,665,741
Part VI · Governance 20 of 20 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body20
VI-1b Independent voting members20
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 $33,130,928 across 11 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$322,439
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$2,828,090
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$186,896
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$3,150,529
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $27,688,877$27,688,877
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $718,919$718,919
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossExcluded from tax −$93,204−$93,204
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $1,332,247$1,332,247
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax $125,416$125,416
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $208,144$208,144
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $27,688,877 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $2,291,522$33,130,928
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $35,796,669 across 16 lines filed
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $7,682,004$7,682,004
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffManagement $315,397$315,397
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $11,317,688 · Management $2,075,921 · Fundraising $653,832$14,047,441
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $2,981,253 · Management $537,641 · Fundraising $193,089$3,711,983
IX-11g Other fees for servicesManagement $506,087 · Fundraising $215$506,302
IX-12 Advertising and promotionManagement $16,052 · Fundraising $140,277$156,329
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $29,779 · Management $98,482 · Fundraising $148,161$276,422
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $148,095 · Management $187,376 · Fundraising $17,183$352,654
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $2,142,022 · Management $254,339 · Fundraising $127,169$2,523,530
IX-17 TravelPrograms $410,461 · Management $5,645$416,106
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $92,277 · Management $14,730 · Fundraising $14,547$121,554
IX-20 InterestManagement $86,790 · Fundraising $901$87,691
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $1,590,183 · Management $192,069 · Fundraising $96,034$1,878,286
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $4,396 · Management $132,450$136,846
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $3,006,705 · Management $165,064 · Fundraising $26,724$3,198,493
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $343,377 · Management $40,089 · Fundraising $2,165$385,631
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $29,748,240 · Management $4,628,132 · Fundraising $1,420,297$35,796,669
Part X · Balance sheet $47,555,506 assets, 18 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $410$1,887
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $1,040,468$368,820
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $1,269,603$992,457
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $349,692$344,708
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $315,135$412,721
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $11,914,634$15,106,297
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $27,163,731$30,189,273
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $146,311$139,343
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $506,244$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $42,706,228$47,555,506
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $2,096,375$2,373,432
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $60,783$69,087
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $825,974$1,932,374
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $3,072,623$5,645,491
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $18,414,358$16,554,131
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $21,219,247$25,355,884
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $39,633,605$41,910,015
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $42,706,228$47,555,506
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $41,910,015 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$33,130,928
XI-2 Total expenses$35,796,669
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$2,665,741
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$39,633,605
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$416,286
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$4,525,865
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$41,910,015

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