South Hills Catholic Academy
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 851426739
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2020–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- Phone
- (412) 631-3131
- Rating
- 80
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Primary, Elementary Schools
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $3,605,850
- Expenses
- $3,495,354
- Assets
- $3,467,950
- Liabilities
- $306,090
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
13 people listed
Highest reported compensation
- HARMONY STEWART (HEAD OF SCHOOL AND PRINICP): $139,163 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
& Charter Of South Hills Catholic Academy Mission Statement The mission of the South Hills Catholic Academy (SHCA) is to assist parents in the Christian spiritual, moral and intellectual formation of their children by ensuring the total development of each child – body, mind, and soul. The mission of the South Hills Catholic Academy (SHCA) is to assist parents in the Christian spiritual, moral and intellectual formation of their children by ensuring the total development of each child – body, mind, and soul. Charter.
What it reported doing in 2024
South hills catholic academy provides pre-k through 8th grade education for needy or immigrant families in the south hills region of pittsburgh at little to no cost to the families.shca adheres to the premise that all knowledge comes from god and can only be understood and lived fully in reference to him and endeavors to integrate traditional classroom instruction with a vibrant catholic sacramental and devotional life by: (1) offering shca students an intensive traditional curriculum covering all the major areas of the liberal arts and natural sciences, in an academic program that is both rigorous and challenging; (2) fostering in shca students a fuller understanding of, and deep appreciation for, the catholic faith in a manner completely loyal to the teaching authority of the roman catholic church; and (3) promoting a safe and disciplined educational culturefor children from diverse ethnic, socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds - one that fosters authentic christian friendship and service, and joyfully embraces the uniqueness of each child. Shca firmly believes that in today's complex world, other than an individual's own family, there is no institution in our society where the challenges that confront young children can be more effectively addressed than by a catholic school such as shca, where the first purpose is to remind students that they are both loved and lovable in jesus christ, and that only in him will they discover themselves and their calling in life.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- 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. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 73
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Accountability: 69
- Sustainability: 46
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 80.7%; rating input score 81
- Program expense ratio: 83.1%; rating input score 83
- 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: Yes; rating input score 100
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 2 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 25
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 3.1%; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.99; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.09; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 4%; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 28.8% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 23.6% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 36.3% per year; rating input score 100; 95th 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: 80.7% of revenue deployed · 83.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 12 of 12 board members independent · 2 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $2.9M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $139K · 13 people listed
- Consistency: 28 of 28 current checks pass
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and related organizations
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
- 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 7 not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 45/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 37/100.