Ohio · Nonprofit
COLUMBUS CLASSICAL ACADEMY
COLUMBUS CLASSICAL ACADEMY (Ohio) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,235,544 to it, the largest being MICHAEL AND ANDREA GROSS FAMILY FOUNDATI ($440,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.2M
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $1.2M
- Net assets
- $781k
What Columbus Classical Academy does
Mission
Columbus Classical Academy inculcates in our students, through a genuine and rigorous classical education in the liberal arts and sciences, the knowledge and virtue upon which independent, responsible, and joyful lives are built, in the firm belief that such lives are the foundation of a free and flourishing republic.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
In august 2023, Columbus Classical Academy opened its doors to 61 students in grades k-8, providing a rigorous, liberal arts education using hillsdale colleges world class, k-12 curriculum. Nearly 300,000 in tuition assistance was given to families in need, while approximately 60% of the total operating budget went toward retaining ccas exceptional faculty and staff. Instruction in the elementary grades utilized the singapore math curriculum, explicit phonics, and classic childrens literature. Upper school students conducted over 90 science labs, read and discussed great literary works, and learned history, from the ancient to the modern era. More than 250 recitations of classic poetry and great speeches were performed by students over the course of the year. Every student received instruction in the fine arts, creating works of their own, as well as mimicking those of the masters like van gogh and matisse. Students also put on ccas inaugural christmas and spring concerts, singing and playing instruments like the ukelele and piano. The schools theater club performed alice in wonderland; every student competed in the greek games; upper school students received training in etiquette…
$1,934,391 spent$807,971 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,934,391.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 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 $6.9M to $8.2M (+19%).
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.
60% of COLUMBUS CLASSICAL ACADEMY’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 3 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
2022 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $340k → $367k.
3 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 14% 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 COLUMBUS 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
COLUMBUS CLASSICAL ACADEMY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 36% of grant income and the top three 77%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 71% · 2023 27% — 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.
Where its funders are
100% of COLUMBUS CLASSICAL ACADEMY's grant income comes from Ohio funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $179k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
COLUMBUS CLASSICAL ACADEMY's funding base is broadening — from 3 funders to 5 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,398 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like COLUMBUS 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 Ohio
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
76% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for COLUMBUS CLASSICAL ACADEMY: 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 COLUMBUS CLASSICAL ACADEMY?
- COLUMBUS CLASSICAL ACADEMY (Ohio) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,235,544 to it, the largest being MICHAEL AND ANDREA GROSS FAMILY FOUNDATI ($440,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does COLUMBUS CLASSICAL ACADEMY have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $1,235,544 in grants to COLUMBUS CLASSICAL ACADEMY, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of COLUMBUS CLASSICAL ACADEMY?
- MICHAEL AND ANDREA GROSS FAMILY FOUNDATI is the largest funder on record, with $440,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like COLUMBUS CLASSICAL ACADEMY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ohio. 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 2023–2025), and the filings of 8 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