Oaks Academy

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
994744266
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Washington, PA, USA
Phone
3368807090
Rating
86
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Secondary, High School
Affiliation
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$144,483
Expenses
$87,400
Assets
$80,422

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Chad Ashby (Head of School and President of Board)
  • James Dudt (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Chad Ashby (Head of School and President of Board)
  • Valorie Checque (Secretary)
  • James Dudt (Vice President)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The Oaks Academy is incorporated under the Pennsylvania Nonprofit Corporation Law of 1988 exclusively for charitable religious and educational purposes as defined in Section 501c3 of the Internal Revenue Code including without limitation for the following purposes: To provide an excellent Christian classically-minded education through academic core classes elective classes and recreational and community activities; to receive gifts contributions and grants of money or property from individuals and private organizations and to apply pay over or disburse those gifts contributions and grants or their proceeds for the benefit of the students and staff of The Oaks Academy with this objective to be furthered by funding assisting or undertaking programs and activities designed to strengthen the services organization performance competence and professionalism of The Oaks Academy and its staff and students.

What it reported doing in 2025

The Oaks Academy provided a private religious education for 7th-10th graders. Classes including Algebra Geometry Earth Science History Latin Physics and Bible classes. Our Christian education program required 5 faculty 2 full-time and 2 part-time. This program provided for the full educational requirements under the PA DoE for secondary schools.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 88% 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.

The verdict

STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 75
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 65
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 60.5%; rating input score 60
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 39.5%; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.92; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 194.4% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 135.3% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 110% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 60.5% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $87K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
  • 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.

  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 56/100.