Holy Trinity Classical Christian School

Legal name: Holy Trinity Classical Christian School Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
452702539
IRS 990 coverage
2014–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Beaufort, SC, USA
Phone
(843) 522-0660
Rating
88
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Education N.E.C.
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$4,894,495
Expenses
$5,383,540
Assets
$12,466,174
Liabilities
$4,821,688

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • NOAH MARQUARDT (PRESIDENT)
  • JOSHUA STONE (VICE PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • KEVIN BOLEN (HEAD OF SCHOOL): $102,081 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The mission of Holy Trinity is to be a distinctly classical and distinctively Christian, entering into a partnership with parents as we educate students in grades Preschool through 12th with a Biblical worldview. The school will be committed to the pursuit of truth, wisdom, scholastic excellence, and the love of learning. With the Holy Scriptures as the foundation for all they learn, our students will be ambassadors of the Kingdom of God, prepared to defend and advance the apostolic Christian faith.

What it reported doing in 2024

Thirteenth year of operations at a preschool through 12th grade classical christian school. Our preschool consisted of 2 year old, 3 year old, and 4 year old classrooms. Our grammar school consisted of kindergarten through 6th grade. Our upper school consisted of 7th grade through 12th grade. We completed our thirteenth school year with 39 students enrolled in preschool, 137 students enrolled in grammar school, and 92 students enrolled in upper school. Our classical curriculum includes study of literature, music, art theory, mathematics, sciences, history, and various religious studies. In late august 2025, we commenced our fourteenth year operating a preschool through 12th grade classical christian school. Our beginning enrollment for the fourteenth school year was 41 students enrolled in preschool, 157 students enrolled in grammar school, and 59 students enrolled in upper school.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 78% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 83% 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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 88
  • Transparency & Controls: 94
  • Accountability: 90
  • Sustainability: 38
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 93.8%; rating input score 94
  • Fundraising efficiency: $4.34 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings

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: 99.6%; rating input score 100; 39th percentile among comparable filings
  • 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 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -10%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.32; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.39; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 1.9%; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 11% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 9.4% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 16.5% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 93.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $5M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $102K · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 35 of 35 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2014 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 14/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 13/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 28/100.