Colorado · Nonprofit
AUGUSTINE CLASSICAL ACADEMY
AUGUSTINE CLASSICAL ACADEMY (Colorado) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $428,551 to it, the largest being Greater Horizons ($225,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 79% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $3.8M
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $429k
- Net assets
- $3.2M
What Augustine Classical Academy does
Mission
Augustine Classical Academy exists to partner with families in providing an education that is classical and christian; to equip students to know, love, and practice what is true, good, and beautiful; (continued on schedule o)and to challenge them to strive for excellence as they live for the glory of god and the good of all people.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Aca enrolled and educated 216 students in grades ece - 12 in alignment with our mission.
$2,520,690 spentof which $537,072 as grants$2,355,373 earned by the program96% of program spendingAca provided additional enrichment and extracurricular opportunities to students above and beyond the standard curriculum objectives.
$99,958 spent$110,601 earned by the program4% of program spendingAca engaged families to participate in the education of their children.
$8,940 spent$2,979 earned by the program0% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,629,588.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $215k to $3.3M (+1413%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2024 8%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
27% of AUGUSTINE CLASSICAL ACADEMY’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
David Leedy
Executive director
Board chair
Whitney Bride
Board chair (part year)
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income rose $6k → $62k.
6 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 79% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of AUGUSTINE CLASSICAL ACADEMY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
AUGUSTINE CLASSICAL ACADEMY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 53% of grant income and the top three 81%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
79% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund AUGUSTINE CLASSICAL ACADEMY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 83% · 2018 59% · 2020 59% · 2021 51% · 2022 48% · 2023 80% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
60% of AUGUSTINE CLASSICAL ACADEMY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 67% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
79% of AUGUSTINE CLASSICAL ACADEMY's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $89k that is directly attributable, 84% of it comes from Colorado funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $340k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
AUGUSTINE CLASSICAL ACADEMY runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 9,398 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,398 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like AUGUSTINE CLASSICAL ACADEMY
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Colorado
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
81% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds AUGUSTINE CLASSICAL ACADEMY?
- AUGUSTINE CLASSICAL ACADEMY (Colorado) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $428,551 to it, the largest being Greater Horizons ($225,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 79% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does AUGUSTINE CLASSICAL ACADEMY have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $428,551 in grants to AUGUSTINE CLASSICAL ACADEMY, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AUGUSTINE CLASSICAL ACADEMY?
- Greater Horizons is the largest funder on record, with $225,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AUGUSTINE CLASSICAL ACADEMY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Colorado. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2020–2025), and the filings of 9 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing