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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by HERITAGE CLASSICAL ACADEMY.

Totals

Total revenue
$12,265,924
Total expenses
$5,641,409
Contributions and grants received
$7,880,865
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$4,242,058
Investment income
$118,697
Other revenue
$24,304
Total assets, end of year
$17,138,389
Total liabilities, end of year
$5,324,574
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$11,813,815
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$4,638,310
Management and general expenses
$814,932
Fundraising expenses
$188,167
Program service expenses (Part III)
$4,638,310

Program services were 82.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $106,700

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $7,774,165

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TUITION & FEES

    total $4,034,468 · related or exempt $4,034,468

  • 2b · Program service revenue: STUDENT SERVICES

    total $207,590 · related or exempt $207,590

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $118,697 · excluded $118,697

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $56,200

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $106,700

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $59,267

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$3,067 · excluded -$3,067

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $27,371 · related or exempt $27,371

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $27,371

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $135,237 · program services $121,802 · management and general $13,435

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $3,040,738 · program services $2,738,671 · management and general $302,067

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $27,827 · program services $25,063 · management and general $2,764

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $193,864 · program services $174,605 · management and general $19,259

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $221,516 · program services $199,511 · management and general $22,005

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $140,938 · program services $98,657 · management and general $42,281

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $35,505 · program services $24,853 · management and general $10,652

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $45,994 · program services $32,196 · management and general $13,798

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $63,400 · program services $44,380 · management and general $19,020

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $111,040 · program services $77,728 · management and general $33,312

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $252,369 · program services $176,658 · management and general $75,711

  • 20 · Interest

    total $265,940 · program services $186,158 · management and general $79,782

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $167,752 · program services $117,426 · management and general $50,326

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $55,211 · program services $38,648 · management and general $16,563

  • 24a · Other expenses: TEACHING AND CURRICULUM

    total $179,799 · program services $179,799

  • 24b · Other expenses: EDUCATION AND PROGRAM

    total $168,755 · program services $168,755

  • 24c · Other expenses: UTILITIES AND MAINTENAN

    total $165,487 · program services $114,962 · management and general $50,525

  • 24d · Other expenses: STAFF DEVELOPMENT

    total $48,363 · program services $33,854 · management and general $14,509

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $321,674 · program services $84,584 · management and general $48,923 · fundraising $188,167

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $736,911 · end of year $1,469,956

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,407,887 · end of year $424,878

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $11,946 · end of year $1,083,737

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $93,630 · end of year $20,214

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $14,311,617

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $435,834

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $2,413,537 · end of year $13,875,783

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $228,911

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $11,845 · end of year $34,910

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $242,908 · end of year $288,408

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    end of year $5,000,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $11,845 · end of year $36,166

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $4,059,199 · end of year $10,379,426

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $361,804 · end of year $1,434,389

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

IN PARTNERSHIP WITH PARENTS, HCA DEVELOPS STUDENTS WHO IMPACT THE KINGDON AND THEIR CULTURE B EMPLOYING A CHRIST-CENTERED CURRICULUM TAUGHT WITH EXCELLENCE BY GIFTED EDUCATORS WHO EMBRACE THE CLASSICAL MODEL OF EDUCATION. HCA EMPHASIZED THE ALL-SURPASSING TRUTH, GOODNESS, AND BEAUTY OF JESUS, STRIVING TO MAKE HIM KNOWN, LOVED AND REFLECTED BY OUR STUDENTS. THIS IS REINFORCED THROUGH PURPOSEFUL, DAILY MODELING AND INSTRUCTIONS BY TEACHERS AND STAFF BOTH IN THE CLASSROOM AND BY OFFERING STUDENTS OPPORTUNITIES TO PRACTICE CHRISTIAN VALUES IN THE AREAS OF SERVICE, ART, MUSIC AND SPORTS

Activities or mission (Part I)

CLASSICAL CHRISTIAN K-12 SCHOOL WHOSE MISSION IS TO CULTIVATE LIFE-LONG LEARNERS WHO THINK AND LIVE FOR CHRIST

  • SEE SCHEDULE OHERITAGE CLASSICAL ACADEMY EXISTS TO EQUIP STUDENTS TO THINK AND LIVE FOR THE GLORY OF JESUS CHRIST. HCA OFFERS TWO DISTINC TRACKS TO SERVE OUR FAMILIES. AT THE ACADEMY, STUDENTS ATTEND CLASSES ON A TRADITIONAL FIVE DAYS PER WEEK SCHEDULE. AT THE STUDY CENTER, WE PARTNER WITH HOMESCHOOL FAMILIES TWO DAYS PER WEEK TO SUPPORT THEIR EFFORTS. IN PARTNERSHIP WITH PARENTS AND GUIDED BY THE SCRIPTURES, WE STRIVE TO EDUCATE STUDENTS IN THE CLASSICAL TRADITIONS, SO THAT THEY MAY GROW IN KNOWLEDGE, WISDOM, AND LOVE OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. WE HOPE TO ENCOURAGE OUR STUDENTS TO USE THEIR GIFTS IN THE SERVICE OF OTHERS, FOR THE GLORY OF CHRIST AND HIS CHURCH. LOCATED ON 2 CAMPUSES (PENINSULA AND BAINBRIDGE) HCA HAS BEEN IN PARTNERSHIP WITH FAMILIES SINCE 2003 TO PROVIDE CHRIST-CENTERED AND CLASSICAL TEACHING. WE OFFER CLASSES IN PHONICS, READING, GRAMMAR, COMPOSITION, LITERATURE, LATIN, HISTORY, LOGIC, MATH, PRE-ALGEBRA, ALGEBRA I, AND SCIENCE FOR STUDENTS IN GRADE K-10TH.

    Expenses $4,638,310 · Revenue $4,269,429

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • JOHN LURTZ

    CHAIR, TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • DEREK MANTEL

    VICE CHAIR, TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • JOHN ZALLER

    TREASURER, TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • AARON SNYDER

    SECRETARY, TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • SAM WILSEY

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • GEORGE OCHENJELE

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • KEVIN KLEPPINGER

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • KIP LEE

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • JOSH WALLACE

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • WENDI BORKEY

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • DAVID NEES

    HEAD OF SCHOOL

    Total calculated
    $135,237
    From this org
    $135,237
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    45

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
6 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202511329349301981

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