Randolph-Macon Academy FY2021 filing

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Front Royal, VA501(c)(3)Since 1892EducationEIN 54-0505939Revenue $13.9M in FY2021

On file with the IRSrma.edu200 Academy Dr, 22630-2601 · Front Royal, VATax-exempt since Feb 1974School — 170(b)(1)(A)(ii)

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Randolph-Macon Academy is a co-ed private school for grades 6-12. We offer a superior university-preparatory curriculum with military values preparing graduates to pursue lives of meaning and success. Every year, 100% of our graduates are accepted to the best universities around the world with the Class of 2024 graduating 65 students who earned over $16 million in scholarships.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
80¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$221K 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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FY2021 · 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
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IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
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IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
2 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $472K a year · 3% of revenue · last 5 filings
Concern: a surplus in 2 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
80%
of spending
Looks good: 80% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$221K
to officers and key staff · 2% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 2% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
4 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 3.5 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
12
named funders · $918K
Looks good: 12 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$6.5M
16% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 16% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
20
of 20 voting members
Looks good: 20 of 20 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$13.9M
Spent
$14.2M
To programs
80%
Net assets
$33.8M
By yearFY2021–FY2025
Revenue
$13.9M
FY2021
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2021$13.9M
FY2022$14.2M
FY2023$20.6M
FY2024$15.4M
FY2025$18.3M
Expenses
$14.2M
FY2021
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2021$14.2M
FY2022$15.4M
FY2023$18.7M
FY2024$18.8M
FY2025$17.6M
Net assets
$33.8M
FY2021
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2021$33.8M
FY2022$30.1M
FY2023$33.5M
FY2024$31.1M
FY2025$32.7M

From the FY2021 Form 990 (year ending June 2021) · 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 Feb 1974.

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Where the money goes

80 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 80% · $11.3M Management & general 18% · $2.5M Fundraising 3% · $377K

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

21 people listed on the 990; $221K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2020); the FY2021 filing did not itemize Part VII
$221,300Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A

David Wesley’s $297K as President 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 · 3 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
David Wesley$297,136$268,810$286,235——
David C Wesley———$253,526$221,300
Sung Chu$192,936$177,990$176,316——

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

Programs and updates

Prepares young people for leadership using military values and college preparation.

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1 program · $11.3M · in their own filed words · FY2020
01

All program service expenses are directly related to activities necessary in operating a boarding education institution.

$11.3Mprogram 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 · 5 grants · $15.4M · 2020–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$2,977,218
Unitemized GrantFY2023$3,190,561
Unitemized GrantFY2022$3,798,666
Unitemized GrantFY2021$2,838,046
Unitemized GrantFY2020$2,613,998

By the numbers

The FY2021 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$13.9M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$9.4M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.8M
Investment incomeLn 3$1.4M
Money outPt IX
$14.2M
Ln 25
Programscol B$11.3M
Managementcol C$2.5M
Fundraisingcol D$377K
Owns and owesPt X
$33.8M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$4.2M
Total assetsLn 16$40.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$6.5M
PeoplePt VI, VII
21
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a20
IndependentVI 1b20
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.8M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$9.4M
Investment incomeLn 3$1.4M
Other incomeLn 4–11$324K
Gains on assetsLn 7$1.2M
Total revenueLn 12$13.9M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$5K
SavingsLn 2$4.2M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$4.2M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$12.7M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$21.1M
Other assetsLn 15$605K
Total assetsLn 16$40.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$6.5M
Net assetsLn 32$33.8M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5149
VolunteersI 633
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 FY21End FY21
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$3.8M$4.2M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$10.7M$12.7M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$21.5M$21.1M
Total assetsLn 16$39.2M$40.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$6.8M$6.5M
Net assetsLn 32$32.4M$33.8M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$2.6M$2.6M
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$230K$57K$115K$57K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$4.9M$4.0M$801K$116K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$985K$783K$172K$31K
Payroll taxesLn 10$361K$285K$64K$12K
Legal feesLn 11b$71K$9K$60K$2K
Accounting feesLn 11c$50K$6K$42K$2K
Investment management feesLn 11f$73K$73K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$241K$116K$120K$5K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$338K$338K
Office expensesLn 13$257K$231K$24K$2K
Information technologyLn 14$314K$225K$75K$13K
OccupancyLn 16$463K$366K$81K$15K
TravelLn 17$123K$121K$2K
InterestLn 20$76K$60K$13K$3K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$1.3M$1.0M$225K$42K
InsuranceLn 23$187K$151K$30K$6K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$1.3M$1.2M$129K$7K
All other expensesLn 24e$273K$84K$125K$64K
Total functional expensesLn 25$14.2M$11.3M$2.5M$377K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $18.3M$17.6M$676K$32.7M 990 PDF
FY2024 $15.4M$18.8M−$3.4M$31.1M 990 PDF
FY2023 $20.6M$18.7M$1.9M$33.5M 990 PDF
FY2022 $14.2M$15.4M−$1.2M$30.1M 990 PDF
FY2021 Viewing $13.9M$14.2M−$269K$33.8M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2021 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $13,915,401 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $4,804,684$2,815,723
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $9,554,053$9,391,784
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $318,515$1,384,355
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $574,462$323,539
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $15,251,714$13,915,401
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $1,567,688$2,613,998
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $6,529,067$6,502,592
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $5,127,482$5,067,828
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $13,224,237$14,184,418
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $2,027,477−$269,017
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 $13,915,401 across 9 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $63,017 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$2,815,723
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$2,815,723
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $9,391,784$9,391,784
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $203,245$203,245
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossExcluded from tax $161,763$161,763
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $1,181,110$1,181,110
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax $1,408$1,408
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $95,916 · Excluded from tax $1,435$97,351
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $9,550,717 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $1,548,961$13,915,401
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $14,184,418 across 19 lines filed
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $2,613,998$2,613,998
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $57,455 · Management $114,908 · Fundraising $57,455$229,818
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $4,010,763 · Management $800,533 · Fundraising $115,584$4,926,880
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $782,600 · Management $171,595 · Fundraising $30,854$985,049
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $284,999 · Management $63,866 · Fundraising $11,980$360,845
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $8,762 · Management $59,614 · Fundraising $2,445$70,821
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $6,186 · Management $42,085 · Fundraising $1,726$49,997
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $72,585$72,585
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $116,013 · Management $120,290 · Fundraising $4,932$241,235
IX-12 Advertising and promotionManagement $337,669$337,669
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $230,993 · Management $23,864 · Fundraising $2,171$257,028
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $225,340 · Management $75,157 · Fundraising $13,107$313,604
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $365,945 · Management $81,495 · Fundraising $15,286$462,726
IX-17 TravelPrograms $120,568 · Management $2,155$122,723
IX-20 InterestPrograms $60,141 · Management $13,477 · Fundraising $2,528$76,146
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $1,003,924 · Management $224,973 · Fundraising $42,197$1,271,094
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $151,285 · Management $30,488 · Fundraising $5,719$187,492
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $1,194,765 · Management $129,180 · Fundraising $7,372$1,331,317
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $84,093 · Management $125,390 · Fundraising $63,908$273,391
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $11,317,830 · Management $2,489,324 · Fundraising $377,264$14,184,418
Part X · Balance sheet $40,307,028 assets, 18 lines filed
Asset lines not itemized here account for $19,714; see the IRS return.
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $5,200$5,245
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $3,808,236$4,160,986
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $1,993,296$1,010,366
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $112,674$91,121
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $295,949$286,990
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $117,161$337,109
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $21,516,977$21,070,201
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $10,702,616$12,720,127
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $686,341$605,169
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $39,248,146$40,307,028
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $685,841$709,199
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $844,857$1,706,623
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $149,205$498,801
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $6,804,193$6,525,275
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $19,592,686$20,055,804
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $12,851,267$13,725,949
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $32,443,953$33,781,753
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $39,248,146$40,307,028
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $33,781,753 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$13,915,401
XI-2 Total expenses$14,184,418
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$269,017
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$32,443,953
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$1,315,460
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$291,357
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$33,781,753

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2021 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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