Hillcrest Christian Academy
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 853385404
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2021–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Jul 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Bethel Park, PA, United States
- Phone
- 412-854-4040
- Rating
- 81
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Elementary, Secondary Education, K - 12
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,677,446
- Expenses
- $1,649,644
- Assets
- $3,015,925
- Liabilities
- $130,051
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
People named in this filing
- RICHARD SCHLIEPER JR (CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE)
- FLOYD E MCELHANEY JR (COMMITTEE MEMBER)
- JULIE DIXON (COMMITTEE MEMBER)
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
Teach the minds. Training hearts. The mission of HCA is to provide students a quality Christ-centered education in partnership with the family and church, teaching minds through academic excellence and training hearts in a Biblical worldview. Vision The vision of HCA is to academically prepare and spiritually equip students to impact the world for Christ. Major financial donor for the gym and high school additions and ongoing school and student needs Liason for local business and HCA for major financial support through the Educational Improvement Tax Credit program (EITC) “Hillcrest has a wonderful history replete with many people using their gifts and talents to make the Academy a flourishing beacon for the Lord. God has great plans to continue this legacy, positioning Hillcrest for ‘such a time as this’ to share the love and light of Jesus Christ with a hurting world.” Julie Dixon.
What it reported doing in 2024
Hillcrest christian academy is a fully accredited (by the association of christian schools international and the middle states association of colleges and schools)pre-k through grade 12 christian school. There are approximately 200 students that attend the school.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 73% 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: 71
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 94
- Sustainability: 53
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 79.5%; rating input score 80
- Program expense ratio: 80.9%; rating input score 81
- 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: 6 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 86
- 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: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 1.7%; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.83; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 1.9% per year; rating input score 100; 26th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 1.3% per year; rating input score 100; 20th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -3.3% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 79.5% of revenue deployed · 80.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 6 of 6 board members independent · 6 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.3M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 16 of 16 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2021 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.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 41/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 54/100.