Hunter Classical Christian School

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
273385875
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2011
Location
Richmond, VA, United States
Phone
804-708-0048
Rating
68
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Elementary, Secondary Education, K - 12
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$4,361,679
Expenses
$1,975,533
Assets
$3,620,469
Liabilities
$683,161

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

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • JEFFREY BROWN (HEADMASTER): $131,475 total reported compensation
  • VANESSA PEETE (DEAN-ADMINIS): $66,103 total reported compensation
  • KENDALL WOLFSON (DEAN-ADVANCE): $56,503 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Challenge the Mind. Nourish the Spirit. Develop the Whole Child. • STORY • ADMINISTRATION, FACULTY & THE BOARD At Hunter, we begin with the end in mind. It is our highest calling to partner with parents in the formation of the next generation. In our students, we cultivate wisdom and virtue - the fruits of nourishing a soul in goodness, truth, and beauty through the Holy Scriptures and the liberal arts. At Hunter, we are committed to the great work of shaping the heart, soul, and mind of young people to live purposeful and abundant lives. We develop discernment in each child to equip them to be wise decision-makers who contribute to their communities with joy and satisfaction. At Hunter, students are taught to make connections across subjects and to learn to use all of their skills in every class and in the world. The result is a well-educated student who can see the rich...

What it reported doing in 2024

In the 2024-2025 school year, the hunter school grew its student body to serve 129 students while maintaining a 10:1 student teacher ratio. Hunter celebrated its 13-year anniversary of delivering its mission to challenge the mind, nourish the spirit, and develop the whole child in an atmosphere guided by christian principles. Hunter continues to expand its program offerings to include speech and debate for its logic school students and a sacred choir for the school. The school has adopted a k-12 vision for the school in order to complete the pedagogical model of classical christian education and encompass all three stages of the trivium: (1) the grammar stage (k-5th), (2) the logic stage (6th-8th), and (3) rhetoric stage (9th-12th). The first class of the rhetoric stage is anticipated in the 2025-26 school year.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 65% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 39
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 84
  • Sustainability: 69
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 28.2%; rating input score 28
  • Program expense ratio: 62.6%; rating input score 63
  • Fundraising efficiency: $5.45 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 19; 19th 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: 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 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • 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: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 54.7%; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.83; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.19; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 12.9%; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 28.3% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 43.1% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 50.9% per year; rating input score 100; 98th 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: 28.2% of revenue deployed · 62.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 6 of 6 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.2M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $131K · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 31 of 31 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2020 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: Mission deployment rate scored 28/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 19/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 7 not reported.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 59/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 23/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 45/100.