Seeds Academy an Acton Academy
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 993736808
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2025–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2024
- Location
- Green Lane, PA, USA
- Rating
- 89
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Elementary, Secondary Education, K - 12
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $145,968
- Expenses
- $173,586
- Assets
- $12,375
- Liabilities
- $83,770
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
People named in this filing
- Christopher Hentschel (SECRETARY)
- Erica Casciello (Chairperson)
- Kara Lehman (Officer)
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 organization was formed to provide a learner-driven character-based educational environment for children and youth. Its primary purpose is to support the development of independent motivated and responsible learners by offering an innovative educational model that emphasizes real-world learning personal responsibility and the cultivation of strong character traits. The organization exists to empower students to discover their talents develop lifelong skills and grow into confident self-directed individuals who contribute positively to their communities.
What it reported doing in 2025
The organization operates a private learner-driven educational program serving children and youth in a mixed-age setting. The program provides an alternative to traditional schooling and is designed to support individualized academic growth character development and the development of independent learning skills. The programs primary activities include daily self-directed academic work in core subjects such as reading writing mathematics and science supported by mentors who facilitate rather than direct instruction. Students engage in project-based learning Socratic discussions entrepreneurial activities and real-world experiences such as student-run business fairs and community presentations. Learners set personal academic goals track progress and participate in regular reflection and portfolio review. The program serves families seeking a non-traditional educational model focused on student autonomy and responsibility. Students are grouped in multi-age studios where peer collaboration leadership development and mentoring across age levels are central components of the learning environment. Measurable outcomes include documented student progress toward individualized academic goals completion of projects and exhibitions of learning demonstrated growth in independence and self-management skills and development of character traits such as responsibility perseverance and collaboration. Student learning is assessed through portfolios mentor observations goal tracking systems and public presentations of work. The organizations overall outcome is to develop capable self-directed learners who demonstrate academic progress strong character and the ability to take ownership of their education and future goals.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 89% 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 total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 96
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 14
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 88.2%; rating input score 88
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: -18.9%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.07; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 6.77; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 88.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $153K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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 8/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 10/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 1/100.