Trinity Classical Academy is a non-profit, non-denominational tk-12 college preparatory christian school. The education is grounded in the Classical tradition, and the christian faith. The student body is represented by over 80 different churches in our community. Trinity Classical Academy is funded by tuition and third party donors.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
80¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 40 volunteers and 210 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
5 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $363K a year · 4% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 5 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 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
$790K
to officers and key staff · 7% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 7% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Named funders
4
named funders · $96K
Looks good: 4 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$17.1M
83% of total assets
Concern: liabilities are 83% of assets; over 80%.
Pt X · Ln 26
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Revenue
$11.3M
+4% vs prior year
Spent
$11.2M
To programs
80%
Net assets
$3.5M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$11.3M
FY2025▲ +4%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$8.6M
FY2021$10.0M
FY2022$9.8M
FY2023$10.1M
FY2024$10.9M
FY2025$11.3M
Expenses
$11.2M
FY2025▲ +5%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$9.1M
FY2021$8.7M
FY2022$9.3M
FY2023$9.8M
FY2024$10.6M
FY2025$11.2M
Net assets
$3.5M
FY2025▲ +6%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$814K
FY2021$2.2M
FY2022$2.7M
FY2023$3.1M
FY2024$3.3M
FY2025$3.5M

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending June 2025) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Apr 2001.

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

Where the money goes

80 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 80% · $8.9M Management & general 19% · $2.1M Fundraising 2% · $178K

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

11 people listed on the 990; $790K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2023); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
$208,944Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Operations Officer
$151,610Pt VII · Sec A
Principal - Upper School
$111,786Pt VII · Sec A
Director of Human Resources
$108,880Pt VII · Sec A
Finance Director
$108,289Pt VII · Sec A
Principal - Grammar School
$100,348Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Sarah E Caddow’s $209K as President is at the 40th 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 · 7 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Sarah E Caddow$208,944$202,223$210,459$201,365$175,120
Jeffrey Kulp$151,610————
John Brooks——$89,624$143,070$140,933
Wendy Massetto$111,786————
M Teresa Servera$108,880————
Andrew Pulford$108,289————
Matthew Dixon$100,348————

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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Programs and updates

Educates students TK-12 in classical tradition and Christian faith for college preparation.

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1 program · $8.9M · in their own filed words · FY2023
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Trinity began its 2022-2023 school year with a full TK-6 grammar school and a 7TH and 8TH grade logic school. In addition, trinity has a full 9TH - 12TH grade high school. Trinity graduated its 17TH 6TH grade class and 12TH 12TH grade class in 2023.

$8.9Mprogram expense

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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 · FY2024
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By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$11.3M
Ln 12
Other incomeLn 4–11$10.6M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$687K
Money outPt IX
$11.2M
Ln 25
Programscol B$8.9M
Managementcol C$2.1M
Fundraisingcol D$178K
Owns and owesPt X
$3.5M
net assets · Ln 32
Total assetsLn 16$20.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$17.1M
PeoplePt VI, VII
11
listed · VII A
PaidVII A6
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$687K
Other incomeLn 4–11$10.6M
Total revenueLn 12$11.3M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
Total assetsLn 16$20.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$17.1M
Net assetsLn 32$3.5M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5210
VolunteersI 640
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $11.3M$11.2M$165K$3.5M 990 PDF
FY2024 $10.9M$10.6M$253K$3.3M 990 PDF
FY2023 $10.1M$9.8M$318K$3.1M 990 PDF
FY2022 $9.8M$9.3M$561K$2.7M 990 PDF
FY2021 $10.0M$8.7M$1.3M$2.2M 990 PDF
FY2020 $8.6M$9.1M−$425K$814K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support O · Explanations

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

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