Tate Academy Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
923414349
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Hiawassee, GA, USA
Phone
6789387929
Rating
92
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Specialized Education Institutions

Reported finances

Revenue
$150,453
Expenses
$141,691
Assets
$59,237
Liabilities
$739

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

People named in this filing

  • Jonathan Lawrence (Director)
  • Melanie Lawrence (Director)
  • Danielle Silver (Director)

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

To provide classroom education for children with autism diagnoses.

What it reported doing in 2025

During 2025, Tate Academy maintained accreditation by the Georgia Accrediting Commission for grades PreK through 6th grade. The school enrolled a total of nine students and all are doing well academically and behavorially. Tte Academy participated in Special Olympics in Spring and Fall.Tate Academy hired its full-time teacher and promoted Karlee Teague to ABA Director. The school completed renovation of its new space.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 99% 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 - 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: 90
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 43
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 88.2%; rating input score 88
  • Program expense ratio: 93.6%; rating input score 94

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: 5.8%; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.42; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 69.8% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 59.2% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 52.5% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 88.2% of revenue deployed · 93.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $133K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 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.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 46/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 33/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 36/100.