Arizona · Nonprofit
HIRSCH ACADEMY A CHALLENGE FOUNDATION ACADEMY INC
HIRSCH ACADEMY A CHALLENGE FOUNDATION ACADEMY INC (Arizona) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $100,000 to it, the largest being Challenge Foundation Group Inc ($100,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.1M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $100k
- Net assets
- $572k
What Hirsch Academy a Challenge Foundation Academy Inc does
Mission
Cfa partners with students, families, and community to provide an excellent and equitable classical education for the development of thoughtful, highly literate citizens. Our students are prepared for the pursuit of personal excellence, for college, and for a lifetime as positive contributors in their community.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
All students at hirsch academy: cfa need and deserve an excellent and equitable education to become highly literate and contributing citizens. We have high expectations for all students, ensuring that all students needs are met. With the alignment of the common core state standards (ccss), arizona academic standards, core knowledge curriculum, challenge foundation philosophy, and best instructional practices, students are taught from an interdisciplinary perspective. Core knowledge is a classical curriculum with a strong focus on literacy across multiple subjects: english language arts (ela), math, science, social studies, the visual arts and music. Teacher selection is focused on selecting highly qualified teachers. We provide on-going support through a continuous improvement model. Regular data analysis, coaching from school leaders and through core knowledge foundation school visits, team mentoring through classroom instructional rounds, and applied professional development ensure effective instruction. Collaboration between parents, students, and staff is essential for high student achievement and is supported throughout the program at hirsch academy: cfa, making connections…
$1,853,369 spent$1,691,360 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,853,369.
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 2023 to 2024, from $1.2M to $927k (−23%).
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 15% · 2018 17% · 2019 19% · 2020 15% · 2021 21% · 2022 33% · 2023 25% · 2024 18% · 2025 15%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
17% of HIRSCH ACADEMY A CHALLENGE FOUNDATION ACADEMY 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. 4 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 HIRSCH ACADEMY A CHALLENGE FOUNDATION ACADEMY 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
HIRSCH ACADEMY A CHALLENGE FOUNDATION ACADEMY INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Arizona, across 1 state in all.
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
HIRSCH ACADEMY A CHALLENGE FOUNDATION ACADEMY INC's revenue grew 43% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,398 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like HIRSCH ACADEMY A CHALLENGE FOUNDATION ACADEMY 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 Arizona
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
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Teamcfa Foundation · exempt
- Cfa Properties of Oregon Inc · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds HIRSCH ACADEMY A CHALLENGE FOUNDATION ACADEMY INC?
- HIRSCH ACADEMY A CHALLENGE FOUNDATION ACADEMY INC (Arizona) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $100,000 to it, the largest being Challenge Foundation Group Inc ($100,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does HIRSCH ACADEMY A CHALLENGE FOUNDATION ACADEMY INC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $100,000 in grants to HIRSCH ACADEMY A CHALLENGE FOUNDATION ACADEMY INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of HIRSCH ACADEMY A CHALLENGE FOUNDATION ACADEMY INC?
- Challenge Foundation Group Inc is the largest funder on record, with $100,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like HIRSCH ACADEMY A CHALLENGE FOUNDATION ACADEMY INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Arizona. 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