Oconee Christian Academy

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Seneca, SC501(c)(3)Since 1993EducationEIN 57-0978451Revenue $1.2M in FY2025

On file with the IRSoconeechristian.org150 His Way Cir, 29672-6876 · Seneca, SCTax-exempt since Jan 1995School — 170(b)(1)(A)(ii)

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Oconee Christian Academy exists to glorify God by nurturing students and equipping them to fulfill God's unique purpose for their lives.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
83¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 6 volunteers and 65 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
3 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $1K a year · under 1% 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
$94K
to officers and key staff · 6% of spending
Top officer’s pay lower than 73% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 6% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
<1 mo
of spending, in cash
Worth a look: 0.9 months of spending in cash; under 1.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $6K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$2.5M
78% of total assets
Worth a look: liabilities are 78% of assets; over 65%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
11
of 14 voting members
Looks good: 11 of 14 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$1.2M
-14% vs prior year
Spent
$1.6M
To programs
83%
Net assets
$700K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$1.2M
FY2025▼ -14%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$970K
FY2021$1.4M
FY2022$1.2M
FY2023$2.0M
FY2024$1.4M
FY2025$1.2M
Expenses
$1.6M
FY2025▲ +7%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$1.2M
FY2021$1.1M
FY2022$1.1M
FY2023$1.6M
FY2024$1.5M
FY2025$1.6M
Net assets
$700K
FY2025▼ -33%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$343K
FY2021$673K
FY2022$742K
FY2023$1.1M
FY2024$1.0M
FY2025$700K

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 Jan 1995.

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

Where the money goes

83 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 83% · $1.3M Management & general 17% · $267K Fundraising 0% · $5K

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

9 people listed on the 990; $94K 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 Dir.
$94,232Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Chairman
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Eric Johnson’s $94K as Executive Dir. is at the 27th 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 · 3 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Eric Johnson$94,232$92,769$90,000$41,538
Pamela Edgar-Crain—$28,708$44,231$51,212
Dean Bare———$23,325

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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1 program · $1.3M · in their own filed words · FY2024
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Academics demand excellence in the classroom from the teacher as well as in the individual students' performance. OCA students are expected to use their intelligence and spiritual strength to tackle and solve the challenges they face in the world.

$1.3Mprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$6K

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$1.2M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$744K
Other incomeLn 4–11$249K
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$163K
Money outPt IX
$1.6M
Ln 25
Programscol B$1.3M
Managementcol C$267K
Fundraisingcol D$5K
Owns and owesPt X
$700K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$112K
Total assetsLn 16$3.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$2.5M
PeoplePt VI, VII
9
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a14
IndependentVI 1b11
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$163K
Government grantsLn 1e$2K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$15K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$44K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$744K
Investment incomeLn 3$21K
Other incomeLn 4–11$249K
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$1.2M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$105K
SavingsLn 2$7K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$112K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$551K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$1.8M
Other assetsLn 15$0
Total assetsLn 16$3.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$2.5M
Net assetsLn 32$700K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 565
VolunteersI 66
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aNo
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
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$255K$112K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$815K$551K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$1.9M$1.8M
Total assetsLn 16$3.4M$3.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$2.4M$2.5M
Net assetsLn 32$1.0M$700K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$706$706
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$500$500
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$94K$94K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$793K$576K$218K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$0
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$70K$46K$24K
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$15K$15K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$43K$43K$275
Advertising and promotionLn 12$8K$6K$3K
Office expensesLn 13$41K$21K$19K$70
Information technologyLn 14$18K$12K$509$5K
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$171K$77K$94K
TravelLn 17$5K$5K$211
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$15K$15K
InterestLn 20$73K$324$73K
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$117K$117K
InsuranceLn 23$25K$25K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$76K$67K$8K$95
All other expensesLn 24e$10K$318K−$308K$72
Total functional expensesLn 25$1.6M$1.3M$267K$5K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $1.2M$1.6M−$401K$700K 990 PDF
FY2024 $1.4M$1.5M−$106K$1.0M 990 PDF
FY2023 $2.0M$1.6M$366K$1.1M 990 PDF
FY2022 $1.2M$1.1M$81K$742K 990 PDF
FY2021 $1.4M$1.1M$314K$673K 990 PDF
FY2020 $970K$1.2M−$248K$343K 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 FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $1,176,674 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $267,253$163,309
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $859,878$744,181
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $34,662$20,658
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $208,117$248,526
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,369,910$1,176,674
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $2,208$1,206
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $831,544$957,379
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $642,389$618,840
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $1,476,141$1,577,425
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$106,231−$400,751
Part VI · Governance 11 of 14 board members independent, 2 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body14
VI-1b Independent voting members11
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyNo
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $1,176,674 across 13 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $218,982 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1c Fundraising events$44,129
VIII-1e Government grants$1,772
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$117,408
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$15,184
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$163,309
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $744,181$744,181
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $20,658$20,658
VIII-5 Royalties$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossRelated to mission $18,934$18,934
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assets$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$4,197
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $6,413$6,413
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $1,009,168$1,176,674
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,577,425 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $706$706
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $500$500
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipients$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffManagement $94,232$94,232
IX-6 Pay of disqualified personsPrograms $575,582 · Management $217,629$793,211
IX-7 Other salaries and wages$0
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefits$0
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $45,775 · Management $24,161$69,936
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal fees$0
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $15,467$15,467
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $43,134 · Management $275$43,409
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $5,650 · Management $2,734$8,384
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $21,229 · Management $19,487 · Fundraising $70$40,786
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $12,342 · Management $509 · Fundraising $5,247$18,098
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $76,757 · Management $94,171$170,928
IX-17 TravelPrograms $5,101 · Management $211$5,312
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $15,324$15,324
IX-20 InterestPrograms $324 · Management $72,827$73,151
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $116,856$116,856
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $25,137$25,137
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $67,368 · Management $8,194 · Fundraising $95$75,657
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $318,444 · Management −$308,185 · Fundraising $72$10,331
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,305,092 · Management $266,849 · Fundraising $5,484$1,577,425
Part X · Balance sheet $3,192,197 assets, 20 lines filed
Asset lines not itemized here account for $2,968; see the IRS return.
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $207,723$105,059
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $47,421$7,010
X-3 Pledges and grants receivable$0
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $441,655$709,044
X-8 Inventories for sale or use$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $2,200$2,200
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $1,888,962$1,814,743
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $815,186$551,173
X-12 Other securities$0
X-13 Program-related investments$0
X-14 Intangible assets$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $7,601$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $3,410,748$3,192,197
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $48,175$19,561
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $613,818$833,416
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $2,362,491$2,492,453
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $736,740$375,336
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $311,517$324,408
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $1,048,257$699,744
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $3,410,748$3,192,197
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $699,744 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$1,176,674
XI-2 Total expenses$1,577,425
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$400,751
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$1,048,257
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$52,238
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$699,744

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

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