Community Academy of Philadelphia

Legal name: Community Academy Public Charter School Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
522112449
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2013
Official website data refreshed
Aug 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2013
Location
Philadelphia, PA, US
Phone
(215) 533-6700
Rating
70
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Charter Schools

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$29,597,571
Expenses
$28,632,768
Assets
$31,062,028
Liabilities
$26,451,434

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2013. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

16 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • BRENDA BETHEA (TRUSTEE): $171,438 total reported compensation
  • RACHELLE ROBERTS (TRUSTEE): $126,969 total reported compensation
  • TOOSDHI WILLIAMS-TUCKER (TRUSTEE): $124,635 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2013. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The mission of Community Academy of Philadelphia is to provide a safe, inclusive, and affirming environment where every student is empowered to learn, thrive, and lead. The school is dedicated to preparing students for the challenges of democracy and an increasingly interconnected global society, with high expectations for every student and strong academic outcomes across all student groups.

What it reported doing in 2013

The school's students have an opportunity to fill their after-school hours with fun and engaging educational opportunities offered in a supportive and structured environment. The after school program, available to parents for a modest fee, includes homework time, teacher-assisted tutoring, a hot meal, and creative activities taken from the multidiscipline kids kit curriculum. These activities allow children to investigate their own community, learn about other countries and cultures, explore the planets, help protect our earth, and consider the qualities and skills needed to be a homegrown hero like a firefighter or a police officer. Students in the after school program may also learn martial arts or receive instruction in gardening, dance, music or art. Field trips are offered to children enrolled in kids house on days when the school is closed for staff development.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 92% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and most voting board members are independent. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and assets have declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 69
  • Transparency & Controls: 60
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 48
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 76.5%; rating input score 77
  • Program expense ratio: 79.1%; rating input score 79
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 3.3%; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.08; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.85; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 2.6%; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 3.2% per year; rating input score 100; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -5.2% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 4 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 76.5% of revenue deployed · 79.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 13 of 13 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $22.7M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $171K · 16 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $4.8M reported
  • Consistency: 32 of 32 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes executive pay
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2009 to 2013
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 6 filed money-flow records
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 53/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 47/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 14/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.