Austin Classical School

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Austin Classical School exists to glorify Jesus Christ by co-laboring with families to cultivate wise, virtuous, and humble students through an excellent classical, Christian education.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
90¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 90 volunteers and 99 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
4 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $64K a year · 3% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
90%
of spending
Looks good: 90% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$340K
to officers and key staff · 10% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 10% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
7 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 7.3 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
5
named funders · $353K
Looks good: 5 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$1.3M
48% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 48% 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
$3.3M
+17% vs prior year
Spent
$3.3M
To programs
90%
Net assets
$1.4M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$3.3M
FY2025▲ +17%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$1.1M
FY2021$1.3M
FY2022$1.9M
FY2023$2.2M
FY2024$2.8M
FY2025$3.3M
Expenses
$3.3M
FY2025▲ +16%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$1.1M
FY2021$1.3M
FY2022$1.6M
FY2023$2.2M
FY2024$2.8M
FY2025$3.3M
Net assets
$1.4M
FY2025-0.3%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$1.0M
FY2021$1.0M
FY2022$1.4M
FY2023$1.4M
FY2024$1.4M
FY2025$1.4M

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 Nov 2014.

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

Where the money goes

90 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 90% · $3.0M Management & general 10% · $329K

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

12 people listed on the 990; $340K 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
$103,500Pt VII · Sec A
Head of Logic School
$60,000Pt VII · Sec A
Head of Grammar School
$57,300Pt VII · Sec A
Director of Finance & Special Projects
$51,250Pt VII · Sec A
Head of Rhetoric School
$41,250Pt VII · Sec A
Director, Teacher
$24,000Pt VII · Sec A
Director, Substitute Teacher
$2,460Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Teresa Cici Scott’s $104K as Executive Director is at the 34th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3395 $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
Teresa Cici Scott$103,500$103,500$94,500———
Teresa Scott———$95,500$53,520—
William Andrew Brummett—$90,000$67,083———
Dave Sikkema—————$68,650
D'Lane Moore$60,000—————
Joe Rispoli—$59,671————
Kathryn Foshea$57,300$56,875$55,825$55,000$29,000—
Stephanie Lucke$51,250$51,575$50,975$48,800$26,000—

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

Educates students in a classical, Christian, hybrid model from pre-K through 10th grade.

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1 program · $3.0M · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Austin Classical School is a classical, Christian, hybrid educational schedule school currently serving grades pre-K through 12th grade.

$3.0Mprogram 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 · 3 grants · $494K · 2022–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$191,410
Unitemized GrantFY2023$183,581
Unitemized GrantFY2022$119,428

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$3.3M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$2.8M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$413K
Investment incomeLn 3$53K
Money outPt IX
$3.3M
Ln 25
Programscol B$3.0M
Managementcol C$329K
Owns and owesPt X
$1.4M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$2.0M
Total assetsLn 16$2.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.3M
PeoplePt VI, VII
12
listed · VII A
PaidVII A7
Voting boardVI 1a7
IndependentVI 1b7
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$413K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$102K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$2.8M
Investment incomeLn 3$53K
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$3.3M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$353K
SavingsLn 2$1.7M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$2.0M
Accounts receivableLn 4$9K
Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesLn 9$5K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$623K
Total assetsLn 16$2.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.3M
Net assetsLn 32$1.4M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 599
VolunteersI 690
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14Yes
3More from this return
EndowmentSch D · Pt V
LineFY25FY24FY23FY22FY21
End of yearLn 1g$0$0$0$0$0
4Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$2.0M$2.0M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$520K$623K
Total assetsLn 16$2.5M$2.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.1M$1.3M
Net assetsLn 32$1.4M$1.4M
5Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$191K$191K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$300K$255K$45K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$1.6M$1.4M$244K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$8K$7K$1K
Payroll taxesLn 10$149K$127K$22K
Legal feesLn 11b$7K$7K
Accounting feesLn 11c$6K$6K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$6K$6K
Office expensesLn 13$22K$22K
Information technologyLn 14$25K$25K
OccupancyLn 16$588K$588K
TravelLn 17$14K$14K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$18K$18K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$32K$32K
InsuranceLn 23$32K$29K$3K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$183K$183K
All other expensesLn 24e$87K$87K$0$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$3.3M$3.0M$329K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest ViewingFiled with the IRS May 14, 2026 $3.3M$3.3M−$4K$1.4M 990 PDF
FY2024Filed with the IRS May 7, 2025 $2.8M$2.8M−$9K$1.4M 990 PDF
FY2023Filed with the IRS May 15, 2024 $2.2M$2.2M$55K$1.4M 990 PDF
FY2022Filed with the IRS May 15, 2023 $1.9M$1.6M$319K$1.4M 990 PDF
FY2021Filed with the IRS May 20, 2022 $1.3M$1.3M$2K$1.0M 990 PDF
FY2020Filed with the IRS Jun 15, 2021 $1.1M$1.1M$23K$1.0M 990 PDF

Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $3,290,513 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $406,395$412,727
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $2,324,150$2,829,109
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $68,312$53,295
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $22,744−$4,618
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $2,821,601$3,290,513
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $183,581$191,410
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $1,775,113$2,083,520
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $871,986$1,019,501
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $2,830,680$3,294,431
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$9,079−$3,918
Part VI · Governance 7 of 7 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body7
VI-1b Independent voting members7
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $3,290,513 across 9 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for −$10,429 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1c Fundraising events$102,490
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$310,237
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$412,727
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $2,829,109$2,829,109
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $53,295$53,295
VIII-6 Net rental income or loss$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assets$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax $5,811$5,811
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $2,818,680 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $59,106$3,290,513
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $3,294,431 across 17 lines filed
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $191,410$191,410
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $254,690 · Management $44,945$299,635
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $1,382,502 · Management $243,971$1,626,473
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $7,058 · Management $1,245$8,303
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $126,743 · Management $22,366$149,109
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $7,343$7,343
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $6,204$6,204
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $6,301$6,301
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $21,916$21,916
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $25,209$25,209
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $587,572$587,572
IX-17 TravelPrograms $13,631$13,631
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $18,083$18,083
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $31,617$31,617
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $29,168 · Management $2,697$31,865
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $183,069$183,069
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $86,691 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$86,691
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $2,965,660 · Management $328,771 · Fundraising $0$3,294,431
Part X · Balance sheet $2,650,622 assets, 12 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $555,730$353,363
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $1,395,175$1,661,075
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $502$8,606
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $30,388$4,840
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $519,813$622,738
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $2,501,608$2,650,622
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $7,934$55,743
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $1,098,787$1,203,910
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $1,106,721$1,259,653
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $1,156,411$1,390,969
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $1,394,887$1,390,969
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $2,501,608$2,650,622
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,390,969 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$3,290,513
XI-2 Total expenses$3,294,431
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$3,918
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$1,394,887
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,390,969

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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