California · Nonprofit
DONUM DEI CLASSICAL ACADEMY
DONUM DEI CLASSICAL ACADEMY (California) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,406,265 to it, the largest being NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC ($609,342). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 93% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.6M
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $1.4M
- Net assets
- $659k
What Donum Dei Classical Academy does
Mission
Donum dei equips students to be virtuous scholars and servant-leaders who are known, loved, and formed through a rigorous classical, christ-centered education grounded in biblical truth.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Grammar school - the grammar school at donum dei focuses on both student development and curricular practices as we seek to nourish the minds, hearts, and bodies of our youngest learners. Beginning with 1st grade and extending through 5th grade, students are taught the fundamental rules and core knowledge of each subject using classical christian education pedagogy.
$849,070 spent$340,000 earned by the program59% of program spendingEarly childhood education - the early childhood education program (transitional kindergarten and kindergarten) lays foundations through classical christian pedagogy. We nurture young minds with rich literature, sensory experiences, and playful discovery that honor each child's natural curiosity. Students engage with foundational knowledge through songs, movement, and hands-on activities, cultivating wonder and joy in learning. In these formative years, we emphasize character virtues within a christ-centered environment that prepares students for both academic success and spiritual growth.
$213,082 spent$406,737 earned by the program15% of program spendingLogic school - the logic school (6th-8th grades) at donum dei is a spiritually robust and academically rigorous program designed for middle school students. The logic phase of classical education is where students begin to use reason to make sense of their knowledge and experiences. Moving on from the songs and chants that are used as tools to commit knowledge to memory during the grammar phase, students begin to engage in socratic discussions and debate, and most importantly, turn toward wonder about the things they are learning. We help guide students as they develop that sense of wonder and grow their ability to develop sound reasoning based on what they know of god's truth.
$133,039 spent$253,000 earned by the program9% of program spendingEnrichment classes, student life, after school programs, professional development/networking, events
$250,857 spent$143,827 earned by the program17% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,446,048.
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 2022 to 2023, from $819k to $1.2M (+53%).
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: 2020 5% · 2023 15% · 2025 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
27% of DONUM DEI 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. 2 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $52k → $503k.
5 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 93% 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 DONUM DEI 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
DONUM DEI CLASSICAL ACADEMY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 43% of grant income and the top three 90%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
100% 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 DONUM DEI CLASSICAL ACADEMY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 54% · 2022 48% · 2023 98% — 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
93% of DONUM DEI 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 $100k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from California funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.3M 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
DONUM DEI CLASSICAL ACADEMY has grown faster 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 DONUM DEI 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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
67% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for DONUM DEI 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 DONUM DEI CLASSICAL ACADEMY?
- DONUM DEI CLASSICAL ACADEMY (California) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,406,265 to it, the largest being NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC ($609,342). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 93% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does DONUM DEI CLASSICAL ACADEMY have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $1,406,265 in grants to DONUM DEI CLASSICAL ACADEMY, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of DONUM DEI CLASSICAL ACADEMY?
- NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC is the largest funder on record, with $609,342 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DONUM DEI CLASSICAL ACADEMY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 6 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