Heritage Christian Academy
Legal name: Heritage Christian Academy of East Tenn
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 731707351
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- New Tazewell, TN, United States
- Phone
- (423) 526-2807
- Rating
- 87
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Elementary, Secondary Education, K - 12
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $679,253
- Expenses
- $711,977
- Assets
- $1,955,626
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- DION MOUNTAIN (PRESIDENT)
- ANTHONY MOUNTAIN (VICE PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- DION MOUNTAIN (PRESIDENT)
- ANTHONY MOUNTAIN (VICE PRESIDENT)
- ANDREA MOUNTAIN (SECRETARY)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The mission of Heritage Christian Academy is to provide a quality education without compromising spiritual integrity. & Purpose Mission Statement The mission of Heritage Christian Academy is to provide a quality education without compromising spiritual integrity, to equip children spiritually, academically and physically for today and eternity. The mission of Heritage Christian Academy is to provide a quality education without compromising spiritual integrity, to equip children spiritually, academically and physically for today and eternity. Our Purpose. The school has been designed to provide K-3 through 8th grades and we hope to add 9th through 12th grades progressively each year. HCA has an average ratio of 1 teacher for every 10 students. The building has almost 30,000 sq. ft.: it is fully equipped with offices for staff support, outside playgrounds, regulation size gymnasium, a...
What it reported doing in 2024
Heritage christian academy is an elementary school serving grades pre-k thru 8 with learning in a christian environment. The school had 141 students enrolled for the 2024-2025 school year.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 72% 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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 89
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 88
- Sustainability: 53
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 99.5%; rating input score 100
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -4.8%; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.75; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 2.8% per year; rating input score 100; 30th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 2.1% per year; rating input score 100; 25th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -2.5% per year; rating input score 0; 11th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 99.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $709K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 24 of 24 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 24/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.