New Jersey · Nonprofit
CLASSICAL ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL OF CLIFTON INC
CLASSICAL ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL OF CLIFTON INC (New Jersey) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $60,754 to it, the largest being NEW JERSEY PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION A NJ NON PROFIT CORPORATION ($60,754). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $3.7M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $61k
- Net assets
- $3.5M
What Classical Academy Charter School of Clifton Inc does
Mission
The classical academy charter school of clifton's (the "charter school") mission is to blend core traditional learning foundations and modern day educational initiatives to create a progressive learning environment. Through the fusion of a curriculum deeply rooted in humanities and liberal arts and our comprehensive mathematics and science program, classical academy strives to foster not only scholastic achievements but also the growth of our students as future leaders through the infusion of core values and positive social learning experiences.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Classical academy charter school of clifton provides a full range of educational services appropriate to grades 6-8. These services include regular, as well as special education and basic skills instruction. The charter school completed the 2024-2025 school year with an enrollment of 183 students. The classical academy charter school of clifton's three year academic program in grades 6, 7, and 8 and its practices and policies continue to prove highly effective in producing high student learning. The classical academy charter school of clifton has produced outstanding results, consistently at the highest levels, is not a subjective appraisal. In 2008 the federal dept. Of education honored the school with a "national blue ribbon school of excellence award (only the 2nd new jersey public charter school in 16 years to be so honored); in 2012 the new jersey dept. Of education designated the classical academy charter school of clifton a 'reward' school, its designation for high-achieving public schools, charter and traditional; and in 2013, the 'national new campaign for achievement now' (njcan), a citizens education action group, recognized the classical academy charter school of…
$1,793,818 spent$3,080,790 earned by the program86% of program spendingThe charter school implemented the every student succeeds act (essa) successful young charter school with great promise for the future. With a focus on leadership, civics, community service and academics, the charter school maintains a large waiting list for entrance and is armed with a strong board, experienced staff, significant seed funding, a well-developed mission and accompanying core values. And the idea programs. These programs were enacted by congress to preauthorize the elementary and secondary education act with major focus on providing all children with fair, equal and significant opportunity to have a high quality education through enrichment activities.
$296,547 spent14% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,090,365.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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 2020 to 2021, from $904k to $2.0M (+122%).
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: 2017 27% · 2018 18% · 2019 30% · 2020 22% · 2021 17% · 2022 24% · 2023 29% · 2024 29% · 2025 16%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
16% of CLASSICAL ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL OF CLIFTON INC’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. 5 of the last 9 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.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of CLASSICAL ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL OF CLIFTON INC’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.
Where its funders are
100% of CLASSICAL ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL OF CLIFTON INC's grant income comes from New Jersey funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
CLASSICAL ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL OF CLIFTON INC 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 CLASSICAL ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL OF CLIFTON INC
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 New Jersey
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CLASSICAL ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL OF CLIFTON INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CLASSICAL ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL OF CLIFTON INC?
- CLASSICAL ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL OF CLIFTON INC (New Jersey) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $60,754 to it, the largest being NEW JERSEY PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION A NJ NON PROFIT CORPORATION ($60,754). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CLASSICAL ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL OF CLIFTON INC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $60,754 in grants to CLASSICAL ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL OF CLIFTON INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CLASSICAL ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL OF CLIFTON INC?
- NEW JERSEY PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION A NJ NON PROFIT CORPORATION is the largest funder on record, with $60,754 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CLASSICAL ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL OF CLIFTON INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New Jersey. 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 1 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