Currey Ingram Academy

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Brentwood, TN501(c)(3)Since 1968EducationEIN 62-1296326Revenue $31.0M in FY2025

On file with the IRScurreyingram.org6544 Murray Ln, 37027-5515 · Brentwood, TNTax-exempt since Oct 1987School — 170(b)(1)(A)(ii)

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The mission of Currey Ingram Academy is to provide an exemplary k-12 day and boarding program that empowers students with learning differences to achieve their fullest potential.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
91¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 35 volunteers and 209 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
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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
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 $2.0M a year · 9% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
91%
of spending
Looks good: 91% 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 · 5% of spending
Top officer’s pay higher than 91% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 5% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
7 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 6.9 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $5K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$10.9M
14% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 14% 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
$31.0M
+0.3% vs prior year
Spent
$25.5M
To programs
91%
Net assets
$68.9M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$31.0M
FY2025+0.3%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$15.3M
FY2021$19.8M
FY2022$19.8M
FY2023$25.2M
FY2024$31.0M
FY2025$31.0M
Expenses
$25.5M
FY2025▲ +5%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$15.9M
FY2021$18.6M
FY2022$21.2M
FY2023$24.2M
FY2024$24.4M
FY2025$25.5M
Net assets
$68.9M
FY2025▲ +13%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$49.9M
FY2021$52.1M
FY2022$49.2M
FY2023$52.3M
FY2024$61.0M
FY2025$68.9M

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 Oct 1987.

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

Where the money goes

91 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 91% · $23.1M Management & general 8% · $2.1M Fundraising 1% · $216K

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

26 people listed on the 990; $1.2M 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
Head of School
$536,126Pt VII · Sec A
Assistant Head of School
$162,000Pt VII · Sec A
Director of Finance
$150,000Pt VII · Sec A
Head - Lower School
$110,577Pt VII · Sec A
Head - Middle School
$108,718Pt VII · Sec A
Director - Residential Life
$100,767Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Jeff Mitchell’s $536K as Head of School is at the 91st 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 · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Jeff Mitchell$536,126$496,396$503,770———
Dr Jeffrey Mitchell———$503,770$351,594$363,533
Chad J Handshy————$172,673$189,195
Kelly Fish$162,000$125,000$111,275———
Jim Holzer—$157,333————
Mirza Jasarevski$150,000—————
Mary Ragsdale——$122,065———
Mary Raggsdale———$122,065——

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

Empowers students with learning differences to reach their full potential through a K-12 program.

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1 program · $23.1M · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Currey ingram academy is a nonprofit kindergarten through twelfth grade college preparatory school of approximately 400 students who have learning differences.

$23.1Mprogram 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$5K

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$31.0M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$25.0M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$4.9M
Investment incomeLn 3$582K
Money outPt IX
$25.5M
Ln 25
Programscol B$23.1M
Managementcol C$2.1M
Fundraisingcol D$216K
Owns and owesPt X
$68.9M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$14.6M
Total assetsLn 16$79.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$10.9M
PeoplePt VI, VII
26
listed · VII A
PaidVII A6
Voting boardVI 1a20
IndependentVI 1b20
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$4.9M
Government grantsLn 1e$1.2M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$1.3M
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$115K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$25.0M
Investment incomeLn 3$582K
Other incomeLn 4–11$505K
Gains on assetsLn 7$84K
Total revenueLn 12$31.0M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$970K
SavingsLn 2$13.7M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$14.6M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$22.7M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$34.7M
Total assetsLn 16$79.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$10.9M
Net assetsLn 32$68.9M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5209
VolunteersI 635
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 FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$9.6M$14.6M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$18.9M$22.7M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$36.0M$34.7M
Total assetsLn 16$72.9M$79.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$11.9M$10.9M
Net assetsLn 32$61.0M$68.9M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$3.7M$3.7M
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$622K$568K$46K$8K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$10.7M$9.8M$787K$143K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$305K$264K$41K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$279K$241K$37K
Payroll taxesLn 10$819K$709K$110K
Legal feesLn 11b$85K$85K
Accounting feesLn 11c$69K$69K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$97K$96K$1K$62
Advertising and promotionLn 12$246K$222K$564$23K
Office expensesLn 13$135K$82K$54K$78
Information technologyLn 14$160K$151K$9K$38
OccupancyLn 16$488K$78K$410K
InterestLn 20$4K$4K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$2.5M$2.5M
InsuranceLn 23$229K$229K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$4.0M$3.6M$432K$33K
All other expensesLn 24e$974K$906K$61K$7K
Total functional expensesLn 25$25.5M$23.1M$2.1M$216K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $31.0M$25.5M$5.6M$68.9M 990 PDF
FY2024 $31.0M$24.4M$6.6M$61.0M 990 PDF
FY2023 $25.2M$24.2M$1.0M$52.3M 990 PDF
FY2022 $19.8M$21.2M−$1.4M$49.2M 990 PDF
FY2021 $19.8M$18.6M$1.1M$52.1M 990 PDF
FY2020 $15.3M$15.9M−$620K$49.9M 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 $31,044,308 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $6,311,687$4,912,896
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $23,658,657$25,044,889
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $600,090$581,628
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $394,711$504,895
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $30,965,145$31,044,308
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $3,620,525$3,746,180
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $11,822,109$12,717,769
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $8,915,844$9,008,150
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $24,358,478$25,472,099
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $6,606,667$5,572,209
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 $31,044,308 across 11 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $525,760 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1c Fundraising events$115,000
VIII-1e Government grants$1,153,178
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$3,644,718
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$1,306,503
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$4,912,896
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $24,519,129$24,519,129
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $497,557$497,557
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossExcluded from tax $473,635$473,635
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $84,071$84,071
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax $31,260$31,260
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $25,044,889 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $1,086,523$31,044,308
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $25,472,099 across 18 lines filed
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $3,746,180$3,746,180
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $568,154 · Management $45,835 · Fundraising $8,313$622,302
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $9,761,586 · Management $787,495 · Fundraising $142,825$10,691,906
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $264,441 · Management $41,010$305,451
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $241,370 · Management $37,432$278,802
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $709,307 · Management $110,001$819,308
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $84,940$84,940
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $69,090$69,090
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $95,718 · Management $1,288 · Fundraising $62$97,068
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $222,444 · Management $564 · Fundraising $23,482$246,490
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $81,505 · Management $53,841 · Fundraising $78$135,424
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $151,071 · Management $8,952 · Fundraising $38$160,061
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $77,695 · Management $410,440$488,135
IX-20 InterestPrograms $4,238$4,238
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $2,474,940$2,474,940
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $229,489$229,489
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $3,578,682 · Management $431,904 · Fundraising $33,431$4,044,017
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $905,731 · Management $61,063 · Fundraising $7,464$974,258
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $23,112,551 · Management $2,143,855 · Fundraising $215,693$25,472,099
Part X · Balance sheet $79,801,771 assets, 17 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $1,502,249$969,603
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $8,119,453$13,669,525
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $7,226,974$6,713,248
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $792,888$703,736
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $89,148$89,148
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $266,499$241,269
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $35,971,835$34,666,396
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $18,912,293$22,748,846
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $72,881,339$79,801,771
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $224,728$185,880
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $8,128,312$8,025,672
X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $3,577,172$2,648,600
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $11,930,212$10,860,152
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $45,830,051$53,240,229
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $15,121,076$15,701,390
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $60,951,127$68,941,619
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $72,881,339$79,801,771
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $68,941,619 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$31,044,308
XI-2 Total expenses$25,472,099
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$5,572,209
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$60,951,127
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$2,418,283
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$68,941,619

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

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