Rochester Classical Academy FY2023 filing

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Rochester, NY501(c)(3)Since 2019EducationEIN 84-2617305Revenue $314K in FY2023

On file with the IRSrochesterclassicalacademy.org1775 East Ave, 14610-1822 · Rochester, NYTax-exempt since Mar 2020School — 170(b)(1)(A)(ii)

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The corporation is formed for the charitable purpose of providing education for students of grades PreK-12 in the greater Rochester, NY area. The mission of Rochester Classical Academy is to cultivate in students a godly character and a joyful spirit of inquiry into God and His creation, so that they can engage the world for Christ with wisdom, virtue, and eloquence.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
96¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$50K 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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FY2023 · 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
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IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
1 of 3
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $9K a year · 2% of revenue · last 3 filings
Concern: a surplus in 1 of the last 3 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 3 filings
Spent on programs
96%
of spending
Looks good: 96% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$50K
to officers and key staff · 14% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 14% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
2 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 2.0 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $55K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$0
0% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 0% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
5
of 5 voting members
Looks good: 5 of 5 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$314K
+82% vs prior year
Spent
$366K
To programs
96%
Net assets
$62K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$314K
FY2023▲ +82%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$73K
FY2021$173K
FY2023$314K
FY2024$365K
FY2025$447K
Expenses
$366K
FY2023
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020Not on file
FY2021Not on file
FY2023$366K
FY2024$330K
FY2025$456K
Net assets
$62K
FY2023▼ -12%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$10K
FY2021$71K
FY2023$62K
FY2024$97K
FY2025$92K

From the FY2023 Form 990 (year ending June 2023) · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Mar 2020.

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

Where the money goes

96 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 96% · $350K Management & general 4% · $15K

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

8 people listed on the 990; $50K 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
Head of School
$50,000Pt VII · Sec A
Director, President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director, Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Katherine Curtis’s $30K as School Principal is at the 22nd percentile of top reported officer pay among 1613 $100K–1M 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 · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023
Daniel Black——$50,000
Katherine Curtis$30,000$24,783—

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 2Yes
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

Programs and updates

Educates PreK-12 students in the greater Rochester, NY area.

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1 program · $350K · in their own filed words · FY2022
01

Education of students in grades PreK-5. Total of 45 students. 5 in PreK. 4 in K, 8 in first grade, 7 in second grade, 10 in third grade, 7 in fourth grade, and 4 in fifth grade.

$350Kprogram 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 · FY2023
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$55K

By the numbers

The FY2023 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$314K
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$237K
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$77K
Investment incomeLn 3$38
Money outPt IX
$366K
Ln 25
Programscol B$350K
Managementcol C$15K
Owns and owesPt X
$62K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$62K
Total assetsLn 16$62K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
PeoplePt VI, VII
8
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a5
IndependentVI 1b5
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$77K
Government grantsLn 1e$0
Noncash giftsLn 1g$0
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$0
Fees for servicesLn 2g$237K
Investment incomeLn 3$38
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$314K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$35K
SavingsLn 2$28K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$62K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Other assetsLn 15$0
Total assetsLn 16$62K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
Net assetsLn 32$62K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 59
VolunteersI 620
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aNo
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY23End FY23
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$121K$62K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0$0
Total assetsLn 16$121K$62K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0$0
Net assetsLn 32$121K$62K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$50K$50K$0$0
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0$0$0$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$188K$188K$0$0
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0$0$0$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$0$0$0$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$60K$60K$0$0
Management feesLn 11a$0$0$0$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0$0$0$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$2K$2K$745$0
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0$0$0$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0$0$0$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$0$0$0$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$1K$1K$0$0
Office expensesLn 13$326$0$326$0
Information technologyLn 14$7K$0$7K$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0$0$0$0
OccupancyLn 16$26K$26K$0$0
TravelLn 17$0$0$0$0
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0$0$0$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$3K$3K$0$0
InterestLn 20$0$0$0$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0$0$0$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$0$0$0$0
InsuranceLn 23$5K$5K$0$0
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$16K$16K$0$0
All other expensesLn 24e$7K$0$7K$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$366K$350K$15K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $447K$456K−$9K$92K 990 PDF
FY2024 $365K$330K$35K$97K 990 PDF
FY2023 Viewing $314K$366K−$52K$62K 990 PDF
FY2022 Not on file
FY2021 $173K$71K 990 PDF
FY2020 $73K$10K 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 FY2023 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $313,821 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grants$76,723
I-9 Program service revenue$237,060
I-10 Investment income$38
I-11 Other revenue$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $0$313,821
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefits$297,282
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expenses$68,384
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $0$365,666
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $0−$51,845
Part VI · Governance 5 of 5 board members independent, 5 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body5
VI-1b Independent voting members5
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyNo
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $313,821 across 15 lines filed
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$0
VIII-1b Membership dues$0
VIII-1c Fundraising events$0
VIII-1d Related organizations$0
VIII-1e Government grants$0
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$76,723
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$0
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$76,723
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $237,060 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$237,060
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $38 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$38
VIII-5 RoyaltiesRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsUnrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $237,098 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$313,821
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $365,666 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $0$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $0$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $0$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for membersPrograms $0$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $50,000 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$50,000
IX-6 Pay of disqualified personsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $187,606 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$187,606
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $59,676 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$59,676
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $1,693 · Management $745 · Fundraising $0$2,438
IX-11d Lobbying feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $0$0
IX-11f Investment management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $1,245 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$1,245
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $0 · Management $326 · Fundraising $0$326
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $0 · Management $6,954 · Fundraising $0$6,954
IX-15 RoyaltiesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $25,851 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$25,851
IX-17 TravelPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officialsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $2,821 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$2,821
IX-20 InterestPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliatesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $5,243 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$5,243
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $16,244 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$16,244
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $0 · Management $7,262 · Fundraising $0$7,262
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $350,379 · Management $15,287 · Fundraising $0$365,666
Part X · Balance sheet $62,069 assets, 22 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $28,772$34,518
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $92,118$27,551
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $0$0
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $0$0
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $0$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $0$0
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $0$0
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $0$0
X-13 Program-related investmentsStart of year $0$0
X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $0$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $0$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $120,890$62,069
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $0$0
X-18 Grants payableStart of year $0$0
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $0$0
X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $0$0
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $62,890$4,069
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $58,000$58,000
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $120,890$62,069
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $120,890$62,069
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $62,069 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$313,821
XI-2 Total expenses$365,666
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$51,845
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$120,890
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$0
XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities$0
XI-7 Investment expenses$0
XI-8 Prior period adjustments−$6,976
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$62,069

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