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UNIVERSITY ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL

UNIVERSITY ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL (New Jersey) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $50,812 to it, the largest being NEW JERSEY SEA GRANT CONSORTIUM INC ($50,812). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$18M
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$51k
Net assets
$12M
0/1 repeat funders
01What it does

What University Academy Charter High School does

Mission

The mission of University Academy Charter High School is based upon the philosophy that everyone can make a contribution and that individuals working together can make an impacting difference. It is also the mission of the charter school to educate every student to become a lifelong learner.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Program

  1. UNIVERSITY ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL PROVIDES A FULL RANGE OF EDUCATIONAL SERVICES APPROPRIATE TO GRADES 9 THROUGH 12. THE CHARTER SCHOOL COMPLETED THE 2023-2024 SCHOOL YEAR, DURING WHICH THERE WAS AN AVERAGE ENROLLMENT OF APPROXIMATELY 429 STUDENTS.Major initiatives for the 2023-2024 school year included continuing efforts to improve student performance. Significant improvements were also made to the school's technological infrastructure. Portable devices were purchased and distributed to allow for remote instruction during the pandemic. Meanwhile improvements were made to HVAC units during the lockdown to provide for better air quality within the school building. Temperature monitoring systems, personal protective equipment and health tracking systems were also purchased by the school in order to effectively deal with the pandemic. The school also received an unconditional level one charter renewal from the NJ Department of Education.

    $12,946,674 spent
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $12,946,674.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($7.3M) Expenses 100 ($7.8M) Net assets 100 ($1.3M)2018 Revenue 103 ($7.6M) Expenses 103 ($8.0M) Net assets 65 ($819k)2019 Revenue 107 ($7.8M) Expenses 108 ($8.4M) Net assets 23 ($289k)2020 Revenue 111 ($8.1M) Expenses 106 ($8.2M) Net assets 13 ($160k)2021 Revenue 134 ($9.8M) Expenses 114 ($8.8M) Net assets 91 ($1.1M)2022 Revenue 167 ($12M) Expenses 124 ($9.7M) Net assets 296 ($3.7M)2023 Revenue 182 ($13M) Expenses 135 ($10M) Net assets 524 ($6.6M)2024 Revenue 240 ($18M) Expenses 165 ($13M) Net assets 813 ($10M)2025 Revenue 245 ($18M) Expenses 204 ($16M) Net assets 983 ($12M)
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Revenue (245)Expenses (204)Net assets (983)Peer revenue range

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 $11M to $21M (+82%).

$4.0M
$3.5M
$3.2M
$3.9M
$4.6M
$9.2M
$11M
$21M
$23M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 95% · 2024 94% · 2025 94%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

94% of UNIVERSITY ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (23% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 4,251 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

−$439k
’17
−$434k
’18
−$536k
’19
−$129k
’20
$968k
’21
$2.6M
’22
$2.9M
’23
$4.8M
’24
$2.1M
’25
9.6
months of
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.

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Listed11911111111659
Joined·+1+2+1+1+0+0+0+5
No longer listed·30110511
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

Funder
'24*
total
funders
1

From the IRS filings of UNIVERSITY ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL’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 UNIVERSITY ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL's grant income comes from New Jersey funders.

NJ

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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

UNIVERSITY ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 3,758 education nonprofits its size.

Operating margin12% · above the median
Months of reserve9.6mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)12% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,758 education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025

Organizations like UNIVERSITY ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL

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

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

82% of spending goes to programs.

Program 82%Management 18%Fundraising 0%

Governance

6
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

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Questions and answers

Who funds UNIVERSITY ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL?
UNIVERSITY ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL (New Jersey) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $50,812 to it, the largest being NEW JERSEY SEA GRANT CONSORTIUM INC ($50,812). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does UNIVERSITY ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $50,812 in grants to UNIVERSITY ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL.
Who is the largest funder of UNIVERSITY ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL?
NEW JERSEY SEA GRANT CONSORTIUM INC is the largest funder on record, with $50,812 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like UNIVERSITY ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL 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.

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