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VERITAS CLASSICAL ACADEMY INC

VERITAS CLASSICAL ACADEMY INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $316,409 to it, the largest being MELVIN S COHEN FOUNDATION INC ($150,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$1.0M
Funders on record
4
Grants received
$316k
Net assets
$463k
0/4 repeat funders
01What it does

What Veritas Classical Academy Inc does

Mission

Veritas Classical Academy exists to educate the minds and inspire the hearts of young people through content rich, classical curriculum that emphasizes the principles of moral character and civic responsibility.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. School planning year and preparations for year 1. Veritas Classical Academy partnered with several contractors and consultants to assist in the planning and preparation of all school functions that would be taking place during year 1.

    $251,830 spentof which $135,110 as grants
    72% of program spending
  2. Securing a school building and beginning renovations. Having a high quality learning environment is essential for students. Veritas Classical Academy purchased an office building and began renovations to make the building fit for a students.

    $97,562 spent
    28% of program spending
  3. No third activity

    $0 spent
    0% of program spending
  4. Other program services, not described on the e-filed return.

    $0 spent
    0% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $349,392.

02The organization over time

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.

Board chair

Kim Senn

Board President

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

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

1 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 2% 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 VERITAS CLASSICAL 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.

How concentrated its funding is

VERITAS CLASSICAL ACADEMY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 47% of grant income and the top three 98%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

47%
largest funder
98%
top three
~3
effective funders

“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

65% of VERITAS CLASSICAL ACADEMY INC's grant income comes from Wisconsin funders.

WI
FL

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $6k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

VERITAS CLASSICAL ACADEMY INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 9,615 education nonprofits its size.

Operating margin40% · top quartile
Months of reserve2.8mo · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,615 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025

Organizations like VERITAS CLASSICAL ACADEMY INC

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In Wisconsin

Nationally

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

56% of spending goes to programs.

Program 56%Management 0%Fundraising 44%

Governance

7
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 VERITAS CLASSICAL ACADEMY INC?
VERITAS CLASSICAL ACADEMY INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $316,409 to it, the largest being MELVIN S COHEN FOUNDATION INC ($150,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does VERITAS CLASSICAL ACADEMY INC have?
IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $316,409 in grants to VERITAS CLASSICAL ACADEMY INC.
Who is the largest funder of VERITAS CLASSICAL ACADEMY INC?
MELVIN S COHEN FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $150,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like VERITAS CLASSICAL ACADEMY INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Wisconsin. 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 2025–2025), and the filings of 4 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing